Reminder AGM Sunday 4 August 4.00pm club rooms
Friendly reminder about our Annual General Meeting this Sunday 2 August 4pm in the club rooms. Notices have previously been sent out.
You need to be financial for the 2015-2016 season to vote at this meeting. Please go to Join/Renew 2015-2016 Membership section on the website and complete online. Paper membership forms will also be available on the day prior to the meeting at 3.30pm.
Last seasons Annual Report (2014-2015) will also be available for persual on the day.
If you feel that you can contribute to a position within the club please contact either Club President Keith Caldwell or Club Secretary Sean Taylor and have a chat to them prior to the meeting.
Positions available are as follows;
Executive Committee
President
Deputy President
Secretary/Public Officer
Treasurer
Club Captain
Junior Chairperson
Management Committee
Assistant Secretary
Bronze Medallion Committee Members (3)
Chief Instructor
Vice Club Captains (2)
IRB/ATV Captain
Surf & Craft Captain
Boat Captain
Surf Guard Officer
Competition Secretary
Office Holders
Registrar
Member Protection Officer
Assistant Instructor
Chief First Aid Officer
Publicity Officer
Club Photographer/s
Trustees: Barry Adams – Russ Jones – Keith Caldwell
Vice IRB/ATV Captain
Vice Boat Captain
Vice Surf & Craft Captain
Touring Team Manager
Youth/Rookie Coordinator
Gym Supervisor
Work Health & Safety Officer
Honorary Auditor
Constitution Committee (6)
Building Committee (8)
Life Membership Committee (6)
Competition Committee (2)
Judicial Committee (2)
* President & Secretary are ex-offico on all sub committees of Bulli Surf Life Saving Club
Club wins 18 medals at NSW Pool Rescue Championships
Our small squad of 12 swam really well last weekend at the Surf Life Saving New South Wales Pool Rescue Championships on the Central Coast.
Winning 18 medals all up (6 Gold 6 Silver 6 Bronze) to place 7th in the club point-score.
Well done to the team....check out the results & photos https://www.facebook.com/BulliSLSC
Charity Bowls Day Sunday 26 July at Woonona Bowling Club
Annual Charity Bowls Day (Robby Freeman and Judy Jones Memorial Trophy) has been set down for Sunday 26 July 2015 at Woonona Bowling Club commencing at 10.15am.
We look forward to our members, in conjunction with Bulli Sea Lions Winter Swimming Club, participating on this day, over the years it has been a great sucess raising funds for worthy charities.
Large Raffle and silent auctions will be conducted. All funds raised on the day are shared between Heart Foundation and Cancer Council. Cost is $5 to play bowls and a gold coin donation for the sausage sizzle! BYO drinks at club prices.
If you wish to participate, please email bullisurfclub@gmail.com even better, there are teams of 4....so get 3 others and make a team, you don't have to be a surf club member to participate.
Looking forward to another successful day.
On a side note....on this day, it is also our turn to do gold coin collection at Foragers Markets, Bulli Showground 9am-2pm....some of our regular collectors would like to play bowls.....so if you are not into bowls, perhaps you could help at the markets!!!
Thanks in advance
Keith Caldwell
President
Bulli SLSC
Club sending a squad to the SLSNSW Pool Rescue Championships
Good luck to our 12 athletes that will be competing at the 2015 Surf Life Saving New South Wales Pool Rescue Championships this weekend (18/19 July) on the Central Coast.
Bulli's team is;
U12 - Isabella Ravino & Jade Timbrell
U13 - Zara Sharman, Bronte Sweeny, Kiamana Fittock & Georgia Green
U15 - Natasha Burke & Timothy Gordon
U17 - Mali Taylor, Kelsey Cresswell, Alexandra Smiroldo & Sheree Farrell
Presentation Night - great night!
Over 100 members and guests attended our 2014-2015 Awards & Presentation Night at Bulli Workers Club. With MC Keith Caldwell welcoming the crowd, a number of DVD’s produced by Ingrid Cardillo were shown highlighting our season that just passed. The crowd was also entertained by one of our very own, Nathan Flint who did a great job. Keith as President gave an overview of how the season went and then we got into the evenings awards. Dean Dudley spoke about our lifesaving & education prowess and Scott Gordon followed that up also with praise for our patrolling members and their achievements.
41 members received a high quality BULLI SLSC umbrella for obtained 100% recorded patrol attendance. Our Patrol Members of the Year were presented to the crowd, namely Lachlan O’Grady & Morgan Richards along with our Rookie Patrol Members Lauren Ah Tong & Harry Devine. Adam Smith’s Patrol Team No.6 were the toast of the patrol teams winning the ‘Owen Mercer’ Memorial Trophy for best patrol team during the season.
Ray Bromley also obtained the 60 years Long Service Award for his involvement and membership with the surf club and will be presented with this at the AGM. Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery arrived from another function and watched a DVD about our current building and what was planned for the future. He spoke about the great work our club has done over the years making our beach safer for the community and the long list of achievements by our members. Our President thanked him for the capital works funding from Wollongong City Council.
Extra entertainment on the night had our very own Jeffrey Horne (Life Member)...supposed to be presenting an award...giving the Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery a spray about the sand dunes/vegetation out the front of the surf club. ‘Fog’ as he is known gave Gordon a history lesson about Bulli beach and what he did as a young kid and how not impressed he is (and that is a view by a majority ) with the current status of the beach. For the record Gordon took the constructive criticism very well, thank god we have already received the council funding for our proposed building extensions!
Our sponsors were presented with some special items from the club as recognition of their continued support with our major sponsor Bulli Workers Club receiving a large locally produced surf print clock which looked unreal. Club sponsors that attended on the night included Darryl Lane President of Bulli Workers Club with a couple of the directors, Russell Brinkworth from Ballistics Signs, Terry Faricy President of Woonona Lions Club, Garry & Belinda Mustafa from Bulli Fruit & Deli, Simon Jones from TVH, John Boes from FINZ Swimwear, Rick Calvi from Calvi Petrol Station & Mint Car Wash & Cal from Bai Med Physiotherapy
In surf sports Mali Taylor received the ‘Ken Baker’ Surf Sports Athlete of the Year, winning medals at Branch, State & National level. Our A boat crew won the ‘Russ Jones’ Trophy as best performed crew for the season. In a special moment on the night our Australian Surf Life Saving representatives were acknowledged and presented to the crowd. Firstly Keith Caldwell as Team Manager for Rescue 2014 France and then our A Boat Crew as 2015 Trans Tasman Boat Series, with the boat crew receiving their official Australian competition cap (numbered) and framed. 6 Australian representatives in one season is an outstanding achievement for our surf club.
Getting closer to the finish of the evening’s official proceedings Stuart Brown & Simon Jones received the President’s Trophy and Barry Lowe & Dave Greene were awarded the Bulli Workers Club. Now to our 3 major awards, Under 16 ‘Jack Horne’ Memorial Club Person of the Year went to Timothy Gordon, our Under 19 ‘Fred Dunn’ Memorial Club Person of the Year had dual winners, namely Kiah Taylor and Joshua Gordon. Our ‘John Bruton’ Memorial Club Person of the Year was awarded to Markus Meier-Lindner.
Massive congratulations to very member that received awards on the night, it was greatly deserved.
Thank you to Bulli Workers Club for supplying the venue, Opals Restaurant for the large meals, Belinda Down from Aspirations Graphics for the sponsors items (bar mats), Garry Birdsall for the Workers Club clock, WB Trophies for the trophies, Embroid Me for the club person bomber jacket & umbrellas.
Nathan Flint continued to entertain the crowd well into the night and a good night was had by all that attended.
2015 Annual General Meeting
Bulli SLSC Members,
Notice is given for Bulli Surf Life Saving Club Inc Annual General Meeting to be held on Sunday 2nd August 2015 at 4.00pm in the Club Room.
Agenda
1. Apologies
2. Confirm and adopt the minutes of 2014 AGM.
3. Business arising from the Minutes
4. Presentation of 2014 –15 Annual Report and Financial Statement.
5. Election of Club Officers for season 2015 – 2016 .
6. Motion to renew affiliation with Surf Life Saving Australia, Surf Life Saving New South Wales and Surf Life Saving Illawarra
7. Urgent and tabled General Business
Members must be financial prior to the Annual General meeting to vote.
Sean Taylor
Secretary
Bulli SLSC
Bulli bags a heap of awards at Illawarra Awards of Excellence night
Last Saturday night at the Novotel North Wollongong 30 members of our club attended the 2015 Surf Life Saving Illawarra Awards of Excellence night.
What a great achievement for the club and it's members with BULLI SLSC winning a heap of awards and thoroughly desrved we might say!!
Surf Sports were up first and congratulations to Surf Sports Junior Athlete's Zara Sharman & Kaimana Fittock who both received a high commendation in their category. Dave Greene was announced Surf Sports Official of the Year & our Open Men's Boat crew (Shane Geloven, Heath Mercer, Ben Lowe, Dean Roberts, Dan Porra & Adam Barlow) won Surf Sports Team of the Year. Our U15 Girls Pool Rescue Relay Team (Mali Taylor, Sheree Farrell, Natasha Burke & Kelsey Cresswell) also received a high commendation in this category. BULLI SLSC won Surf Sports Club of the Year for a 9th consecutive season.
Next up was Sean Taylor and he was acknowledged as Administrator of the Year.
Maria Caldwell was acknowledged for her Outstanding Contribution to Surf Life Saving Illawarra.
Father & son duo Scott Gordon & Joshua Gordon won the Ted Marshall Memorial Life Saver of the Year & Young Life Saver of the Year (15yrs-19yrs).
BULLI SLSC finished a close 2nd as Patrolling Club of the Year.
And last but not least BULLI SLSC was acknowledged as CLUB OF THE YEAR (joint winner with Woonona SLSC).
A great night for the club and its members, well done to everybody that is associated with the club, these awards are an acknowledgement for all the hard work during the 2014-2015 season.
Life Member Dave Fletcher RIP
It is with sadness to inform our members that Dave Arthur Fletcher aged 82, Life Member of Bulli Surf Life Saving Club passed away last Saturday morning after battling illness for some time. Dave had heart surgery some 18 months ago and battled through his later years, as relatives have said never really picked up from the surgery and wasn’t the same Dave Fletcher we all knew.
Dave obtained his Bronze Medallion in the 1951/1952 season and was a very accomplished beach competitor. Over many years Dave would keep the club’s lifesaving equipment in top working order and held the positions of Chief Instructor, Chief Gear Steward, Vice Club Captain & Deputy President.
Our condolences and thoughts are with the Fletcher family at this very sad time.
Dave’s funeral will be held this Wednesday 17 June 12 midday at Parsons Funeral Chapel 278 Princes Highway Bulli. Members to please wear some form of club attire.
Surf Life Saving Illawarra Awards of Excellence nominations
The 2014/15 Surf Life Saving Illawarra Awards of Excellence will be held at the Novotel Wollongong North Beach, 12-14 Cliff Road Wollongong on Saturday, 20 June 2015.
This awards night will recognise the significant contributions by surf life savers in the Illawarra and also the outstanding contributions of Surf Life Saving to the Illawarra community
Cost: Adults $75.00 Children 12-18 $45.00 Children 5-12 $35.00
Price includes canapés on arrival, gourmet 3 course meal, beer, wine, soft drinks and DJ.
Names/Numbers for Bulli tables need to be confirmed by next Thursday 28 May to Keith Caldwell (President) mkcaldwell@bigpond.com or Sean Taylor (Secretary) seanleannetaylor@bigpond.com
We would would like to congratulate and wish the best of luck to the following members as our club’s nominations for this years awards;
Ted Marshall Memorial Life Saver of the Year: Scott Gordon
Volunteer of the Year: Dave Greene
Junior Activity Volunteer of the Year: Dave Kohler
Club of the Year: Bulli SLSC
Trainer of the year: Scott Gordon
Surf Sports Official of the Year: Dave Greene
Surf Sports Coach of the Year: Shane Geloven
Surf Sports Junior Athlete (8yrs-14yrs): Zara Sharman—Holly Holmesby—Kaimana Fittock
Surf Sports Young Athlete (15yrs-19yrs): Mali Taylor—Emma Brown
Surf Sports Masters Athlete: Michael Locke—Sebastian James
Surf Sports Athlete of the Year: Lachlan O’Grady
Surf Sports Team of the Year: Open Men’s Boat Crew—U15 Girls Pool Rescue Relay Team
Team of the Year: Executive Committee
Administrator of the Year: Sean Taylor
Junior Age Manager of the Year: Rebecca Colquhoun
Young Life Saver of the Year (15yrs-19yrs): Joshua Gordon—Kiah Taylor
Surf Sports Club of the Year: Bulli SLSC – point-score at Branch Championships
Patrolling Club of the Year: Bulli SLSC – all 17 surf life saving clubs are eligible
Junior Committee for 2015-2016
On the 30 April 2015 the Junior Activities Section (Nippers) of the club had their AGM.
Congratulations to the following members that have been elected for 2015-2016;
Junior Chairperson Shawn van Duin *
Junior Vice Chairperson VACANT
Secretary Rebecca Coluqhuon *
Treasurer Kim Arnold *
Registrar Annette Ravino *
Club Captain Simon Jones *
Vice Club Captain Ian Timbrell
Carnival Secretary Carmen van Duin
Publicity Officer Carmen van Duin/Brett Wheeler (IT programs)
BBQ Coordinator Monique Kohler
Clothing Officer Joanne Jones
Education Officer Angela Simpson
Gear Stewards ( x 2) Dave Kohler & Simon Jones
(* indicates Junior Executive)
Aussies Wrap!!
Bulli SLSC had 27 athletes compete at the 2015 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Kirra/Tugun Beaches Queensland.
Wash up from the championships saw numerous semi-finals and finals achieved by our members at the Youth, Masters & Open championships.
Tim Gordon (U15) contesting his first national surf life saving championships made the U15 Male Surf final.
Our Masters team of Michael Locke, Ian Timbrell, Peter Lord, Sebestian James, Glenn Sweeny & Greg Miller had a great time competing in fine weather and a nice wave on the 2nd bank causing a few problems for paddlers. Some standout results included our 130 Years Ski Relay of Michael Locke, Ian Timbrell & Seb James having a great paddle and in the mix for a medal finally finishing a close 5th. The 110 Years ski Relay of Glenn Sweeny, Peter Lord & Greg Milker finished 10th in a strong field. Micheal Locke & Ian Timbrell placed 5th in the 40-44 years Double Ski, plus the 110 Taplin Relay of Michael Locke, Sebestian James & Greg Miller placing 6th in a very strong field of AUS & WORLD champions. Michael Locke as he normally does produced a great paddle to finish 3rd in the 40-44 years Male Single Ski.
In the Open Championships Mali Taylor (U17) made both the Female Surf & Board finals in her age category, great effort as she is a first year U17. Emma Brown also produced a brilliant swim to place 10th in the U19 Female Surf.
In the boats our U23 Men (Barry Lowe, Albert Smeaton, Iszak Lunney, Kyle Mercer & Toby Allnutt) placed 6th in the final. Our Open Men (Shane Geloven, Dean Roberts, Heather Mercer, Ben Lowe & Dan Porra) were on fire all weekend, being the stand-out crew only to finish a close 2nd in the final...a great effort by the boys after winning State & being AUS reps.
Approximately 40-50 members & friends celebrated Aussies on the Sunday night at Kirra Beach Hotel.
Special thanks to the following people, our Team Managers (Scott Gordon - Keith Caldwell - Stu Brown), Competition Secretary (Maria Caldwell), Boat/Gear Trailer Drivers (Shane Geloven, Lincoln Costello & Sean Taylor), Officials (Peter Hammersley, Michael Hammersley, Garry Roberts & Dave Greene), Powercraft Duties (Scott Gordon, Jason Norris & Mitchedll Bath - both from Windang SLSC).
Reminder - AGM Junior Activities Section Thursday 30 April
Reminder - Bulli SLSC Junior Activities (Nippers) Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 30 April at 7pm at Bulli Surf Club. All welcome to attend.
All Junior Committee positions will be declared vacant.
Positions to be elected are:
Junior Chairperson *
Junior Vice Chairperson
Secretary *
Treasurer *
Registrar *
Club Captain *
Vice Club Captain
Carnival Secretary
Publicity Officer
BBQ Coordinator
Clothing Officer
Education Officer
Gear Stewards ( x 2)
(* indicates Junior Executive)
Nominations to be in writing and forwarded to Rebecca Colquhoun, Junior Activities Secretary at bullinippers@gmail.com by Wednesday 29 April 2015. If no written nominations are received for positions, nominations can be taken from the floor during the meeting.
For any information or questions re any positions, please do not hesitate to contact Shawn Van Duin, Junior Chairperson, at bullinippers@gmail.com
Regards
Shawn Van Duin
Junior Chairperson
Bulli SLSC
Commemorative Plaques for Robby Meijer & Ian Jones @ Shamrocks RU
Woonona Shamrocks Rugby Union Club will be holding a ceremony at Ocean Park Woonona, this Saturday 2nd May at 10.30am, to place commemorative plaques on the "Rock" for both Robby Meijer & Ian Jones, both former members of the rugby & surf club. All members, friends & families are invited to attend. A morning tea will follow the ceremony.
Men's A crew crowned State Champions
Massive congratulations to our Men's Open crew who clearly dominated last weekend's NSW Open Boat Championships.
The crew raced well all weekend winning all 3 rows on Saturday and then backing up on Sunday in wet, windy and wild surf conditions to win their quarter final, semi final and ultimately the final.
This is now 3 out of the last 4 years that Bulli Men's Open crew have won the state championship.
Well done Shane Geloven (sweep), Dean Roberts (stroke), Heather Mercer (2nd stroke), Ben Lowe (2nd bow) & Dan Porra (bow) on their efforts.
Kids swim well at National Open Water Championships in WA
Big congratulations to four of our members that competed last weekend at the Australian Open Water Championships at Bathers Beach Western Australia.
Alexandra Smiroldo (17-18 years), Natasha Burke (14 years) and Sheree Farrell (15 years) all came 6th in their respective ages in the 10km race. Daniel St George (17-18 years) placed 9th in his 10km race.
All four also did the 5km races with Sheree coming away with a medal winning performance gaining 2nd, Alex & Daniel both came 5th and Natasha 20th in their respective ages.
3 of the group, namely Alex, Sheree & Daniel now head off to a Surf Life Saving Australia Open Water Camp this weekend which they gained selection in. Unfortunately Natasha is too young at this stage to be considered for this camp...hopefully looking towards the future for her.
A weekend on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland with coaching, skills sessions and much more. Hoping the weather is ok with the cyclone developing off the Queensland coast.
Shannon Eckstein clinic a success!!
Fantastic weekend at Bulli Beach (7/8 February) with the Shannon Eckstein Nipper clinic on the Saturday & the Mini Hit out Carnival on the Sunday, hosted by Bulli SLSC and Wollongong City SLSC. ...over 100 kids on the two clinic days (one earlier at Wollongong City Dec) and just on 40+ kids at the mini carnival.
What a blast the kids had learning from the best! Thanks to Shannon Eckstein and Chris Redler (who steped in for Dan Norton-Smith), Tim Schofield (who travelled down from Terrigal), our local coaches, our work party and our mums who kept us fed!! Thanks to SLSI for having the jet ski out on the water both days!
Bulli Boaties smash Kiwis 3-0
Our Bulli Open Men's crew on Saturday 7 February 2015 representing AUSTRALIA. They smashed the Kiwis 3-0 in the Trans Tasman Boat Series and then proceeded to win the final of the Northern Island Boat Championships on the same day.
Here is a story below from Jamie Troughton Dscribe Media Services from NZ;
Proudly watched by his father and decked out in green and gold, Heath Mercer enjoyed the finest day of his fledgling sporting career yesterday.
The 23-year-old second stroke helped his Bulli men's boat crew - representing Australia - to an emphatic win in the trans-Tasman series at Waihi Beach, New Zealand, beating Kiwi crew Piha 3-0. Making it even more special was the presence of Mercer's dad Rod, who also rowed for his country in 1991, the year Heath was born. "It's been one massive goal in life and I've ticked that off," a jubilant Mercer Jnr explained. "I've made him a very proud dad and this morning, he was privileged enough to present all our caps to us. That was a really touching moment and one I'll always remember. I couldn't wish for anything more than my dad to be here watching me row for Australia."
The Mercer family have a long and storied association with the New South Wales club - Rod's father, brothers and nephews have also rowed for Bulli over the years. Together with Adam Barlow (bow), Ben Lowe (second bow), Dean Roberts (stroke) and sweep Shane Geloven, Mercer and his crew had the polish to see off the challenge of renowned big-wave chargers Piha, with only a small half-metre wave to challenge teams.
Instead, it came down to teamwork and acceleration off the cans, with Geloven steering cunning lines all the way home in each of the three races, eking out every hint of swell. Their closest race was in the decisive second test, where Barlow out-sprinted Piha's Jean-Paul Smit up the beach after Smit tripped in a hole. "Luckily Adam's the quickest of all of us across the sand - it would've been even closer if the New Zealand guy hadn't tripped running up the beach but I had high hopes for Adam holding him off regardless," Mercer said. "We came into this event feeling a lot of pressure and to get the first two races under our belt really eased it a lot and meant we could enjoy ourselves a lot more."
To add further misery to locals, the Bulli Boys won the final at the North Island championship, held in conjunction with the trans-Tasman event.
Images are free-to-use, provided they are credited to: Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media Services
Huge weekend 7/8 February for the club
We have a huge program of events this weekend and we really need our members and their families to help out where possible!
If you can assist at any stage over this weekend please email us at bullisurfclub@gmail.com
BULLI WORKERS CLUB RAFFLE: This Friday 6th Feb, Saturday 7th Feb and Sunday 8th Feb we require 2 or 3 members each evening from 6pm for 1 hour to sell raffle tickets. Proceeds to back into the club to assist our Life Saving and Education sections. Please contact Lincoln Costello Ph 0419407446 or bullisurfclub@gmail.com
BULLI FORAGER MARKETS: this Sunday 9am-12.30pm at Bulli Showground. One of our life members, Paul Hennessy will be looking after this. We collect gold coin donation and assist patrons in finding parking spots. These funds go directly into our Building Fund. If you can spare some hours please email bullisurfclub@gmail.com
PATROLS: We still have a few Saturday patrols to complete - this Saturday we require volunteers from 10am-2pm. We need to cover 3 Bronze members, with ARTC, IRB driver and IRB crew. Remember we have the Shannon Eckstein clinic on and these patrol members will also act as First Aid Officers. Please reply to Keith Caldwell Ph 0414258295 as our Club Captain, Scott, is away this weekend or email bullisurfclub@gmail.com
Reminder to patrol team 6 (Adam Smith) is on morning patrol (845am-130pm) and Patrol 2 (Dave Green) is on in the afternoon (115pm-6pm). Please be on time and in full uniform and make sure you arrange a swap if you cant make it!
EDUCATION: We have advertised 2 courses recently with Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management on Thursday 5 Feb from 530pm at Bulli SLSC. Thank you to Connor Basham, Eden Taylor, Kiah Taylor, Gavin Stapleton, Markus Meirer-Lindner, Shawn Van Duin, Glen Meznaric, Michael Harris, Jamie Thorpe, Iszak Lunney, Toby Allnutt and Brad Nees who have all enrolled for this course.
Next Thursday 12 February we have the Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate on from 530pm at Bulli SLSC. At present, we have Markus Meirer-Lindner, Shawn Van Duin, Phoebe Basham, Jamie Thorpe, Denver Richards, Iszak Lunney and Toby Allnutt enrolled with Brad Nees, Russell Brinkworth, Al Green and Lachlan O'Grady doing a refresher of ARTC. If any other members wish to do these courses please contact Jamie Caldwell jamie.caldwell7@bigpond.com asap for pre-course information.
SHANNON ECKSTEIN CLINIC: Saturday 7 Feb at Bulli Beach from 830am-3pm. Please see flyer attached. Cost $55 and the kids get signed peak cap, water bottles, morning tea and lunch. Any of our Bulli kids U10-U19 who want to learn more about surf skills including body surfing, board skills and racing should register NOW. Learn from the best....Shannon is the current World & Australian ironman champion plus Australian Life Saving Team Captain. He has won 8 Nutri-Grain ironman series. We have a host of special guest coaches also coming along including current Australian Team member & Terrigal iron-man Tim Schofield plus former AUS Open Belt Champ Matt Freeman, former Uncle Toby's & Nutri Grain star Greg Miller and a few more.
Assistance is requried at the beach as followings:
- 7am to set up tents, banners etc
- 9am to assist with morning tea
- 12midday for lunch preparation.
- 230pm for pack up!
- IRB Driver and crewman required from 9am - 3pm (if enough volunteer, hopefully we can do 2 shifts)
SATURDAY NIGHT @ BULLI BEACH CAFE: Social night for club members!! from 6pm-10pm. Come along and have dinner and a few drinks in the back room overlooking Bulli Beach. Club member, Nathan Flint, will be belting out a few tunes and Club President will have a chat with Shannon about his career! Limited to 40 seats. Please contact Keith on 0414 258295 or bullisurfclub@gmail.com if you wish to come!
SUNDAY NIPPERS is on this Sunday BUT STARTING AT 9am. Please note earlier start due to Shannon Eckstein Hit-Out ahppening directly after nippers.
SHANNON ECKSTEIN "HIT-OUT" Sunday 8 Feb at Bulli Beach. Please see flyer attached 11am-3pm (after nippers). This is for any surf life saving club water kids only U10-U17 to have some fun racing with and against Shannon and our other special guests. Heaps of give-aways as well. We will be setting up beach from 8am - assistance required.
SURF SPORTS: Senior Surf/Craft squad will be training at 8am Sunday at Bulli Beach. Our Reserves and U23 Mens crew will be contesting the final round of Ocean Thunder at Dee Why beach this Saturday from 8am.
CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to our U23 men boat crew (Barry Lowe, Albert Smeaton, Iszak Lunney, Kyle Mercer & Toby Allnutt) on gaining selection as the NSW representatives to row at the Australian Surf Rowers League next month at Shellharbour. And of course, to our Open Men's crew (Shane Geloven, Dean Roberts, Heath Mercer, Ben Lowe & ADam Barlow) who are off to New Zealand to represent AUSTRALIA in the Trans Tasman Test Series against New Zealand on Saturday 7 February.
AUSTRALIAN REPS - Open Men's boat crew
Good Luck to the Bulli Open Men’s boat crew who recently were selected to represent AUSTRALIA in the Trans Tasman Test Match Series which is to be held on Saturday the 7th of February 2015 at Waihi Beach, North Island, New Zealand in conjunction with the North Island Surf Boat Championships.
The guys fly out today (Thursday 5 February) from Sydney after a function at SLSA HQ to mark their selection.
The crew is made up of Shane Geloven (sweep), Dean Roberts, Heath Mercer, Ben Lowe & Adam Barlow. Dan Porra, the usual bowman for the crew went on holidays over Xmas & the New Year period when the selection carnival was on, so Adam stepped in and the rest is history.
Speaking of history these guys now bring the total to 22 Bulli members that have proudly represented AUSTRALIA in lifesaving, education & surf sports teams over our 102 years of history.
Club President Keith Caldwell said, “These blokes have raced consistently over the past few seasons and to see their excitement when they were named was priceless. The hours these guys put in the gym, on the road & in the boat is unbelievable. But also all are patrolling members of the club and help out with fundraising as well. They deserved this and it is great for our club, the past 12 seasons we have had members represent AUSTRALIA, which is an outstanding achievement.”