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2019 - 2020

67th Annual Report and Financial Statements

Port Elliot Surf Lifesaving Club Inc

2019-2020

67th Annual Report and Financial Statements

Major Donors, Sponsors and Grants

10 o’clock Swimmers

Adrian & Claudia Goldsmith

Beach Huts

Dodd & Page

Northpoint Fleurieu

Rotary Club of Encounter Bay

SLSSA Club Foundation

Specsavers Victor Harbor Optometry & Audiology

Timco Mitre 10 Port Elliot

Victor Harbor & Port Elliot Lions Club Inc.

200 Club Contributors

Ann & Chris Colmer

Bartel & Hall

Butler & Butler Pty. Ltd.

Chris & Leah Tapscott

Colin & Cookie Sibly

Daishsat Geodetic Surveyors

Encounter Builders

Grant Family

Kennedy/North Family

Middleton Tavern

Mr Menswear

Nurture Podiatry

Overall Homes

Paul Jenkins

Peter & Heather Cummings

Peter Francis & Lindsey Cowper

Port Elliot Bakery

Port Elliot Local Post Office

Port Elliot Pharmacy

Price Roberts & Co.

Read Family

Robert Mooney

Rodney & Janet Ellis

Signarama Norwood

Signature Landscapes

Stewart & Caroline Cummings

Sullivan Family

The Bargain Barn

Thunderbird Port Elliot

Victor Harbor Terry White Chemist

Victor Medical Centre

Victor Physio

Our Supporters

PESLSC gratefully acknowledges the donated gifts and services received from the following

entities and individuals:

Adelaide Football Club


Alistair Wood

Bakers Delight Victor Harbor

Big Surf Australia

Bunnings Warehouse Victor Harbor

Charlesworth Nuts

Chit Chat Newsagency

Chris De Rosa

Daishsat Geodetic Surveyors

Coles, Victor Harbor

Edible Blooms

Elliot Hotel

Flying Fish Café & Restaurant

Gerry Wedd

Home Grain Bakery, Middleton

McDonalds Victor Harbor

Middleton Tavern

National Pharmacies

Port Elliot Bakery

Richard John Artist

Royal Family Hotel

Signarama Norwood

Steam Ranger Heritage Railway

Sullivan Family

The Strand Art Gallery

Timco Mitre 10 Port Elliot

Victa Cinema

West Beach Parks

Woodstock Wine Estate

Woolworths Victor Harbor

Our supporters also include The Port Elliot Bakery, The Chicken Run, Jelly, PE Friendly Grocer, Royal Family

Hotel, Hotel Elliot, Home Grain Bakery Middleton & Mt. Compass and Middleton Tavern who kindly allowed us

to have donation tins on their counters for customers who wished to donate loose change to our Club.

Glass Brick Fundraiser

The following Life Members, groups and individuals have contributed to the new Clubroom construction by

purchasing a glass brick, which will be displayed in a prominent location once the build is complete.

Deceased Life Members’ bricks have been purchased in memoriam by the member’s family (†).

Life Members

Basham, Phill†

Bruce, Bob & Jean

Cummings, Peter & Heather

Dodd, Keith†

Ellis, Rodney & Janet

Grant, Ian

Green, Terry

Harding, Jim

Harfield, Terry

Higgins, David

Michelmore, Chris

Mooney, Robert & family

Palaitis, Alg

Sibly, Colin† & Deirdre

Sibly, Joe†

Smith, Daniel

Smith, Raelene

Tapscott, Chris

Tapscott, Leah

Groups and individuals

Basham, David, Kate & Family

Calendar Girls 2005

Cervantes Fuller Family

Collins, Tom

Colmer, Ann & Chris

Dent, Bruce†, in Memory of

Dent Family, Bruce†, John, Allan &

Murray

Dent, Des

Dent, Des & Margaret and family

Dixon, Peter, Sue & family

Foreman, Rob & Glenda

Francis, Peter & Lindsey Cowper

Francis, Rupert

Gibbons, Alfred

Giles Family

Godfrey Menpes Family

Goldsmith, Adrian & Claudia

Goldsmith, Ben & Kathryn

Goldsmith, Olivia, Poppie & Annie

Goldsmith, Sebastian and Nichola

Coombe

Grant Family

Green, Don, Clarrie & Ken (In

Memory of)

Green, Jeff

Green, Roy Decd. & Family

Grundy, Peter & Jean

Hann Family

Heysen-Hicks Family

Hird, Murray & Charmaine and

Family

Horseshoe Bay 10 o’clock

swimmers

Kennedy North Family

Klomp, Corrie & John and Family

Legends Boat Crew

Lovell, Rod

McKenzie, Sandy (In Memory of)

Miller, Ruth

Murfet, Denzel

Murphy, Vicki and Family

Nesbitt, Lenore, Rob and Family

Open Men’s Surf Boat SA State

Champions 2015

Open Women’s Surfboat State

Champions 1994

Open Women’s Surfboat State

Champions 2001

ASRL Australian Open U/21

Women’s National Champions

2006

Otters (The)

Overall Family

Partek Construction & Interiors

Phelps, Allan

Prance Family

Reynolds, Alan, Jenny and Family

Roberts Family

Rundle, Philip

Schofield Jim and Andrew

Simpson, Jenni and Stuart

Smith Family

Sullivan Family

Trim, Liza & Justin

Trim, Billy, Daisy & Zara

Victor Harbor Department for

Education Aquatics

Groups and individuals continued

Walker, Bryce, Trish & Family

Watts, Dana & Skanes Boys

Who dares swims (Ice Picks)

Jennett/Dawson Family

(Wollongong SLSC)

Woodhouse, Chris & Tina Dahms

Wyschnja Family

Blue filler blocks donated

Rebekha Sharkie MP – Federal

Member for Mayo (2 blocks)

Mark and Sonia James

Deidre Hughes

Contents Objects of the Port Elliot Surf Life Saving Club ................................................................................................. 1

Club Structure and Office Bearers 2019-2020 .................................................................................................. 2

Club Structure and Office Bearers 2019-2020 .................................................................................................. 3

Club Council and Officer Reports ...................................................................................................................... 5

President ........................................................................................................................................................ 5

Vice President ................................................................................................................................................ 7

Club Captain ................................................................................................................................................... 9

Chief Instructor ............................................................................................................................................. 10

Lifesaving Services....................................................................................................................................... 11

Radio Officer ................................................................................................................................................. 12

Development Officer ..................................................................................................................................... 13

Functions and Facilities ................................................................................................................................ 14

Members Representative ............................................................................................................................. 15

Boat Captain ................................................................................................................................................. 16

Surf Sports Officer ........................................................................................................................................ 18

Treasurer’s Report........................................................................................................................................ 20

Financial Reports ............................................................................................................................................. 21

Membership Snapshot ..................................................................................................................................... 27

Lifesaving Training Awards ............................................................................................................................. 29

National Medal ................................................................................................................................................. 30

Awards ............................................................................................................................................................. 31

Club Championships ........................................................................................................................................ 32

Masters State Championships ......................................................................................................................... 33

Patrol hours 2019-2020 ................................................................................................................................... 34

Photo highlights from the season .................................................................................................................... 37

Major Club Sponsors 2019-2020 ..................................................................................................................... 42

1 Port Elliot Surf Life Saving Club 2019-2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements

Objects of the Port Elliot Surf Life Saving Club 1. To study, practice, and demonstrate the methods of Life Saving as described in the official

handbook of Surf Life Saving Australia.

2. To minimise the loss of life in drowning by providing and maintaining efficient life saving apparatus.

3. To provide efficient patrols for the protection and guidance of the bathing public.

4. To help educate the public in resuscitation and water safety, and to encourage enjoyment of

the water.

5. To encourage persons to become active patrolling members of the Club.

6. To undertake any duties and responsibilities for the benefit and assistance of the Club in the

attainment of the above objectives.

7. To encourage the general public to obtain community awards to assist active members

in the execution of the duties.

8. To promote and protect good fellowship amongst those persons interested in life saving.

9. To do all things which the Club or the Council may think necessary or desirable for

promoting life saving.

10. To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the

aforesaid objects.


Club Structure and Office Bearers 2019-2020

Patron

Bob Bruce OAM

Life Governors

Bob Bruce OAM Rodney Ellis Christopher Tapscott

Life Members

H. Sheard† P. Basham† J. Sibly† G. Barton C. Schofield

T. Harfield T. Green K. Dodd† J. Harding R. Mooney

C. W.Sibly† R. Smith C. Lovell B. Edwards OAM A. Palaitis

D. Higgins M. W. Smoker C. Michelmore D. Smith K. B. Bridges

S. Cummings E. Sheridan T. Irvin I. Grant K. Whelan

W.L. Tapscott J. Collins H. McMillan M. Finlay P. Cummings

T-l Irvin S. Overall

† denotes deceased member.



Club Council No of Meetings eligible to attend1

No. of Meetings attended

No. of meetings missed due to pandemic

Life Governor Bob Bruce 12 9 0

President Peter Francis 12 12 0

Vice President Kirk Dixon 12 10 0

Club Captain Brad Watson 12 10 0

Vice Captain India Tunn2

Elly Smee

0

11

0

5

0

0

Honorary Treasurer Neil Webster 12 12 0

Honorary Secretary Cameron Smith2

Margaret Wyschnja

7

2

6

2

3

0

Chief Instructor Lucinda Remilton3 - - -

Life Saving Services Officer Ben Wyschnja 12 10 0

Development Officer Hamish McMillan 11 10 0

Sponsorship, Grants & Fundraising - 0

Surf Boat Captain Tara Irvin 12 3 0

Junior Membership Manager - 0

Functions & Facilities Manager Dana Watts 12 9 0

Members Representative Pam Grant 12 11 0

Surf Sports Officer India Tunn2

Tim Cannell

1

7

0

6

-

0

1. Count does not include meetings unable to be attended due to Covid-19 travel restrictions/mandatory quarantine periods.

2. Resigned from position.

3. Excused from attending and participating in Club Council meetings with prior negotiation.



Office Holders

Assistant Secretary & Registrar Claudia Goldsmith (Resigned 24/12/19)

IRB Captain Gary Humphries

First Aid Officer Ian Grant

Sponsorship, Grants & Fundraising Pam Grant, Dana Watts, Claudia Goldsmith

Clubroom Steward Marty Smee

Legal Officer Tony Hall

Lions Liaison Rodney Ellis

Medical Officer Verity Remilton, Lucinda Remilton

Merchandise and Patrol Uniforms Sonia Read, Belinda Sullivan

Public Officer Philip Dodd

Public Relations Officer Marty Smee

Radio Officer Bob Bruce OAM

Same Wave Co-ordinator Danny Smith

Committees

Constitution Committee

Bob Bruce OAM Hamish McMillan Peter Francis Advisor: Belinda Sullivan

Judiciary Committee

Bob Bruce OAM David Read Hamish McMillan Tara Irvin

Life Membership Committee

Bob Bruce OAM Rod Ellis Ian Grant Troy Irvin

Rebecca McMillan

Patrol Tribunal

Ian Grant Tara Irvin Danny Smith

Auxiliary Committee

Dana Watts Rod Ellis June Finlay Stewart Cummings

Mark Williams Adona Cervantes Brian Elborough

Selection Committee

Troy Irvin David McLaren Matt Smith

Surf Sports Committee

Tim Cannell (Surf Sports Officer) David Palmer (Beach Captain)

Ian Price (Ski Captain) David McLaren (Masters Coordinator)

Jeff Collins (assisted with competition swimming) Jack Read (Board Captain)

Naomi Dixon (Junior Sports Coordinator) Tara Irvin (Surf Boat Captain)


Club Council and Officer Reports

President

Peter Francis

In my last Annual Report I stated that there were two

major strands of activity running through the Club.

They have again this year.

First, there was the maintenance of our usual

activities: patrolling, training for various awards, the

provision of programmes such as Nippers, Same

Wave, VacSwim, surf sports coaching and

competition and community engagement via the

triathlons and support for festive season events.

These have continued.

Unfortunately, this year, due to the Covid-19

pandemic some of them had to be truncated. The

patrol season was ended early, with the Executive of

our Club Council making that decision ahead of the

formal State Council decision to do the same. I am

appreciative of their unanimous support in doing so.

It was the smart decision.

In surf sports State Championships were impacted

upon. No Annual Dinner was possible for us to

present Awards, Medals or Certificates. While some

clubs have had virtual ceremonies to recognise

member achievement, others, like our Club Council

have talked about having a ceremony to launch the

new season and to acknowledge last season’s

achievements at that event. While the first day of

state-wide patrols is scheduled for Saturday 10th

October and our AGM has been scheduled for

Sunday 30th August, on these and other matters, we

are held to ransom by the pandemic and may need to

change our plans as time unfolds.

The second major strand of activity has again been

the push towards the demolition and re-building of the

Clubrooms. This has been an onerous and long term

task, with more than a decade’s work to finally have

the project underway. For me personally this is

something of a relief as for the past two years I have

predicted that we would be a building site by the time

the next AGM came round and twice proven to have

been overly optimistic!

Now that the work has begun it has ushered in a

period of great excitement and promise for our

Club. It is also an achievement in which all

members can and should take great pride.

• Ours is by far the biggest Surf Lifesaving

Club re-development in the State.

• Our Club has been acknowledged by the

Chair of the Surf Life Saving South Australia

Club Foundation as being the best financially

prepared that he has seen in his 20 years of

involvement with the Foundation.

• Our financial contribution is the biggest ever

made by any club and at $755,000 is nearer

13% than the requisite 11%.

• Our build thereby survived financial pressure

to reduce the area of the new Clubrooms by

140-150 square metres.

• Our recent years of prudent budgeting,

focussed fund raising, husbanding of

resources and the responsibility shown by

our budget managers has put us in such a

strong position to enable the scale of build

that we required.

This year the Covid-19 pandemic has also impacted

adversely on preparations for the re-development

because spatial distancing and group size restrictions

prevented us from having more than one major

working bee to move equipment from the Clubrooms

to storage. I would like to sincerely thank Vice-

President Kirk Dixon for his management and over-

sight of this major operation and all others who

helped.

As in previous years, I am particularly appreciative of

the commitment of other individuals who have


stepped up to take on a leadership role in whatever

sector of the club. I started to list names, but this

became so fraught with the danger of offending some

by omission that I pressed delete! Nevertheless there

are some standouts.

Ben Wyschnja has done an excellent job as Life

Saving Services Officer, is our IT guru and has taken

on the role of consolidating this Annual Report.

Many of you will not know our Treasurer Neil Webster,

but his work in preparing the financial submission to

obtain funding for the re-development has been

exemplary, while Matt Smith and Bob Bruce (and

others) have provided practical advice to our

consulting architects, engineers and builders.

Club Captain Brad Watson and all Patrol Captains

have provided the leadership required to ensure that

the efforts of our Chief Instructor Lucinda Remilton

and our team of trainers and assessors is effectively

translated into effective beach management.

Tim Cannell and the coaching collective have

continued their amazing development programmes

while the Nipper leaders have again done a

superlative job. In areas of youth activity Darren Flynn

along with Jeff Collins, Hamish McMillan and team

Jucius/Dixon/Trim/Goldsmith/McLaren/Angel and

Read and others have been incredibly committed and

increasingly effective.

Pam Grant has been terrier-like in her quest for

sponsors and in organizing the sponsors event. Fund-

raising endeavours have been subdued because of

our partial and then total lock-down and knock-down,

but Dana Watts and Rod Ellis, bar staff and helpers

at the Lions BBQ’s have still kept income tinkling into

the coffers.

While this past year has not been an easy one for our

Club or community I would like to pay particular

tribute to the Club Council for their contributions and

acknowledge too their support of the Executive which

has been required to make a number of rapid or

unusual decisions. Since the last AGM we have had

a number of unfilled or vacant positions throughout

the entire year. This has placed an extra burden upon

the Councillors and I wish to end my remarks by

asking that you lighten their load a little.

How you might ask? Take a risk. Consider putting

your hand up, not just to help, but to lead. A club of

our numbers and talent should not have to begin yet

another season without a Secretary, Assistant

Secretary/Registrar, Sponsorship, Grants and

Fundraising Officer or Chief Instructor.

Please consider!

Peter Francis

President


Vice President

Kirk Dixon

The end of the 2019/2020 season finds the Club in a

never seen before position. The Clubrooms have

been emptied of both people and items due to the

Covid-19 pandemic and the imminent demolition of

the building.

As of writing the Club has been completely emptied

apart from some essential rescue equipment. The

plan is to move this to our temporary patrol facilities

on Commodore Reserve to ensure that PESLSC has

rapid response capability for Horseshoe Bay. If this is

not possible due to timing issues the remaining patrol

equipment will be stored with all the other items in the

sheds on Hill St. It will be interesting to be working

from a remote site for at least the next season but I

feel that as a Club we will work through any of the

inconveniences.

I extend my thanks to everyone who helped in the

cleaning, packing, moving and storing of the Club

equipment and items this season. It was a

monumental task made easier and more manageable

through the help and hard work of many, many

people. I particularly want to thank the following

people for their extraordinary effort; Claudia

Goldsmith for her work in sorting the office, Dana

Watts amazing effort in the upstairs area, Sonia Reed

in ensuring our merchandise was sorted and packed,

Matt Smith for his work in physically removing hard to

reach items, Rod Ellis and Neil Webster for getting

the bar sorted, Jimmy Harding and helpers for getting

the fridges downstairs, Bob Bruce for all his work with

hot water services and radios and a big thank you to

Peter Francis for the large amount of time and effort

he has put in especially trailering items from the

Clubrooms to the sheds. Again, a big thank you to

every person who has help during this time, your time

and effort has been very much appreciated.

The strategic goals 2017-2020 have been:

• Financially able to support the

redevelopment of the club rooms:

• To activate current members to become

more involved in Club activities

• To retain more members from one season to

the next.

The strategic goals are due for review next season.

One of the limitations in reporting back on these goals

is a lack of focused data collection. Anecdotally

PESLSC is making gains towards these goals

however it would be more accurate to label these as

aspirational intentions as at this point there is no end

point or mechanism to measure these goals.

That being said, the Club is in an excellent financial

position going into the build phase of the new

Clubrooms and many members have put in a lot of

time and effort in getting us to this position. We could

not do it without people serving behind the bar,

cooking BBQs, organising and running events (such

as quiz nights), meeting and approaching potential

sponsors, running the 200 Club and countless other

fundraising activities. Well done to the Treasurer and

Officers in preparing and working to the Club budget

to control expenditure and allow us to be able to

support the redevelopment. This hard work from all

areas of the Club is going to be vitally important in the

coming seasons as we are hit with a reduced ability

to raise funds due to the lack of a physical building

and the uncertainty of the post Covid-19 economy.


There has been a lot of work within the Junior area,

particularly in giving members the opportunity to

become more involved. This has been driven by the

fact that often the Junior area needs a higher level of

qualified involvement to run their programs and to

maintain the safety requirements. The Junior area

continues to be an important source to increase the

ranks of our fundraisers, beach help, officials, and

qualified lifesavers. This year this has been helped

with the added membership of an adult for every

Nipper and the support for the official courses.

The Youth squad continues to be a positive force to

engage and maintain the skills and interest of the

younger members of the Club. It continues to grow

and evolve to allow all the youth an outlet to

showcase their skills and interests if they wish.

Patrols have shown that people are changing in the

way they engage with the Club and lifesaving in

general. Even though there were less patrol groups

than previous years, the number of people completing

patrol hours was the same. This shows there is still

some thinking that is required to allow for maximum

engagement from our members and to maintain the

high level of protection on the beach that we and the

community expects from PESLSC.

Retaining members remains a challenge and will be

even more so going into next season without

clubrooms, however even with some remaining

uncertainty there is an exciting future for the Club and

I look forward to sharing this journey with the other

PESLSC members.

Kirk Dixon

Vice-President


Club Captain

Brad Watson

The 2019-20 season will be remembered in the

Club’s history for two main reasons: being the year

the major development was approved & started, and

how Covid-19 impacted open access to the Club we

all love.

Little needs to be said about the redevelopment as it’s

been a ten-year work in progress with countless

hours put in by some many members all contributing

time towards this marvellous building we will have

within eighteen months.

I am more concerned now how Covid-19 has

impacted not only on members training, but their

wellbeing in general. Some members have had huge

financial pressure placed upon them and their

families with all the restrictions placed on the

community; kids not going to school, teachers trying

to teach students online, workers told one day ‘sorry

we are closed until further notice’, it’s just a horrible

stressful situation. No one saw it coming, and there

was no previous experience that could be called upon

to know what our next move was.

I believe whole heartedly that when the Club’s

Executive met and called for the Club to shut down to

get ahead of the curve, that we led by example as

other clubs followed Port Elliot’s direction as we

moved with great purpose to keep our members as

safe as possible. This of course was not popular with

all members, but I am grateful the directions were

followed by all members.

Things are starting to ease four months later but is

subject to change at short notice. How we as a Club

move forward from here will be a defining period in

our long history. As we return to normal I am hoping

the Club can rally to help those in need and to help

spread the load over many.

Hopefully, Better times to come.

And two stand up paddle boards on the way!

See you on the beach.

Brad Watson

Club Captain


Chief Instructor

Lucinda Remilton

With Reagan Moon deciding not to re-stand for Chief

Instructor at the AGM this season, PESLSC was left

without a Chief Instructor with no one willing to fill the

position. The position remained unfilled until

November, when I finally relented to the multiple

requests to fill the position, as it was becoming

evident a season without a chief instructor was not

going to be ideal for the club. I agreed to do the

position, on the condition that I would not sit on Club

Council and would not have a vote. Despite being a

trainer and assessor, I was new to Chief Instructor

and had not trained any bronze/SRC squads in recent

years and therefore was rusty in the finer points of the

awards. I thank everyone for their patience whilst I

found my feet and Kate Powell at SLSSA for her

assistance.

Taking on this position very late in the season, I have

a number of Club members to thank for their

assistance:

• Ian Grant and his troop of helpers for

conducting all the proficiencies;

• Jeff Collins and Darren Flynn for training the

bronze squad; and

• Peter Mason for training the SRC squad.

With the season coming to a premature end due to

Covid-19, this has left Bronze and SRC candidates

having not completed their assessment. Hopefully

they will return next season to obtain their award and

continue their lifesaving journey.

During the off-season Darren Flynn, Christine

Michelmore, Peter Michelmore and Kirk Dixon are

completing their Training Officer’s Certificate and I

look forward to their assistance with training squads

next season.

The conclusion of this season coincides with the

release of the new Bronze Medallion curriculum and

manual. This will see several changes in both the

Bronze and SRC awards for next season. A major

change is the removal of oxygen from the Bronze

qualification. This will require us to train more

members in ARTC, as ideally all patrols will need 2

ARTC holders moving forward.

Next season will bring new challenges, with not only

a new curriculum, but also training without a

Clubhouse. Despite this we will be endeavouring to

continue to run high quality training across all awards.

If you are interested in obtaining any new awards,

please ask when a course is running.

Lucinda Remilton

Chief Instructor


Lifesaving Services

Ben Wyschnja

2019-2020 has been another great season of Surf

Life Saving at Port Elliot.

This has been my first season in the role, taking the

reins from Tappy. Many thanks must go to him for his

contribution to the role over the past years.

This season saw many alterations to our Life Saving

procedures, with credit to our members being able to

adapt well to changes surrounding patrols, radios and

IT aspects.

What has been particularly exciting for me is the roll

out of the IT systems into our organisation. The

operations app & iPads have been introduced and

have been well used by our patrols. The app has not

only saved time of manually entering records into

Surfguard, it has allowed Surfcom to see up to date

patrol information, without causing congestion from

several radio calls.

Our skills maintenance administration and

assessment has gone online as well. We had several

sessions and many members became proficient for

the season. Many thanks to Ian Grant and helpers for

running the skills maintenance, which expanded this

season to encompass the many updates.

With the operations app and skills maintenance

online, our Club has been one of the leading users of

SLSA’s IT systems. I am hoping that the water safety

hours will be able to be logged using an app in the

future.

Patrol rosters saw some minor changes, with the

number of patrol groups dropping to 10 (from 12 last

season). This was in part due to lower numbers

committing to a rostered patrol group, and some

previous Patrol Captains/ Patrol Vice Captains

choosing not to continue. Thanks to Ian Price, Steve

Overall, Matt Smith and Wayne Good for their

contributions over previous seasons to these roles.

IRB drivers, crew, ARTC operators and beach

management awardees were stretched a bit thin this

season. Members are encouraged to upskill as much

as possible and we plan to run more training courses

next season. The Patrol Captain’s course (formerly

Beach Management) is under redevelopment at a

national level and I look forward to members gaining

this award in future seasons.

We recorded the following statistics for the season:

• 176 members recorded patrol hours during

the season at Port Elliot

• 5 rescues

• 1 search

• 39 preventative actions

• 34 first aid cases (that an incident report was

logged)

• a total of 3,888.71 hours, inclusive of

3,025.38 patrol hours and 863.33 water

safety hours (such as Nippers, Same Wave

and carnival training) logged at Port Elliot.

I would like to make a personal thanks to the

following people for their support: our President

Peter Francis, Club Captain Brad Watson and Vice-

Captain Elly Smee, for their support to lifesaving,

Chris Michelmore for her assistance in recording

nippers patrol hours into Surfguard, Ian Grant for his

guidance of lifesaving procedures, Jeff Collins for his

mentorship, Margy Wyschnja for assisting with

administration and equipment, and of course I can’t

forget my wife Zoe for her support!

Above all, a great big thanks must go to all our

patrolling members, Patrol Captains and Patrol Vice

Captains, who have contributed so many hours to

our core business, Surf Life Saving.

See you on the beach.

Ben Wyschnja

Lifesaving Services Officer


Radio Officer

Bob Bruce

2019-2020 season has been another without major

upsets in the area of radios.

Members have continued to care for the units and

have generally become more familiar with the

operation of them, particularly in the locks and

channel changes. Generally, the operation (not

ordering fish and chips, adhering to protocols) has

been of a high order and I must congratulate all

members for this aspect; thank you to all members for

your help this last season.

Season 2020-2021 will be in many ways different to

our operation. There will be no base, we will be

operating under somewhat difficult conditions, our

operations will be carried out in the patrol shelter on

channel 3 and the channel 1 ops’ will be totally line of

sight.

Operations with the IRB will be as normal but

connecting with Chiton and Goolwa on channel 1 will

be mostly unlikely. While it will be a year of some

frustration without a Clubhouse and the benefits that

go with it, we look toward 2021-2022 with new, bigger

Clubrooms, better amenities and easier access, a

better ability to have those social gatherings and

more space for training.

Bob Bruce

Radio Officer


Development Officer

Hamish McMillan

Surf Life Saving as a sport, as an emergency service

and a lifestyle has in the past largely been about

stretching ourselves, learning new skills and

overcoming challenge. On the beach or in the water,

we develop our skills to a level that feeds into those

things that we enjoy most about Surf. All this being

said, none of us would stick around for any of it, if we

didn’t have the mates and the moments that tie

everything together.

I think I could say without hyperbole, that this season

has been quite possibly the most challenging one

PESLSC has faced since its founding. As

Development Officer, I had set off into the season

aiming to bring a sense of positivity and purpose to

my role, with a need for constitutional reform still

bubbling away alongside a desire to elevate the

support we provide for our members. The best laid

plans.., or so the saying goes. With the AGM

complete, several key roles remained empty across

our Club including the important role of Junior

Manager.

This position of Junior Manager is crucial to our

Club’s success with these young members forming

nearly half our membership body, and the role

remained unfilled for the entire season, seeing me

serving as a coordinator by default, as I held the role

last year. Thanks go out to all of the leaders and

helpers across Nippers, and the carnival area who all

stepped up to do more than they should have to, in

order to keep delivering a high quality and much loved

juniors program. Thanks go out to Ben Jucius and

Naomi Dixon who served as Junior Carnival

Coordinators in what will be their final year, after

bringing their expertise and energy to the role for

many seasons. Thank you also, to all the parents who

bring their kids down, week in, week out, assisting our

leaders and running the BBQ, raising much needed

funds for our Club.

On top of the roller coaster our Junior Division were

already encountering, everyone was thrown a curve

ball with the nation-wide response from SLSA to

mitigate the risk from the Covid-19 pandemic which

saw our season shortened and the cancelling of all

State Title competitions, including the highly

anticipated Junior States. With our carnival kids, and

youth having trained hard all year in preparation, it

was understandable that they along with all of their

coaches and parents were still feeling somewhat

deflated. Surf Life Saving will never be the same after

the pandemic and it will fall on us all to grasp new and

innovative ways to make the most out of the

opportunities that still exist in Surf under a new

paradigm.

There will be many of these challenges that need to

be overcome in the season ahead, none perhaps

bigger than the fact that we’ll be trying to do all that

we do, without the shelter and comfort of a

Clubrooms. In the end, we will get by, it won’t be easy,

it won’t be the same, but we will make it through and

in the end we will be better for it.

Cheers.

Hamish McMillan

Development Officer


Functions and Facilities

Dana Watts

Although it has been a diverse year with respect to

Covid-19 and the Club rebuild, the Auxiliary has

continued to assist members with a limited, but

successful, number of events.

In summary this year we hosted or participated in (at

a minimum):

• 1 Bunnings BBQ,

• 1 Quiz night,

• Regular Sat Nipper BBQ’s,

• 5 days of VacSwim,

• Alexandrina Outdoor movie event,

• Christmas Carols in Port Elliot,

• And lastly, but importantly, our regular bar

service on Saturdays and Thursdays.

To make any of these events happen, a group of

dedicated and giving volunteers was required. A huge

thank you, and words of appreciation, must go out to:

• our Barkeeper, Brian;

• Bar Manager – Rod;

• other Auxiliary members - Stewie, Willie,

June, Adona, and Dana; and

• all our other amazing volunteers.

So where to from here? Next year when we lack a

physical Clubhouse, social gatherings will still be

important to engage our membership. We will

continue to investigate new and exciting options that

will allow us to service our members as well as

continue to fundraise. If you have any ideas, please

feel free to pass them onto the Auxiliary. It is also

anticipated that when we do have our new building,

there will be a high demand for event bookings. This

may be the time for you to consider joining the

Auxiliary and helping with a function or two.

See you in the new season.

Dana Watts

Functions and Facilities Manager


Members Representative

Pam Grant

The 2019-20 season for me was relatively quiet.

Members’ concerns were once again fees, and how

the Club, members and patrols would function

working from temporary “premises”. Other than that

there were no issues of great concern. Thank you to

Club Council for always providing answers and

support for members.

It was good to see a large number of members turn

up, on the few occasions available, to prepare the

Clubrooms for its move and to pack and transport

equipment to the storage sheds in Hill Street.

Unfortunately the last patrols were cancelled due to

social distancing guidelines.

Life has changed so much, we are all worried about

our health, our families and our jobs and as we enter

a kind of “new normal” it’s incredible to see how these

changes affect how we live and how we have had to

adapt to cope in these difficult times.

This will, in the future not only apply to Covid-19, but

also to not having Clubroons to operate from.

The Club, and all members, are going to face difficult

times ahead with the rebuilding, temporary premises,

inconvenience and frustration but let’s accept this

with excitement and determination.

Regardless of what we have got, and what we

haven’t, all members are encouraged to continue

their membership, support and promote our Club to

ensure we come through this in the best possible

way. Let’s all accept the challenge.

I can repeat my last paragraph in last year’s report

because nothing happened….

Let us face these challenges with enthusiasm next

season and enjoy the history making times of working

out of shipping containers. What stories we will have

to tell in a season or two, looking out over the bay,

drink in hand. CHEERS!

In addition…

I undertook additional fundraising to assist with the

Club rebuild due to the ever increasing “blowout” of

unforeseen costs which were never taken into

account when funds were allocated to the project.

A Quiz Night, together with Silent Auction was held in

the Clubrooms on 2nd November 2019. Thank you to

everyone who donated prizes, please refer to earlier

pages of the Annual Report where their names are

listed. A huge thank you to Mark Watters our Quiz

Master and our Judges, Leanne, Tony and Kerry.

Thank you to Claudia & Adrian Goldsmith and Dana

Watts for their tremendous help and support. The

night was a huge success with more than $6000

raised through ticket sales, raffles, bar and wine sales

together with a very profitable Silent Auction.

The Glass Brick Fundraiser commenced in April

2019. Sadly the redevelopment delay was totally

unexpected and nothing that could have been

envisaged. So a BIG thank you to those people and

families who bought their brick in the early stages.

The close off date was set at 30th April 2020, but due

to the impact of Covid-19 on people’s lives and

earning capacity the deadline was extended to 30th

June 2020. The response has been fantastic. I am

very happy. Acknowledgement of glass brick buyers

is set out at the front of this Annual Report. A HUGE

thank you to everyone who has purchased one.

Please note deceased members bricks have been

initiated by family members.

Pam Grant

Members Representative


Boat Captain

Tara Irvin

Wow, what a season that 19/20 became... unfinished

in Covid-19 style.

We started the season with our open men, masters

men, juniors and women’s crews bringing in new and

returning members to the Club, after winter trainings,

members needing to be re-awarded and gain bronze

medallions. It was a busy and tedious start to the

season.

Resilience was built in our juniors, with the loss of

Tom Johnson early on followed by the sadness that

one of our new members in Jaxon Finch had suffered

in a major skateboarding incident with head injuries,

placing him in a coma until early December. The crew

was deeply saddened as was our whole boat area.

Luckily, Jaxon has made a strong recovery. Brayden

Miller stepped down from the crew due to strong

football commitments with South Adelaide. With the

remainder of the crew, Connor and Mikey, and the

importance of keeping our boys on the water, we

combined with Aldinga to add Jack Ryan and Ben

Meyer to the crew. Sadly, they didn’t get a chance at

the state champs to show their abilities but both boys

represented at a couple of carnivals each throughout

the season.

Our first carnival at Southport was a perfect day out

with a wave running and the sun shining. On the

weekend it was another hit out for some of our rowers

at Southport. A surprise in conditions with 3-4-foot

sets running through the course making it interesting

and exciting.

Port Elliot Women’s crew rowed for the first time this

season with a first-time rower in Brianna Williams and

a returning rower after a long break (approx 19 years)

Leanne Farr. Crew swept by Troy Irvin and continuing

rowers in Melissa Rebbeck and Tara-lee Irvin rowed

well through the break with a close 3rd place and a

2nd, but not finishing to injury.

Our open men and u/19 rowers joined to form a crew

and represented in the reserve grade where they won

3 out of 3 races convincingly. The crew was swept by

Troy Irvin and rowers Garth Reynolds, Dale Francis,

Mikey Osullivan, Connor Irvin and Brayden Miller.

The crew also didn’t finish the day due to injury of the

sweep. It was a perfect day with our crews enjoying

the atmosphere and conditions until we lost one of our

sweeps with Troy tearing his hamstring... that was

just the beginning to the rest of the seasons' ups and

downs.

The advantage of the injury to Troy Irvin was getting

other sweeps more involved with Steve jumping in

with the open men and juniors whilst Alg jumping

back in a boat after a long stint out (70 years young

they say) in with the women’s crew. Tappy also

stepped in when able as he does always supporting

our crews.

We next had a Surfboat carnival at Moana. Not

favourable rowing conditions with flat racing and a

slight headwind after the buoy turn, making it hard

and requiring good technique all race especially in the

start and turn.

Our open men’s crew as an almost complete crew

being swept by Steve Tummel rowed hard all day

finishing 2nd but wishing for some help on the way

home. Rowers in Garth Reynolds, Dale Francis,

Alistair Searle and Tom Bilney.

Our women's crew rowing reserves in one of the

largest fields finishing a close 5th overall also being

swept by Steve and rowers Tara-lee Irvin, Melissa

Rebbeck, Leanne Farr and Brianna Williams. With a

different sweep and flat conditions brought a test of

resilience and change. Lots were learnt throughout

the day.


The u/19 boys were lucky enough to have Goolwa

sweep in Adam take them on for the day. It was also

a test of change for them rowing hard in flat conditions

and winning all 4 races they rowed in. Connor Irvin,

Mikey O’Sullivan, Brayden Miller and 4th Rower from

Aldinga Jack completed our crew for this season. The

boys had Connor and Mikey vying for State Team

selection adding extra workload throughout the day

rowing in different combinations with other

contenders. Good luck to these rowers trying out for

selection in a seat rowing process, which has never

been trialled before.

We headed to the Master's State Titles at Christies

Beach this year, high tide made for a later start and

then a tricky shore break as the tide turned the

conditions flat with not much help home. We had 3

crews representing Port Elliot SLSC and the Flying

Fish at the Masters' States. 160 Women, Port Elliot

Oardacious; swept by Alg Palaitis and rowers Leanne

Farr, Melissa Rebbeck, Brianna Williams and Tara-

lee Irvin. Rowing hard all day but finishing narrowly in

4th by a point. Our 160 men, the 40-year-old Virgins;

swept by Steve Tummel and rowers Garth Reynolds,

Rhys Robinson, Steven Overall and rowers complete

the crew Aaron Lindsey (Chiton Rocks) also narrowly

finishing in 4th. It is noted that the 160 age division

seems to be the hardest division with most open

division crews fitting in this age group. The highlight

of the day though goes to our 240 men’s crew, The

Good Ol Boys; swept also by Steve Tummel and

rowers Michael Lippett, Mark Williams, Eric Sheridan

and Alan Reynolds. They rowed hard all day and

finished off with the hold! The aggregate of 240 is 60

for each rower on average. This is definitely a sport

loved by all ages.

Our Club's highlight in the surfboat area was our state

selectors decided this year to select a crew via seat

rowing and choose the best four u/19’s through a

series of competitions, ergo testing and experience

from all u/19’s in the state. Port Elliot had 2 rowers

vying for selection, Mikey O'Sullivan and Connor Irvin.

Congratulations went to Connor Irvin for his selection

to represent SA in the u/19 men's Surfboat crew at

the Interstates held at Mollymook in February.

Backed up by myself being selected as Assistant

State Team Manager. We headed over to Mollymook

and drove from Sydney seeing the devastation that

the recent bushfires had caused in NSW. With big

surf at Mollymook, the event got moved to Batemans

Bay. A beautiful long stretch of beach met all crews

but due to time restrictions the state steam event was

held off until day 3 of the ASRL Open. Day 3 provided

a lot of action but unfortunately the event was stopped

early and the decision to complete the state team

event was decided to be run at the upcoming Surf

Lifesaving Australian championship on the Gold

Coast later in the season. Eventually in March our

states went into lockdown and no events were held

for the rest of the season. It was a numbing feeling for

our loss of competitions that we had trained for and

worked towards... but the reality of Covid-19 and

keeping our loved ones safe by remaining home in

isolation soon took over and we sat back and put life

into perspective. We waited anxiously though for

June to get the ok to return to surf rowing training in

South Australia whilst some states are still not

allowed back on the water.

So whilst we didn’t get to the end of the season, we

all realised that our love for surf boats remains strong

and we are working as a boat panel in all areas by

running squad style training in the pre-season, aiming

for a better season in 2020/2021.

Tara Irvin

Boat Captain


Surf Sports Officer

Tim Cannell

This is my first report as the Surf Sports Officer, and

one that I am very pleased to contribute to. Whilst we

have traditionally seen Surf Sports as primarily the

domain of our younger members, I am very proud to

look across our competitors who range in age from 8

years old to their mid-sixties, all of whom have done

the Club proud in their endeavours.

Over the previous few years, we have seen our senior

ranks continue to grow with good retention of

competitors, matching the large numbers of Port Elliot

Juniors attending carnivals. Not only does having

such a broad range of athletes show great strength in

our Club, but it gives the juniors and youth

competitors a sense of pride and motivation to

continue. It provides a great engagement opportunity

for the Club.

Throughout the numerous carnivals held over the

course of the summer, Port Elliot again had some

very strong results across all age groups, proving

more than competitive across all disciplines,

especially in the well planned and enjoyed Friday

night Beach events at Seacliff. Beach flags, sprints,

2km beach run and relays producing consistent top 3

results. We preformed solidly in our surf swim and

craft races and of course with our excellent surf boat

teams. As expected in surf carnivals in SA, we

experienced a range of conditions from calm water in

the gulf to big surf on the mid coast, and our teams

took it all in their stride.

At the start of the season, SLSSA holds its Board

Riders state championships. This is a surfing event

split across long and short board competitions. Once

again, Port Elliot was quite dominant in this area,

bringing home 2 Gold and 2 Bronze Medals.

February saw our annual Club Champs held in the

wonderful waters of Horseshoe bay. This year, it was

planned as a fun day with some lighthearted banter

but solid competition. The winners were presented

with the Golden Flipper awards (an assortment of

random swim fins rescued from the skip bin and spray

painted gold). Over 25 members from U14 through

to Masters, competed in board, swim, ski and beach

events until the winners were crowned. Everyone,

including many spectators, enjoyed the day and the

comradery that comes from these days.

The State Masters Championships was lucky enough

to proceed, and our team did us proud returning with

several medals and many high place finishes. In fact

from our 5 individual competitors we came home with

5 medals. We also won gold in the 240 Men’s

Surfboats thanks to the “Good Ol’ Boys”, one of our 3

teams. Congratulations to you all.

Unfortunately with the onset of Covid-19, the highly

anticipated Senior and Junior State Championships

had to be cancelled in the week prior to the event.

This was extremely disappointing for all concerned,

as it really stands as the pinnacle of the year, where

all the hard work and training culminates in great

results.

As always, my most humble thanks to the Coaches,

Volunteers and Supporters who enable this busy area

of Surf Sports to run seamlessly. An extra special

thanks goes to our tireless officials in Rod Ellis, Peter

Cummings, Robert Mooney, Naomi Dixon, Lyndel

Santibanez, Adona Cervantes, Andrew Brown,

Rebecca Thompson, Brian Edwards, Ruth Miller and

Dana Watts. Without these wonderful officials, we

would not be able to compete, and appreciate their

support and efforts very much. Please consider

volunteering to become at an official at one carnival

next season. The training is straight forward and

predominantly online, and it is a rewarding way to

offer something back to the Club. Many hands make

light work, and if we have a wide range of officials to

call on, the amount of time given is minimal across a

season.

I would also like to acknowledge the efforts of Ben

Jucius and Naomi Dixon who have coordinated the


Junior competition/carnival group for many years.

Overseeing well over 80 children in various grades is

a massive task, not to mention the coaches…

Countless unseen hours go into this role, and they

have really excelled in it, taking PESLSC to the next

level at Junior Carnivals. Your efforts are deeply

appreciated by all at the Club, and we wish you all the

best as you hand over the reigns at the start of next

season.

Many thanks also go to Liza Trim and Alice Smart

who have guided their group of amazing young

people through to the end of their junior journey.

These ladies have been incredible in their support of

this group over the years, and we wish them well as

they finish up their current coaching roles. We look

forward to continuing to see you around the Club for

many years to come.

Finally we are extremely grateful for the support of our

sponsors. We would like to once again formally thank

Northpoint Fleurieu for the donation of two brand new

Kracka Nipper Boards. These boards are the top of

the range and something that is a wonderful

acquisition for our Club. The U13’s were absolutely

delighted when they were delivered in March, and

looked very fast on them. Unfortunately, they didn’t

see the water in competition with States cancelled,

but we look forward to next season where they will

take pride of place in our “quiver”!

Overall our objective for the Surf Sports community to

not only to offer opportunities for individuals to

achieve the best results they can in competition, but

to ensure that these skills and proficiencies develop

the best lifesavers possible. A group of people whose

dedication to their sport will be reflected in their

service to the community.

Tim Cannell

Surf Sports Officer


Treasurer’s Report

Neil Webster

The Profit and Loss Statement for the financial year

ending June 30th, 2020 shows some unusual income

to make up for fewer BBQ and bar sales. Glass brick

sales of $27,660 created an important income thanks

to Pam Grant’s excellent management. Membership

payments of $55,099 kept pace with the previous

year’s $57,748. Membership fees were left the same

after an 18.5% increase the previous year. The

Competition Levy was also unaltered, at $100 for both

junior and senior competitors. This covered the

invoices from Surf Life Saving SA (SLSSA) which

were $99 per person.

More competitors paid the levy up front for the season

than previously, and most pay-as-you-go competitors

paid promptly. The amount owing at the end of the

season was very small, a big improvement on

previous years. Thank you to competitors and their

families. Thanks also to Naomi Dixon, Adona

Cervantes, Tara Irvin and Tim Cannell for passing on

information about competition nominations, checking

on payments of fees, and chasing up some slow to

respond. State Championships cancelled due to

Covid-19 restrictions and $44 refunds were offered,

40% of which were donated back to the Club.

Sponsors, Club 200 members and other donations

provided $16,947. Some extra grants were

successfully applied for and spent on life saving and

some competition equipment. SLSSA trust fund

distributions were higher at a timely $19,000.

Budgeting worked well again. Budget managers were

diligent in sticking to their allotments and other

expenses were covered without unduly restricting

spending. However, building costs increased steeply

this year to $92,478, and an adjustment was made in

the budget review in January.

Most of the drama is seen on the Balance Sheet as

of June 30th, 2020. The first notable balance sheet

item is $455,832 in the Incentive Saver account. This

represents our savings for redevelopment, along with

payments already made totalling $165,972 in the New

Clubrooms fixed asset. Payments went to engineers,

architects, quantity surveyors and cost managers for

concept design, floor plans, sketches, planning, cost

estimates and contract documentation. Other

payments went to SA Water, Alexandrina Council and

the construction industry training levy. Our initial

commitment of $605,000 is exceeded by an extra

$16,804.

The Development Fund of $330,000, listed under

Current Liabilities, is the grant from Alexandrina

Council, which was invoiced on 26th June, 2020. It is

a liability because we are bound by written agreement

to spend it on the development project and nothing

else. When the invoice was paid in July 2020, the

money was deposited in the Incentive Saver account

to earn interest at 1.2% per annum at better rate than

any term deposit, at just under 1%.

Our financial position is strong, and we are well

placed to pay our share of the New Clubrooms and to

borrow extra funds to fit out and furnish it.

Neil Webster

Treasurer


Financial Reports







Membership Snapshot The Club continued to maintain a strong and active membership of 536 members for 2019-2020 (2018-2019:

521) categorised as follows:

Membership Category 2019-2020 2018-2019 2017-2018

Active

Active (15-18 years) 27 37 40

Active (18 years and over) 123 138 143

General

General 83 77 86

Associate (Nipper Supporter) 79 - -

Honorary

Life Member 25 24 31

Junior

Cadet Member (13-15 years) 32 35 44

Junior Activity Member (5-13 years) 167 210 233

Total 536 521 577

As per the table above, there has been a minor increase in membership of 3% compared to the previous year.

A new membership category was established during the season as the Club now requires all Nipper

registrations to be accompanied by a Nipper Supporter registration.

The following charts illustrate key indicators of the membership profile for 2019-2020:

Membership – Gender

52%48%

Male

Female


Membership – Age

44%

7%

25%

20%

4%

5 to 18

19 to 30

31 to 50

51 to 70

71 +


Lifesaving Training Awards Date awarded Name Award

1/02/2020 Summer Byerlee Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

1/02/2020 Max Fancsali Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

1/02/2020 Amelie Foot Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

1/02/2020 Mia Harris Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

1/02/2020 Ollie Leech Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

1/02/2020 Jake Megaw Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

1/02/2020 Abbey Nottage Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

1/02/2020 Finn Porteous Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

8/02/2020 Caroline Hendriks Bronze Medallion

8/02/2020 Jobe Hendriks Bronze Medallion

8/02/2020 Georgia Hill Bronze Medallion

8/02/2020 Ryan Johnson Bronze Medallion

8/02/2020 Briony Pannell Bronze Medallion

8/02/2020 Ryan Smart Bronze Medallion

8/02/2020 Georgina Tenny Bronze Medallion

8/02/2020 Mark Tenny Bronze Medallion

23/02/2020 Brianna Williams Bronze Medallion

23/02/2020 Emma Chamberlayne Bronze Medallion

23/02/2020 Lauren Christian Bronze Medallion

23/02/2020 Piper Hudson Bronze Medallion

23/02/2020 Georgia North Bronze Medallion

7/03/2020 Cayden Byerlee Bronze Medallion

29/03/2020 Shane Porteous Bronze Medallion

9/02/2020 Darren Flynn UAV Operator

9/02/2020 Mark Williams UAV Operator


National Medal

The Commonwealth Government recognises diligent

long service in organisations that protect life and

property at some risk to their members.

The National Medal is available to Surf Life Saving

Australia volunteers and employees who have eligible

and proficient service with a minimum of 30 hours

each year for a minimum period of 15 years.

A clasp is awarded for each additional 10 years’

service.

National Medal recipient 2020:

Martin Smee

Clasp recipients 2020:

Kenneth Bridges

Christopher Tapscott

Martin Smee now joins the following members who have achieved this honour in previous years:

† denotes deceased member.

Year Year

2005 James Miller† 2013 Katherine Dennis

2008 Christine Michelmore Matthew Smith

Colin Sibly† 2014 Lucinda Remilton

Troy Irvin 2015 Hamish McMillan

2009 David McLaren Ian Grant

Christopher Tapscott 2016 Adrian Goldsmith

Kenneth Bridges Kirk Dixon

Stewart Cummings Wayne Good

2010 Mark Finlay 2017 Margaret Wyschnja

2011 Peter Trebilcock 2018 Jeff Collins

Chris Colmer


Awards

SLSA long service awards

SLSA recognises members for their long service to Life Saving patrols (a minimum of 16 hours completed per

season) and are awarded at 10 years and then every additional five years.

The following members have been awarded in 2019-2020:

10 years Sonia Read

Stephen Tummel

Cathy Venning

20 years Margaret Wyschnja

25 years Christine Michelmore

Tim Prance

Hamish McMillan

Patrol Hours

The Club recognises members for their aggregated services relating to patrol rostered hours, provision of water

safety, and in representing the Club at Surf Command. The following milestones have been reached in 2019-

2020:

SLSSA Awards of Excellence

Surf Life Saving South Australia hosts a Red and Yellow Ball each year, at which awards are presented to

recognise the hard work, selflessness and enthusiasm of its volunteers.

At the time of printing this report, Ian Grant has been nominated for an Award of Excellence in the Assessor

of the Year category. The Club congratulates Ian and wishes him all the best for the awards presentation.

1000 hours Jeff Collins 50+ hours

for the

season

Ellie Brighton Michael Lippett

Adona Cervantes Christine Michelmore

Kirk Dixon Holly Santibanez

Peter Francis Daniel Smith

Adrian Goldsmith Stephen Tummel

Richard Huffam Mark Richard Williams

Gary Humphries Margaret Wyschnja

Ben Jucius Ben Wyschnja

500 hours Rebecca McMillan

David Read

Mark R Williams

Ben Wyschnja

100+ hours

for the

season

Mark Finlay

Dana Watts


Club Championships In some Clubs these championships are highly

competitive and are used to select teams for

Competition, but Port Elliot adopt the motto of “having

serious fun”.

There were three age groups – Youth (U14), Open

(U30), and Masters (30 plus). Somehow Elly Smee

managed to talk her way into competing in Masters 5

years ahead of schedule, and Dave Palmer turned

back his clock to compete in the Open/Youth Division.

Events were the long run, swim, boards, flags, sprints

and the ski. Jack Read totally dominated the long run

winning by close to a 100metres. Apart from that,

racing was close across all categories, with some

last-minute efforts seeing late positional changes. Elly

Smee and Sonia Read put their bodies on the line in

their flag event, both ending up with faces full of sand.

Tim Cannell competed and organised the day – his

crowning moment was losing his board shorts during

the swim and had to turn around to retrieve them.

Luckily he had bathers underneath. Dave Read

assisted with being an official in his own unique style,

and Kirk Dixon helped set the buoys in the IRB. Tim

Cannell organised for the category winners to receive

a “golden flipper”. The aim was achieved with

everyone having fun.

Marty Smee

Public Relations Officer

Club Champions for 2019-2020 are:

Youth Male Zach Palmer

Youth Female Skye Jucius

Open Male Jack Read

Open Female Piper Hudson

Masters Male Shane Porteous

Masters Female Elly Smee


Masters State Championships Masters State Championships was held at Christies

Beach from the 29th February to the 1st of March,

2020.

This season we had a small team of 5 competitors

compete over 2 days of competition. The beach

events and ironman were held Saturday afternoon

and the individual and team events in the water were

held Sunday.

We only had one team event this year, being the blue-

ribbon event, 170yrs taplin relay, with Ian Price on ski,

Bryce Walker as the swimmer and David McLaren on

board. Our team (186yrs) finished 6th in a strong field

of 10 Teams

Our results from the last 3 years have been a little up

and down with Port Elliot’s results:

• 2018 at Christies Beach; 11th with 66.2 points

• 2019 at Horseshoe Bay; 8th with 162.8 points

• 2020 at Christies Beach; 12th with 67 points

This season we had no new competitors join our

states team and no females competing, two focus

areas for the future.

Thanks to Tim Cannell and Dave Palmer for their

work entering our team, and to our officials Ruth

Miller, Sonia Reed, Brian Edwards and Lyndall

Santibanez.

David McLaren

Masters Coordinator

Results:

Dave Palmer Gold 45-49 Sprint

Gold 45-49 Flags

4th 45-49 Board

Bryce Walker Bronze 65-69 Swim

Marty Smee Silver 65-69 Sprint

Bronze 65-69 1km Run

4th 65-69 Flags

7th 65-69 Ski

Ian Price 4th 65-69 Ski

David McLaren 4th 55-59 2km Run

4th 55-59 Ironman

5th 55-59 Board Race

5th 55-59 Swim


Patrol hours 2019-2020 Listed below are the hours each financial member completed during the 2019-2020 season (across all

organisations). Total hours achieved by members totalled 4,516.92.

Last Name First Name Hours

Angel Matilda 48.67

Angel Benjamin 38.50

Bilney Tom 15.00

Bolt Harrison 9.50

Brauer Sunset 27.00

Bridges Kenneth 38.75

Brighton Ellie 56.50

Brown Andrew 16.50

Brown Maxwell 12.00

Byerlee Cayden 24.00

Byerlee Jodie 22.00

Byerlee Summer 6.58

Byrne Tom 36.00

Cannell Timothy 41.50

Cannell Madison 29.00

Cervantes Adona 75.00

Chamberlayne Emma 8.25

Christian Lauren 4.50

Collins Jeffery 46.00

Colmer Christopher 25.50

Colmer Ann 23.50

Cooney Carol 16.00

Cummings Stewart 2.00

Dennis Katherine 26.75

Dixon Kirk 76.50

Dixon Naomi 22.50

Elliott Louisa 47.50

Fancsali Cherysse 8.00

Fancsali Max 7.00

Farr Leanne 8.50

Finlay Mark 122.37

Finlay Dillon 24.50

Flynn Darren 49.75

Foot Adam 25.00

Foot Amelie 8.08

Francis Peter 90.75

French Barnaby 9.50

Fritsch Jane 15.75

Fuller Alexandra 18.08

Fuller Harrison 14.50

Fuller Nicholas 13.00

Godfrey Casey 38.00


Godfrey Ethan 20.00

Godfrey Michael 19.50

Godfrey William 17.50

Goldsmith Adrian 50.25

Grant Michael 28.05

Grant Ian 23.00

Grant Pamela 19.00

Grant James 11.50

Hall Anthony 7.00

Harris Abbi 30.00

Harris Mia 3.00

Hendriks Jobe 8.00

Hendriks Caroline 5.17

Hill Georgia 2.50

Hudson Piper 39.92

Huffam Richard 65.67

Humphries Gary 65.00

Irvin Connor 13.00

Irvin Tara-lee 3.00

Irvin Troy 3.00

Jenke Paul 28.00

Jenke Hugo 15.00

Johnson Ryan 23.50

Johnson Thomas 15.50

Johnson Stuart 8.50

Jucius Ben 55.00

Jucius Skye 19.42

Kennedy Rachel 38.50

Langley Lucas 5.00

Leech Ollie 11.00

Lippett Michael 54.00

Logan James 25.67

Louis Elizabeth 15.00

Maitland John 24.83

Markin Helen 12.75

Mason Peter 39.25

McKinnon Robin 20.34

McLaren David 48.75

McLaren Jacqueline 30.50

McMahon Natasha 5.00

McMillan Hamish 49.00

McMillan Rebecca 43.25



Megaw Jake 6.83

Menpes Sandra 36.00

Michelmore Christine 56.00

Michelmore Peter 27.00

Miller Ruth 41.25

Miller Brayden 11.08

Milner Laeticia 13.50

Milner-Nichols Tis 9.50

Moon Reagan 32.75

Murphy Akacia 42.75

North Georgia 44.00

Nottage Abbey 7.00

O'Sullivan Michael 22.50

Overall Steven 20.50

Overall Maya 16.50

Overall Ruby 8.75

Palaitis Algimantas 1.50

Palmer David 25.50

Palmer Zach 12.50

Palmer Haylie 4.75

Pannell Briony 12.00

Pannell Kate 3.50

Pearce Toni-Ann 32.50

Pearce Angela 4.50

Porteous Finn 12.08

Porteous Shane 6.50

Prance Tim 31.00

Price Ian 8.25

Prusa Donna 22.83

Prusa Willow 22.83

Prusa Jaspar 5.00

Radcliffe Peter 9.75

Radcliffe Emily 4.50

Read David 40.25

Read Jack 36.50

Read Sonia 30.75

Rebbeck Melissa 17.00

Remilton Verity 21.50

Remilton Lucinda 15.00

Reynolds Garth 15.50

Reynolds Alan 14.00

Roberts Thomas 18.00

Roberts Gavin 16.00

Roberts Annabel 6.50

Robinson Rhys 14.75

Robinson Sheri 5.00


Ryan-Schofield Ned 19.00

Santibanez Holly 79.33

Savage Maggie 29.00

Schofield Liz 20.25

Scott-Young James 18.17

Scott-Young Alexander 3.17

Searle Alistair 3.00 Sirona-Macdonald Emma 42.67

Smallacombe John 8.75

Smart Ryan 3.50

Smart Alice 1.50

Smee Martin 38.75

Smee Elly 27.25

Smith Daniel 65.50

Smith Cameron 21.25

Smith Matthew 7.00

Spooner Tamzin 10.00

Sullivan Belinda 5.00

Tenny Georgina 3.00

Tenny Mark 3.00

Thomas Michelle 5.00

Trim Billy 19.25

Trim Daisy 14.75

Tummel Stephen 54.00

Tummel Samuel 24.00

Tunn India 24.00

Turley Matthew 12.50

Turley Kathy 5.00

Varley David 38.00

Varley Elise 13.00

Velzeboer Renate 19.00

Venning Cathy 23.75

Walker Bryce 26.50

Walter Beth 27.50

Watson Bradley 37.50

Watson Kerry 27.25

Watson Anara 23.00

Watson Coen 22.00

Watts Dana 185.50

Waye Emma 8.00

Webster Neil 33.83

Whibley Gidget 21.50

Whibley Tess 7.25

Whibley Charlie 5.25

Whittle Jan 13.00

Wickstein David 16.50



Williams Mark Richard 66.50

Williams Mark 37.50

Williams Brianna 8.50

Wyschnja Margaret 93.25

Wyschnja Benjamin 59.00


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