Series 7 … photographs from yesteryear.

1975:  The launch of Red Beach Surf Club’s new surf canoe “Big Rooster” by Robert Muldoon, seated in the canoe, just days after he was elected Prime Minister of New Zealand in November 1975.
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1957:  Owen Chapman, the donor of the cup to foster surf lifesaving competition amongst the four Auckland east coast clubs of Red Beach, Orewa, Mairangi Bay and Eastern United who patrolled at Browns Bay.
The inaugural event was held in early-January 1957 to entertain the campers and holiday-makers from Pinewoods Motor Park. The Owen Chapman Cup surf carnival now spans more than 50 years.
To read the history of the Owen Chapman Cup, click here.
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Late 1950’s:   The 4-Man Alarm drill event being contested by a Red Beach team at an Owen Chapman Cup surf carnival.  The spectators were holiday-makers from Pinewoods Motor Park and the surrounding areas.