Taylors Mistake SLSC

23/09/2025

We’re excited to offer high-quality hooded towels as a club fundraiser:

- Delivered in time for Christmas
- 100% cotton
- Taylors Mistake branded
- Free personalisation on back (optional)
- Kids & adults sizes
- One-off opportunity (we may hold some stock but can’t promise this fundraiser will be repeated!)

To ensure delivery for Christmas, orders close Tuesday 30 September:

Kids sizes: $50 each
Adults sizes: $65 each

We acknowledge the short deadline may be challenging.
Please email secretary@taylorsmistake.com if you wish to discuss a payment plan.

Order yours today: https://www.taylorsmistake.com/shop/Hooded-Towel-Fundraiser-p783536753

Massive thanks to Dan Hawke at Simply Totes for arranging this fundraiser!

22/09/2025

| Winners | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Many of our Clubbies wear multiple ‘hats’ - and some of our Taylors Clubbies are also in the Coastguard Sumner team. Congratulations to Coastguard Sumner for your two awards at the Coastguard New Zealand awards recently - the prestigious Unit of the Year and Rescue of the Year which the Sumner / Taylors Surf Search and Rescue team helped you with. Your skill, knowledge and bravery is appreciated by the local community.

Well done! Ka pai tō mahi!

18/09/2025

| How do you do, fellow kids | 🟢⚫️⚪️

No cap, you can still join us for Rookies this Season. It’s like, not totally cringe. Lowkey, we can’t hype the outfits up tho - tbf the drip a bit of an L until you’re a legit lifeguard. But the team slay, full of baddies and snacks. With skills. Anyway, there’s still space for a few more to join. That’s lit. Or something. ☠️ 💅🏽

Link below

15/09/2025

| Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake | 🟢⚫️⚪️

“The naming of this small bay between Sumner and Lyttelton Harbour has been the subject of rich debate. Who was this Taylor and what was his mistake?” (Over The Hill book) What we do know is
the name Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is one of New Zealand's dual placenames. The Māori portion, Te Onepoto, means short or little beach.

As with other bays in the area, it would have been used for food gathering and shelter by local Māori. Today, the beach is still popular for gathering kai - whether it’s diving, fishing or gathering. It’s still a brilliant bay to head to and shelter in when the Southerly wind is hitting the rest of Christchurch Ōtautahi!

We love what makes this beach unique- if you’d like to join the crew this Summer Raumati check out the link below in the comments

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

11/09/2025

| It’s a winner | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Thank you for the brilliant photo entries for our Facebook cover photo competition. This one was selected because it highlights how distinct Taylors Mistake is - that rocky coast is special in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Popular for coastal walks and fishing, it’s also a brilliant training ground for surf life saving rock rescue modules. It’s a highlight for our Junior Surf programme too, towards the end of the season on a good day we encourage our future lifeguards to experience the fun and thrill of jumping into the water. Watching waves, knowing when and how to jump and then swimming or paddling back to shore is always one of the highlights for our Junior Surf team.

Thanks Anneliese for capturing this great shot 📷

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10/09/2025

| Congratulations | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Big congrats to Tiago Chamberlain for your selection as a FINALIST at the Surf Life Saving New Zealand National awards in the

Toyota Financial Services Sportsperson of the Year category.

Good luck from all of us and so awesome to see the recognition for a season of top notch māhi

🎉 The finalists for the 2025 Toyota Financial Services Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence have been announced!

From volunteer lifeguards and instructors to coaches, officials, and athletes, these awards recognise the people who give their time, skills, and energy to saving lives and growing our movement.

Last season, our members spent more than 285,000 hours on patrol, carrying out 600+ rescues, 1,400+ first aid responses, and over 56,000 preventative actions to keep Kiwis safe at the beach. These achievements reflect the incredible dedication of our surf lifesaving whānau nationwide.

On 4 October, we’ll come together at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland to celebrate their efforts, award service honours, and recognise decades of commitment through life memberships and 50-year badges.

Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists – we can’t wait to celebrate you! ❤️💛

Read more here https://tinyurl.com/ycxyjzus

Surf Life Saving Northern Region SLSNZ Central Region SLSNZ | Eastern Region SLSNZ | Southern Region

09/09/2025

| Wāhine on water - WoW ‘25 | 🟢⚫️⚪️

The Canterbury/Tasman event is on
Sunday 19th October 🧜‍♀️

Any wāhine from all clubs are welcome. Come along for a fun day of IRB development with lifeguards from across Canterbury.

Registration link in the comments - this is for everyone including candidates, instructors, or helpers.

🌊 Venue TBC

Registrations close: Sunday October 5th.

💻 Any questions, please email amy.philip@surflifesaving.org.nz

📱 Or our IRB manager Olivia at:
04courtneyo@gmail.com

🟨🟥SLSNZ | Southern Region

08/09/2025

| Child Safeguarding week 2025 | 🟢⚫️⚪️

It’s New Zealand Child Safeguarding week from 8-15 September. Surf Life Saving New Zealand
collaborates with Safeguarding Children New Zealand
and has developed a range of policies and education for our members. During the week Safeguarding Children has a variety of sessions and resources available including a free session tonight on Parenting in a Digital World. (See our FB stories for more information and the link)

💻 For Clubbies that want to work through the ETRAINU modules please log in to your membership profile on the SLSNZ website and look under courses

🔗 For extra resources and learning from Safeguarding Children:
https://ow.ly/hiMn50WSRaL

🖥️ For Surf Life Saving NZ policies
and information visit:
https://tinyurl.com/5c7zmrsu

📧 For any Club related queries please email
Dave: clubhealth@taylorsmistake.com

07/09/2025

| Ready to try something new? | 🟢⚫️⚪️

“Looking to get a group of wāhine together to learn how to use the 4 person canoes...
Who is keen? ...the aim is to learn to do something new!
connect with other awesome Taylors wāhine,
get out on the water, get fit, and have fun!

Anybody welcome (it’s easy to join the Club if you’re not already a Clubbie)

Please email me if you are keen (before the end of September) fisherwoo@gmail.com and I'll try to set us up a few sessions at Taylors with someone who knows what they are doing to get us started 😁”
Cheers, Fay.

Is this the Summer you find your team?
Join Taylors Mistake SLSC this Season

http://bit.ly/4lCPewn
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06/09/2025

| Te Rā o Pāpā - Father's Day | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Celebrating our special people today in whatever form they take in shaping your life - from Dads; step dads; grandads / koro; uncles; brothers; the bros; god fathers; father figures in all shapes and sizes. Here’s to those that provide love and support for friends, whānau and their community. Thank you for all your efforts at Taylors Mistake SLSC 🫶🏻

“Mā mua ka kite a muri, mā muri ka ora a mua
Those who lead give sight to those who follow, those who follow give life to thise who lead”.

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Enjoy some blasts from the past and youthful looking Clubbies! Thank you to those who sent through some awesome photographs.