Our ‘Nippers’
Become a Piha Nipper
Surf Club season 1 July 2022- 30 June 2023
Nippers runs in person sessions Oct-April each year
NIPPERS OPEN DAY & START DAY: Sunday 30th October, 2022.
NIPPERS OPEN DAY for new families. 9-10am
Meet at 8.55am for 9am start! Tour the club, play some beach games, and learn all about Nippers and our Rookie (Junior Guard programme). 9-10am, followed by our first day of Nippers.
Sunday 30th October, 2022 START DAY 10am-12noon
Existing Nippers and new members who sign up.
Please wear togs, bring towel, sunscreen, water. All paid members receive a free high visibility vest if you don’t already have one.
Learning & developing skills in a fun way
Purpose
Objectives
- To learn the skills required to gain the Surf Lifeguard Award.
- To provide the best possible life saving experience for all our juniors with the view to encourage long-term active participation.
- To provide opportunities for juniors to actively participate in and enjoy life saving and competition in an aquatic environment.
- To ensure our junior members are safe on New Zealand beaches through building knowledge and experiences in our Junior Surf Program.
- To develop a team based philosophy encompassing leadership, camaraderie, teamwork and fun.
- To promote social, emotional and physical health and development in a healthy safe environment.
- Involve parents and interested members of the community as leaders, coaches and administrators.
Our nippers are kindly sponsored by
Age Groups
Club Uniform
The Piha Junior Surf Club uniform is:
- High-vis safety vest – Compulsory for ALL ages. If you do not already have a vest, we supply one per year free of charge, thanks to our sponsor Filta. Additional vests can be purchased at $15 through Nippers Admin. These can be collected at the first day of Nippers.
- Swim Skull Cap – Compulsory for all age groups, for all Sunday training sessions. $25. Buy through Swim T3.
- Black or Piha Togs –Piha branded togs are available from Swim T3, or plain black togs are a good alternative.
- Rash shirts for sun protection – Optional.
- Wetsuit – Optional
T3 Swim in Newmarket holds our Piha Nipper gear (plus fins, googles etc) located next to the Domain with free parking , 65 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland. https://swimt3.co.nz/pages/search-results-page?q=piha
PIHA SUPPORT GEAR
We additionally have adult size sweatshirts, jackets etc available at T3, and some weekends at Piha.