Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 06:50PM The Navy-Surf Rowers League Australian Open 2012 is all set to be run at Stockton Beach, New South Wales today and over this weekend, the 10th, 11th & 12th of February, 2012.
The club has 5 crews entered and good luck to the Men's A crew, Women's A crew, U23 Women's crew, U23 Men's crew & our Under 19 Men's crew.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 04:13PM This week 17 surf life saving clubs were announced by the NSW Government as being successful in their grant applications under the 2012 Surf Club Facility Grant Program.
BULLI SLSC will receive $350,000.00!
Four surf life saving clubs in the northern suburbs will share in more than $690,000 of State Government funding to improve facilities.
Helensburgh-Stanwell Park SLSC will receive $29,390, Era SLSC $146,000, Thirroul SLSC $165,000 and Bulli SLSC $350,000.
Member for Heathcote Lee Evans said surf life saving clubs were the backbone of our coastal communities. "The Surf Club Facility Grant program exists to help clubs develop their facilities and increase usage and member numbers, these clubs have been neglected for 16 years while volunteers fought tirelessly to keep us safe. It is a disgrace that some buildings were allowed to deteriorate so significantly," he said.
NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation Graham Annesleysaid the NSW Government was committed to Surf Life Saving NSW having better facilities to support the hard work of surf life-savers and provide valuable community assets. “There are over 120 surf clubs along the NSW coastline patrolling more than 200 beaches during the surf season and each and every one of them is a credit to their community,” he said.
Mr Annesley said the NSW Government had committed a further $2 million a year for the next two years to assist surf life saving clubs provide facilities and services to enhance beach goer’s safety.
Club members Keith Caldwell (President), Barry Adams (Secretary), Peter Lord (Junior Chairperson), Noel Freeman (Life Member) & Sean Taylor (Junior Parent)met with other successful clubs at Thirroul Surf Life Saving Club for the announcement. Both Lee Evans & Graham Annesley were present and our members expressed appreciation towards the NSW Government & Surf Life Saving NSW.
Club President Keith Caldwell said, "This is a great announcement and our members are very excited. It is unreal and really gives our club a big boost. Our building committee has been working hard over the past 18 months towards DA approval for building extensions from Wollongong City Council. Since our DA was approved late 2011 we have been pushing towards gaining some funding and this $350,000.00 is a great start. The hard work will continue to make this happen for the future of our surf club members. Our membership base has increased by over 200 in the past 4 years and we are struggling to meet our members & councils needs with storage space at a premium for both organisations life saving equipment. I would like to personally thank Lee Evans (Member for Heathcote), Graham Annesley (NSW Minister Sport & Recreation) & Phil Vanny (CEO Surf Life Saving NSW) for their continued support of our club & surf life saving."
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 05:18PM
Good luck to Mitchell Fagerstrom who has arrived in New Zealand (today) as part of the Surf Life Saving NSW Development Team (Under 21).The team will compete against New Zealand’s leading competitors from each of Surf Life Saving New Zealand’s regions in the 2012 Lion Foundation Open Surf League which will be contested at the beautiful Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2012.
A separate Under 19 and Open competition will form part of the carnival and Mitchell will have some serious racing to do ion swim, iron-person & team events. This is an excellent opportunity for U19 and U21 NSW athletes to represent their state in an international competition against elite competitors from Surf Life Saving New Zealand.
The club wishes Mitchell all the best!
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 04:29PM Well done to the St George Leagues Club Men's A crew who finished 2nd in Round 4 of the Ocean Thunder Boat Series. The crew led from the start only to see bad luck strike again when waiting to complete the second lap of the final, another crew slewed into their path on shore causing our boys some lost time. At that stage Mona Vale hit the lead and never looked back.
With the 2nd place finish in the final, our St George Leagues Club crew finished 4th overall in the Men's Point-score only a couple of points behind 2nd & 3rd.
Congratulations to Paul Jones (sweep) and the crew of Dean Roberts, Heath Mercer, Ben Lowe, Dan Porra & Mitchell Roberts (reserve) who rowed in this series.
Many thanks to St George Leagues Club for their support.
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 04:18PM Congratulations to our Junior Activities Section (Nippers) on winning the point-score at the recent Corrimal Surf Life Saving Club Centenary Junior Surf Carnival.
A strong all round performance from around 50 kids (U8 to U14) saw the club finish in front of Warilla Barrack Point & Thirroul. There are too many great peformances to highlight individual results but most pleasing to see was the team efforts from a lot of kids who were competing first time at a surf carnival.
As a result our numbers have doubled from 20 to 40 kids now going to the Illawarra Branch Championships to be held at Thirroul on Saturday 18 February.
For any further information about registering for this carnival please contact bullinippers@gmail.com or seanleannetaylor@bigpond.com
