Surf Life Saving Far North Coast
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2011 / 2012
Annual Report
FINGAL ROVERS
CUDGEN HEADLAND
SALT
CABARITA BEACH
BRUNSWICK
BYRON BAY
LENNOX HEAD-ALSTONVILLE
BALLINA LIGHTHOUSE-LISMORE
EVANS HEAD-CASINO
YAMBA
BALLINA JET BOAT SURF RESCUE
SURF LIFE SAVING FAR NORTH COAST BRANCH INCORPORATED
Sponsors
T&G Helecopters Far North Coast
SURF LIFE SAVING FAR NORTH COAST BRANCH INCORPORATED
Affiliated to Surf Life Saving Australia Limited and
Surf Life Saving New South Wales Incorporated
Adam Gibbs – Somerville Laundry & Lomax Ballina
Gear Steward
Mick Shea
PATRONS FOR THE 2011-2012 SEASON
Justine Elliott MP Federal Member for Richmond,
Janelle Saffin MP Federal Member for Page,
Luke Hartsuyker MP Federal Member for Cowper
Geoff Provest MP State Member for Tweed,
Don Page MP State Member for Ballina,
Thomas George MP State Member for Lismore,
Steve Cansdell /Christopher Gulaptis, MP State Member for Clarence,
Warren Tozer Westpac Helicopter
President
Wilson Cregan
Director of Administration
Debbie Pawsey
Public Officer
Elton Cummings
Director of Finance
Greg Clark
Director of Lifesaving
Ben Redman
John Watson
Director of Surf Sports
John Watson AM
Director of Youth & Development
Paul Smith
Director of Education
Brian Lewis 21/2/2012 - Geoff Horsey 20/3/2012
Debbie Pawsey
Registrar
Debbie Pawsey
Publicity Officer / Marketing and Media Liaison
Michael Gibbs
Sponsorship co-coordinators
Elton Cummings/Debbie Pawsey
District 1. Supervisor
District 2. Supervisor
Geoff Horsey
Larry Platt
District 2. Supervisor
Larry Platt
District 3. Supervisor
Rodger Beadman
District 4. Supervisor
Not Filled
District 5. Supervisor
Brian Lewis
Support Operations Officer
Jimmy Keogh
Communication Officer
Geoff Gray
First Aide Advisor
Maryanne Sewell
Trauma Officer
Rev Graeme Davis
Chief Scrutineer
Team Manager
Darron Brown
Coaching Adviser
Adrian Russell
Scrutineering Officer
Mark Harris
First Aid Advisor
Maryanne Sewell
Branch Auditor
Patricia Bakker Taxpresso
Medical Officers
Dr Brian Witt Lismore
Dr Peter Rodger Byron Bay
Dr Brian Jones Yamba
Hon Legal Advisor
HONOURS GAINED BY BRANCH MEMBERS
LIFE MEMBERS SURF LIFE SAVING FAR NORTH COAST BRANCH
Mr A G Denison+
Mr F J Hall+BEM
Mr W G Cox+
Mr W Haskew+
Mr A McGeary+
Mr R Shephard
Mr E D Healy+
Mr R J Watson AM
Mr M J Sidney
Mr N J Flanagan BEM+
Mr M Godbee OAM
Mr C J Cox
Mr L Maria+
Mr B Maughan+
Mr C Johnston
Mr C J Goddard
Mr K W Smith+
Mr K W Sharpe+
Mr K Kennedy
Mr R Byrnes+
Mr R Plunkett+
Mr G McNaughton OAM
Mr R G Mapp+ OAM
Mr J Graham
Mr B Pearce
Mr G Horsey
Mr D McAteer
Mr K Sutton+
Mr W Onslow
Mr J Dougherty
Mr K Holdom
Mr E Cummings
Mr M Tutt
Mr G Hickey
Mr C Buchanan
Mr J Beasley OAM
Mr J Baird
Mr D Lee
Mr M Harris
Mr Wilson Cregan
Mr Darcy Morrow
LIFE MEMBERS SURF LIFE SAVING FAR NORTH COAST BOARD OF CONTROL
Mr N J Flanagan BEM+
Mr J Graham
Mr K W Smith+
Mr W G Cox+
Mr L Maria+
Mr A McGeary+
Mr K Kennedy
Mr R Shephard
Mr C J Goddard
Mr R J Watson AM
Mr R Plunkett+
Mr M J Sidney
Mr R Byrnes+
Mr M Godbee OAM
Mr R G Mapp+ OAM
Mr C J Cox
Mr G McNaughton OAM
Mr B Maughan+
Mr B Pearce
Mr G Horsey
LIFE MEMBERS SURF LIFE SAVING NEW SOUTH WALES
Mr A G Denison+
Mr N J Flanagan BEM+
Mr R J Watson AM
Mr C Asmussen MBE +
Mr J Switzer OAM+
Mr G McNaughton OAM
Mr J B Beasley OAM
Mr W Haskew +
LIFE MEMBERS SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA
LIMITED
Mr A G Denison+
Mr J Switzer OAM +
Mr N J Flanagan BEM+
Mr R J Watson AM
Mr C Asmussen MBE +
Mr K Kennedy
Mr G McNaughton OAM
Mr J B Beasley OAM
Mr M Godbee OAM
LIFE MEMBERS SURF LIFE SAVING FAR NORTH
COAST BRANCH BOARD of JUNIOR ACTIVITIES
Mr J Clark
Mr E Layton
Mr R Hutchinson
Mr E Buchanan
Mrs J Buchanan
Mr B Muggleton
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 70 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr C Asmussen MBE +
Mr G McNaughton OAM
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 60 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr J Trevan
Mr R Shepard
Mr R J Watson AM
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 50 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr F J Hall BEM+
Mr J O Palmer+
Mr W G Cox+
Mr N J Flanagan BEM+
Mr H R Small+
Mr C Wraight
Mr C W Schaeffer+
Mr H Wraight
Mr J Aked+
Mr J Switzer OAM+
Mr L W Dickson+
Mr E Buchanan
Mr B Cribb
Mr L Webster
Mr R Morris +
Mr R G Mapp OAM
Mr M Godbee OAM
Mr W Lynch
Mr E Cussen
Mr B Stewart
Mr A J Clark
Mr R Eady
Mr K Kennedy
Mr J Beasley OAM
Mr C Lowien
Mr K Lazenby
Mr B Sidney
Mr M Sidney
Mr J Saunders
Mr R Byrnes+
Mr C McGrath
Mr A Maxwell
Mr W Dougherty OAM
Mr J Graham
Mr B Hammond
Mr C Prendergast
Mr N O'Connor
Mr R Moran
Mr D Lee
Mr M Jones
Mr K Gooley
Mr B Hutchings
Mr D Moss
Mr J Gray
Mr F Moss
Mr A Cole
Mr G Horsey
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 45 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr E Johnston
Mr F Middleton
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 40 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr W Cregan
Mr E Johnson
Mr D Morrow
Mr G Hickey
Mr J Dougherty
Mr P Gielis
Mr G Sanders
Mr D McAteer
Mr K Morgans
Mr K Ryan
Mr T Sahlqvist
Mr K Sutton
Mr G Harris
Mr A Russell
Mr R Jackson
Mr W Onslow
Mr H Small
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 35 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr G Crethar
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 30 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr G Gordon
Mr W Lusted
Mr G Marshall
Mr R McSkimming
Mr E Cummings
Mr B Bullock
Mr R Burridge
Mr B Collis
Mrs Maree Hickey
Mr K Holdom
Mr R Moore
Mr M Quinn
Mr G Stainlay
Mr J Stainlay
Mr A Tarrant
Mr D Thuys
Mr G Zietsch
Mr M Harris
Mr S Merrick
Mr K Small
Mr C Spears
Mr C Buchanan
Mr M Robson
Mr D Field
Mr R Zahn
Mr M Robson
Mr A Schofield
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 25 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr J Quirk+
Mr L Wraight
Mr C Sanders+
Mr J Wright
Mr E Donovan
Mr L Maria+
Mr B Maughan+
Mr L Cooper
Mr D Wraight
Mr J Julius+
Mr F O'Laughlin
Mr T Boland
Mr A McGeary+
Mr W Wynter+
Mr C J Goddard
Mr G Humphreys
Mr L Wall+
Mr G Stubbs
Mr B Pearce
Mr K W Smith+
Mr D Menger
Mr R Plunkett+
Mr T J Tanner
Mr B Sutton
Mr J O'Mara
Mr J Budd
Mr D Cahill
Mr S Tanner
Mr K Scutts+
Mr T Sheridan
Mr G Pile
Mr G Davis
Mr M Abbott
Mr A Mills
Mr P Sobels
Mr J Goodin
Mr G Marshall
Mr M Smith
Mr P Yager
Mr S Merrick
Mr P Donnelly
Mr G Raso
Mr L Donald
Mr D Forsyth
Mr R Budd
Mr M Edwards
Mrs R Bradley
Mr C De Vlieger
Mr G Flynn
Mr P Albertini
Mr P Batson
Mr J Baird
Ms C Dagworthy
Mr A Downes
Mr S Herbert
Mr C Johnston
Mr R Killen
Mr C Mallam
Mr G Meredith
Mr W Miller
Mr W Woods
Mr W James
Mr J Graham
Mr P Sweetman
Mr R Morgan
Mr G Arthur
Mr J Fleming
Mr R McKeon
Mr C Hunter
Mr R Batson
Mr C Bond
Mr G Fettell
Mr L Wilson
Mr G Beauchamp
Mr B Lyndon
Mr P Fahey
Mr D Hutton
Mr W Ball
Mr A McGeary
Mr A Clark
Mr R Plunkett
Mr W Haskew
Mr S Wilson
Ms S Eke
Mr P Shepherd
SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA 20 YEARS SERVICE
AWARDS
Mr L Burtonwood
Mr J Harvey
Mr P Hickey
Mr A Mills
Mr P O'Connor
Mr D Reid
Mr T Rushton
Mr D Rankin
Mr L Platt
Mr K Beavis
Ms L Horton
Mr M Buckman
Mr R McCarthy
Years of Service awards include Patrol, Officiating ,
Assessing and Service to SLSA
Presidents Report
The most important and gratifying aspect of the 2011/12
season was simply the performance of our lifesavers. In each
and every club across the Far North Coast Branch, the patrolling
lifesavers stood tall, their efforts were above and beyond
everyday standards, and they excelled in our core function of
“vigilance and service”.
I reflect on some of the fine examples:Steve McNabb and Rhys Balkin's rescue of ski paddlers outside
Ballina's river mouth in extreme and dangerous conditions will
be nominated for a meritorious award.
Peter Baird, Byron Douglas and Dougal Forsyth (Fingal Rovers)
awarded a group bravery citation for their rescue and saving the
lives of 12 people when their boat was swamped on the Tweed
River bar in treacherous conditions in 2004.
The Byron Bay patrol on 1st April saved one life and did
everything they could to save another two caught in a rip
outside the patrolled area. Members of the public described the
lifesavers as “amazing” and could not believe how quickly they
reacted.
Evans Head members, Jon Rigley, Ben Redman and Callum
O'Grady performed an outstanding rescue at dusk, it was dark
and the sea was rough. The woman had drifted about 400m
out and she was extremely distressed and screaming. The
lifesavers reaction to praise from eye-witnesses was “that is
just part and parcel of what we do”.
A mass rescue calmly and efficiently performed at Ballina by
Rod Balkin, Steve Brown, Nathan Stelzer and Isabella Jones
rightly recognized by a rescue citation from Surf Lifesaving
NSW.
Cabarita members efforts in the search and recovery of a
Kenyan teenager in early December were magnificent. It was a
real team effort and brought high praise from the State
President, Tony Haven.
Brian Dell (Lennox Head) receives a Certificate of Merit from
Surf Life Saving Australia for the rescue of a father and son at
Lennox Head in 2010.
These rescues and many others throughout the Branch signalled
several strong messages to our organization:1. The most call-outs in the State occur on the Far North Coast
and Far South Coast.
2. Many of the rescues during the season demonstrated a high
level of support and cooperation by our member clubs for one
another.
3. The standard of our lifesavers and their rescues reflects on
the high quality training, knowledge and guidance provided by
our officials, trainers, instructors, and Directors.
Wilson Creagan
SLSFNC President
The 2011-2012 season continued on from last season been
very busy for our clubs with much more accountability making
the jobs of our volunteers' much more demanding.
It was another successful season for all 10 clubs, Jet Boat and
Support Services, that make up Surf Life Saving Far North
Coast Branch and I would like to extend my thanks to every
active member that patrolled our wonderful coastline. It is great
to report that no lives were lost during patrol hours between the
flags. Our Support Groups have, once again continued to
provide strategic level of support to the branch and is now
working to ensure close support to our clubs.
Over 1300 patrolling members from Fingal to Yamba managed
to keep the Far North Coast safe for swimmers during patrols
hours. In total there were over 58269.25 hours performed. Our
branch lifesavers have bee led well by Director of Life Saving
Ben Redman.
Once again Cudgen Headland was host the 2012 State Titles,
the organisation for such an event is unbelievable and this
season was made even harder with the carnival split into three
different areas. Once again Congratulations to all who assisted
in the running of the carnival.
On behalf of all members and Clubs in the Branch I take this
opportunity to thank all the sponsors that have assisted us
again for the 2011-2012 season. Without the support of these
companies, our clubs would not be able to continue to provide
the high level of lifesaving and search and rescue capabilities for
the bathing and boating public within our branch. We continue
to have the support of major sponsors TURSA, Newcastle
Permanent Building Society and this season Woollam
Constructions extended their sponsorship allowing us to
purchase an extra jet ski and supported the running cost of our
jet skis, this season Essential Energy also join our list of
sponsors.
Administration
To provide quality patrolling lifesavers we need to have the
highest level of training and education possible. Our Trainers
and Assessors led by our Education Committee have done a
great job. None of these positions have any “down time” with
training being undertaken all year round.
Our Surf Sports carnivals are enjoyed by those that attend and
thanks goes to Director of Surf Sports John Watson and all
officials for providing excellent opportunities for our members.
Our Surf Sports team is still looking into ideas for the coming
seasons of ways to improve the attendance at carnivals. This
season saw the introduction of the Pool Competition, which was
encouraging for the branch.
I had the pleasure assisting at the Under 15-17 Development at
Yamba SLSC, this was a wonderful experience to be involved
with such enthusiastic young lifesavers of our branch. The
camp was a great hit by all who attended, congratulations to
Director of Member Services Paul Smith, Carol Smith and his
excellent group of leaders who attended to make this camp an
experience for those who attended.
As we begin the 2012-2013 season we have many challenges
ahead. To continue the development of a branch strategic
plan, working alongside the our Branch Business Plan. With a
goal of securing Branch headquarters.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Branch
Executive Committee for their support and assistance over the
past twelve months. We are very fortunate to have a strong and
committed Executive Committee working together to make Far
North Coast Branch the best in the state.
Looking forward to the 2011 / 2012 Season.
Debbie Pawsey
Director of Administration
It is with great pleasure that I submit this report for the 20112012 lifesaving season. Having the opportunity to work with
and represent such a dedicated and professional group
of volunteers is a real honour.
It has been an extremely busy season for the far north coast
branch. This season saw our members perform 492 first aids,
8560 preventative actions, 37 searches, 272 rescues and find
33 lost children and a total of 32,650 patrol hours, we had 5
drownings all of which were in unpatrolled areas.
The highest number of 13surf call outs in the state was
performed within our branch.
With 65 calls for assistance received from police. Our branch
has an exceptional reputation with the NSW police force and is
now the first point of call for all aquatic search and rescue on
the far north coast. This is partly because of the training
undertaken by the duty officers with the water police and NSW
Maritime and the level of professionalism displayed by members
and clubs in searches and in times of tragedy.
Radio communications have been an ongoing work in progress
with overheating issues at some repeater sites and some trial
and error with the new computer system but we are getting
there and thank you for your patients. The small group of
dedicated Surfcom operators deserve a big pat on the back.
Dealing with 3 branches from the Ballina radio room and on
some occasions the whole state, has proved challenging but
this group of operators take it in their stride and get the job
done. Some of these guys and girls will do a 10 hour shift on
Saturday then back it up with another 10 on Sunday.
It is because of the actions and dedication of all of our
members that makes me proud to be a part of the Greatest
branch in the country.
Being my first season as director of lifesaving I would like to
thank everyone for their support and advice this past season
and I am looking forward to working with you all next season.
Ben Redman
Director of Life Saving
Our RWC program is moving forward with the securing of a 3
year sponsorship deal with woollam Constructions and 2 new
RWC's purchased this season. The aim is to have craft based
in every council area over the next season. With new RWC
operators being trained over the coming months we will be able
to develop a better rostering system and provide a greater
service to the community with roving patrols to populated
remote locations.
Lifesaving
Education
I find this rather difficult submitting a report on the activities of
the past season after only been in the position of Director of
Education since the April 2012 Branch Council Meeting
Firstly I would like to thank Brian Lewis for the work he has put
into the promotion of Surf Life Saving Education within the Far
North Coast Branch, this has lead to us been one of the leaders
in this field in New South Wales, thank you Brian for a job well
done.
is included in the Education Minutes of 5th May 2012 which all
clubs and club training personal should have.
I will be doing a more in depth review of each clubs awards and
membership to gauge where they need to look and what
assistance can be given in training and assessment of existing
and new members, this will also include all Branch Support
Groups.
For Education within the Far North Coast Branch to go forward
we need Club's, Trainers, Assessors and Facilitators to work
together to ensure that members get the best possible result for
the award that they are a candidate for, this means that the
paper work, training and assessment is carried out in a timely
manner and submitted for processing as required. I believe we
have the personal within the Branch for this to happen and it is
up to all of us to see that this is carried out.
As Surf Life Saving is a Registered Training Organizsation it
means that we have numerous items that we must comply
with, the most contentious of these would be the paper work
and the paper trail that we must have. Most of us throw our
hands up in the air in despair and tend to walk away from
this conceived problem instead of looking for a solution on how
to make it easier for those concerned.
I believe we are on the way to making this a little easier for all
concerned with the appointment mid season of Larry Platt to the
Position of Branch Award Processor, this was on a trial basis
until the Branch Annual General Meeting, at the recent Education
Meeting it was requested that this trial be further extended until
the post 2012/2013 Education Meeting for further discussion.
The process that Larry has put in place will make the issue of
awards that much easier, however it should be remembered that
the club's training officers must follow this process to make it
work 100%.
One of our other major problems was the running of Branch
Courses, [ARTC, Spinal etc]. At the start of season Education
Meeting course dates were set for these courses however when
the closing date was reached in most cases there was not
sufficient candidates, this lead to numerous types of
complaints.
It has been decided that on a trial basis till the end of the
2012 / 2013 season these courses will be run on a needs basis
by clubs and Rod Balkin has been appointed on a trial basis to
the position of Branch Facilitated Courses. The method to follow
In closing I would like to thank all Branch Trainers, Assessors
and Facilitators for their hard work over the past season, to our
District Supervisors the unsung heroes of the Education system
thanks for a job well done and lastly to Larry Platt and Rod
Balkin for putting your hands up to do these to new positions, a
very big thank you, you will make the Directors Position that
much easier to handle, to the other members of the Branch
Executive thank you for your assistance so far in this position.
Geoff Horsey
Acting Director of Education
SLSFNC BRANCH
STATISTICS
Vale Con Asmussen MBE
28.06.2011
A lifetime of lifesaving
during the NSW Surf Life Saving Championships at Kingscliff.
Con was presented with a plaque acknowledging his
contribution as an official for more than 50 years.
Those in Surf Life Saving who were lucky enough to meet and
work with this true gentleman throughout his long life.
Con joined the Surf Life Saving movement in 1939, attracted by
the comradeship and spirit of competition he'd first observed
during visits to Illawarra's Stanwell Park beach. He gained his
Bronze Medallion the following year.
Even into his ninth decade, Con remained very much involved in
Surf Life Saving, taking on active administration and leadership
roles within the Far North Coast Branch and the Ballina
Lighthouse & Lismore SLSC.
Over the years he was elected to many senior positions, on
occasions reluctantly so, as he often mistakenly believed that
someone else could do a better job. Con is renowned for stating
that we all get more from Surf Life Saving than we put in.
In addition to a long and distinguished history with the
Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC, Con was Illawarra's delegate
to the NSW State Centre for 15 years (1949 to 1964) and was
State delegate to the National Council for 20 years
(1958 – 1978). He was elected NSW Deputy President for two
seasons (1965 & 1966) and then NSW President for a record
12 seasons from 1967 to 1978.
At 96, Con was still assisting with administrative tasks at the
Ballina club and only a week before his passing Con attended
the Branch AGM and the Awards of Excellence, demonstrating
his dedication to the organisation he said had given him so
much. Con will be greatly missed
VALE
Ronald 'Jacko' Jackson
On Saturday 28th April 2012, Surf Life Saving Far North Coast
Branch lost a true charter Ronald “Jacko” Jackson. Jacko has
been a member of the branch for more than 30 years and for
many of those years he was found at the club house at
carnivals checking all competition craft to ensure the safety of
all competitors, not to mention the yearly track up and down the
Branch to ensure that all rescue equipment was up to scratch in
the yearly patrol gear inspections, bringing all clubs up to SLSA
standards for the patrol season ahead.
A member of Lennox-Alstonville SLSC and more recently with
Evans Head-Casino SLSC, Jacko was also an Honouree
Member of Byron Bay SLSC. Ron gained his Bronze Medallion
on the 24/11/1962 at Bateman's Bay SLSC. He was a
scrutineer at all levels of the organisation from our local junior
branches through to the Australian Titles, were he was truly
respected by both fellow officials and Competitors at all levels.
Jacko was part of a keen group of men who got together and
developed the standard of scrutineering Australia wide and is
his role of Branch Chief Scrutineer he also trained and mentored
all scrutineers on the Far North Coast over the past 30 years,
most still following in his footsteps.
He was awarded Life Membership of Helensburgh-Stanwell Park
in 1950, Illawarra Branch in 1962, Surf Life Saving NSW in
1963, Surf Life Saving Australia in1966 and was awarded an
MBE in 1972. He also received an Australian Sports Medal in
2000.
Con was involved in pioneering many of the major changes and
innovations within Surf Life Saving, from the introduction of
inflatable rescue boats and helicopters, to the acceptance of
women as active patrolling surf lifesavers in the 80s.
Con was one of the original inductees into the SLSA's Hall of
Fame in 2004. By this stage Con had moved to Ballina and was
a Life Member of the Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore SLSC.
At the 2011 State Titles, Con was one of a handful of surf
sports officials who were honoured at a special dinner held
It really was a pleasure to work with him. We all admired him
and we're going to miss a great little bloke with a big personality.
Member Services
The 2011-2012 Season has certainly been very busy and it is
with much pleasure that I submit the Director of Member
Services report.
THE FAR NORTH COAST AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE was held
at Ballina RSL Club on the 18th June. Members, sponsors and
supporters turned out for a night to acknowledge and recognise
some extraordinary members within our organisation.
Lifesaver of the Year: Craig Ellis (Evans Head -Casino SLSC)
Junior Lifesaver of the Year: Christine Warren (Evans HeadCasino SLSC)
Cadet Lifesaver of the Year: Sarah Jones (Ballina Lighthouse&
Lismore SLSC)
Assessor of the Year: Mark Laverty (Lennox Head-Alstonville
SLSC)
Training Officer of the Year: Rod Balkin (Ballina Lighthouse &
Lismore SLSC).
Male Competitor of the Year: Murray Thomas (Lennox HeadAlstonville SLSC)
Female Competitor of the Year: Ainsley Bakker (Lennox HeadAlstonville SLSC)
Masters Athlete of the Year: Geoff Brodin (Byron Bay SLSC)
Coach of the Year: Paul Irwin (Byron Bay SLSC)
Competition Official of the Year: Geoff Harris (Lennox HeadAlstonville SLSC)
Branch Point Score Byron Bay SLSC
Administrator of the Year: Lyndel Small (Cudgen Headland
SLSC)
Promar FX Presidents Award: Larry Platt (Lennox HeadAlstonville)
Administration Club of the Year: Byron Bay SLSC
Education Club of the Year Byron Bay SLSC
Surf Sports Club of the Year: Lennox Head-Alstonville SLSC
Surf Life Saving Club of the Year: Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore
SLSC
Club of the Year: Byron Bay SLSC
DISTINGUISHED AWARDS
Congratulations to Scott Mc Cartney for winning the Australian
Lifeguard of the Year award.
At the recent State Championships dinner held at Kingscliff it
was a honour to see Norman Godbee OAM from Yamba Surf
Club receive a 50 Year Service Award as well as Donald Lee also
from Yamba receive a 40 Year Service Award.
JUNIOR LIFESAVER OF THE YEAR
This season we had 10 nominations for the SLSFNC Junior
Lifesaver of the Year Title. Nominations were received from 6 of
the 10 clubs in our branch. Congratulations to all those people
who nominated and you should be very proud of yourself
because it was a huge achievement and honour in itself to be
nominated to represent your Club.
The nominees were:
Isabelle Jones (Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore SLSC)
Kelsey Wheatland (Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore SLSC)
Harrison Murphy (Lennox Head – Alstonville SLSC)
Eliza Armstrong (Lennox Head– Alstonville SLSC))
Alexandra Barnes (Byron Bay SLSC)
Riley Buckley (Byron Bay SLSC)
Rory Bruce Allen (Brunswick SLSC)
Tom Ellis (Evans Head- Casino SLSC)
Bridie MacPhail (Cudgen Headland SLSC)
Ethan Barr (Cudgen Headland SLSC)
Congratulations to Harrison Murphy (Lennox Head-Alstonville
SLSC) and Alexandra Barnes (Byron Bay SLSC)for taking out the
2011 FNC Junior Lifesaver of the Year Awards. They both went
on to represent the Branch at the Junior Lifesaver of the Year
Development program for Surf Life Saving NSW.
Harrison Murphy won the Male NSW Junior Lifesaver of the Year.
On behalf of the branch we extend our congratulations to both
candidates. I would also like to thank John Watson, Rose
Bradley and Maria Kirsten for taking the time to interview the
candidates. Your endless help is always appreciated!
UNDER 13/14 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
The 2012 Development Camp for the U13-14's was held on the
4-6 January and it proved to be another great success. It was
held at Tallebudgera Recreational Centre on the Gold Coast and it
gave 75 Far North Coast Junior Surf Life Savers an opportunity
to develop life skills such as leadership, goal setting and team
building along with learning about the different pathways they
can take in surf lifesaving after they leave the junior ranks. One
of our main goals was for them to have fun and make friends
with children from other clubs.
DEVELOPMENT CAMP
This year's camp included fun activities such as canoeing,
dodge ball, beach games, and team challenges focusing on
team work, communication and leadership. They also played
amazing race and had a go at Zumba with lots of laughs along
the way.
would also like to thank our sponsors Coles, Glen Lawrence for
donating the ice cream, Tweed Fruit Exchange and also to Yamba
Surf Club for letting us stay at this great venue and from all
reports everyone had a great time.
STATE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
The Youth Opportunity Makers Program was held at the Collaroy
Centre in Collaroy from the 17-20 April, 2012. We had seven
nominations for this program and the three successful
participants were:
Zoe Heiniger(Byron Bay SLSC)
Fletcher Budd (Cabarita SLSC)
Liam Patience (Cabarita SLSC)
The program is aimed at the 15's-17's year olds looked at
developing leadership and team building skills to achieve and set
realistic goals in a challenging and constructive environment.
The Branch should be proud of the representative as they
embrace the spirit of the program and showed just what Far
North Coast can achieve.
The camp would not have been possible without the help from
Joe keane, Greg Pile, Brendan Irwin, Jodie Muir, Ryan Andrews
Christine Warren, Lucy Ellis, Kaitlin Smith, Zoe Heiniger, Jodie
Pile, Teagan Quinn, Gabby Callan and Amie Smith. So I say a
very big thank-you to them.
I would like to thank Alyce Bennett, Hugh Dougherty, Scott
McCartney, Dylan Wotherspoon, and
Wilson Cregan for
attending our open forums and answering any questions that the
participants asked.
UNDER 15/ 17 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
On the 13-15 April 2012 we held a U15-U17 Leadership
Development Camp at Yamba. We had 36 members from
Cabarita, Brunswick, Byron Bay, Lennox Head, Ballina, Evans
Head and Yamba attend the camp. The main aim of the camp
was to have fun after a busy season, so that we as a Branch try
to retain these members long after leaving the junior ranks. Over
the two days we did a number of team activities to further
develop their lifesaving and personal skills.
AGE MANAGER COURSES
At the beginning of the 2011-2012 Season we held two Age
Managers Courses with an attendance of 16 people at each one.
I would like to say thank you to Andrew Chubb for your expertise
on running these courses for the Age Managers.
COACHING CLINIC
This season saw a need from Clubs to hold a coaching clinic for
the very first time. The clinic was organised to help clubs with
coaching tips as well as teach them different skills that they will
be able to teach each age group on the correct techniques for
board, sprints, flags and swim. I would like to thank Greg Clarke,
Paul Pattison, Jarrod Cain, Matt Nelson and Scott McCartney for
giving up their time to help me with running this clinic. The clubs
that attended the clinic were Evans, Ballina, Brunswick and
Byron Bay.
I would like to acknowledge and thank our major sponsors
TURSA, Newcastle Permanent Building Society and Woollam
Constructions, NBN Television and Telstra for their support to Far
North Coast Surf Life Saving 2011-2012.
I would especially like to thank Greg Pile, Ryan Andrews, Jodie
Muir, Fletcher Budd, Talen Pinxteren and Brendan Irwin because
without them as leaders this Camp would not have happened. A
special thanks also goes to Byran and Jan Lyndon, Mick Smith
and his boat crew, Debbie Pawsey, Bill Onslow, Rob McDermind
and Carol Smith for giving up their time to help out and also to
Greg Wylie, Wilson Cregan, Jim Dougherty and Tanyn Lyndon
for giving a talk to the participates about Surf Life Saving. I
It has once again been a pleasure to have held the position of
Director of Member Services for another season and I am
eagerly waiting the 2012-2013 Season.
Paul Smith
Director of Member Services.
Surf Sports
The Far North Coast Branch Board of Surf Sports Team has
again had a big 2011/12 Season starting with the staging of the
Jacob Lollback Memorial Carnival Board Competition at Yamba
in October. Again a large attendance of competition friends of
Jacob were in attendance to enjoy the days activities. This
coming season the event will again be held on Saturday 22nd
September at Yamba.
The U/12-U/19 Youth Carnival for the season was conducted at
Lennox Head in October. The carnival attracted once again good
nominations for the events conducted. For a trial some selected
Senior events were added to the program for this season which
did not include boat or team events. The U12-U19 events were
well patronised by the competitors , but the nominations from
the senior competitors was very small in number. This coming
season the this carnival will be conducted on the 28th October
at Cabarita. Branch Competition Officials supported this carnival
very well with 33 officials in attendance. The event is very
popular with junior competitors and the carnival is also used by
the Branch Selectors to run their eye over competitors early
season form for consideration for selection in the Branch
Representitive Team for the Inter Branch Championships.
The ever popular Cudgen Classic has again conducted a very
successful carnival over the past season last October. This
carnival continues to grow in strength and popularity with large
nominations being received for the event from local and visiting
clubs. The coming season will again see the event being
conducted at Kingscliff hosted by Cudgen Headlands S.L.S.C on
Saturday 27th October 2012.
Senior Carnivals
Other Carnivals for the season were conducted at the following
venues. Sunday October 30th Senior Carnival held at Lennox
Head hosted by the home club. The carnival was conducted in
good weather conditions with a very big high tide which held up
the beach events to some extent because of the lack of beach.
The Lennox Head Club had owing to lack of members available
in covering all water events safety. A call for assistance was
answered by Ballina-Lighthouse and Lismore S.L.S.C who
supplied the required manpower and an IRB to cover this
concern thank you Ballina for this assistance.
Next carnival held was that by Cudgen S.L.S.C on the 18th
December. Nominations for the carnival were only small and the
carnival was concluded at 1.20pm. The beach erosion problems
at Cudgen did not make things any easier with the carnival being
held well north of the Cudgen clubhouse.
Senior Carnival date of the 22nd January had to be abandoned
because of no interest being shown by a branch club to take up
this date to host a carnival.
The final two Senior Carnivals for the season was the Far North
Coast Branch Masters and the Branch Open Club
Championships held at Yamba in February.Because of the
dangerous conditions at Main Beach the Championships were
transferred and conducted at Turners Beach. Both
Championships received good nominations with the events
being conducted in good weather conditions, considering that 2
weeks previous because of bad weather and flooding which
created dangerous conditions the Youth Championships were
postponed. Also for safety reasons owing to the dangerous
conditions existing at Main Beach Branch Boat Championships
were conducted at Turners Beach on the Saturday where a good
attendance of boat entries were received. Forty eight Branch
Competition Officials were in attendance at the Championships.
The organisation of the Championships by Yamba club were
first class and thanks are extended for their efforts.
Byron Bay successfully defended their Branch Champion Status
by winning the Branch Championship Point Score. Point score
results were. (1) Byron Bay 521.(2)Cudgen 380. (3) Lennox
Head 378. (4) Yamba 137. (5) Evans Head 59 (6) Ballina 57.(7)
Cabarita 45. The Branch Championships next season by rotation
will be conducted at Fingal hosted by Fingal Rovers S.L.S.C on
the 10th February 2013.
Junior Carnivals.
Junior Carnivals were held at the following venues;
November at Salt where the carnival was well patronised by all
branch clubs. The attendance of competitors and Officials was
the largest for the year. There were 57 Competition Officials in
attendance which included 21 Trainee Officials who had just
completed their course the day before. Some water events had
to be abandoned because of the bad surf conditions.
Carnival at Cabarita held 20th November very well conducted by
the Cabarita Beach Club with again very good attendance of
competitors and officials . Events were conducted in strong
northerly windy conditions all eventsc were finalised/
December 4th Byron Bay which was a Junior Teams Event
Carnival conducted in very good competition conditions. This
carnival is very popular one on the youth carnival program
where all branch clubs support it with good nomination. The
event was well run with good co operation from the host club.
The event will again be conducted at Byron Bay on Sunday 2nd
December 2012.
February 4th-5th Youth Championships at Yamba.
Unfortunately as mentioned earlier in the report this event had to
be postponed because of flooding and dangerous conditions
prevailing at that time. However the Championships were finally
conducted at Tirners Beach Yamba two weeks later on the 25th26th February. Some events because of changing surf
conditions were transferred to Convent Beach to be finalised.
Inter Branch Championships.
These Championships were held at Redhead in the Hunter
Branch in December. The carnival was conducted in reasonable
conditions with the Far North Coast Branch Team competing
very well in all events on the program.
The Branch was represented in all sections with the exception of
the Boat Competition. Then Branch has over the past years for
some reason difficulty in getting a club crew to go to these
Championships but it would appear by the lack attendance of
other branch boat crews at the Inter Branch Championships last
season the Far North Coast Branch is not the only one having
this problem. The Branch Team gained 7th place overall and
was runner up to South Coast Branch in the Champion Country
Branch Competition. Season 2012-13 venue for the
Championships is Black Head in Lower North Coast Branch.
Congratulations to Team Manager Darron Brown and the Team
Coach Scott McCartney for their magnificent in preparing the
team for the Championships. The leadership shown by the Team
Captains Jarrad Cain and Shannon Hulbert Green was also an
inspiration to the team members.
New South Wales Country Championships.
Season 2011-12 Country Championships were held at South
West Rocks in the Mid North Coast Branch.
Far North Coast Branch Clubs were very well represented with
the branch clubs placed in the majority of events. The Champion
Club Point Score was won Byron Bay S.L.S.C on 774 points
from Warilla –Barrack Point on 622 points and Coffs Harbour
3rd on 533 points. Branch Clubs Cudgen was placed 4th on
531 points.Lennox Head 55th on 360 points.The Country
Championships for season 2012-13 will again be South West
Rocks on Friday 11th,Saturday12th and Sunday 13th January
2013. The Branch was well represented with 37 Competition
Officials who attended the Championships.
Level 1 Coaching and Competition Officials Courses.
There was not a Coaching Course held in the branch over the
past season. However some branch members did travel to Coffs
Harbour to attend the course there.
Two such Competition Officials courses were conducted in the
branch on the 22nd October at Lennox Head and 3rd December
at Byron Bay. The course conducted at Lennox Head had 12
members present to do the course.
Australian Championships.
Far North Coast Branch was well represented at both The
Australian Masters and the Open Club Championships which
were held on the Gold Coast at Kurrawa as the venue. Because
of the tragedy that occurred and the bad prevailing sea
conditions at Kurrawa the Championships were transferered to
North Kirra where the remaining events were conducted. The
Australian Championships next season will again be held on the
Gold Coast but at a venue to be announced.. The venue change
has been caused by the unfortunate accident which occurred at
the 2012 Championships.
Course at Byron Bay had 27 nominations for the course , which
in total gave the branch another 39 level 1 Competition Officials.
Retention of officials is of some concern to the Branch.
Brunswick Masters Carnival.
This carnival sponsored by the Brunswick Hotel still continues
to gain in strength, and is very popular with Queensland Clubs
who are the main supporters of the event.. The clubs now
contest the event for the “Con Asmussen Memorial Trophy”.
The trophy was donated in the memory of Con who passed
away earlier in the season who never ever missed the Annual
Masters Day.
New South Wales State Youth Championships.
Cudgen Headlands S.L.S.C very successfully hosted the State
Youth Championships. The task this past season was made
more difficult with the Championships being contested in three
different venues at Kingscliff because of the severe beach
erosion being experienced at Kingscliff. Congratulations to the
Cudgen Club on their efforts to make the carnival the huge
success it turned out to be..Much praise has again been
received from various sections of Surf Life Saving for the club's
efforts to make these Championships under difficult conditions
the success it was. Results from the Championships can be
found elsewhere in this report. Very pleasing to see all Far North
Coast Branch Junior Clubs represented at these Championships
especially our younger branch clubs of Salt and Cabarita Beach.
New South Wales Masters and Open Championships.
The Cudgen Club under the same conditions as mentioned
successfully conducted the Masters and the Open Club
Championships. Branch clubs patronised the carnival very well
with some fine performances recorded by branch club
members. Byron Bay S.L.S.C were victorious in winning the
Masters Point Score at the Championships. The Branch had 32
Competition Officials selected to officiate at the Youth
Championships, And also had 27 Competition Officials attend
the Masters and Open Championships.
Branch Carnival Equipment.
Branch Gear Steward Mick Shea has again done a remarkable
job in maintaining the Branch Competition Equipment. Some
improvement was seen over the season with more care being
taken in looking after this costly equipment. Appreciation is
extended to Mick for his efforts over the season, and also for
arranging storage for the Branch Gear Container over the winter
months. Terry Buckley also thank you for the cartage of the
container to all the carnival sites.
Branch Youth Competition Committee.
Chairperson of the youth Committee Maria Kirsten did not seek
re election at the AGM at Yamba in February.
Elected to fill the vacancy was Denise Young of Lennox Head
S.L.S.C. Thanks are extended to Maria on her efforts over the
past season. Being re elected to the secretaries job was Carol
Smith of Byron Bay S.L.S.C who continues to do a very good
job in that position. Carol does a great job and it is through her
efforts that meeting attendances have improved over the past 2
seasons. Great work Carol keep it up.
Branch Scrutineers.
Very busy year for all scrutineers especially the Chief Scrutineer
Mark Harris. Mark was at most carnivals during the season to
check competition equipment for club members. He also goes
out of his way to travel to clubs when requested to do
scrutineering which is appreciated by the clubs.
Vale.
Sadly over the season the branch lost two very prominent and
loved officials in the passing of Con Asmussen MBE on the 27th
June who passed away very suddenly aged 96. Con was one of
the best known lifesavers in Australia with some 70 years
service to Surf Lifesaving. He was respected and loved by all
who knew him and on behalf of the Branch Board of Surf Sports
I would pass on to his wife Pat and his family our deepest
sympathy. A large gathering of Surf Life Saving personell from
all sections of Surf Life Saving attended Cons funeral in Ballina.
Ron (Jacko) Jackson. Passed away in May after a long illness.
Came up through the Junior ranks as an official. He became a
very popular member of the Far North Coast Branch Board of
Surf Sports and held the position of Chief Scrutineer for the
branch for many years. I would pass on also the condolences of
the Far North Coast Branch Board of Surf Sports to his wife
Jan, son Peter and his new daughter in law Kaysie. Many
members of the Far North Coast Branch S.L.S.A were present
at Jacko's funeral.
Some Season Highlights.
(1) Branch Members Josh Brown. Conor Moriarty (Byron Bay),
Hannah Sculley. India Brown (Lennox Head). Ela Heiniger
(Brunswick) Selected in the 2011 SLSNSW Talented Athlete
Program
(2) Branch Members Murray Thomas (Lennox Head) Josh
Brown (Byron Bay) and Ela Heiniger (Brunwick) selected in the
2011 SLSNSW High Performance Squad.
(3) 40 Branch Officials selected to officiate at NSW Youth,
Masters and Open New South Wales State Championships
(4) Harrison Murphy of Lennox Head-Alstonville S.L.S.C being
selected as the 2012 New South Wales Junior Lifesaver of the
Year.
(5) Debbie Pawsey selected as Female Official in the U/21 New
South Wales State Team to visit New Zealand.
(6) Max Godbee of Yamba S.L.S.C presented with 50+ years
Award as a Competition Official at the New South Wales State
Championships
(7) Don Lee of Yamba S.L.S.C presented with 40 years Award
as a Competition Official at the New South Wales State
Championships.
(8) Josh Brown (Byron Bay) selected in New South Wales State
Team to contest the Inter State Championships.
(9) 35 Branch Competition Officials attended 2012 Country
Championships at South West Rocks
(10) Inaugural Far North Coast Branch Pool Rescue
Championships.
At the time of writing this report arrangements for the Pool
Championships are well under way.The competition is a new
innovation into branch competition as has been kindly
sponsored by the “Essential Energy”Power Company. The event
will take place at the Southern Cross Pool Complex on Sunday
27th May. Entries and interest received for the event is very
good. Thanks are extended to Essential Energy for their
assistance.
Thanks.
Firstly to Yamba S.L.S.C thanks for the magnificent job done in
conducting the Junior,Masters and Open Club Branch
Championships this past season under very trying conditions
Thanks and congratulations to all Clubs,Competitors and
Officials for their support and efforts over the past season.
Carnivals were supported reasonably well ,and successfully
concluded.
Branch Board of Surf Sports Meetings have been held regularly
and well attended by Board Members.
Thanks also to Ballina S.L.S.C for the use of their clubhouse for
Board Meetings very much appreciated. In Closing I offer my
sincere thanks to my fellow Branch Executive Members for their
assistance over the season.
John Watson. AM
Director Surf Sports
Team Manager
On Friday 9th December the 2011 Far North Coast Interbranch
Team travelled to Redhead Beach to compete in the NSW
Interbranch Carnival against the best from all eleven NSW
Branches.
Staying at the Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation Centre helped
with the pre-competition team bonding, with two other branches
staying at the same venue. The 'competition' started on Friday
afternoon with basketball, soccer and volleyball.
Arriving at Redhead Surf Club on Saturday 10th December, we
were greeted with a solid swell and tricky conditions. Although
we competed well, it was a competition where the surf played a
major roll in the results. We had very little help from the surf and
I hate to say it but luck was not on our side. Any results that Far
North Coast received were from sheer hard work. For me, there
were many magic moments and those of you on my text
message list were getting it live ( f you understood the spelling).
But as I write this it is the memory of the board rescue teams
that still stand out. Our open males, Scott McCartney and Jarrod
Cain, who came from behind and paddled themselves into first
place, showing the rest of the team how to do it!
We didn't win the Country Point Score Trophy as hoped; the task
was made more difficult without a male or female boat crew, as
well as the late withdrawal of an U19 competitor on the eve of
our departure.
The Far North Coast had Ela Heiniger, Murray Thomas and
Joshua Brown selected in the NSW High Performance Team.
Joshua Brown was then selected for the NSW State Team and
competed at the Interstate Championships in Sydney.
Everyone from Denis the bus driver, officials, coaches,
chaperones, gear stewards, and team captains, right down to
our youngest competitor, contributed to what I believe was a
successful trip. The spirit and camaraderie amongst team
members was high all weekend and the Far North Coast
Interbranch Team showed they were a force to be reckoned
with.
To all team members, including parents and spectators at the
carnival, a very sincere thank you for making 2011 Interbranch
Team a pleasure to be apart of.
Thank you to our sponsors, Newcastle Permanent and Kozii
swimwear for your support. We had many positive comments
about our uniform, particularly our swimmers; thanks again
Kozii! I urge all clubs to support these sponsors.
A special thank you to Coach Scott McCartney; your
enthusiasm and positive nature was infectious, and your ability
to communicate and connect with any team member from the
U12's to the over 21 year old chaperones was noticed by all! I
look forward to working with you in the future.
This Team is something for all athletes, coaches and officials in
the Far North to aspire to. It is a goal for so many of our
younger athletes and a motivation for our senior athletes. It is
important to continue to support the Interbranch Team as it
plays a tremendous part in surf sports on the Far North Coast.
The cost of the team in all Branches is an issue. This year with
the help of sponsors we managed to reduce our total out lay
without reducing the standards of the Team. I believe next
season we can increase the number of sponsors and increase
the profile of the team and Surf Life Saving on the Far North
Coast. Intern this will reduce the total outlay by the Branch and
Clubs. This is not a time to be thinking about cost cutting but a
time to expand and take opportunities. The population on the Far
North Coast is growing at one of the highest rates in NSW we
need to tap into it.
Darron Brown
FNC Interbranch Team Manager
P.S. Are there any boaties out there that would like to come to
Interbranch 2012?
Pool Competition
The inaugural “Essential Energy” Far North Coast Branch Pool
Rescue Competition was conducted on Saturday 26th and
Sunday 27th May at the Southern Cross University Pool in
Lismore, New South Wales.
The event was supported very well with seven Branch Clubs in
attendance being Cudgen Headland, Brunswick, Byron Bay,
Lennox Head, Ballina Lighthouse-Lismore Evans Head-Casino
and Yamba. The three North Coast Branch Clubs in attendance
were Coffs Harbour, Sawtell and Urunga.
On the Saturday all coach's and competitors in attendance were
instructed by four experienced coach's in the rules and
methods of Pool Competition. Coaching Instructors attending
were Russell Green Australian Head Coach in Pool Competition,
Matt Green, Don Van Kempeima N.S.W Head Coach and Peter
“Cuz”Kirkwood National Coach.
The Saturday course had attendance of some 50 competitors,
and 30 coach's. The Sunday competition had 70 club
competitors nominating for the events. Some very fine
performances were recorded at the competition. It is
anticipated that more training and competition days will be held
in the future. The support by Officials for the day was also
outstanding with 60 attending.
Byron Bay won the point score for the days competition closely
followed by Lennox Head-Alstonville.
Full results can be found in results section of this report
Appreciation is extended to “Essential Energy” the Sponsors for
the competition.
Fingal Rovers SLSC
One more season has passed and we have successfully
patrolled Fingal Head and surrounds once again. We have had a
major set back in relation to the refurbishment of our building,
this has affected the members of the committee and the club
greatly, with moral being at a low.
We assisted Cudgen SLSC and Surf Lifesaving New South
Wales with opening our club to assist with the State
Championships, by allowing the Boat fraternity access to the
clubhouse. It was great to see the school raise funds for the
club by charging for parking, this was a great contribution to the
school.
I would like to thank all those who spent time on the beach
achieving our patrol requirements. We have kept consistency
with our patrols and filling the gaps as needed, This year the
season was long and towards the end quite difficult to keep our
members motivated and vigilant, but we made it – well done to
all. Like many clubs we have out core group of patrol member,
those that you know will be there, just turning up and doing their
bit.
It was the 11th Anniversary of the Tweed River Swim a great
effort in organising this event by the Brass Monkeys, we are
extremely lucky to have this relationship with the swimming
group that look after and coordinate this fun morning for us.
This raises considerable funds for the club and we thank them
for the efforts they put in to the event.
This year we had a change of the guard with Dave Dempsey
taking on the role of Junior Activities Chairperson. This meant
that we could keep the kids participation alive. The group was
smaller than previous years but they kept coming back each
Sunday morning and having fun. Thanks to Dave once again in
doing a great job this year.
We hope that this coming year will we see our nippers
participating at more carnivals in the Branch and that we can
encourage some parents to assist in different areas of the club
and become more involved in Fingal Rovers over all.
Finding the time to be part of a volunteer organisation with,
work, family and other commitments is not part of every ones
make up but fortunately at Fingal we have a core group of
members that work hard and they also have fun along the way.
We are open to encouraging more of our members to become
involved in a small way if possible and hope that in the coming
years more of them do. This small group of doers considers this
assistance to the club normal behaviour and we thank them
dearly for the efforts they put in.
We are looking forward to the small off season that we have,
even though we will be working behind the scenes doing
strategic/business planning, completing the building
refurbishment and talking to our members about what they want
in 2012/13.
I thank the members at Fingal Rovers for the work that they have
done. The support of the local community, our fellow members
of other clubs, and the Far North Coast Branch.
Robyn Wonson
President
Cudgen SLSC
The club has had one of its most challenging seasons in recent
times during 2011/12. We have seen the adoption of a new club
organisation structure, a change to the clubs Senior
Management Team, continued erosion problems on the beach
and the hosting of the 2012 NSW Surf Life Saving
Championships.
Country, State or Australian Titles. The clubs haul of medals at
this year's state and Australian titles has resulted in this being
our most successful in terms of podium finishes.
A huge effort was put in by our senior competitors during the
State and Aussie Titles this season and it was pleasing to see
the comradely that has built up with the team this year and the
way that they continued to support each other on the beach
throughout each event.
The Clubs most outstanding senior competitor of the Aussie
Titles went to Codie Klein for her two gold medals in the board
riding closely followed by Ashlee Spence with her Gold and
Silver medals in the board riding events as well. Both these girls
have a big future ahead of them in board riding competition let's
hope the sponsors stand up and notice.
Club Management Structure
During the season the club commenced a period of change and
re-organisation from two separate bodies administering the club
to the adoption of a “One Club structure” which comes in line
with the SLSNSW models. We anticipate that our members will
take a while to fully embrace the new model but are confident
that it will provide us with a well-structured club that will
maintain a financially sound model to ensure that we remain a
strong part of the Far North Coast Branch in the seasons to
come. Thanks must go to the previous board and Mike Crawley
for assisting with the preparation of the new constitutional
framework.
Patrols
The continued problems again this season with the beach
erosion presented further challenges to our patrols requiring the
Patrol Captains to remotely locate their Patrols to the Southern
end of the beach away from the club house. In the early part of
the season there was at times no beach to patrol at high tide, so
the gradual return of the sand since the Xmas period has
stabilised the beach to a point where we now have a section of
sand directly in front of the club. This allowed our last few
patrols for the season to patrol in front of the club for the first
time in two seasons. I thank our Surf Lifesaving Director Susan
Young, Joe Colja, our Patrol Captains and Active Members for
their dedication in keeping our beaches adequately patrolled for
the season.
Competition
The club has had a very successful year in competition at all
levels. Congratulations must go to all those Competitors from
Cudgen Headland SLSC who represented the club at branch,
Two of the clubs most capped competitors Scott McCartney
and Jarrad Cain finished with a closely fought silver in the Open
Male Board Rescue going one better than last year's bronze.
This was the clubs most hotly anticipated event of the year
since they won the NSW State Titles by a country mile and the
boys didn't disappoint.
State Titles - (Jnr's - two Gold, one silver and a bronze) (Snrs three gold, two silver and three bronze medals)
Aussie Titles – (three gold and two silver )
Our Masters competitors, led by our proficient medallist Jan
Gielis, excelled at both NSW State and the Australian
Championships with plenty of podium finishes, demonstrating
that the competitor depth in our club is very strong
I extend my thanks to all the parents and supporters who
assisted with helping organise the competitors and put in the
long hours on the beach. To Phil Klein (Jnr Coach) and Scott
McCartney (Snr Coach), well done for the fantastic job of
keeping the training squads motivated and developing an
enjoyable team environment this season.
Hosting the NSW State Championships
The club hosted the NSW State Titles for the second and final
year. The State Delegation had faith in keeping the titles at
Kingscliff and thanks to some favourable weather conditions
and the enormous effort put in by our volunteers both the Jnr
and Snr events were hailed as a resounding success.
Over 6000 competitors graced our beach over the two
weekends from across the state and it was not without its
challenges. The split venues did not seem to discourage the
numbers of competitors and the supporters that came with
them certainly stretched our volunteers manning the BBQ's on
the first few days of competition.
The club is very proud of its achievement and would also like to
thank our sponsors and the other FNC Branch Clubs who
provided us with support during the two years that we hosted
the event.
The club is very grateful to the Army of volunteers who
committed an enormous amount of hours over the two year
hosting period. It was pleasing to receive a number of
comments from officials, competitors and visitors on how well
the carnival was run despite the challenges that we faced with
the beach erosion.
New Surfboat
Thanks to the generosity of two of our long standing sponsors,
“Dial Before You Dig” and the “Cudgen Headland SLSC Old
Boys Association”, the club purchased their first new boat in 11
years. The boat was aptly named “Robbo' after one of our much
loved members, Rowan Robinson, who was tragically killed in
Afghanistan in 2011. After all of the hard years of training our
boaties may have had some divine intervention when they
triumphed with a bronze medal in the 160yrs surfboat race at
the recent Australian Titles held at Kurrawa. We are sure that
“Robbo” had some sort of influence on their performance in the
new boat and have no doubt that we will be hearing about the
boaties medal for the next 10 years.
The club thanks the Cudgen Old Boys Association once again
this year for their support of our competitors and we look
forward to our continued strong relationship for many years to
come.
State Committee Representatives
I would like to personally thank the Clubs State Committee ably
led by Gary Cain (who was awarded the coveted NSW Sports
Federation Volunteer of the Year award) for their tireless efforts
in helping to deliver a very successful event.
Thank you to: Dial before you dig, Command Building Services,
Scandinavian Cone Company, Tweed Shire Council, Solo
Resource Recovery, Summerland Credit Union, Markwell's Deep
Sea Fisheries, Tweed Coast Weekly, ABC Bricks, Noel Graham
Farm Machinery, Cudgen Leagues Club, Kingscliff Bowls Club,
Imperial Hotel, JH Williams, Sub Tropical Bananas and all of our
many sponsors for their valuable support throughout this
season. Your assistance allows our Surf Club to patrol our
beach and keep the members of our Community safe.
Yours In Surf lifesaving
Adam Mills
President
Salt SLSC
The completion of the current season sees Salt SLSC continuing
to grow and establish a very secure platform to take into the
future. Our membership base is very strong in both senior and
junior ranks, and our commitment to providing both a safe
beach and training facility to the local Tweed community is as
willing and evident as ever.
As I write this we are waiting on owners consent, from Tweed
Shire Council, to lodge our DA. This will be the culmination of a
lot of hard work from the club and it's members. This is also the
end of one chapter in our history and the start of another, as we
commence the hard work to finalise plans, obtain grants and
oversee the construction of the new club.
On this note I would like to thank the Tweed Council for all their
assistance and also Ballina and Fingal surf clubs for passing all
their experiences of this process on to us. A special thank you
also to Scott Carpenter Architects, Darryl Anderson Consulting
Services and Josh Neale at Westera Partners Engineering.
On an administration level, the committee at Salt this year has
once again done a valuable and professional job. Our committee
was, and is, very motivated to achieve best practice, and all
outcomes during the season were very positive. Our relationship
with FNC Branch continues to blossom and I'm sure this
relationship will continue to grow even more.
Our training program once again saw Gary Raso distinguish
himself at the highest level. We had another year where large
numbers did awards, ranging from Bronze right through. A
highlight of the year seeing 4 of our members, Cherie and Gary
Raso, Ben Larkin and Richard Adams go over to the Philippines,
and in conjunction with the Red Cross, train 23 members to
gain awards in the beach side area of Boracay. To say the club
is very proud of these 4 people is an understatement as they all
paid their own way over and Salt SLSC is investigating ways to
become a sister club and assist with the birth and development
of the Boracay SLSC. Our patrols are very strong with a great
range of awards now right across our membership base.
The competition side was an undoubted highlight of our season.
It was fantastic to see the club colours at all the junior events
and at both the State and Australian Championships this year.
Congratulations to Brandon Copeland on his bronze medal in the
U17 2 km run at the NSW state championships. The club is very
proud of him. Our juniors were also very successful gaining
medals at most of the carnivals they competed in. On behalf of
Salt SLSC I would like to congratulate Cudgen SLSC on a
magnificent State Titles.
Thank you to all our sponsors who continue to support the club
and once again thanks to Wilson Creagan and the FNC Branch
for their continued support.
Last but not least, thank you to the members of Salt SLSC. Their
efforts and unwavering support of the club is magnificent.
Dave Hoare
President
Cabarita SLSC
This season has been an exciting one for the Club, it included
major building works, increases in patrolling members, leaping
over the 600 member milestone and a resurgence of our
young adult membership.
Major improvements in the club facility included a cold room
which is a shared resource between the club and the cafe, an
electronic access system which allows all authorised
members 24 hour access and a 24 hour gym. Of course none
of this is achieved without the input and hard work of a lot of
club members. I thank especially my fellow board members,
admin assistant and bar captain. This small group of people
have formed a strong team that achieved all the above through
good management.
counted this year, taking positions in the club such as Life
Saving Director, IRB captain, First Aid Officer, Patrol Captains
and Youth Leaders.
Life Member Fred Perlenfein and Lifesaving
Director Brett Draman with their Silver Medals
from State Championships 2012.
Sadly a life was lost this year when a young man drowned
whilst swimming at an unpatrolled section of beach south of
Cabarita Headland. As soon as the call went out that help was
required to search we had up to 40 members each day over
the following 4 days spend most of their daylight hours
searching. The local Police Commander and high ranking Surf
Life Saving officials contacted me to state how amazed they
were at our clubs response and the maturity showed by the
large contingent of our youth who formed part of this search
team.
This season also marked the 50 year anniversary of the
formation of the club. 50 years is a great achievement for this
club considering the troubled times faced during those years.
A celebration at the club saw a large number of former
members from the early years turn up to recount stories from
the past.
The numbers of people on our beaches over the summer is the
largest that I have seen. Cabarita Beach is slowly being
discovered by many people from Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
What a bonus that we live here and are members of the Surf
Club. The upstairs deck area turned 1 over this Christmas
break and a quiet party was held that lasted for about 6 weeks.
What a great space it has turned out to be.
Increases in beach numbers put greater responsibility on our
patrolling members and I am pleased to report that patrolling
member numbers increased this year with a strong growth in
the under 20 age group. This group has really stood up to be
On Sunday 20th November Cabarita Beach SLSC hosted their
first junior carnival for many years. It was very pleasing to see
the strong support of the parent helpers who turned up on the
two days to setup, run the carnival and pack everything away.
To all who helped, a sincere thank you. To the newer faces welcome to the Caba Family.
For me the outstanding achievement of the year is the strong
growth in our youth membership. Their happy smiling faces
and desire to be part of what is happening makes me a proud
old President.
Patrick Raftery
President
Lenox Head Alstonville SLSC
It gives me great pleasure to provide the Lennox Head –
Alstonville SLSC (LHASLSC) report to the Far North Coast
Branch Annual Report.
With the season over, (LHASLSC) can report on a very
successful season in all aspects of the Club operations.
Membership numbers continue to grow year on year which
results in more children enjoying the benefits of Nippers making new friends, improving their surf skills and most of all
having fun.
A special thanks to Denise Young our JAC who once again
showed her organisational skills in providing the leadership for
Nippers that resulted in another successful year. LHASLSC very
fortunate to have a dedicated group of Age Managers who put in
an incredible amount of work each week preparing for Sunday
and ensuring the kids are both learning and enjoying their time
at the beach. The support provided by the mums, dads,
grandparents and carers each week is invaluable and ensures
we have enough water safety and general “helpers” so the days
run smoothly. The heightened focus on water safety for all
activities required someone to take on the role of “Water Safety
Coordinator”, and LHASLSC was fortunate that Mark Corbett
stepped into the role this season and under his leadership the
emphasis on ensuring safe conditions to train/compete has
enhanced the safety culture within the Club.
saving. This award was truly well deserved and the Club was
extremely proud of Harrison. It would be remiss of me not to
mention the benefits Harrison gained from his time as a Nipper
at Ballina SLSC prior to transferring to LHASLSC.
A special group of helpers that must be mentioned is the BBQ
workers. Joe Young has been the BBQ coordinator for the last
few years and by the long queues every Sunday, the members
clearly enjoy and appreciate his work. Thank you to everyone
that helps Joe each week, and especially Craig Sloane who has
shown he would be more than competitive if Masterchef had a
BBQ only series.
From a competition perspective the members at both the Junior
and Senior ranks continue to do the Club proud. LHASLSC was
represented at all Junior and Senior Carnivals and some
members went on to compete at State and Australian titles with
some outstanding results. The commitment of all the
competitors both young and those not so young as well as the
efforts and skills demonstrated by all who competed is
recognition of the capabilities of our coaches led by Lou Wilson
and including Tony Barnett, Michael Brown, Ray Leaver, Pat
Mounic and Brett Clarke. The time and effort provided by our
coaching team to enhance the skills of our junior and senior
members is just fantastic and I want to again thank them for all
their hard work and early mornings to develop the surf life
saving skills of our members.
The tragic death of a competitor at the Australian Titles this year
underlined the inherent dangers of our sport. This tragic loss of
a young life affected all within Surf Life Saving and the support
the family and other competitors received at the Titles was
evidence that whilst competition at carnivals can be intense,
that when needed the Surf Life Saving movement comes
together as one to support each other.
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This year LHASLSC operated 10 Patrols ensuring that the
Lennox Head beach was a safe and enjoyable place to come for
both locals and visitors alike. The surf skills and first aide skills
of the patrolling members were tested during a very busy and
demanding season. The efforts of these members are fantastic
and I know the local communities appreciate their ongoing
commitment. A big thankyou to Brian Dell our Club Captain and
Michele Barnett our Vice Club Captain for the many, many hours
of work to establish and support the patrols throughout the
season.
A highlight of the season for LHASLSC was the awarding of
NSW State Male Nipper of the Year to Harrison Murphy. Harrison
has been with the Club for a few seasons now and is an
outstanding young man who is a great role model for surf life
I wish to thank Ballina Shire Council for the ongoing support in
addressing the ongoing maintenance of the club house as the
age and wear of the building requires ongoing repairs. Whilst
there is more to do Ballina Shire Council has been a great
support to our Club and I look forward to working with them in
further developing the Club over the next season. I wish to make
special note of the work by Michael Brown the Vice President
Building who managed our building issues, your hard work is
evident by the improvements we have seen again this year, not
least of all the fantastic new deck which I see members
enjoying every weekend. Special thanks to Jimmy Miller and his
team for the great job in building the deck and a special mention
to Anthony “Tempo” Masterson who did so much work on our
electrical / lights concerns throughout the season.
I wish to take the opportunity to single out Larry Platt our Chief
Instructor, Larry has held this role at the Club for many years
and has indicated that he is stepping down from this role at the
end of this season.
A special thanks must go to the social club who arranged a
number of events for members this year that were all a massive
success. The energy and good humour this small band of
members provided adds to the social fabric of the club and
reminds us that surf clubs are not just about nippers,
competition and patrols but also about enjoying each others
company.
The educational opportunities and support that Larry has
provided the members not only at LHASLSC but across the
Branch has been nothing short of brilliant for many years and
whilst we will fortunately retain Larry as a member and integral
part of the our Club his legacy of a strong educational culture
across the FNC Branch is testimony to his years of hard work.
Surf Clubs need many volunteers to make the Club work
effectively. LHASLSC is blessed with the number and quality of
volunteers who take on the many and varied roles within our
Club.
In closing I wish to thank the Management Committee for their
tireless work in keeping the club functioning. Much of the work
of keeping a club functioning is unseen by members and often
goes unrewarded, but I wish to thank you for the energy,
passion and commitment you all provide to LHASLSC.
The work contributed by all of these people who take on roles
such as Registrar, Uniform Co-ordinator, Bunk-House Steward,
Gear Steward, First Aide Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and the list
goes on is appreciated and LHASLSC would not be as
successful in meeting the core business of Surf Life Saving if
you were not willing to contribute.
We all look forward to a little break to energise ourselves for the
upcoming 2012/13 season.
Wayne Jones
President
Brunswick SLSC
Another season has come and gone and it's with great pleasure
that the Brunswick SLSC submits its report for 2011/2012.
I would like to congratulate all our patrolling members on
attendance and conduct this season. Once again Brunswick
has had no major incidents. During this season our six
dedicated patrols looked after a total of 16747 beach attendees,
managed 36 first-aid cases, performed 17 rescues and 1418
prevented actions. Our club members gained 112 SLSC awards
this season, thank you all for a job well done.
We would also like to thank our after-hours crew who were oncall 24 / 7 to assist the duty officer with any incidents as they
arose.
Congratulations to Beau and Seth Carter on their outstanding
performance at the State Age Titles with their Gold and Silver
medals and to our team who attended the Country titles. The
team members did the club proud with Brunswick SLSC coming
in 16th position out of the 33 clubs in attendance.
December saw our 17th Masters Carnival held with trying
conditions and the inaugural Con Assumussen trophy for the
Best Carnival Effort won by XXXXXXX with a perfect one wave
ride from the cans to the beach.
This season saw our club assisting and participating in the
Mullum to Bruns Paddle and our 8th Brunswick Family Triathlon.
We also conducted the 'Big Bruns Ball' as a fundraiser for our
club and cystic fibrosis Australia which we hope to make an
annual event.
December also saw a very successful cadet camp with 18 of
our young lifesavers learning some essential skills and having a
lot of fun and sleepover camp at Dicky Beach on the Sunshine
Coast where these skills were further honed.
Thank you to the Branch officials and executives who assisted
our club over the season, surfcom for their professional
conduct throughout the year, Jimmy Keough for an outstanding
job as our duty officer and hope to see you all again next year
between the flags.
Craig Reid
President
Byron Bay
Byron Bay SLSC
It gives me great pleasure to deliver this report on the past
season. The 2011 -2012 season proved to be exciting and very
successful for the Byron Bay Surf Club. With the distinction of
being awarded once again the Far North Coast Branch Club of
the Year. And numerous other awards we received at the awards
of excellence. This of course comes from committing a lot of
time and hard work. Our executive does an incredible job
keeping up to date with Surf Life Saving guidelines and
requirements.
Surf sports has always been a big part of the Byron Bay Club.
This year I am proud to say once again we have successfully
defended not only the Far North Coast Branch Championships
but also the New South Wales Country Championships.
Performances at the New South Wales State and Australian
Championships were also of a high standard with strong
performances in all ages and disciplines. These achievements
are a credit to our many coaches who give up their time to
instruct our competitors to perform an elite level.
The continually changing Surf Life Saving requirements place
more and more responsibility on our club members to be trained
and perform at a very high level.
This year I believe we have increased our overall performance
on all aspects of Surf Life Saving and throughout the 20112012 season the membership of the Byron bay Surf Life Saving
club has continued to build on the clubs impressive history.
Participation in training and certification programs has
increased and overall our patrols have been extremely strong.
Unfortunately late this season there was a tragedy on and un
patrolled beach close to patrol area in which two young men
drowned and another was successfully rescued. The rostered
patrol was quickly in attendance and acted with outstanding
precision, however this had left the patrol area in great need of
assistance,
Within a very short period of time and with out hesitation both
our neighbouring clubs Brunswick and Lennox had sent
patrolling members to our aid.
It is great to know that no matter what happens we are all there
to help each other. I would personally like to thank these clubs
and their participating members for such a quick response in
assisting on that day. THANK YOU.
Again we have had a successful nipper season with growing
numbers and with this we also see the increasing number of
parents becoming more involved in organizing water safety,
running barbeques or just simply helping out. This of course
was skillfully coordinated by JAC president Joanne Kay and her
committee which have done an excellent job during the season
The branch development camps again were a great success this
year with the younger members of the Byron Bay club having
had a great time thanks to Paul Smith and the many that help
out at these events
Rescue equipment is first class thanks to the many sponsors
who contribute to this necessary cause. This equipment has
been wonderfully maintained though out the year by Woody
Vidgen and Rodger Beadman. Thanks must also go to the
operational members who perform the increasing emergency
call out duties.
Thanks to the clubs major sponsors THE BEACH HOTEL,
BEACH SUITES, BYRON BAY WINTER WHALES , SOUTHERN
CROSS UNIVERSITY, BYRON BAY TRIATHALON ,and GEORGE
AND HEATHER KNOTT who believe in what we provide for our
local community and supporting our members.
Our minor sponsors too play a big part in making the Byron Bay
Surf Club what it is today. The Byron Bay Club continues to
grow thanks to all who contribute, for with out your generosity
we would simply not exist.
In closing I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the Far
North Coast executives and officials for their assistance and
support during the past season and wish the in coming office
bearers all the best for the coming year ahead.
Neil Cameron.
President.
Ballina Lighthouse SLSC
Sometimes it is best to delay jumping on deadlines to produce
reports to reflect on our past season. This year is one such
occasion.
In 2010/11 we were in negotiations with Ballina Shire Council to
create a workable solution for life saving facilities at Ballina. As
of last week, our Council provided an landmark development
application consent to ensure appropriate surf life saving
facilities will be constructed at Lighthouse beach that provide a
key surveillance to North Wall.
Council's desire to move forward promptly once approval was
granted manifested with a request to clear out the old storage
buildings quickly, and relocate our surf lifesaving facilities back
to Shelley Beach. Arrangements were made for a Club work day
to allow for all surf life saving equipment to be moved to Shelley
Beach – the rollup was brilliant with members from all elements
of the Club in attendance.
That decision also had an unintended consequence today, and
illustrated the argument of why the availability of beach
surveillance is so important to effective life saving. Just before
lunch, two French backpackers stopped at Shelley Beach to
enjoy a classic North Coast day. Unfortunately, they also took
the opportunity to enjoy a swim. Fortunately, through early
detection by a Club member and with lifesaving assets
immediately accessible Club members were able to recover the
patients and provide appropriate recovery support until
Ambulance paramedics arrived.
Once again, I would like to thank all our patrolling members who
recognise our key responsibility of providing a safe surf
experience for visitors. This year has been incredibly busy for
our Club. The billboard statistics show over 4,300 hours of
patrolling, 94 rescues, 1331 preventative actions and 28 first
aid actions. Given the unfriendly beach conditions we
experienced over summer, the concentration of interventions is
over-represented. We were involved in the search for a missing
Korean tourist in the Richmond River, which had a tragic
outcome – a preventable drowning that again highlights the
need for more effective education for travelers to our shores.
128 lifesaving training awards were completed, and supports
our club strategy to ensure professionally trained and resourced
patrols for our beach. My thanks to our Chief Training Officer
Rod Balkin who dedicated more than 350 hours to club and
branch training events through the season.
As is evident through the 307 surf clubs around Australia, an
incredible amount of work happens off the beach to ensure our
core function is seamless as possible. We have a tremendous
management committee and JAC sub-committee and my
sincere thanks for their work for our club this season.
I commented last year on our improving youth member
retention and this became more evident this season. It is a
genuine pleasure to engage with these fine young people as
they put back into their community – we are very proud to
include them in our club roster.
A return to the competition arena this year saw our first Far
North Coast rep for some time with Isabella Jones joining the
Inter-branch squad. Special mention to Emma Roberts for her
success in Masters competition and it was great to see a
surfboat crew meeting the starter's gun at the Aussies this year.
Over the season a decision was made to ensure the Red and
Gold cap is part of our compulsory uniform. Interestingly, in
speaking to our younger members this is important as they
recognize they have “earned the right to wear the cap”. Given
the high percentage of members that supported the decision it
is a positive endorsement of our heritage.
Our beaches are a safer place from our presence, and in closing
my heartfelt thanks to every member who fronted for their
patrols to ensure a safe surf experience in Ballina.
Kris Beavis
Club President
Evans Head SLSC
Another season has come and gone and it's with great pleasure
that we present the report for Evans Head-Casino SLSC for
the 2011/2012.
Under the leadership of Teena Redman, nippers had a good
season with some of them having never been in the surf before
they started nippers.
We would like to congratulate all our patrolling members on
attendance and conduct this season. Once again Evans HeadCasino has had no major incidents.
During this season our eight dedicated patrols performed over
4120 patrol hours looked after a total of 9886 beach attendees,
managed 18 first-aid cases, performed 59 rescues and 372
prevented actions.
We would like to thank Byron Bay and Ballina Surf Clubs for
assisting with patrols early in the season while a new group of
members gained their awards to fill our patrols, this assistance
was much appreciated by our members.
This season our club members gained 306 senior lifesaving
awards and all juniors gained Surf Ed awards this season,
thanks to Tim Payne club Chief Instructor and his team of
instructors for a job well done to help increase the skills of our
members.
Congratulations to our 180 Boat Crew on their outstanding
performance at all levels of competition with the highlight taking
out Gold for the third year at the Australian Titles and Gold at the
State Titles & Country Titles. The 160 Boat Crew also
congratulation on Silver at the Australian Titles.
It was also great to see a small number of competitors attending
Branch and state titles, gaining great results for a first time
competing.
This season saw our club host its inaugural Ocean Swim a
great effort in organising this event by the our ocean swim subcommittee lead by Ray Adams and Michael Pontefract, despite
the weather, this was a successful day and enjoyed by all who
attended.
Tis season we said good bye to Maria Ellis who has been age
manager for the past 8 years we thank her for all her hard work.
For the first time we took 4 nippers to the SLS Pool
Championships at Lismore Uni the kids that a great day.
Thank you to the parents that helped out on the day. Our under
10's to under13's done there basic First Aid this season with a
few of them now doing a patrol.
A big thank you to Craig Ellis and the water safety crew for
keeping us safe. Some of our nippers took part in the beef week
parade what a great day.
This season saw our club completing stage one of extensions,
with our new veranda giving us extra essential storage space for
rescue equipment. We are looking forward to the next stage
with the roof going on to the veranda.
Thank you to the Branch officials and executives who assisted
our club over the season, Surfcom for their professional
conduct throughout the year.
Evans Head is a safer place from our presence, thank you to
every member who fronted for their patrols to ensure the
aquatic public have a safe experience while in Evans Head, we
hope to see you all again next year between the flags.
Evans Head-Casino Committee
Yamba SLSC
It is my pleasure to present the annual report on behalf of
Yamba SLSC for the 2011/2012 season with the knowledge that
we are able to report that 'no lives were lost during patrol hours
'again this season. Thank you to all patrolling members for your
vigilance and service.
Major repairs were carried out to the clubhouse during the offseason, following the boat shed fire in February 2011. The club
also received a State Surf Club Facilities Development grant to
renovate the upstairs toilets and relocate the office/storage
areas.
Heavy seas during the season did result in a significant loss of
sand from Main beach, which forced some activities to be held
at nearby Turner's and Convent beaches. We are very fortunate
to have access to these beaches when conditions require
relocation from Main beach.
Both the Junior and Senior Branch Championships were held at
Turner's beach in February 2012 and congratulations must go to
all club members for the preparation, support and clean-up after
both events. Thank you to all Branch officials for the conduct of
both carnivals. A job well done by all involved.
The second Jacob Lollback Memorial Board Race was held in
October 2011 with 150 competitors entered. Hugh Dougherty
was a popular winner of the 4klm race.
The Yamba Ocean Swims were held in January 2012, with 250
swimmers entered. Shivaun Street won the 700m and Alyce
Bennett the 2klm ladies races. Winners of the mens races were
Ben Schafer (700m) and Joe Dougherty (2klm).
In April 2012Yamba SLSC hosted the Branch U15-17
Leadership Development Camp, led by Paul Smith, with over 40
participants attending. A successful weekend for all involved.
Total Club membership reached 695 during the season, with all
categories of membership maintaining similar levels to the
2010/2011 season. Nipper numbers total 209 (202 in
2010/2011).
Congratulations to life members Max Godbee OAM, and Don
Lee for achieving Surf Life Saving long service awards, 50yrs
and 40yrs respectively.
Awards training have continued to develop under the leadership
of Training Coordinator Kim Morgans and his team of trainers
and assessors. Awards gained during the season were SRC 10,
Bronze 17, ARTC 7, Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
5, SM IRB Drivers 3, IRB Crew 15, Spinal Management 18, and
Apply First Aid 17. Congratulations to all the new award
members and the training team. Thank you to Geoff Horsey and
Larry Platt for attending and assessing our applicants.
In the Competition arena our Masters competitors were
medallists at both State and Australian titles. Chris Outteridge
won gold at the Australian titles (Over 40 board riding), with
bronze medals to Joe Dougherty (30-34 Board and Rescue
Tube) and Ben Plunkett (35-39 2klm race). Congratulations to
the U19 boat crew for finishing 5th in the final at the Australian
titles.
At the State titles gold medals were won by Joe Fahey (35-39
Ironman and single ski), Ben Plunkett (35-39 2klm run) and
Chris Outteridge (Over 40 board riding). The over 110 years
Surf team of Joe Fahey, Peter Rheinberger and Jim Dougherty
won silver and bronze medals went to Chris Outteridge (45-49
board race) and Peter Rheinberger (50-54 yrs Rescue Tube
race). In the Junior competition arena our most successful
competitor this season was Liam Foster with a bronze medal in
the U12 beach sprint at the State titles.
During the season Club members met with Belinda Camp to
complete the bronze and silver checklists for the Quality Club
Program. Good progress is being achieved with the checklists.
The club has reviewed and prepared a new constitution which
will be presented to a special general meeting of the club prior
to the AGM to be held in July 2012.
Special thanks to all our Sponsors. Your continued support is
greatly appreciated.
Thank you to SLSA, SLSNSW and to Wilson Cregan and the Far
North Coast Branch Executive for your advice and support
during the season.
Alan Schofield
President
Surfcom
This season Surfcom Ballina, and Far North Coast Branch took
on some new challenges and roles in radio-communications.
Normal daily operations saw Surfcom Ballina covering all surf
clubs within the Far North Coast Branch, North Coast Branch
and Mid North Coast Branch. Connecting to each Branch via
radio is now as simple as flicking a switch! This new system
has had it's challenges, working through them meant that no
Patrol or Support Service was without a Surfcom for
emergency backup.
This season saw Surfcom accumulated 1298.5 hours, thanks to
the efforts of a few core operators Ian Leven clocking up 363.8
hours, Jillian Pratten, Roanna Cullen, Damian McDonald, Geoff
Horsey all recording over 150 hours in the radio room.
Thanks to Roanna Cullen for managing the Surfcom roster this
season and making sure that our members on the beach were
always covered if an emergency were to accrue.
All the SurfCom Ballina operators have adapted to the new
communications system well and have taken it as a personal
challenge to learn how to operate the new technology. Clubs
should also be proud of their members who not only do beach
patrols, but also give their valuable time to assist the wider Surf
Life Saving community by volunteering at Surfcom.
Next season Surfcom will move to Shelly Beach Club House in
Ballina till permanent premises becomes available during the
building of the new Ballina-Lighthouse Surf Club, thanks once
again to the Ballina Surf Club for their housing of Surfcom for
the Branch.
Finally, thanks go to all Club and Support Service members for
their continued support in the SurfCom program as it is there to
benefit them, and ultimately to assist in their welfare and most
importantly, help to save lives!
We are desperately short of SurfCom operators so if anyone is
interested in becoming an operator next season, please email
[email protected] or contact FNC Branch. Your
help will be greatly appreciated!
Ballina Jet Boat Service
Last year, we launched the new boat in March 2011. It is now
approaching 100 hrs on the clock and has proven itself in over
40 responses to incidents on the Ballina Bar and on the coast
from Evans Head to the Tweed.
Our Service gained accreditation for 'Marine Rescue Unit
Category 1 (Ministerial Limited – Bar Operations Only) by the
State Rescue Board of New South Wales in December 1994.
Historically, five of our members have gained Meritorious
Bravery Awards for rescues performed in treacherous seas on
and around the Ballina Bar.
Ballina Shire Council.
In 2011, we renewed our relationship with Gold Coast Jet Boat
to assist with renewing our proficiencies and assessing awards.
We thank them for their assistance.
The group was successful in obtaining grant funding in 11/12 to
repair the Jet Boat Shed in Regatta Avenue. Works undertaken
included a new walkway, jetty and pylons, new slab and winch
for launching the Jet Ski, new roller doors, new roof, paint job,
repairs to electrical, additional lighting, new winch for boat to
address OHS issues with cable of old system and also provide
free spool option for rapid deployment and new signage. We
also cleaned out the shed and installed new cupboards and gear
racks as well as installing a hot water system.
The essential maintenance listed above will last many years and
greatly assist with service delivery. Elton Cummings and Mark
Puglisi have done a superb job organising the works.
As a group we have also discussed our service requirements for
Jet Ski's and how we can best integrate as a support service on
the North Coast. This resulted in a group decision to dispose of
our second Jet Ski via a sale to Branch. The group would also
like to thank Michael Pontefract with his assistance in training
our groups Jet Ski operators.
In December 2012 Elton Cummings and I were invited to
Sydney for the annual NSW Maritime Awards Ceremony. I was
very proud to receive on behalf of the group, the NSW Maritime
Medal for Services to the Community. This award recognised
the group's years of service to the boating community and
further cemented our reputation for quality aquatic response and
rescue. The Medal and Plaque were presented by the NSW
Minister for Roads and Maritime, Mr. Duncan Gay.
The group really has functioned effectively over the last 12
months and the future looks great. We have the ongoing
challenge to ensure compliance with both State Rescue Board
proficiency and accreditation requirements as well as SLSNSW.
Something we take very seriously.
The continuation of our service wouldn't be possible without the
support of major sponsors including the Menegazzo Family,
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation, Ballina RSL and
Surf Life Saving NSW.
I personally wish to acknowledge the efforts of our leadership
group which includes Mark Puglisi, Simon Fogarty, Bradley
Heard, Geoff Horsey, Ross Trease, Terry Mortimer and Elton
Cummings.
At our 2010/11 Annual General Meeting, we were extremely
pleased to recognise the first Life Member of the service. This
significant recognition for years of service as driver, crew, head
mechanic and project manager for “Surf Arrestor” was awarded
to Ross Trease
Finally I acknowledge the service of all of our volunteers who
make the JRB what it is. Without their sacrifice in time and
dedication, we simply don't exist.
We thank our ongoing major service sponsors; Ballina
Fishermans Co-op, Kevin Geaghan Funerals, Ballina Car
Experts, Ballina Brake and Exhaust, Corporate Insurance
Brokers, Ballina Pipeline Plumbing, Cummings Retravision and
Gary Murphy
President
ORGANISATION / AWARD
Ballina Jet Boat Surf Rescue
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply advanced resuscitation techniques (HLTFA404B)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
ATV Operator Certificate
JRB Crew Certificate
JRB Driver Certificate
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury (PUAEME004A)
Provide work skill Instruction (TAEDEL301A)
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Spinal Management
Training Officer Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
Training Officer ATV
Training Officer Bronze Medallion
Training Officer IRB
Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore SLSC
Administer Oxygen in an Emergency Situation (PUAEME003C)
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply advanced resuscitation techniques (HLTFA404B)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self-Rescue Skills (PUASAR012C)
Assess competence (TAEASS402B)
Assessor Bronze Medallion
ATV Operator Certificate
Basic Emergency Care
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21010)
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Contribute to Assessment (TAEASS301A)
Design and develop learning programs (TAEDES401A)
Facilitator Senior First Aid
Facilitator Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Facilitator Spinal Management
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
IRB Crew Certificate
JRB Crew Certificate
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Maintain Training and Assessment Information (TAETAS401A)
Mentor in the Workplace (TAEDEL404A)
Operate a Semi-Automatic Defibrillator in an Emergency (PUAOPE010B)
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Operate Communications Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE013A)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR013A)
Participate in assessment validation (TAEASS403B)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201B)
Plan assessment activities and processes (TAEASS401B)
Plan organise and deliver group based learning (TAEDEL401A)
Plan organise and facilitate learning in the workplace (TAEDEL402A)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury (PUAEME004A)
Provide work skill Instruction (TAEDEL301A)
Radio Operator Certificate
Resuscitation Certificate
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Surf Sports - Scrutineer Official
Training Officer Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
Training Officer ATV
Training Officer Bronze Medallion
Training Officer IRB
Use training packages and accredited courses to meet client needs (TAEDES402A)
Total
Members
Male
Members
Female
Members
35
5
3
1
1
2
3
1
1
3
1
1
4
2
1
1
2
2
1
487
5
30
7
19
15
7
5
21
1
1
18
1
26
5
21
1
26
1
1
1
1
1
26
5
2
11
1
1
5
5
21
1
5
21
1
5
22
1
1
1
21
5
3
6
2
1
11
3
16
2
2
1
2
3
4
2
1
35
5
3
1
1
2
3
1
1
3
1
1
4
2
1
1
2
2
1
338
3
20
4
12
10
4
2
15
1
1
15
0
17
2
15
1
17
1
1
1
1
1
17
4
2
9
1
1
3
2
15
1
2
15
1
2
15
1
1
1
15
2
3
5
1
0
9
3
13
1
1
1
2
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
149
2
10
3
7
5
3
3
6
0
0
3
1
9
3
6
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
9
1
0
2
0
0
2
3
6
0
3
6
0
3
7
0
0
0
6
3
0
1
1
1
2
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
VHF Marine Licence
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004D)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Brunswick
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
IRB Crew Certificate
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations (PUASAR014A)
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201B)
Prepare Maintain and Test Response Equipment (PUAEQU001B)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Undertake a Rescue Operation in a Small Powercraft (PUASAR010B)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Byron Bay
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply first aid (HLTFA301C)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Assess Competence (TAEASS402A)
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving)
IRB Crew Certificate
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations (PUASAR014A)
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Participate in Assessment Validation (TAEASS403A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Plan assessment activities and processes (TAEASS401A)
Prepare Maintain and Test Response Equipment (PUAEQU001B)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Provide work skill Instruction (TAEDEL301A)
Silver Medallion Advanced Emergency Care
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Undertake a Rescue Operation in a Small Powercraft (PUASAR010B)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Cabarita Beach
Administer Oxygen in an Emergency Situation (PUAEME003C)
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply advanced resuscitation techniques (HLTFA404B)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self-Rescue Skills (PUASAR012C)
Assessor Bronze Medallion
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21010)
1
5
21
26
262
7
16
7
16
15
15
15
15
15
7
8
1
15
2
15
15
2
2
15
5
1
10
2
9
2
15
15
946
52
71
52
59
13
55
1
55
55
55
55
2
21
6
7
55
5
55
1
55
1
8
1
55
1
1
3
8
5
6
9
8
55
55
180
1
10
15
9
1
15
1
7
1
7
1
7
1
2
15
17
159
3
11
3
11
9
9
9
9
9
5
3
1
9
2
9
9
1
2
9
3
1
5
2
5
2
9
9
685
43
39
43
33
7
41
0
41
41
41
41
1
15
6
7
41
4
41
0
41
0
8
1
41
0
0
1
8
3
0
7
8
41
41
85
1
7
8
6
1
8
1
2
0
2
1
2
0
3
6
9
103
4
5
4
5
6
6
6
6
6
2
5
0
6
0
6
6
1
0
6
2
0
5
0
4
0
6
6
261
9
32
9
26
6
14
1
14
14
14
14
1
6
0
0
14
1
14
1
14
1
0
0
14
1
1
2
0
2
6
2
0
14
14
95
0
3
7
3
0
7
0
5
1
5
0
5
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
IRB Crew Certificate
Operate a Semi-Automatic Defibrillator in an Emergency (PUAOPE010B)
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Operate Communications Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE013A)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR013A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201B)
Prepare Maintain and Test Response Equipment (PUAEQU001B)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
Surf Coach Level 1
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Training Officer ATV
Undertake a Rescue Operation in a Small Powercraft (PUASAR010B)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004D)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Cudgen Headland
Administer Oxygen in an Emergency Situation (PUAEME003C)
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply advanced resuscitation techniques (HLTFA404B)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Assess Competence (TAEASS402A)
Assessor Spinal Management
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Contribute to Assessment (TAEASS301A)
Design and Develop Assessment tools (TAEASS502A)
Design and develop learning programs (TAEDES401A)
Facilitator Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
Facilitator Spinal Management
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
IRB Crew Certificate
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Maintain Safety at an Incident Scene (PUAOHS002B)
National Medal
Operate a Semi-Automatic Defibrillator in an Emergency (PUAOPE010B)
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Participate in Assessment Validation (TAEASS403A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201B)
Plan assessment activities and processes (TAEASS401A)
Plan organise and deliver group based learning (TAEDEL401A)
Plan organise and facilitate learning in the workplace (TAEDEL402A)
Prepare Maintain and Test Response Equipment (PUAEQU001B)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Provide work skill Instruction (TAEDEL301A)
Radio Operator Certificate
Search as a Member of an Aquatic Search Team (PUASAR011C)
Silver Medallion Aquatic Rescue
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
State Lifeguard of the Year
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Surf Sports - Boat Sweep accreditation
Surf Survival
Training Officer ATV
Undertake a Rescue Operation in a Small Powercraft (PUASAR010B)
Use training packages and accredited courses to meet client needs (TAEDES402A)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Evans Head / Casino SLSC
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
8
8
2
1
1
7
1
7
7
3
7
1
6
3
9
2
4
8
1
3
1
7
8
411
5
8
24
7
6
23
20
5
1
19
20
1
20
1
1
1
1
1
20
2
6
1
1
5
20
2
20
5
18
1
5
1
1
5
1
20
1
1
1
1
10
5
6
1
2
13
1
22
3
5
1
20
20
312
7
7
3
3
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
1
4
3
4
1
1
2
1
3
1
2
3
265
3
6
16
5
4
15
11
4
1
10
11
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
11
2
6
1
1
3
11
2
11
4
10
1
4
1
1
5
1
11
1
0
1
1
6
5
5
1
0
9
1
15
3
5
1
11
11
213
5
3
5
5
2
0
0
5
0
5
5
0
5
0
2
0
5
1
3
6
0
0
0
5
5
146
2
2
8
2
2
8
9
1
0
9
9
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
2
9
0
9
1
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
9
0
1
0
0
4
0
1
0
2
4
0
7
0
0
0
9
9
99
2
4
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self-Rescue Skills (PUASAR012C)
Assess competence (TAAASS402C)
Assessor Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
ATV Operator Certificate
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21010)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
IRB Crew Certificate
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Operate Communications Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE013A)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR013A)
Participate in assessment validation (TAAASS404B)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201B)
Plan and organise assessment (TAAASS401C)
Prepare Maintain and Test Response Equipment (PUAEQU001B)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Provide work skill Instruction (TAEDEL301A)
Radio Operator Certificate
Resuscitation Certificate
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Training Officer Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
Training Officer ATV
Undertake a Rescue Operation in a Small Powercraft (PUASAR010B)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004D)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Fingal Rovers
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Assess Competence (TAEASS402A)
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Contribute to Assessment (TAEASS301A)
Design and Develop Assessment tools (TAEASS502A)
Design and develop learning programs (TAEDES401A)
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Participate in Assessment Validation (TAEASS403A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Plan assessment activities and processes (TAEASS401A)
Plan organise and deliver group based learning (TAEDEL401A)
Plan organise and facilitate learning in the workplace (TAEDEL402A)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Provide work skill Instruction (TAEDEL301A)
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Training Officer ATV
Use training packages and accredited courses to meet client needs (TAEDES402A)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Lennox Head Alstonville
Administer Oxygen in an Emergency Situation (PUAEME003C)
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply advanced resuscitation techniques (HLTFA404B)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply first aid (HLTFA301C)
7
6
11
9
1
3
15
20
11
9
20
20
3
3
11
9
1
11
9
1
10
9
1
1
9
11
3
6
7
1
1
4
7
2
5
1
11
9
20
107
1
3
1
4
6
1
6
6
1
6
1
1
1
6
7
6
3
6
1
7
1
1
1
2
6
2
1
5
1
1
6
6
356
1
6
25
3
4
26
1
5
3
7
7
1
2
13
14
7
7
14
14
2
1
7
7
1
7
7
1
6
7
1
1
7
7
1
3
3
1
1
1
4
2
4
1
7
7
14
93
1
3
1
4
5
1
5
5
1
5
1
1
1
5
7
5
3
5
1
6
1
1
1
2
5
1
1
3
1
1
5
5
246
0
4
13
2
2
12
1
2
3
4
2
0
1
2
6
4
2
6
6
1
2
4
2
0
4
2
0
4
2
0
0
2
4
2
3
4
0
0
3
3
0
1
0
4
2
6
14
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
110
1
2
12
1
2
14
0
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self-Rescue Skills (PUASAR012C)
ATV Operator Certificate
ATV Operator Induction
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21010)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Facilitator Advanced Resuscitation Techniques
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving)
IRB Crew Certificate
JRB Crew Certificate
JRB Driver Certificate
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Operate a Semi-Automatic Defibrillator in an Emergency (PUAOPE010B)
Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations (PUASAR014A)
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Operate Communications Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE013A)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR013A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201B)
Prepare Maintain and Test Response Equipment (PUAEQU001B)
Provide Basic Emergency Life Support (HLTFA201A)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Training Officer ATV
Undertake a Rescue Operation in a Small Powercraft (PUASAR010B)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004D)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Salt
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving)
Junior Activities Age Manager Course
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201B)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Spinal Management
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Surf Sports - Boat Sweep accreditation
Surf Survival
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
Yamba
Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate
Apply (Senior) First Aid
Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques (HLTFA404A)
Apply First Aid (HLTFA301B)
Apply Surf Awareness and Self Rescue Skills (PUASAR012B)
Bronze Medallion
Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) (PUA21004)
Communicate in the Workplace (PUACOM001C)
Follow Defined Occupational Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (PUAOHS001C)
Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving)
IRB Crew Certificate
Operate Communication Systems and Equipment (PUAOPE002B)
Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane)
Participate in an Aquatic Rescue Operation (PUASAR009B)
Perform CPR (HLTCPR201A)
Prepare Maintain and Test Response Equipment (PUAEQU001B)
Provide Emergency Care (PUAEME001B)
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Silver Medallion Advanced Emergency Care
Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management
Silver Medallion IRB Driver
Spinal Management
Surf Coach Level 1
Surf Official Level 1
Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)
Undertake a Rescue Operation in a Small Powercraft (PUASAR010B)
Work Effectively in a Public Safety Organisation (PUATEA004C)
Work in a Team (PUATEA001B)
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Australian Results
Male: 30-34 Yyrs:
Rescue Tube: 3rd J Dougherty Y
Surf Board: 3rd J Dougherty Y
35-39 Yyrs:
Beach Flags: 1st M Nelson CH
2km Run: 3rd B Plunkett Y
50-54 Yyrs:
Surf: 1st G Lawrence BB
Rescue Tube: 3rd G Lawrence BB
Surf Board Rescue: 2nd Byron Bay B
Surf Board: 2nd G Brodin BB
55-59 Yyrs:
Beach Sprint: 1st P Pattison BB
60-64 Yyrs:
Surf Ski: 1st F Middleton BB
150 Yyrs: Ski Relay: 1st Byron Bay A
Surf Teams: 3rd Byron Bay A
Surf Board Relay:
3rd Byron Bay A
160 Yyrs: Surf Boat: 2nd Evans Head / Casino Kings 3rd
Cudgen Headland Blue
180 Yyrs: Surf Boat: 1st Evans Head / Casino WCS
Female
40-44 Yyrs: Iron Woman: 3rd J Kay BB
Board Rescue: 1st Byron Bay A
Surf Board: 2nd J Kay BB
45-49 Yyrs: Surf Ski: 1st K Irwin BB
2km Run: 3rd J Colja CH
60-64 Yyrs: Surf Ski: 1st J Gielis CH
Surf Board: 3rd J Gielis CH
Sprint: 2nd J Gielis CH
Beach Flags: 1st J Gielis CH
110 Yyrs: Ski Relay: 2nd A Byron Bay A
Surf Board Relay: 1st Byron
130 Yyrs: Surf Teams: 2nd Byron Bay A
Taplin: 2nd A Byron Bay A
Mixed: 50-54 Yyrs: Double Ski: 3rd 1 Byron Bay A
170 Yyrs: Ski Relay: 3rd Byron Bay A
Under 15 Men's Surf Race Championship
2nd J Brown BB
Under 15 Iron Man Race Championship
3rd J Brown BB
Open Men's Surf Board Rescue Race Championship
2nd Cudgen Headland (B52)
Under 15 Men's Cameron Relay Race Championship
2nd Byron Bay (A)
Under 15 Men's Rescue Tube Race Championship
3rd J Brown BB
Under 15 Iron Woman Race Championship
1st E Heiniger BB
Under 15 Women's Surf Board Race Championship
3rd E Heiniger BB
Open Women's Surf Board Riding Championship
1st C Klein CH
2nd A Spence CH
Under 19 Women's Surf Board Riding Championship
1st C Klein CH
Under 19 Men's Surf Board Riding Championship
1st A Power BB
Under 15 Women's 2km Beach Run Championship
1st A Bakker LH
NSW State Titles
Open Male Board Rescue
1st Cudgen (B52)
Under 15 Male Board Rescue
3rd Byron Bay A
Under 15 Male Rescue Tube
1st J Brown BB
Under 17 Male Taplin
2nd Byron Bay A
Under 15 Female Board Rescue
1st Byron Bay
Under 17 Female Rescue Tube
1st K Fitzgibbons CH
Under 15 Female Rescue Tube
3rd E Heiniger BB
Under 15 Female Cameron
3rd Byron Bay
Under 15 Female Cameron Relay
3rd Byron Bay
Under 19 Male Sigle Cameron
3rd A Burns BB
Under 19 Double Ski
2nd Byron Bay A
Open Male Malibu Long Board Riding
2nd J Peayrson CH
Open Female Surf Board Riding
1st A Spence CH
Under 17 Surf Board Riding
1st A Spence CH
Under 15 Female Surf Board Riding
3rd A Hurt CH
Under 19 Female Board Relay
3rd Cudgen Blue
Under 15 Female Board Relay
3rd Byron Bay A
Under 15 Male Beach Relay
2nd Cudgen Headland Blue
Under 15 Female 2km Run
2nd A Bakker LH
40-44 yyrs Womens Surf Race
3rd E Roberts Bal
55-59 yyrs Womens Surf Race
1st V MCKAIN BB, 3rd S Eke CH
60-64
Womens Surf Race
1st J Gielis CH
130 Womens Surf Teams Race
1st Byron Bay A
130 yyrs min Womens Taplin Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A
Womens Taplin Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A 2nd Cudgen Headland blue
40-44
Iron Woman Race
1st H MURRAYi BB 3rd J KAY BB
30-34 yyrs Womens Single Ski Race
1st K WILKINSON BB
40-44 yyrs Womens Single Ski Race
1st J KAY BB
60-64 yyrs Womens Single Ski Race
1st L HARVEY BB, 2nd J Gielis CH
110 yyrs min Womens Single Ski Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A
150 yyrs min Womens Single Ski Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A
30-44 yyrs Womens Double Ski Race
2nd Byron Bay A
45 yyrs & over Womens Double Ski Race
3rd Byron Bay A
45-49 yyrs Womens Surf Board Race
3rd C Outteridge Y
40-44 yyrs Womens Surf Board Race
2nd J KAY BB
60-64 yyrs Womens Surf Board Race
1st J Gielis CH
110 yyrs Womens Surf Board Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A
150yyrs min Womens Surf Board Relay Race
1st Cudgen Headland blue
55-59
yrs Womens Rescue Tube Race
1st V McKain BB, 2nd S Eke CH
160yyrs Womens Rescue Tube Race
1st J Gielis CH
150 yyrs min Mens Taplin Relay Race
1st Byron Bay B 2nd Byron Bay A
170 yyrs min Taplin Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A
50-54
Mens Surf Race
1st G LAWRENCE BB
55-59 yyrs Mens Surf Race
3rd H Klouzal CH
110 yyrs Mens Surf Teams Race
2nd Yamba Gold
150yyrs Mens Surf Teams Race
1st Byron Bay A 2nd Byron Bay B
35-39
Iron Man Race
1st J Fahey Y
150 Iron Man Race
1st G BRODIN BB
35-39
Mens Single Ski Race
1st J Fahey Y
50-54
Mens Single Ski Race
1st G LAWRENCE BB
60-64
yyrs Mens Single Ski Race
2nd F MIDDLETON BB
150s min Mens Single Ski Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A
170s min Single Ski Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A
40-44
yrs Mens Double Ski Race
1st Redhead A 2nd Byron Bay A
50-54
yrs Double Ski Race
1st Byron Bay B 2nd Redhead B 3rd Byron Bay A
60-64
Double Ski Race
1st Byron Bay A
50-54
yrs Mens Surf Board Race
1st MUSTOE, Colin BB2nd BRODIN, Geoff BB)
150Mens Surf Board Relay Race
1st Byron Bay A 3rd Byron Bay B
55-59 yyrs Womens Beach Sprint
2nd Eke, Susan CH
45-49
Womens 2km Beach Run
2nd Colja, Joanne CH
35-39
Mens 2km Beach Run
1st Plunkett , Ben Y
65-69
Mens 1km Beach Run
2nd Buchanan, Charles CH
55-59
Mens Beach Sprint
1st PATTISON, Paul BB
Mens Beach Flags
1st M Nelson CH, 3rd J Rigley EH
180yrs min Surf Boat Race
1st Evans Head-Casino WCs
220s min Surf Boat Race
2nd Byron Bay GREATS
40& over Mens Short Board Riding
2nd J Peayrson CH
40 & over Short Board Riding
1st C Outteridge Y
NSW Country Titles
Male Ski 1st 30-39 P Yopp BB,
Male Ski 40-49 1st L O'Connor BB, 2nd T Peacock BB
Male Ski 50-59 1st P Irwin BB, 3rd J Flemming BB
Male Ski 60-69 1st F Middleton BB, 3rd M Tutt BB,
Open Male Ski 3rd S McCartney CH
U19 Male Ski 1st T Burns BB, 3rd A Burns BB
U17 Male Ski1st C Green BB,
Open Male Ski Relay 1st Byron Bay B, 2nd Byron Bay B,
U19 Male Ski Relay 1st Byron Bay B, 2nd Byron Bay B,
U17 Male Ski Relay 1st Byron Bay A,
Open Double Ski 1st Byron Bay A, 3rd Byron Bay E
40-49 Female Ski 1st K Irwin BB, 3rd J Kay BB
60+ Female Ski L Harvey BB
U19 Female Ski 2nd Y Nelson-Chapman BB, 3rd E Leaver CH
U17 Female Ski 1st H Colman BB, 2nd M Rowley BB
Open Female Ski Relay 1st Byron Bay (A), 2nd Byron Bay (B)
3rd Cudgen Headland (Blue)
120+ Surf Boat 2nd Cudgen Headland (Blue)
180+ Surf Boat 1st Evans Head-Casino (Twilights)
Reserve Grade Surf Boat 1st Byron Bay (Georges Boys)
U19 Surf Boat 2nd Yamba (Gold)
Open Ironman 3rd J Cain CH
30+ Male Board Rescue 3rd Byron Bay (D)
Under 19 Ironman 2nd H Thomas LH
U17 Ironman 1st M Thomas LH,
U15 Ironman 1st J Brown BB,
Open Male Board Rescue 2nd Cudgen Headland (Blue) 3rd
Cudgen Headland (White)
U19 Board Rescue 2nd Lennox Head (A)
U17 Board Rescue 1st Lennox Head (A),
U15 Male Board Rescue 1st Byron Bay (B),
Open Taplin 2nd Cudgen Headland (Blue) 3rd Byron Bay (A)
U17 Male Taplin 1st Byron Bay (A), 2nd Lennox Head (A)
U15 Female Cameron 1st Byron Bay (A) 3rd Cudgen (White)
30+ Ironwoman 3rd H Murray BB
30+ Female Board Rescue 1st Byron Bay (A) 3rd Lennox
Head (A)
Open Ironwoman 2nd S Hulbert-Green BB 3rd E Heiniger BB
U19 Ironwoman 2nd E Leaver CH
U15 Ironwoman 1st E Heiniger BB, 2nd C Moriarty BB
Open Female Board Rescue 1st Byron Bay (A) 2nd Lennox
Head (B) 3rd Cudgen Headland (White)
U19 Female Board Rescue 1st Cudgen Headland (White), 2nd
Byron Bay (A), 3rd Lennox Head (A)
U17 Female Board Rescue 3rd Byron Bay (A)
U15 Female Board Rescue 1st Byron Bay (A)
U19 Female Taplin 1st Cudgen Headland (White), 2nd Byron
Bay (A)
U17 Female Taplin 3rd Byron Bay (A)
U15 Female Cameron 1st Byron Bay (A)
Senior Board Rescue
2nd Cudgen Headland (Red)
30-39 Male Board 2nd J Dougherty Y
40-49 Male Board 2nd M McMullen BB
50-59 Male Board 1st G Brodin, 2nd C Mustoe BB 3rd P
Pattison BB
60+ Male Board 3rd F Middleton BB
Open Male Board 1st S McCartney CH 3rd N Gray CH
U19 Male Board 2nd H Thomas LH
U17 Male Board 1st J McGoldrick LH, 2nd M Thomas LH
U15 Maed Board 2nd J Brown BB
Open Male Board Relay 1st Cudgen Headland (Blue) 3rd
Lennox Head (A)
U19 Male Board Relay 1st Lennox (A)
U17 Male Board Relay 1st Lennox (A) 2nd Byron Bay (A)
U15 Male Board Relay 1st Byron Bay (A) 3rd Lennox (A)
40-49 Female Board 1st H Murray BB, 2nd J Kay BB, 3rd C
Outteridge Y
50-59 Female Board 2nd K Wilson BB
Open Female Board 3rd S Hulbert-Green BB
U17 Female Board 3rd M Gray LH
U15 Female Board 3rd C Moriarty BB
Open Female Board Relay 1st Byron Bay (A) 2nd Cudgen
Headland (White) 3rd Byron Bay (B)
U19 Female Board Relay 2nd Cudgen Headland (White) 3rd
Byron Bay (A)
U17 Female Board Relay 3rd Byron Bay (A)
U15 Female Board Relay 1st Byron Bay (A)
Open Male Board Riding 3rd A Power BB
U19 Male Board Riding 2nd A Power BB
U17 Male Board Riding 1st B McHugh-Easy BH
Open Female Board Riding 3rd C Brennan BH
U17 Female Board Riding 1st Z Arthur BH
U15 Female Board Riding 3rd A Hill BH
Open Male Surf Race 2nd N Gray CH
U19 Male Surf Race 2nd H Thomas LH
U17 Male Surf Race 1st Thomas LH
U15 Mle Surf Race 1st J Brown BB 3rd A Byrne BB
30-39 Male Surf Race 1st J Dougherty Y
40-49 Male Surf Race 3rd T Peacock BB
50-59 Male Surf Race 1st C Mustoe BB 2nd P Rheinberger Y
3rd G Timperley BB
40-49 Male Rescue Tube 2nd T Peacock BB 3rd M McMullen
BB
50-59 Male Rescue Tube 1st P Rheinberger Y 2nd G
Templeman BB
Open Male Rescue Tube Rescue 1st Cudgen Headland (Blue)
U19 Male Rescue Tube Rescue 2nd Cudgen Headland
(Green)
U15 Male Rescue Tube 1st J Brown BB
Open Female Surf Race 1st S Hulbert-Green BB 2nd K
Fitzgibbons
U19 Female Surf Race 1st E Leaver CH 3rd M Beckerleg CH
U17 Female Surf Race 3rd M Gray LH
U15 Female Surf Race 1st E Heiniger BB 3rd C Moriarty BB
40-49 Female Surf Race 1st E Roberts Bal
Open Female Rescue Tube Race 3rd Cudgen Headland (Blue)
U19 Female Rescue Tube Race 1st Cudgne Headland (A)
U15 Female Tube 1st H Heiniger BB
Open Surf Teams 2nd Cudgen Headland (White) 3rd Byron
Bay (A)
U19 Surf Teams 1st Cudgne Headland (Blue)
U17 Surf Teams nd Lennox Head (A)
U15 Surf Teams 1st Byron Bay (A) 3rd Byron Bay (B)
All Age Surf Teams 1st Lennox Head (C) 2nd Byron Bay (A)
3rd Cudgen Headland (Blue)
U17 Male Beach Flags 1st M Oneill CH,
30-39 Male Beach Sprint 1st M Nelson CH
50-59 Male Beach Sprint 1st P Pttison BB
60+ Male Beach Sprint 1st G Pile BB 3rd F Middleton BB
30-39 Male Beach Flags 3rd M Nelson CH
50-59 Male Beach Flags 3rd P Pattison BB
60+ Male Beach Flags 1st Fred Middleton BB
Open 2km Beach Run 2nd P Smith BB
U15 2km Beach Run 1st L Chaffer CH
Open Male Beach Sprint 2nd M Oneill CH
U17 Male Beach Sprint 1st J Brodin BB 3rd M Oneill CH
Open Male Beach Relay 1st Cudgen Headland (Blue) 2nd
Cudgen Headland (White)
U17 Male Beach Relay 2nd Byron Bay (A)
Open Male Beach Relay 3rd M Oneil CH
U17 Female Beach Flags 3rd L Ocallaghan CH
30-39 Female Beach Sprint 1st S Miller LH
40-49 Female Beach Sprint 3rd N Swain BB
50-59 Female Beach Sprint 3rd S Eke CH
30-39 Female Beach Flags 3rd S Miller LH
50-59 Female Beach Flags 3rd S Eke CH
Open Female 2km Beach Run 1st H Murray BB 2nd K Lyndon
LH
U17 Female 2km Beach Run 3rd Z Heiniger BB
U15 Female 2km Beach Run 1st A Bakker LH
U19 Female Beach Sprint 1st E Leaver CH 2nd M Beckerleg
CH
Open Female Beach Relay 1st Lennox Head (A)
U15 Female Beach Relay 3rd Cudgen Headland (Blue)
U19 Female Beach Flag 1st E Leaver CH 2nd M Beckerleg CH
Branch Titles
Open:Ironman 1st S McCartney CH; 2ND N Gray CH; 3RD J
Dougherty Y
Ironwoman 1st S Hulbert-Green BB; 2nd M Gray LH.
Taplin Relay 1st Byron Bay A; 2nd Cudgen Headland; 3rd
Yamba;
2 km Run Female 1st C Harvey BB,
2 km Run Male G Brodie BB;
Surf Swim Male 1st J Dougherty Y, 2nd N Gray CH, 3rd J
Fahey Y
Surf Swim Female 1st J Greenlaw BB, 2nd S Green BB, 3rd E
Leaver CH;
Sprint Male 1st S McCartney CH, 2nd Ben Martin BB, 3rd D
Fahey Y,
Surf Teams 1st Yamba, 2nd Cudgen Headland;
Single Ski Male 1st T Burns BB, 2nd T Callan BB, 3rd L
O'Connor BB,
Flag Female 1st E Leaver CH, 2nd C Harvey BB, 3rd N Swain
BB
Flag Male 1st M O'Neill CH, 2nd T Dougherty Y,3rd D Day Y
Ski Female 1st S Hulbert-Green BB, 2nd Y Nelson BB, 3rd S
Coleman BB, BB,
Board Race Female 1st S Huylbert-Green BB, 2nd Jeda
Greenlaw BB;
Beach Relay 1st Yamba Old Boys :
2km Run Male B Irwin BB;
Ski Relay Male 1st Byron Bay A, 2nd Byron Bay B, 3rd
Byron Bay C,
Double Ski Male 1st Byron Bay A, 2nd Byron Bay B , 3rd
Byron Bay C;
Board Race Male 1st McCartney CH; 2nd Gray CH 3rd Brown
BB,
Double Ski Mixed 1st Byron Bay A, 2nd Byron Bay B, 3rd
Byron Bay C,
Board Relay 1st Cudgen Headland, 2nd Yamba, 3rd Byron
Bay;
Sprint Female 1st C Harry BB, 2nd E Leaver CH, 3rd K Tesch
CH;
Board Relay Female 1st Byron Bay A, 2nd Cudgen, 3rd Byron
Bay B;
Board Rescue Male Patkin/Smith Yamba, 2nd Fahey/Day
Yamba, 3rd Fahey/Dougherty Yamba
U19: Ironman 1st H Thomas LH; 2ND B Irwin BB; 3RD T
Callan BB.
Ironwoman 1st E Leaver CH.
2 km Run Male 1st T Callan BB.
Single Ski Female 1st Y Nelson BB, 2nd Elli Leaver CH, 3rd S
Coleman BB;
Surf Race Male 1st H Thomas LH, 2nd B Martin BB, 3rd T
Burns BB,
Single Ski Male 1st T Callan BB, 2nd H Thomas LH, 3rd B
Martin BB, 4th B Irwin BB, 5th T Burns BB;
Mixed Surf Teams 1st Byron Bay;
Flags Male 1st D Day Y, 2nd T Dougherty Y, 3rd B Fletcher CB,
4th K Day Y;
Board Race Female 1st E Leaver CH, 2nd S Coleman BB;
Board Race Male 1st H Thomas LH;
Double Ski Male 1st Byron Bay A; 2nd Byron Bay B; 3rd
Byron Bay C;
U17/19 Female Board Rescue 1st Fitzgibbons/Spence CH,
2nd Gray/Bakker, 3rd O'Mahoney/ O'Mahoney Yamba,
U17/19 Male Board Rescue 1st Spence/Fitzgibbons CH, 2nd
Gray/Bakker LH, 3rd Harvey/Kay BB; U17/19 Board Relay
Male Thomas/Thomas/McBrien LH, 2nd
Thomas/Thomas/Jake Yamba, 3rd Fahey/Fahey/Day Yamba;
Female Sprint 1st S Coleman BB, 2nd Y Nelson-Chapman BB
U17:Ironman 1st L Greenlaw BB, 2nd M Thomas LH, 3rd J
McBrien LH,
Single Ski Female 1st H Coleman BB, 2nd M Rowley BB, 3rd
M Gray LH,
Ironwoman 1st Z Heiniger BB, 2nd K Fitzgibbon CH, 3rd M
Gray LH;
Beach Sprint Male 1st J Brodin BB, 2nd M O'Neill CH, 3rd D
Fahey Y,
Flags Male 1st M O'Neill CH, 2nd J Brodin BB;
Single Ski Male 1st C Green BB, 2nd J McBrien LH, 3rd J
Brodin BB
Surf Teams 1st Lennox Head, 2nd Cudgen Headland;
Surf Race Female 1st A Spence CH, 2nd M Gray LH, 3rd Z
Heiniger BB,
Surf Race Male 1st M Thomas LH, 2nd J McBrien LH, 3rd L
Greenlaw BB,
Surf Board Riding Female A Spence CH; Male 1st A MacPhail
CH;
Flags Female 1st K Fitzgibbon CH; 2nd M Gray LH, 3rd Z
heiniger BB,
Board Race Female 1st M Gray LH, 2nd A Spence CH, 3rd Z
Heiniger BB,
Board Race Male 1st Thomas LH, 2nd Brodin BB, 3rd
McBrien LH,
Sprint Relay 1st Yamba, 2nd Cudgen;
Sprint Female 1st M Rowley BB, 2nd K Tesch CH, 3rd H
Coleman BB;
U15:Cameron Relay 1st Byron Bay; 2nd Lennox Head; 3rd
Byron Bay;
Ironman 1st J Brown BB; 2nd J Sheridan LH; 3RD A Byrne
BB;
Flags Male 1st J O'Neil CH; 2nd J Mandell CH; 3rd J Brown
BB;
Flags Female 1st K Irwin BB; 2nd A Hurt CH; 3rd C O'Mahony
Y;
2 km Run Male 1st J O'Neil CH; 2nd J Mandall CH; 3rd P
Illingworth CH;
2 km Run Female 1st A Bakker LH;
Surf Swim Female, 1st E Heiniger BB, 2nd C Moriarty BB, 3rd
A Smith BB,
Surf Swim Male, 1st T Murray-Woodhouse BB, 2nd J Brown
BB, 3rd J Sheridan LH,
Surf Teams 1st Byron Bay A, 2nd Lennox Head 2, 3rd Byron
Bay B
Ironwoman 1st E Heiniger BB, 2nd C Moriarty BB, 3rd A
Bakker LH
Surf Board Riding Female 1st A Hurt CH;
Board Race Male 1st J Brown BB, 2nd G Francis LH, 3rd J
Mandell, CH,
Board Race Female 1st K Irwin BB, 2nd E Heinigan BB, 3rd C
Moriarty BB,
Sprint Female 1st T Nelson Chapman BB, 2nd A Hurt CH, 3rd
A Smith BB;
Sprint Male 1st F Kenny CH, 2nd J O'Neill CH, 3rd P
Illingworth CH,
Board Rescue Male 1st Brown/Woodhouse BB, 2nd
Byrne/Hulbert BB, 3rd Martin/Kay BB,
Board Rescue Female 1st Moriarty/Smith BB, 2nd
Heiniger/Irwin;
Masters:
Ironwoman 1ST J Kay BB,
Ironman 1ST 30+ J Fahey Y; 2ND J Rigley EH;
50+1ST G Brodin BB;
60+1ST G Pile BB;
Flag 35-39 1st J Rigley EH, 2nd 2nd M Pontefract EH;
60+ 1st G Pile BB, 2nd F Middleton BB;
Ski Male 30+ 1st J Rigley EH,
40+1st L O'Connor BB,
60+1st F Middleton BB, 2nd G Pile BB;
Surf Swim 30+ 1st J Dougherty Y, 2nd J Fahey Y;
40+1st M Pontefract EH,;
50+1st G Condie BB, 2nd C Mustoe BB, 3rd P Rheinberger Y,
Surf Swim Male 60+ 1st G Pile BB, 2nd F Middleton BB;
Single Ski 60+ Female 1st L Harvey BB;
40+ Female 1st S Beadman BB, 2nd J Kay BB, 3rd G
Coleman BB,
Board Race 40+ Female 1st J Kay BB, 2nd C Outteridge Y,
3rd E Roberts Ball,
Board Race 50+ Female 1st K Wilson BB;
Sprint 40-49 Female 1st N Swain BB, 2nd G Rowley BB, 3rd
S Beadman BB;
50+ Female 1st K Wilson BB;
Board Race male 30+ 1st J Dougherty Y,
40+ 1st M Pontefact EH,
50+ 1st G Brodin BB, 2nd P Rhineberbger Y:
Surf Swim 50+ Female 1st V McKain BB, 2nd K Wilson BB;
Surf Swim Female 40+ 1st E Roberts Ball, 2nd J Kay BB, 3rd
C Outteridge Y;
Sprint Male 40+ 1st M Pontefract EH;
30+ 1st J Rigley EH;
Sprint 60+ Male Dead Heat 1st G Pile BB, F Middleton BB;
Tube Race Female 40+ 1st E Roberts BA, 2nd C Outeridge Y;
50+ Female V McKain BB;
50+ Male 1st G Condie;
60+ Male B Onslow Y;
Sprint Male 50+ 1st P Rheinberger Y,
BOATS: Mens Open: 1st Evans Head, 2nd Ballina 3rd
Cudgen Headland
Womens Open: 1st Yamba
Masters 1st Evans Head 2nd Cudgen Headland
U19 1st Evans Head 2nd Yamba
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2011 / 2012
Surf Life Saving Far North Coast Annual Report.
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