Junior Swimming Training
It’s a great chance to hit the pool before Club Championships this weekend and States next weekend. Junior Swimming training will take place at the Largs Swim Centre from 7-8pm Wednesday 28th February.
Junior Weekly Report
Nippers Calendar Available Here
Board Training
No Board Training this Friday 23rd February, 2018
HI-VIS VESTS.
Surf Life Saving SA has notified us of the requirements for Hi-vis Vests for both Qualifying and State Carnivals. Competitors may wear either Pink or Yellow (or the new combination Yellow Front, Pink Back version). However, the Hi-Vis Vest irrespective of colour cannot be faded, and that a competitor with a faded Hi-Vis will not be allowed to compete.
Hi Vis Vests will be available for purchase first thing Saturday morning. Please find Steph Breden. OR from the Finz merchandise Tent but I have no info of their opening time (traditionally 9am).
State Qualifying Carnival – 24th Feb – Grange SLSC
Program (please note that as always, this is subject to weather/beach conditions so competitors should be prepared for any change of event order that may be necessary due to a number of factors)
Event Schedule:
The 1 km Team Run, Buchannon, Brace Relay and Board Rescue will be competed down to Medals. That means that the Heats, Semi-finals and Finals will be run for the appropriate Age Groups on this day, with medals presented at the State Championship Carnival 2 weeks later.
Please Note that events start at 8am, there will be no RnR or March Past Events, so we are requesting all competitors to be on the beach at 7:30am. Grange is notoriously bad for parking. I have received no further information regarding any arrangements for parking so please allow plenty of time to park and get on the beach.
Club Championships – 3rd March
Seniors Start at 9am – Juniors start at 10am
Come down and see our Seniors in action, then muster at the usual place at 9:45am
Draft Junior Club Champs Schedule
State Championships – 9th – 11th March – Glenelg SLSC
We are beginning to get further clarification regarding State Championships. Whilst no Schedule is available the following will give you an idea of which events will be on each day
Day 1 – 9th March
From 5pm – 2 Person and 5 Person RnR Heats
Day 2 – 10th March
Sprints All Age Groups Semi’s / Finals
Flags All Age Groups Semi’s / Finals
Iron Person U11 – U13 Finals
Swim All Age Groups Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Board All Age Groups Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Wade U8 – U10 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
2 Person and 5 Person RnR Semi’s/Finals
Day 3 – 11th March
March Past
All Age Beach Relay
Beach Relay All Age Groups Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Swim Teams U9 – U13 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Cameron Relay U9 – U13 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Board Relay U11 – U13 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Board Relay U9 – U10 Finals
Wade Relay U8 – U10 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Junior Lifesaver of the Year Presentations
More information will become available over the next few weeks so please watch this space.
Junior Presentation Day – 12th March
(Day after State Champs)
Start Time 10 am
Order of Events
– Presentations,
(starting w U13’s, followed by the other age groups)
– BBQ
– Finishing with our traditional Shaving Cream Fight
PLEASE NOTE: that shower and change room facilities are no longer available with the renovations to the clubrooms, (thus we have transferred the Shaving Cream Fight to the end of our presentations). Your preparations to join this activity should take this into account.
Upcoming Notable Dates –
24 Feb – Junior Qualifying – Grange
3 Mar – Club Junior Championships
9 Mar – RnR Heats
10/11 Mar – RnR Semi-Finals & Finals
Junior State Championships – Glenelg
12 Mar – Junior Presentation Day U7 – U13
Bronze Top Up and SRC Course in October 2018 School Holidays
We have a trainer that has proposed that they are available to offer a training on Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October 2018 to support your child to be proficient for the start of the season with an assessment to be booked Saturday 20 October. To make this practical we need at least 10 candidates to confirm that they will be attending for this to be a course and please note that if not yet of age by the date of assessment you are welcome to train with your friends and keep attending the training patrol as refresher until you can undertake assessment.
The Timed swim for start of season will be Wednesday 19 September at Largs Pool and time will be confirmed.
If we have at least 10 members it would mean that we would be looking at organising a First Aid Course on either Saturday 22 September or Sunday 23 September at our club if we have sufficient numbers state that they are wanting this course and link to the training in October or on training Patrols thereafter.
Please email instructor@semaphoreslsc.com.au to register your interest by Wednesday 28 February 2018 and advise your preferred date for the First Aid course and you will be sent the full details and asked to join the facebook group for this training.
Thanks in advance the Training Team
Mentors Required: Families, Junior Members, Seniors and Masters to support new CALD Members
Surf Life Saving Australia are looking for Mentors to work with the “Ride the Waves” Program for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Population.
Young People partaking in the Program will be linked to Surf Life Saving Clubs and this will provide Semaphore with an additional 25 members or more as we re-open in October 2018. There is a meet and greet day on Saturday 25 February 2018 at Henley Beach Surf Club. The club receives $100 for every mentor that we are able to provide so please if you can support a child, family or adult to feel at home in our club.
The Program is designed for new Australians, migrants and refugees, we’re keen to attract families but there’s no restriction with exception to a minimum age of 13. We will make allowance to the age criteria if a family seeks to participate and they have one or two siblings just under the age bracket. Due to this it would be great if we could get a few Junior Families to attend as a family so that the new members could be included in social events as well as club events. This will allow participants to connect with their peers and adults can take the parents under their wing. It would also be great to have a few senior members to link in with the older teenagers and adults who attend. It would be great to try and have 10 people attend the meet and greet.
Please register your interest with instructor@semaphoreslsc.com.au and identify if you can attend the session on Saturday 25 February and if you have a current Department Communities and Social Inclusion Check and Child Safe Environments Training.
Thanks in advance,
Jennie
Lifesaving State Championships this weekend
The Lifesaving State Championships event is on this weekend. Senior R&R is on Saturday at Grange SLSC. Marshalling is at 7:45am for the first event starting at 8:15am which is the U15 2 person heats. All events will run in order after this as per the Lifesaving State Championships Circular but, as always, is subject to change.
Sunday is the practical events for Champion Lifesaver also at Grange, with events to start at 12pm following the Champion Patrol event.
Good luck to all of our competitors.
Important message regarding Radio Communications
To Club Captains, Lifesaving, Chief Instructors, Radio Officers, Club Administration Officers as listed in Surfguard;
This season has seen SLSSA transition to a digital network for our radio communications. As with any change as significant as this, we have seen some teething problems. SLSSA and the SurfCom team are continuing to work together, along with our vendor, to ensure that we get the best network possible.
- The “heartbeat” of the network has been adjusted to 1 minute. This will significantly reduce the amount of time radios will spend waiting for network acknowledgements, mitigating busy or off air events.
- We continue to work towards installing the full repeater into O’Sullivans Beach boat ramp which will greatly improve the radio coverage in that area. Unfortunately, we have been delayed on delivering on this to its full capacity by means outside of our control.
- There are further plans in place to improve coverage to those clubs that are currently experiencing outages.
We do acknowledge that some of the issues with the radio use comes down to the operator and how they use the radio. Correct use of the radio will vastly improve the communication system.
With this in mind, attached is the SLSSA Radio Network Information Sheet providing some basic information on how to use the SLSSA digital radios.
Included in the Radio Information Sheet are two links to training videos that detail best practice for radio use. They are as follows;
1.1 Radio Operating Techniques | Best Practice for Radio Users | Tait Radio Academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib6Aw-Jh-Wc
2.1 How to use Radio your Microphone | Best Practice for Radio Users | Tait Radio Academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Pu0bPM1Is
Please ensure that this information, both the fact sheet and links to the videos, is circulated to ALL patrolling members. Distribute accordingly as appropriate to your club i.e. in your patrol rooms, radio rooms or by internal means.
If you have any queries or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact the Lifesaving Department.
Beach Management Course
Beach Management course will be held at the Henley SLSC on Sunday, 25 Feb 2018 starting at 8:30am.
This course is to assist Patrol Captains, Vice Captains and potential leaders in the following skills:
- undertake work activities and accept responsibilities
- set performance requirements and maintain team performance
- contribute to team outcomes and support team cohesion
- participate in a work team and communicate with management
- prepare for beach surveillance and rescue
- undertake preventive actions
- complete beach surveillance and rescue recovery requirements
- respond to casualties in distress.
Please contact Kate.Powell@surflifesavingsa.com.au
Junior Weekly Report
Firstly congratulations to all those who attended and competed at the Normanville Carnival on the weekend. The conditions were perfect and Semaphore competitors did our Club proud. The depth of water was very confronting for some of our younger competitors but they showed courage and determination to have a go, many completing their first competitive swims.
A huge thank you to all of the Age Managers, assistants and parent helpers, as well as water cover volunteers over the two days.
Printable Nippers Calendar – Click Here
Board Training
Board training as usual this week, except with the board trailer being stored off site it will be on a BYO Board basis only.
Semaphore Training for all Age Groups this Week.
Back to normal this week with training at Semaphore for all age groups at the usual time.
Muster at 12:45pm Training Starts 1:00pm
**IMPORTANT**
There will be a short meeting for U8 to U13 parents regarding State Qualifying and State Championship Carnivals and the nomination process.
HI-VIS VESTS.
Surf Life Saving SA has notified us of the requirements for Hi-vis Vests for both Qualifying and State Carnivals. Competitors may wear either Pink or Yellow (or the new combination Yellow Front, Pink Back version). However, the Hi-Vis Vest irrespective of colour cannot be faded, and that a competitor with a faded Hi-Vis will not be allowed to compete.
Please see Steph Breden this Saturday for any queries regarding this ruling or for information regarding obtaining a new Hi-Vis Vest.
State Qualifying Carnival – 24th Feb – Grange SLSC
We are beginning to get further clarification regarding the State Qualifying Carnival, while we do not have a schedule we do know which events are slated for each age group.
| Under 8 | Under 9 | Under 10 | Under 11 | Under 12 | Under 13 |
| Sprints | Sprints | Sprints | Sprints | Sprints | Sprints |
| Flags | Flags | Flags | Flags | Flags | Flags |
| 1km Team Run | 1km Team Run | 1km Team Run | 1km Team Run | 1km Team Run | 1km Team Run |
| Buchannon | Buchannon | Buchannon | Brace Relay | Board Rescue | Board Rescue |
| Board Relay | Board Relay | Iron Person | Iron Person | Iron Person |
Your Age Group Managers will be asking you today if your child is available to compete.
**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
It is important to understand that if you say YES, that once your child is included in a team then that team is relying on them in order to compete. If you don’t show the entire team cannot compete. Conversely if you don’t nominate to compete you will not be able to turn up on the day and expect to be included.
In addition, as the title suggests this is a qualifying carnival. This carnival’s aim is to reduce the quantity of competitors in specific events to manageable quantities to ensure the State Championships can run to a given time schedule. eg Flags – at qualifying competitors for each age group will be reduced to the final 16 who will then compete at the State Championships for Medals.
But it also means that if a team (Jo, Peter, Alex, Sam) qualifies to compete at the State Championships that same team (Jo, Peter, Alex, Sam) must compete. There may be an allowance to alter a team member due to illness or injury but only after petition to the Carnival referee is successful. So again, when nominating for qualifying, please consider that you will be required to attend both Qualifying as well as State Championship Carnivals if successful.
SO PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY WHEN NOMINATING TO ATTENDING THIS QUALIFYING CARNIVAL
Note – The 1 km Team Run will be competed down to Medals. That means that the Heats, Semi-finals and Finals will be run for each Age Group on this day, with medals presented at the State Championship Carnival 2 weeks later.
Club Championships – 3rd March
We have a date confirmed for Club Championships 3rd of Match. On this day, not only will the Juniors have their championship competition we will also see our Senior compete. Masters are also encouraged to participate.
Seniors Start at 9am – Juniors start at 10am
Come down and see our Seniors in action, then muster at the usual place at 9:45am
More details to follow………..
State Championships – 9th – 11th March – Glenelg SLSC
We are beginning to get further clarification regarding State Championships. Whilst no Schedule is available the following will give you an idea of which events will be on each day
Day 1 – 9th March
From 5pm – 2 Person and 5 Person RnR Heats
Day 2 – 10th March
Sprints All Age Groups Semi’s / Finals
Flags All Age Groups Semi’s / Finals
Iron Person U11 – U13 Finals
Swim All Age Groups Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Board All Age Groups Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Wade U8 – U10 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
2 Person and 5 Person RnR Semi’s/Finals
Day 3 – 11th March
March Past
All Age Beach Relay
Beach Relay All Age Groups Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Swim Teams U9 – U13 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Cameron Relay U9 – U13 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Board Relay U11 – U13 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Board Relay U9 – U10 Finals
Wade Relay U8 – U10 Heats/Semi’s/Finals
Junior Lifesaver of the Year Presentations
More information will become available over the next few weeks so please watch this space.
Junior Presentation Day – 12th March
(Day after State Champs)
Junior Presentation Day will take place on Monday 12th March (Adelaide Cup Day) with all groups in attendance U7’s all the way through to Under 13’s. Timing is TBC but the day will involve the following:
- Shaving Cream Fight on the Beach (beware parents if you’re on the beach you’re fair game, trust me, I learnt the hard way!)
- BBQ
- Presentations for each age group
Upcoming Notable Dates –
24 Feb – Junior Qualifying – Grange
3 Mar – Club Junior Championships
9 Mar – RnR Heats
10/11 Mar – RnR Semi-Finals & Finals
Junior State Championships – Glenelg
12 Mar – Junior Presentation Day U7 – U13
A proud moment for the Club!
Semaphore Surf Life Saving is very proud to see two of our prior Nippers whom are still active members achieve their dreams today. Proud moment for The Bisset & Purdie families. Great to see some of our other serving members got to graduation ceremony. Congratulations to all who graduated today.
Final ARTC Training for the 2017/18 Season
Andrew Spencer will be running his first ARTC course with support of Michael Kenny on the Training Patrol on:
Saturday 10 March 11:30 – 18:00
Monday 2nd April 11:30 until 18:00
You will be signed on for Patrol and training will commence once Patrol is set up and you will have breaks throughout the day to go for roving patrols and generally support the patrol as well as completing your award so if you are around and there are requests to cover these patrols please do offer to cover the members of the patrol that are away and get your qualification at the same time. Pre assessment will be at the end of at 3pm on the Monday 2 April.
Proposed assessment date at this stage is Monday 9 April in the evening depending upon Assessor capacity so please if interested but assessment date does not work let us know now and we can look at alternative date that works for this interested.
Please can you register your interest in this course with Jennie at instructor@semaphoreslsc.com.au
Thanks Jennie