Archive posts from 2009

Website milestone!

24th February 2009

50,000 hits to date! We’ve arrived at another milestone for this website in the number of hits received, a total of 50,000 to date. Following the launch in December 2006 ... read more

Ironman double for AJ at Surf League

24th February 2009

For the second time in as many years, Alistair 'AJ' Maney, left, notched up a significant Ironman double at the recent Lion Foundation Surf League. Competing for Northern Region’s U19 ... read more

Winners at Ruakaka

24th February 2009

Our photo essay on the Auckland Championships at Ruakaka gives recognition to the many Red Beach athletes who won titles during the weekend. We weren't able to capture every winner ... read more

Club Champs results

24th February 2009

The Club Championships for the SeniorSurf division took place at Red Beach recently to determine the winners of the Champion Lifesaver awards. Club members were required to compete within their ... read more

Ocean Athletes set for Mount Maunganui

24th February 2009

Red Beach’s JuniorSurf members head for Mount Maunganui this coming weekend to compete in the annual Ocean Athletes event. A total of 47 club competitors aged from 10-14 years will ... read more

Club Champs loom

11th February 2009

The annual Club Championships for members of the SeniorSurf division will take place on Saturday 21st February at Red Beach. Up for grabs will be the six Champion Lifesaver titles ... read more

Masters Trophy up for grabs at Champs

11th February 2009

The Top Masters Club Trophy will be up for grabs at the Auckland Championships at Ruakaka this weekend. Masters races for men and women over 30 years of age will ... read more

Auckland Champs at Ruakaka

11th February 2009

Ruakaka is again the venue for the Auckland Championships this coming weekend, 14/15 February. The Ruakaka surf club is hosting the two-day event for the fourth consecutive year at the ... read more

Scratch to Win!

5th February 2009

The Warehouse is again supporting Surf Life Saving with a Scratch to Win promotion. On sale now are 180,000 ‘In it for Life’ Scratch to Win tickets at $2 each ... read more

Flashbacks …

5th February 2009

Series 10 … photographs from yesteryear. 1959:  The opening of the Red Beach clubrooms.  The building served as the surf club’s headquarters for 24 years before being demolished in 1983 ... read more

Five surf boat crews to race at Waihi

5th February 2009

Five Red Beach surf boat crews are heading for Waihi this weekend to compete in the Tradestaff North Island Surf Boat Championships. The event is the fourth and final round ... read more

Red Beach lifeguards are head prefects

5th February 2009

Two Red Beach lifeguards have been appointed head prefects at Orewa College. Sam Swaffield (right) and Britany Lloyd, both Year 13 students at the college, are the Head Boy and ... read more

Surf League event

5th February 2009

The 2009 Lion Foundation Surf League gets under way at Mt Maunganui this coming weekend. Eight district teams will compete in each of the Open and U19 divisions on Saturday ... read more

Red Beach members named in rep teams

30th January 2009

Three Red Beach club members have been named by Surf Life Saving Northern Region for the under-16 and under-14 rep teams. Both of the 10-strong SLSNR teams will compete in ... read more

Surf boat crews to take on Piha surf

30th January 2009

Three Red Beach surf boat crews will take on Auckland’s west coast surf this coming Saturday, 31st January, in the FreshUp Piha Classic Big Wave surf boat series. The event ... read more

Open Water Swim at Red Beach : 1st Feb

30th January 2009

The 20th annual Open Water Swim takes place at Red Beach this coming Sunday 1st February at Red Beach. Organised jointly by the Roskill Masters Swim Club and the Red ... read more

Cab Savs boat crew to row in Sydney

20th January 2009

The Red Beach Cab Savs masters boat crew will compete in two surf carnivals across the Tasman during the Australia Day weekend. The crew of Chris McCullough, Duncan Reid, Mike ... read more

Surf camp a success

20th January 2009

The Super Surf Camp held at Red Beach on 12 & 13 January is set to return in 2010 following another successful outcome. It was a follow-up to the camp ... read more

NRC’s at the Mount

20th January 2009

Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty is again the venue for the two days of the Northern Regional Championships this coming weekend. It's the next biggest surf lifesaving event ... read more

Red Beach landmark

20th January 2009

The big leaning pohutukawa on Red Beach is one tree which has to be measured by its length rather than by its height. If it hadn’t been for a stiff ... read more

Flashbacks …

20th January 2009

Series 9 … photographs from yesteryear. 1976  :  Red Beach club member Andrew Olsen receives the Cath & Eddie Millar Cup from cup donor Eddie Millar following the club's overall ... read more

Owen Chapman Cup win to Red Beach

14th January 2009

With strength in numbers, Red Beach won the 53rd Owen Chapman Cup surf carnival for the fifth consecutive year. In ideal conditions and with a surf to pep things up, ... read more

Top competition for Owen Chapman Cup event

6th January 2009

Red Beach will be awash with top-calibre surf athletes at the 53rd Owen Chapman Cup surf carnival this Saturday. And joining in the mix will be the two visiting branch ... read more

Flashbacks …

6th January 2009

Series 8 … photographs from yesteryear. 1988:  Heron surf boat launch.  The very first surf boat provided by Bryan Heron to the Red Beach Surf Club was given a champagne ... read more

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