OCBP to Defend South Jersey Title on Friday
The Ocean City Beach Patrol won the 65th annual South Jersey Lifeguard Championship in 2004. Holding the award are (from left) Chief Tom Mullineaux, Matt Garbutt, Dimitar Petrov, Dan Garbutt and Deputy Fire Chief Charlie Bowman.
Dan Garbutt will be inducted into the OCBP Hall of Fame at the lifeguard reunion party Saturday, Aug 11 at Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro in Somers Point.
The 18th annual Cape Atlantic Women’s Lifeguard Invitational will be held on the Suffolk Avenue Beach in Ventnor at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8. Cape May won this event last year.
The 73rd annual South Jersey Lifeguard Championships will be held on the 34th Street beach in Ocean City on Friday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The OCBP won this event last year.
The 74th annual OCBP Reunion will be held on Saturday, Aug. 11 at Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro, 908 Shore Road in Somers Point, beginning at 7 p.m. Reunion details can be found at ocraa.com or call Fred Miller 609-398-5811.
Michael Hamilton
12:58 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Well OCBP Historian Fred, we will be at the Jerseys cheering for the home team. Hopefully they will have a better on 8/10, than at the Margate Memorials last Friday night. Kosten, Garbutt, Coyle, and Perry did not score, but they gave it their best shot and should be acknowledged for that. It would seem that unless an individual or team brings home the first place trophy, they will get no "good effort" from historian Fred and that is a shame. In the Olympics, we still admire the participation of the non-medal winners.It is not all about racing and wins Fred, I mean what did you ever win back in the day. Congrats to all the competitors, and to all the "OCBP working guards" who earn gold medals every day for the work they do in protecting the swimming public.