Surf clubs get rebuilding funds

The Peninsula's two surf life saving clubs will share more than $250,000 in State Government funding for building upgrades and refurbishments, the NSW Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation Ms Sandra Nori announced last Friday, September 15.

Ms Nori announced that Umina and Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Clubs had been awarded more than $120,000 each under the Surf Life Saving Club Facility Development Program.

The funding will be for the construction of replacement facilities.

Ms Nori said the surf clubs were an integral part of the local community and the funds would help volunteers continue to provide a valuable service.

"The funds will go towards the demolition of both Umina and Ocean Beach club houses and the construction of replacement facilities," Ms Nori said.

"Both of these Surf Life Saving Clubs have been providing an essential safety and rescue service for many years, to the benefit of visitors and the local community.

"In fact, Ocean Beach SLSC has been operating for almost 80 years and was the first surf club on the Central Coast to hold a surf life saving carnival."

Ms Nori said the Surf Life Saving Club Facility Development Program aimed to provide surf life savers with quality facilities that reflect the first rate job they carry out each day.

"Safety is the over-riding priority on the beach and it is essential that our volunteer life savers can operate from quality facilities," Ms Nori said.

Press release, September 15 Sandra Nori, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation