What’s your full name? Uri Teitler
What’s your current position in the club? Hon Secretary & Public Officer How long have you been in the role ? This is my second year When did you first join? 2013 Can you tell us about your lifesaving journey? My wife Tracey would bring our first child, Sarah down for U6 and U7 on Sundays for Nipper whilst I would go out riding. When Sarah was in U8 and my second, Noah was in U6, Tracey explained that she couldn't be at two ends of the beach at the same time and that was the beginning of my adventure down at South Maroubra. By mid-season I realised it was going to be more interesting in the water than just watching so I enrolled in the next available Bronze Medallion and I was doing Water Safety by December. The next season I became Water Safety Co-ordinator and in 2016 Deputy Director of Youth which I held for 2 Years. Along the way I set out to collect at least one award/qualification a year .. started with Age Manager's then IRBC and IRB Driver, Officials Course, Silver Beach Management, Spinal, Advanced First Aid and most recently ARTC. Last year I was asked to join the Board and have been enjoying the role of Secretary since. What positions have you held in the club? Water Safety Co-ordinator, Deputy Director of Youth, Vice Captain of Patrol 15, Hon Secretary & Public Officer. I was also Deputy Director of Youth for Sydney Branch in 2021/22. Any highlights? I have very much enjoyed watching my family grow up and around the club to the extent that they feel like its their second home and we have established a whole new friendship group. We choose Sth Maroubra as we recognised that if the kids could learn to handle the surf here they could handle surf anywhere, but reality is that the club has given us so much more. Biggest highlights would be via the kids .. both being Junior Club Captains in their respective years and then both later on to become Youth Lifesaver of the Year for Sydney Branch. What does the future hold and any advice to fellow members? I'm excited about the future of the club. The Board has a grand vision for the physical club house and the strategic 5 year plan puts in place the foothold for a vibrant community organisation. The simple advice is get involved. The more you put in the more you get out of it and the better the place is for everyone. To paraphrase JFK .. 'Do not ask what your club can do for you .. ask what you can do for your Club'
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There has been some amazing results across all disciplines by our members since the beginning of the season:
Triple Crown Round 1 - Wanda On Saturday 15 October 2022 3 members (Georgie Kiernan, Vectis Buckett and Charlie White) competed in round 1 of the Sydney Branch Triple Crown Series at Wanda. Each round consists of 3 surf races and 3 board races. (This round however only had 2 surf races due to conditions). The carnival is split into 2 age groups, Youth (u15) and Open (u17, u19, Opens, Masters). Georgie & Vectis were fortunate that they are at the upper end if their age group, while Charlie was at the bottom end of his age group. When you see the results below, you'll realise that this did not phase Charlie. In tricky conditions there were some great performances from all three of our members. Their results are as follows: Georgie (Youth female) Swim 1 – 4th | Swim 2 – 3rd | Board 1 – 2nd | Board 2 – 1st | Board 3 - 1st Vectis (Youth male) Swim 1 – 4th | Swim 2 – 3rd | Board 1 – 6th | Board 2 – 4th | Board 3 – 5th Charlie (Open male) Swim 1 – 6th | Swim 2 – 1st | Board 1 – 10th Sydney Water Round 2 (Interbranch Trials Opens) Aidan Renford U14: 7th iron, 3rd swim but given 4th, 6th board Georgie Kieran U15: Iron 6th, Swim 4th, Board 2nd. Jasmin Alexiou U15: Iron 2nd, Swim 1st, Board 7th Charlie White U17: Iron 7th, Swim 6th, Ski 7th Vectis Buckett U15: 8th surf race, 8th Iron man Chris Kondilios U14: 1st Flags, 1st sprint Jess Henville U15: 2nd flags, 3rd sprint Josh Ballard U15: 1st flags Luke Newrick U15: 1st sprint, 2nd flags Ruby Gray U17: 1st sprint, 1st Flags Qld State Open Water Swimming Championships - Coolum Beach, Sunshine Coast Jasmine Alexiou competed in the 14 years 5km open water swim at the Queensland State Open Water Swimming Championships on 15 October. She completed the race in 4th position (just missing 3rd place by less than 9 seconds) in a personal best time of 1:02:35.80; Jasmine lowered her personal best time (1:10:40.73) set at the Australian Championships in January 2022 by more than 8 minutes. Jazz is now ranked #1 in NSW for 5km open water swimming for her age (previously #7) & ranked #4 nationally (previously #13). An amazing achievement given she is only at the start of her preparation for the new open water & surf lifesaving season which culminates in the Australian Open Water Championships in January 2023, State SLS Champs in February 2023 & Aussies in March 2023. Interbranch Team Selection After some amazing results at the Interbranch Team selection carnivals it was no surprise that South Maroubra is well represented in the Sydney Branch Team. Congratulations to the following Clubbies for making it into the teams: U17 Female - Ruby Gray U15 Male - Luke Newrick U15 Female - Jasmine Alexiou U15 Female - Georgie Kiernan (reserve) U14 Male - Chris Kondilios U14 Male - Aidan Renford (reserve) U13 Male - Rory Muldowney U12 Male - Krishna Inder NSW Waratahs Slightly unrelated to Surf Lifesaving but wonderful news that our Clubbie, Tom Farr Jones has been selected into the NSW Waratahs Under 16’s Squad. We would like to congratulate them on this wonderful achievement being selected in a very talented squad and wish them all the best for the rest of the tour. What’s your full name? Paul Fownes
How did you get the nickname of Stretch? My bronze medallion trainer Greg Dovey tagged me with the nickname during Bronze and it stuck. What’s your current position in the club? Club President How long have you been President for? 16 years When did you first join? 1986 So Stretch can you tell us about your lifesaving journey? I was a student at Marist Pagewood when we carried out what they called ‘Activities’ for year 10 students at South Maroubra SLSC. A few friends from my school joined the club shortly after that initial exposure, I joined them a few years after that. I was a pretty decent swimmer in those days, loved the surf, so doing my Bronze with Greg and John Park as my Bronze trainers was fun and pretty straight forward. Just before or after joining South Maroubra I was also accepted into the NSW Police Force where I currently remain. I competed 30 years of Surf Patrols but took up long service to concentrate on making the club as good as it could be. What positions have you held in the club? Well I just wanted to be a patrolling member but was promoted to Patrol Captain after 4 or 5 years which I enjoyed. Bernie Kelly LM had other plans for me and after 8 or so years I was promoted to Vice Club Captain and then a year or two later Club Captain now known as Director of Lifesaving. I also loved being a Bronze trainer and encourage others to take those positions on, they’re so rewarding. Any highlights? Absolutely, how much time do you have? In no particular order, the camaraderie, I love the stability compared to other clubs, the many major fundraising events we have been able to deliver including numerous State Titles, Nutri Grain Carnivals etc, the connection with community, great and life long friendships, seeing the club house transform from a 1980’s building in need of repair to something we can build our future on. I’ve enjoyed seeing the club grow in all areas, enjoyed seeing us achieve some financial stability and able to assist all areas of the club. I’ve enjoyed developing relationships with all tiers of government, enjoyed meeting club sponsors and hopefully providing them with a rich return on investment. I enjoy helping out other struggling entities such as the Clontarf Foundation, seeing nippers get access to a rich experience in Surf Awareness whilst their parents enjoy the social aspect of the club and what it has to offer. There so much more and I just believe we are a good working class club with a great future providing we continue to understand where we have come from, appreciate the hard work of what we have today and where we’d like to be at in the next 5 to 10 years. What does the future hold and any advice to fellow members? We got so many wonderful members, there is something for everyone so please support us in some way! Big thank you to all of our wonderful Life Members many of whom continue to give back to our club after 30, 40, 50+ years of membership. To aspiring future leaders, it was never my intention to be President, things just happened and I found myself in that position. I’d like to think I’ve done my very best without ulterior motives or distraction for the benefit of the broader membership and community. As for how much long, well if the members are satisfied with my service, I’d like to keep the club growing, stable and strong and whilst President deliver on what I believe will be the most important development since our forefathers opened the original club in 1959. I’ve loved the journey so far and look forward to an exciting united future. So much is going on at the moment – it’s full on and exciting but much to pass onto you or seek help from you.
· NIPPERS - After a wet and wild start to the Patrol Season, this Saturday and Sunday will see the return of Australia’s largest Nipper Club with something in the order of 1100 kids. Exciting but these number mean we’ll certainly be looking for more help plus please consider parking arrangements as it will be tight! Can you help with some sponsorship from you or a company you might have affiliation with? Water safety? mums and dads starting their Bronze Medallion in order to jump in the water with the kids - it's really rewarding learning new life skills and great for general fitness. If you’d like to know more fire us an email [email protected] · FUNDRAISER - Sunday 11.30am to 5pm, 29th January 2023 we will be conducting our annual Sportspersons Day. I’m now reaching out to YOU to help me identify some quality speakers. They can be actors or actresses, TV personalities, current or past sportsmen and women, speakers that will fascinate an audience with their story! If you could get back to me with a suggestion or two, we’d be super stoked! Simply email [email protected] · INTERUPTION/DANGER - Work has started! After many years, I’m pleased to advise the new amenities block work adjacent to the club is now up underway. Monday to Saturday for approximately 12 months. There will be some minor interruptions to club business throughout these works. We will keep members posted via social media so please monitor and more importantly with nippers and children please exercise supervision and care. · SOCIAL MEDIA – How exciting that South Maroubra SLSC has been rated the third most watched Surf Club Facebook site in Australia. If you haven’t joined us, then please do so! For new Nipper families joining us, Nippers also has their own site where vital information is passed on. Wet weather cancellations are also communicated via this forum so it’s in your interest to jump onboard. Club information, history, newsletters and annual reports, club hire information for special events and so much more can all be found on our impressive website at www.southmaroubrasurfclub.com.au · GETTING TO KNOW US – We’re introducing a new column in this month’s newsletter named ‘Meet the Team' column where each month one of our Club Leaders will be featured starting with yours truly! Take a moment to have a read so you know a little about those who lead your club. · WHAT'S NEW – Over the last 4 weeks we’ve now installed and will soon be using an additional Nipper storage space in the form of a shipping container. This is to cater for Australia’s biggest nippers and their gear. Our Nipper sponsors are located on the side of the container, we welcome others! Last week we also upgraded the club entry with a privacy screen to temporarily store items awaiting pick up. More work to be done but looks great! · WEDDING and NIPPER SEASON – Could I respectfully ask our great young members to play their ball games on the sand or if necessary, the southern grass area and not the grass in front of the club. We have nipper families looking forward to enjoying the grass space plus wedding season for upstairs relies upon decent looking and condition grass. Also, we ask members to wash off before entering the club using the public showers. · THIS SUNDAY YOU'RE INVITED – To celebrate the start of Nippers we will be officially opening the club bar to Social Sunday’s 10.45am to 5pm, Mick’s Kiosk opens and Coffees are available now from the bar. This Sunday we will be providing LIVE MUSIC from 11am to 2pm so be sure to come down and enjoy what will be a wonderful day of fun and action. Family members and community are ALL invited. · OCTOBERFEST CANCELLATION – A few people have asked about OCTOBERFEST. Regrettably, the renamed event, now called SOUTH MAROUBRA COMMUNITY FESTIVAL and FUN RUN has had to be cancelled due to Insurance issues. Next year for sure! Look forward to seeing you Sunday so lets make it a BIG start to the season. Paul ‘Stretch’ Fownes APM OAM President. The club has in the past provided members and /or equipment to assist with NSW Flood Relief as and when required and we acknowledged and recognised these members in the annual report last season.
As you are aware the relentless weather recently has resulted in more flooding around NSW. We have been made aware that SLSNSW are making direct email contact to members within Surf clubs for Expressions of Interest (EOI) to assist as and when required. We ask our members of South Maroubra, to please advise our Director of Lifesaving Nicole by email if you are contacted to EOI and are actually deployed to assist on any occasion. We will need to co-ordinate any equipment deployment (if required) and wish to be aware of our members assisting so we can minute your participation and record it for member recognition in annual report etc. Your co-operation with keeping the Board of Management in the loop via Director of Lifesaving would be greatly appreciated. Our understanding is the most recent emails from SLSNSW are for personnel only and not club equipment. However, if ever club equipment is requested for this purpose, the club is to be advised of this and must give approval. E: [email protected] Thank you Linda Perrin VICE PRESIDENT Excitement is building as we near the beginning of the 2022/2023 Nipper Season.
Registrations are still coming in and it is looking at being another big season. Registrations are still opened. Nippers for the U6’s Age Group will have a special start date of Saturday 15th October 2022 starting at 9am. Following on every other weekend, U6’s will be on Sunday starting at 8am. Nippers for the U7+ Age Groups will recommence on Sunday 16th October 2022 as per the times below: (B - Boys, G - Girls) 8am - 9.15am - Under 14, 13, 12, 11, 6 9.30am - 10.45am - Under 10, 9, 8, 7 Some other key dates:
As always we would love more people to join the team! Be part of the fun and get involved! We need lots of age assistants on the beach. Please email [email protected] to find out more information. If you are interested in finding out more in regards to completing your Bronze Medallion, there will be an info night at the club on the 11th October, 6.30pm. CLICK HERE to register your interest. Looking forward to seeing you all on the beach very soon. Warm regards, Peter Kondilios Director of Youth Development As the season kicks off again, a reminder to all renewing members that Memberships must be renewed (preferably online) by 1 October, otherwise you membership will be archived.
With the renovation of the bar and the club house during the off-season we have had more and more interest in hiring the BK Lounge for events. This is available to members (at a discounted rate), if you are interested please contact that the office or via email [email protected] One such event will be the hosting of the NRL Grand Final. Gus Taylor our licensee appointed manager will be hosting an event from 3pm on the 2nd of October. see the Facebook post for more details including prizes to be won! Sunday Socials is an opportunity to spend some time down at the club and enjoy the company of your fellow club members, the wonderful view. The Bar is open from 11am and the BBQ is available for members if you want to supply your own food. To support all the activity down at the club, we are looking for members that hold an RSA to send their expressions of interest to the office if they would like to work behind the bar. We have events during the week and on the weekends as well as on Sundays. There will also be an information session on Sunday 25 September from 12-1pm. Finally, a reminder to all members not to park past the bollards. The area is restricted to authorised people only. Similar the rescue only parking is available only for those listed on Patrol for that day with a valid parking permit. Competition Season
Competition Season / Aussie Titles Perth info session for all senior competitors Under 14’s and above with SRC Certificate will be held on Sunday 23rd October @ 12 Noon in the Bernie Kelly Lounge This will be an informative session for the coming summer season covering:
Warilla Bowls Series - Sydney Branch Surf Boat Series We are hosting the Warilla Bowls Series in conjunction with the Sydney Branch Surf Boat Series @ South Maroubra Surf Club on Saturday 12 th November @ 0600 am. Calling on helpers / workforce for the day to help with the set-up. Greg Morris, Phil Stivano and Shane White will be coordinating the day with information to follow. Club Championships for Cadets to Masters Sunday 11th December @ 0830 am Ping Pong or Foosball? Has anyone a Ping Pong and or Foosball Table they are looking to sell or donate to the surf club. Please contact Shane White M: 0415 605 349 if you can help. Well what a vibe we created for our 2nd year of the 24 Hour Row supporting mental health and fitness. The Heritage Room September 10 and 11 was the place to be and the venue provided great warmth for this years event! To our members and families who supported this great cause by either donating or rowing, we can not thank you enough. One again the surf club family did not disappoint! Some highlights were:
The SAVE THE DATE for 2023 will be available soon for your calendars. October is Mental Fitness Month as branded by Gotcha4Life. For more information on this organisation, please check out there website https://www.gotcha4life.org/ Till next year – over and out till we do it again in 2023. Linda Perrin & Phil Stivano Well members the wait is over! Patrol Flags are up for this season starting this weekend and what a season in store for all of us! I'm so looking forward to seeing our Lifesavers back on patrol, equipped with the latest lifesaving gear then, in two Sundays time, Australia's biggest nipper group returns to South Maroubra beach.
With so much planned for this season, please stay in touch with club business by 'liking' and monitoring the South Maroubra SLSC Facebook site and if in Nippers the South Maroubra SLSC Nippers Facebook site. For information about the club check in with our easy to follow Website www.southmaroubrasurfclub.com.au So you ask what have we got planned and what have we been up to? Here's a quick snap shot!
Paul 'Stretch' Fownes APM OAM President. |
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