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The Seniors had their 4th carnival for the season at South Port (just for somewhere different!) on Sunday 24th January.

We had a small crew competing this time as this date happened to coincide with Swimming SAs Long Course State Swimming Champs which meant that several of our regular competitors had to leave early to travel to the SA Aquatic Centre to compete in relays.

As usual the day wouldn’t have run so ‘smoothly’ without the support of the following people:
– Craig and Greg for towing our trailers
– Daryle for being the U14/15 Team Manager
– Ian, Michael, Steve, Pat H and Pat L for being our officials
– Neil for providing water cover (on the jetski of course!)
– Ailsa for taking photos (a selection of these shots are included in this post).

Even with smaller numbers we accrued quite a few valuable points for the club with several top 6 finishes.

A couple of things to highlight:
– Nic coming 2nd (only just missing out on first) in the U17 Ironperson
– Paige competing in flags and actually getting one! (on reflection we think this is the first time Paige has competed in flags since U13s!!)
– Bryana competing for the first time this season (Yr12 is a valid excuse) and coming 3rd in the U19 skis, even though she crossed the line backwards!!

Our next (and final) carnival before States will be held on Sunday 21st February.
At this stage this is scheduled to be at a south coast venue (Port Elliot, Middleton or Goolwa). SLSSA is looking at this possibly being a training and competition weekend with training/coaching clinics occuring on Saturday 20th February.
The Seniors have Club Champs the morning of the 20th so we will wait and see what the final program for this weekend looks like and make a decision as to whether we travel down for the Saturday afternoon sessions then. If this happens we may look at securing some accommodation for the Saturday night to save making this trip two days in a row. More information will be provided as it comes to hand.

Although the second half of the 2015/16 is moving along nicely SLSSA are running a little bit behind with their information sharing.

What we do know: – Senior Carnival 4 is to be held on Sunday January 24th.

What we are waiting on: – where this carnival will be held (possibly a mid-coast venue such as Middleton) and the events to be conducted.

In order to be fully prepared we are asking that nominations for this carnival (at this stage based on preferred individual and team events of all events seniors can do) be sent through to Kerry Schulz at kschulz1000@gmail.com by Tuesday 19th January 5pm.

Please keep an eye on the Club and Senior Competition Group Facebook pages for updated information that will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Senior Carnival 3 is on this Sunday 6th December at South Port. We are expecting extreme weather conditions (approx 40 degrees) so please ensure you bring plenty of water, sunscreen and dress for the conditions!

Trailer loading will occur Saturday afternoon after the Club Swim (approx 4pm) so if you are competing please make sure you are available to load craft or organise for support from someone else if you can’t make it to the club at this time.

Everyone is to be on the beach by 7.30am (you will be notified should this change) on Sunday as with the heat we would expect events to get underway early.

We will come back to the club for meals and presentations from 5.30pm with ALL members welcome. Happy hour will be on from 5.30-6.30pm.

The menu for the night at $10 each includes: –
Chicken or Beef Schnitzel
Served with chips & your choice of gravy, mushroom or pepper sauce
Beef Korma
Mild beef curry with onion & potato served with a steamed rice and a pappadum
Warm Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken tenderloins, mixed lettuce, carrot, cucumber, red capsicum, Spanish onion & sun-dried tomatoes served with or without a balsamic dressing (GF)
Vegetarian Burger
Pumpkin & chickpea pattie with lettuce, tomato, cheese & mayo on a burger bun served with chips
Fish & Chips
Crispy beer battered flathead served with chips

Although we only had a very small group of seniors compete at Robe it was a very successful weekend. With this now counted as an ‘official’ carnival this season we accrued points. When you read the results below you will see that we did very well!

Before the results though it is important to acknowledge those that ensured the weekend ran smoothly: –
– first and foremost – Craig Lienert. Craig organised the accommodation, towed the seniors trailer and organised breakfast for everyone that stayed at Tarooki. As is always the case he made a huge effort!
– our officials – Raelene, Pat, Tony, Michael and John
– Deb Martin for providing water cover for the U14s group
– Richard Martin for being photographer
– Nev Schulz – U17 team manager and Daryle Rigney – U14/15 team manager. Nev and Daryle have summarised the days results below.
– Special thanks to Damian Brogden who organised a fantastic meal for all competitors and supporters on the Saturday night.

From Nev: –
There were four U17s that competed – Nic Schulz, Danny Humphrey, Sam Squeo and Cooper Lienert.
Some great results by these lads including: –
Swim – 1st Nic, 2nd Danny, 3rd Sam, 7th Cooper
Swim team (all four) – 1st
Ironperson – 1st Nic, 2nd Sam
Ski – 2nd Danny, 4th Nic, 7th Sam
Board – 2nd Nic, 9th Danny, 10th Cooper, 11th Sam
Board Relay – 2nd (Nic, Danny & Cooper)
Ski Relay – 2nd (Nic, Danny & Sam)
Taplin – 1st (Nic – swim, Danny – ski & Cooper – board)

From Daryle: –
U/15
Josh Larven had a good day with some promising results in challenging conditions.
Swim – 5th
Ironperson – 3rd
Board – 5th

U/14
Lindsey Ould unfortunately was not feeling the best and didn’t compete in any events on the day.
Maiye Rigney
Swim. She was hit by a wave and took in a mouthful of water. Did not finish the race.
Flags – 7th
Frank Martin
Flags – 9th
Swim – 5th
Board – 10th
Zac Buck
Flags – 3rd
In this event he had 3 run offs with a competitor from Normanville until finally the officials could not separate them and put them both back in the competition only for Zac to just miss going through to the final two!
Swim – 11th
Board – 12th
Ironperson – 6th
I want to give a special mention to Zac. He only joined the club last year having never competed previously in surf lifesaving and has improved dramatically. He’s a natural athlete with a ‘can do attitude’ and is always willing to put his hand up to do an event. Great effort Zac in challenging conditions!

Team Events
U14/15 Board Relay – Josh, Frank, Zac – 6th
U14/15 Cameron – Frank (Swim), Josh (Board), Zac (Runner x 2) – 5th

Back to back carnivals – aren’t we a lucky group!

Senior Carnival 3 will be held at South Port SLSC on Sunday 6th December.
This will be an individual and team carnival so looking to be a busy (and possibly long) day.

Events to include:
Individual – sprints, flags, 2k run, swim, iron, ski, board
Team – beach relay, board relay, taplin, cameron, swim team, double ski

As this is the first carnival after the end of the 2014/15 financial season (Nov 30) can all competitors please ensure membership plus competition levy for the current season has been paid prior to entering in this carnival.

Nominations for any/all events to be sent through to Kerry Schulz at kschulz1000@gmail.com by Tuesday 1st December 5pm.