Blue & Gold THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH CRONULLA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB INCORPORATED NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2014 – Volume 29 – No. 1 Club President . Hello everyone – and a belated welcome to the 2014- 2015 Season – and the first issue of the “Blue & Gold”. We are in full swing for another season of Patrols, Training & Education and Competition with a new Board of Directors (BOD) already fully engaged with pre-season activities and planning and implementing their programs for this season. We have a very good BOD and I welcome several new Members to the BOD and other Members who sit on Committees and hold other positions with the Club. Once again, your Board of Directors will be working to our Club Management Plan 2012-2015 and the key functional areas of: 1. Lifesaving and Patrols 2. Training and Education 3. Competition (Surf Sports) 4. Business and Administration 5. Member Services (Future Function) 6 Community These six functional areas are critical to the successful running and management of our Club and this is an ever changing and dynamic operation with our Directors working on implementing their plans for the season and developing new plans as required to meeting the obligations of SLSNSW and SLSA. Under the leadership of Gavan Duffy, Lifesaving Craig “Styx” McKinniery, Club President. Director and supported by the Lifesaving Team – including Jamie Primer and Kane Hughes, we have 12 successfully held and new Awards gained by many Rostered Patrol Teams, who are now well into the season existing and new Members of North Cronulla SLSC. of patrolling North Cronulla Beach to perform Volunteer I would like to set a target for all of our BOD and Active Patrols on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays. The Club Members to gain at least one new Award over this Patrols have settled into their routines and any issues are season. Several Members of the BOD have already addressed effectively and efficiently by the Lifesaving achieved this goal and now I challenge the rest of our Team. Active Club Members. We also need to perform our This season, a Bate Bay Lifesaving Meeting was held Proficiency for the season before 31 December for all and was well attended by North Cronulla Members. This Active Patrolling Members and please refer to Weekly will develop further each season and is a very important Newsletter and Website for dates and times. meeting for our Patrol Captains and Vice-Captains to It was great to see almost 40 of our Under-14 Nippers attend, with excellent presentations from Sutherland gain their SRC and be awarded their Patrol Uniforms for Shire Council Lifeguards and the Surf Life Saving Sydney this season. Special thanks to the Under-14 Organisers Lifesaving Director. of the “Ice Bucket Challenge” held on the front lawn of Once again a very special “Thank You” to all our the Club. It was a great day and it personally bought back Members, young and old, who perform these Patrols and wonderful thoughts and memories of the great times we ensure the safety of our Community when they surf at had with Peter Whitford over many years. Peter was a North Cronulla Beach – it is greatly appreciated. victim of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and was a great The Training & Education Team lead by Jason Gallon, Club and family man. is off to a great start with many SRC, Bronze Medallions, On that day, which we called “Super Saturday” our ATRC, IRB Drivers and Crew, Spinal Courses Club and Members were involved and organised our PAGE 1 SRC Exams, started our first day of Patrol, held the competing in Under-19 and two Members as Reserves in launch of new “Tradies” IRB and Cronulla RSL motor Georgia O’Donnell and Nathan Moyle – Under-13. and held the “Ice Bucket Challenge”! Lachlan Moyle was selected as Team Captain, which is A great day of Club activities and combined support a great honour for a very young Member of the Club. and involvement from many Sections of the Club. Congratulations on all on your selections, results and Every season we are generously supported by our future Competition results. Sponsors and this season I am pleased to announce we Nipper registrations have completed and each Age have great support and financial sponsorship of the Group is now under the care and guidance of their Club from Tradies, The Caringbah, Carlton United respective Squad Leaders and the Junior Activities Breweries, Coke Cola, Cronulla RSL, Nine Network Group Committee. This season we welcome Donna Australia – with these great organisations donating a Hargreaves as the new Nipper Under-14 Director and combined total of over $50,000 to the Club. These funds wish her and the Junior Activity Committee all the best are vital to help support the running of the Club and for the season. ensuring we have new Lifesaving and Patrol equipment I have seen many happy Nipper faces around the Club available for our Members each season. We also have on Sunday mornings enjoying their time at Nippers and it numerous other Sponsors who donate their products is especially pleasing to see so many new Under-6 and services – and we are grateful for their continued Members around the Pool each Sunday with mum and support. dad helping out with the Squads. Welcome to all our Competition Director, Peter Moyle is back in action for Nippers, their parents and families and I hope you enjoy the season and has progressive plans and ideas for our your time at the Club this season. Competitors at North Cronulla SLSC. These include a The Junior Activities Group – or Nippers celebrated 50 push to promote the North Cronulla Christmas Carnival Years of Nippers at North Cronulla this season and held to make this a Premier Surf Carnival and build and grow a wonderful celebration on Saturday 25th October 2014 the event over the next few years. We plan to introduce at the Club. The speeches were fantastic and came from a new concept and events called the “North Cronulla the heart and it was great to see the clubhouse packed Christmas Carnival Team Challenge”. This is based on with current and old Nipper Members. Thank you to Team Events – Swim Relay, Board Relay and Team Donna Hargreaves and the Organising Committee Relay with prizemoney for the first three Club Teams. responsible for the staging the event – it was really a We have now moved into the start of the Surf Carnival great afternoon and night – well done to all involved. Season and we have already had Members compete in Another milestone for the Club was achieved on 9th the River Run, Garie Dash, Sydney Water Series, November 2014 at a Special General Meeting held at the Ocean Thunder, Cronulla Short Course and our Section Club. Our Members approved and endorsed two motions Leaders and Coaches are planning for future events that will allow the Club to proceed on the next stage of and have our Competitors ready to compete for the Project Phoenix – North Cronulla SLSC Inc Gear Mighty Blue & Gold! Complex Redevelopment. This is another step forward on A few of our Members have been selected for various a long process and I congratulate the Membership on Teams and Programs including: their forward thinking attitude on this very important and NSW IRB Team – Danielle Herman, Kate Janssen strategic project for the future of our Club. & Elissa Hughes, During the next few months, it will be busy as usual NSW IRB Development Team – Mitchell Cardy, Jared with the Cook Community Classic, Life Savers Cup Golf Kuckler & Joel Ryder, Day at Cronulla Golf Club, Barney Johansen Pool to NSW Pool Rescue Development Team New Zealand Pool, Bate Bay Blood Drive, North Cronulla Christmas Tour – Abbey Pugh & Lachlan Moyle, Carnival and then we are into the Christmas and New Year period. NSW Talented Athlete Program – Kirra Hood Alex Rampoldi, Zach Roja I would like to take the opportunity to wish all our Members and their families, a very Merry Christmas and NSW High Performance Squad – Alex Budd a wonderful New Year! Abbey Pugh & Kirra Hood Once again, welcome to the new season and Team NSW High Performance Beach – Matthew Day North Cronulla – and enjoy the season. Yours in Surf NSW 18-25 Development Networking Program – Lifesaving. Danielle Herman. Craig “Styx” McKinniery, Club President. We had a few Members compete at the Coolangatta Gold including Will Budd, who finished 13th in the Opens, Shane Whittaker competing in his 11th Coolangatta Gold finished 3rd in the 40-49 Years Event and “Team Moses” finished 3rd in their Team Event. We have 10 Members representing Sydney Branch Team as follows: Zach Roja Under-13, Leo Nosatti Under-14 Connor Flanagan Under-14, Alex Rampoldi Under-14 Merry Christmas Ben Highfield Under-15, Kirra Hood Under-15 Hailey Blatchford Under-15, Ethan Garland Under-17 and a Happy New Year!! Lachlan Moyle Under-17, Abbey Pugh Under-17 PAGE 2 Australian Champion’s Night – 2014 PAGE 3 Australian Champion’s Night – 2014 PAGE 4 Australian Champion’s Night – 2014 PAGE 5 Australian Champion’s Night – 2014 PAGE 6 We ask that our Members try and support our New IRB Launch Sponsors wherever possible. If you are considering a function, family event or just a Generous Sponsors and Supporters – Cronulla RSL and night or and a few drinks, please remember The Tradies The Tradies, have helped to launch our new IRB to help and Cronulla RSL. start the Lifesaving Season. Mention you are from North Cronulla and pass on your The IRB is an essential piece of Lifesaving equipment appreciation for their support! and a compulsory requirement for Patrols as a part of Patrol Compliance.