There's a lot of carnival updates since our last newsletter. On 20th Feb we had 17 nippers compete at the Point Leo carnival and on 26th Feb we had 11 nippers make the trip to Lorne and compete there.
At both carnivals we had 20 results placed in the top 6 and all the competitors did a wonderful job representing Black Rock.
Our carnival crew are becoming like a well oiled machine at these events and put in a lot of work in to make sure things run smoothly for the kids. Thanks to Nikolai and Kelly for their help organising the team, transporting boards and providing water safety. Thanks also to Kathryn Wallis for her help in transporting and setting up the marquee and Simon Fawcett for being our qualified official.

Our carnival season concluded with the Junior State Championships at lakes Entrance on the 12th and 13th March. This is a huge event which is run in conjunction with the Seniors Championships and brings around 2,000 competitors to the Lakes Entrance beach. We
had 6 nippers representing Black Rock at the states. Lane Chetverikov, Hamish Hicks, Tiger McNamara, Henry Snotty, Ben Hicks and Clark Aylward.

Highlights from the carnival included our boys U11 team of Lane, Henry, Tiger and Hamish making the finals in both board relay and Aqua Cameron relay and Clark coming away with silver in the boys U9 beach sprint and beach flags.

Dates for your diary

Saturday 26th March- Last day of junior beach training.
Saturday 26th March- Annual tin shake fundraiser. This is the biggest fundraising event on the club calendar and we need your help to make it a success. The club has been allocated 2 intersections and we are able to collect from 10-4. We ask that you give us an hour or two of your time to help on the day and if we get nipper parents involved then some of the funds raised will be allocated to purchasing junior boards. See the roster on the glass door at the clubhouse.
Saturday 2nd April- working bee at the club including a BBQ lunch
Saturday 4th June- Club Presentation night and AGM. If you would like to sponsor a trophy please see the notice on the glass door at the clubhouse, we are also running a silent auction on the night. If you have any goods or services you would like to donate please email Toni on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 5th November- Registration and Open day for the next season, put it in your diary now so you won't forget...


Winter Pool Training

Dates for pool training look like being April 28, May 5, 12, 19 and 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, July 21 and 28, August 4, 11 and 18.
These are Thursday over term 2 and 3 with a break for school holidays. Sessions are run at Klim Swim on Tulip St from 7.30 to 8.30pm.
Pool training is not swimming lessons but is lifesaving skills in a pool environment and nippers are also trained for pool competitions. Nippers need to be able to swim 25m unaided to participate. If you are interested please place your child's name on the whiteboard at the club. The fee for winter training is around $60 per child and is just to cover the cost of lane hire.

Winter Pool Competitions

Life saving Victoria run a series of Pool carnivals over winter, mainly at Klim Swim in Cheltenham. Unlike the beach carnivals these are much smaller in size, generally run for a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon and are much more relaxed events than on the beach. Events include obstacle races, kickboard rescue, line throw and child/parent relays. We have quite a lot of strong pool swimmers within the club and we would love to have a bigger presence at the pool carnivals this year. Dates for the first 2 carnivals are May 1st and May 15th starting from 2pm. The pool program can be viewed at http://www.lifesavingvictoria.com.au/resources/documents/Junior_Pool_Program_20103.pdf

Looking to get fit, brush up on your first aid or learn CPR?

Then getting your Bronze Medallion in surf lifesaving may be for you. We have had a number of parents achieve their Bronze Medallion qualifications through the club and all have loved the experience. Trainers within the club run a program in the evenings that covers first aid, CPR, beach rescues and other lifesaving skills. The qualification is nationally recognised and how proud would your kids be, to be able to say "my mum/dad is a lifesaver". Having this qualification allows you to be a water safety official at carnivals and also makes our club training a safer environment. The course normally runs just prior to the next summer season starting, around October or November. If you are interested or have questions please speak to me at training or email me at this address.

***** I have just learned that Sandridge LSC (Port Melbourne) are running a Bronze Camp later this month so if you are interested please let me know ASAP***************

See you on the beach,
Julie