Lucy Wicks with her husband Chris at Terrigal Beach
Surf Life Saving Australia has thanked Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks for acknowledging the work done by thousands of lifesavers right across the Central Coast community in Federal Parliament.
Ms Wicks spoke in the House of Representatives of the 15 clubs on the Central Coast, including eight in her electorate of Robertson, that form an army of red and yellow volunteers who in the past 75 years have helped to make Central Coast beaches amongst the safest in the world. Surf Life Saving Australia CEO Greg Nance thanked Ms Wicks for her comments and also for her involvement with Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club.
“We are honoured to have Ms Wicks and her husband, Mr Chris Wicks, involved in the movement, particularly for their work in completing the Bronze Medallion course recently,” Mr Nance said. Ms Wicks said that joining a Surf Life Saving patrol was one of the hardest but also the most rewarding experiences she can remember.
“The sense of teamwork and connection and desire to make a difference is something that really binds the Surf Life Saving volunteer community together,” Ms Wicks said. “Volunteers on Central Coast beaches, and indeed in NSW and right around Australia, give of themselves tirelessly, week after week, month after month, year after year, with one aim in mind — to keep our local residents safe and to keep our beaches safe, to keep the thousands of tourists who visit the Central Coast safe in the water over summer and on the weekends” Ms Wicks said.
Media release, 20 Jun 2014
SLS Australia