Surf Lifesaving Report

Week 7 Term 4 2023

Year 7 and 8 Nippers

Conditions were small but clean during the week, and the nippers were able to make the most of it, holding four events on Wednesday. On Saturday, the boys competed in an Iron Man race before spending much of the session working on their surf skills in small but fun waves north of the flags. The following results were recorded:

Wednesday 22 November

	Beach Flags	Run/Wade	Board Race	Board Relay
1st	Noah M	Noah M	Max W	Richard G/Noah M
2nd	Tristan R	Max W	Will H	Max W/Henry P
3rd	Archie A	Henry P	Henry P	Will H/Jai V
4th	Marcos P	Tom B	Tristan R	Tristan R/Dash D
5th	Henry P	Benji P	Jai V	Benji P/Archie A
6th	Max W	Alby J	Tom B

Saturday 25 November

	Iron-Man	Barry Rogers – Board Race
1st	Noah M	Noah M
2nd	Henry P	Will H
3rd	Max W	Henry P
4th	Tom B	Max W
5th	Will H	Marcos P
6th	Tristan R	Richard G

Year 9 and 10 Intermediates

It was a huge week for the Year 9 and 10 Bronze Medallion group. We were very lucky to secure the services of Avalon SLSC Trainer Mike Stanley-Jones and Club Captain Andrew Clark to guide the boys through a busy three days of intensive Bronze Medallion training at Long Reef on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The boys spent time perfecting their radio operation, signals, board rescues, tube rescues, surf awareness, surf skills and spinal injury management. It was a packed training course in which the boys gained a wide range of new skills and an understanding of how to be a safe and effective surf lifesaver. The week culminated in the Bronze Medallion Assessment on Sunday, which of course our Shore boys passed with flying colours. They were commended by the assessors on their confidence and competence in all areas. The boys are now looking forward to joining the patrol group on Long Reef Beach on a Saturday morning, as well as exploring new and exciting additional qualifications that have now opened up for them, including IRB Crewman and drone (UAV) piloting.

Year 11 Seniors

The Year 11 Senior boys encountered fun, small surf conditions on Saturday for a wide range of competitive events on the sand and in the water. The following results were recorded:

	Individual Board Race	Team Board / Run / Swim race	Individual Swim / Board Race	Pairs Board Relay
1st	Hugh B	Henry B, Douglas C, Lachlan C	Duncan C	Duncan C, Jake H
2nd	Matthew L	Matthew L, Hugh B	Henry B	Louis, Rory C
3rd	Lachlan C	Josh C, Theo F, Ewen S	Charlie D	Charlie D, Henry C
4th	Theo F	Isaac E, Brodie W, Jake H	Louis L	Lewis K, Will M
5th	Isaac E		Lewis K	Henry B, Charlie M
6th	Jake H		Hugh B

Top Image: Senior boys on patrol

Mr G Jones
Acting MIC SLS