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With just 7 weeks to go until lifesavings’ night of nights, Surf Life Saving NSW is pleased to confirm the finalists for the 2018 Awards of Excellence.
There was plenty to celebrate for a number of Surf Life Saving members who have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to not only the movement, but also to their communities when the annual Queen’s Birthday Honours list was announced on Monday.
The prompt actions of a group of Bondi surf lifesavers in assisting an elderly man who had suffered a cardiac episode in April have been recognised with the NSW Rescue of the Month Award.
Surf Life Saving NSW is saddened to hear of the recent passing of Life Member and Central Coast stalwart Kevin Stanford OAM.
As one of the largest volunteer organisations of its type in Australia counting almost 75,000 people among its number in NSW alone, the surf lifesaving movement remains indebted to everyone who helps make what we do possible.
Port Macquarie’s Sophie Oakeshott represents the next generation of surf lifesaver having grown up around the beach from a young age.
She may have come late to surf lifesaving, but Cheryl McCarthy has certainly thrown herself into the movement, and in process has given a little, and changed a lot.
From a wide-eyed Nipper at the tender age of nine through to becoming a respected leader of her club, Shannon Fox epitomises the give a little, change a lot ethos of National Volunteer Week.
Volunteer surf lifesaver Karl Solomonson has lifesaving in his blood arguably even before birth, but it was a love affair with boats that began at the tender age of 15 that has kept the Sydneysider coming back each season.
