SURF' LIFE-SAVING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22243, 18 October 1935, Page 16

SURF' LIFE-SAVING

YEAR OF GOOD PROGRESS EIGHTY-FOUR LIVES SAVED Progress during the past year was excellent in all phases of activities, states the report to be presented at the annual meeting of the Auckland Surf Life-Saving Association next Thursday. Outstanding in this regard was tho formation of five new clubs: Papamoa, Waihi, Karekare, Mount Eden (Moutihi), and Eastern Suburbs (St. Heliers), the opening of the Piha clubhouse and investigations of new methods of life-saving.

Educational work was undertaken extensively by tho association ae well as by clubs. An association team made a record by visiting Opotiki during one week-end, a trip of 600 miles, where it instructed and competed against Whakatane and Opotiki teams. Waihi was also visited and a club formed ae a result. Club teams visited as follows:—Eastern United: Orewa. Milford Girls: Titirangi and Northcote. Takapuna: Piha. Piha: Karekare. Tauranga Girls: Waihi, North Shore; Point Chevalier, Auckland can now claim the largest number of affiliated clubs of any province in New Zealand, having some 16 affiliated, while two newly-formed clubs will affiliate before th« season commences. Following aro the clubs: Eastern United (Brown's Bay), Milford Girls, Milford, Takapuna, North Shore, Piha. Mauukau. Waitemata. Karekare,, Waihi, Mount Maunganui. Tauranga Girls, Papamoa, Te Puke, Whakatane and Opotiki. During the year 84 lives (15 club returns) were saved, making a total of 92 in the last two seasons. In this regard Mount Maunganui with 25 saves must be singled out for special comment, as must Piha for its fine work. Since the last annual nieeting the association had had to accept, with regret, the resignation of not only its examiner-in-chief and instructor-in-chief, Mr. H. P. Congdon, but also its nssistant.sccretary and registrar, Mr. K. H. W. Kear, and the treasurer, Mr. It. Moor. This loss of officebearers proved a severe one to the administration, but the association was fortunate in being able to persuade Mr. A. C. Faulkner and Mr. M. Adams to accept office as instructor-in-chief and ossistant-Becretary respectively. Mr. R. Feran was appointed registrar in plnce»of Mr. Hear. . While tho first principle of all clubs should he the patrolling of their respective beaches the association had nlways oncouiflgetl healthy competition not for the sake of the prize, but in order to keep club tennis up to the highest pitch of efficiency so that all members wore enabled to take any position in emergencies. Every encouragement was given clubs 1o conduct carnivals and the Mount Maunganui. Milord Girls, Takapuna, Piha. Opotiki and W hiikatane Clubs held successful functions, while the association conducted the Auckland provincial championships at Milford Beach. The congratulations of the association were extended to all the winners at the carnival. AU credit waß due to the Taranaki Association for tho excellent arrangements for visiting teams and the way the national carnival was conducted. Three Auckland teams. Eastern United, Waitemata and Takanunn. took the placings in the march past championship. Eastern United winning ♦he premiership with Waitemata Takapuna (1034 champions) third N Oalhraith, Takapuna. gave en ■ o " ,B ' nn £'!VL fprmance by putting up faste ß t bellman a time in three heats in one afternoon Tho balance-sheet shows a surplus of aßsets over liabilities of £OO *