Annual Reportsfrom Other Clubs in the Sunshinecoast Branch Have Gradually Been Passing Across My Desk

MUDJIMBA \ SURFIIFE SAVING CLUB INC

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2002-2003Season ANNUALREPORT vlt

2002-2003 Season Certificateof Incorporation

This is to certify that

MT'DJIMBA SI]RF ITTT^SAVING CLT]B INC. is, on and from the twenty-seventhday of November 1996 in'corporatedunder the Aisociations Licorporation Act 1981.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of November 1996

Delegate of Director-General President StevenSmith DeputyPresident MickColeman Secretary NarelleBurke (res.), Jane Langford Treasurer DellTelford ClubCaptain DavidJohnston (res.), Cuy Tanner ViceCaptain CloriaEllis ChiefTraining Officer DavidJohnston (res.), JenniferKennedy Ju n ior ActivitiesChai rperson PeterMclaren Registrar BerniceMcLaren IRBCaptain Mick Taege RadioOfficer RowanStanley FirstAid Officer JenniferKennedy CadetOfficer MicheleHopwood TeamManager StevenSmith ClubhouseDirector LesBrownlie ClubSupervisor MarkWindsor HonorarySolicitor lanWindsor ActiveRepresentativeon Committee CregCarson, Cloria Ellis, Andrea Fesselet Patron FionaSimpson, MLA

MudjimbaSurf Life Saving Club Inc MudjimbaEsplanade MudjimbaBeach Qld 4564 Telephone07 54487080 Facsimile07 54487035 Email: [email protected]

ProductionGredits Layout, Design & Computer Graphics Jane Langford Pinting GT PrintingServices Pty Ltd Photography StevenSmith, Phil Hosking,Kylie Hosking, Shaun Leigh. lf anyonewho took photographshas beenomitted, please accepl our srncereapologies. ,';:i";:::,#"?:]"Jo::lt'."jJfl'"1[;--fffi$.'"""#ffilHSfJ;.,." Hines,Jessica Taylor, Amelia Lehmann,Carol Flavell,Zoe Theodore& ChrisCamp. Congratulationsto allClub Members for anothergreat season on MudjimbaBeach. Theweather was kind to usfor mostof the seasonwith onlya handfulof dayswhen the beachwas closed. Patrols performed well and at a highstandard. The extendgd patrolhours were not receivedvery well by Members,but I thankyou allfor putting inthe additionaltime.

The seasonstarted shakily with the resignationof a long term and dedicated Member,Dave Johnston. lt would be remissof me not to mentionwhat a huge contributionDave gave to the Club. Davewas an inauguralActive Member of the Club. He did histrainingwith Marcoola SLSC and performed patrols at Marcoolain preparationfor the formationof MudjimbaSLSC. Dave was our first IRBCaptain and performedthis role for the first two seasons. Davethen servedas an Active Representativeon the ManagementCommittee and SocialCo-ordinator. For the nexttwo seasonsDave held the positionof ChiefTraining Officer and, as many peoplewill attest,did an excellentjob. I am surewe all at MudjimbaSLSC thank Davefor hisefforts over the sevenyears he was a Memberof the Club.Fortunately the Club had tr,voMembers to take on the positionsof Club Captainand Chief TrainingOfficer vacated by Dave. GuyTanner and Jenny Kennedy put their hands up for ClubCaptain and Chief Training Officer, respectively, and havedone a great job for the Club. The resignationof the Secretary,Narelle Burke, in Januarywas againunsettling and I thankJane Langford for takingon this role and keepingthe Clubon track.

The Club has had great support this season,with a number of organisations assistingwith fundraisingopportunities and donations.Our thanksto Mudjimba CaravanParkSocial Club for donatingmannikins for training,new rescuetubes and surf rescueboogy boards for patrols. SurfdogSurt Shop donated a surfboardfor the Clubto rafflewhich was very successful. lt enabledthe Club to purchasenew hand held radios;our existingequipment being stolen at the beginningof the season. Quota Internationalof Coolum Beachdonated a new base radio and we thank Quotafor their on-going support. TheSumm er of SurfCompetition was heldagain thisseason and we werefortunate enough to win a Haydenrescue board. Thanks to all Memberswho collectedtokens and to the SunshineCoast Dailv and Havden Surfcraft.

TheClub continuesto grow andgear and equipment is mostlyof a highstandard. Hopefully,the CIubwill be in a financialposition to purchasenew IRBmotors for nextseason. Congratulationsto the JuniorActivities Committee and all coaches,water safety personneland parentsfor anothersuccessful season. The popularity of Nippers at Mudjimbacontinues to grow and it takesa lot of dedicationto makeNippers successful. l would like to thank the Management Committee for their effortsthis season. The time that is volunteeredby the Committeeis muchvalued.

Steven Smith President

Top - Club Memberof the Year 2002. From left - Steven Smith, Marty Kennedy, Jane Langford, Dave Johnston, A dualpresentation in the 2002season for the tirelesseffort put in by both Dave and Marty. Dave put througha record number of Awards for the Club, undertakingmuch of the training himself,as well as activelyparticipating in fundraising,social events and being a mentorfor the Cadetsand Juniors- he reallyenjoyed chaperoning them all to Dreamworldon the train! Hisefforts also earnedhim Instructorof the Year from the SunshineCoast Branch(Big Brotheris watching!). Marty steeredthe Junior Activitiesin the rightdirection all season,as wellas upholding his patrol duties and participatingin many other Club activities. His commitment and patiencereflected on the wholeJunior Activities Committee making our inauguralyear relatively painless.

Right& Centre- Many thanksfor the generosityof Dave Llewellynand the Mudjimba Caravan Park Social Clubin donatingmannikins, rescue tubes and boogyboards to theClub. It iswith deepregret that I farewellKen O'Connell from the SunshineCoast Branch. Kenhas assisted this Club with hisadvice and experience since its inceptionand his insightinto surflifesaving and associated matters has been invaluable. Ken will be sorelymissed by manypeople within surflifesaving and I wish him thevery best for thefuture.

MudjimbaSLSC has had an unsettlingyear in Administration.I foundcoming into a positionsuch as Secretarypart way througha seasona littledifficult. A personal emergencywhich then kept me interstatefor two months was frustrating,but never-the-lessextremely necessary. My grateful thanks to my Presidentand husbandfor his emotionalsupport and practicalassistance. My thanksalso to thosefriends and members who senttheir good wishes and to thosewho tooktime out to phoneme in Sydney. Specialthanks also to my brother-in-law,Jim, who offeredto paymy airfarehome for a few daysrespite and also enabled me to attend theManagement Meeting in April.

TheClub's long term goal of establishinga Supporter's Club and therefore a reliable incomestream is gradually coming to fruitionand the nexttwo to threeseasons will requiresome hard work and hard decisionsby Members,but most of all co- operationand reliabilityfrom the Management Committee.

During the preparationof this report,Annual Reportsfrom other Clubs in the SunshineCoast Branch have gradually been passing across my desk. I find it an interestingexercise to'compare notes'with Officers in otherClubs. Today I found thatSurf Lifesaving was losinganother stalwart. Lorraine Buhk, who hasbeen with AlexandraHeadland SLSC since the yeardot, is retiringas Administrator. I found someof herwords particularly relevant:

'Thereis the perceptionthat one person has the ideaand then someone else may do thejob, not so. Likethe houseof cards,if the baseis not setand the infrastructure not solid,the 'idea'willnot survive,again time for teamplayers but whereare they? Likeeveryone else, our honoraryofficers are always extremely busy persons in their personal/businesslives yet areoften asked to achievethe impossiblewithout any team effort. Only people standingto the side offering ideas but no solid constructiveassi stance.'

In order for our Club to achieveits goals,Members (including the Management Committee)must work togetheras a team. Conflictwill only serveto fragmentthe Club,create cancerous factions and hinder advancement.

The upgradingof our Constitutionis a goalwhich has becomelong term which shouldnot have. When our Club was first establishedwe adoptedthe 'model'as providedby Surf LifeSaving Queensland. The motion standing before the AGM this year to adoptthe model'in its entirety',is thereforenot new,and in factwas the basisof the Club's establishment.Whilst SLSQhas forged aheadand updatedthe 'model' on an almostAnnual basis, this hasnever occurred within our Cluband there are now many mandatoryclauses which are not in evidencein our currentConstitution. Someofthesechanges, both majorand minor, havebeen broughtaboutbySurf Life SavingQueensland but manyhave been brought about by statutorybodies in the QueenslandGovernment such as the Departmentof Justiceand the Departmentof FairTrading. The implementation of the CSTalso brought the FederalGovernment intothe picturein theform of theAustralian Taxation Office. lt is now essentialthat our Club updateits Constitutionto conformwith thesechanges. We havesat on ourhands for too long.

I lookforward to workingonce again for the Clubas Secretary and with a teamwho acknowledgesrespect for each other's abilities and responsibilities.

JaneLangford Secretary

ClubChampionships - From left - Guy Tanner,Tony McDermott, ChrisCamp, David Simpson, Kim Sheavils,Andrea Fesselet, Mark Windsor, Graham Matthews,Jenny Baudinette, Bernice Mclaren. All financialdetails are presentedseparately to this AnnualReport. The detailed reporthas been audited by H & RBlock, Nambour.

We have,with care,met our financialcommitments for the season.Our buildiig loanis decreasing considerably.

Donationshave been gratefullyreceived throughout the season,which have enabledus to purchaseequipment and greatlyassist with higherrunning costs (especiallyinsurances). Donationshave come from Quota Club lnternational- Coolum, Twin WatersResidents , ssociation,Mudjimba RSL,Energex, Mudjimba News& GeneralStoreand various Committee Members. A specialmention to the Mudjimba CaravanPark Social Club which raisedfunds in order to donate much neededmannequins, body boards and rescue tubes.

We are most thankful and relianton the funding providedby the Departmentof EmergenqrServices.

Our appreciationextends to those involvedwith fundraising.The Brisbaneand localDoorknocks play a majorrole in our financialstrength. The Wine & Cheese Eveningshave also proved to be successfulmoney earners and our thanksto the CommercialHotelat Nambourand SouthcorpWines. Thanks to manycommunity mindedbusinesses, we haveprofited nicely from the rafflescomprising of donated items.

Thanksto Nippersand their supporterswho havebeen busy all seasonproviding funds raisedfrom their weekly barbequesand raffles. A great effort! They now havea swim kit which was kindlydonated bySpecra/ist Scaffolding.

Fundraisingis a vitalsource of incomefor the Club. Pleasegive your full supportto futureevents as being involved can bevery rewardingfor all!

I am truly gratefulfor the unmitigatingsupport I havereceived from the dedicated ManagementCommittee in my inauguralyear as Treasurer.Thanks also to Toni Youngfor assistingwhen cal led upon.

It will be necessaryto keepmonitoring our expensesin the upcomingseason. With caution,we will win allfinancial challenges.

DellTelford Treasurer

Surf RescueCertificate - Candidatesaccept their Award from TrainersCarmel Pobar & Elijah Gardener.From left Carmel Pobar, Mitchell Carson, Leanne Hines, Jessica Taylor, Nigel Hines,Elijah Gardener. Front - Ben Hines.

BronzeSquads - Candidatesaccept their Award from CTO DaveJohnston. Above from Left- DavidJohnston, Cheree Ward, Anita Scimonello, Richard Newton, David Simpson, Jocelyn McCallum,Nigel Hines, Phillip Hosking. Front - PeterGehle, Aaron Schultz, Natalie Oakes, DavidPobar. Belowfrom left- Ron Smith,Kim Hatton,David Pobar (behind), Helena Hines, NarelleBurke. Kim Sheavils. BronzeSquads - Fromleft - PhillipHosking, Brett Kennedy, Jenny Kennedy, Viv Oakes (behind),Chris Hobson, Terry Vale, John Telford. Front - JennyBaudinette, Cheryl Chapman, LexieMcDermott, Jacqui Dredge, Tony Jason.

AdvancedResuscitation Certificate - Fromleft - DaveJohnston (CTO), MichaelTaege, Viv Oakes,Toni Young, Jenny Kennedy, Natalie Oakes (front), Narelle Burke, Darrin Edwards, MichaelPerry.

DeadDuck Award - Fromleft - JocelynMcCallum, Kathy Prenner, Narelle Burke, Mick Taege, GloriaEllis, Marty Kennedy, Jarrod Chandler. Top - Champion Patrol Team 2002 - From left Gloria Ellis (Club Captain),Luke Stanley,Greg Carson,Diana Power,Darrin Edwards, Richard Newton, Brett Kennedy. PatrolCaptain, Guy Tannercouldn't make it. CentreLeft - JuniorClub Champions2002 - CarmelPobar & Elijah Gardener. LukeStanley presenting the Awards. CentreRight - Open ClubChampions 2002 - Cheree Ward & Mark Windsor. Mark Masche presentsthe Awards. Below MastersClub Champions2002- MickColeman&Andrea Fesselet. MarkWindsorpresentstheAwards. FIRSTAID & PREVENTATIVEACTIONS Resus Minor Club Marine Major Total Prevent Beach Gases Stingers First Aid First Aid First Aid Actions /isitation RainbowBeach 2 11 5 2 23 553 13610 Noosa Heads 0 23 92 10 125 1335 127543 SunshineBeach 0 56 33 2 101 463 27112 PeregianBeach 0 58 12 2 72 569 7343 CoolumBeach 0 131 14 1 146 37',10 38264 Marcoola 0 52 30 0 82 279 12457 Mudjimba 0 59 24 0 83 1002 28332 Maroochydore 1 56 40 3 100 3834 54205 AlexandraHeadland 0 21 32 2 55 1386 43088 Mooloolaba 0 60 77 15 142 731 76279 KawanaWaters 1 28 9 1 39 969 14733 Dicky Beach 0 48 46 4 95 580 20610 MetropolitanCaloundra 0 40 59 4 103 859 93203 Bribielsland 0 52 32 0 84 2460 30834 RedcliffePeninsula 0 10 23 1 34 I 25890 Total 4 705 531 47 1257 18548 613203

RESCUES Without Rescue Rescue Club Assists IRB Jet Ski/ Total Gear Tube Board Search RainbowBeach 1 1 0 8 0 0 I NoosaHeads 10 3 7 1 3 4 48 SunshineBeach 3 17 3 83 3 I 97 PeregianBeach 0 4 0 24 1 0 29 CoolumBeach 57 48 34 0 25 1 165 Marcoola 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 Mudjimba 0 4 2 42 4 5 57 Maroochydore 10 15 13 ,| 5 5 50 AlexandraHeadland 6 34 8 37 24 30 137 Mooloolaba 7 I 3 0 0 0 19 KawanaWaters 4 13 4 15 1 2 40 DickyBeach 5 10 4 0 3 1 23 MetropolitanCaloundra 1 37 2 0 33 6 78 Bribielsland 0 1 4 0 5 0 10 RedcliffePeninsula 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 104 198 84 190 128 64 768 I knowevery Newsletter, etc. I alwaysstart with 'justa quicknote'and nextthing l've filledan A4 page! | did promisemyself I wouldn'tdo thatthistime so here goes. Cominginto the roleof CTOin lateOctober was a challenge.We hadproficiencies to get throughand new coursesto organise. I did spendsome sleepless nights wonderinghow I wasgoing to achievethis in one season.I reallyshould not have worriedas I foundI hadhuge support from you, the Members of MudjimbaSLSC. Beingin a voluntaryorganisation, it's hardfrom a Trainer'spoint to try to getpeople not to only giveup their sparetime to patrol,but alsogive up theirtime to attend coursesto furthertheir knowledge knowing that they are not gettingpaid for anyof it and doingit for THELOVE OF lT! | congratulateevery person who did giveup theirtime to furthertheir knowledge and attend the courses we organised. Forreference we held3 proficiencydates, 2 ARCCourses, 2 BronzeSquads, 2 Surf RescueCertificate Courses, 1 ResuscitationCourse, 3 IRBCrewperson Certificate Courses,1 IRBDrivers Course, 2 FirstAid Courses,1 DefibrillatorCourse and 1 DefibrillatorRecertification Course. We were also able to have some of our Members attend other Clubs to achievesome Awards which was fantastic. Congratulationsalso to Memberswho achievedAwards such as SilverMedallion PatrolCaptain, Life Support and Train the Trainer. While on the subjectof Trainers,I would like to congratulateand thank both Matt Toddand PeterGehle who have come throughas Trainersfor the BronzeMedallion and AdvancedResuscitation Certificaterespectively. Without your helpgentlemen, my lifewould havebeen far morecomplicated. Also, as always, withoutthe help of our Examiners,we couldn't getthrough half the Courseswe did. ToSteve Smith and Mark Windsor, a bigthank you. ToGuy Tanner, Cl ub Captain,thank you for yoursupport over the season. Well,I triedto keepit shortbutwellyou know! Anyhowthankyouto everyMember of MudjimbaSLSC for your supportand I hopeto seeyou all nextseason ready to trreup a8arn.

JennyKennedy ChiefTrainingOfficer

Left - Fiona Simpson Trophy for the Most ProficientSenior & Junior Member - Darrin Edwards, Natalie Oakes, Fiona Simpson. Above - Elijah Gardener receives his Training Officer'sCertificate from StevenSmith. Su rf RescueGertificate AliciaPons MichaelColeman Bev Brown JakePregnall BeauDapra MoniqueCurrenti MitchellSteward KarlDittmer Ben Fesselet DarrinEdwards LukeFlavell Advanced Resuscitation GloriaEllis AmeliaLehmann Certificate AndreaFesselet EmmaOffner JennyBaudinette PeterGehle AliciaPregnall ChrisCamp Kim Hatton ZoeTheodore CarolFlavell HelenaHines AnitaTownsend PeterGehle ChristopherHobson ChrisTownsend PhillipHosking PhillipHosking BrettKennedy BrettKennedy BronzeMedallion AbigailNowell BerniceMclaren LukeArundel CarmelPobar PeterMclaren DavidBrown DavidScholes GrahamMatthews ChrisCamp KimSheavils DamienNorth MitchellCarson RonSmith NatalieOakes CarolFlavell JessicaTaylor PaulOffner LeanneHines JohnTelford CarmelPobar DereckMills MatthewTodd JohnPrenner AbigailNowell ClintonWood DavidScholes BonitaO'Keefe KimSheavils Ben Roberts Senior First Aid Gertificate DavidSimpson JessicaTaylor KarlDittmer StevenSmith MaxTheodore GloriaEllis MichaelTaege MatthewTodd AndreaFesselet GuyTanner ClintonWood CarolFlavell JohnTelford Kim Hatton MarkWindsor Radio.Operator's Certif icate AnthonyMcDermott ToniYoung LukeArundel GrahamMatthews Bev Brown AbigailNowell SilverMedallion IRB Driver DavidBrown KimSheavils PhillipHosking ChrisCamp MatthewTodd BrettKennedy CarolFlavell ToniYoung DamienNorth ShirleyGorring PaulOffner TerrenceHolland Defibrillator Certificate KimSheavils DuaneJenkins ChrisCamp JohnTelford AmeliaLehmann AndreaFesselet GrahamMilliken PeterGehle SilverMedallion Life Support DereckMills PhillipHosking BrettKennedy ShaneMoss DamienNorth CarmelPobar AbigailNowell AbigailNowell BonitaO'Keefe DavidScholes Train-the-Trainer Ben Roberts KimSheavils PeterGehle WilliamSim StevenSmith BrettKennedy MaxTheodore MatthewTodd MatthewTodd MatthewTodd ToniYoung AnitaTownsend Train i ng Officer's Certificate ChrisWeeks Defibrillator Facilitator CarmelPobar JenniferYoung JenniferKennedy GuyTanner Training Officer - First Aid Resuscitation Gertificate JenniferKennedy KateGalvin IRB Crewperson's Gertificate Chad Hatton JennyBaudinette SallyKadylo GregCarson The new seasongot off to a wonderful start with the new Baseradios and half a dozenexcellent hand held sets. Unfortunately,someone else had the samehigh opinionof our equipmentand on the weekendof the first patrolsof the seasonthe towerwas broken into andall the moveableitems stolen. We thendiscovered just how pitifulthe current insurance cover provisions are as the excess for chattelssuch as theseis a staggering$5,000 per claim. Understandableperhaps for a public liabilityclaim involving compensation, but ludicrousfor relativelyminor items such asthe $6,500involved in thiscase. Bewarned - thoseCIub members who mayuse their own personalitems such as laptopsand digitalcameras for Clubfunctions - youare covered bythe Club insurance butthefirst $5,000 is out of yourpocket.

RyanGaylard of AquaticCommunications & Electronicsvery kindly loanedus sufficienthand held setswith bagsand harnessesto immediatelyget us up and goingagain. The old MidlandBase Set was once again dusted off andre-installed in thetower. Byseason's end we onceagain had a reasonablecollection of equipment includinga new baseset made possible by a donationfrom the QuotaInternational Club - CoolumBranch and the additionalassistance of a discountfrom locallcom agents,ClobalAviation of MaroochyAirport.The channel programming was done againgratis by RyanCaylard who deservesspecial mention for his unstinting supportof SurfLife Saving Clubs on the Sunshine Coast.

TheTower steps sprouted a handrail and a chainhoist to makelifting easy - slowbut easy. SomeRadio Operators found it unwiseto embracethis new technologytoo closelyas the endlesschain became rusty in a few daysof saltair with unfortunate resultsfor white shirts. A majorchange has been the provisionof a Lifeguardfrom MaroochyShire Council manning the Towerfull time on week-days.We share someequipment with the Lifeguardsand havean excellentworking relationship with them:Among other things, our Tower windows have never been cleaner.

Thankyou to allthe RadioOperators for their help during the season and the Patrol Members for their co-operation. Once againwe hadthe supportof LeonSharpe and PaulCrabbe of SunshineCommand with our trainingcourses and we arevery grateful for thetime and expertise they provide .

RowanStanley RadioOfficer

RowanStanley presents Jim Tabernaclewith the Radio Operatorof the YearAward for 2002. Above Left - Radio Operator'sCertificate - From Left back - Rowan Stanley,Cheree Ward, JacquiDredge, Viv Oakes,Jenny Baudinette. Front - PeterGehle, Marty Kennedy, Jessica Taylor. Above Right- The Club was once again supportedby Quota lnternational- Coolum Beachwith the donationof radiosafter thieves helped themselves early in the season.

Above - RadioOperator's Certificate - Fromleft back - NarelleBurke, Jenny Kennedy, Helena Hines,David Simpson. Front - LeanneHines, Natalie Oakes, David Pobar, Chris Hobson, Aaron Schultz.

Above - RadioOperator's Certificate - Fromleft back - AnitaScimonello, Nigel Hines,lsabella Brady,Noela Gibbins, Lexie McDermott, John Telford (behind), Cheryl Chapman, Tony Jason (behind),Kim Hatton,Brett Kennedy (behind), Ron Smith. I am constantlyinspired by the way in which MudjimbaSLSC Cadets and Juniors performon andoff the beach. Onceagain this seasonthe Cadetsand Juniors have proventhat they can achievein manyways. We were able to retainmost of our Cadetsexcept for a few of the boys,who seemto get into board ridingat this age. Thefemales are another story - they havegone from strengthto strength.Quite a few Nippershave come through the ranksto attainCadet status. lt is reallypleasing to see. As in pastseasons quite a few Awardshave been gained by the Cadetsand Juniors.Many hours have been spent on the beachdoing patrols and water safety this season. A big THANKYOU must go to MitchellCarson, Jessica Taylor and LeanneHines for the hours they have put into water safetyover the past two seasons.Great job guysand the Nippersgreatly appreciate your time.

Anotherdifficult year in choosingthe recipientfor Cadetof the YearAward. Once againit wasa finalchoice between two verygood Cadets who workedtirelessly this season.Congratulations to thedeserving winner!

As I have statedin past years,Mudjimba SLSCneeds to think seriouslyabout sendingmore of our Cadetsand Juniors to Stateand Branch run camps.Much isto be gainedby the participantsat theseinformative and fun camps. Leadershipand teamskills are but a few lessonslearnt that the participantcarries through life, even outsideofsurflifesaving.Alsomanygreatfriendshipsareformedatthesecamps.

Congratulationsto all the Cadetsand juniors who competedin surf sportsthis season.lt was so pleasingto hearMudjimba's name mentioned so manytimes by the commentatorat the SunshineCoast Branch Championships. Also to Emma Offner- congratulationsfor your effortat the Stateand Nationaltitles. lt is really pleasingto seethe Nipperscome through to Cadetlevel and stillcompete at surf carnivals. Onceagain Mudjimba SLSC would liketo saya big THANKYOU to the Cadetsand Juniorsfor theirconstant support on and off the beach. Your conducthas been exemplaryyet again th is season.

Michele Hopwood CadetOfficer

Cadet of the YearAward - MicheleHopwood presentsJessica Taylor with her Award. Well didn't we havea fairlyeasy season with regardto FirstAid cases!Luck for now but hopefullythat will continuefor nextseason.

A greatseason as far a new FirstAid Certificateholders. We have9 new FirstAid Certificateholders which is fantastic.

As SurfLife Saving Queensland is now a RegisteredTraining Organisation, we are now ableto delivercertified courses and provideregistered certificates. This has alsobeen a greatway to helpraise much neededfunds for MudjimbaSLSC and we will be continuingthese courses both off seasonand into nextseason.

Hopefullyby the startof the nextseason we will alsobe ableto deliverARC and Defibrillator.Will keepyou all informed.

I hope everyonehas a greatbreak and again look forwardto seeingyou all nextseason.

Jenny Kennedy FirstAid Officer

Top - Dave Johnston and Diana Power receive their Defibrillator Awards. Below - Senior First Aid Certificate- From left - Rowan Stanley,Diana Power,Jessica Taylor, AlexanderSmith, Cheree Ward, Elijah Gardener, Brett Kennedy, Jennifer Kennedy, Mara Carion, NarelleBurke. Frontfrom left - CarmelPobar, David Pobar,Natalie Oakes, Steven Smith. Early in the seasona Competitor'sMeeting was called where any Members interestedin competingcould get informationregarding Carnivals throughout the season. Due to lack of interestthe meetingwas abandoned. Throughoutthe seasonMembers possibly interested in competingwere informed of Carnivals,but again with little interest and few inquiries,Mudjimba SLSCdidn't have a representativeat a Carnivalthis season.

I would liketo encourageall Membersto considercompeting next season as it is a great incentiveto keepfitness at a high leveland good exposurefor our Club. Carnivalscan be long and tedious,with hourspassing before an eventis called, howeverit gives lifesaversthe opportunityto mingle and interactwith fellow competitorsand can be a mostenjoyable day.

Fora Clubto competeat Carnivals,there is a requirementto provideOfficials on a 1:10 ratio (ie. 1 Officialfor each10 competitors).This is an issuethat the Club has to addressand I would ask potentialcompetitors for next seasonto encourage friendsor familyto becomean Official. I would liketo thankthe Officialsfrom our Clubwho attended Carnivals this season.

Anotherrequirement is that Clubs competing at Carnivalsprovide an IRBDriver and Crewperson.A rosteris sentto everyClub at the startof the season.lt will be put on the Noticeboardalong with the CarnivalCalendar. Would IRBDrivers please takenote of thedates and offer assistance if possible.

Sfeyen Smith TeamManager

Fromteft rony McDermott, chris 3lffiE#f,:T"n1'iin;*", Guy ranner,Tanner, Dave simpson.Simpson. We hada fineday at the ClubChampionships this season. There was about half a metreof swelland a lightbreeze. The competition was fierce and the surf race was a testof fitness. Congratulationsto all participantsand to the winnerson the day. I hopethat next season there will be moreMembers attending.

StevenSmith President

funior - Male Junior- Female

Nof Contested /esslcaTaylor 12

Senior- Male Senior- Female

MarkWindsor 18 Not Contested

Masters- Male Masters- Female

TonyMcDermott 27 AndreaFesse/ef 28 ChrisCamp 24 BerniceMcLaren 25 GuyTanner 16 JennyBaudinette 22 RichardNewton 18 GrahamMatthews 7I DaveSimpson 13 Kim Sheavils 3

ClubChampionships - From LeftAndrea Fesselet, Bernice Mclaren and JennvBaudinette. TheSurf Rescue Carnival held in November2002 was successful. lt is hopedthat there will be more interestfrom competingClubs next season. The workforce requiredfor the Carnivalconsisted of JohnTelford, Kim Sheavilsand PaulOffner who set up the tents. JanStanley and Jane Langford organised the mealsfor the Officialsand CuyTannner and Damien North were in the IRB forthe whole Carnival. RowanStanley and Matt Toddtidied up afterthe Carnival.Di Powerattended the FirstAid stationfor the duration. Mark Stanleypicked up the gearneeded from SunshineCoast Branch Headquarters and Gloria Ellis returned it. JessicaTaylorand LeanneHines were Mudjimba SLSC's competitors and Greg Hutchinson was our Official.Thankyoutoallof theseMembersforbeingapartof thesuccessof theSurf RescueCarnival.

StevenSmith President

Left - A few of the U'12 girls - Gemma Dunlevie,Morgan Offner, Kate Lehmann,Nikki-Lee Hosking & GemmaYoung. Below - U12 boys battle out the flags. Thomas Bewley, Jack McCullagh& LiamYoung. TheYoung Pups jumped off to a flyingstart by beatingthe Old Dogsin Touch Football.lt was a convincingwin 7-5. ClintonWood showedremarkable skill and put the YoungPups in front with two intercepttries. Mick Taegeand Ben Robertsplayed very well andwill be a forcefor a few moreyears to come. EmmaOffner and Jacqui Dredge played well and supportedtheir teammates throughoutthe game.

TheOld Dogswere a bit too skilledin the SoftballGame and afterone hour of play,had the matchsewn up.

Onceagain the deciderwas the BoatRace. The Old Dogswere confidentand ranout winnerson the Day. PaulOffner displayed his skillat BoatRacing and carriedon afterthe win was declared.Congratulations to the Old Dogsfor retainingthe covetedDog's Day Trophy.

Steven Smith Referee

Right - Boat Races on Dog's Day. Below - Damien North with his right arm in its favourite position. BelowRight - Mudjimba SLSC welcomedAbigail Nowell this season. I find it hardto explainmy feelingsas Nipper Coach and Team Manager for this past season.l've beeninspired through the kid'sbeach and surf skills, we well astheir 'have-a-go'attitude when we have been involvedin competitionor againsteach other.

I am gratefulto all the peoplethat havehelped me and the Club throughoutthis season. To the friendsl've made and fellow coachesin Ken Keirnanand Rob Charlton,I would liketo saythank you for your support. Roband Ken's efforts with boardcoaching, positive attitudes and abilityto relatetowards our kids can only breed improvement. Rob teachesthe Surf AwarenessProgram at school - so importantto what we are trying to achieve. We are extremelylucky he will be implementingour Nipper Programin the coming seasonand I wish him every success.

ToPete Mclaren, my gratitudefor hissupport of ourJuniorClub through fundraising and especiallyat CommitteeMeetings. To all our Age Managersand WaterSafety personnel,thank you for your help week-in,week-out, no matter what the conditions.I makethe call we alwaysneed more support. Parentsplease do not be afraidto lendyour support. I guaranteeyour kids will appreciateit.

The unhappiestpart of the season,without a doubt,were the, at times,woeful beachconditions. I will endeavourto rectifythis problemin the comingseason, by speakingwith FatherJoe- he may have aword with a higherauthority on our behalf.

My other priorityand, hopefullythe Club'sconcern, is havingsuch a very small Cadetto Juniorfollowing. To guaranteesurvival on the beach,our Club must becomea communityhub for youngpeople. We, as membersand parents,must encouragekids to meeteach other, learn lifesaving and use our facilities.

I usedthe word inspiredto startthis brief and that is exactlythe way I felt asTeam Managerwhen MudjimbaSLSC has competed this year. With limitedpreparation everychild donnedthe jade, white and navy cap and gaveit their all. I have witnessedmany outstanding efforts and achievements in our shortNipper life, too manyto mention,except to sayI am leavingspace for nextseason's ''l st Gold result' andto the Geraghtybrothers who uncompromisinglypush each other. Yourlove, respectandrivalrytowards each other is what lifesaving is all about.

GregCarson Ju n ior Activities TeamManager Above & Right - Sign-On at Coolum pool, 8 September2002. Emma(above) gets readyfor herswim, while Examiner, Steve Smith, watches overthe proceedings (right). AboveRight - Noteven a brokenarm couldkeep BenFesselet down this season. Bottom- Nippersgained generous sponsorship this seasonfrom MaroochydoreLions Club and Tip Top. Our kids were very grateful for the donationsof NipperBoards.

Opposite page 26 - Top Left - Nippers being well behaved. Top Right- Jake Pregnallgetting ready for boards. CentreLeft - LeahLehmann spints home after the swim.Centre Right - Liningup forthe swim. Bottom- WaterSafety get ready for another day. IncludesMitchell Carson,Phillip Hosking, Brett Kennedy, John Telford& KimSheavils. This page- TopLeft - U10sline up for the BeachSprint. TopRight - MorganOffner & Nikki-LeeHosking, proud to be MudjimbaNippers. Bottom - PaulOffner,DellTelford and GregCarson oversee the U11group. Centre- The Hoskingfamily have contributed a greatdeal to the Club this season- Phil with daughtersand future lifesavers Tyra,Toni& Nikki-Lee. AboveRight - ChrisCamp & CarolFlavell. Above Left - MattTodd & BenRoberts. Below - Bronze Squad- LeftBack - MattTodd, Chris Camp, Luke Arundel, Max Theodore, Leanne Hines, Jessica Taylor.Left Front- CarolFlavell, Ben Roberts, Ben Fesselet, Zoe Theodore, Amelia Lehmann. Mudiimbq Surf Life Soving Club Inc wishes to tfranft tfieJoffowing syonsorsJor their generousstgoyort

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