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Merewether Surf Life

Saving Club - Annual

Report 2015/2016

Table of Contents

MEREWETHER SLSC .............................................................................. 3

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 2015/16 ................................................. 3

Agenda .............................................................................................. 3

MEREWETHER SLSC LIFE MEMBERS ......................................................... 6

MEREWETHER SLSC – 2015/2016 COMMITTEE MEMBERS ......................... 7

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS ..................................................... 8

PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL REPORT .............................................................. 9

By Nick Newton .................................................................................... 9

MEMBER RECOGNITION ...................................................................... 12

Merewether Surf Club Awards 2015/2016........................................... 12

Hunter Branch Award Nominees 2015/2016 ....................................... 13

MEMBERSHIP REPORT ......................................................................... 14

By Peter Campbell, Registrar ............................................................... 14

LIFESAVING REPORT ........................................................................... 15

By Dave Hoar, Club Captain and Simon Lovell, Vice Club Captain ......... 15

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REPORT ................................................... 19

By Warren Sterling, Chief Training Officer ........................................... 19

IRB REPORT ....................................................................................... 20

By Nathan Wright, IRB Captain ............................................................ 20

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT ................................................... 21

By Anthony Tietze, WHS Officer .......................................................... 21

SURF SPORTS REPORT ........................................................................ 22

By Toni Woodcock, Competition Manager ........................................... 22

JUNIOR ACTIVITIES REPORT 2015-16 .................................................. 25

By Mark Owen, Junior Activities Chairperson ....................................... 25

THE PUMPHOUSE BAR ......................................................................... 26

By Susan O’Loughlin, Function Room Manager .................................... 26

MEREWETHER SLSC – 2015/2016 AWARDS & CERTIFICATES .................. 28

MEREWETHER SLSC – 2015/2016 PATROL MEMBERS ............................. 30

MEREWETHER SLSC – 2015/2016 FINANCIAL REPORT ........................... 32

Merewether SLSC

Annual General Meeting – 2015/16

Due notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Merewether Surf Life Saving Club, Inc. will be held at the Clubhouse, Corner Watkins and John Parade, Merewether Beach on Sunday 17 July 2016 from 10.00 a.m.

Agenda

1. Opening of Annual General Meeting by Nick Newton, President

I. Apologies

II. One minute silence for Deceased Members

2. President’s Address by Nick Newton

3. Hunter Branch Surf Life Saving Address

4. Confirmation of Minutes of the AGM from the 2014-2015 Season

I. Moved: Seconded:

II. Matters arising

5. Presentation of Annual Report for the 2015-2016 Season

I. Motion to adopt

II. Moved: Seconded:

6. Presentation of provisional Financial Statements for 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016

I. Motion to adopt


7. Presentation of Club Patrons, Vice Patrons and Honorary Positions

Title Representative

Patrons Mr. Tim Crakanthorp MP Member for Newcastle, Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Councilor Nuatali Nelmes, John Adamson, Sue Paul

Vice-Patrons

Mr. John Manning, Mr. John Twohill, Mr. Evan Walton, Mrs. Susan Walton OAM, Mr. Tony McGrath, Mrs. Anne McGrath, Mr. Alan Taggart

Honorary Auditor Robert Jones

Honorary Solicitor Craig Doyle (McDonald Johnson), Nicholas Dan (Bilbie Dan)

Medical Officers Dr J. Sippe, Dr J. Dan, Dr C Finlay-Jones

Ambulance Officers St John Ambulance, Laurie Graham

I. Motion to adopt list of Patrons, Vice Patrons ,Honorary Auditor and Solicitor


8. Life Membership

9. Presentations

10. Election of President

11. Election of Officers

All nominations listed below:

Club Captain Simon Lovell (new)

Secretary Jamie Paras (new)

Treasurer Mark Owen (new)

Chief Instructor Warren Sterling

Registrar Angela Tiedeman (new)

Director of Surf Sports Emma Gale (new)

Board And Ski Captain Glenn Crompton (new)

Vice Club Captain Richard Taylor (new)

Youth Co-Ordinator Vacant

Rookie Co-Ordinator Vacant

IRB Captain Nathan Wright

Boat Captain Emma Gale (new)

WH&S Officer Anthony Tietze

Member Protection Information Officer Kate Flint

IT Co-Ordinator Evan Jobling

Publicity Officer Rachel Soars

Radio Officer Dave Hoar (new)

Gear and Equipment Officer Bernie Sabine

Merchandise Officer Warren Sterling

Historical Officer Tony Robinson

12. Honorariums for the 2016-2017 Season (unchanged from last season)

President, Secretary, Treasurer - $500

Chief Instructor, Registrar - $250

I. Motion to adopt


13. Determination of Club Fees for the 2016-2017 Season (unchanged from last season):

Membership Type Fee

Senior Active & Cadets (registered on or before 31st October) $90.00

Senior Associates (Not patrolling) $125.00

Over 65’s Associates $65.00

Junior Active member (1st child) $90.00

Additional junior active members $70.00

Junior Associate (parent) $70.00

Family Membership (1 adult, 2 children) $195.00

Additional family members $70.00

LATE membership fee (after 31st October 2016) $35.00

I. Motion to adopt the membership fees for the 2016-2017 season


14. Resolution for Affiliation with Hunter Branch

I. Moved: Seconded:

15. General Business

Meeting Closed:

MEREWETHER SLSC Life Members

E.A. Merewether Albert Peel

A.Watt Jim McKenzie

Colonel Ranclaud Jeff Agland

Edgar Hinchcliff Ron Webster

Vic Lovell Gary Miller

Albert (Bert) Caldwell Greg Nelmes

Jim Wiebe Graham Walton

Keith D.McDonald Robert J.Balks

E.(Ted) Pritchard Stewart Hetherington

Phil M Evans Robert Richards

Jack Wiebe Evan Walton

Norm Wiebe Cliff Ireland

R.(Bob)Morton Peter Alcock

R.F.(Frank) Mahony Phillip Watt

R.(Dick) Tressider Laurie March

Harry Norton Laurie Graham

R.(Bob) Hughes Jack Cavanagh

Alf Hiland John Adamson

A.J.(Albert) Edwards Peter Hogg

W.(Bill) Read Sue Paul Grahame Lott*

Jack Blackett Iain Kelso Max Ebrill*

Sid Bignall Phil Mosgrove John Lyddiard*

Jim Hiland Ross Purvis W.G. Lyddiard*

Doug Read Michael Rees David Pratt*

W.(Bill) Morgan Anthony Robinson Terry Carroll*

Cliff Brown Patricia Stallard Barry Harris*

Noel Long Steve Stallard Kaye Lott*

Neville Henshaw OAM Ross Taggart Noel McFayden*

William R. Adamson Robert Dan John Brown*

Frank Long Nick Newton Elaine Brown*

Keith Swan Mark Woodcock June Ebrill*

Brad March Gregory Struck

* For Service to Merewether Junior SLSC

MEREWETHER SLSC – 2015/2016 Committee Members

President Nick Newton

Club Captain David Hoar

Vice Club Captain Simon Lovell

Treasurer Ross Taggart

Secretary Emma Gale

Junior Activities Chairperson Mark Owen

Registrar Peter Campbell

Chief Instructor Warren Sterling

Surf Sports Nick Brunette

IRB Captain Nathan Wright

Board and Ski Captain Mark Woodcock

Boat Captain Toni Woodcock

Gear and Equipment Officer Bernie Sabine

IT Coordinator Evan Jobling

Function Room Manager Susan O’Loughlin

License Manager Norm Rodgers

Youth Coordinator Vacant

WH&S Officer Anthony Tietze

Publicity Officer Rachel Soars

MPIO Kate Flint

Radio Officer Richard Taylor

Gym Co-Ordinator Richard Taylor

Thank You to All Our Sponsors

Thanks to NSW Govt. Dept of Justice, the Federal

Government for the Beach Safety Equipment Fund,

The Emergency Volunteer Support Scheme and the

NSW Government’s 2015 Community Building

Partnership program.

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Sponsors Breakfast with Special

Guests Adam McDougall and Mark

Hughes

President’s Annual Report

By Nick Newton

A quick overview of the past season shows that we met our important obligations to

Newcastle City Council and Hunter Branch for the 2015 – 2016 season. This was once

again achieved by the dedication and keenness of our members meeting all our

patrol, manning and equipment requirement targets without incurring any

infringements.

As always thanks goes to the hard work of our education department, with their

ongoing training we once again had a number of new patrolling members come onto

our ranks to help boost numbers and offer new skills. Over the years the material and

scope of this training has increased greatly and it is showing in the quality of the new

members that are joining us on the beach.

Once again your committee team members have done a fantastic job in managing not

only each of their positions but the overall

running of the club, as I mentioned at our

awards night these guys are the hub of the

spinning wheel that keeps our club rolling

along smoothly as things just wouldn’t

happen unless they did their job and I

can’t thank them enough for their effort

and support over the year.

Over the season;

Following on from Nobbys SLSC receiving

a significant funding grant to rework their

club house we have been approached by

the city council asset manager to consider what a potential club refurbishment would

mean to Merewether. There is a lot of discussion yet to be had as we come to fully

understand what that involves and how it would affect our club and future members.

Sponsors Peter Glennie and Louise

Ormerod from Juice Plus+

This season sponsorship has been one of our strongpoints with Adrian (Harte)

working hard behind the scenes getting us some fantastic results. We have been

fortunate in gaining the much anticipated second grant from Port Waratah Coal

Services for $22k. Adrian is also trying hard to secure us a new grant with the

Stronger Communities Program and both

of these funding programs are aligned to

the ongoing Function Room kitchen

upgrade and if successful this would allow

us to complete the works in full.

We were also fortunate with the “Juice Plus”

company joining us as major sponsor

earlier in the season and CEO Peter Glennie

has been happy with our association and

as such has already indicated they will

continue this support in the new season.

The Beach Hotel continue with their long

term support of our club and John and Lyn

Twohill joined us on presentation night where they presented us with a $6,400

cheque for the purchase of one of our old surf boats that will be mounted on the roof

once the refurbishment of their premises is completed.

PRD have approached us to also continue their sponsorship in the new season, PRD

Safehands already have their name on an IRB and Director Mark Kentwell is keen to

keep their company flag flying at our club into the future.

Merewether Board Riders in an effort to form stronger ties between our clubs have

sponsored us with a new rescue board and they again ran the Branch Surf Board

Riding championships on our behalf.

It is not practical to list them all here but as we are aware our sponsors, large and

small, are a vitally important part of our club and their association with us is

something we very much appreciate and are very grateful for.

During the season we performed some building maintenance and much needed

painting – thanks to those that helped and shortly the NCC will be undertaking the

repair/replacement of the Seawall and walkway between our club and south to the

rotunda. The work will match the concrete and finish of the existing walkway and

walls and is expected to be completed before Xmas ’17. From a beach management

perspective this should not impact on our patrol ability and the end result will

enhance that area of walkway.

With Dave and Lisa pushing the barrow and Bob Hawes selling corporate tickets we

saw another great effort with a return of $8k in “Ducks for Dollars” ticket sales this

season. Also the ever present Susan and Norm were kept busy running our function

room and bar and they again worked with the Surfest people with hall hire and

support of that event.

Again a big thank you to all our committee members and in particular Emma and

Dave who have done more than their share with organising and by keeping us on the

straight and narrow through the year and of course a big thankyou to all our

members for doing what you do and making

our club the great place that it is.

Member Recognition

Merewether Surf Club Awards 2015/2016

Patrol Person of the Year – Craig Doyle

Club Person of the year – Karen Wallace

Patrol Captain of the year – Angela Tiedeman

Competitor of the Year – Nicola Owen

Patrol of the Year – Patrol 8

Most Improved IRB driver Award – Tony Robinson

Costa Concordia IRB Award – Ralph Foster

Hunter Branch Award Nominees 2015/2016

Lifesaver of the Year – Karen Wallace

Volunteer of the Year – Dilan Houston

Youth athlete of the Year – Nicola Owen - WINNER

Administrator of the Year – Emma Gale

Kevin Buckley and Damian Hoar

manning the BBQ

Membership Report

By Peter Campbell, Registrar

Active membership for 2015-16 season at Merewether Surf Life Saving Club was at

the 3rd of July 2016 is 667 active members, according to custom reports derived from

surfguard.

The WWCC (Working With Children’s Check) was mandatory this season for all 13

hunter Surf Lifesaving Clubs under the umbrella of Hunter Surf Life Saving.

NSW Surf Life Saving did not have WWCC as mandatory for Season 2015-16, which

caused angst and confusion from a number of our members.

Please note all members activated for the 2015-16 season on surfguard by the

Merewether Surf Club Registrar had a current WWCC (Working With Children’s Check)

prior to membership approval as per Hunter Branch directive and Merewether Surf

Club Committee directive at the season’s start.

Next season should be much easier with

respect to WWCC (Working with Children’s

Check) as the check lasts for 5 years from

date of application.

Electronic registration process worked well

for 2015-16 season at Merewether Surf

Life Saving Club; however some members

were given friendly assistance with

computing.

Lifesaving Report

By Dave Hoar, Club Captain and Simon Lovell, Vice Club Captain

The Patrol Season at a Glance

Patrol Hours for the season – 4,856

Number of Incidents - 14

Number of Rescues – 8

Number of Preventions – 873

Number of Beach Closures - 26

Patrol Report

Another great year of patrols by Merewether members, with no patrol breaches and

everyone responding well to the changing conditions especially early on in the season

after the storms of Winter 2015 took a lot of sand away from the beach.

our usual proficiencies – and a big thank you to the Training Team and our

Assessors for running the sessions and getting all of the participating members

through.

Ensuring all members had done their working with children check – a big thank

you to Pete Campbell for his work on this

Our major focus areas for this seasons patrols were on:

Members actively patrolling at the water’s edge

Training on patrol especially board and swim skills in the surf

Adding to member’s skills especially IRB Driver and Crew, Spinal, ARTC and 1st

Aid

Patrol Caps rostering patrol AM and PM splits in advance – with more members

committing to PM

Top Patrol Hours this year were achieved by:

Karen Wallace 96

Dave Hoar 71.25

Richard Taylor 70

Nick Newton 64.25

Phil Kendall 55.25

Dilan Houston 52 (plus hours at Nobby’s)

Kev Buckley 51.25

Anthony Tietze 49.25

Mark Owen 48

Nathan Wright 46.25

100% Patrol Attendance was awarded to:

Patrol 1 - John Bamberry, Charlie Bugbird, Lawrie Flick, Kate Flint, Bob Handley, Jamie

Paras, Kathryn Spong, Steve Stallard, Greg Struck, Meredith Veale, Dana Williams, Kelly

Wiseheart, Sarah Bugbird, Luke Menzies

Patrol 2 - Scott Bishop, Iain Kelso, Peter Mulhearn, Geoff Murray, Dave Rees, Craig

Vandenburg, Tom Vandenburg, Emily Mulhearn, Jessica Mulhearn, Nathan McKelligott,

David Ray, Jackie Sterling, Warren Sterling, Cathy Lyons, Tom Lyons, Glen Mulhearn

Patrol 3 - Penny Britz, Phil Cooke, Rob Dan, Rosemary Dan, Brendon Garbutt, Gayle

Garbutt, Mal Garbutt, Harrison Gresham, John Lehman, Michael Spillane, Jessie

Gardner

Patrol 4 - Kevin Buckley, Ralph Foster, Emma Gale, Simon Hill, Bruce Rummins, Terry

Flynn, Cal Burke, Bernie Sabine, Tahlia Lee, Cooper Studdert

Patrol 5 - Adrian Harte, Nicole Lacey, Anthony Robinson, Wendy Scott, Dave Vaughan,

Sam Wilson, Dilan Houston, Chris Wilson, Ian Wilson

Patrol 6 - Anna Brownhill, Tim Brushaber, Mark Jackson, Scott McFarlane, Brendan

McNabb, Susan O’Loughlin, Andrew Powell, Norm Rodgers, Grant Schofield, Richard

Taylor, Harriet Ambrose, Rebecca Ormerod

Patrol 7 - Zoe Doran, Peter Flook, Leah Fordham, Rod Fordham, Evan Jobling, Phil

Jobling, Tahlia Powell, Jan Roche, Neil Starr, Angela Tiedeman, Craig Powell, Dane

Miller

Patrol 8 - Jacqui Arnold, Jen Campbell, Pete Campbell, John Powell, Kieren Stevens,

David Woods, Emily Woods, Larni Cotterill, Liesel Gillies, Caitlin Lovell, Simon Lovell,

Sophie Wood, Grier Gillies, Stuart James, Trystan Platt, Larnah Smith, Mitch Thomson,

Anthony Tietze

Patrol 9 - Damo Hoar, Dave Hoar, Lisa Hoar, Adelaide Markey, Mark Owen, Nicola

Owen, Erin Pither, Mark Ryan, James Stevenson, Stephen Trimble, Karen Wallace, Dom

Willson, Peta Owen, Craig Doyle, Tim Karbowiak, Quentin Pursey

Patrol 10 - Justin McDonald, Nick Newton, Mick Palmer, Nathan Wright, Phil Kendall

Reserve Active - Glenn Crompton

Patrol Person of the Year Nominees were (winner in bold)

1. Sarah Bugbird

2. Ian Kelso

3. Penny Britz

4. Terry Flynn

5. Anthony Robinson

6. Andrew Powell

7. Leah Fordham

8. Stuart James

9. Craig Doyle

10. Justin McDonald

Patrol Captain of the Year Nominees were (winner in bold)

• Simon Lovell

• Kev Buckley

• Angela Tiedeman

• Warren Sterling

• Phil Kendall

FOCUS AREAS FOR THE 2016-17 SEASON

At the end of season Patrol Captains meeting future focus and areas for improvement

were identified as:

• the need for us to rebalance our patrol number - as average numbers on patrol

over the season were as follows: P1 – 18; P2 – 16.29; P3 – 12.57; P4 – 11.71; P5

– 10/14; P6 – 11.57; P7 – 15.43; P8 – 15.63; P9 – 16.14; P10 – 9.29

• continuing our focus on prevention and active patrolling

• training on patrol especially IRB and board/tube rescues

• encouraging more members to patrol PM as well as AM

• increasing the number of ARTC, Spinal, IRB Driver and IRB Crew qualified

members

On behalf of the MSLSC Committee and Hunter Branch we would like to thank all

patrolling members for your fantastic work in attending and actively patrolling the

beach to ensure no lives lost between the flags (again).

Education and Training Report

By Warren Sterling, Chief Training Officer

This season saw two groups of Bronze and one group of Surf Rescue Certificate

candidates achieve their awards and join patrols

on our beach. Existing members also obtained

further awards upgrading their skills to

strengthen their patrols and ensure the safety of

the public attending our beach. A number of

specialised awards were also obtained, including

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and

Silver Medallion Aquatic Rescue. Details of

members’ award achievements are included at

the rear of this annual report.

Our club has continued to nurture and maintain our relationships with both Dixon

Park and Cooks Hill SLSCs to integrate the delivery of our clubs’ training. This has

been particularly necessary to support the fairly new “Lifesaver award”. We have

shared our club facilities and trainers for courses including Radio Operator Certificate,

Applied First Aid and Surf Rescue Certificate.

The Merewether SLSC education team has gained two new qualified trainers for

delivery of the Bronze Medallion and one additional facilitator for Advanced

Resuscitation Technique.

Thank you to the Merewether Education Team for their ongoing support of the

education process within our club, and to the Committee for their support of the

Education Team. Thanks to the Office staff at Hunter Branch for the help given to me

throughout my first season as the chief training officer.

February 2016 – Bronze Medallion Candidates and Trainers

IRB Report

By Nathan Wright, IRB Captain

2015/2016 Season was another great year of building on crew and driver’s numbers

with new drivers stepping up and fresh crew successfully completing the courses,

with the introduction of bringing in any suitable

new bronze course participants to include the IRB

crew course our numbers and the depth and skills

are coming along nicely and will continue, so as to

meet our patrol requirements. Thanks also to

Mark Owen and Dillan Houston for his assistance

in training the new drivers and crew and to Ralph

Foster for assistance with repairs, maintenance

and set up on numerous occasions throughout the

season. We have had a very active season using and training in IRB skills that’s really

showing results with the number of past and new operators showing more confidence

and care for the equipment.

Skills Training will be again a major focus this year adding more crew and drivers to

ensure suitable coverage for patrols and water safety for events and nippers, with a

number of courses being run throughout the season and I encourage anyone keen,

contact me to get on the next available course. We now have a new registered trailer

making training at more suitable locations when the surf is up easier.

I’d like to thank PRD Newcastle’s Mark Kentwell for their generous contributions for

new Thunder Car IRB hull and Funda for supplying fuel, oils transport and

maintenance support.

We have many other sponsorship opportunities’ big and small every bit helps to run,

repair and replace the equipment if you or someone you know can help let us know.

Work Health and Safety Report

By Anthony Tietze, WHS Officer

Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) is guided by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. As

such, MSLSC has duty of care to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the health

and safety of its members, visitors and the general public. So, like it or not, from a

WHS perspective, MSLSC is effectively a “place of work”.

So how do you judge how well a place of work is performing from a safety

perspective? Compliance with audits and checklists is a no brainer, but a telling

statistic is the LTIFR or Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate. As the LTIFR is a function of

the number of hours worked, it’s difficult to apply this directly to MSLSC.

However the basis of this statistic can come from a review of our incident log book.

The following is a summary of the incident log entries.

14 entries total over the 2015-2016 season, made up of:

4 injuries from surf boards while in the water - members of the public.

2 shore break injuries - members of the public.

1 slip on rocks – member of the public.

2 slips on stairs – members of the public.

2 heat related injuries – members of the public.

3 training injuries – members of MSLSC.

While our goal should always be zero injuries, none of these entries would be classed

as “lost time injuries”. The end result is that MSLSC has performed very well from a

safety perspective over the 2015-2016 season, given also that it is very difficult for

us to control the destiny of members of the public, other than through the use of

signage and general education. Please keep up the great work and be mindful of the

safety of yourself, your colleagues and the public in general.

Surf Sports Report

By Toni Woodcock, Competition Manager

Merewether had 4 competitors at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships

including Graham (Tamba) Adam who competed in the Masters championships in the

board race and single ski, and Nicola Owen, Amelia (Millie) Ross and Adelaide Markey

competed in the Youth Championships. At the NSW State Championships the club

had 1 Masters Competitor, Steve Stallard, 4 Open Competitors including Nicola

Owen, Amelia Ross, Adelaide Markey and Teigan Cotterill, and 1 age Championships

competitor; Charlotte Owen. Competition results are documented below.

Hunter Branch Inter-Branch Representatives – Nicola Owen, Amelia Ross

Australian SLS Championships, Sunshine Coast QLD - RESULTS

Youth

U15 - Female Board Race Grand Final 2nd - Nicola Owen

9th - Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Board Relay Grand Final 16th - Nicola Owen / Amelia Ross /

Adelaide Markey

U15 – Ironwoman Grand Final 6th – Nicola Owen, 17th - Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Board Rescue QF - Heat 2 5th - Nicola Owen / Amelia Ross

NSW State SLS Championships, Ocean Beach & Umina Beach - RESULTS

Open

U15 - Female Board Race Grand Final 1st – Nicola Owen

U15 - Ironwoman Grand Final 5th – Nicola Owen

U15 - Female Board Rescue Grand Final 4th - Nicola Owen / Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Board Relay Grand Final 5th - Nicola Owen / Amelia Ross /

Adelaide Markey

Masters

60-64 Male Iron Man Grand Final 5th - Steve Stallard

Hunter Branch SLS Championships, Caves Beach - RESULTS

U15 - Female Surf Race 1st Nicola Owen, 3rd Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Board Race 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Ironperson 1st Nicola Owen, 3rd Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Board Rescue 1st Nicola Owen / Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Beach Sprint Nicola Owen 2nd

OPEN Surf Lifesaving Carnival, QUEENSCLIFF BEACH - RESULTS

U15 - Female Swim 2nd Amelia Ross

U15 - Female Board 1st Amelia Ross

DASH for CASH (U15 Women) 1st Amelia Ross

SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SURF LIFESAVING CARNIVAL, MANLY BEACH

U15 - Female Board Race 6th Amelia Ross

AUSTRALIA DAY SURF LIFESAVING CARNIVAL, FRESHWATER BEACH

U15 - Swim 2nd Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Ironperson 2nd Amelia Ross

Wave Warriors, Swansea Belmont - RESULTS

U15 - Female Surf Race 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Amelia Ross, 3rd Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Board Race 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Amelia Ross, 3rd Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Ironwoman 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Amelia Ross, 3rd Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Bch Sprint 3rd Amelia Ross, 4th Nicola Owen, 5th Adelaide Markey

Junior Carnival (U11 - Opens) Newcastle Perm Junior Surf Series - Round 1 (U11 - U14) - BIRUBI POINT, Saturday 17th Oct 2015 - RESULTS

U15 - Female Beach Sprint 2nd Nicola Owen


U15 - Female Board Race 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Amelia Ross, 4th Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Iron Person 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Amelia Ross, 3rd Adelaide Markey

Lake Macquarie Games - (U8 - U17) SWANSEA BELMONT Sunday 1st Nov 2015

U15 - Female Beach Sprint 3rd Nicola Owen

U15 - Female Beach Flags 6th Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Surf Race 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Board Race 1st Nicola Owen, 3rd Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Iron Person 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Adelaide Markey

Junior Carnival (U8 - U17) Newcastle Perm Junior Surf Series - Round 2 (U11 - U14) CAVES BEACH Sunday 22nd Nov 2015 - RESULTS

U15 - Female Beach Sprint 4th Nicola Owen



U15 - Female Iron Person 1st Nicola Owen, 2nd Amelia Ross, 3rd Adelaide Markey

U15 - Female Board Resc. 1st Nicola Owen & Amelia Ross

Junior Carnival (U8 - U17) Newcastle Perm Junior Surf Series - Round 3 (U11 - U14) - SWANSEA BELMONT 31/1/2016 - RESULTS



U15 - Female Iron Person: 1st Adelaide Markey

Junior Activities Report 2015-16

By Mark Owen, Junior Activities Chairperson

The Merewether SLSC Nippers program continues to evolve thanks to the support of

all the age managers and assistants, volunteers, committee members, water safety,

BBQ helpers, coaches & trainers, who ensure that we continue to offer one of the best

surf education and junior surf sports programs in the region. I would also like to

thank and encourage all our Nippers and Nipper parents.

This year we continued with improvements to the operations of the nipper program at

Merewether SLSC by documenting procedures and developing a library of documents

and resources. We also focused on improvements to the communication process to

age managers and parents by using social media (Facebook) and SMS messages

through SurfGuard. Our water safety program continued with risk assessments in

conjunction with the Patrol Captain on Sunday mornings, also our water safety

coordinator would continually monitor the conditions and water safety ratios to

ensure the safety of all nippers during water activities. Thank you to all those who

helped with water safety. We are always after additional water safety, so any parents

of our nippers that are interested should enquire about doing their Bronze Medallion;

we need a ratio of 1:5 bronze medallion holders in the water with the juniors at all

times.

Next season there will be continued focus on the education and skills development of

all our age managers and assistant age managers.

On the competition side of nippers, this season saw only a few members participate

in carnivals. Congratulations to those that represented our club in competitions

throughout the season. Hopefully next season there will be an increase in the number

of competitors representing Merewether SLSC at carnivals.

The annual camp at Fingal Bay was once again a success with approximately 150

parents and children attending. The camp has been going for over 20 years and is a

great time to meet new people and for the kids to have some fun. Thanks to all those

who helped get the weekend organised. I hope this remains on the junior calendar for

a very long time. I hope all the kids have enjoyed themselves and met new friends this

year.

I would like to thank every committee member for a job well done this season. As this

was my last year as the JAC, I would also like to thank all committee members,

parents and nippers that I have been involved with over the past 4 years. I encourage

all the returning and new committee members to continue with the great work that

will result in the ongoing success of Merewether SLSC Nippers.

The Pumphouse Bar

By Susan O’Loughlin, Function Room Manager

It has been business as usual for the Function room over the past 12 months bringing

to life celebrations such as birthdays, weddings, engagements and parties. The

Function room improvements from our Port Waratah Coal Service’s grant last season

has given it a much needed face lift. I am happy to add the grant has been given to us

again this year, so we will be looking at a more commercial style kitchen makeover in

the months to come. Every little bit helps, and slowly our function room is becoming

quite competitive in the market place.

With an upgraded kitchen we will be hoping to utilize our space on Friday nights by

hosting pop-up restaurants. Just another way we can increase our income stream for

the club.

You may have noticed the increase of weekly hire at the club last season. We host

meditation, women’s fitness group, Karate, Tai chi and yoga. Starting soon will be a

Thursday night rock and roll dance group as well. Besides the weekly hire we have our

monthly users who are another meditation group, Sarah’s yoga and the Beach

Business Breakfast (BBB).

BBB has grown over the past 12months from half a dozen people to over 50 now

attending regularly. This monthly business breakfast organized by Dave also provides

income for the club plus there are quite a few new hires stemming from this group.

It’s wonderful to have such a diverse group of people using our facility.

We have also had 2 quarterly Essential Oil Expos at the club with commitment for

future ones next year. I love how the club is so versatile and able to be perfect for any

occasion. A lot of that is to do with our great view I guess.

So as you can see the club is a hive of activity all week with various groups using the

room and then on weekends we further utilise the room for functions. To end the

week we have coldies each Sunday form 4pm run by Norm and this too is adding to

our income stream for the club.

Please come along and support coldies, it’s a great way to spend time with friends,

spread the word about the Pumphouse bar and show off our wonderful piece of

paradise.

I am happy to continue in my role as the function room manager and value your help

in keeping the room clean and tidy and presentable.

MEREWETHER SLSC – 2015/2016 AWARDS & CERTIFICATES

Bronze Medallion Training Officer - Bronze Medallion

Andrew Beattie Harriet Ambrose Dom Wilson John Bamberry

Felix Bonomini David Anderson

Daniel Burton Sam Caldwell Cert. IV in Training & Assessment

Katrina Cowie Sarah Gray Charlie Bugbird Warren Sterling

Daniel Daley Johan Kaarestedt

Lucy Judd Cathy Lyons Facilitator Adv. Resus. Tech.

Jessica Mulhearn Lyndal Whealey Richard Taylor

Tahlia Powell Rebecca Ormerod

Lara Roche Silver Medallion - Aquatic Rescue

Radio Operator Certificate Richard Taylor

Emily Davies Holly McKelligot Silver Medallion - Basic Beach Mgt

Lucas Friere Ronan Pirozzi Anthony Tietze

Grier Gillies Caitlyn Radmore

Teagan Guiness Andrew Beattie Advance Resus. Technique

Tahlia Lee Felix Bonomini Andrew Beattie Sam Caldwell

Larnah Smith Daniel Burton Felix Bonomini Sarah Gray

Cooper Studdert Katrina Cowie Daniel Burton Johan Kaarestedt

Daniel Daley Lucy Judd Katrina Cowie Cathy Lyons

Jessica Mulhearn Tahlia Powell Daniel Daley Lyndal Whealey

Lara Roche Sam Caldwell Lucy Judd Rebecca Ormerod

Harriet Ambrose Sarah Gray Jessica Mulhearn Bernie Sabine

David Anderson Tahlia Powell David Anderson

Lara Roche Harriet Ambrose

Spinal Management Certificate

Andrew Beattie Harriet Ambrose Surf Rescue Certificate

Felix Bonomini David Anderson Emily Davies Larnah Smith

Daniel Burton Sam Caldwell Lucas Friere Cooper Studdert

Katrina Cowie Sarah Gray Grier Gillies Holly McKelligot

Daniel Daley Johan Kaarestedt Teagan Guiness Ronan Pirozzi

Lucy Judd Cathy Lyons Tahlia Lee Caitlyn Radmore

Spinal Management Certificate cont’d

IRB Crew Certificate

Jessica Mulhearn Lyndal Whealey Nathan McKelligott

Tahlia Powell Jamie Parras Laurelle Kempers Anthony Tietze

Lara Roche Meredith Veale Thomas Lyons Brendan McNabb

MEREWETHER SLSC – 2015/2016 PATROL MEMBERS

Patrol 1 Patrol 2 Patrol 3

John Bamberry *

Charlie Bugbird * (PC)

Elizabeth Curk

Lawrie Flick *

Kate Flint *

Shannan Forrest

Bob Handley *

Jamie Paras *

Kathryn Spong *

Jo Springthorpe

Trish Stallard

Steve Stallard *

Greg Struck * (PC)

Meredith Veale*

Kelly Wiseheart *

Sarah Bugbird *

Emily Davies

Sandy Gilshenan

Jared Medhurst

Luke Menzies *

Scott Bishop *

Iain Kelso *

Peter Mulhearn *

Geoff Murray *

David Rees * (PC)

Craig Vandenburg *

Tom Vandenburg *

Emily Mulhearn *

Max Dawes

Gen Pezzimenti

John Vazey

Glen Mulhearn *

Jessica Mulhearn *

Nathan McKelligott *

Holly McKelligott

Matthew Mullen

Caitlyn Radmore

David Ray *

Jackie Sterling *

Warren Sterling * (PC)

Lyndal Whealey

Cathy Lyon *

Tom Lyon *

Penny Britz *

Phil Cooke *

Matthew Dan

Rob Dan *

Rosemary Dan *

Brendan Garbutt *

Cloey Garbutt

Gayle Garbutt *

Mal Garbutt *

Harrison Gresham * (PC)

Jonathan Hamilton

John Lehman *

Michael Spillane * (PC)

Tom Barrett

Daniel Burton

Katrina Cowie

Jessie Gardner *

Lucy Judd

Kelly Taylor


Bridget Buckley

Kevin Buckley * (PC)

Ralph Foster *

Emma Gale *

Simon Hill *

Jack Lee

Bruce Rummins *

Paul Ryan

Mark Woodcock

Terry Flynn *

Lucas Friere

Johan Kaarestedt

Adrian Harte *

Nicole Lacey *

Tony Robinson * (PC)

Wendy Scott *

Stuart Longman

David Vaughan *

Chris Wilson *

Ian Wilson * (PC)

Samantha Wilson *

David Anderson

Dilan Houston *

Laurelle Kempers

Anna Brownhill *

Tim Brushaber * (PC)

Scott Featherby

Samantha Groves

Jana Hull

Mark Jackson *

Scott McFarlane *

Brendan McNabb *

Susan O’Loughlin *

George Pantelopoulos

Andrew Powell *

Norm Rodgers *

Tahlia Lee *

Cooper Studdert *

Cal Burke *

Bernie Sabine * (PC)

Grant Schofield *

Richard Taylor * (PC)

Harriet Ambrose *

Andrew Beattie

Felix Bonomini

Rebecca Ormerod *


Zoe Doran *

Jocelyn Flook

Peter Flook *

Leah Fordham *

Rod Fordham *

Evan Jobling *

Phil Jobling * (PC)

Dane Miller *

Tahlia Powell *

Jan Roche *

Neil Starr *

Angela Tiedeman * (PC)

Craig Powell *

Hugh Caterson

Justin Kelly

Jackson Kirkman

Scott Kirkman

Claire Tiedeman

Jacqui Arnold *

Jen Campbell *

Pete Campbell * (PC)

John Powell *

Kieren Stevens *

David Woods *

Emily Woods *

Larni Cotterill *

Liesel Gillies *

Alex Jenkins

Caitlin Lovell *

Simon Lovell * (PC)

Sophie Wood *

Grier Gillies *

Stuart James *

Charles Meares

Trystan Platt *

Larnah Smith *

Mitch Thomson *

Anthony Tietze *

Damo Hoar *

Dave Hoar * (PC)

Lisa Hoar *

Adelaide Markey *

Mark Owen * (PC)

Nicola Owen *

Amelia Ross

Erin Pither *

Mark Ryan *

James Stevenson *

Stephen Trimble *

Karen Wallace *

Dom Willson *

Peta Owen *

Craig Doyle *

Tim Karbowiak *

Quentin Pursey *

James Pearlman

Ed Langdon

Patrol 10 Reserve Active

Graham Adam

Brett Hillcoat

Nick Hincks

Glen Hughes

Abbey Cameron

Justin McDonald *

Nick Newton * (PC)

Mick Palmer *

Teigan Cotterill

Sarah Gray

Jordan Studdert

Nathan Wright * (PC)

Nick Brunette

Sam Caldwell

Phil Kendall *

Glenn Crompton *

Toni Woodcock

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