Junior Weekly Report

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The junior part of the shed has now been completely packed up, a HUGE thanks to those members of JONES PATROL for coming in early helping to clear everything out last Friday (Australia Day)

 

Board Training

As usual this Friday 5:00pm for a 5:15pm start

 

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

Training for the U7’s and 8’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 taking care of both groups so please volunteer to help him where you can.  Don’t wait to be asked!!

 

Branch Finale – 3rd February

It’s finally here.  The branch series finale at Southport SLSC.  This Carnival will see the Branches compete against each other.  That’s right well be on the same side as Grange, West Beach, and Henly Beach

I’m pleased to announce or Branch Cap Colour is ‘RED’

 

Nominations have been taken and Team allocations will be sent via E-Mail later in the week

 

Please Note:   We require 1 Official AND 1 Water Cover person at any one stage so bring your gear and we’ll organize a roster that morning.

 

The proposed schedule for this carnival is:

Please Note as you can see from the supplied maps access to parking is restricted and there is a large walk from the parking area so please allow plenty of time to ensure you make the start of the first event.

 

Junior Carnival 3 – Normanville – 11th February

Our 3rd Junior Carnival for 2018 is located at Normanville on 11th of February. The preliminary event schedule has been released and is provided below for your information.

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 marshalling on the grass area at 10:45am. We will 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.

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.

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.

 

***Change to Dinner Saturday***

I have enough people interested to arrange a booking for Dinner on the Saturday Night prior to the carnival. We have however been contacted by the Normanville SLSC who will have their bistro open on Friday and Saturday Night. I intend to book our dinner at their club rather that the Normanville Pub, that is after some due diligence on their capacity or unless there is a huge vote against it.  A menu will be available shortly.

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.  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          –        U9 – U13 Branch Carnival Finale – Southport

U7 – U8 only Training Semaphore

10 Feb        –        U8 – U13 Junior Training – Normanville

U7 Training Semaphore

11 Feb        –        Junior Carnival – Normanville

24 Feb        –        Junior Qualifying – Grange

10/11 Mar           –    Junior State Championships – Glenelg

12 Mar       –        Junior Presentation Day U7 – U13

 

For a printable version of these upcoming dates with details use the following link: 31/1 Update  – Nippers Calendar and Assoc Info

 

Finally a special thank you to all the patrol & Club members for their help on Friday cleaning up the junior side of the club.

 

 

A Note from the President

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It’s really happening! All systems are go for the rebuild and we have a few important things to do to make it happen smoothly.

 

Firstly a big thanks to those who helped out last weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and the two weeks prior, some tireless efforts from some brave volunteers who gave up their mornings/afternoons in some less than ideal conditions to sort, shred and move documents, goods, fixtures, fittings, competition gear, uniforms and other sundry items to storage or trash.

 

Last meals at the club for several months will be this Thursday and Friday, expect some more great specials and say a fond farewell, for now at least, to our kitchen staff who’ve delivered a great product and shown the flexibility to work with an environment run by volunteers.

 

This Saturday morning after “the last supper” we want to get stuck in to the kitchen and get packing what we can from in there, cooking utensils, pots, pans and “crocklery” (the word that came out of my mouth when I was trying to say either cutlery or crockery last Saturday evening on the balcony).  There will be some reasonably light weight work in the kitchen boxing and some heavier work moving boxes from the kitchen to containers or skip.  There is also the office and a few other bits and pieces to be tucked away. The fun will begin at 9:00am so if you can spare an hour or two (or more) at some stage through the day your help will be greatly appreciated.

 

There is also a gym full of goodies to be packed and stacked for storage (many thanks to Owen) and a beautiful old wooden boat to be lifted from the ceiling and taken to a temporary resting place.

 

Sunday Kevvy Metal returns – hopefully to the balcony this time to deliver his power packed performance through one of his many bands – think 70’s 80’s 90’s Rock and Roll, big crowd, big fun drink specials, sausage sizzle “Be there or be Elsewhere!”.  $10 a head with drink specials.  party gets underway at 2pm.

 

We hand over the keys to the club on Monday 12th Feb and projected date for completion is early August.  We will have weekend drinks from the shed and will organize some club nights at other venues when the weather gets serious.  I’ll work with the board and Kate “Queen of Comms” Newman to keep you up to date so look out for bulletins for other social events, footy tipping etc and let us know if you have any ideas for other off season socials.

 

Mick Kenny

Closing Down Party this Sunday!

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Get along to our Closing Down Party this Sunday 4th February.  Legendary local band Deep Throat will be entertaining us as we prepare for an exciting new refurbishment of the Club ready for the new season.

$10 a head & Drink Specials at the Club.

Junior Weekly Report

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Board Training

No Board training on Australia Day.

 

Nippers Training ***** Start Time 10:am*****

Given the extreme temperatures this Saturday Junior Training has been brought forward to 10:00am in order to evade most of the heat.  Muster at the usual spot at 9:45am.

 

Post Training BBQ – U7’s

BBQ after training this week to be run by the U7’s, with volunteers required as usual.

 

Nipperthon 2018 – 28th January

Nominations are still open for SLSSA’s Nipperthon at West Beach SLSC  on this Sunday 28th January.  Marshalling from 8:30  with the events startin at 9am. Nipperthon is an Ironman style event open to Age Groups U’9s – 13’s with separate events for both individuals and teams of 2-3.  Registration is required. More information and to resister use following link. SLSSA Nipperthon ’18

If you require the use of a Club Board to compete please see Steph Breden (Junior Sports Secretary) on Saturday or send her a Text message on 0429 046 362 for details.

 

Branch Finale – 3rd February

The branch series carnivals will culminate in a finale on 3rd February at Southport SLSC.  This Carnival will see the Branches compete against each other.  That’s right well be on the same side as Grange, West Beach, Henly, and North Haven.  Competitors from each Branch will be issued with a Branch Cap to compete in and to identify the different teams.

** Please Note that training for the U7’s and 8’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.

Nominations have been taken and more details will hopefully be available this week

The proposed schedule for this carnival is:

Junior Carnival 3 – Normanville – 11th February

Our 3rd Junior Carnival for 2018 is located at Normanville on 11th of February. The preliminary event schedule has been released and is provided below for your information.  Please let your Age Group Manager if you will be available to compete at this Carnival.

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. Time TBC. We will 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.

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.

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.

 

** ROI for Dinner at Normanville Hotel***

Please register your interest in having Dinner at the Normanville Hotel on the Saturday evening prior to the Carnival by 12pm Sunday 28th January to Steph on 0429 046 362 (please include number of people).  If we get enough interest we will try to arrange a reserved area well as ask them to open their kitchen early to cope with us all.

 

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.  Timings 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 –

 

28 Jan        –        SLSSA Nipperthon – West Beach

3 Feb          –        U9 – U13 Branch Carnival Finale – Southport

U7 – U8 only Training Semaphore

10 Feb        –        U8 – U13 Junior Training – Normanville

U7 Training Semaphore

11 Feb        –        Junior Carnival – Normanville

24 Feb        –        Junior Qualifying – Grange

10/11 Mar           –    Junior State Championships – Glenelg

12 Mar       –        Junior Presentation Day U7 – U13

***Club Champ dates TBC

 

For a printable version of these upcoming dates with details use the following link. Nippers Calendar & assoc Info

 

Stay safe in the hot weather.  See you on the beach!

 

Urgent Attention: Training 17/1/18 for New Volunteer Opportunity: Safeguarding Officers at Henley Surf Club at 7pm

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Please advise Jennie on instructor@semaphoreslsc.com.au if able to attend the Training at Henley  Surf Lifesaving Club at 7pm on Wednesday 17 January 2018

Surf Life Saving SA has requested that each club has a minimum of 2 Safeguarding Officers per club.  Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club takes the protection of our members very seriously and want to ensure that we have 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, have their photo up in the club so they can be identified by new members and 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 – Next Training offered on Wednesday 17 January 2018

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.

 

ARTC Training

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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.  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. Pre-assessment will be at the end of at 3pm on Monday 2nd April.

Proposed assessment date at this stage is Monday 9th 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 those interested.

Please can you register your interest in this course with Jennie at instructor@semaphoreslsc.com.au

Thanks Jennie

 

Final call for Proficiencies 2017/2018

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North Have Surf Club has offered to allow those still requiring to undertake Wet or Dry Proficiencies to partake in their scheduled proficiency over Friday evening and Saturday morning. Please book in with Jennie at instructor@semaphoreslsc.com.au to get the times so that we can confirm numbers with North Haven Assessors.

Thanks to the 11 members that used Sunday 14 January at Semaphore to get proficient and 1 member that used Henley’s opportunity to complete their IRB Crew Proficiency. We now have 7 current members whom have not completed their full practical proficiency and 3 with only an online component to complete.

Thanks

Jennie

Junior Weekly Report

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So Nippers isn’t all about Surf Sports.

When we get the chance, like Saturday with the cooler temp, we also teach what we call Surf Ed.  Here we see some Under 7’s and Under 8’s learning about D.R.S.A.B.C.D. (that’s Danger, Response, Send (for help), Airway, Breathing, Compressions, and Defibrillation).

Surf Ed is taught at different levels depending on the Age Group with a view for our Under 13’s to be ready to complete their Surf Rescue Certificate training at 14 years of age. Once completed they are ready to join a patrol group and be eligible to provide water cover for Junior carnivals and training.

A huge thanks to Brad Tunbridge for running these very valuable Surf Ed sessions on Saturday.

It’s worth noting any students who are Club Members and have completed a Surf Rescue Certificate or Bronze Medallion can have these awards recognised by registering them with their school VET Coordinator to gain SACE credits. See the following for more information Surf Life Saving and SACE.pdf

 

Board Training

The Hot Weather Policy has been invoked and Board training has been cancelled this Friday 19th January.

Please ensure that your child’s contact details (mobile and E-mail) in the Surf Life Saving SA Members Portal are up to date as this is how we confirm changes.

 

Nippers Training – Will go ahead as usual, however if the forecast changes more information will be released.

 

Post Training BBQ – U13’s

BBQ after training this week to be run by the U13’s, with volunteers required as usual.

 

Swim Training

Reminder that on Wednesday nights there is a weekly Nipper Swim Training session at Largs Bay Swim Center. This session is specifically for Nippers to increase their confidence and stamina for their ocean swims. It is available for U8’s to U13’s that are already competent swimmers. It is not a learn to swim class.

Training Starts at 7pm till 8pm, Cost is $4

 

Nipperthon 2018 – 28th January

 

West Beach is running its yearly Nipperthon on Sunday 28th January from 9am. Nipperthon is an Ironman style event open to Age Groups U’9s – 13’s with separate events for both individuals and teams of 2-3.  Registration is required. More information and to resister use following link. SLSSA Nipperthon ’18

 

Branch Finale – 3rd February

 

The branch series carnivals will culminate in a finale on 3rd February at Southport SLSC.  This Carnival will see the Branches compete against each other.  That’s right, we’ll be on the same side as Grange, West Beach, Henly, and North Haven.  Competitors from each Branch will be issued with a Branch Cap to compete in and to identify the different teams.

Please let your Age Group Manager know this weekend if you want to nominate.  You ae required to have competed in a State Carnival this season (Pt Noarlunga or Glenelg) as well as one of the two branch carnivals to be eligible. Unfortunately, this Finale is restricted to the U9 to U14 Age Groups. Training will continue as usual at Semaphore on this day for U7’s and U8’s.

The proposed schedule for this carnival is:

More information to follow

 

Junior Carnival 3 – Normanville – 11th February

Our 3rd Junior Carnival for 2018 is located at Normanville on 11th of February. The preliminary event schedule has been released and is provided below for your information.  Please let your Age Group Manager if you will be available to compete at this Carnival.  More information will be provided as it becomes available

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. Time TBC.

 

Upcoming Notable Dates

28 Jan         –        SLSSA Nipperthon – West Beach

3 Feb           –        Branch Carnival Finale – Southport

10 Feb        –        U8 – U13 Junior Training – Normanville

11 Feb        –        Junior Carnival – Normanville

24 Feb         –        Junior Qualifying – Grange

10/11 Mar           –    Junior State Championships – Glenelg

TBC            –        Junior Presentation Day

 

See you on the beach!!

 

Opportunity to join Senior Surf Sport Panel

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Interested in becoming part of the Surf Life Saving Senior Surf Sport Panel? Click on the link below to check out the details.

Senior Surf Sport Panel member

New Volunteer Opportunity: Safeguarding Officers

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Surf Life Saving SA have requested that each club has a minimum of 2 Safeguarding Officers per club Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club takes the protection of our members very seriously and want to ensure that we have 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, have their photo up in the club so they can be identified by new members and 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 – Next Training offered on Wednesday 17 January 2018

 

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 at this stage 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 Monday 15 January 2018 so we can book you into course.