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Wanda Surf Club Inc. 2 Marine Esplanade Cronulla NSW 2230 PO Box 39 Cronulla NSW 2230 Tel: 9523 4343 Fax: 9523 4491 Email:clubhouse@wandaslsc.com.au Club Wanda Enquiries: 0414 077 701

Mateship Trek

Emai:clubwanda@wandaslsc.com.au

LAST PROFICIENCIES AT WANDA… Sunday 21st December @ 9.00am Sunday 28th December @ 9.00am This is it… YOU MUST BE PROFICIENT BY END OF DECEMBER 2014 TO PATROL OR COMPETE FOR WANDA. Alternatively contact the office to find out where other proficiencies at other clubs are available.

Inside this issue:

Vinnies Chistmas Appeal

2

Lsst Dates for Bronze/SRC Pro- 6 ficiency Swims etc.

Annual Bate Bay Blood Drive

2

Mateship Trek

7

Australia Day Running Festival

3

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CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR VINNIES. Please donate to the Christmas Appeal for Vinnies to help the needy in our community.

Non-perishable items can be dropped to the surf club office or a collection point will be available on Sunday 14th December 2014 from 8.30am outside the board shed.

Come on Wandaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;lets get behind this great cause and make some people happy at Christmas!

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Australia Day Running Festival THE annual Jane McGrath ning Festival on Wanda Beach.

Classic

will headline the Australia Day Run-

The 2.5km soft sand race will be in its 9th year in memory of Jane McGrath, the wife of cricket great Glenn McGrath. A 6km soft sand race through the historic Wanda Sand hills, names the Wanda X-Treme 6, makes up the second of the 2 races in the festival.

Jock Campbell, former Fitness Coach of the Australian Cricket team, organises the annual event through his company Jock Athletic. ‘‘Australia Day is my favourite day of the year,’’ Campbell said. ‘‘My wife and I were great friends with Jane and we didn’t know what to do for her. ‘Sutherland Council contacted us about organising a race to add to their event calendar, so that’s how it all came about.’’ The Foundation is close to Campbell’s heart too because his mother died of breast cancer more than a 2 years ago. ‘‘It’s a day we remember Jane, my mother and people going through breast cancer,’’ Campbell said.

In 2014, Cricket legend and McGrath Foundation President, Glenn McGrath, took part in the 2.5km Jane McGrath Classic, together with his children James and Holly.

"It was the first time in a while I've been available to participate in the race and I loved it", says McGrath, also a Cronulla resident. "Jane was so proud of this event, so I'm always happy when we can be down there to support the event." Asked about how he faired over the 2.5km soft sand course, McGrath added "It wasn’t pretty but I did my best!"

All the money raised from the Jane McGrath Classic will go to the McGrath Foundation and the Wanda

Surf Life Saving Club.

2.5km Jane McGrath Classic - $30 6km Wanda X-Treme 6 - $55 Start time: 7am Where: Wanda Beach, Cronulla When: Sunday, 26 January 2015 You can enter online - www.jockathletic.com, or on the day from 6am.

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Good luck to our members attending the Interbranch trials this weekend: Under 12 (Water) Finn Ross

Under 12 (Beach) Zac Coles

Riley Dixon Gracie Berry Under 13 (Water)

Under 14 (Water)

Kiera Warn

Adam Moriatis

Mia Ross

Brooke Dixon

Under 19 (Water)

Under 19 (Beach)

Danielle McMahon

Peter Axiotis

Open (Water) Beau Wheeler

Sollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Joke of the Newsletter Police were called to a day care centre where a three year old was resisting a rest.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WHO COMPLETED THE OFFICIALâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COURSE LAST WEEKEND: Jyoti Kendrigam Chris Mitchell Steve Doran Luke Flint Tony Holland Fiona Kannengeiser Brooke Thatcher Steve Coles David Cahill Rachel Eaves Well done and congratulations!

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Cook Community Classics top $300,000 December 3, 2014 • 58 Exert from JustCronullaNews By Brad Forrest

Cook MP Scott Morrison with a lineup of starters for a Cook Community Classic event

The annual Cook Community Classics have now raised a total of more than $300,000 for local charities.

Cook MP Scott Morrison thanked all the community groups and supporters who made the 2014 Cook Community Classic another great success.

Fun day “The Classic, now in its seventh year, is a great family fun day to celebrate and support local organisations to make our Shire stronger,” he said.

“To date the Classic has raised over $300,000 for around 50 local charities and community organisations.

“Some the groups involved this year include the Sutherland Early Support Service, Project Youth, Kookaburra Kids, the Sutherland Shire Lioness Club and the Shire Woodworking Club.”

Quick times He said the beach soccer was incredibly popular and there were very quick times in the 1km and 2km Open Water swims.

There were intensely competitive surf club relay events between the Bate Bay Surf Clubs – , Cronulla, North Cronulla, Elouera and Wanda. For the second successive year, Wanda came out on top.

“Without the surf clubs, the Classic would not be possible and I would like to thank them for all their hard work, “ Mr Morrison said.

He also thanked sponsors IMB, Qantas, Olsen’s, Caltex, Australian Hotels Association, Payce, SITA, Sydney Airport and ANSTO.

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Surf club Trekkers to Gallipoli December 1, 2014 • 213 Exert from JustCronullaNews by Brad Forrest Four young people from Bate Bay surf clubs have joined Cook MP Scott Morrison to launch the fourth bi-annual Mateship Trek, and a journey to Gallipoli.

The Bate Bay surf clubs contingent with Cook MP Scott Morrison. other Mateship Trekkers and other guests at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Australian War Memorial picture

With him at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra for the launch of the 2015 Mateship Trek was the Cook team of:

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Georga Sargeant, 21, from Wanda Surf Life Saving Club Jackson Towns, 18, Elouera Joel Eaton, 26, North Cronulla, and And Hayden Sawyer, 24, Cronulla.

Centenary They were joined by Anita Pryke, President of Wanda, who will make the Gallipoli Trek next year as mentor. The Trek will be in the centenary year of the the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in Turkey. Mr Morrison said MP Jason Clare, who represents the seat of Blaxland in Western Sydney, also attended the launch.

Retracing steps of Diggers “Jason and I began the Mateship Treks in 2009, taking young Australians in our electorates from different backgrounds retracing the steps of our Diggers” he said. “In 2009, we walked Kokoda; in 2011, the Sandakan Death March; and in 2013, we returned to Papua New Guinea walking the Black Cat Trail from Wau to Salamaua.

Australian and Turkish soldiers “We will travel to Turkey to commemorate those who served at Gallipoli and retrace the steps of both Australian and Turkish soldiers,” Mr Morrison said. The Trek will conclude on Australia Day with a Dawn Service at the Lone Pine Memorial and Cemetery, the site of annual Anzac Day services. The Trek is again partnering with Soldier On, which supports physically and psychologically wounded contemporary Australian servicemen and women.

To help Georga raise funds for the Soldier On Foundation, to help our returned soldiers and peacekeepers, go to https://soldieron.giveeasy.org/campaigns/mateship-trek-2015-2-2/

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BRONZE/SRC PROFICIENCY DATE CHANGES DATES FOR LAST PROFICIENCIES: SUNDAY 21st December 2014 SUNDAY 28st December 2014 Both proficiencies will be at 9.00am (not 10.00am) If you cannot make these dates please contact the office to find out other proficiency dates held by other clubs.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST BE PROFICIENT TO ATTEND PATROLS, COMPETE AT CARNIVALS.

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Upcoming Senior Carnivals: 20th December

- North Cronulla carnival—ENTRIES CLOSING

9th January

- Cronulla Masters Carnival

17th January

- Wanda Intercities Carnival (all hands on deck)

24th January

- Manly Open Carnival

25th January

- Manly Boat Carnival

25th January

- Freshwater Open Carnival

31 January

- Ohana Surf Classic Elouera

31January

- East Coast Surf Festival TBA

7 February

- Coogee Open and Masters Carnival

8 February

- Interclub (Bate Bay clubs only) Wanda

14 February

- Branch Open Championships Maroubra

15 February

- Branch Age Championships Maroubra

21 February

- Club Championships at Wanda

28 Feb & 1st Mar

- 2015 SLSNSW LifesavingChampionships Ocean Beach

6—8 March

- 2015 SLSNSW Age Championships Ocean Beach

11-12 March

- 2015 SLSNSW Masters Championships Ocean Beach

13-15 March

- 2015 SLSNSW Open Championships Ocean Beach

29 March

- Shark Island Swim Cronulla

11-12 April

- 2015 SLSA Youth Championships Nth Kirra

13-14 April

- 2015 SLSA Masters Championships Nth Kirra

15-19 April

- 2015 SLSA Open Championships Nth Kirra

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PATROLS DECEMBER 2014 Sat 13 Dec Patrol 7 8.45-1.30pm

James

0435281576

Sat 13 Dec Patrol 8 1.15-6.00pm

Ben

0407068934

Sun 14 Dec Patrol 9 8.45-1.30pm

Matt

0418478263

Sun 14 Dec Patrol 10 1.15-6.00pm

Mitchell

0418149008

Sat 20 Dec Patrol 2

8.45-1.30pm

Jake

0432223522

Sat 20 Dec Patrol 1

1.15-6.00pm

Graham

0422852605

Sun 21 Dec Patrol 11 8.45-1.30pm

Matt

0433497147

Sun 21 Dec Patrol 3 1.15-6.00pm

Michael

0415779853

Thurs 25 Dec Patrol 4 8.45-12.15pm Lydia

0400090620

Thurs 25 Dec Patrol 5 11.45-3.15pm Jon

0403398399

Thurs 25 Dec Patrol 2.30-6.00pm

Emma

0403221626

Frid 26 Dec Patrol 7 8.45-12.15pm

James

0435281576

Frid 26 Dec Patrol 8 11.45-3.15pm

Ben

0407068934

Frid 26 Dec Patrol 9 2.30-6.00pm

Matt

0418478263

Sat 27 Dec Patrol 10 8.45-1.30pm

Mitchell

0418149008

Sat 27 Dec Patrol 11 1.15-6.00pm

Matt

0433497147

Sun 28 Dec Patrol 1 8.45-1.30pm

Graham

0422852605

Sun 28 Dec Patrol 2 1.15-6.00pm

Jake

0432223522

LIFESAVING REQUIREMENTS You must be on time for patrol.

You must sign on the patrol log book when you arrive.

You must sign off the patrol log book when you leave.

You must wear FULL uniform including your cap.

You must be vigilant at all times.

We wish everyone a good and safe patrol season, with no lives lost on our beach.

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