Lyall Bay Surf Club member Nunzio Unsworth, 8, gets ready to hit the water at the official opening of the new clubhouse on Sunday. Lyall Bay Surf Life Saving Club's new clubhouse opened on Sunday – 111 years ago to the day that the club was formed, and about a century since New Zealand’s first surf lifesaving patrols began on the adjacent beach. The new building was officially opened by club patron Sir Lockwood Smith and Marilyn Moffatt, Surf Life Saving New Zealand President and Lyall Bay Surf Life Saving Club Life Member. READ MORE:* Surf lifesaving skills shown on and off the sand* Foxton Surf Life Saving Club volunteers win top honours* New Lyall Bay Surf Life Saving Club building on track despite fundraising shortfallKEVIN STENT/Stuff Lyall Bay Surf Club members Nunzio Unsworth, 8, left, and Ruby Miller,9, compete in a boogie board race at the official opening of their new clubrooms on Sunday. Among those celebrating the opening was Nunzio Unworthy, 8, who joined the club about the same time he learned to walk.

Source: Stuff August 15, 2021 06:33 UTC