Club Update | December 2020
Telephone: 0467 475 263 Postal Address: PO Box 49, San Remo, VIC, 3925 Web: www.woolamaibach.org.au Email: Secretary@woolamaibeach.asn.au
SKILLS MAINTENANCE / Requalification
Just a reminder that members will need to requalify at either one of the below skills maintenance sessions run at the club, or book into a session elsewhere. All awards will be expiring on 30/12/2020.
If you do not requal you will be unable to patrol from 1st Jan 2021.
To Book into a requal please ensure that you have:
Renewed/Paid your membership – More Info: https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/renew
Complete online learning – More Info: https://www.woolamaibeach.org.au/requalification
Booked into a practical session. There are only 20 spots per session so get in quick! https://mt.lsv.com.au/login/
The dates are as follows (Please use the course ID’s to find the right sessions)
Sat 12th Dec (course ID: s1: 1398663, s2: 1398664, s3: 1398665)
Sun 13th Dec (course ID: s1: 1398666, s2: 1398667, s3: 1398668)
Sat 19th Dec (course ID: s1: 1398669, s2: 1398670, s3: 1398671)
Sun 20th Dec (course ID: s1: 1398672, s2: 1398673, s3: 1398674)
Please contact membership@woolamaibeach.asn.au for any membership inquiries
Please contact training@woolamaibeach.asn.au for any skills maintenance inquiries
Life Saving Services
Final Version of the Patrol Roster now out
See roster here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XeS7-8rTXqnkHSKPcxV2Uln9jsT2qH7P/view
Things to note:
This is the full roster covering the entirety of the season, please note from Boxing day onwards traditional full weekend patrols will resume and the bunkrooms will be available. More on bunkrooms below.
Boxing Day Long Weekend: We will be trialing splitting the Boxing day long weekend amongst two patrols, with the Islanders scheduled for Sat 26/12 all day and Sun 27/12 AM shift, Punchy’s Penguins will take over the Sunday 27/12 patrol from the Islanders for the PM shift and also patrol the Monday 28/12 Public Holiday.
Smiths will be covered by the lifeguard service from the beginning of the season until Sunday, Feb 14th.
There’s a new patrol in town this season - Punchy’s Penguins
The mighty ducks have finished their run of patrolling the beach at Woolamai. A massive thanks to all those who have taken part in the ducks patrols and made a massive impact on keeping our beaches safe over the past years.
In the ducks place this season we will have a new patrol - Punchy's Penguins, led by a gun leadership team, Patrol Captain Grace Saxon and Vice Captains James Henderson & Hallie Mau
Bunkrooms
Are still closed at this stage, announcements will be made in the coming weeks about their reopening to allow members to stay at the club for patrol operations.
Nippers!
Registrations for this season’s modified Nippers program opened on Monday 30 November. With limited places available this season, over 90% of places were filled in the first two hours.
A few places remain in the program, for U7 and U9 age groups. To register go to www.woolamibeach.org.au/nippers. Anyone who missed out on securing a place is encouraged to join the waiting list in case of spots become available.
Nippers Water Safe Crew
Volunteers are needed to assist with water safety for Nippers. Due to COVID, Nippers will look a little different this year.
Water safety crew are needed to assist at Cleeland Bight Beach (Cape Woolamai) from 8:45am-11:45am on the following days: Tue 29/12/2020 to Tue 5/1/2021 (excluding New Year’s Day).
If you have your Bronze or have recently completed SRC, we’d love to hear from you! Snacks will be provided.
To express interest or request further information, email your name and contact details to nippers@woolamaibeach.asn.au, and be sure to tell your friends!