Beginner Ski Sessions
St Clair will be running a number of sessions for beginners in ski paddling. These sessions will be held at 10:00am on Sunday mornings at the St Clair boatshed.A session will be held each Sunday from August 8 to September 5.
To register for this course or for more info please contact James Coombes.
Project Groundswell Update
The proposal to adopt the Project Groundswell model has been formally accepted by club delegates in the Otago/Southland Area.
The process is now being undertaken to liquidate the assets of Surf Life Saving Otago.
St Clair SLSC will now be directed linked with Surf Life Saving New Zealand and will be one of 18 clubs in the new Southern Region.
An administrator will shortly be appointed in the role of Club Development Officer for the Otago/Southland area.
For more information on the Southern Region please visit the SLSNZ website.
These changes are not expected to have any effect on the day to day operation of clubs in the region.
2010 Polar Plunge
The annual St Clair Polar Plunge was held last sunday 27 June.Estimates are that around 500 people braved the cool Southern Ocean waters for the event with roughly three times that amount watching from the relative warmth of the Esplande.
The event itself raised approximately $3000.00 for the club which will be used to assist with the provision of life saving services at St Clair Beach.
St Clair SLSC thanks all those who braved the waters for the swim, the many additional supporters and of course event organisers More FM. (and the associate sponsors)
An item regarding the Polar Plunge from the Otago Daily Times is available from the following webpage:
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/112650/500-hardy-souls-survive-midwinter-plunge
St Clair Annual General Meeting
The 99th Annual General Meeting of the St Clair Surf Life Saving Club was held on Sunday 30 May 2010.The following members were elected as Officer Bearers for the 2010/2011 season.
- Patron: Cliff Johns
- President: Murray Wilson
- Vice-President: Paul Fairbairn
- Chairman: Antony Mason
- Secretary: Carla Laughton
- Skills Development Officer: James Coombes
- Property Officer: Tom Garforth
- Lifeguarding Officer: Stephanie Laughton
- IRB Convenor: Mark Freeman
- Junior Surf Convenor: Richard Murray
- Senior Representative: Joel Davies
- Women's Representative: Hannah Cullen
- Under 19 Representative: Finn O'Connor
- Honorary Accountant: Stuart McLauchlan
- Honorary Solicitor: Al Moore
- Honorary Medical Officers: Dr Sue Creighton, Dr Dave Gerrard & Dr Brendan O'Neill
Dunedin Winter Kayak Series 2010 Race 1
The first event of the 2010 Dunedin Winter Kayak Series was held in a strong northerly wind on Sunday 25 April.St Clair club members dominated the placings in the event with all paddlers in the first three places in the mens and womens categories coming from St Clair.
First overall and fastest male was associate member Dan Peacocke in a time of 53 minutes 31 seconds. Second and third overall and in the category went to Philip Pirie and James Coombes
First female home went to Carla Laughton in a shade under 1 hour followed by Nicole Walker and Sophie Robb.
Under 16 male competitor Cam Burrows was the first junior male to finish.
Other club members to race included: Michael Hastie, Joel Davies, Niall McColm, Graeme Newton (first veteran home and fourth overall), Peter Haslemore, Tom Garforth and Kel Williams.
SLSNZ March Rescue of the Month
St Clair wins March Rescue of the Month.An outstanding mass rescue by club members Antony Mason, Joel Davies and Phil Pirie has been awarded the Surf Life Saving New Zealand Rescue of the Month for March. Congratulations to Antony, Joel and Phil for the outstanding application of their skills in what was extreme northerly conditions on the day of the rescue. A full write up of the rescue is available from the Surf Life Saving New Zealand website: http://www.slsnz.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=3963#March2010
St Clair Member in SLSNZ Worlds Team
St Clair member Andrew McMillan has been named in the Surf Life Saving New Zealand team to contest the World Titles in October this year in Alexandra, Egypt. This marks the second successive worlds that Andrew has been a member of this team. It is a credit to Andrew that he has remained loyal to St Clair despite being located in Auckland for the last three years.SLSNZ Nationals
Improvement was again the major statement made by St Clair SLSC at the recent New Zealand Surf Lifesaving nationals.Senior management believed that this years event would mark the point when significant results would become a consistent feature of the clubs efforts.
The event itself did not disappoint with the clubs largest points tally since the mid-1990's being the high point of a fantastic team effort.
Overall St Clair collected 5 medals in over the 3 days of the nationals with several more collected in the single day 'Masters' event.
Our medalists were:
Gold
Under 19 Men Beach Sprint: Joe Kemp
Open Women Tube Rescue: Carla and Stephanie Laughton
Silver
Under 19 Men Surf Race: Adam Simpson
Bronze
Under 19 Men Tube Rescue: Adam Simpson and Kieran Applegarth
Under 16 Women Surf Race: Carina Doyle
Other notable results included:
Jordy Fogarty finishing 5th in the Under 16 Women's Surf Race and 9th in the Under 19 Women's Run Swim Run.
Jayden Mee finishing 5th in the Under 16 Men's Beach Flags
Joe Kemp finishing 4th in the Under 19 Men's Beach Flags
Sophie Robb finishing 9th in the Under 19 Women's Board Race
Michael Hastie finishing 9th in the Open Men's Board Race
Nicole Walker finishing 8th in the Open Women's Iron Women
Rhys Applegarth finishing 5th in the Open Men's Surf Race and 8th in the Open Men's Run Swim Run
The Under 19 Women's Taplin Relay finishing 5th.
The Under 19 Men's Canoe crew finishing 4th in both the Short and Long Course events.
The Under 19 Men's Beach Relay team finishing 5th.