Surf Life Saving Sydney is now calling for nominations for Officer and Committee roles for the 2025-26 Season.
If you want to get involved and help make a difference, check out Branch Circular 31 for full details on how to submit your nomination.
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Branch AOE 2025
Nominations are open from Clubs for the Sydney Branch Awards of Excellence. All details can be found in Branch Circular 28 here
Event Dates
The Awards of Excellence recognises outstanding achievements and contributions across all aspects of Surf Life Saving. This year’s awards presentations will take place as follows;
• Senior / Youth: Saturday 5 July 2025, Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach
• Junior / Under 15: Saturday 31 May 2025, Ritz Cinemas Randwick • Rescue Services: Saturday 10 May. Maroubra Seals Club, Maroubra
Closing Dates
Nominations Close for Senior / Youth Awards 11 May 2025
Nominations Close for Junior / Under 15 Awards 11 May 2025
Nominations Close for Rescue Services Awards 27 April 2025
EOIs open for SMPC Courses April & May 2025
Clubs are invited to submit EOIs for eligible members to attend the SMPC award courses scheduled for April and May 2025. All details can be found in Branch Circular 27 here
Sydney Branch Junior Lifesavers of the Year Announced
During the 2025 Branch Championships held over the weekend, Sydney Branch presented and announced the winners of the 2025 Junior Lifesaver of the Year.
This honour recognises young individuals from our Clubs for their exceptional skills and dedication to lifesaving. We would like to thank all finalists for their fantastic contributions throughout the 2024-25 season.
Congratulations to this years winners :
Emerson Lee – Coogee SLSC
Henri Delesclefs – Bronte SLSC
Both Emerson and Henri will now represent their clubs and branch at the State Junior Lifesaver of the Year. All the best.
Finalists for 2024-25 were :
Cormac Maher & Neve Davey – Bondi SBLSC
Isabelle Chia & Henri Delesclefs – Bronte SLSC
Emerson Lee & Brody McNally – Coogee SLSC
Thomas Giles & Chloe Teuma – Cronulla SLSC
Addison Xu & Bertie Congdon – Maroubra SSC
Kristian Mackay – North Bondi SLSC
Madeleine Curran – North Cronulla SLSC
Emily Maxwell & Dewa Putu Krishna Inder – South Maroubra SLSC
Estelle Slater & Max Bowmer – Wanda SLSC
EOIs are open from Clubs for SMAR Course March 2025
As per earlier Circular communication at the start of season (refer Circular 12), Branch have scheduled the delivery of two (2) Silver Medallion Aquatic Rescue award courses this season. After
the very successful and well attended December course.
Circular 25 is calling for expressions of interest (EOIs) from Clubs to submit candidates for the March 2025 course.
EOIs close 18 February 2025.
