2021-22 Carrum SLSC Annual Report

President’s Report

Twelve months ago, I ended my 2020 21 report by anticipating that this year would be disrupted by Covid restrictions at the beginning of the summer and by building works at the end of the summer, and I urged everyone to “make the most of those golden few months of summer in between ”

Well, the past year was indeed impacted by Covid restrictions. As the season began, we had indoor capacity limits and we required our junior members to pre register their attendance at nipper training, which ran a modified program Our lifesaving operations ran at minimum service levels. The requirements on our volunteers to be vaccinated slowly increased over the summer to the point where currently, anyone who volunteers for the Club (in any capacity) is considered an emergency service worker and is required to have received three Covid vaccinations/boosters

We certainly made the most of “those golden few months of summer ”, with our lifesavers experiencing one of their busiest Januarys ever. Starting with an extra patrol on a hot Friday New Year’s Eve, over the following month our volunteer surf lifesavers performed nine rescues, 225 preventative actions, 58 minor and one major first aid cases and kept an eye on over 60,000 beachgoers. Between our lifesavers and LSV lifeguards operating the Kingston rescue watercraft service from our clubhouse, sixteen people were rescued from the mouth of Patterson River in one weekend, prompting fresh calls for people to never swim near the river mouth resulting in extensive coverage across media such as 3AW, all the major television news services, Herald Sun and Surf Life Saving Foundation. We met with Kingston Council and Parks Victoria to develop initiatives to deter people from swimming near the mouth of Patterson River and received great assistance from Council with temporary signage and social media messages Later, towards the end of the month, we saw swarms of jellyfish on our beaches which resulted in large numbers of minor first aid cases and had Channel Seven and The Age reaching out to us for comment

Proposed building extension works

Unfortunately, the building works which I had hoped would be nearly finished by now are still yet to begin Significant delays have occurred, caused by various reasons, including Covid, but most significantly by the fact that over the year Kingston Council have turned over four different project managers, with the entire build essentially grinding to a holt during this time. Due partly to these delays and the current escalating construction costs, the project is now estimated to be somewhere between $1.1m and $1.7m over budget. We’re working closely with Life Saving Victoria, the state government and Council to ensure this funding gap can be filled. As I write this, we ’ re still being assured by Council that works will begin in the next couple of months. Only time will tell. Thank you to the outgoing Building Extension Sub Committee who have done a sensational job ensuring the Club’s interests are fulfilled during the planning of this project; David Hasell, Rik Price, Stephen Griffiths, Jon Treloar, Shane Rowley and Scott Rosicka. Thanks in advance to the new building construction sub committee.

While I’m thanking people, special thanks to Jemma Harrison who was essentially our acting Junior Coordinator for most of this (and past) years. As well as coordinating the Club’s school programs and patrolling the beach as a lifesaver, Jemma also had a sense of obligation to step forward to ensure our junior activities programs continued in the absence of a Junior Coordinator and to be a member of the Club Executive to ensure nipper activities had a voice and remained front of mind. Sadly for the Club, Jemma and her family have moved interstate and their absence is already being greatly felt.

Unfortunately, the difficulties in finding volunteers to help with the junior activities program is reflected across all Club activities (and, I understand, across society more generally). Just four lifesavers account for half of all patrol hours volunteered this summer. There are several vacancies on the Club Board and, for the first time in my memory, multiple committee meetings were postponed or cancelled because we didn’t have enough people in (virtual) attendance to form a quorum (five members). As I write this, we have received just four nominations to be on the committee for the coming year I urge every single member to consider how you actively contribute to the Club and how you do, or could, make a volunteer contribution there is a job to suit everyone, from actively patrolling the beach as a lifesaver through to helping with a fundraiser, from getting wet helping at nippers to doing some admin at home.

With all of that in mind, I cannot thank enough those who do volunteer their time to ensure the Club can continue to provide our invaluable surf rescue and junior activity programs. I know your time is precious and we’ re privileged that you choose the Club as the cause you donate your time to. None of the things we read about in this report would be possible without you thank you, thank you, thank you

See you all on the beach soon.

Ben Rooks President

Secretary’s Report

On behalf of Carrum Surf Life Saving Committee, it gives me great pleasure to present the Annual reports for the 2021/22 Season together with financial statements.

It has been a great pleasure to be the Secretary and work alongside dedicated people that work tirelessly to continuously improve our club for the future.

The Carrum SLSC committee meet every month and come together for an annual planning meeting to review the year and plan for the next season.

I would like to especially thankyou Jemma Harrison for taking on the role of junior coordinator and all her hard work with Nippers and running the school programs.

I would also like to thank the building committee chairman Ben Rooks and the members of the committee Stephen Griffiths (club Captain), Justin O’Halloran (treasurer), Shane Rowley (Vice President, Jon Treloar, Cath Paulsen, Scott Rosicka, Rik Price, and David Hasell for all their hard work in the planning of building extension.

I would also like to acknowledge Shane Rowley for his tireless work in organising our two major fundraising events for the year, the Comedy night, and the Trivia night thanks Shane.

Our Hall hires have been down this season which has been due to covid and the upcoming building renovations this has been a loss of revenue for the club, though the future looks bright for hall hires judging by the increase in requests for hall hiring.

Membership is also down due to Covid, the club hopes that with the new building extension that membership will increase.

There are also a significant number of unnamed people who do their “extra” for the club, many thanks to you all.

You never know when and where you can help? Volunteering is always rewarding, and you will always feel better for giving up a little bit of your time, not to mention meeting new people in the meantime.

Thank you to all our club members and volunteers that make this Club a better place. I am looking forward to exciting times ahead

David Hasell

Secretary & Registrar

Financial Overview

Lifesaving Services

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Once again, this season was challenging with the changes still happening due to covid and other changes that happened within lifesaving. I would like to say thank you to every single person that contributed this season patrolling, water safety for nippers, the parents/guardians, and the nippers for making the club what it is.

A big thank you to Charlie Barton for persevering with the rosters again this year as I know they changed things yet again and made extra work for you. Also, Ben Rooks for helping get things done when I couldn’t be there and helping with everything in the background. To Cath Paulsen for answering all my questions and helping train our members.

With all that said I realised there is a lot more to do in this role than I realised and glad I had the people behind me that I did helping me learn and move into the role somewhat smoothly. I have some ideas that I want to work on over the off season and over the next few seasons to help the club grow. I look forward to helping the club grow and watching the young ones come through the club and join the patrol team on the beach.

I want to say a big thank you to all patrolling members that were involved in any of the rescues throughout this season especially those that put in a massive effort early January alongside the RWC service where they rescued what seemed like a never ending number of people. If it weren’t for all the training and requals we do, all these rescues could have ended a lot worse.

If there is any course you are interested in doing or have any ideas for the club, please don’t hesitate to contact me as I would love to hear people’s suggestions on how we can grow this already great club to become bigger and better.

I hope to see everyone back on the beach next season.

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Patrol Hours 2021-22

Patrol Water Safety LSV Patrol Water Safety LSV

Cath Paulsen 143 ¼ Jemma Harrison 17 ¼ 3

Stephen Griffiths 138 1 8 Mitchell Rosicka 16 ¾ 2

Ben Rooks 129 ½ ½ Aaron Kerr 17 ½

Charles Barton 110 ¾ ½ Brendan Matheson 17 ¼

Elissa O’Connell 49 ¾ Luke Miccoli 15 ¾ 1

Michael Feaver 23 ¾ 48 Stewart Briggs (Mentone LSC) 16

Shane Rowley 38 ½ 7 Rebecca Talbot 15

Justin O’Halloran 40 ½ 1 Hunter Harrison 11 3

Jay Chambers 38 ½ Alexandra Snodgrass 10 3

Jon Treloar 33 ¾ Finn O’Connell 7 ¼ 1

Jacie O’Connell 26 ¾ 3 David Hyde 6

Mason Stirling 22 5 Bree Harraway 5 ½ 1

Damian MacKinnon 23 ½ Tegan Griffiths 5

Matthew Miccoli 20 ¾ 5 Craig Stoodley (Frankston LSC) 5

Tess Thomas 22 ¼ Jason Farrow (Mentone LSC) 5

Shaun Thomas 18 ¾ Mahdi Mousavi 5

Patrol hours include regular surf rescue patrols, heatwave patrols and call outs at Carrum beach Water Safety hours include water safety at nipper training, carnivals, and 3rd party events LSV hours include state based services, such as regional RWC (jetski) and RPAS (drone) services

Honours and Awards

2021-22 Carrum SLSC Awards Club Champion

Cath Paulsen

J.A. Fell Perpetual Trophy

Kim Somers

Rick Oke Perpetual Trophy

Jacie O’Connell

Junior Champions

Heath Lauretta

Olivia McEvoy

Club C

Elissa O’Connell

Aw d

Matthew Miccoli

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Patrol Awards

Cath Paulsen

Stephen Griffiths

Charles Barton

Ben Rooks Service Award

Joanne Wright

Member Qualifications

Patrol Awards

Gold Medallion

(Advanced Lifesaving)

Stephen Griffiths

Silver Medallion: Aquatic Rescue Ben Rooks

Stephen Griffiths Charles Barton Cath Paulsen

Silver Medallion: IRB Driver

David Hyde Ben Rooks

Michael Feaver Cath Paulsen

Stephen Griffiths Charles Barton Shaun Thomas Gary Patterson

Silver Medallion: Beach Management Tess Thomas Michael Feaver David Hyde Ben Rooks

Charles Barton Cath Paulsen Damian MacKinnon Stephen Griffiths Gary Patterson

Rescue Water Craft Operator Certificate

Stephen Griffiths Charles Barton Gary Patterson

SSV Operator

Ben Rooks

Stephen Griffiths Cath Paulsen

Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate

Michael Feaver

Ben Rooks

Mitchell Rosicka Cath Paulsen

Stephen Griffiths Charles Barton David Hyde Justin O'Halloran

Tegan Griffiths Elissa O’Connell Madeleine Mead Gary Patterson

IRB Crew Certificate

Michael Feaver David Hyde Cath Paulsen Ben Rooks

Stephen Griffiths Charles Barton Damian MacKinnon Jay Chambers Shaun Thomas Aaron Kerr Gary Patterson

First Aid Certificate

Michael Feaver Ben Rooks Shaun Thomas Charles Barton Stephen Griffiths Mitchell Rosicka

Tegan Griffiths

Jemma Harrison Elissa O’Connell Madeleine Mead Hayley Redpath Cath Paulsen Scott Rosicka Gary Patterson

Bronze Medallion

David Hyde

Ben Rooks

Cath Paulsen

Michael Feaver

Tess Thomas Damian MacKinnon Jon Treloar Shane Rowley Justin O’Halloran

Rebecca Talbot Charles Barton Jemma Harrison Jay Chambers Shaun Thomas Stephen Griffiths Brendan Matheson Madeleine Mead Mitchell Rosicka Elissa O’Connell Aaron Kerr Bree Harraway Hayley Redpath Kai Treloar Harriet Torrance Gary Patterson

Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed)

Fletcher Mead Mason Stirling Hunter Harrison Luke Miccoli Jacie O’Connell Alexandra Snodgrass Hunter Mead Matthew Miccoli Mahdi Mousavi Abbas Mirzayee Bree Harraway Fee Higginson Finn O’Connell

Training & Assessment Awards

Facilitator: Silver Medallion (Beach Management)

Cath Paulsen

Facilitator: Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Cath Paulsen

Facilitator: First Aid Cath Paulsen

Facilitator: Bronze Medallion Cath Paulsen

Facilitator: Surf Rescue Cert Cath Paulsen

Facilitator: Resuscitation Cath Paulsen

Assessor: Inflatable Rescue Boat Cath Paulsen

Assessor: Bronze Medallion Ben Rooks

Assessor: Surf Rescue Ben Rooks

Training Officer: Inflatable Rescue Boat

Michael Feaver Ben Rooks Cath Paulsen

Training Officer: Bronze Medallion Ben Rooks

Training Officer: Surf Rescue Ben Rooks Stephen Griffiths

Surf Sports & Member Development Awards

Technical Officials

Danielle Rowley Rik Price

Age Managers Course

Presenters

Jemma Harrison Rebecca Talbot Rik Price

Junior Activities Awards

Surf Smart Two U13 Marley Harrison Brodie Price Tyson Rowley Owen Harraway Noah Emir Hailey Stirling Saxon Mead Cooper Turner

Surf Smart One U12 Sabrina Moss

Surf Safe Two U11 Chloe Emir Sienna Noble Heath Lauretta Lily O’Grady Asher Klose

Surf Safe One U10 Ryder Coss Dylan O’Grady

Surf Aware Two U9 Liliana Griffiths Imogen Prideaux Evelyn Bouma

Surf Aware One U8 Jackson Emir Henry Daw Jack Wright Olivia McEvoy Mia Dowling Mikayla Veis Penelope Putson

Surf Play Two U7 Noah Simento William James Chloe Lauretta Carter Stewart Madeline Eidukas Violet O’Grady

Surf Play One U6 Adele Eidukas Oscar McEvoy Rumi May Savona Zara Dowling Isla Veis Benjamin Putson Lewis McDonald

Financial Report