Surf Life Saving Report

Saturday 23 November 2024

Years 7 and 8

Conditions have been perfect for the nippers who continued with their training and competition events during the week. On Saturday, the first sunny day saw massive crowds at Long Reef. The skills continue to improve with one final week of SLS before the summer break.

The following results were recorded:

Wednesday

	Water Flags	Board Race B Final	Board Race A Final
1^st	Dash Du Vernet	Angus Collins	Dash Du Vernet
2^nd	Richard Gao	Sam Golding	Oliver Rothwell
3^rd	Saxon Joyce	Toby Armstrong	Archie King
4^th	Oliver Rothwell		Richard Gao
5^th	Angus Collins		Saxon Joyce
6^th	Toby Armstrong		Jackson Dent

Saturday

	Team Iron Man	Surf swim	Board Race
1^st	Richard Gao, Oliver Rothwell, Hamish Wendon	Richard Gao	Richard Gao
2^nd	Jackson Dent, Sam Golding, Angus Collins	Dash Du Vernet	Dash Du Vernet
3^rd	Archie King, Dash Du Vernet, Will Corney	Angus Collins	Jackson Dent

Years 9 and 10 – Bronze Medallion Training Group

The Bronze Medallion Training Group certainly had a busy week! In addition to completing the First Aid and CPR training at School on Wednesday, the group also completed a very successful three days at the beach on the Intensive Training Course. The course was delivered by external trainer Mr Mike Stanley-Jones. Mike is an experienced trainer from Avalon SLSC, who also travels as far afield as Singapore and Japan to train Bronze groups in Surf Clubs who choose to use the Australian system of certification. The boys were also formally assessed on the ‘dry’ elements of the Bronze Medallion; radio operations and signals. The assessor was impressed by the boys’ knowledge, and all passed comfortably. This leaves the final piece of the Bronze Medallion puzzle; the ‘wet’ assessment. The boys have done a huge amount of practice for this component, including recovery of a spinal injury patient, conscious and unconscious board and tube rescues, and after-care management of a patient on the beach. They are certainly well prepared for their assessment on Saturday 30 November.

The group have been commended by Mike, Shore staff and Club Assessors and Committee Members on their excellent conduct around the Club and at the beach, and their high level of effort and engagement on the course. They were a credit to the Shore SLS Program.

Important date:

Saturday 30 November
Bronze Medallion ‘Wet’ Assessment (aquatic rescue) at Long Reef SLSC. 8.00 am arrival.

Year 10 and 11 Patrollers

The Year 10 SLS group participated in a Community Service Day at Long Reef SLSC on Wednesday. They completed important cleaning and maintenance jobs around the Club and made the place look great for the busy weekend activities. The boys also enjoyed near-perfect conditions throughout the week at the beach to work on their fitness and skills. Plenty of surf swims, board races and wave-riding skills were afforded by small but fun surf conditions. The boys have also continued to provide important Water Safety services for the competitive events in Year 7 and 8, and the Bronze training in Year 9.

Whilst on Patrol on Saturday, several boys had the opportunity to experience some time in the IRB and it is hoped that they will be able to embark on the IRB Crew training in Term 1 2025. The boys were also invited to join a UAV Pilot training course at the Club. Unfortunately, it clashed with Cadet Camp, but it is planned to be offered again in Term 1.

Mr Gareth Jones
MIC Surf Life Saving