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 – 24^th 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 – 3^rd 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 – 9^th – 11^th 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 – 9^th March

From 5pm – 2 Person and 5 Person RnR Heats

 

Day 2 – 10^th 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 – 11^th 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 12^th 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

Printable Nippers Calendar – Click Here

**** CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS ****

We have a date confirmed for Club Championships 3^rd of Match.  On this day, not only will the Juniors have their championship competition we will also see our Senior compete.

 

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………..

 

 

Board Training

No board training this Friday, We’re all at Normanville!!

 

Semaphore Training as Usual for U7’s and U8’s

Training for the U7’s will be available as usual at Semaphore with our U7’s Age Group manager.  Muster to be on the Grass across from the Patrol Shed on the Northern side of the main club building.

Todd will be there as Age Group Manager so please volunteer to help him where you can. Don’t wait to be asked!!

 

Junior Carnival 3 – Normanville – 11th February

Our 3^rd Junior Carnival for 2018 is located at Normanville on 11th of February. The event schedule has not been amended  – provided below for your information.

 

RnR Training – 10 February 9am

There will be a 2 person RnR training at Normanville – meet on the foreshore.

 

Training – 10 February

As many families choose to stay at or around Normanville for the weekend, training on Saturday 10th February for U8’s to U13’s will be at Normanville SLSC at 11am.   With a BBQ Lunch to follow on the Grass. Yes I know you’ve hear this before but we need to provide our own water cover for this training so any qualified Parents or Siblings that can help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

 

Dinner Saturday Night – 10 February

We have a booking at Normanville Pub for Dinner. We have been asked to come early at around 5pm and they are making some dedicated tables available for us so please be punctual.  This means that potentially we will need to move through in batches but we will see when we get there. Orders will be taken from 5pm.  There will be approx. 60 people that they will be serving aside from their usual dinner set so please be patient.

 

Menu can be perused here https://www.facebook.com/NormanvilleHotel/menu/

 

Water Cover

On the day of Carnival, we will again require Water Cover, 2 people at any one time at least 1 of them a Bronze Medal Holder. Please send nominations to Paul Breden, patrols@semaphoreslsc.com.au . Big thanks to those who have already offered their assistance.

 

Officials

In addition Semaphore is also required to provide 5 Officials for this carnival so anyone able to help in this regard please contact Junior Convener, Bruce Moseley 0428 580 507.

 

RnR State Titles

There has been some clarification regarding RnR State titles.

Heats for both Junior 2 person and Junior 5 person RnR will be held on what is now being called Day 1 of States 9^th of March 2018 at 5pm which will see the teams reduced to Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals and (most likely) Finals will be held in the afternoon on Day 2 of States 10^th of March 2018.

 

 

Junior Presentation Day – 12th March (Day after State Champs)

Junior Presentation Day will take place on Monday 12^th March (Adelaide Cup Day) with all groups in attendance U7’s all the way through to Under 13’s.  Timings TBC but the day will involve the following:

• Shaving Cream Fight on the Beach (beware parents if you’re on the beach your fair game, trust me, I learnt the hard way!)
• BBQ
• Presentations for each age group

 

 

Upcoming Notable Dates –

3 Feb        –        Club Junior Championships

10 Feb        –        U8 – U13 Junior Training – Normanville

U7 Training Semaphore

11 Feb        –        Junior Carnival – Normanville

24 Feb        –        Junior Qualifying – Grange

9 Mar         –        RnR Heats

              10/11 Mar           –    RnR Semi-Finals & Finals

Junior State Championships – Glenelg

12 Mar       –        Junior Presentation Day U7 – U13