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

Membership Statistics
2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013
M F Total M F Total M F Total
Life 29 5 34 29 5 34 29 5 34
Honorary 14 6 20 12 6 18 11 6 17
Long Service 24 3 27 25 6 31 27 6 33
Active Reserve 13 4 17 17 2 19 13 3 16
Senior 93 59 152 109 83 192 118 107 225
Active (15-18yrs) 146 113 259 127 115 142 134 106 240
Active (13-15yrs) 67 53 120 73 66 139 43 34 77
Nipper 223 236 459 229 254 483 262 280 542
Associate 365 377 742 368 388 756 377 395 772
Award 9 0 9 3 3 6 9 0 0
Total 963 856 1839 997 928 1920 1014 943 1956
Vale - John ‘Jake’ Foster
11.5.1931 - 28.1.2013
Anglesea SLSC lost a long time Hon Medical
officer and a generous Patron when ‘Jake’
passed away succumbing to a protracted
illness. ‘Jake’ was a leading Melbourne Eye
Surgeon, an Olympian in water polo in 1956,
a formidable ‘A’ Grade tennis player at LTAV
Kooyong where he became President and a
Life Member. A very tall man, his reach served
him well in water polo but also in tennis where
court coverage was left to his massive reach
rather than adept footwork! ‘Jake’ enjoyed his
decades long Anglesea SLSC association not
only in his Honorary roles of MO and Patron
but in earlier times a session of body-surfing
with some of the club members who could
keep pace in the surf was one of his great
joys. Social occasions around the Club, The
Patrons’ Barrel, The Patrons Luncheon or the
Winter swimming group The Polar Bears BBQ
were always enjoyed by ‘Jake’ even if he was
accepting his own hospitality! ‘Jake’ had the
unique status of not only being an Olympian
he was also the Father of two Olympians,
Margot (rowing) and Peter (kayak). ASLSC
has invited ‘Jake’s’ wife Elizabeth to accept the
role of Patron which Elizabeth has graciously
accepted. The President, Committee and
Members have conveyed condolences to the
Foster Family on their loss.
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