By Ron Lane
TURBULENT sea conditions during last week kept our lifeguards alert.
At Noosa’s Main Beach on Thursday the guards experienced a busy day, chief lifeguard Isaac Smith said.
“Thursday for us was hectic; we had six rescues plus two dislocated shoulders,” he said.
“This was the result of large swell just off the coast but despite conditions the beach was well controlled and quick response from our team gave us good results.”
However on Saturday a fifteen-year-old boy was not so lucky.
While taking a walk on the dangerous rocks at the Boiling Pot he slipped and as a result suffered a badly broken ankle.
The alarm was raised and the jet ski patrol based at Noosa was sent.
On arrival it was found that the injured person had to be encouraged to leave the rocks and enter the surf so as to enable the driver to have enough water to approach him without getting himself smashed on to the rocks.
Sanity prevailed and the patient was rescued.
For some the swells were welcome as Noosa was again hosting the Annual Festival of Surf and for once the evergreen Phil Jarratt, who for years has been the organiser, was all smiles.
A good week was had by all involved and as usual Phil finished off the week by donating the use of the big marque on Main Beach to the local surf lifesaving club.
With the joint cooperation of surf club general manager Anton Mogg a huge beach party was organised as a fund-raiser for Noosas Surf Girl Olivia Blight.
On Sunday the nippers wound up their season and sadly said goodbye to chairperson Sam Smith.
Her contribution to our community has been outstanding, for not only has she chaired the JAC but has also been a massive help behind the scenes to her proud dad Phil Jarratt, in helping organise the Festival of Surf.
Last Friday saw the commencement of our state championships at Maroochydore with the masters events getting under way.
In keeping with recent successes in boat competition, two Noosa masters crews performed well to win a gold and silver medal in their events.
On Sunday the u/19 boys kept the boat tradition alive and well by winning gold in their final and the u/19 girls’ crew, known as the Scrub Turkeys, won the silver.
Two gold and two silver in the boat section, consolidating a tradition that started way back in 1949.
When we speak of traditions it was great to see Noosas Lana Rogers win the ladies Open Belt Race.
For many years this was a major blue ribbon event but for some reason it started to die, but now it has seen a revival. So well done Lana.
Over all Noosa did well winning five gold, six silver and one bronze while at Sunshine they finished with two gold, five silver and six bronze.
Once again the performance of their u/17s has been nothing short of fantastic and again the name Ruby Nolan was prominent, as were others.
Well done to all Sunshine u/17s. More about both club champions next week.
