BMD Northcliffe

Surf Life Saving Club

PO Box 980, Surfers Paradise, QLD, 4217.

Ph: (07) 5539 8091 Fax: (07) 5531 7071

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November 2014 Newsletter

FRI 28 & SAT 29 NOVEMBER

Interbranch Championships - Pacific

SAT 29 NOVEMBER

Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Rnd 1 (WA)

SUN 30 NOVEMBER

Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Rnd 2 (WA)

U11-U13 Young Guns Carnival - Nth Burleigh

SAT 13 & SUN 14 DECEMBER

U15-Open Carnival - Maroochydore

Gold Coast Board Riding - Currumbin

SAT 20 & SUN 21 DECEMBER

Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Rnd 3 & 4

Surfers Paradise

SAT 3 & SUN 4 JANUARY

Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Rnd 5 & 6

Newcastle

SAT 10 JANUARY

Navy Series (boats) - Rnd 3 &4 - Tugun

SAT 10 & SUN 11 JANUARY

Oceans 38 - Tugun

SAT 17 JANUARY

Fastest Man on the Sand - Kurrawa

SAT 17 & SUN 18 JANUARY

SCB Surf Rescue Champs - Mermaid

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Australian Champion Club since 2004

Just a reminder for members that have Surf Safe Raffle tickets to sell for the raffle

below. We would appreciate your co-operation in selling and returning your

tickets by Friday 12 December.

THANK YOU TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY RETURNED THEM!

Surf safe appeal raffle tickets...

Farewell to lea cooke...

The boat section are recruiting...

Anyone interested in becoming a part of the Northcliffe boat rowers we have positions a available, divisions include U19's,

U23 men’s, U23 women’s, open men’s, open women's and masters. So if your up for a challenge and some great training

we have 5 fully qualified sweeps (coaches) focused on development.

Contact Simon Barnes for more details 0415387524 sbarnes@northcliffesurfclub.com.au

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Quick thinking youngsters to the rescue... BAYDEN BOTHA Bayden rescued one of his school mates on a school trip after he dived in to the sand hit his head causing him to be unconscious and was not breathing. Bayden formed CPR until paramedics arrived. Well done Bayden!

SALLY GREENWOOD Sally Greenwood performed a rescue after a Tuesday afternoon board session 2 weeks ago. She reacted super fast and assisted an older man who had lost his board. Well done Sally!

Its great to see our Junior surf Life Savers putting their skills to practice in saving lives!

As some of you may already be aware, Lea Cooke has resigned from her position as Life Saving & Education Manager at the club. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the members, to thank Lea for seven years of outstanding service to the club and wish her the best of luck in the future. Lea’s last day is Friday 12 December and we are having a few farewell drinks for her from 4pm in the supporters Club, all members welcome to attend.

Dermot McEnroe - General Manager

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LIFE SAVING & EDUCATION news... PATROL BBQ SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER

Don’t forget our patrol members BBQ this Saturday. It will be a great chance to catch up in a casual atmos-phere. Food and drink supplied. If you haven’t already

rsvp please do so by this Thursday for catering purposes.

VINNIE AND XENIA – BABY WILLOW

Congratulations to Vinnie and Xenia Smith on the arrival of a beautiful baby girl, Willow.

SURF SAFE APPEAL & TRIATHLON WATER SAFETY FUND RAISER

To our members who were involved in the Surf Safe Appeal and triathlon water safety fundraiser this year, we thank you so much for your time and effort. We raised a total of $7500, a significant amount considering the small number of members involved.

PATROL INSPECTION

Congratulations to Patrol 4 who achieved a score of 100% for their South Coast Branch Patrol inspection last weekend.

MEMBERS NEEDED

Once again we will be patrolling our beach on Christmas Day and we will rely on our members to volunteer for this important day. Please let us know if you can spare a few hours to help out. You will find a list on the notice board. HAVE YOU COMPLETED PROFICIENCY?

FINAL PROFICIENCY SAT 29 NOV – 2PM START IN THE TRAINING ROOM

(You must be on time or you won’t be able to complete)

Prior to attending proficiency you need to do two things:

1. RENEW YOUR SURF CLUB MEMBERSHIP &

2. COMPLETE ONLINE PROFICIENCY PAPER – Now called Skills Maintenance (see details to right)

FINAL PROFICIENY cont...

POOL SWIM If you were proficient last year you do not need to complete a pool swim this year. If you were not proficient last year you will need to. You can arrange with Lea or Caroline.

ONLINE PROFICIENCY PAPER 1. Go to lifesaving online website: www.lifesavingonline.com.au

2. Log in using the user name and password you set up for last year proficiency (if you didn’t complete online last year, select create an account, you will then be sent user and password details by email), once received log on and start over.

3. Select “My courses” in the header bar, select that you will be studying in Qld from drop down box, then select “Go to online learn-ing now”

4. Double click 2014/2015 Skills Maintenance

5. In the right task panel, select “launch windowed” or “launch full screen”. Takes a few moments to load

6. Complete the online proficiency paper as follows: ALL BRONZE MEDALLION HOLDERS: Module 1 SRC AWARD ONLY: Do not need to complete the online proficiency just the practical. IRBC/IRBD: Module 1 and 2.

Any difficulties, please contact Lea Cooke or Caroline Fildes UPCOMING COURSES

Bronze/Surf Rescue Certificate - 12 - 16 January 2015 8am - 4pm Advise Lea or Caroline ASAP if you would like to attend the above. AWARDS GAINED

CONGRATULATIONS to the following members who recently achieved the following awards:

Apply First Aid/Resuscitation Tanyn Lyndon, Jordan Cooke- Lablache, Lesli Donaldson, Rusty Power, Aliesha Keuning, Nigel Canterbury, John Egan, Michael Innes, Scott Harrison, Caleb Cooke-Lablache, Ian Royal, James Dornan, David Needham, Edwina Gulson, Sally Williams and Chris Dawson.

Advanced Resuscitation Certificate Hayden Frazer, Callum Breetzke, John Egan, Lochie Dumka, Chris Dawson and Aliesha Keuning.

Spinal Management Lochie Dumka, John Egan, Callum Breetzke, Hayden Frazer, Aliesha Keuning and Jess Zabawa.

Resuscitation Certificate Will Taylor, Kobi Harris, Miller McQuitty-Brown, Lachlan Power, Sheldon Smith, Bode Schulz, Harry Morrison, Josephine Hawley, Isaiah Cook, Lucas Adams, Rianna Webster, Teal Davies, Bianca Barber, Madison Bravery, Jarrah Davies, Morgan McGregor, Tyler Vandenberg, Daniel Butler, Jordan Sergis, Seth Wood, Jessica McLeod, Chloe Gulson, Samantha Walsh, Jordan Fabien, Sascha Lawton, Michael van der Schyff, Matthew Farrell, Eleanor Otley-Doe and Chloe Wallis.

Silver Medallion IRB Driver Oscar McLaren.

NIPPERS CORNER...

NOVEMBER Fri 28-Sat 29th: U13-17 Interbranch, Point Danger

Sun 30th: U6 -10 Nipper Day @ club 8.15am

U11-15s Young Guns, North Burleigh

DECEMBER Sat 6th-Sun 7th: Wave Warriors @ Greenmount (see below)

Sun 7th : U6-7s Nipper Day @ club 8.15am

U8-14s Champ Day Rd 2 @ club 8.15am

Sat 13th: Officials Course, SCB, Mermaid Beach

Sun 14th : Nipper Xmas Breakup @ club 8.15am

Mon 15 - Fri 19: School Holiday Program (for U9-14s only)

Fri 19th: Last training session before break

Nippers starts back Sunday 11 January 2015

For more information, please contact Tiarne Smith.

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Gav decides Germany needs a walk home from the

pool…

Lisa L unable to control herself during formalities @

Nick’s 50th??? Apparently Nick R has the best legs in the club???

Lisa entertains the bus with her karaoke on the way home…

Wally getting the hang of this Instagram business???

Nick O’H has a REAL job???

Thorpie beat Caine in the Gold.. He is waiting for the keys to the

sponsored car…

Had some Nutri-Grain #throwdowns Sunday night of the Gold…

Mickey spent the night playing Where’s the Gold in the back of

the pokie room???

A few pairs mysteriously disappear during Gold celebrations???

OUT THE BACK & UPFRONT...

Surf sports news...

COOLANGATTA GOLD RESULTS - TOP 10 Congratulations to all members that tackled the grueling Coolangatta earlier in the month.

LONG COURSE: 2nd Open Male Jake Nicholson 2nd Open Female Rebecca Creedy 3rd Open Male Relay “The Z Chills” 10th Open Female Tiarne Smith SHORT COURSE: 2nd Open Female Ella Coates 3rd 50+ Male Scott Unicomb 4th Open Female Ursula Zerbst 5th Open Female Alana McGoldrick 5th U19 Female Megan Domarecki 5th U19 Female Relay“The Youngens” 6th 50+ Male Scott Oxenford

KELLOGG’S NUTRI-GRAIN SERIES

The Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Series kicks off this weekend for Round 1 & 2 at Smith’s Beach in WA. Good Luck to our 10 athletes in the series! Shannon Eckstein Maddy Dunn Caine Eckstein Rebecca Creedy Tanyn Lyndon Harriet Brown Courtney Hancock Devon Halligan Kristyl Smith Danielle McKenzie RACE SCHEDULE Round 1 29 Nov Smiths Beach, WA M-Shape Round 2 30 Nov Smiths Beach, WA Eliminator Round 3 20 Dec Surfers Paradise Loop Round 4 21 Dec Surfers Paradise Eliminator Round 5 3 Jan Newcastle, NSW M-Shape Round 6 4 Jan Newcastle, NSW Eliminator TELECAST SCHEDULE - Channel 9 Round 1 29 Nov Sunday 11 January 12:00pm (Qld Time) Round 2 30 Nov Sunday 18 January 10:30am (Qld Time) Round 3 20 Dec Sunday 25 January 9:30am (Qld Time) Round 4 21 Dec Sunday 1 February 10:30am (Qld Time) Round 5 3 Jan Sunday 8 February 12:00pm (Qld Time) Round 6 4 Jan Sunday 15 February 12:00pm (Qld Time)

MASTERS CORNER... Firstly it was remiss of me not to mention the success of Paul “Pirate” Blackbeard in being a member of the winning team in the Makule Section of the Maui Channel swim and being 14th

overall (but 1st in his category) of the Wakiki Rough water swim. Well done Paul – more notches for the six gun!!!! There is a new Members List out and you can get a copy from Wally – now only 4 Team Leaders – Myself – Allan Nicholls – Marg Kyle and Richard Bedford. Also there are a number of Carnival Nomination Forms outstanding so please get them completed and returned to Wally ASAP. By now Proficiencies should have been done and Patrol Hours noted if you wish to enter State or National Titles. Decisions as to which carnivals we will enter will soon be made and all will be notified. One I would recommend is the Brunswick Heads Masters – a good old fashioned carnival – with little officaldom. More about this later. MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MASTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. Haydon Stokes Masters Team Manager

Now in its 2nd year, our Boat Crews welcomes an opportunity to recruit and promote TSS students. At TSS

there exists a platform of established “still water” rowers who would consider extending their rowing experience to “surf rowing.

The annual TSS T-Bones Surf Boat Regatta, hosted by our boat crews, assist each other’s respective “rowing sports” and goes onto creating a traditional end of graduation year with a fun / entertaining / competitive competition that is a great fit for all students.

This year 23 students took the opportunity to gain their Surf Lifesaving Bronze Medallion (Membership to BMD Northcliffe), and are already doing patrols on our beach. From this promotion we are hopeful in having 2 x “Under 19” Surf Boat Crew in competition from January.

Peter Hickey

Boat Captain

BOATIES CORNER...

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SUNDAY DRAW

$3500

Drawn 4pm - 5pm

WEDNESDAY DRAW

$1100

Drawn 7pm - 8pm

CHRISTMAS TRADING HOURS

A special offer from PCYC...

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