SLSWA Awards of Excellence 2021 finalists announced Congratulations to the individuals, teams and clubs who have been announced as finalists in the 2021 Surf Life Saving WA Awards of Excellence! With a high standard of nominees, the judges certainly had their work cut out for them! The following nominations from Swanbourne Nedlands SLSC have been selected [...]
Congratulations to our medallists in the SunSmart WA Surf Life Saving Championships Gold Medallists SunSmart WA Masters Championships Maia Simmonds 30-34 years Female 2 km Run Benjamin Juengling 35-39 years Male Board Race Kathleen Laws, Maia Simmonds 30-34 years Female Double Ski Cherie McLachlan 45-49 years Female Beach Flags SunSmart WA Lifesaving & Rescue Championships Leesa [...]
Club membership suffered dramatically with the outbreak of World War II. Junior and Sub Junior members took over the running of the Club during these years when the Senior Members were called to the Forces. In all sixty six members of the Club saw service during the war and of these George Gadsby, James Lynam, Charles [...]
The first Inter-Patrol Challenge was held on Sunday 18th April 2021, organised by our Lifesaving Manager, Logan Ovenden-Clarke. Details were as follows: Timing: Sunday 18th April, 9am Duration: Roughly an hour Location: Swanny Patrol Tower and surrounds Dress: Patrol uniform, swimmers and patrol/competition cap Format: A series of mini-challenges testing physical ability, lifesaving skills, quick thinking [...]
Congratulations to Tim Tucak who is the winner* of the Caris Cup Club Marathon Trophy for Season 2020/21. Caris Cup 202021 Held on a Saturday morning, participants decided to all start together and then add the handicaps to finishing times. Fastest time was Callum Griffiths with 35 m 36 s whilst Emanuel Cheng rounded out the [...]
SNSLSC Club Championships 2020/21 Under 14 Congratulations to Georgia Pegrum and William Jenkinson who are the Under 14 Club Champions for 2020/21. Club Championships 202021 U14 Club Championships 202021 U14 Detail Notes: 1. Georgia was first to the beach so got race number 1. 2. Thanks to Ray for suggesting race numbers and recording the results. [...]
Congratulations to Ben Leonard who is the winner* of the Duncan McPhail Trophy for Season 2020/21. Duncan McPhail Trophy 202021 A classic photo finish, with Ben coming at a constant pace along the hard sand, Ando sprinting to catch him from behind and Tim swooping in from the soft sand. Ben just held on to stay [...]
Congratulations to Tim Tucak who is the winner* of the F. E. Ford Cup for Season 2020/21. F. E. Ford Cup 202021 Overcoming the hurdles of not being able to find the stopwatch (it had been left in the Patrol Tower last Sunday) and then losing the anchor to the cobbled together spare parts buoy (another [...]
Swanbourne Cup Mixed Board Rescue Firstly thank you to Logan Ovenden-Clarke and crew for their assistance in the setting of the string line. Thanks to Logan and Peter Brigg for resetting the string line such that it was taut. Thank you also to Erin Gallagher and the Nippers for loan of the string line. Thanks also [...]
Congratulations to Team BLOW who blew away the competition to be the winners* of the inaugural Ocean M Mixed Teams Event for Season 2020/21. Team BLOW - Sam Barnett, Ray Lampard, Natalie Owens, Justin Owens Actually it was closer than that with Team HoliGrall just 5 seconds behind them, followed by Team Brigg who didn't dive and [...]
