What’s your full name? Darren Saunders
What is your nickname? Depends who you ask... Daz, Dazzler, Dazza, Quark. What’s your current position in the club? Director Lifesaving How long have you been in the role ? since August! When did you first join? 2013 Can you tell us about your lifesaving journey? I joined Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC towards the end of high school. I did my bronze there and was patrol captain for ~10 yrs before moving to Canada. I joined South Maroubra when we returned to Sydney and my daughter Matilda started nippers What positions have you held in the club? Patrol Captain, Assistant Director Lifesaving. Any highlights? A few big rescues stand out. One hot and rough Australia Day at Stanwell Park we did over 40 rescues in a day. Helping to resuscitate a young boy was also pretty memorable. Watching my daughters become lifesavers is a huge highlight! What does the future hold and any advice to fellow members? My advice to fellow members is to get involved and keep building your skills!
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Excitement is building as we near the beginning of the 2023/2024 Nipper Season.
Registrations are still coming in and it is looking at being another big season. Registrations are still opened but not for too much longer. Nippers for the U6’s Age Group will have a special start date of Saturday 14th October 2023 starting at 9am. Nippers for the U7+ Age Groups will recommence on Sunday 15th October 2023 as per the times below: 8am - 9.15am - Under 14, 13, 12, 11, 8 BOYS, 6 9.30am - 10.45am - Under 10, 9, 8 GIRLS, 7 NOTE: We are no longer accepting registrations for the U7 age group. We have reached our capacity. Memberships will not be accepted for birthdays between October 2016 - September 2017 Some other key dates:
CLICK HERE to view this season Nipper Calendar CLICK HERE to view the Nipper Information Booklet As always we would love more people to join the team! Be part of the fun and get involved! We need lots of age assistants on the beach. Please email [email protected] to find out more information. If you are interested in finding out more in regards to completing your Bronze Medallion, there will be an info night at the club on the 10th October, 6.30pm. CLICK HERE to register your interest. Looking forward to seeing you all on the beach very soon. Warm regards, Peter Kondilios Director of Youth Development #WeAreSthBra Welcome to edition 2 of our Blu-ing Newsletter for this season, we hope you’re enjoying reading some of the content whilst also getting to know some key people, approaching major events and fundraising information here at South Maroubra, the ‘family’ club. By the way, before going any further can I also ask that you, including parents within our very large Nipper family keep abreast of club information as it comes to hand by liking and following our South Maroubra SLSC Facebook site, we try and get timely information to you via Facebook.
So let's get back to business and its exciting to see the red and yellow of our lifesavers back on the beach with our great patrol members and sponsored equipment. With the NRL Grand Final Long weekend just finished at the time of writing, school holidays underway and high temperatures over the weekend we’re expecting things to be full on, off and on the beach. Our local community has really embraced the club with many young families taking advantage of our open door policy at our wonderful beachside bar so we’re expecting plenty of guests and friends. Be sure to join us each Sunday at our Social Sundays! Major events for your diary!
Looking forward to seeing all of our members so pop on down any Sunday for a chat or recommendations in relationship to club sponsorship. Paul ‘Stretch’ Fownes APM OAM President We need to ensure our lifesavers have maintained all the skills covered in their awards to keep the beach safe. 2023/24 Season Skills Maintenance dates have been set for the season.
Bronze Medallion and SRC both contain online and practical requirements this season, so be sure to jump into your members area and do the online work before attending your chosen date. You MUST complete both online and practical portions to be signed off as proficient! The online portion can be accessed through your Members Area account, in the eLearning section. If you can not find it in the 'My Training' section please look for the Skills Maintenance 2023/24 (SRC or BM) in the training library and enrol. The practical portions for the Bronze medallion and SRC will be covered on the following dates and times. You will need to enrol online for the date you wish to attend. This is done through e-Learning. Here is a guide on how to do it! BRONZE / SRC / ART Meet in the Heritage room for the following Skills Maintenance: SM3 - Saturday 02 December ART - 8.30am BM/SRC - 9.30am SM4 - Sunday 17 December ART - 10am BM/SRC - 11am IRB DRIVERS + CREW Meet in the Lifesaving Shed for following Skills Maintenance: Sunday 17 December 7am You must be proficient by 31 December in order to continue patrol. For other courses please see our online calendar of events Any questions to our education team at [email protected] 50c Discount at the BarDespite having one of the cheapest price lists in Sydney, the Board of Management is delighted to introduce a member's discount at the Bar on Sunday Socials.
Eligible for 18 yrs+ financial members, all you need to do is show the Gallagher Security Access System on you phone to be entitled to a 50c discount on your drink. If you don't have the Gallagher Security Access System, which is the electronic access system for the Club please contact the [email protected] or 9314 0070 (Tue & Fri) to arrange a login. It is great to be able to support other clubs in needs. Having recently completed an audit of our equipment in the lead up to Gear Inspection for the 2023/24 season, it was identified that we had a few surplus boards. This arose primarily through the generous donations of our local clubs via the ClubGrants which provides funds for Lifesaving equipment.
Unfortunately not all Surf Clubs are as lucky as us. After a call out to the community, it was identified that Blackhead SLSC near Foster (Mid North Coast) was in desperate need of some new boards to replace the 4 old boards they had. Tony Axford from Soldiers Beach SLSC (Central Cost) facilitated the transportation. Date/Time: TBC (subject to weather conditions)We are looking forward to providing all Active Club Members an opportunity to try all the different craft that are used in competitions. We will be making Surf Boats, IRBs and Skis available for you to come and 'Have a Go' under the supervision of our qualified coaches.
Due to the nature of the day, we need to ensure that conditions are suitable, therefore will advise via Facebook page when the date and time in the coming weeks. Welcome members to the first edition of the Blu-ing Magazine for season 2023/24 and what a season we have in store for you! Excitement plus and we can’t wait to see you all back at the club starting with Surf Patrols, Surf Sport training, Nipper and our Social Sundays which by the way continue to run as I speak!
Thanks to those members that attended the Clubs recent July 30 AGM. Officer bearers are listed on the website for your information but of note is the changing of the guard in our very important Life Saving Department with Nicole Cooney standing down and moving back into the vital position of Education Coordinator and the highly capable Darren Saunders stepping up as Director of Lifesaving. In Blu-ing editions to follow we will be introducing some of our key volunteers and the roles they will be playing throughout the season so please continue to monitor your emails. In this edition we will be providing you with key dates, events and information that you should read starting immediately so please read on! Also contained within this article is the very comprehensive annual report which has already been shared via Social Media and our impressive website! Please, if you’re not on Facebook think about jumping on even if only to follow South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club. Much important and timely information is shared via this platform, we’d hate you to miss out! Patrols With flags going up in just over 6 weeks our Lifesaving Department will be sharing this years patrol roster. Much work goes into this roster so a big thank you to our leadership team in putting this together. Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence On Saturday 26/8, Noah Teitler and Nicole Cooney are in the running for state recognition. We join together wishing them the very best at this prestigious event. Gotcha4Life fundraiser We encourage you to support this fundraising effort by either rowing on one of our 5 erg machines in the Heritage room starting Saturday 9th and running for 24 continuous marathon hours or by donating a few dollars which will go towards mental health. Farewell to John Marks Life Members On Sunday 3rd of September members of the Marks family will be heading to the club with the Ashes of our much loved friend and Life Member John Marks. As per John's wishes, his ashes will be scattered in front of his beloved club in a traditional surf boat ceremony. Details are being finalised but we expect time to be around 12.30pm. After the ceremony family and members will come together to remember John and his long and invaluable association with the Club. You're invited to come on down and say farewell to one of our best! Looking forward to seeing you all soon. Paul ‘Stretch’ Fownes APM OAM Please find attached Notice of the 65th Annual General Meeting of South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club Inc. and the fee schedule for the 2023-24 season. |
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What a night presentation night was! The room was full of energy and colour. We hope everyone had fun.
If you won an award and wasnt able to make it, please go by the cub office and pick up your prize!
Prizes supplied by Bisley Workwear, Delfina Swimwear and Look Design & Digital
If you won an award and wasnt able to make it, please go by the cub office and pick up your prize!
Prizes supplied by Bisley Workwear, Delfina Swimwear and Look Design & Digital
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