Newsletter no.6

7th December 2007

Bronte Life Saving Energy Record
With installation of solar power the Club has contributed to the environment with the following contributions:
Kg of CO2 saved 781.4kg
Energy Total 741.4 kWhr

Hello All, we are back in action after a short break. There’s been a lot happening so hopefully the following news will fill you in on some of the happenings around the place.

Patrols
This coming weekend's patrols are:

Saturday 8 December
Patrol 4, 9.00am - 1.30pm
Patrol 8, 1.30pm - 6.00pm

Sunday 9 December
Patrol 11, 8.00am - 11.30am
Patrol 15, 11.15am - 2.45pm
Patrol 19, 2.30pm - 6.00pm

Cadet Patrols Sunday 9 December
Patrol 4, 8.00am - 10.30am
Patrol 5, 9.00am - 11.30am
Patrol 6, 10.00am - 12.30pm

Any queries re patrols should be directed to David Fleeting, Manager Lifesaving or your patrol captain.

Remember the same rules apply as last season. Miss too many patrols and you are out; arrange substitutes or let your patrol captain know if you can't make it; the usual common courtesy.

There have been a number of members missing patrols without notification. You will get a nasty, unexpected New Year present unless you lift your game.

Education
1. Proficiencies
The following information refers to Bronze Medallion and ARC proficiency only.
Information regarding proficiencies for SRF, Spinal Management, the Defib and Gold Medallion will follow.

Last date for proficiency tests is this coming Sunday unless you have made special
arrangements.

The date and time is:
Sunday 9 December 9am & 11am

Proficiencies will begin at the times written, any late comers will have to wait until the next time/date so please arrive 15mins early.

Signals and CPR will take place in the surf club before moving to the beach for the swim (200m run / 200m swim / 200m run in under 8min) and the board/tube rescue. The proficiency should take an hour to complete.

Anyone needing their ARC proficiency...these will take place in the surf club immediately after the 11am group has completed their water section. So, ARC holders, please choose your date accordingly.

These dates and times will be the only ones from Bronte this year. If you can not make these times, forget to turn up, believe the water to be too cold...then you are allowed to complete your proficiency at another beach but under your own reconnaissance.

New Bronte Members Forum
Our new Bronte Members Forum is now online and can be accessed from the menu bar on the Bronte Surf Club Website. This forum gives all Club Members up to date information on Patrol changes, Nipper News and Club related issues.

The Nippers, Patrols and Members Noticeboards are open to all members to post discussions and reply to messages.

The Business, Education, Administration, Competition and Newsletters will have messages posted by Management only and can be viewed by all members.

We hope you enjoy our new Forum and look forward to hearing from you online.

To Register for the Forum:
1. Once you enter the forum you are requested to add your User Name and Password. If you have not Registered before, click on the 'register' link at the bottom of the page.

2. Follow the prompts to agree to the forum rules and then you may 'Register' with your own choice of User Name, Password and Valid Email Address.

3. Once you complete the registration you will be sent an email to verify your email address. Once you receive this email, click on the 'To complete your registration, please visit this url' link and this will direct you back to the forum site and activate your membership.

4. You will be asked to enter a Unique Bronte Password. The password for this season is: surfclub104 all in lower case.

You are now a Registered Forum Member. For future visits to the forum you will need your User Name, Password and Unique Bronte Forum Password.

Club Shop - Web Site
All is rectified re on-line ordering. Sales re gear, fees etc are now available on the Club's shop via the web site. Go to our website and follow the prompts under Club Shop.

Joggers/Walkers
Results will be published from now on.

Competition
We were all pleased for Milly McGuiness when she was selected in the Sydney Branch team to compete at the Inter Branch Championships in mid November. Well it only gets better.

Milly competed with distinction and achieved some outstanding results as shown below.

* Ironwomen 4th
* Surf Race 6th
* Board race 10th.

We better be careful otherwise Milly will be getting the talent scouts from a Queensland club chasing her. Well done Milly on these great results against some very stiff competition.

Young John McCarthy is also killing them in his events. John won the Open Iron Man at Cronulla a couple of weeks back. John who can compete in the U/19 events can achieve big things this season with a bit of luck which is always needed in the surf.

Also dates and venues for this season’s board/ski/craft scrutineering (both seniors and juniors) are as follows:
15/12 - Nth Cronulla Open Carnival 8am to 11am
19/01 - Wanda Inter Cities 8am to 11am
02/02 - Coogee Open 8am to 11am
16/02 - Sth Maroubra Branch Age 7.30 to 10.30
17/02 - Sth Maroubra Branch Open 7.30 to 10.30

Bondi To Bronte
What a great day and what a great success. Over 1650 swimmers (not quite the 1800
reported) in a good small surf in great sunshine. The event was again won by Josh
Santacaterina in a time of 24.27.

Alistair Visch led the Bronte charge finishing in equal 20th in a time of 26.32. Other Bronte swimmers who excelled were Peter Appleyard, Sam Fleeting, Reed Cotterill, and Milly McGuiness who all swam the course in well under 29 minutes.

Thanks to all who assisted – it was a great members’ contribution from the water safety to the bbq and first aid. There are too many people to mention for their work and if I inadvertently forget someone I get into trouble. So please accept this as a big thanks to all.The money raised will go towards equipment, Australian & World Titles expenses, and general Club House renovations.

Nipper News
• Designs for the Nippers Uniform Competition are due in by this Sunday 9th Dec to Peta at the Gear Tent.
• Club championships – round 1, this Sunday 9th December.
• We are doing the group photos this Sunday so can all nippers ensure they have correct outfits, eg. bronte swimmers, bronte rashies and caps. The photos will be taken on the ramp outside the club after the session has finished so please don't rush off.
• There are approximately 800 Nipper parents in the club and, as mentioned in the newsletter, we are asking for 3-4 parents to volunteer on the social committee to help organise a couple of events. To date we have had 1 response (thank you Leonie). I know everyone thinks that someone else will do it all but this is not the case. If you can help please email Leanne Bartlett at brontenippers@hotmail.com.
• Xmas Special - Nipper Boards RRP $169.00. Special Price $130.00. See Peta or
Roley.

Club News
• Club stalwart and long service member Bob Bray isn’t traveling all that well at the moment. Bob had a major operation on his back several weeks ago to hopefully repair some of the damage inflicted over many years. Bob’s main problem with his back started with car accidents, boat rowing accidents, and of course hauling in all those fish he keeps telling you he catches. The long and short of it is he is in severe pain and needs some TLC. Wife Diane can only tender so much assistance and sympathy so all you mates of Bob out there, get up to his place and give him a cheer up. Yes you will have to listen to fishing stories but we all have to sacrifice something for a mate. Get well soon Bob!
• Crook backs must be catching. Aunty Pat, (Pat Jenkinson/Stewart) is also suffering at the moment. As you can imagine Jim’s a big help. Get well soon Pat, we need some more roast pork and beef this Sunday for the FC Norton boat christening.
• Don’t forget this Sunday, 9th December at 3pm for the surf boat christening with the famous name of Frank Norton to adorn its bows.
• The Club’s Manager Administration David Stone is undertaking a charity row over a distance of 42.195Km (Marathon), on a rowing machine, with a difference – he is rowing at maximum resistance 10 – like 10th gear, the whole time. His primary aim is to finish but he is also seeking to get into the top 5 verified results in the world for the concept 2 rowing machine. This madness will take place on the 16th December at 3:00pm on the steps of the surf club and is in aid of Sydney Children’s Hospital. If anyone would like to pledge a donation, however small, it will be gratefully received - just drop David an email at the following (private1@bigpond.com). David expects to finish at about 6:15/630 – in time for a cleansing ale and then a fall over. Let’s get behind Dave for this gesture and support him with donations etc. Also it would be good to stand in front of him during his row with a cool beer –
sort of an incentive.
• An aerial photograph to be taken of all the surf lifesavers on one beach – SOUTH
MAROUBRA on 8TH DECEMBER 2007 at 9.30AM
• Dr Bronte held their Christmas party at the Club last Tuesday. They had a great time. What a tonic!

That’s it for now. Sorry if I have missed anything.

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