Celebrating Christmas day at the Club
Come and enjoy a celebratory free drink on Christmas Day morning at the Club.
Bar will be open from 9am to 11am for Club members.
Archive for month: December, 2017
Under 13’s prepare for transition into Youth group
As of the first training back on January 6th, U13s are asked to train at 10am on Saturdays with the youth development group until the end of the season.
This will assist with their transition into the youth group.
Thanks,
Luke Zille
Juniors Weekly report
Congratulations to all of our juniors that competed in Carnival 2 at Glenelg on Sunday. It was a fantastic effort across the board. The Club is very proud of you!
Wednesday night swimming training
Junior Swimming Training will run as per normal this Wednesday at Largs Bay Swim Centre 7pm-8pm.
Christmas Raffle Winners
The Christmas Raffle was draw at the Club during the Junior Christmas Breakup, and we are searching for the winners of the major prizes:
1st Prize
Winner – Costal Skydive – Sky Diving experience Red Ticket E06
Ticket was sold over the bar but no name included on the ticket
2nd Prize
Winner – Family Pass to Monarto Zoo and Adelaide Zoo (BCI Sales SA) Red Ticket E07
Ticket was sold over the bar but no name included on the ticket
(YES, we couldn’t believe it either)
3rd Prize
Winner – 12 Bottles of Mixed Wine Pink Ticket W48
Congratulations Jason Ellul
4th Prize
Winner – Beerenburg Gift Basket Apricot Ticket O09
Congratulations Anna Vickery
5th Prize
Hair by Jo Sym-Choon Voucher $80 Orange Ticket O26
Congratulations P Barnes
1st and 2nd winners will need to provide their ticket stub in order to claim the prizes
A Big THANK YOU to our Canteen Staff
The Board of Management would like to extend a well-earned Thank You to our Canteen Staff who have volunteered their time to ensure our Nippers had access to great food, snacks and beverages prior to and after training on Saturdays. There will be more than a few kids and adults that will miss their weekly pre-training Toastie or Nugget Roll and post-training Nachos, Hot Dog, or Hot Chips, I think I even saw a Chiko Roll the other day!!
Thank You Lauren, Catherine and Heather, your efforts have been very much appreciated.
Please Note that the canteen will now be closed until after the club refurbishment.
Junior Christmas Breakup
Hope everyone enjoyed our Junior Christmas Breakup. You should have received an e-mail regarding access to the photos taken with Santa on the day. If not you can access a PDF of them here https://drive.google.com/open?id=11lDRfaHwrYTI3nR9LLk5z7SoLfcmmskL . If you would like full sized copies text Steph Breden on 0429 046 362 with your e-mail address, and the PDF page number(s) of the photo(s) required.
JUNIOR PARENTS – Want to get involved with your kids training?
Your kids love Nippers and we want you to get more involved in their experience. The best part is you add to your own. Surf Life Saving is a rewarding experience for everyone, not just the kids!! There are lots of different things that you can do and you don’t need to have come from a Surf Lifesaving background. We have many parents who have gone on to become Patrol members, giving them the opportunity to provide Water Cover while their children are training.
After the Christmas / New Year break we will be seeking your involvement, either at training, or becoming more involved through roles such as event officials (it’s easier than you think), or patrolling members.
Please see your Age Group Manager, Junior Convener, or Junior Surf Secretary for more information or email – juniors@semaphoreslsc.com.au
Nippers returns on January 6th. Enjoy the break and see you on the beach soon!
New Volunteer Opportunity: Safeguarding Officers
Surf Life Saving SA has requested that each club has a minimum of 2 Safeguarding Officers. Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club takes the protection of its members very seriously and wants to ensure that it has a range of people across all areas that our young people aged under 18 are involved in. The Safeguarding Officer Role replaces the Nipper Safe Officer Role taking into account that legislation covers everyone under the age of 18. Those in the Role will be identified to members on our website and have their photo up in the club so they can be identified by new members. They will deal with complaints raised by members regarding any issues around safety of children, as well as being involved in supporting development of policies to keep the children and young people safe.
Safeguarding Officers are required to be aged 18 or over and have or be willing to undertake:
- Department of Social Inclusion Children’s Clearance
- Responding to Abuse and Neglect Certificate or Child Safe Environments Course
- Surf Life Saving Safeguarding Children Training Program
Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club would like to have a male and female identified within the Juniors Training, Seniors Training, Patrols and within the Awards Training Team. At this time Jennie Charlton and Sean McKenzie have been identified as the Board of Management Safeguarding Officers and will support any members in undertaking this role. Please contact Jennie on instructor@semaphoreslsc.com.au if you would like to know more about this role or would like to nominate yourself by Friday 22 December 2017.
Final SRC/Bronze and ARTC Proficiency Saturday 23 December 2017
Congratulations to our 36 Fully Proficient Bronze/SRC Members. We have 16 Proficient IRB Crew and 10 proficient IRB Drivers. We have 7 newly qualified ATV Drivers.
Final SRC, Bronze and ARTC Proficiencies and ATV assessment are on Saturday 23 December & will run from where Patrol sets up.
Please complete online proficiency before attending. Please note everyone is welcome to come do dry proficiency from 1pm. Swim & rescues will be at 3pm & ATV Assessment from about 3:30pm.
Online proficiencies for 2017-18 Season are here at https://portal.sls.com.au (please use Chrome or Google to access this even when using devices as Safari results in the course not being logged as completed. Once logged in (any issues with logging in call 1300 724 006) go to courses at the top of the page this takes you to SLSA E-Learning press login. Once in press Training Library and pick Skill maintenance. Pick 2017/18 courses.
SRC and Bronze Resuscitation and radios and IRB crew and drivers to do the powercraft
Bronze Medallion Achievement
Congratulations to the 5 SRC’s who achieved their Bronze Medallion
Congratulations to Jessica, Hannah, Lindsey, Maiye and Zac for achieving their Bronze Award at assessment on Saturday 9 December at West Beach. The first SRC to Bronze Group trained by the Brooksy Training Patrol. Congratulations to Andrew Spencer for completing his first Assessment as a probationary assessor.
Seacliff SPR results
Congratulations to our competitiors that took part in the Seacliff SPR on the weekend. We had some great results across the board. We started the day off with Zac Buck winning the open 5km run.
In the water we had competitors competing in different categories, sorry if we missed anyone, with no clubs next to names it was hard to find our competitors at times.
U11-U13 SPR (500m Swim, 1km board paddle, 1km run)
Amy Buck 9th
Lilija Zampatti 10th
Jackson Clee 20th
U14-U15 SPR (1km swim, 2km board, 2km run)
Tegan Richards 3rd
Ella Andrews 4th
Cooper Clee 14th
Naish Allen 15th
Some great results with some fast times from everyone!
Club Raffle
Don’t forget to return your sold or unsold tickets at the beginning of junior training this week.
A Message from the President
Building
Our re-development contract will be signed this Thursday with building to commence on February 12th 2018. Completion is expected in early August. We have a lot of packing up to do to have the site clear and this will start from mid January. Assistance from any members who are available will be greatly appreciated.
If you’d like to be involved track down one of our Board members and they will be happy to discuss – even an hour or two here and there can be a huge help if a lot of us get involved. We’ll also be looking for storage for a lot of what is currently in the club so if anyone has any contacts or innovative ideas we’d love to talk.
A Big Thanks to a Lot of People
The volunteer spirit around the club this season has been nothing short of fantastic.
We’ve had our regular volunteers, patrolling members, Nipper coaches and helpers, Canteen staff, water cover, Officials, trailer packers and towing, School patrols Board of Management, club officers and committee members.
We’ve also had a core of Bunnings BBQers, Social function organisers (Quiz, Balcony Sundays, Disco, Breakfast on the balcony), volunteer bar staff, beer line cleaners, window cleaner, admin support with pays and banking, event support (especially 2 weekends ago with the Open Water Swim, Carols by the Lake set up and pack up – members were on the job from 6:00am to 10:00pm), communications, and many more.
A sincere thankyou to you all, your contributions continue to build our club into a great place for us to meet and for our kids (and their kids) to grow up and develop into active, community minded people.
Regards,
Mick Kenny
Junior Weekly Report
Message from Junior Convenor Bruce Moseley:
“I would like to take this opportunity to wish all Semaphore Nippers and their parents a Merry Christmas and safe New Year, as well as send a special thank you to all the Age Managers and Assistants for their hard work in the first half of this season. We couldn’t do this without you!!”
There are a number of things to note this week:
Board training
Friday night Board Training will take place as usual. Meet on the grass at the Club at 5pm. A minimum of 4 Water Cover volunteers is required for training to go ahead.
Christmas Raffle
ALL Tickets (sold or unsold) must be returned by beginning of training this week.
Christmas Party/Break-up
Celebrations will take place after training this week. As such Nippers will finish at about 2:30pm. There’ll be a visit from the man in the red suit at 4pm.
***Reminder this will be the last training for 2017.***
Junior Carnival 2 – Glenelg this Sunday.
Please advise your Age Group Manager if you are NOT planning to attend.
There have been no further changes to the details communicated via e-mail last week. Any further changes will be communicated via e-mail as they come to light.
The carnival circular can be found via the following link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UK1qWBW-1OdIopI4JPxlbLjM1EDfMeID
but the event listing has been changed from the original and is shown below.
Post Carnival information – As usual MEALS will be available at the Club from 5:30pm with PRESENTATIONS to commence around 6:30pm.
Training will restart in 2018 on Saturday January 6th usual time and place.
Come and Try will officially be finished after this week. Anyone wanting to continue will need to sign up to a full membership. You can do so online using the following link https://sls.com.au/join/
User documentation is also available on this page to help guide you through the process.
Branch Carnival Number 2.
Another Branch carnival is scheduled for Sunday January 14th at Henley Beach starting at 9am. Program is currently being defined and will be communicated soon.
Dates to remember
December 25th 2017 – Members Only – Xmas drinks on the balcony
January 6th 2018 – First Training back for 2018
January 14th 2018 – Next Branch Carnival (Henley Beach)
January 28th 2018 – Nipperthon 2018 (West Beach)