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Deborah Collings has been with the club for 20 years.
Omaha lifeguard Deborah Collings received a service award from Surf Life Saving New Zealand last week, paying tribute to her long-standing commitment to the Omaha Beach Surf Life Saving Club.
The annual awards of excellence ceremony was filmed in a studio and broadcast live through Vimeo, due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Deborah has been involved with the Omaha Beach Surf Life Saving Club since 2001.
She has been a lifeguard since 2006, an instructor since 2008, an examiner since 2011 and was chief lifeguard for 10 years.
Deborah is still an active surf sports competitor at the club and was made a life member in 2014.
“She has been invaluable to us at Omaha and is the wealth of knowledge for the rest of us,” club-mate Frank Maher says.
Surf Life Saving New Zealand says 2020 has been an unusual season for lifeguards, who have continued to be on-call to respond to emergency incidents during lockdown.
Northern region lifeguards performed 212 rescues and 375 patient assists over the season, allowing numerous Kiwis to return home to their families safely.
The emergency after-hours squads also responded to 119 callouts.
This season, 224 new lifeguards were added to the region’s ranks and 9,578 children were educated in beach safety.
