Annual Report 2011
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Orewa Surf Life Saving Club Annual Report 2010 --- 2011 In it for life Orewa Surf Life Saving Club Inc Annual Report 2010 - 2011 Page Contents 3 Office Holders 2010-2011 4 Office Holders 2011-2012 5 Club Sponsors 6 President’s Report 7 Chairman’s Report 8 Club Captain’s Report 9 Chief Instructor’s Report 13 Team Manager’s Report 15 Junior Surf Report 16 National Surf Life Saving Champs results 17 SLSNR Awards of Excellence Winners 18 Ocean Athletes results 19 Northern Regional Champs results 20 SLSNR District Champs results 21 NZ Surf Boat Series results 22 SLSNR Junior Surf District Champs results 24 Rookie Challenge results 24 Cath & Eddie Millar Cup results 25 Junior Club Day Trophy Holders 2010-2011 27 Senior Club Trophy Holders 2010-2011 29 Statistical graphs Some of the images used in this report were taken by Jamie Troughton & Joel Ford www.joelford.ca . Thank you for letting us use your photographs Joel and Jamie both have fantastic images on the SLSNZ website galleries. - 2 - Orewa Surf Life Saving Club Office Holders 2010 - 2011 Patron Lockwood Smith Vice Patron Alan Franich Hon Solicitors Tony Edward of Hunt, Edward Kennelly Hon Medical Advisors Dr Te Harr, Dr Johnston President Wayne Franich Vice President Peter Young Chairman John Chapman Secretary Shane Burke Treasurer Graham Taylor Club Captain Ian Siddins Vice Club Captain Georgia Butt Ladies Club Captain Kelly McColl Jnr Men’s Club Captain Matthew Johnston Jnr Ladies Club Captain Julie Sweetman Delegate Dave Shanks Chief Instructor Dave Jenkinson Surf Sports Manager Warwick Sisson Gear Steward Andrew Towns Power Craft Officer Andrew Meiklejohn Junior Surf Chairman Mark Fergus Public Relations Officer Mark McCarthny First Aid Officer Sarah Jenkinson Executive Members Faron Turner Paul Farnan Mark Johnston Judiciary Committee Peter Young Wayne Brown Alan Franich - 3 - Orewa Surf Life Saving Club Office Holders 2011 - 2012 Patron …………………………………………………… Vice Patron …………………………………………………… Hon Solicitors Tony Edward of Hunt, Edward Kennelly Hon Medical Advisors Dr Te Harr, Dr Johnston President …………………………………………………... Vice President …………………………………………………… Chairman …………………………………………………… Secretary …………………………………………………… Treasurer …………………………………………………… Club Captain …………………………………………………… Vice Club Captain …………………………………………………… Ladies Club Captain …………………………………………………… Jnr Mens Club Captain …………………………………………………… Jnr Ladies Club Captain …………………………………………………… Delegate …………………………………………………… Chief Instructor …………………………………………………… Surf Sports Manager …………………………………………………… Gear Steward …………………………………………………… Power Craft Officer …………………………………………………… Junior Surf Chairman …………………………………………………… Public Relations Officer …………………………………………………… First Aid Officer …………………………………………………… Executive Members …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… Judiciary Committee …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… - 4 - 2010-2011 Season Sponsors Business House Sponsors Airflow Engineering Liquorland Orewa Burke Consulting McDonalds Orewa Coast Mens Hairdresser Neville Bros. Ltd Coastal Auto Parts 2010 Ltd Orewa Menswear Cranfield Automotive & Tyres Ltd Orewa New World Dads Pies Orewa Optics Dairy Flat Vet Clinic Orewa Panelbeaters Gaming Inc Orewa Physio Clinic Global Security Orewa United Travel HBC Musculoskeletal Medicine Clinic Puhoi River Canoes Home Instead Senior Care Rodney Insulation Ltd Hopper Construction Ltd Rodney Roofing Horizon Homes Seabreeze Apparel Independent Broker Group Ltd Subway Orewa Jims Mowing Mairangi Bay Vitality Centre Kevin Moffat Developments Jenyns & Jenyns Ltd 360 Discovery Wayne Franich Drainage Annual Report printed in conjunction with Keado Print. Thank you to all of our sponsors for your support, we couldn’t do it without you. - 5 - Presidents Report This past season has been very much business as usual apart from the current economic down turn affecting the clubs income in relation to its business interests & sponsorship realisation. That being said the income stream from Surf LifeSaving Northern Region Inc. & Surf Life Saving New Zealand sees our balance sheet in healthy order compared with previous seasons. The ASB Trust, with its funding arrangement with Northern Region to fund on mass, rescue equipment to the Northern Clubs saw our club gain a new Quad Bike, IRB hull & trailer along with some patrol incidentals, took pressure off local funders. The allocation of this much-needed equipment is determined through an audit of club equipment at the end of each season. This support from ASB is much appreciated. Also of note was the gift of $80,000 towards our building fund from local businessman Merv Huxford. These funds will help cover the associated costs of the consent process, which we are currently progressing through. Thankyou Merv. Our patrols this season again saw the increase in usage of our beach plus an increase in need for a patrol to be stationed at Wenderholm from time to time. This is a growing trend seen to be developing, with a number of clubs now patrolling beaches out side of their base beach. The need for us to be mobile & the expectation the club has on its patrols is ever changing. We are still very much a need driven organisation in this respect. Our competition team continues to grow. A slight change in focus & direction next season will hopefully see greater member retention. The transition of members from Junior to Senior club, which has always been an issue, should become easier & seamless than in the past. With the departure of our successful coach of 5 seasons Andrew Towns sees the end of an era. The introduction of a new coach in Chester Edwards is an exciting prospect. We all look forward to the continued success of our members in the sport arena. Once again we were fortunate to have a hard working executive committee, led by our chairman John Chapman, who is reducing his work load by handing over the reigns of Team Manager next season. A sign that the capability & management base within the club is growing. Interestingly enough there are only 3 office holders that are standing down from positions on the committee at this seasons AGM, which is a healthy sign. In closing I would like to thank the entire Orewa membership who have all contributed to the club in their own ways. To all of our key sponsors & business house sponsors, who are all listed in this Annual Report, thank you for your continued support. Thank you to Surf Life Saving New Zealand & Northern Region Inc. for their support both financial & intellectual. Also Rodney District Council now Auckland Council, we thank you for your support & a working relationship that continues to move us forward. Looking forward to another season, Wayne Franich. - 6 - Chairman’s Report This year we celebrated our 60 th anniversary and the season started in terrific fashion with a highly enjoyable reunion at Labour Weekend with a good spread of past and present members, including Katz Mackie our last surviving foundation member. It was inspiring to hear Katz talk of our early days and the hard conditions our early members had to endure. We received nothing but good feedback from all those that attended and most old members who have not had any contact with the club for years were truly impressed with the facilities, how we now operate and the skill level of today’s lifeguards. It was another tough year for us in some ways as the world slowly recovers from the recession. Our financial position has improved somewhat and we are working to find more revenue sources so we can provide equipment and resources needed by all members. We had a number of members recognised by Surf Lifesaving Northern Region and Surf Lifesaving New Zealand for their service to surf lifesaving at all levels. They are listed elsewhere in this report. Congratulations to you all and thank you on behalf of the club for your efforts on all our behalf. Special congratulations to Faron Turner who was named Surf Lifeguard of the Year by Northern Region. Recognition which is thoroughly deserved for Faron and the many many hours he puts in patrolling, Instructing, Examining and the other work he does at Club, District and national levels. This is the second time Faron has won this prestigious award which is very rare. Faron now is up for consideration for the New Zealand Surf Lifeguard of the Year and we wish him luck. We continued to provide a first class lifeguarding service on Orewa Beach and extended our services to Wenderholm for the first time in a number of years where we mounted satellite patrols over the peak holiday period. That was very well received and we plan to expand that next season. Head counts on the beach remain high and our incident statistics increase as a result. We again had a number of serious incidents including a fatality for the second year in a row. We must all be mindful that we have a serious job to do in providing lifesaving services to the public. Credit and thanks to our Instructors who work away in the background ensuring that all our lifeguards are prepared for any emergency. I encourage all our lifeguards to make an effort to obtain higher qualifications to better prepare you for the day when you will be placed in a life threatening emergency situation. That may not even be on the beach. At the end of the season we spent sometime looking at our programmes and services and we are making some changes next season – hopefully for the better. As a club we always need to change to make sure we are doing the right thing by our members. We are open to suggestions – so if you have some ideas please voice these. Everyone in a club participates in some way to the success of the whole organisation. Thanks to you all for your work over the year. We cannot survive without volunteers and it 7 appreciated the time that you all individually contribute. I especially want to mention Heather Hilder, our Administrator. While she is a paid employee, Heather does a fantastic job, largely unseen by most and takes a tremendous workload off the shoulders of the club officers. I would also like to acknowledge some of our senior lifeguards/athletes that are staring to come forward in leadership roles within the club.