BY SANDI LOWE
Our Hot Water Beach Lifeguard Club won the Coromandel Patrol Award for the 2024/25 season!
We attended a fabulous evening at Papamoa Surf club last weekend and take great pride in receiving this award. 16 year old Meg Harper was also nominated for U19 Lifeguard of the Year and made it through to be a finalist.
Our stats for the 2024/25 season are as follows:-
• 3,812.50 hours which is a combined total of volunteer and paid lifeguard hours
• 18 rescues
• 28 assists to safety
• 4 major first aids
• 33 minor first aids
• 4 searches for missing people
• 1,118 preventative actions involving 78,526 members of the public.


