Awards

We acknowledge the success of the season across all disciplines from canoes to beach to pool to board, ski and iron – what a season.  We welcomed new members this year – great impact to have not just them but also Ange and Nigel, Rachel, Nicky, Anita and Darren.  We also welcomed to our new seniors from the junior ranks – Kahlo, Maitland, Grace, Scarlett and Chloe.

It was an incredible season with so many highs including...

• Pool competitions – good turnout and having a great time
• Beginner ski on the River
• Representation at the World Club Champs – Tyler and Rosie
• Before we moved into pre season training at Lyttleton and pre season races – Quail Island, Causeway and Taylors to Sumner
• A and B grade for our two Interclubs and all that before Xmas
• Athletes trained 6 days a week across beach, board, ski
• And we had fun doing Canterbury Champs in Canoes before racing at the weekend including combining with Juniors for board and tube rescues – great chance for our juniors to learn how it’s done
• That brought us to the busy end of the season with a small but keen team head to ERCs with medals from Tahere and Chloe
• Then South Islands with huge surf on day one and lots of learnings, to a cancelled day 2
• Finally we got to Nationals – which was looking a bit unlikely in the week leading up to it with some shocking weather – but amazingly they got through a full programme and we came away with 4 new national champions

Award winners at the recent club awards include

LIFEGUARDING AWARDS

• PC of the Year - Claudia Rogers
• Instructor of the Year - Jason Trist and Isabella Marra
• Most Improved - Liam Rogers
• Best Attitude - Oliver Macdonald
• U19 Emerging Lifeguard - Rhys Jorgensen
• Lifeguard of the year - Markus Jorgensen

SPORT AWARDS

• Best first year open - Lucy Asher
• Best first year junior (Under U19 below but senior) - Chloe Jorgensen
• Best Open Male - Zac Quickenden
• Open Female - Lucy Asher
• Best U19 Male - Liam Rogers
• U19 Female - Chloe Ah Kuoi
• Best U17 Male - Tyler Lodge
• U17 Female - Jessica Macdonald
• Top U15 Male - Tahere Taylor
• Top U15 Female - Tayla Cox
• Top Beach Athlete - Tayla Cox
• Top Team of the Year - Mens Open Canoe Team (Ryan Quickenden, Mark Drabble, Scott and Michael Martlew)

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Top Swimmer - Chloe Jorgensen
• Fred Gurr - Contribution to female involvement at South Brighton - Pat Anderson
• Life Member Award - Gabby deLatour
• Life Member Neil Robertson Award for Achievement - Chloe Ah Kuoi
• Dyers Road Club person of the year - Pat Anderson