Hayle Surf Life Saving Club Annual Club Do

Hayle Surf Life Saving Club celebrated an extremely successful year at their Annual Club Do and Presentation evening at a new venue, The Old Shire Inn near Camborne. Their excellent guest speaker was Guy Botterill, a Sports Development Officer for Cornwall Council. He praised the Club for their achievements throughout the year, their professionalism and their help with Council run events through the year. He then read out a letter from the Town Clerk of Hayle Town Council appreciating the Clubs representation of the Town name at the recent Surf Life Saving World Champs in Egypt and their success with 24 medals and 4 World Champions. Nipper, Junior and Senior members were then presented with their certificates for the various qualifications they have obtained during the year ranging from the Nipper National Surf Safety Awards to the Beach Lifeguard Award. Everyone then waited with baited breath whilst the various annual trophies and shields were announced and presented to very well deserved recipients – see a full list below.
Club Captain, Dave Parker, said “It was an excellent evening, a sell out, thank you to all the staff at the Old Shire Inn for the excellent food and their great welcome. We have had such a good year on so many fronts with our Nipper, Junior, Senior and Masters members doing extremely well in all the competitions we have taken part in, plenty of members gaining new qualifications and everyone in the Club working together to make the Club a very happy place to be. We are all looking forward to 2011 when the Club will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary with various events planned through the year. Thank you to all the Committee members and Club Officials who have worked very hard throughout the year and to all the parents for their support. Siobhan Merrett did an excellent job arranging the evening which culminated in a disco and the chance for everyone to let their hair down.”
The Annual Trophies were presented to the following members: –
Most Improved Nippers – Grace Harvey and Josh Leeds. Most Enthusiastic Nippers – Brittany Smaldon and Calhan Harrison. Best Newcomers – Mia Rule and Max Hancock. Best Nipper Competitor – Lilly Parsons. Nipper Shield – Morva Hughes. Most Improved Juniors – Daire Peters and Ben Tredinnick. Endeavourance (Juniors) – Charlotte Sawyer and Michael Hammond. Best Junior Competitors – Vicky Burlingham and Matt Trewhella. Junior Shields- Emily Corin and Tom Onley. Star Cup – Dan Latham. Helen Bagnall Plaque for Personal Achievement- Vicky Burlingham. Best Fundraisers – Ben Holtaway. Chairman’s Community Award – Lily and Abigail Parsons. Captain’s Cup- Gerard Hughes. The Helen Parker Members’ Member Trophy- Alan Roberts Attendance certificates were also given to the Nippers, in 1st place Lily Parsons, joint 2nd place Morva Hughes & Isla Symons and joint 3rd place Ethan Treloar & Adam Palmer. Certificates for most points at regional and national competitions were also given to Nippers: – Girls – 1st Lily Parsons, 2nd Vicky Burlingham, 3rd Brittany Smaldon; Boys – 1st Lewis King, 2nd Alex Pace and 3rd Liam Jolly and Juniors:- Boys – 1st Matt Trewhella, 2nd Tom Onley, 3rd Jordan Roberts; Girls – 1st Vicky Burlingham, 2nd Emily Corin, 3rd Brittany Smaldon.