8 athletes from Hottie went to the National U14 Surf Life Saving Champs held at the Mount. We had 5 of the team make 8 finals and came away with 3 Silver Medals; Wilson Wolfe - Beach Flags, Kobi Abrahamson - Surf Swim, Paul Clout - Sprints, Fantastis result for Hottie!!
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Held on the 12th/13th February at Mt Maunganui. The Hottie Team consisted of Paul Clout, Joe Cooke, Jess Menzies, Kobi Abrahamson, Billie McDonnell, Liam Brown, Joshua Hinds-Senior, Wilson Wolfe, Kyla Abrahamson, Emma Hinds-Senior, Monica Menzies and Jonty Abrahamson
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Over 100mm of rain fell in Whitianga over the Weekend of 22/23 January 2011 and combined with King Tides lead to the cancellation of Junior Surf.
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HWB IRB Lifeguards Antz Morgan, Milly Osborne, Logan Carter, Stacey Semmens along with ground crew Andrew Oliver and Mitchell Carter ensured the safety of all Bathtub Racers. Many Thanks to Whitianga Costguard and Kevin Shaw organiser of the event.
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Congratulations to Andrew Oliver, Stacey Semmens, Harry Finnerty and Jazard Aitu-Paul for acheiving their IRB Driver's Awards. Many thanks to Gary Hinds for his time and effort in training and to Antony Morgan for examing our guards!!
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Patrolling started for the 10/11 season on Labour Saturday under the great guidance of Patrol Captain Mike Smith. Lovely weather and calm waters saw numbers peak at 500 on Sunday. Here is Emily Hotham and Hayley Betteridge on their rotation at Patrol Flags.
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The Regional Guard Assessment was held at Whangamata on 16 Oct. Club Trialists were Gary Hinds, Emily Adam, Andre Adam, Hayley Betteridge, Callum Oliver, Stacey Semmens, Craig Scott, and Connor McVerry. Katie McVerry trialed in Dunedin. On the day guards had to run 3km in under 18mins, run-swim-run, tube rescue, 400m pool swim, theory, resuss and a personality interview. All guards were successful in gaining employment at Hottie this summer.
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A HUGE thanks to Andrew Oliver for all the work he did to organise this for us..YAY!!! Initial thoughts were we made between $4000-$5000 for the day but it looks like we may have made even more at final count!! Diane Hotham did an AWESOME job with our raffles, many thanks. To Tracey Brown and her Mum, Marie Mannington for their excellent fudge that we could have sold several times over..thank you very much. Those that worked on the day: Andrew Oliver, Diane Hotham, Gary Hinds, Sandi Lowe, Taimania Hinds, Peter Curry, Lisa Gifford, Emily Hotham, Logan Carter, Stacey Semmens, Hayley Betteridge, Martine, Thomas & Cosette O'Connell, our 2 girls (Nicky & Lisa) from Pacific Marine Farms in Coromandel, and Bill Mannington. WELL DONE to all of you.
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A BIG Congratulations to our small team who went over to Hamilton to represent Hot Water Beach at Pool Champs. They even came away with 4th Place Overall. Fantastic Back row: Callum Oliver, Andre Adam, Kobi Abrahamson Front row: Liam Brown, Kyla Abrahamson, Jonty Abrahamson
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