Annual Dinner 24/25

​It was such a great sight to see the Ocean Room buzzing with Members from every corner of our Club at the 2024/2025 Annual Dinner. 

Thanks to Caleb B, for the traditional toast. The Annual Dinner toast maker has always been the youngest person in the room. We appreciate that this can be daunting, (especially in front of 170 people!), however, our young Members deliver with grace and aplomb.

The Australian Mutual Bank Scholarship was awarded to Ava Szabo. Ava is studying a double degree in Medical Science and Business. This scholarship is open to all members undertaking tertiary education, keep an eye out next season for application information.

Singer-Yeo Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year went to Sophia D'Agord. Since attaining her Bronze Medallion, Sophia has shown leadership and courage across all domains of the Club. Congratulations Sophia!

Ava Szabo was also awarded Patrol Person of the Year. This award is bestowed to the person who is the Clubs most knowledgeable and most prestigious lifesaver. Congratulations Ava!

We celebrated the Minnows Outgoing Age Managers for the U14 Blue caps and Outgoing Captains. Thanks to Age Managers Fiona Nilsson, Steve Bellew and Pat Garcia for dedication to the Blue caps. Thanks to Emerson Lee, Brody McNally, Georgia Watson and Ashton Habler for their service as Minnows Captains.

We welcomed the incoming Minnows Captains; Evangelina Anderson, Jonathan Kodomichalos, Jessica Lorraine and Caleb Blicblau.

Next we celebrated our Australian Champions. Nine team medals and seven individual medals. A fantastic achievement.

The last, and most prestigious award for the night, went to Alexandra Scott who received the Club's Honour Blazer. This award is given to a member who has made an outstanding contribution to the Club during a single season. A full description of Alex's achievements this season will be detailed in the Annual Report, due out late July.

Finally, thank you to our supporters who attended. Matt Thistlethwaite MP, Dr Marjorie O'Neill MP, Mayor Dylan Parker, SLS Sydney President Elissa Hancock, Operations Manager of Coogee Bay Hotel Adam Kilkeary, Janette Sayle of the Jeffrey Sayle Foundation, and Rebecca Viney and Glen Warner of Australian Mutual Bank.