Boaties Corner

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A fantastic weekend for the Semaphore Boaties at Brighton short course. There were 52 races with 75 crews on the beach with Semaphore fielding 6 crews. Thanks to Eddie from Glenelg who filled in with the Baities  while Lisa was on holiday.

 

Results

U19s “Motley Crew”  1st in every race and 1st overall

U23s “The Baities” 2nd and two 1sts and 1st overall

Reserve men “Jaccos” a  4th (rowlock failure) and two 1sts, and second by a nose in the final

Masters Men “Trogs” 3rd, 2nd 1st with 5th overall

Masters women “Angry Birds” 1st,3rd,2nd 4th overall

Masters Women “ yet to be named” 4thand two 3rd

 

Excellent effort overall and fantastic team work on the beach. Thanks to Simsy for keeping me running in the right direction on the beach.

 

Masters Rowing next Saturday at Aldinga:

 

Packing Friday night after nipper board training

Leaving the Club at 0630 am for 9am start

 

Teams rowing:

Jaccos (160s)

Trogs (220s)

Angry Birds (160s)

2nd Mature Womens (180s)

Marty’s 120s (Browny, Marty, Kenny(pos Aaron) and Dale)

Bizz’s  (Barts, Leaney, Richard and Bizz) (180s)

 

Car wash next Saturday 20th February, same time as nippers – duty washes are U19 boys “The motley Crew”

 

Senior Carnival 4 Wrap-Up

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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.

Carni 4 1

Carni 4 2

Carni 4 3

Carni 4 4

Carni 4 5

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Champion Lifesaver State Championships

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Nominations are now open for the 2015/16 Champion Lifesaver State Championships.
This event is open to: U14, U15, U17, U19, Open and Masters age groups.
The two components of this event are as follows:
Theory and Resuscitation: Thursday 4th February at Surf Central (this will be done in conjunction
with Champion Patrol theory). Isolation closes at 6.00pm
Practical: Saturday 6th February 8.00am – venue TBC. Champ Patrol practical will start the day with Champ Lifesaver likely to start at approximately 10am.

All nominations for this event are to be in to Kerry Schulz at kschulz1000@gmail.com by 5pm Thursday 28th January.

Training for this event is being conducted by Sean McKenzie and will be held on the following dates:
– Monday 25th January – 6.45-8.30pm
– Monday 1st February – 6.45-8.30pm
– Tuesday 2nd February – 6.45-8.30pm

Final Radio Room Date

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Semaphore are rostered on to complete our final date in the radio room on Tuesday the 26th of January (Australia Day) between 11am-6pm. We are struggling to cover this date, due to regular members being interstate or already patrolling. If you are able to assist, even for a couple of hours please contact Georgia Robbins on 0408841160. No experience required, it is very straight forward and someone will be there to show you the ropes!

Boaties Corner

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A hard fought Boat Carnival was held at Southport on the weekend enduring torturous pond conditions presenting a hard row out and back.  The U19s Boys did an amazing job to keep the Henley U19s honest by missing out on the win by less than meter for four out of the five races.   The U23 Ladies continue to improve and impress with just only a little more than four months rowing experience under their belts keeping up with the top half of the field for their races. The TROGs also showing that they can keep up with young ones over five races and were able to start keenly for all five races.

 

The Boat Naming Ceremony will be the 6th Feb at the same time as the junior Semaphore Gold event presentation. Please come and support the presentation and will be a good opportunity to meet the sponsors of the Boat and a few senior classic sweeps from the  Club.

 

Next carnival Will be the Feb 7 Brighton Jetty Classic

 

Regards Aaron

Aussies Update

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We still have spots available on the Sunshine Coast for this years Australian Titles, there are a number of single and double rooms available, these will have to be given back shortly so please book quickly if you want to go.

Aussie touring clothing still for sale in clothing shop. We have grey t -shirts, white long sleeved shirts, black club polo and hats.

We are currently planning a fundraising day to assist with fuel costs for towing vehicles and nomination fees.
Please keep Sunday Feb 7th. from 3 pm.

There will be raffles, auctions, and a barbie just to name a few things going on. Any donations or help gratefully received.
Nominations for competitors close Jan 29th, thereafter competitors will pay the difference for late nominations.
Thinking about going but can’t afford the flights? There are still spare seats available in the club ute travelling to Alexander Headland towing the trailers. . See Weiry if interested.

Junior News 12/1

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Hi Everyone,

 

As we prepare for the Carnival on Sunday  17th January a couple of things:

 

Date Event BBQ Board Washing Finish Training with
Wednesday, 13 January 2016 Pool Swimming 7-8pm Largs Bay      
Friday, 15 January 2016 Board Training 5-6pm      
Saturday, 16 January 2016 Junior Training Normal Start Time U8 U13 Iron Person
Sunday, 17 January 2016 Junior Carnival 3 – Seacliff U9-U13      

 

Click on the link to download the carnival program:

http://www.surflifesavingsa.com.au/docs/C15099%20Junior%20Carnival%203%20info.pdf

 

Your age group manager will let you what time to report to the beach on Sunday.

 

Don’t forget to purchase a ticket in our raffle, tickets are 3 for $5 with a chance to win prizes to the value of $650 tickets available from the bar and uniform shop.

 

After Carnival Menu all members welcome on Sunday evening for the carnival wrap up.

Kids $7.00

Adults $10.00

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 steamed rice & 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 Meals and carnival wrap up from 5.30pm

 

We also have a stocked range of merchandise in the uniform shop for you to purchase as well.

 

Cheers

Pat

0419816911

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Senior Carnival 4

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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.

Catch-up Beach Events from Senior Carnival 3

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Due to the extreme heat experienced at Senior Carnival 3 (held on Sunday December 6th 2015) ALL beach events were postponed to a date to be determined in early 2016.
These events are to be conducted this Sunday January 17th at Seacliff SLSC immediately following the Junior carnival.

The events are: – sprints, flags, 2k run, beach relay.

We are waiting on final confirmation from SLSSA as to the time marshaling/competition will begin but if you entered into or are keen to enter (your name would need to have been on the Master List for this Carnival) any/all of these events please keep an eye on the Club/Senior Competition Group Facebook pages for the required information.

Updated training program

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Hi everyone, please see the updated training program on the Senior Surf Sports page. Please note the change of time for Monday skis and Tuesday boards that have both moved to a 5:30 start. This is to allow people who struggle to make the 5pm start to make it to training. Also note the 5:30 start, please arrive at least 20 mins early to load gear and get ready. If you are running late, please let Sean know, we will ensure a ski is loaded, or a board if we are heading to the lake

Wednesday skis will still be a 4:45 for 5pm start due to swimming afterwards.

 

https://semaphoreslsc.com.au/surf-sports/seniors/