MANLY LSC NEWS 6 APRIL 2012
 

AUSTRALIAN TITLES 2012 

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair” Charles Dickens, “A Tale Of Two Cities”

There is no doubt that only Dickens could have scripted last week’s events in Queensland. Like everybody else when I heard about young Matthew Barclays accident in the surf at Kurruwa I immediately thought about his parents and the pain they must be going through. For those of you who are not fully familiar with the incident Matthew’s mum and dad spent the night on the sand and didn’t leave the beach until his body had been recovered. In the memorial service attended by many hundreds of life savers on Sunday morning his father thanked all those involved in the rescue operation for allowing them the comfort of bringing Matthew back to the Sunshine Coast.

I would like to single out some of our members for their actions. Cam Coghlan, Duncan Isaksen-Loxton, Blake Ballard, Zane Ludlow and Tom Fraser Holmes were closely involved in the search and rescue operation last Thursday morning when young Matthew was recovered. These members have brought great credit on our club. I have written to Tony Haven, President SLSNSW, to ensure they are recognized by our movement.

I have placed an article on Matthew on the notice board and encourage you to read it.

The performance of our competitors and the way in which they represented our club was outstanding. Much has been written about our elite competitors- Naomi, Candice, Devon, Trent, Cooper and their achievements but where we really shined was in the team events. The Open Female Taplin and the Open Female Ski relay for instance or the u/17 Female Board relay. This amazing strength in depth allowed us to come third overall less than 3 points behind Kurrawa in Second with Northcliffe in first place. Congratulations to both these clubs.

RESULTS
Champion Lifesaver
U17 Lachlan Bruce   SILVER
U17 Sita Mason  4th
First Aid
Open  Fran Brenchley and Sophie Tyner   GOLD
U19    Sita Mason and Keegan Baldwin 4th
U17    Sophie Hughes and Eleanor Jones SILVER, Alex Baker and Sarah Schooley BRONZE, Sita Mason and Aiden Baldwin 4th
U15     Ruby Costello and Eleanor Zurowski   GOLD
Water
19s Belt Race Trent Klouzal, Mark Epper, Adam Keelan, Campbell Bennett, Cameron Coghlan  GOLD
19s Womens Rescue Tube Rescue  Devon Halligan, Georgie Rowe, Jessie O'Carroll, Mieke Kassulke   SILVER
Open Womens Single Ski Relay Naomi Flood, Sarah Knapman, Candice Falzon   GOLD
U19 Womens Board Relay Devon, Jessie, Mieke   SILVER
15s Mens Surf Race Cooper Krenkels   GOLD
U19 Womens Singe Ski  Devon  GOLD
U19 Womens Taplin Relay Devon, Georgie, Mieke  SILVER
Open Womens Double Ski  Naomi and Candice Falzon   GOLD
U15 Ironman Cooper Krenkels   SILVER
U19 Ironperson  Devon  GOLD
Open Womens Single Ski  Naomi   GOLD
U15 Mens Swim  Cooper   GOLD
U15 Mens Tube  Cooper   SILVER
U17 Womens Board  Mieke   BRONZE
U19 Ironman Trent   BRONZE
Open Womens Taplin Naomi, Candice, Devon  GOLD
Open Ironwoman  Devon  SILVER
U19 Mens Swim  Trent  GOLD
Open Double Mixed Ski  Naomi, Blake Ballard   GOLD
Beach
U17 Mens Beach Sprint   Pat Humphries  8th
U17 Mens Beach Relay   Andras Eglesz, Rory Kelly, Jake Vale, Pat  Humphries   SILVER
U19 Mens Beach Relay   Andras, Rory, Jake, Pat   5th

MLSC OLYMPIANS
Congratulations to Naomi Flood, Murray Stewart, Jo Bridgen-Jones AND Tom Fraser Holmes who have been selected to represent Australia at the Olympic Games in London later this year. Congratulations also to Ky Hurst former member of MLSC and now at Kurruwa who was also selected . We wish them well and will hear more about their plans in the next few months 

REMINDER Special General Meeting
There will be a Special General Meeting held on Sunday 22nd of April in the club house to vote on a new constitution for the club. Details of this proposed constitution can be found on this page. I urge you to come to this meeting and have your say in the future of the club

CLUB BBQ
There will be a club BBQ on Sunday 22nd of April following the special general meeting at around 11.30am to recognize the contribution our patrol members, volunteers and competitors have made to the club this year, Cam Coghlan and Tent Herring will be manning the BBQ with the boaties running the bar.

Daniel Mulcahy
President MLSC

 
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MANLY LIFE SAVING CLUB CONSTITUTION
 

At a Special General Meeting of the members held on 22 April 2012 the following resolution was passed:

"That the Constitution and Rules currently in existence be repealed and replaced by the Draft Constitution dated 7 February 2012." The Constitution will take effect at the Annual General Meeting to be held on Sunday 24 June 2012.

By-laws  will be reviewed by the Manly LSC Board before the commencement of the 2012/13 season and annually thereafter.

A copy of the 2012 Constitution appears below. The 2002 Constitution appears here

Manly LSC Constitution adopted 22 April 2012

Voting entitlements Annual General Meeting, General and Special Meetings current

 
 
AUSTRALIAN MASTERS SWIM CHAMPION
 

Congratulations to Manly LSC member Barry Seymour who recently achieved three world titles at The Australian Masters Swimming Championships at Adelaide Aquatic Centre.

Achieving GOLD in the 800m, 400m and 200m events in world record times, Barry also placed in three other medal finishing performances at this carnival.

Barry is a member of The Manly Masters Club for whom he competes. Beside his swimming prowess, Barry is a more than accomplished long board rider, holding many titles in this discipline. He is a member of the Manly LSC Senior March Past team.

A  tireless worker for the Manly LSC in the financial areas of the clubs, Barry also volunteers his time to assist in many Manly LSC events.

Manly LSC congratulates Barry on his achievements.

 
 
MANLY'S GOLDEN DAY
 

Aussies 2012: Flood and Halligan steer Manly to golden day

(SLSA)   Article | Sun, 01/04/2012 - 21:19

Manly’s London bound Olympian Naomi Flood and rising star Devon Halligan have spearheaded Manly to golden day at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at North Kirra today.

Flood won five gold medals from five starts in the single ski; double ski with Candice Falzon; the mixed double ski with Blake Ballard; the Taplin with Falzon and Halligan and the ski relay with Falzon and Sarah Knapman.

Halligan won three gold and four silvers and the female competitor of the carnival – becoming the first girl to win the under 19 ironwoman and a silver in the open.

Flood showed all her class when she powered to the line to defend her open single ski crown after a neck and neck paddle into the wave area with fellow kayaker Alyce Burnett (Maroochydore) and Teneale Hatton (Kurrawa). It was her third title, having first won it in 2007.

The gold kept flowing for the sky blue caps when Flood, Falzon and Halligan defended their open women's taplin relay title from Northcliffe and Kurrawa.

Flood, who will contest her first Olympics in Australia's kayak team, had earlier combined with Falzon to win the open double ski final after the pair had joined forces with Knapman to win the ski relay.

There was a well deserved win to Halligan in the under 19 Ironwoman from Jordan Mercer (Noosa Heads) who had earlier won the under 19 board final and Miranda Davies (Burleigh Heads-Mowbray Park).

Halligan had won silver in her two previous Ironwoman appearances at the Aussies in the under 17s and behind Amy Nurthen (Terrigal) in last year's Under 19s.

"It's great to finally win an individual gold after my two silvers," a smiling 18-year-old Gold Coast-based University student, who will continue to compete for Manly "because NSW needs us."

"I am training with the Kurrawa club and as long as they are happy for me to train with them then I will stay with Manly and will wear the Manly cap at this year's World Championships.

“I can’t believe I won the silver in the opens – beyond my wildest dreams.”

There was great joy in the Halligan household with Devon's little brother Cooper winning gold for Newport in the under 17 surf teams alongside Jonah Beard, Max Brooks and Jayke Rees.

Brilliant young Manly swimmer Trent Klouzal showed his strength to defend his under 19 belt title, the first to do so since Wollongong's Matt Heisley, who won the treble between 2002 and 2004 before taking out the under 19 surf race ...

 
 
PRESENTATION NIGHT 25 May 2012
 

The fun begins at 6.30pm in the Club hall where members who gained Lifesaving awards during the 2011-12 season will be presented with Bronze Medallion, ARTC, IRB, Gold Medallion and other awards.

Club awards will include: Patrol of the Year; Patrol Person of the Year; Presidents Award; Senior Club Person of the Year; Junior Club Person of the Year; Cadet Club Person of the Year; Senior Competitor of the Year; U/19 Competitor of the Year; U/17 Competitor of the Year; U/15 Competitor of the Year; Masters Competitor of the Year; Team of the Year; Ray Leighton Inspirational Award and more ...........

 
 
SOFT SAND CLASSIC MANLY BEACH SUNDAY10 JUNE 2012
 

The Manly Soft Sand Classic started in 1993 and was the first event of its type in Australia.

Prior to the Classic, soft sand running was seen only as a cross leg in ocean ironman racing and in particular the Uncle Toby's Super Series. Watching those events you would notice the competitors were always in single file during the run legs in soft sand. By running behind each other they were able to take advantage of the hardened surface.

When you run the Manly Soft Sand Classic you are truly running in the footsteps of champions. No beach in the world has bred more sporting legends from iron men and women, to world champion surfers, Olympic rowers and countless other elite sports achievers.  Each has spent their time running and training on Manly Beach.

Now we invite you to follow in their footsteps; to earn your place among the champions.

Entries have started to fill so ensure you don't miss out - ENTER TODAY!

MORE INFO HERE

 

 
 
PATROL NEWS 25 April 2012
 

Click here for final SEASON patrol hours 24.9.11 to 25.04.12

These hours will be used for your grading

PLEASE CHECK YOUR HOURS
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE 
or have any requests or input 
please contact the Club Captain