Sir Alex McKenzie Jim T Wakelin MNZM Denis F Black ONZM Rodger L Curtice QSM Australian Surf Life Saving Championships Piha SLSC has won various medals at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. Some of these are: 2012 - Gold, Piha A Crew, Battle of the Ditch Surfboat Race- New Zealand versus Australia (Ben Scott, Matt Kirke, Paul Gerritsen, Chris Morris, Sweep: Mark Bourneville) 2012 - Gold, Piha A Crew, Australian Surf Rowers League (ASRL) Open Surfboat Race (Ben Scott, Matt Kirke, Paul Gerritsen, Scott Lissington, Sweep: Mark Bourneville) World & European Surf Life Saving Championships Piha SLSC has won various medals at World Surf Lifesaving Championships. Some of these are: 2008 - Gold, European Open Surf Boat Champions, Biarritz, France (James Dallinger, Brad Mytton, Hayden Smith, Craig Knox, Matt Kirke, Bruce O'Brien, Sweep: Mark Bourneville) 2012 - Gold, Piha 140 Masters Crew, Surfboat Race (Craig Knox, Bruce O’Brien, Matt Kirke, Wayne Simeon, Sweep: Mark Bourneville ) 2012 - Gold, Piha Reserve Crew, Surfboat Race (Craig Knox, Bruce O’Brien, Scott Lissington, Chris Eade, Sweep: Mark Bourneville ) 2012 - Silver, Piha Pistols, Under 23 Crew, Surfboat Race (Ludovik Bourneville, Cedric Bourneville, Ben Richards, Jean Paul Smit, Oliver Sawbridge, Sweep: Mark Bourneville ) 2012 - Silver, Piha Crews, World Club Champions 2014 - Gold, Under 23 Women's Surfboat Race, Piha Coladas (Nicole Hogarth, Claudia Goff, Audrey-lise Bourneville, Grace Monteith, Mark Bourneville) 2014 - Silver, Under 23 Men Surfboat Race, Piha Pistols (Ludovick Bourneville, Cameron Sweetman, Benjamin Kieley, Cedrick Bourneville, Mark Bourneville) 2014 - Silver, Masters 120+ Surfboat Race, Piha Pearls (Maria Haitsma, Annelies Visser, Joanna Fyfe, Lauren Kavanagh, Mark Bouirneville) Further reading Sandra Coney, Piha: a history in images. Keyhole Press, 1997. References External links Piha Surf Life Saving Club web site Surf Life Saving New Zealand clubs Sport in West Auckland, New Zealand Waitākere Ranges