Pool Rescue State Champs Training Sessions

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As has previously been advertised – Pool Rescue State Championships are to be held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th July.
This is the last event of the 2015/16 season and is open to current (15/16) U12s and above.
Details re nominations will be sent out soon.

In order to support all those that are keen to enter gain an understanding of and practice the various races to be held we have organised 3 training sessions at The Parks Recreation and Sports Centre (Cowan Street Angle Park).
These sessions will be held on Saturday 25th June, Saturday 2nd July and Saturday 9th July from 1.30–3.30pm and will be coached by Trent Bampton and Sean McKenzie.
There will be NO cost to participate in training as this has been fully funded by the club.

We are hoping to have a strong team at Pool Champs this year so come along to the training sessions and see what a great and fun event this is!

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Lifemember nomination

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The Semaphore SLSC is calling for any Lifemember nominations for the upcoming AGM. Any nominations should be submitted to the Club Secretary at sslsc@bigpond.net.au no later than July 3rd.

To nominate a member for Life Membership please read and follow the below process.

  • You will need to complete a nomination form (see link)
  • Please attach sufficient supporting documentation to this nomination so it can receive appropriate consideration by the Life Membership Committee.
  • This form should establish a case for special service (i.e. applicable to the nominee, extraordinary, exception and/or distinctive service to the Semaphore SLSC) not simply a list of positions and awards held, because this simply establishes a case for long service, not for Life Membership.
  • The nomination should ensure that as much relevant information as possible is included.
  • Members nominated for Life Membership are held in high esteem within Semaphore SLSC and it is the responsibility of the persons sponsoring the nomination to take the time to mount a case by completing this form as required.

 

Nominations are to be presented to the Board at the meeting immediately preceding the Annual General Meeting.

On the endorsement of two thirds majority of the Board, the nomination shall be presented to the Annual General Meeting for its consideration.  If you have any questions regarding this process please contact Mick Kenny 0498 492 409 ormckenny@internode.on.net .

Semaphore SLSC Nomination for Life Membership

Senior Winter Training

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Winter training has begun! Board training will start tonight (7th June 2016), please meet a the club before 4:45pm if possible. We will load the trailer and head to the lake for training. Anyone that has their own personal boards you can meet us at the lake (Northern end off Bower Rd, next to the canoe/dragon boat club/dirt bike track), please be ready to hit the water at 5:10 if you are meeting us there.

 

Training program will be as follows

Board Training Tuesday, Thursday, Friday nights 4:45 at club to load trailer or 5:10 with your own board at the lake. High Vis vest/top required. On water for approximately 1 hour.

Kayaking Monday and Wednesday’s 4:30 for 4:45 start at the West Lakes Canoe Club. High Vis vest not required but suggested. This will recommence on Wednesday 15th June due to the expected weather and long weekend.

Club Swimming 7-8pm Largs Bay Swim Centre on Victoria Road. cost is $4 per session open to all 2016/2017 U14’s and up, or for those older with the plan to get your Bronze in the upcoming season.

Please remember to have a headlight and tail light for your board and kayak, ask Sean for some suggestions if you do not have one. You will be required to leave the water at Sunset if you do not have a light. All winter training will be on the lake at the Northern end unless told otherwise.

 

Please join the ‘Semaphore Senior Competition Group’ on Facebook for the most up to date information. We will always try and get website posts, text messages and emails out, however Facebook is the quickest and most efficient way for us to distribute information

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sema4.ski/

Weekend training TBA after the long weekend.

Awards at the Palais

Annual Club Awards Dinner 2016

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The 2016 Club Awards Dinner is approaching quickly and has snuck up on us as well. The Palais has been booked for the 25th June (yes only a few weeks away). Tickets are available online through the link below for $45 per person. Please pick a table when you book.

https://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=205994

Included this year is a two course meal (menu TBC), please advise us if you are vegetarian or have any food allergies. There will be happy hour from 7-9pm and base spirits are $6 all night.

Tickets are limited to 150 people and will be available up until Wednesday 22nd June so we can finalise numbers and seating plans.

Awards to be presented include

  • Most Efficient Patrol Person
  • Best SRC patrolling member per patrol
  • Rotary Award (1 male and 1 female)
  • Milestone Patrol Hour Awards
  • Best all round club person
  • Official of the year

We will also have some fundraising and raffles available, as well as entertainment between presentations and after formalities.

Club Working Bee Wrap Up

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A Big thank you to everyone that came out and helped out at the Club Working Bee on Sunday 29th May.  We managed to get a lot done, including some things we thought we might only make plans for. We not even going to bother mentioning all the names because we’ll no doubt miss someone, but some of the highlights are;

  • Clean Balcony Windows- you don’t realise how dirty those windows are until Sita get’s her fancy window cleaner onto them
  • High Pressure clean the craft storage shed- again so much sand, dirt and grime washed away by Wanga’s.
  • Boards and Skis checked for damage and renumbered. A big thank you to the younger crew who came down, inspected the boards and skis, marked all damaged craft for repair and renumbered all club craft for our gear register.
  • Patrol Area reorganised- Georgia Robbins and her patrol crew pulled the patrol gear apart, organised it back into place, cleaned the IRBs and made plans for a new trailer (watch this space).
  • Walkway Line Marking- Thanks to Greg McKenzie for picking up a line marker and marking lines in the patrol area and craft storage area to ensure we have clear walkways to get around the club, now the test is to see how long those areas remain clear for!
  • Bird proofing the gym- Thanks to Trent Bampton for organising the chicken wire and fixing in place so keep birds out of our gym, hopefully no more bird poo on the chin-up bar.
  • Aaron Low and Paul ‘Jonno’ Johnson for fitting roller seats into one of the boats so no wedgies need to be pulled for winter training, think they fixed a flat tyre where Jonno helped by standing in the boat on top of the tyre.
  • Pat Larven and junior crew for doing similar stuff with the junior gear than what the seniors did. Re numbered, cleaned and checked for damaged craft. Hopefully we will be all ready by summer hits.
  • Neil ‘The Pres’ Bisset for fixing the door handles in the club Ute, now everyone can open the door handles from the inside of the car!

There were a lot more things done, from light globe replacements to re painting damaged tables. Well done to everyone who came, even if it was just to push a broom. And of course thank you to the BBQers for making sure we had sausages ready for the end of the working bee.

There were lots of other small projects spotted and planned, so we may be looking at having another working bee in the near future. Look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Sean McKenzie

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Senior Board/Ski/Swim meeting 29th May

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We will be holding a meeting this Sunday after the working bee for all people interested in competing in board, ski and swim events in Seniors this coming season. The meeting will discuss when training will commence, training nights, winter kayaking, possible training camps and a whole heap of other information. We urge you to be there as we plan on making some changes this season which will hopefully benefit the whole club in years to come.

The working bee will be from 12-4, the meeting will follow straight after that (with a BBQ for those that helped out for the working bee) and will be followed by the club draw.

Please contact Karin (0403221592) for any more information or to let her know if you can not make the meeting.

There will also be a boaties meeting running at the same time, but please see the post about the boaties meeting for more information

Pool Rescue State Championships – Save the Date

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The 2016 Pool Rescue State Championships are to be held on Saturday 16th July and Sunday 17th July (times to be advised) at the State Aquatic Centre, 443 Morphett Road Oaklands Park.

Events in these championships are open to competitors in U12s and above (age group as per the 2015/16 season).

Event and entry details coming soon.

We are keen to gauge the number of members keen to compete as soon as possible so that we can plan accordingly (including specific training sessions).

If you want to compete and/or would like further information please email Karin Humphrey at kaz412@bigpond.com.

Boaties Meeting 29th May

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For any members interested in rowing next year, either socially or competitively, there will be a boaties meeting after the working bee at 4pm and before the Draw on Sunday 29 May.

 

For those that can’t make it please leave a message with Aaron on the Semaphore Boaties Facebook page or contact him directly.

 

Kind Regards

 

Aaron

Future Development of the Semaphore SLSC

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Dear Members ,

 

What an exciting time we have ahead of ourselves , after 18 long months we finally received our Formal Planning Consent from the Charles Sturt Council for our proposed upgrade redevelopment of the Semaphore SLSC. This is the first major step of a very complex process which I won’t bore you with at this stage.

 

We have proposed to SLSSA to “stage” our redevelopment into two main Stages , Stage 1 would be the construction of the new storage shed & stage 2 would be the club itself. Funding will be by means of part Government , part Local Council & part Club which will require us to some serious fund raising over the next 12 months.

Semaphore SLSC Redevelopment Draft Plan

 

We are calling for EOI for a dedicated fund raising committee (approx. 4-5 people) initially and also that of a Building Committee which will be a bit further down the track.

 

EOI Should be emailed directly to sslsc@bigpond.net.au

 

From  a very happy President this week

 

Neil Bisset

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Semaphore AGM 7th August

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The Semaphore SLSC AGM will be held on the 7th August. Prior to this we will have our financial report available to all members for review from the 7th July. If you are interested in seeing the financial report before the AGM please email the Secretary at sslsc@bigpond.net.au. All positions will become vacant at the AGM, if you are interested in applying for any of these positions or after more information on the positions, please do so via writing or email to the Secretary.

A final agenda will be issued prior to the AGM