Check out our Coming Events for the next 2
months...
Working Bee - Sunday 3rd November 10am -
12am
We would appreciate any members with a hour or two to spare this
morning to help spring clean the clubrooms for the coming
season.
Quiz Night - Friday 8th November 7.00pm
Due to the success of the last Quiz Night we are having another,
it's a great way of meeting more club members and their families, a
supper will be provided and a cash bar, with spot prizes as well.
$5.00 per person please RSVP to brian@fishbike.co.nz
Open Day 10th of November
All Members 12.00 onwards meet at clubrooms for BBQ and welcome
back -lolly scramble, display of equipment and tour of clubrooms.
Our junior surf programme "City Nippers" kicks
off for the summer on Sunday 10th of November from 10am on the
beach at Hardinge Rd and we're looking forward to welcoming back
our City Nippers families for another summer. We have plenty of
room in our programmes, so please encourage your friends to
consider the benefit of our programmes and to join in.
Dates to remember Lifeguarding events
November 2nd Saturday - Half Iron Maori
November 24th Sunday Patrols officially start
December 7th Iron Maori
December 21st Swim Carnival hosted by Pacific - Canterbury
Trophy
December 15th Sunday - First Nipper Carnival hosted by Westshore
SLSC
For full Event details in the HB region click here, and go to the
Hawke's Bay calendar.
http://www.surflifesaving.org.nz/clubhouse/trainingroom/local-activitycalendars/#LAC
Well done to those who participated in the HB Pool
Champs
Ethan Bailey
Gavin Gilbert
Simon Kay
Daniel Husband
Amber Helliwell
Nicole Hamilton
Angela Sunnex
Kelly Sunnex
Leah Cooper
Kelly Winiata
Special thanks to our seniors who encouraged one of our nervous
nippers.
Surf Lifeguard Award course
Hamish is back from Africa in a couple of weeks and itching to get
back into his sport coaching roles for the club. He is also
planning to run the first Surf Lifeguard Award course for the
summer in late November. Achieving the Surf Lifeguard Award is a
rewarding challenge at all ages, says a lot about you as person and
is highly regarded by employers. . Any member 14 years+ can apply
to attend the course and complete assessment to become a Surf
Lifeguard. More info to follow. Contact the club if your
interested.
Nippers 12 years and above If you are keen to extend your skills
and work with the seniors at their trainings please see Hamish,
David or Anne. You would need to be a confident swimmer easily
completing 400m, with the seniors communicating thru a facebook
communications page that you need to join, as training are weather
based and the nipper text system does not extend to cover
these.
Annual Subscription
Subscription accounts are out - we need these to be paid promptly
so your Surf NZ membership is renewed for the new season and allows
you to participate in events, please email pacificsurf@xtra.co.nz
if you have not received. Due to a new ruling that all participants
in carnivals and events wear a Hi Viz tops we will be selling these
at a subsidised cost of $10.00, it has also been recommended that
these be worn at training times as well.
Icebreaker
Thanks to those who helped, it was a smaller turnout than usual
with three of our Lifeguards competing Amber Helliwell, Simon Kay
and Kelly Sunnex, with Simon and Kelly winning the Male and Female
individual events
Lifeguarding Events
Some of you may not know that our lifeguards along with others
from local clubs provide a water safety service to local water
sport events like the Iron Maori, they are present on the rescue
boards and also IRB's, this does also
generate some income for the club.
Winter Training
We had a solid turnout for most sessions and thanks Bruce Baarspul
for giving his time, also to David Beattie who was able to give
some valuable training on the boards to all ages. It was a great
way for the club members to keep up
their fitness and skills, and we saw some fantastic improvement in
some of the swimmers.
Committee Members
The Committee members are
Chairperson Mike O'Malley
Secretary
Brian Fisher
Treasurer Donna Sunnex
Lifeguarding Emma Hubbard
Members David Beattie, Karen Hamilton, Karen Greenslade,
Sherrise Spiller, Anne Cooper, Zoe Lee, Neil Hubbard, Bruce
Baarspul.
If you are interested in coming to a meeting please contact the
pacificsurf@xtra.co.nz
Website
We are just about there resurrecting our website, keep an eye out
www.pacificsurf.org.nz
Remember to check out our facebook page for photos and
information, and feel free to add and tag the photos and
share the link with your friends and relatives
http://www.facebook.com/pacificslsc
