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Pictures: Stockton Beach, Glen Barnard and Jason Upton at the 2007 Australian Title - Double Ski Final and the beach view from the club house.
Stockton SLSC is situated at the southern end of the Stockton Bight, which stretches from the northern side of the Hunter River at Newcastle to Birubi Point, a distance of 23 miles.
Stockton Surf life Saving Club is the second oldest surf life saving club in the Hunter Branch, forming five days after Newcastle SLSC on 15 January 1908.
However life saving activities were in full swing in Stockton in the early 1860's. The "Stockton Rocket Brigade" were a group of men devoted to the rescue of seafarers who became shipwrecked trying to enter Newcastle Harbour. Historical records show that the men who crewed the Rocket Brigade rescue boats were the same men that later formed the Stockton SLSC.
On 19th January 2008, Stockton SLSC celebrated its 100th anniversary. Part of the celebrations also included hosting the 2008 Australian Surf Rowers League Open on the 8th, 9th and 10th February 2008.
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