SURF LIFE-SAVING

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 85, 7 October 1936, Page 5

SURF LIFE-SAVING

MARANUI CLUB'S YEAR

"A satisfactory year, both financially and as re o arus acu vines, is recoraea m vie twenty-men annual report and baiance-sneet oi tne lviaranui t>urf and .Lilie-saving Club, the annual meeting of. wlucn is to De held at tnecluonouso next Vv ednesday.

Tiie memoerisnip of the club now stands at 12U, divided as follows:—S4 senior members, IS honorary members, 24 junior members, 12 life- members, and 17 country members. Eight new members were elected during tne year. "It is very necessary that the club should tram as many as possiole in tke art of life-saving in order that it eai be >well represented on other beaches, besides having a capable team for emergency on our own beach," says thk report. ' - : '' ■ ■' '' \ The gear in use by the club for both' life-saving and > athletic purposes is reported to be in good order, and extensively used by members. A • new standard reel was purchased before the New Zealand championships, and has proved very workmanlike. . The surf boat has been giving good service, but'the .time is not far distant when, it will have to be replaced. Several members have undertaken to run a series of social functions in an endeavour to purchase a new boat. '..'"■,'. "During the year instruction classes were held in the clubhouse for the pupils of Rongotai College. The attendances were very satisfactory, and some very promising pupils have • enrolled as members.

The awards gained by the club were as follows: —2 bronze medallions of the R.L.S.S., 1 bar to-bronze medallion of the R.&.5.5., 6 surf medallions of the New Zealand Surf, Association.

"The New Zealand championships were held at Dunedin this year," says the report. "The water conditions left very much to be desired as a very bad cross-current was in evidence. The championships were efficiently' conducted and from all aspects were very successful. Our junior team defended the William Henrys Memorial Trophy, but were unsuccessful in retaining it, being placed second. The senior team gained second place in the Nelson Shield competition. The club team was successful in winning the Pacific Cup, the New Zealand march' past championship." ' ■' The club also entered teams in the iWanganui district championships, and although riot gaining any first place, the club wes second in the HackshawSearle Shield, and gained second, third, and fourth places in the four-man event. In :all local competitions the club was very well represented, and the number-of teams entered constituted a'record. • The junior tosrn,was successful in winning the Wellington junior championship, * and secured , second place in-the Sanderson merriorial competition at Paekakariki. The senior team was second in the Wellington district championship, the silver reel.