“And so with the sunshine

and the great bursts of

leaves growing on the trees,

just as things grow in fast

movies, I had that familiar

conviction that life was be-

ginning over again with the

summer.”

― F. Scott Fitzgeald,

The Great Gatsby

In This Issue

AGM Highlights and

your new Committee

Off Season Happenings

Working Bee

Dates for your Diary

Welcome Back! This is your first issue of the Bombi Newsletter for 2013-2014.

This issue is all about getting back on track for the start of

the upcoming summer season, so dust off your bathers it’s

going to be another long, hot summer!!

This newsletter will be released regularly over the season

with all the information you need to know about upcoming

events, camps, working bee’s, competition, what our mem-

bers are getting up to and last but not least some good old

fashioned gossip.

In this edition we welcome our new committee, find our about

the new track being built for ATV access to the beach and

release important dates for the season.

Can’t wait to see you all down at our favourite beach and

club , Cape Paterson SLSC

The Defrosting Issue October 2013

Cape Paterson SLSC Newsletter

The Committee This year we have a great committee with some very enthusiastic new

faces leading our training, competition and junior members. Contact

details will be posted around the clubhouse for you to get in contact with

these VIP’s and on our website which is currently receiving a face lift.

Don’t forget that the committee does a great deal for the club, so when

you do see the committee members around, come up and say hi and

hear all about the latest developments and goals the club is working on.

The 2013-2014 Cape Paterson SLSC Committee...

President

Dean Manns

Vice President Chelsea Bowman

Secretary Francis Brennan

Treasurer Keith Bartell

Club Captain David Potter

Vic Club Captain Emily Rogers

Chief Instructor Laurie Aitken

IRB Captain Darcy Manks

Gear Stewart

Nik Foon

Junior Club Captain Sean Moroney

Junior Club Captain Tahli Langbourne

Nipper Delegate James Weston

Nipper Delegate Ray Rust

Team Manager Casey Almarker

Team Manager Lewis Spanner Tan-

General Committee David Brown

General Committee Simon Morangio

AGM Highlights...

Katrina Shanks—Albert Abraham Award

Riley Manks—IRB Captain Award

Emily Rogers—Norm Legg Award

100+ Patrol Hours

What our mem-bers got up to in winter… Lifesaving Victoria part-nered with Westpac gave the opportunity for Nippers from all over Victoria to participate in the pre-game parade for Collingwood vs Adelaide and then watch the game. A group of Cape Nippers proudly represented the club in their Nipper hoodies and from all accounts had a fantas-tic time.

During the winter months Cape Paterson had a new Thundercat IRB delivered to the club. The IRB has been named in honour of our first president Wally Purvis who sadly passed away earlier this year. Family and friends of Wally attend-ed an official launch of the boat at firsts surf. Wally Purvis as well as Ron Gilmore and Les Legg are the reason we have a club at the surf beach and I am sure each time the patrolling members take Wally the IRB for a spin they will be thankful for what he started. Wally was a great man and will be missed by all who knew him.

What our members got up to in

winter…

In the September school holidays a group of 40 life-savers from all over the state attended the Advanced Lifesaving Camp (ALC) held at Airey’s Inlet. One of our own, Nik Foon represented Cape in a grueling week long camp where participants can obtain their Gold Medallion and hope to be employed as one of Victoria’s paid Lifeguards. The camp is a ‘week long interview’ filled with mental and physical challenges including a Pier to Pub and rescue relays. Foony was up for the chal-lenge and has successfully passed all components in the Gold Medallion apart from the swim test which he will complete soon and hopefully he will be helping to keep our beaches safe over summer with a paid guard position.

The ALC is one of most prestigious lifesaving camps run in Victoria and I encourage anyone up for the challenge to apply next year. I had the privilege of being a mentor again this year and the quality of the candidates was exception-al. The main focus of the camp is about positive atti-tudes and great work ethic which was on display from the disciplined candidates.

- Chelsea Bowman

Congratulations Foony!

Working bee We need your help! There is lots to be done this pre season

before it all kicks off again for summer. Our clubhouse and

facilities are hugely important to the running of the club and

patrols - they require upkeep and the more members we get

at these working bees the more the load gets spread.

When: Sat and Sun 26th-27th Oct

Where: Cape Paterson SLSC

What to bring: Tools and a can do

attitude!

The cpslsc competition

team wants you! Competition is coming back this season

with a bang. With two new team manag-

ers to get you fired up and involved

competition is back on the calendar and

its going to be loads of fun! You don’t

have to be the fittest or the strongest

to be involved just keen to participate

and have fun with an awesome group of

the people.

For more details on how to get involved,

hit up the Cape Paterson Competition

Page on facebook, or get in contact with

Casey and Spanner

Oct 26th and 27th—Cape Working Bee

Nov 30th —First Patrol

Nov 30th—Requal at 9.30am

Dec 28th—Nipper Registration at 2pm

Dec 28th—Nippers Session#1 from 4pm

Dec 31st—New Years Eve Wonthaggi Tin Rattle

Jan 5th—Bronze Camp starts

Jan 12th—Bronzelow

Jan 19th—Cape Paterson Aquathon

Jan 25th—Club Champs

Dates for your Diary

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

26 School

Bronze Camp 26 27 28 29 30 Requal

1st Patrol

1 Patrol

2 School

Bronze Camp

3 4 5 6 7 Patrol 8 Patrol

9 10 11 12 13 14 Patrol 15 Patrol

16 17 18 19 20 21 Patrol 22 Patrol

23 24 25 26 Patrol 27 28 Patrol

Nipper Reg

29 Patrol

November—December 2013

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

30 31 Tin Rattle

1 Patrol 2 3 4 Patrol 5 Summer

Bronze Camp

6 7 8 9 10 11Bronzelow 12 Patrol

13 14 15 16 17 18 Patrol 19 Patrol

20 21 22 23 24 25 Patrol

Club Champs 26 Patrol

27 Patrol 28 29 30 31

January 2014

Stay tuned for the next

edition of the bombi...

Everything you need to know

about the upcoming season...

- membership renewal

- bronze camp info

- nippers info