Celebrating their club's win in the BP Vote the Boat competition for a new IRB yesterday are (from left) Kaka Point surf life savers Lucy Kell, Isla Hastie, Elliott Budge, Morgan Greer and Laytun Lornie (all 15), and Daniel Haar. Kaka Point Surf Life Saving Club is the proud owner of a brand new inflatable rescue boat (IRB) worth $25,000, after it was announced winner of this year's BP Vote the Boat competition. The win was announced late this afternoon to an ecstatic reception from its south coast clubbies, who had pulled out all the stops to engineer a win via online public vote during the past fortnight. Club president Mark van Asperen said he and the club's 90 members were "pinching themselves'' after the win. The win would allow reserves to be directed towards a planned expansion of the clubrooms on Kaka Point beachfront, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 11, 2019 05:11 UTC