David Gillespie (Lyne, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Wauchope Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club has been patrolling Rainbow Beach at Bonny Hills since 1958, and last weekend they took four crews to Mollymook Beach because the surf conditions forced the event to move to Long Beach, up the coast in Batemans Bay. The reserve men scraped through their division, but that was after competing against 100 other boats. What the Wauchope Bonny Hills crews learned is that there are some very large and fast crews throughout Australia which include Olympic rowers and coaches. It is an incredibly competitive field that they were competing in. They only missed out making the finals by one point, but the club's under-23s Boatettes competed very well. They received a third and two fourths out of the six races the four crews competed in. The club now heads to the state titles at Blacksmiths Beach on the weekend of 6, 7 and 8 March.

They have also been supervising and training nippers for over 30 years. Last weekend a small group of the nippers, cadets, opens and masters all competed at the surf lifesaving branch championships at South West Rocks. The carnival was a big carnival. A lot of fun was had. A lot of people learnt the skills that make them strong in the surf and save people. (Time expired)