TypeAgencyDate Range1955-1978DescriptionThe Scorching Bay Ladies Surf & Life Saving Club was incorporated in 1956, with the objectives of encouraging swimming and surf bathing; preserving life; providing and maintaining conveniences for club members; studying and practising the methods of swimming and life saving; and bringing about a widespread knowledge of the principles underlying the art of lifesaving. Membership, as reported at the first AGM in September 1956, numbered 50. After a concentrated effort, the Club trained enough girls to enter a qualified four-person team in the Wellington Championships. For the next few years the membership stayed around 50, with an increase in the number of qualified members - although 'some of course being lost to Matrimony'. The club concentrated on training as many qualified members as possible. It also taught youngsters to swim, patrolled the beach, gave instructions to the public and provided lectures in the district. Ten years after its establishment, the club struggled to provide patrols because of lack of qualified members, but continued with the help of Worser Bay Club, with which it had a close relationship from the beginning. Membership stood at 29 in July 1965 but by 1975 it was down to 16. By 1977, the Club was struggling to find committee members and elected officers. The 1977/78 season closed on March 26, 1978 and a recruitment drive had just been undertaken. At the AGM in September 1978, however, it was decided that the club would not open its membership to males, or go into recess, but that it would investigate amalgamation with Worser Bay. In October 1978, the Worser Bay Life Saving Club altered its constitution to allow ladies to join and compete for the club.
