Surf Lifesaving Report

Juniors Year 7 and 8

After 2 busy and successful weekends with carnivals the Year 7 & 8 Nippers were able to work on their board skills.  The surf was fairly gentle which allowed all boys to catch waves and get familiar with the surf craft. 

Following a warmup run and stretch the Nippers competed in a beach sprint event before getting on the boards.  A board race was followed by board training in the clean small waves. 

The following results were recorded: 

	Beach Sprint	Board race
1st	Noah McLaren	Noah McLaren
2nd	Xavier du Vernet	Xavier du Vernet
3rd	Jackson Dent	Richard Gao
4th	Toby Dalgliesh	Toby Dalgliesh
5th	Henry Peters	Alby Jackson
6th	Jai Van Hamburg	Hamish Wendon

Intermediates – Years 9 and 10 

Conditions were perfect which enabled the intermediate coaches to take the opportunity to programme one of the SLS season favourites – a paddle to Butterbox. For those who are not in the know, Butterbox is a shallow water reef on the southern side of Long Reef Headland that picks up the southerly swell effectively. The boys paddled for over a kilometre in total and spent a fun session catching waves and working on their board technique. The Year 10 contingent also continued their IRB Crew training with Mr Ben Neighbour and worked on their rescue technique out in the IRB, plus how to raft and paddle a boat with a non-functioning motor. 

Seniors – Years 11 and 12 

The seniors have been placed into four separate patrol groups who will rotate the duties over the final weeks of the season. This has also enabled the Patrol Competition to begin, whereby the boys run, paddle and swim against each other for the chance to be crowned Patrol Team Champions on the final Saturday of the season. The Year 11 boys continued their IRB crew training out on the water, performing rescues and working as a team to get an IRB without a motor back to shore. 

Six Year 12 boys successfully completed their IRB Crew Assessment after weeks of early morning and late evening training. A huge congratulations to Ollie Hurt, Will Curran, Will Pritchard, Spencer Nelson, Lachlan Walter and Jasper Krawchuk. The boys had to relocate to Warriewood Beach to find surf of over 1.5m to be able to take the assessment and demonstrated outstanding skills and knowledge. Shore School would like to thank Adam Kent of Long Reef Surf Lifesaving Club for his time and dedication in getting the boys through this qualification. 

Mr G Jones 
Acting MIC Surf Life Saving