Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club

Pat’s Juniors Update March 4 2015

March 3, 2015/0 Comments/in Juniors, March Past, News/by webadmin

A Team March past training Friday 6^thMarch at 5.00pm

The A team will train at 5pm this Fridayand finish around 6.30pm followed by Pizza. We have an official coming to attend training to offer some pointers and tips.

Bring a plate and celebrate!

This Saturday sees our Sand Crabs and Under 8’s last training for the season, to celebrate their end of season we will all be joining them for their end of season presentation. To make this happen we ask that everyone from all age groups bring a plate to celebrate the end of season. Boys bring a sweet plate and girls bring a savoury plate. If you could please bring them upstairs at the start of training the parents from the Sand Crabs will assist in setting this the celebration at the conclusion of training.

All age groups will conclude training at 2.15pm with the presentation commencing from 2.30pm.

Board Rescue Training Friday 4.30pm

We have board rescue training from 4.30pm on Friday, we thank Luke for offering his services to help out.

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March 3, 2015/0 Comments/in Sponsors/by webadmin

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Bistro bytes.

March 3, 2015/0 Comments/in Bistro/by webadmin

Friday Bistro Special
Spaghetti Marinara $22.00
Prawns, Calamari, Salmon and Mussels stirred through spaghetti with fresh basil & rose sauce.

Breakfast from 8.00am every Sunday.
Call in for a great coffee and a fabulous breakfast! Bring your friends and enjoy the best club balcony on the coast!!!

Masters State Titles Rowing, Aldinga Feb 2015

March 3, 2015/0 Comments/in Masters, senior surf sports/by webadmin

Masters State Titles Rowing
Aldinga Beach
Saturday 28/02/2015

We had 5 crews go down to Aldinga to compete with some good results which follow:

( with the age brackets the age of the rowers only are taken in to consideration)

120 years Men (Paul Johnson, Marty Davidson, Bob Tunney, Dale Welsh and Michael Sims-sweep) did really well and came away with a GOLD Medal well done lads.

140 years Women (Kirsty Low, Tracey Clee, Louise Hoendervanger, Donna Giannetta and Aaron Low-sweep) after a really good first year at rowing these ladies put in a magnificent effort on the day just with a little bad luck they were unable to make the final but they are very keen to carry on again next season well done girls.

140 years Men (Les Loehr, Paul Johnson, Michael Sims, Michael Bartlett and Marty Davidson-sweep) as with the ladies these lads were very stiff not to make the final finishing 5th in there heat and not making the final.

160 Men, the WACCO crew as they are named (Craig Lienert, Craig Andrews, Aaron Low, Owen Richards and Steve Weir-sweep) had a good first round getting through to the final which was pleasing. They have rowed well all year and in the final came home with a BRONZE medal well done lads.

200 years Men (Michael Sims-sweep, Michael Kenny, Chris Main, Steve Weir and Richard Martin) these guys despite their age put in a good effort in their heat to get in to the Final and after a very tight finish came home with a BRONZE medal also a job well done.

Thanks to all the competitors for coming down and also to Aaron Low for always making his vehicle available for towing boats.
A big thank you to Steve Weir for organising the Veteran area, to Geoff Cole as Official and to Neil BIsset and Ian Robbins for doing the Duck work.

We know the focus is on the Senior State Titles coming up at the end of the month and we should have 6 Crews competing. Hopefully we can bring home more bacon.

Steve Sims

Boat Captain

Editors note: A special thanks goes to Steve Sims for keeping the boats happening and putting Semaphore back on the map in the boat arena. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Members Draw update March 2015

March 3, 2015/0 Comments/in Membership/by webadmin

This weeks SLSC Members Draw is on Friday 6 March between 6-7pm. Prize is $350. Member must be present to win so don’t miss out.

Draw dates for the remainder of March as follows:

Thursday 12 March
Thursday 19 March
Friday 27 March

Draw times to be advised via sms.

Port Fairy

March 2, 2015/0 Comments/in News, senior surf sports/by Rhys

On Friday 27th February a crew of 10 competitors and 7 supporters made the long journey down to Port Fairy in Victoria to compete in the town’s local surf carnival which was held on the Saturday afternoon and the Sunday morning.

We had an amazing time, enjoying the competition and the comaraderie a weekend like this can bring. The Vics definitely know how to run a carnival with 30 events held in 4hrs! The results of the competitors efforts plus some photos of our weekend can be seen below.

A big shout out to Craig Lienert who donated the $500 he was awarded for being last season’s Rotary Award winner (most valued male clubbie) towards the trip which covered the competitor’s accommodation cost. A very generous gift indeed!

Thanks also to Greg McKenzie who towed our very full trailer the 8hrs each way!

It was awesome to see everyone in the group work together to make this a successful weekend. This is definitely something that we will consider as an annual event each season.

Saturday

Event	Age Group	Name	Heat	Final
Board	U15 male	Sam Squeo	7^th	9^th
	U17 male	Danny Humphrey	9^th
		Nic Schulz	2^nd	14^th
	U19 female	Paige Purdie		5^th
	Open female	Rikki Toner		20^th
	Open male	Sean McKenzie	5^th	8^th
		Nick Penny	10^th

Swim	U17 female	Bryana Bisset		10^th
	U17 male	Danny Humphrey		7^th
		Nic Schulz		6^th
	U19/Open female	Paige Purdie		7^th
		Rikki Toner		8^th

Ski	U17/19 female	Bryana Bisset		5^th
	U17 male	Danny Humphrey		7^th
		Nic Schulz		10^th
	Open male	Sean McKenzie	8^th	15^th
		Nick Penny	12^th

Iron	U15 male	Sam Squeo		7^th
	Open male	Sean Mckenzie		5^th
		Nick Penny		10^th

Double Ski	Open mixed	Bryana Bisset Sean McKenzie		8^th
	Open Male	Sean Mckenzie Nick Penny		8^th

Board Rescue	U17 male	Danny Humphrey Nic Schulz		2^nd
	U19 female	Shannon Harris Paige Purdie		3^rd
	Open female	Bryana Bisset Rikki Toner		9^th
	Open male	Sean McKenzie Nick Penny		3^rd

Sunday

Event	Age Group	Name	Heat	Final
Board	U15 female	Zoe Schulz		12^th
	U15 male	Sam Squeo		8^th
	U17 male	Danny Humphrey	9^th
		Nic Schulz	5^th	13^th
	Open male	Sean McKenzie		11^th

Swim	U15 male	Sam Squeo		9^th
	U17 male	Danny Humphrey		8^th
		Nic Schulz		5^th

Ski	U17 female	Bryana Bisset		7^th
	U17 male	Danny Humphrey		11^th
		Nic Schulz		7^th

Iron	U15 male	Sam Squeo		8^th

Double Ski	Open Male	Sean Mckenzie Nick Penny		5^th

Ski Relay	Open male	Sean McKenzie Nick Penny Danny Humphrey		9^th

Board Relay	U15 male	Same Squeo (composite team)		3^rd
	Open female	Rikki Toner Paige Purdie Shannon Harris		5^th
	Open Male	Sean Mckenzie Nick Penny Nic Schulz		5^th

Taplin	U19 female	Bryana Bisset Paige Purdie Shannon Harris		7^th
	Open male	Danny Humphrey Sean McKenzie Nick Penny		7^th

Under 19s State Representative Trip

February 25, 2015/0 Comments/in Boats/by webadmin

Our Under 19 male boat crew went to Sydney to compete for South Australia as the State Representative crew and for our club Semaphore the boys did a fantastic job coming 4^th in the Interstate event and getting in to the quarter finals of the ASRL OPEN UNDER 19 competition which got them in the top 12 in Australia with 45 under 19 crews competing the lads can hold there heads very high as the effort they put in was nothing short of AMAZING in good metre and ahalf surf just a great job done .

Now we have to concentrate on the state titles with all crews flat out training and having a new boat to share the load all crews will be hard at it. This week end we have the Masters State Titles for boats at Aldinga on Saturday we have 5 Crews competing at this event so good luck to all we shall bring home the bacon on Saturday afternoon

Night Owls Showdown

February 25, 2015/0 Comments/in Social Event/by webadmin

Night owls Showdown.

Tuesday night saw the much anticipated bare foot bowls clash between surfclub rivals, Semi old Boys (aka power) and Incredibowls (aka crows)

The first half saw the SOBs, Simsy, Horse, Wanga and Terry, under the guidance of Supercoach Chris Mahney, get off to a13/0 flyer only to have the crows, Jack, Leon, Sully and Neville, mount a third quarter comeback to be 16/8 down at the final break.

A 7 point end in the last snuffed out all hope for crows, as the Old Boys rushed to a 23/9 victory the whole Peninsula can be proud of.

(Please note: this report was written by a member of the winning team)

Semaphore bowls club president and surf club icon Andrew ‘Tojo’ Farmer presents cup to ‘Semi Old Boys’

Flinders Uni SLSA Study for Masters Competitors

February 24, 2015/0 Comments/in News, senior surf sports/by Rhys

Are you competing in the Masters Surf Life Saving State Championships Competition?

Flinders University is conducting a research project looking at the applicability of the Australian computer-based pre-exercise screening tool and comparing the self-reported risk factors with measured health risk factors.

You will receive a free health risk factor profile including measures of blood cholesterol and glucose. These measurements will be used to calculate your health age and fitness age in a personalised report that will be immediately available to you.

Please see flyer for further information: – Flinders Uni SLSA Study flyer

Senior State Championships

February 24, 2015/0 Comments/in Juniors, News, senior surf sports/by Rhys

The three days of Senior State Championships are fast approaching.

Day 1 is to be held at Southport on Sunday 15th March. Events to be held on this day are: –

board rescue
surf belt races
rescue tube rescue
rescue tube race

The following events will also be conducted if conditions on the day allow: –

U15 flags (down to 16)
U15 ironperson (down to 16)
U15 cameron to final

Nominations for the above events are to be given to Kerry Schulz at kschulz1000@gmail.com by Wed 4th March 5pm.

Day 2 and 3 of State Champs will also be held at Southport on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March and will include all remaining events (further information from SLSSA pending).

Please make a note of the following date for close of nominations for these two days – Wed 18th March 5pm (again to be given to Kerry).