Nearly there!!!
We are thrilled to announce that the renovated club buildings will be ready to move into in Early October with a formal opening planned in November. See key dates below. These will be a great opportunity to look around the building and help us say thanks to our supporters, big and small who made this happen.
By ready for use, we mean fully operationally ready for the season – with both exterior and internal fit-out complete and ready for our members and wider community.
Included in this newsletter are some photos that give you a sense of what the refreshed spaces are looking like.
Alongside the visible improvements but just as important:
- our seismic compliance (removing those costs in the future).
- the total rewiring of the club.
- the replacement of the critical frontal structural supports with coated steel.
- a full re-fit of the ground floor with new toilet and shower facilities; a revamped first-aid room and a drying/laundry room; and
- A ground floor HVAC system and lighting system meaning these areas will be well ventilated and light filled, along with heating and extraction units on the 1st floor.
A sneak peak inside…
Changing rooms with new showers, flooring, lighting and extraction
New lighting, electrical, fire alarms and sensors.
Structural steel beams, joists and beams ready for new extended deck.
Complete new brick work with seismic strengthening.
New wiring, lighting and balustrade in the annex extension.
But wait… we still need your support……….
As you all appreciate, funding has been a challenge in the current environment, with SLSNZ and a number of very special individuals/families ensuring our core build could be completed. This still left a sizeable funding gap in respect of completing our interior enhancements and fitting out of around $150,000 – $200,000.
To ensure interiors worthy of the new spaces, we have put in place some funding support arrangements to enable us to complete all aspects of the project by season opening.
There are a couple of ways you can assist us to quickly reduce the gap and clear our support commitments:
Buy a Brick
These will form part of the new walkways around the club. Bricks can have a maximum of 16 characters (including spaces) per line with a max of 3 lines. Cost: $550 per brick. Initial release of 100.
Mock-up of what the bricks will look like laid on the outer edge of the concrete
Example of the bricks
Give a little page
We have a new Give a little page. Please, share it with your friends and look out for any events we might be running to raise funds.
Upcoming Event Details
Opening Events:
Blessing Ceremony: Saturday 27th September 2025, 6am – All welcome.
Formal Opening Celebration: Saturday 8 November 2025, details to be confirmed.
Working Bees:
In the lead-up to both events, the Club is calling for volunteers to join a series of working bees to help prepare the building:
- Sat 30th August – Working Bee #1 – Scrub & Sort
- Sat 11th October – Working Bee #2 – Moving in Day
- Sat 18th October – Working Bee #3 – Contingency day – final sort before season start
- Sat 25th October – First Day of Patrol for the season.
To register for the working bees follow the link https://forms.gle/Pkkk1ipSqNbix7ss5; email Kelly at admin@whangamatasurf.co.nz or ph. Dide @ 0277263917
More sneak peaks…
View into the entry of the main building.
New stairwell to main clubroom.
Ceiling of the main clubroom – a bit of old, a bit of new and a bit of blue! (and yellow)
Panoramic view from the deck of the tower.
View from one end of the tower to the other.
View from the back of one of the tower rooms.