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Alexandra Headland SLSC was honoured to be
given the opportunity to host Rounds 3 and 4 Hall of Fame
of the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain series in early Kristy
February. Munroe was
last month
Hosting of this event proved to be very
inducted
successful for the Lifesaving Club as a whole. into Surf
From the Sunrise Program and the Brisbane Lifesaving
Lions visit in the early hours of Friday morning, Australia’s
through to the final race on Sunday afternoon Hall of
the Alex Surf Club put on a fine show. The Fame.
efforts of Ian Dundas and Brad Leslie must be
This induction is in re cognition
recognised. The manner in which they both
of the many years of
liaised with all organisers of the weekend was
committe d contribution to
commendable. Surf Life Saving and to Surf
Ian, Brad and their team of willing helpers Sports.
worked tirelessly for 6 days in total to ensure On behalf of all the ex tended
the 2 day event was well run, the organisers family he re at Alexandra
happy, the officials and media watered and fed, Headland SLSC we would like
the club and the beach packed up and left well to congratulate Kristy on this
presented for the public. We even managed to amazing honour and thank
produce the best surf for the whole series! he r for he r loyalty to Alex and
I have included below an email received at the for being an outstanding
office from Life Member and SLSA Carnival representative of our C lub.
Referee, Andrew Buhk.
Did y ou t ake any
Well done to all involved and keep up the great phot os t his
good work. y ear t hat deserv e
t o be in our
Peter Duffy, President
Annual Report ?
Dear Peter We are looking
So me in Alex will know that I have been referee of the for phot os from
Kellogg’ s Nutri-Grain series for 10 years now. In that time all aspects of t he club - part icularly
I have conducted rounds from Portsea and Torquay in behind t he scenes, ev ents, Surf
VIC to Coolum in QLD and many places in between. In Boat s, R&R and I RB’s.
that 10 years I can honestly say that we have never had
See Sally in t he office for det ails.
a club workforce team work as hard and support the
event so well as what the Alex team did over the
weekend.
Brad Leslie and Ian Dundas need to be recognised for
the outstanding coordination of the team and the
Annual Dinner
proactive manner with which they took to the task. To The Annual Dinner will be held
have them radioing my officials team to ask if anything
and the Maroochy Events Centre
else was required rather than us having to call to get
things done was “bloody unreal”. It did not go and the dress code this year is
unnoticed by the officials or the SLSA team who were
conducting the event. Formal / Black Tie so get your
Fro m my point of view is was great to get the best glad rags out and get ready to
service in the country from my home club.
Can you please pass on a huge thank you to every party on 22 May 2010.
person who assisted with the weekend. They have
There’s fantastic prizes to win too!
again shown that Alex is the best in the country.
Cheers, Andrew (Buhky) Buhk
Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club Page 1
Lifesaving Officer Tue & Thurs
Training Junkies
I would just like to start by saying a big thank you to John Feekings
and his Patrol Team (2). They had a Bulk Wilkes inspection on 14 Increase your board sk ills,
February and only dropped 4 points. This is a really good effort by all surf swimming and gene ral
so thanks. John has been out of action for a couple of weeks now fitness (and make great
after a knee operation. We all hope things went smoothly and look frie nds as well).
forw ard to seeing you on the beach soon. If you have ne ve r been to
one of these sessions and
Over the la st month the tow er and radio keys have gone missing.
would like to join in, meet at
I don’t know what is happening to these keys but remember ALL keys the towe r at 5.15am – all
are to go back on the key holder in the First Aid Room, this includes Bronze holde rs welcome.
the fuel bunker keys, tower, radio, ATV and rolle r door keys.
Due to a lack of interest we had to postpone the Patrol Captains March Drop
meeting. This meeting will only go for an hour and we will try and
reschedule it soon. These meetings are an opportunity to im prove 4 in 4 Challenge
things for all of us. Ple ase contact me if you have concerns or ideas.
If you missed
Patrol Captains should check the PCs room for updated informatio n. the weigh in
The Lifesaving Committee has bought a lot of new gear over the last for the Club
week including new poles, sandw ich boards, board holders etc. Drop 4
When this gear hit s the beach, please ensure you look after it . Challenge, it’s
not too late.
We are nearing the end of the Patrolling Season and by the looks of Visit Chris in the gym as soon as
the roster all teams should only have approx 2-3 more patrols left you can and he will get you
before a well earned rest. weighed and started on your
If you cannot make your patrol, please notify your Patrol Captain. I way to your goal.
am aware of all the upcoming carnivals, so good luck to all w ho are
If you need motivatio n to help
competing for the club.
shed of a few unwanted kilos,
Again, thanks for your hours of patrol and see
then this challe nge is for you.
you on the beach. Biggest lo sers from September
Thanks and if there are any concerns please lost between 4.2 and 5.2 kilo s as
email or call. Brad Leslie a Club we lo st 51.7 kilo s.
Men’s and Boys Attention Patrol WANT TO TREK THE
KOKODA TRAIL?
Jammers Captains
(back in stock) The trek will be led by Shane
Moloney and John Titmus leaving
Get yours from Do you have an outstanding 22 AUGUST 2010.
the office
Please call Shane on 0408793362
Manufactured by patrolling member in your
or b 54505600
TYR these Alex patrol group? Trek will be through Kokoda
H eadland
Jammers are
Alex
Spirit, check out the web site
great for As the lifesaving season draw s www.kokodaspirit.com.au. Give
Beachies and me a call for the details of this life
to a close for 2010, we like to
changing experience.
each competitors ralike.
Wate
$45 recognise the efforts of those
Quality Silicone
members that ‘put in’ above Nipper Board
and beyond the call of duty.
Alex Swim Caps
Contact Brad Leslie or simply Training
Wednesda y 24 Ma rch - boa rd
send an email to the Club
Now only training a t Di cky from 4.30pm
office w it h your nomination. session will be the last before
$10 Bra nch Titles .
Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club Page 2
Team Manager
RECENT CARNIVALS A ussies 2010 hav e arriv ed. A full
team meeting w ill be on S at 13 M arch
Once again we performed well at our Branch Carnival with at 9.00am in the C lub training room.
most members placing in events and finishing second on the A ll members including M asters,
point score. S eniors (15 to O pen), Boats, O fficials,
Water S afety and P arents are inv ited
Our Beachies finished the Fastest Man On Sand Series gaining to discus s the follow ing.
the Number 1 club in Queensland. • P rogram and Timetable
• A ccommodation subsidy
STATE TITLES • C odes of conduct
• Team uniforms w ill be handed out
Congratulation to all those who competed at State Titles.
• Team meetings at A ussies
We had a relatively small team that performed well fin ishing • Thursday and S aturday dinners
fourth in the point score. • S crutineerin g
• G eneral Business
Notable results were Danielle Allen winning the Open Female
Board Race and the U17 Ironwoman. Board Riding Champs
Mitch Aitkin and Lachlan Swann won the U19 Board Rescue. Do you love
dropping in on a
The Beachies again performed well with nine gold medals. wave and c arving it
Tom Reiken, Shane McMahon, Lewis Bold, Rohani Bakhach up? T hen this
for flags, Kristy Knox for U15 sprints the Open Relay Female carnival is for you.
team, U15 and 17 Female Relay, U17 Male Relay. Branch Board Riding
Champs will be held on Sat 10 and
The boats had a tough day in the tricky condit ions with the Sun 11 April, with marshalling
U23 Females in their first year as rowers contesting the State starting at 6 .00am.
titles and gaining a silver in the Relay and a bronze in their The venue and hos t club is
Alexandra H eadland SLSC ,
age group. depending on the s urf conditions
The boys in March Past finished second after a count back. prevailing at the time.
J uniors (U11-U14) and Mas ters
Our Masters finished third in a fantastic point scoring effort. will be held on Saturday and all
other age groups on Sunday.
Well done to everyone and look forward to seeing some of Nominations are now open and will
you at Aussies. Ian Dundas, Team Manager close on 29 March.
Boatie News
The Alexandra Headland Boat Se ction finished it's Prem ie rship
compe tition season last weekend at Tugun.
The U19 Men finished 2nd se curing the Q ld Cup Premie rship.
The U23 Men we re third also se curing the Qld Cup Prem ie rship.
The girls won the U23 Female Race and placed 3rd in the Open
Women se curing se cond in the U23 girls Q ld Cup Prem ie rship.
John Dunn sweeping the U23 girls.
The only winne rs on the weekend we re the ove r 200yrs
Maste rs who also se cured the Qld Prem ie rship.
C re ws are building the ir preparation for State and Nationals and
hopefully all will go we ll.
If you would like to see some ex cellent photo's of the Alex
cre ws from the weekend, go to
www.brettshearer.com.au/main/gallery.asp?path=Surfboats%
2FSEASON+2009+%2D+2010/QSRL+Tugun+2010.
Che ck out Alex C re ws unde r Saturday and Sunday links.
U19&23 Crews - Courtesy of Sunshine Coast Daily
Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club Page 3
250 Beachie Points
Alex Beachies Win Best Beach Club Trophy
at Branch Champs
The Alexandra Headland re cently
Our crew travelled to Noosa to
won the Fastest Man on Sand
Round 4 and the Inaugural suppor t the club at the r ecent
Trophy for the Be st Beach C lub in Branch Champi onshi ps.
Queensland. Unfortunately the roll up from
Alex won by 16 points to other clubs w as not great so w e
Currumbin and all compe titors di d not have the oppor tuni ty to
must be congratulate d on the ir tes t our ski lls.
efforts in all four rounds.
We used thi s as a team bondi ng
The Fastest Man on Sand se ries is sessi on as thi s w as one of our last
for all Beachie s from U11 to Ope n
oppor tuni ti es to compete i n a
compe titors and the se ries winne r
was de cided by the club with relaxed atmosphere before the
Alex Beach Squad show off their Trophy
the most numbe r of points busi ness end of the season -
afte r all four rounds. W inning this se ries highlights the strength States and Aussi e Champi onshi ps.
and depth of our beach squad.
We had a carni val goal to gai n
Round 4 saw Jake Kle inschmidt finishing se cond in U14 Flags more than 200 poi nts w hi ch w e
which is his best pe rformance all season.
managed to exceeded!
Our U15s girls and guys continued to dom inate the beach with
If you w ere for tunate enough to
Tahnee Sullivan winning sprints and Simone We rndly, Evy Keevil
and Kristy Knox all scoring points in sprints, whilst Le wis Bold and see the Open Female Flags you
Max Belche r score d points in sprints and flags. w ould have seen fi rst hand how
Shane McMahon and Re id Sie rp we re first and se cond in U17 flags close the enti re squad i s, not only
with Shane also scoring points in Sprints. di d Alex fi ni sh from fi rst place
thr ough to si xth place, but they
The U19 compe titors all scored valuable points with ve ry
im pressive results thanks to Sam Thornton and Mia Sullivan. Tom also had a great ti me doi ng i t,
Re iken continue d to score ex ce lle nt results in both Flags and check out the resul ts secti on.
Sprints and Rachael C rothe rs shone in the Ope n Beach Sprint
winning he r fourth succe ssive race .
Spe cial mention must go to those who re ce ived the medals for
winning their discipline s afte r all four rounds. U15 Flags Rohani
Bakhach, U15 Sprints Simone We rndly, U17 Flags Shane
McMahon, U19 Flags Sam Thornton and Tom Reiken, U19 Sprints
Sam Thornton, Open Flags Tom Reiken, Open Sprints Rachae l
C rothe rs.
I would like to thank all competitors and club membe rs for the ir
support during the se ries, it was great see ing the ex tra club
supporte rs at the Mooloolaba Carnival. We have a fantastic squad
led by two sensational coaches Pe te r Roodve ldt and Pe te r Robe rts
who have kept us focussed throughout the entire season and I
would like to wish you success at the States and Aussie
Championships.
Wednesday and Saturday
Supporters Club Meat Raffles Roster
Wednesday Saturday
Mar Ski Paddlers - I an Dundas U 15/U 17s Parent s - Pet er O’Connor
Apr I RB’s - Bronny Champness Mast ers - Mark Purvis
May March Past - Ray Munroe Mast ers Boast s - Scott Millar
Jun Surf Boat s - St ev e Dav ies Surf Rescue - Pet er W hit e
Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club Page 4
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U15 Male Beach Flags U19 Female Beach Flags
Queensland Senior
1st Lewis Bold 2nd Samantha Thor nton
Championships Results U15 Male Beach Sprint 4th Mia Sullivan
Open Female Beach Relay 2nd Max Belcher U19 Female Beach Relay
1st Ashlee Moore, Rachel Crothers, U17 Female Beach Relay 2nd Mia Sullivan, Rachel Crothers,
Samantha Thor nton, Simone Werndly 1st Bianca McMahon, Ebony Gerken, Rachel Samantha Thor nton, Simone Werndly
5th Bianca McMahon, Ebony Gerken, Mia Crothers, Simone Werndly U19 Female Beach Sprint
Sullivan, Wendy Sier p U17 Female Surf Boa rd 2nd Samantha Thor nton
Open Female Beach Sprint 2nd Danielle Allen 5th Mia Sullivan
3rd Rachel Crothers U17 Female Ironwoman U19 Female Single Ski
Open Female Surf Board 1st Danielle Allen 5th Brigette Seymour
1st Danielle Allen U17 Male Beach Flags U19 Ironwoman
Open Surfboat Relay 1st Sha ne McMahon 5th Stacey Smith
2nd Benjamin Minett, Byron Pead, William U17 Male Beach Relay 6th Brigette Seymour
Solway, Joshua Vidulich, Emma Orgar, 1st Hide Ozaua, Patrick Box, Reid Sierp, U19 Male Beach Relay
Madeline Garrick, Morgan Millington, Sha ne McMahon 2nd John Moran, Patrick Box, Taylor Sierp,
Natalie Parker, Christopher Goodluck, U17 Male Beach Sprint Thomas Reiken
Ian Oakhill, Ryan Gruell, Tristan
6th Patrick Box 3rd Hide Ozaua, Lewis Bold, Max Belcher,
Shalhoub, Stephen Davies
U17 Male Boa rd Relay Reid Sierp
Open Male Beach Flags
6th Bradley Dougha n, Lachlan McKenna, U19 Male Beach Sprint
1st Thomas Reiken
Robert Langton 4th Thomas Reiken
6th Andrew Bolt
U17 Male Boa rd Rescue U19 Male Boa rd Relay
Open Male Beach Relay
2nd James O’Connor, Sha ne McMahon 6th Dylan Swann, Lachla n Swann, Mitchell
5th Brian Werndly, Chase Young, John
U17 Male Rescue Tube Aitkin
Moran, Patrick Box
2nd James O’Connor U19 Male Boa rd Rescue
Open March Past
U17 Male Sin gle Ski 1st Dylan Swann, Mitchell Aitkin
2nd Dennis Berry, Bruce Burr, Paul Clair,
2nd Sam D’Arcy U19 Male Sin gle Ski
Benjamin Day, Santo Della Bianca, Ian
Dundas, Graeme McIntyre, Douglas U17 Male Su rf Boa rd 5th Lachlan Swann
McKinnon, Raymond Munroe, Stuart 4th Bradley Dougha n U19 Mixed Doub le Ski
Orr, David Swanson, Peter Swanson, U17 Male Su rf Race 3rd Brigette Seymour, Sam D’Arcy
Mark Thornton 4th Jacob Doughan U19 Male Ski Relay
U15 Female Beach Flags U17 Male Su rf Team 4th Dylan Swann, Lachla n Swann, Sam
1st Rohani Bakhach 4th Bradley Dougha n, David Brown, Jacob D’Arcy
2nd Tahnee Sullivan Dougha n, James O’Connor U19 Male Su rf Boat
6th Evangeline Keevil U17 Male Taplin Relay – 3 Person 3rd Benjamin Minett, Byron Pead, William
U15 Female Beach Relay 6th David Brown, Jacob Dougha n, Sam uel Solway, Joshua Vidulich, Stephen
1st Evangeline Keevil , Kristy Knox, Simone Bull Davies
Werndly, Tahnee Sullivan U17 Surf Belt U23 Female Surf Boat
U15 Female Beach Sprint 3rd Graeme McIntyre, Jacob Doughan, 3rd Emma Orgar, Madeline Garrick,
Mitchell Aitkin, Peter Doughan, Sha ne Morgan Millington, Natalie Parker ,
1st Kristy Knox
Dalziel Stephen Davies
2nd Simone Werndly
U19 Double Ski U23 Male Su rf Boat
U15 Female Cameron Relay
5th Dylan Swann, Sam D’Arcy 3rd Christopher Goodl uck, Ian Oakhill,
4th Alyssa Bull, Kristy Knox, Peta Langton,
Ryan Gruell, Tristan Shalhoub,
Tahnee Sullivan
Stephen Davies
Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club Page 5
Community Education Team Save a Life
On 1 March, the Communi ty Educati on Trai ners that w ere w orki ng that day di d a job that ev ery
Alex member and all Surf Li fe Savi ng Clubs w ould be proud of.
Many of these trai ners have jus t fi ni shed school, but the maturi ty they show ed i n helpi ng save a
li fe w as excepti onal. It also reflects the hi gh standards w e hav e i n Surf Li fe Savi ng.
Duri ng a Communi ty Educati on sessi on w e had a student black out i n the sur f. She w as fi rst
noti ced by James Crockatt (Mudji mba SLSC) w ho immedi ately grabbed the gi rl and asked trai ner
Miranda Di ngle-McLennan (Bundaberg SLSC) to assi st i n bri ngi ng the gi rl back to s hore. They
also managed to calmly i nstruct the remai ni ng students fr om the group to return to s hore.
Once on the s hore Dale Klei nschmi dt assi sted i n carryi ng the gi rl onto the beach and James
O’ Connor w as by hi s si de w hi le Bri gette S eymour w as off li ke a flash getti ng the Oxy-Vi va. Dale
placed the gi rl i n the r ecovery posi ti on wi th James O’ Connor hol di ng her head. The gi rl recovered
consci ousness w hile both Dale and James res t and reassuri ng her, maki ng her feel safe. In the
mean ti me James Crockatt w as maki ng sure the teacher i n charge of thi s group w as kept
i nformed and reassured.
An ambulance w as called and Bo Farrell and Alex Turnbull (li feguar ds) got the pati ent ni ce and
w arm back to the Fi rst Ai d Room.
All trai ners i ncludi ng Naomi Baker and Dylan Murray played an i mportant rol e i n thi s si tuati on and
I am extr emely proud, not just as the Communi ty Educati on O ffi cer, but as a Li fesaver.
I w ould li ke to thank my trai ners (not just the ones that w ere there, but all of you) and the
Li feguar ds for w orki ng as a team. All teachers on that day w ere i mpressed how the trai ners
reacted. It jus t s how s that these trai ners w ho only seemed li ke yes ter day w ere our ni ppers, have
found themselves young mature adul ts. Well Done Team!
Ani ta Moore Communi ty Educati on Offi cer
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