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It’s been a hugely successful season for the 2018 Junior Lifesavers of the Year Sophie Burns (Elouera) and Oscar Crowe (MacMasters Beach) with the duo honoured at the 2018 Awards of Excellence in Sydney last weekend.

Ever since she first signed on as a surf lifesaver, Bellambi’s Tegan Robertson has demonstrated commitment, passion, and leadership skills. Now she has added a new title to her impressive resume with the teenager crowned the first ever Young Volunteer of the Year on Saturday night.

As fire raged through the idyllic seaside town of Tathra on the state’s Far South Coast in March this year, local surf lifesavers rallied to play their part alongside hundreds of other members of the community.

It’s been a busy 2017/18 season for Bermagui’s Cheryl McCarthy who was crowned Administrator of the Year at the annual Awards of Excellence in Sydney last weekend.

A summer to remember for Kendrick Louis ended in the best possible fashion at the 2018 NSW Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence last weekend when he was crowned the state’s Athlete of the Year.

It’s been a highly successful season for the Freshwater Open Female R&R team that was capped off in style when they were crowned the Surf Sport Team of the Year at lifesaving’s night of nights in Sydney last weekend.

Another stellar campaign in the surf and pool from Umina’s Jemma Smith has earned this talent her second consecutive NSW Young Athlete of the Year gong at the Awards of Excellence in Sydney last weekend.

To be a successful coach it’s important to inspire trust and honesty in your athletes, as well as an ability to challenge your own methods and constantly seek improvement, and this is a creed that North Bondi’s Jim Walker certainly lives up to.

Twenty-five gold medals and three world records is the extremely impressive return Bondi’s Laura Thurtell has compiled in the surf and in the pool since August 2017, and it was enough to earn her the Master Athlete of the Year Award at a glittering ceremony in Sydney last weekend.