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

David Kay took over the Junior Activities
Directorship this season and again built upon
the base created by his predecessors, delivering
a great program to our 500+ Nippers thanks to
the support and assistance provided by the Age
Group Leaders, the Water safety team and the
mums and dads. Special mention also needs to
be made of Janet Jones and her team for their
continued development of the Starfish Nipper
Program for kids with special needs. Following
the receipt of a grant from the State Trustees we
were able to produce a video highlighting the
Starfish program which is to be used by LSV and
SLSA to promote the program to other interested
clubs around Australia.
A high percentage of our membership is
Melbourne based and this in turn flows through
to the Nipper area, meaning our core program is
constrained to a relatively short time span when
we can be confident of having the necessary
water safety and other support resources. This
has been recognised as an inhibiting factor in
developing a stronger competitive focus within
this area and this is currently being considered.
In the competition arena Anglesea again
hosted and won a very successful carnival in
early January and then backed-up to stage the
Victorian Titles in March for the second year.
After a close second in 2012 the Anglesea/
Mentone Competition Partnership blew away
the opposition this season to win the State Titles
in emphatic fashion winning 23 Gold Medals
including Eddo (Shane Edmonds) winning the
Open Surf Race at age 40+!!!
The Club recently received a letter from Life
Saving Victoria congratulating it on its hosting
of the 2012 and 2013 Victorian Lifesaving
Championships and noting that they had set a
new standard for these events in Victoria. Our
Event Manager, Tom Cullen, together with all who
assisted can take credit for that outcome.
In April the competition team headed to Kirra in
Queensland and again led the way for Victoria
with 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze medals together
with a number of other finals appearances across
the Masters and Senior competitions, being the
top Victorian team in both areas. Special mention
must be made of the Open Women’s R&R Team
of Emma Moore, Ruby Wyett, Melissa Heathcote,
Andrea Titter and Sarah Harris together with
coach Geoff Waters who claimed Gold in
emphatic fashion scoring 0.22 which is the best
score ever by an open women’s team at Aussies
competition. Gary Brennan and Kevin Rigg,
together with Peter Hurst from Mentone, are to
be congratulated again on their management of
this area.
The Anglesea/Mentone senior competition
partnership, first entered into in three seasons
ago, is proving to be a great result for both clubs.
Thanks to funding received from the Victorian
Training Guarantee fund and separately from
the Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment
Program we were able to purchase a new Polaris
vehicle, four IRB motors and upgrade the area
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