Member’s draw
The member’s draw is up to $600, to be drawn 6:45pm Thursday. If no one wins, you could spin!
What’s on this week
| Friday 10 December |
| Board Training – 4:45 PM Muster on the grass with a 5:00 PM start. A reminder that you must have successfully completed your 150m proficiency swim this year in order to attend. |
| Saturday 11 December – Branch Carnival #2 |
| U6/U7s – North Haven SLSC 11:30am start Seabirds – Semaphore SLSC 12:45pm start U8/U9/U10 – Grange SLSC 12:30pm Meet for a 1pm Start U11/U12/U13 – Henley SLSC 12:30pm Meet for a 1pm start Please note there are NO come and try sessions this weekend. |
| Help needed |
| We are still in need of volunteers (Officials, IRB Crew and Water Cover) to help with Saturday’s Branch Carnival. Please contact Jo Davey (juniorsec@semaphoreslsc.com.au) if you can assist. |
Canteen only open for brekkie this Saturday
The canteen is open for breakfast from 9am this Saturday. Hot coffee is also available from the bar.
Due to the branch carnival being held at Henley and Grange this weekend, the canteen will close at 11am.
Port Elliot carnival announced
Surf Life Saving SA have announced that the Junior Carnival scheduled for Sunday 20 February 2022 will be held at Port Elliot SLSC.
The country carnival is a great opportunity for everyone to get away and enjoy a weekend together. A lot of families from Semaphore, as well as other clubs, will stay at the Port Elliot Caravan Park, which is walking distance to the carnival. It will also be a good opportunity to check out Port Elliot’s new club rooms.
The full SLSSA Calendar is available on the surf life saving website.
National Water Safety Day
This National Water Safety Day (1 December), Semaphore SLSC held a water safety education day for primary school students from local multicultural communities. It was a great day, allowing kids who don’t get down to the beach very often to have some fun and learn about beach safety.
It was also a good opportunity for participants to check out the new series of beach safety animated videos in 9 languages put out by Surf Life Saving South Australia.
https://www.surflifesavingsa.com.au/beach-safety-video-series
As always, a big thank to our volunteers who made the day possible.
SRC to Bronze Course
SLSSA are running an SRC to Bronze course during the holidays from Monday 17th Jan to Friday 21st Jan. If you will be 15 years old after the 21st January and are an SRC then this is the course for you! All of the details are in the attached circular. There is a max number of 20 for the course and it is on first in first served basis so if you are eligible then get in quick. We will help you with the timed swim and paperwork but apply before you miss you spot. Emails have been sent to all who are eligible too.
Water cover and patrols this weekend
With the senior carnival at Robe this weekend our usual legends who help out with water cover for nippers and patrol will be unable to help. We are putting out an urgent call for anyone who is available to come down to the club on the weekend and lend a hand with nippers on Saturday and patrol on Sunday. The weather looks good and the nippers and beach going public will truly appreciate your assistance.
Thanks everyone.
Member’s draw
There is $550 up for grabs in the Member’s Draw this week. 6:45pm Thursdays. Member’s must be present and financial. If no one wins you could spin!
Grab a Parmi or something from the new summer menu while you are there.
What’s on this weekend
| Friday 3 December |
| Board Training – 4:45 PM Muster on the grass with a 5:00 PM start. A reminder that you must have successfully completed your 150m proficiency swim this year in order to attend. |
| Saturday 4 December |
| 10:00am – U13 RnR training 11:00am – U11 RnR traning 12:00pm – March Past training 12:45pm – Nipper training. This week due to the Robe senior carnival we will be short on Age Group Assistants and water cover. Could any Bronze medallion qualified parents please bring their gear to join the Nippers water cover patrol. We would also ask that parents offer their assistance to Age Group Managers to assist with beach activities and supervision of nippers. A gentle reminder that we are not a childcare service and the expectation is for parents to follow their age groups at training to provide support when needed. |
| Branch Carnival #2 Saturday 11th December |
| A reminder that parents will need to advise their respective Age Group Managers by the end of training this Saturday (4th December) if their child is intending to compete at the second branch carnival. We encourage as many nippers as possible to participate and gain valuable competition experience in this new format. U8/U9/U10 Age groups will be located at Grange SLSC and U11/U12/U13 Age groups will be located at Henley. Carnivals will be run at the same time normal nippers training is run on a Saturday. |
Help Needed for Carols by the Lake
This year the West Lakes Rotary Club will again hold a Carols by the Lake Event on Sunday 6 December. It will be a primarily kids focus and only run from 5:00pm to 7:30pm
The Rotary Club has requested the assistance from Semaphore SLSC in the setup and pull down of the infrastructure for the event.
Help is ne eded on the day from 2pm (set up temporary fencing) and at its conclusion at 7.30pm (take down the temporary fencing). Both activities take about an 1 to 1.5 hours depending on the numbers.
The West Lakes Rotary Group are great supporters of our club so it would be great for us to help them out in this small way. Most recently they kindly volunteered their time to run our Catering Tent at the recent Branch Carnival with all proceeds coming back to the club and are sponsoring two new nipper boards that will soon be delivered, not to mention the sponsorship of our Male and Female Volunteer of the Year Awards which see around $1000 coming back to the club in some way so it would be great for us to help them out in this small way.
If you are able to volunteer some time, either 2pm, or 7.30pm or both please let me know via return email to pres@semaphoreslsc.com.au or text me on 0459 442 802.