Many thanks to Megan Mc Donald for her hard work over the last couple of weeks and her donations to the club members heading to Aussies.
Support Megan at her new business, Pilentum Physiotherapy and Wellness clinic, Robe St Port Adelaide.
Hi everyone, please see attached circulars relating to this weekend, including programs. The most up to date information can be found on the Lifesaving SA website
Please note there will be no Junior training this Saturday, this includes U14s.
Please aim to arrive at least one hour before your first event to allow time to get to the beach and for warm ups. You will send your team manager into a panic if you turn up 5 minutes before your start time.
Junior Marchpast marshaling at 8am for 8:15am start. First events marshaling at 8:30am for a 9am start. There will be no R&R
Seniors 2km run to marshal at 7:15am to begin at 7:45. All other events Marshaling 8:30am for 9am start.
Senior trailer loading will happen at the club Saturday afternoon at 4:30pm. Please tell someone who will be there so that your board is not missed, medals are given away on Sunday so you do not want to be paddling a board that you are not comfortable/have not trained on
C15125 Junior Qual and senior 1 carnivals
Senior Club Champs was held in the morning of Saturday 20th February.
We had a great morning with 30 competitors all ‘fighting’ for the crown!!
A HUGE thanks to all of those that were at the club bright and early to set up allowing the events to get underway right on schedule at 8.30am.
A special mention to Sean Kenny who manned the IRB for the morning (and yes his services were required once or twice!).
Well done to all that competed. Below are the runners up and Club Champs for 2016:
U14 Female – 1st Maiye Rigney 2nd Lindsey Ould
U14 Male – 1st Connor Tunbridge 2nd Oscar Mitchell
U15 Female – 1st Zoe Schulz
U15 Male – 1st Josh Larven
U17 Male – 1st Nic Schulz 2nd Danny Humphrey
U19 Female – 1st Shannon Harris
U19 Male – 1st Luke Zille 2nd Ben Main
Open Female – 1st Paige Purdie
Open Male – 1st Sean McKenzie 2nd Rhys Krauter
Masters Female – 1st Kirsty Low 2nd Donna Giannetta
Masters Male – 1st Aaron Low 2nd Anthony Keane
Hi Everyone,
This week will see our club championship run (Under 7-Under 13) on Saturday during our training session. This will be like a mini carnival for all age groups and our male and female winners of each event will be presented with a medal at the conclusion of training. I would encourage all competitors to have fun and be the best they can be. We anticipate to start at our normal starting time.
Senior Club championship will also be held on Saturday, however they are starting early as they have a training session planned for Saturday afternoon down at Middleton in preparation for the Senior Carnival on Sunday.
Our order of new skull caps have arrived and will be available on Saturday for purchase if you need a new one, also Hi-Vis tops must not be faded and in good order and condition for state titles, if in doubt please speak to me or your age group manager.
Congratulations to all those who competed at Glenelg last weekend and many thanks those assisted in setting up and packing up after the carnival. As we move towards state titles please ensure you let your age group manager know your availability to attend both qualifying on March 5 and March 12 & 13.
Our roster this week is listed below:
| Date | Event | BBQ | Board Washing | Finish Training with |
| Wednesday, 17 February 2016 | Pool Swimming 7-8pm Largs Bay | |||
| Friday, 19 February 2016 | Board Training 5-6pm | |||
| Saturday, 20 February 2016 | Junior Club Championship Day U7-U13 | U13 | U8 | Run |
Day 1 of Senior States is to be held on Sunday 6th March at Port Noarlunga SLSC.
Events to be conducted are:
* board rescue
* surf belt races
* rescue tube rescue
* rescue tube race
These events will be conducted down to and including the final pending numbers and conditions.
The following events will be conducted down to the numbers indicated again pending conditions and entries on the day:
* U14 & U15 flags – down to 16
* U14 & U15 iron person – down to 16
* U15 Cameron – to final (pending numbers)
Nominations for these events to be sent to Kerry Schulz at kschulz1000@gmail.com by 5pm Wed 24th February.
Just a reminder that this Saturday is club champs for the whole club. Seniors please be at the club at 7:30am for a 8:30 start, there is lots to set up!
If you haven’t completed your 1km time trial (U19s up) your remaining chances are Wednesday night 5-6pm and Friday night 5-6pm, please see Aaron Lowe
Nippers will start at normal time, events include; swim, board, beach sprint, flags, wade and marathon iron person.
Look forward to seeing everyone there
Members need to remember to look after all our Equipment as it is often hard and expensive to replace. The club vehicle was found on Monday full of sand. Underneath the car, the dashboard and including in the air vents. If you use it on the beach, please ensure you wash the outside down and vacuum the inside out. If you have to deflate the tires to get on or off the beach it is YOUR job to re-inflate them. We have a compressor and tire attachment in the patrol area, it shouldn’t be up to someone else.
From Aaron-
Right – I don’t get cranky often but the careless driving of ATVs running into the old Snowy Wallace Wooden surf boat in the Patrol room is starting to get to me. The boat is an excellent piece of rowing history is one of a few remaining wooden surf boats in the country, triple laminate wood only a few millimetres thick. We want to restore it this winter and already the original irreplaceable sponsor decal and the first layer of laminate is damaged.
“STOP RUNNING INTO IT WITH THE MULE ROOF RACK”
Please ensure we are looking after all boards and skis as we are less than 5 weeks from senior states. Getting equipment fixed now is extremely hard
Masters State Titles
What an exciting weekend for the Masters Rowers with the State carnival held on Saturday at Aldinga Beach. A reasonably calm day with a little bubble from the gate can to shore. Semaphore had six teams in with Excellent results. Thanks again to Simsy for directing us on the beach and keeping us heading in the right direction, and organising team Shirts from EzyFit, our major sponsor in the boats section.
The AngryBirds (F 160+ Donna, Tracy, Louise & Kirsty) got a silver medal narrowly missing out on gold with their arch rivals for the day Port Elliot. This is the first Female rowing medal for Semaphore “ever”– Fantastic effort from the ladies.
The Jacco’s (M160+ Johno, Craig A, Craig L, & Owen) cracked their Gold this year which now gives them the complete medal set after three years. Tight racing with Somerton giving them a very hard time.
The Trog’s (M220+ Mainy,Weiry,Mick & Stephen) recovered well from the first race to salvage a bronze from two strong seconds in the 2nd and 3rd races. Well done.
The Marty team (F120+ Marty,Dale,Browny & Aaron) Managed to come away with Gold from their first training session for the year. This makes it an excellent representation from Semaphore.
The Undecideds (F180+ – Jackie,Debb,Claire & Heather) had a great race day coming home in the middle of the pack all day. Excellent effort for their first year of rowing.
The Bizzalloys (M180+ The president, Mick L, Richard, & Barts) drew the short straw with the most heavily contested division. After their extensive training session they represented Semaphore well. Great effort guys.
So an excellent effort from the Boaties in state masters.
Remember Senior States coming up 20 March
Club Champs
For Club Championships there will be two events
1km time trial for anybody between 1700 and 1800 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Come and get your time recorded by Aaron during these times.
Second event will be a handicap races for the boaties. 1400 on Saturday after Junior events and before presentations.
– AngryBirds, Vs Undecideds, Vs U23s
– Trogs, Vs Jaccos, Vs Motley Crew
Boat Naming Ceremony
The boat Naming Ceremony was conducted for the Spirit of Semaphore II in Honour of TOJO and Skeeter with our sponsor Terry from ExyFit. Two fine examples of the Spirit of Semaphore
