62nd Annual Report 2012/2013 - Anglesea Surf Life Saving Club

in the final at Kirra, during a bit of large wave
manoeuvring, he unexpectedly left the boat and
hasn’t been seen since. It was also interesting to
note that the boat eventually crossed the line in
good order…alas minus the crew!
Special note should be made of our crew in
the Womens Open who rowed very well and
made it through to the third round, just failing to
qualify for the final.
Overall, the boat section was well represented
in competition with some good results and
we have good prospects for an even more
successful season in 2014. The Womens crews
have in many respects, led the way and with new
recruits coming on board next season Anglesea
should continue to be a force in both Open and
Masters competition.
The ‘Fan Belters’ are showing great improvement
in Reserve Grade with some very good results
this year, to build on. Their performance at the
Vic titles in setting up our Anglesea team in the
Lifesaver’s Relay was exceptional. We will be
looking to strengthen the Mens section in 2014
with new crews. In addition, we are hoping that
the mens U19 crew swept and trained by Paul
Hearne, which has shown tremendous potential,
will be able to compete next year without
studies intervening. These young guys certainly
show promise as a future Open Mens outfit – an
area where we have lacked competitive crews
for some years.
Also on a positive note, we expect to see some
old faces return next season which will add great
experience and support for the section. If these
developments work out we will have some new
sweeps (which we desperately need following
Doug S’s announcement at the Aussies that
he will retire from competition) and hopefully,
these people will bring a new group of rowers to
further strengthen our competitiveness.
Next season will also see the start of our
training program for the Gallipoli 100 ANZAC
commemorative row in the Dardanelles on April
23rd and 24th, 2015.
Finally, we are continuing to negotiate with
sponsors for the purchase of a new boat for next
season. We have a number of commitments but
we need to find extra dollars to pay the $30K
involved.
We had quite a number of personnel changes
during the season, particularly in the Womens
section Various crews are listed as follows (and
apologies if some of the crew names and crew
members are not entirely correct due to the
crew changes !)
Barry White
Anglesea SLSC Boat Section
Masters Mens 240+ (‘Dribblers)
Richard Holding, Ian McGain, Barry White,
David Warburton, Andrew Coutts
5th World MastersAdelaide, 1st Australian
Masters Stockton & 1st State Masters Lorne
Womens 200+ Masters
(World Championships) (‘Soul Sisters’)
Karen Costa, Tracy Holding, Michele Bent, Eliza Barry
1st World Masters Adelaide, 3rd Australian
Masters Stockton & 1st State Masters Lorne
Womens 160 Masters (‘Soul Sisters’)
Michele Bent, Sue Mahar, Melinda Solly, Robyn Giles
4th State Championships Anglesea &
3rd Australian Championships Goldcoast
Womens Open (Anglesea ‘Weeds’)
Lauren Clark, Holly Fowler, Melinda Solly,
Allana Alexander, Eliza Barry, Karen Costa, Julie Bayliss
4th World Masters Adelaide, 2nd Australian
Masters Stockton & 1st State Masters Lorne
Mens Reserve (‘Fan Belters’)
David O’Brien, Matt Napier, Chris Leach, Andrew Sands
3rd State Masters Lorne &
a2nd State Championships Anglesea
Sweeps
Doug Solly, David ‘Fan Belt’ Eades,
Andrew Holding, Paul Hearne
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