Central coast club of the year
Umina Surf Life Saving was again announced the winner of the Central Coast Surf Life Saving Club of the Year at the Awards of Excellence night on Saturday, June 16, at The Mingara Club.
Last year the Club shared the award with Soldiers Beach but this year Umina won it outright.
"Thanks must go to the many members and the management team who support us all year round," said club secretary Ms Christine Lavers.
"We would also like to congratulate Ms Pam Edmonds from our training and education team for winning Assessor of the Year for the Central Coast.
"Pam has been involved in education with Umina for many years.
"We have a very dedicated team of patrolling members which enables us to have a no lives lost result," she said.
This season Umina patrolled 7137 hours with 258 members helping to maintain the beach as one of the safest on the coast.
"Our education team trained 55 new bronze medallion members which will help boost our patrols for next season," said Ms Lavers.
"Our competitors are supported by the coaching team and their age managers and this has shown in many top results in NSW and Australian events.
"Umina Surf Club is presently extending our deck area thanks to the financial support from the Federal Government and we expect this to be completed by August.
"The new deck will be a major resource for when we host the 2013 NSW State Titles in March next year.
"Umina is fortunate to have a number of local businesses who continue to support our club.
"The day to day running of a surf club this size is like running a small business and this is looked after by our treasurer who spends many hours ensuring we have financial support to maintain our lifesaving equipment and offer training and competition gear to our members from the Under-6s to the Over-60s.
"Umina SLSC offers a wide variety of involvement for many members in the areas of patrolling, training and education, competition at all skill levels, and social activities," she said.
As a result of winning the Central Coast Surf Life Saving Club of the Year title, Umina will now be nominated by Central Coast Branch as its nominee for NSW Club of the Year which will be announced in August.
Media Release, 22 Jun 2012
Christine Lavers, Umina SLSC