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Membership & Admin For all updates regarding your member-

ship, administration and finance.

Copyright © 2016 Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club, All rights reserved.

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January Edition 2017

President Report

The

Dear

Members

Welcome to 2017 and a Happy New Year!

As most of you will be aware, a call was put out for any members

who could help do a Christmas Day patrol. The final response

was outstanding. Of particular note I saw Mal Pratt (Life Gover-

nor) leading by example doing a patrol. To every MEMBER

who patrolled on Christmas Day – THANK YOU your commit-

ment is very much appreciated and recognised.

1 January 2017 the Black Swan celebrated its 101st anniversary.

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Surf Sports Find out what the current activities

and updates are.

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Junior Activities All the updated details on Junior

events and activities.

Inside this issue

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Lifesaving Everything you need to know about

patrols and updates from the team.

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Events & Promotions Key dates for upcoming events you need

to have in your calendar.

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Well done to club members that have

made the Queensland Representative

team competing in the Interstate

Championships:

U17 Tiarnee Massie

U15 Adam Palmer, Jeneya Massie

U14 Dominque Stitt, Sarah Per-

kins, Sam Short, Joseph

McMenamin and Oliver

Monoghan.

This carnival is being held at Alexan-

dra Headland on Friday 20 January.

Please come down and support your

fellow members who will be compet-

ing at their best.

Murphy Home Maroochy Classic Car-

nival is on the next day, 21 January. It

is a big task to run a carnival and eve-

ry member who comes along to help is

appreciated. Many hands make light

work, so put your hand up and register

for the workforce. Club celebrations

will be held after the beach has been

packed up.

The Maroochydore SLSC/Shimoda

Life Saving Club Exchange Program

has come and gone for 2016 – this

being the 19th season in operation. As

2016 was Maroochydore’s centenary

year, Shimoda President Eda visited.

During Eda’s stay discussions were

held on how to build the program into

the future, both in Japan and here at

Maroochydore. My belief is that this

Cultural Exchange between our mem-

bers must continue. The Shimoda

Committee and I will work hard with

our Sister Club to make the objectives

set this year come to fruition.

Raising public awareness and finan-

cial support for Maroochydore SLSC

is an ongoing task each year. In con-

junction with the Board of Market-

ing, the General Manager and his

team have run a successful $10,000

Draw. All 250 tickets were sold

before the day, and every guest I

spoke with said what a fun event it

was. It is pleasing that long-term

club supporters, Bruce and Sue

[Coffee Club, Cotton Tree owners]

won the major prize. Their ongoing

generosity was displayed on the day

when they donated a portion of the

prize winnings back to the club.

I would like to say thank-you for all

the time and effort members of the

club’s Management Committees

give each month. In total, 8 Direc-

tors commit to ensuring surf lifesav-

ing operations are on track via the

Board of Management, and another 4

members join the President, Deputy

President and Treasurer to oversee

the viable operation of the Support-

ers Club. You have a strong team

representing your club, and together

we will keep up the good work and

finish the back end of the season on

a high.

In closing, I would like to remind

members of our club motto

“Vigilance and Service”. To me this

means that we will provide all neces-

sary resources and services to ensure

No Life is lost between the Flags at

Maroochydore Beach.

See you on the beach, or at one of

our club events!

Steve Wieland

President@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Maroochydore

Beach Preventions

Maroochydore

Beachgoers

181

Preventions

6,095

beachgoers

From September 2016 to May 2017 every

weekend and public holiday, surf lifesaving

activities on the beach are always carried

out by our volunteer lifesavers.

Paid SLSQ lifeguards patrol during the

week and keep our Sunshine Coast visitors

safe.

Patrol Statistics

for the month of

December:

Surf Life Saving

Maroochydore

2

Rescue

Total Maroochydore

Rescues

Total Maroochydore

First Aids

42

First Aids

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Lifesaving

Happy New Year - 2017 is here and

so is the second half of the patrolling

season. December, or more specifical-

ly the 'festive holiday period' brought

the biggest strain on our patrols so far.

Thanks to the 38 volunteers listed on

this page who kept our beach safe on

Christmas Day. As has been recent

tradition, each Christmas Day volun-

teers will receive a gift from the club.

On the day, patrolling members were

fed a BBQ breakfast (thanks to Anne

Colston) or platters including More-

ton Bay bugs, prawns, meats, salads

& fruit.

Lifesavers may have noticed that we

now have spray jackets for loan in the

arena for those times that patrol gets

unexpectedly cool or windy. These

are thanks to a uniform grant won by

Kim Musgrove and are clearly

marked, so please leave these hanging

in the arena when you've finished

with the jackets. Many have said they

like the look of them and would like

to get their own - the jackets are avail-

able for $55 from SLSQ website.

I'd like to take this opportunity to re-

mind patrolling members that you are

part of a TEAM that relies on you.

Please remain diligent with your ros-

ter, or on the occasions that you can't

make patrols, use the Facebook page to

request swaps and communicate with

your patrol captains. We typically see

standards drop at this time of year so be

warned that while we've managed with

the carrot and not the stick so far this

season, penalties will be imposed for

missed patrols through January and Feb-

ruary. Finally, I want to thank all Patrol-

ling Members for an excellent first half

of the season. I continue to be impressed

by the work coming from the Board of

Life Saving Members, the Patrol Cap-

tains are more united than we've been

for some time and there is genuine effort

to operate at the highest standards. And

as always, the long serving stalwarts

appear when we need them to help out

on patrol and hold everything together.

This is a great time to be a part of

Maroochydore Life Saving - See you on

the beach. Scott Steele.

DOLS - Director of Surf Lifesaving - Scott Steele

DOLS@maroochysurfclub.com.au

CTO - Chief Training Officer - Brad Kildey

CTO@maroochysurfclub.com.au

IRBC - Inflatable Rescue Boat Captain - Drew Moles

Club Supervisor - Mike Dwyer

clubsupervisor@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Lifesaving Contacts

Join our private Facebook group - search for:

Maroochydore Volunteer Lifesavers

Or you can visit the website if you are

looking for a current copy of the Patrol

Calendar and Patrol Team rostered dates.

Join us on Facebook

Ian Layton

John Baxter

Daniella Driscoll

Jeffrey Geldard

Boden Hanson

Elizabeth Hanson

Cassie Lee

Anthony Frank

Gary Olive

Mal Pratt

Benjamin Colston

Patrick Short

Kieran Webb

Ross Hensman

Douglas Andrew

Grant Belcher

Jenni Belcher

Jason Colston

Lincolm Dews

Thank you to our Christmas Day Volunteers

Wade Lee

Liam Short

Robin Smith

Scott Steele

Raylene Symons

Phil Lyons

Paul Addicott

Peter Aiken

Christopher Corsbie

Natalie Jarrott

Ian Massie

Emma Brennan

Susan Ollerenshaw

Tracy Reeves

Luke Brennan

Dan Draper

Paul Kay

Steve Wieland

This month we welcome Ray Johnson.

Our much anticipated Life Saving De-

velopment Officer. Ray is a qualified

paramedic, who most recently trained

for St John's Brisbane. Ray’s role reach-

es into the community by delivering

First Aid & CPR training and will bring

new lifesaving members to the club.

Ray will patrol within our roster, deliver

school holiday training courses and as-

sist within our existing training courses

as he develops his surf specific skills.

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YDO Update Happy New Year, and everyone who attended the

Shimoda Tennis day on Saturday 10th December -

Thank you for a great day of fun. The next YEP

event will be Wednesday 18 Jan, 6pm at Sizzler

Maroochydore (Aerodrome Rd).

Holiday Youth Dinner. See the Facebook

events page for more details.

Membership & Admin Director of Administration and Membership

Narelle Souter - Secretary@maroochysurfclub.com.au

General Administration & Enquiries

Lauren Mulholland & Chelsea Roxburgh

Lifesaving@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Youth Development Officer

Ben Ellwood 0450 241 118

Membership

& Admin Contacts

YEP Want to register for 2016-17 Youth Excellence

Program? Then fill in page 3 of the YEP Partici-

pant Handbook and give to Lifesaving Admin

desk. The club’s YEP Co-ordinator, Ben

Ellwood, or one of the YEP Mentors will give

you a call and help you get started.

Social Media

Policy

Social Media is a fantastic communica-

tion tool that is used everyday around

the world, allowing people to connect

and disseminate information via vari-

ous channels.

MSLSC recognises the benefits of so-

cial media as an important tool of en-

gagement and enrichment for its mem-

bers and the importance it plays in in-

creasing the awareness and profile of

MSLSC, members and more.

However we need to remember that as

a representative of MSLSC, your activ-

ity on social media is reflective of our

brand. It is important that MSLSC rep-

utation is not tarnished by anyone us-

ing social media tools inappropriately,

particularly in relation to any content

that might reference MSLSC.

MSLSC also has a responsibility and

follow the SLSQ Policy MPA1 Mem-

ber Social Media and Online Commu-

nication Policy Guidelines.

This Social Media policy provides our

members, staff and volunteers, a guide

to appropriate and accepted social

media use, and is available on our

website.

Club Affairs

The half-year General Meeting was

held on 31 December, with over 67

members attending. As requested at

the General Meeting the minutes will

be finalised and circulated to members

in the later half of January.

Planning for the Future is underway.

Members will be sent a short survey at

the end of January asking for their

input into how they see the future at

the club. The results of the survey

will be collated and a workshop held

after Aussies, at a date to be set.

Your input is valuable so please take

the time to have your say.

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Membership & Admin

A Big YEP

Congrats to

Ashleigh

Patrick

Ashleigh is our 1st Youth Member to

reach the Bronze level in YEP (150

Surf Creds). Your blue, black &

white Havaiana thongs are on the

way!!

Ashleigh reached her target in less

than 5 months by just doing what she

would normally do. By attending the

youth events, gaining her Surf

Rescue Certificate, going to club

training and competition, and rolling-

up for patrols. Logging all of her

activities into Surfguard!

Ashleigh is now well on her way to

collecting 250 Creds to gain Silver

level.

Follow the leader board below... There are a few other youths close

on the heels of Ashleigh, so make

sure you register all the things you

do at, and for, the club.

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A S H L E I GH P A T RI CK

D A M O N N I X ON

E T H A N I R V I NE

K A L A N I K L IE SE

K I A R A K L IE SE

M I T C H E L L S T A R K

P H O E B E W IL L S- GR AC E

S A R A H M C G RA T H

Z A N E B A X T E R

JAN 2016 YEP CREDS ACHIEVEMENT

Lifesaving 100 Creds Surf Sports 20 Creds Development 30 Creds

Goggles have arrived!!!

Cheaper than online. Pick them up at Club

Reception. Details below. We have many colours

and styles now in stock.

Weapon Goggles - $25 (normal rrp - $32)

Compact design for racing and training for both

surf and pool. Built for speed, comfort and style.

Liquid silicone rim ensures softness & suction.

Biggest selling Aust race goggle for all ages

Size: Small to medium faces

Liquid silicone injection moulded rim

UV treated & anti fog Lens

Four nose bridge sizes

Spare silicone strap included

Royale Goggles - $28 (normal rrp - $35)

Ultra-sleek & streamlined, the Royale is a

performance masterpiece. Medium sized range

piece to suit all face types for dynamic fitting.

New Club Caps! Only $20 each. Its

what all the cool kids

will be wearing this

summer!! The blue

quilted cap is in stock

NOW and the trucker

cap will arrive soon.

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Surf Sports

Now the Business end of the season is

just weeks away with our own Mur-

phy Homes carnival and the Champi-

onship rounds following close behind.

The Surf Rescue Championships at

Branch on the 13,14 and 15 of Janu-

ary will determine those teams and

individuals who will advance to State

Titles (a qualifying event). So if you

are around to give your support please

head to the event and cheer your team

mates on.

The Black Swan has contested 19

carnivals to date across all disciplines

with great results in all those carnivals

endorsed by the Board of Surf Sports.

The Club will not be contesting the

3rd round of Oceans 38 at Broad-

beach on the 7 and 8 January, but

focusing on the Summer of Surf at

Surfers Paradise in early February.

Patrol attendance has been outstand-

ing pre-Christmas from Surf Sports

members, but please stay diligent, our

patrolling season does not end till

after Aussies. The “Miss 2 Patrols and

Cannot be Entered into Carnivals”

policy will be enforced.

Water Safety and Officials continues

to be a major issue for the Club with

a small number carrying the load for

the many. If you are qualified and

can help please make yourself known

to Stuart Travers, your assistance

would be most welcome.

“ ONE CLUB “

Club

Championships Who: Full Club - U8 to Masters

When: SUNDAY 15th JAN '17

From Under 8 nippers through to our

Masters competitors, we will have

Club Championships. Medals for all

nippers first, second and third for U8

-U14 and also participation ribbons

for all U8-U10 competitors.

Prizes to be won for Cadets up to

Masters. Traditional DASH 4 Cash

races on the program.

Regular Nipper BBQ in the morning

with pizza at the end of champs. $2

registration by each competitor (8-

Masters) to put towards pizza and

drinks afterwards.

Director of Surf Sports - Rob Elford

doss@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Coach - Nathan Greig

coach@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Team Manager - Stuart Travers

teammanager@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Masters - Larissa Hallam

Masters@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Surf Sports Contacts

Coach Update

A Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you’ve

had a good festive season and enjoyed time

with family and friends.

Prior to Christmas the Senior Squad undertook

a training camp at the club. This involved mul-

tiple sessions per day of board, swim, iron and

transitions. On the second day the group split

into 2 and completed differing torture tests

pushing the athletes through a different type of

fatigue and mental resilience.

We had 28 people attend a dinner at the Club

on the Friday (camp week) night from the age

of 14 to 28. It was great to see so many of our

competitive members enjoy each other’s com-

pany after a hard week together.

Training is now back in full swing with all

water sessions continuing to be based from the

club over the holidays. Check the Squad

Schedule for full details.

Congratulations to the eight Maroochydore

members who have gained selection in the

Queensland Team;

U17 Tiarnee Massie

U15 Jenaya Massie, Adam Palmer

U14 Dominique Stitt, Sarah Perkins, Olive

Monaghan, Joe Mc Menamin, Sam Short.

You can watch our young chargers race at Al-

exandra Headland on the 20th of January.

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Junior Activities

Director of Junior Activities - Kirk Jarrott

DOJA@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Secretary of Junior Activities - Natalie Jarrott

nippers@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Junior Team Manager - Steve Rychvalsky

juniortm@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Junior Activities

Contacts

Happy New Year and I hope you and

your family had a great time recharg-

ing the batteries for an eventful

2017.

To date, all our Nippers are profi-

cient and on their way of attaining

their four-key components of our

Nipper program. Entailing Life Sav-

ing techniques, Surf Skill develop-

ment, Surf Sports and offer commu-

nity assistance which can lead to a

healthy social network of lifelong

friends.

This season we hosted the AMART

Sports carnival at our beach. A spe-

cial thank you to AMART Sports for

your continued support of Queens-

land’s Junior Surf Life Savers. The

day was broadly supported by many

willing workers and a number of

members went over and above to

ensure it was a successful carnival.

Our new carnival co-ordinator

Wayne Spindler pulled together an

army of volunteers to keep Maroo-

chydore’s reputation intact as a bril-

liant carnival hosts. The carnival

itself was a terrific showcase for the

club and demonstrated that we can

pull together and run a very success-

ful event. We won the carnival, in

fact to date, our Nipper team have

won every Queensland carnival that

our Nippers have contested. An ex-

traordinary result which surely

demonstrates that the Coaching

Team, Age Managers and all our

Volunteers are delivering one of the

best Nipper programs in Queens-

land.

We are now embarking on the busi-

ness end of the season with the State

Titles being contested at Harvey

Bay. We anticipate sending a large

team that will need some extra skills

like wading and dolphin diving be-

ing added to our work load over the

next few months. It certainly is an

exciting time for our Nippers and

many are focused to test themselves

in the months ahead.

In summary, I’d like to be very

grateful to all our volunteers in our

organisation and the special help

that our nipper parents provide for

the exciting direction of our future

lifesavers.

My best in lifesaving,

Key Dates for January 2017

The full activities calendar for all Junior Activi-

ties is available on the website.

January Sunday Nipper Days

1st Jan 2017 No Nippers

8th First Nippers Back

15th Nippers

22nd NO Nippers

29th Nippers

Club Carnival Days

13th -15th SSCB Surf Rescue Champs

21st - 22nd Murphy Home Carnival

28th - 29th SSCB U11-U13 Branch Titles

SOCIAL MEDIA

To keep up to date on what is happening with

Nippers, make sure you are connected via

Team App. Team App is free! If you have not

yet registered, use the Team App - How to

Guide to get started! Also you can find us on

Facebook “Maroochydore Nippers”.

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Director of Marketing and Promotions

Fran Boulton

Marketing@maroochysurfclub.com.au

Events &

Promotions Contact

New

Gold Sponsor

MSLSC is excited to an-

nounce helloworld Maroo-

chydore as a NEW GOLD spon-

sor for the 2016-2017 season.

PLUS helloworld Maroo-

chydore are offering to give

back a 3% contribution* to

Maroochydore Surf Life Saving

Club when any member of the

club books their holidays or per-

sonal travel with them – so if you

are planning a holiday anytime

soon give them a call.

A BIG Thank you helloworld for

your support in helping us keep

beachgoers safe this season on

Maroochydore beach!!

Shimoda Highlight The 2016 Shimoda Training Program was once

again very successful. A team of 9 Shimoda

members joined Maroochydore members for 10 days

of diverse training, social functions, cultural

experiences, and above all making new and lasting

friends.

Mr Kuniaki Eda, President of Shimoda LSC visited

Maroochydore this year, meeting with

Maroochydore President Steve Wieland to support

the future development of our great relationship.

Thanks to our hosts Mal Pratt, Natalie Korac, Julie

McMullen, Terry O’Connor and Peter Aiken who

invited the team to their homes for a dinner or lunch.

Anne Dun and the ever-reliable crew, Fran Boulton,

Gerry and Nick Clatworthy and Nobby Clark for

ensuring our Guests were well feed at many of the

breakfasts, lunches and dinners hosted throughout

the week.

Thanks to trainers Terry O’Connor, Peter Aiken,

Steve Wieland, Steve Ellwood, Brad Kildey, Andy

Walpole, Drew Beveridge and Glen Wilson.

Australia Zoo again gave our Shimoda guests a truly

unique Australian experience.

Special thanks to Sarah McGrath, Tara Patrick,

Drew Beveridge, Maddi Korac, Ben Ellwood, Ollie

Hoelscher, Cody Rychalsky, Jason Childs & many

others who joined our Shimoda guests, particularly

the 40+ youth members, and who came to the tennis

afternoon.

Next year is the 20th anniversary of this great sister

club relationship. To get involved and be part of

this wonderful experience speak with Peter Dun.

Events & Promotions

Key Event Dates Make sure you have the next key

dates are saved in your Calendar for

the New Year...

Murphy Homes Maroochy Classic

& Summer Sky Show

21 –22 January 2017

Maroochy Surf Club

& Cotton Tree Park

Registrations now open!

Summer Surf Girl Breakfast

Learn to be 'ATHLETE TOUGH'

31 January 2017

6.30am – 8.45am

Maroochy Surf Club

For further details contact the Life-

saving Admin desk or keep an eye

out for event updates posted on the

Clubbies Facebook page.

Tickets now available!

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A shout out and THANK YOU to all of the players who were out supporting the

Summer Surf Girl Maroochydore S.L.S.C Annual Charity Golf Day!

It was a BIG day out on the green with over 150 Players taking part throughout the day.

AND Thank You to all of our sponsors who helped make the day happen!! Amart All Sports Maroochydore, Maroochy River Golf Club,Maroochy Surf Club, XXXX GOLD, Angove

Family Winemakers, helloworld Maroochydore, Bundaburg Rum

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Thank You to our Sponsors

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