2021 Lottery Grants Board Partner Awards Summary

Awards of Excellence
2021 LOTTO AWARDS SUMMARY

Thank You!
On behalf of everyone in the Surf Lifesaving community, we would like
to pass on our sincere gratitude to the team at NZ Lottery Grants
Board & Lotto. Your investment into our organisation makes a positive
difference. Your commitment and continued support to our cause,
enables us to support our wonderful volunteer Surf Lifeguards and
clubs, which means actual lives are saved on New Zealand beaches
and thousands more Kiwis are kept safe at the beach.
This year we saved 513 lives across the country & assisted 1142 people
to safety. That's meant over 1500 kiwi families still have their loved ones
thanks to the actions of our volunteer Surf Lifeguards - NZ Lottery
Grants Board & Lotto's support helps make this possible.
Thank you.
TOGETHER
Awards of Excellence

Lifeguard of the Year
Phoebe Havill
Onemana SLSC & Whangamata SLSC

Phoebe Havill’s outstanding contribution to lifeguarding has
led to her becoming only the second woman to be awarded
the valued Lifeguard of the Year title.
Phoebe is a Patrol Captain at Whangamata and Onemana
SLSC and a committee member and Club Captain at Onemana
SLSC. She has completed 90 hours of volunteer patrolling
between both clubs and does regular roams to Pokohino,
Octopus Bay, and Donut Island, resulting in some of her
rescues. Her striking abilities as a leader have seen her instruct
at the Intermediate Guard School held in Waihi and mentor for
the National Guard School.
On her patrols, Phoebe encourages a proactive approach,
staying at the water’s edge and changing the position of
guards monitoring the flags. Along with many club
responsibilities, including patrol coordinating, managing rescue
equipment and running club refreshers, Phoebe has instructed
on a combined Whangamata and Onemana SLA camp. She
also built the Onemana club website and currently runs the
social media accounts.
Awards of Excellence

Phoebe has instructed IRB crews and drivers at both clubs, in
and out of patrol hours, and recently gained her IRB Instructor
Award. Her regional contributions include work on the Eastern
Region IRB Development group, course facilitating, Patrol
Captain workshops and instructing and examining for a range
of surf lifesaving positions. Phoebe represents Onemana on the
Coromandel Lifesaving Committee and is the Chief Patrol
Auditor for the Coromandel.
Phoebe is a member of the Volunteer Strategy Working group
and Women in SLS group. She also helped form Wahine on
Water, with three others, an inspiring mentoring programme
created to encourage women to drive IRBs and take on other
challenging roles. Phoebe helped organise Wahine on Water
events in Pauanui and has assisted SLSNZ wahine to plan their
own events in other parts of the country.
NB: Phoebe also won the DHL Instructor of the Year award too.
Awards of Excellence