Warning
This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.
Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.
SURF LIFESAVING
The holders of the principal New Zealand surf titles since
their inception have been:
|
Senior Six-man Rescue (Nelson Shield)
|
| 1915 |
Hawke's Bay |
1945 |
North Beach |
| 1921 |
Canterbury |
1946 |
Maranui |
| 1922 |
New Brighton |
1947 |
Maranui |
| 1923 |
New Brighton |
1948 |
New Brighton |
| 1924 |
Maranui |
1949 |
New Brighton |
| 1925 |
Lyall Bay |
1950 |
South Brighton |
| 1926 |
Maranui |
1951 |
Fitzroy |
| 1927 |
Canterbury |
1952 |
Maranui |
| 1928 |
Lyall Bay |
1953 |
Fitzroy |
| 1929 |
Maranui |
1955 |
Eastern United |
| 1930 |
Maranui |
1956 |
South Brighton |
| 1931 |
Lyall Bay |
1957 |
Maranui |
| 1932 |
Maranui |
1958 |
Red Beach |
| 1934 |
New Plymouth Old Boys |
1959 |
Maranui |
| 1935 |
Lyall Bay |
1960 |
South Brighton |
| 1936 |
Lyall Bay |
1961 |
South Brighton |
| 1937 |
Maranui |
1962 |
Waikanae |
| 1938 |
St. Clair |
1963 |
Eastern United |
| 1939 |
Maranui |
1964 |
Eastern United |
| 1940 |
Lyall Bay |
1965 |
South Brighton |
|
Senior Four-man Alarm
|
| 1927 |
Maranui |
1951 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1928 |
Canterbury |
1952 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1929 |
Lyall Bay |
1953 |
East End |
| 1930 |
Lyall Bay |
1954 |
Maranui |
| 1931 |
Maranui |
1955 |
Eastern United |
| 1935 |
Fitzroy |
1956 |
Maranui |
| 1936 |
Lyall Bay |
1957 |
Eastern United |
| 1937 |
Maranui |
1958 |
Eastern United |
| 1938 |
Maranui |
1959 |
New Brighton |
| 1939 |
New Brighton |
1960 |
Waikanae |
| 1940 |
Maranui |
1961 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1946 |
Maranui |
1962 |
Lyall Bay |
| 1947 |
North Beach |
1963 |
Waikanae |
| 1948 |
Maranui |
1964 |
Eastern United |
| 1949 |
Waitemata |
1965 |
Eastern United |
| 1950 |
South Brighton |
|
|
| Senior Belt Races |
| 1927 |
D. J. Murrell (Maranui) |
| 1928 |
C. Atkinson (Canterbury) |
| 1929 |
G. Harrison (Opunake) |
| 1930 |
J. C. Blakeley (Lyall Bay) |
| 1931 |
J. Brown (Opunake) |
| 1932 |
C. B. Eversleigh (Maranui) |
| 1934 |
F. L. Clark (Lyall Bay) |
| 1935 |
W. J. Harris (St. Clair) |
| 1936 |
A. T. Dalton (North Beach) |
| 1937 |
A. T. Dalton (North Beach) |
| 1938 |
J. C. Blakeley (Lyall Bay) |
| 1939 |
J. T. Clark (Maranui) |
| 1940 |
J. T. Clark (Maranui) |
| 1945 |
A. T. Dalton (North Beach) |
| 1946 |
H. Goldsmith (Taylors Mistake) |
| 1947 |
C. Chambers (New Brighton) |
| 1948 |
W. Dyson (Maranui) |
| 1949 |
J. T. Clark (Maranui) |
| 1950 |
J. T. Clark (Maranui) |
| 1951 |
P. Bevin (Waitemata) |
| 1952 |
N. Chambers (New Brighton) |
| 1953 |
R. Bevin (North Piha) |
| 1954 |
B. Trotter (North Piha) |
| 1955 |
B. McLean (Waikanae) |
| 1956 |
P. Garrett (Taylors Mistake) |
| 1957 |
J. Ryan (New Brighton) |
| 1958 |
G. Pratley (Taylors Mistake) |
| 1959 |
R. Blair (South Brighton) |
| 1960 |
R. Blair (South Brighton) |
| 1961 |
R. Blair (South Brighton) |
| 1962 |
R. Blair (South Brighton) |
| 1963 |
B. Crowder (Maranui) |
| 1964 |
B. Crowder (Maranui) |
| 1965 |
R. N. Harker (Red Beach) |
|
Senior Surf Race
|
| 1934 |
D. Shanahan (Waitemata) |
| 1935 |
W. J. Jarvis (St. Clair) |
| 1936 |
J. C. Blakeley (Lyall Bay) |
| 1937 |
R. Pelham (Lyall Bay) |
| 1938 |
F. G. Ryan (Lyall Bay) |
| 1939 |
J. T. Clark (Maranui) |
| 1940 |
J. T. Clark (Maranui) |
| 1945 |
H. Dean (New Brighton) |
| 1946 |
N. Chambers (New Brighton) |
| 1947 |
C. Chambers (New Brighton) |
| 1948 |
C. Chambers (New Brighton) |
| 1949 |
N. Chambers (New Brighton) |
| 1950 |
R. Simmons (New Brighton) |
| 1951 |
F. C. Lucas (Waitemata) |
| 1952 |
M. Haxton (Maranui) |
| 1953 |
M. Haxton (Maranui) |
| 1954 |
M. Haxton (Maranui) |
| 1955 |
R. Woodall (Waitemata) |
| 1956 |
P. Garrett (Taylors Mistake) |
| 1957 |
R. Harker (Waitemata) |
| 1958 |
F. Lucas (Piha) |
| 1959 |
R. Harker (Red Beach) |
| 1960 |
B. Crowder (Maranui) |
| 1961 |
R. Blair (South Brighton) |
| 1962 |
B. Crowder (Maranui) |
| 1963 |
R. Harker (Red Beach) |
| 1964 |
B. Crowder (Maranui) |
| 1965 |
R. N. Harker (Red Beach) |
|
Junior Six-man Rescue
|
| 1934 |
North Shore |
| 1935 |
Maranui |
| 1936 |
St. Clair |
| 1937 |
Lyall Bay |
| 1938 |
Lyall Bay |
| 1939 |
Maranui |
| 1940 |
Maranui |
| 1944 |
South Brighton |
| 1945 |
South Brighton |
| 1946 |
New Brighton |
| 1947 |
Maranui |
| 1949 |
South Brighton |
| 1950 |
Opunake |
| 1951 |
Waikanae |
| 1952 |
Worser Bay |
| 1953 |
Maranui |
| 1954 |
Maranui |
| 1955 |
Waikanae |
| 1956 |
South Brighton |
| 1957 |
Worser Bay |
| 1959 |
New Plymouth Old Boys |
| 1960 |
Lyall Bay |
| 1961 |
Lyall Bay |
| 1962 |
Lyall Bay |
| 1963 |
Waimairi |
| 1964 |
South Brighton |
| 1965 |
Waikanae |
| Women's Six-place Rescue |
| 1944 |
St. Clair |
| 1946 |
Wellington Ladies |
| 1950 |
Whakatane |
| 1951 |
St. Clair |
| 1954 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1955 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1956 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1957 |
Gisborne |
| 1959 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1960 |
South Brighton |
| 1961 |
South Brighton |
| 1962 |
South Brighton |
| 1963 |
South Brighton |
| 1964 |
Taylors Mistake |
| 1965 |
South Brighton |
(NOTE—Gaps in the above list are due to certain events
having been abandoned on account of weather conditions.)
