Supporting our club

Supporting our club, serving our community and protecting our beaches.

Marine Surf Lifesaving Club is experiencing a shortage of regular beach duty members as some of our lifesavers leave to take up permanent lifeguarding positions in other areas. While this is a positive career opportunity for those members, it does leave us with fewer hands available to man our duty tower and fulfil our responsibility to keep the bathing public safe.
To address this challenge, the club will be introducing an Active Reserve Duty Squad initiative from the end of October, running through to the end of the season on 30 January 2027.
All Active Reserve members will be allocated to a duty squad and provided with designated duty dates. We are counting on everyone’s cooperation and commitment to make themselves available for their allocated duties, helping us maintain adequate beach duty coverage throughout the season.
We recognise that everyone has had minimal duty commitments in the past, but this initiative is an important opportunity for our Active Reserve members to make a meaningful contribution to the club. Beach duty is not simply an obligation; it is an opportunity to give back to Marine, support our fellow lifesavers, serve the wider community and help ensure the safety of those enjoying our beaches.
It is also a great opportunity to reconnect with fellow members, build friendships, strengthen our team spirit and remind ourselves of what it means to belong to a surf lifesaving club.
Marine has always relied on the dedication and commitment of its members. Now, more than ever, we need our Active Reserve members and Life Members to rally together and help us meet our duty obligations.
We trust that everyone will embrace this initiative in the spirit in which it is intended and make every effort to support their allocated squad.
A list of squads will be drawn up shortly and communicated to all. Should you not be available on your allocated day, please free to communicate with Bambi to be allocated another date that may be more suitable.
Let’s work together, support one another and take pride in the important role we play in keeping our beaches safe.
BE PROUD. STEP UP. BE MARINE. BE A LIFESAVER!

Beer Marathon

Come into the office to try on a shirt for size.
If you not on the Beer Marathon group,  please contact Gary or Leo for communication purposes.

Mike Raubenheimer

On behalf of everyone at Marine Surf Lifesaving Club, we would like to wish Mike Raubenheimer a very happy retirement as you make the move to beautiful St Francis. As a Life Member of Marine, you will always be part of our family. Your years of support, involvement and contribution to the club are truly valued, and you leave behind many wonderful memories and friendships.
May this next chapter of your life be filled with happiness, good health, and plenty of time to enjoy all the things you love. May St Francis bring you many happy days, new adventures, and special moments.

We wish you nothing but the very best for the wonderful years ahead!

RAFFLE – World Lifesaving champs

Don’t forget to take a ticket  for the World Lifesaving champs

Club Renovations

Men’s changerooms – getting a new coat of paint to compliment the new tiling. Just waiting for confirmation from the builders that they are ready.

Ladies changerooms – All is looking good to start the lady’s changeroom refurbishment on the 26^th October.

Members to Please wash sand off feet outside. Shower drains are going to get clogged with sand blocked, causing health problems and ineffective shower facilities

Work on the Ladies changerooms is going to be started soon, please be patient while the work is in progress. We are aiming to have everything ready and available before the work begins in order to get the task finished with minimal delay and inconvenience.
Work to be done is the refurbishment of the showers – Substitute shower brick walls with Perspex panels, replace shower heads, tile shower wall and floor, install lighting, paint changeroom walls. Use of the men’s showers can be done whilst work is in progress, this obviously just needs to be done with suitable co-ordination and sensibility.

Worlds Fund Raising

Our youngsters showing drive and initiative to start fundraising for World Champs in PE taking place end of November. This is the Marine spirit we want to see. Thank you for supporting them and showing them that hard work and effort gets results.

Leon du Preez (known as Rubber) took part in  SA Champs in 1975 in Cape Town.
He flew to Cape Town, stayed at the Cambridge Hotel in Milnerton and then the Clifton hotel.
He sailed on the SA Orange from Cape Town to Durban at a cost of R150.

Nipper Carnival  at Marine	Sunday 25 October
Beer Marathon	Saturday 31 October
Club Midmar weekend	29 – 31 January

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SAP Squad	Saturday 24 October
B Squad	Sunday 25 October

Leshen Pillay

Get to Know Your Members – Interview Questions

The Basics (Warm-up)

Name and nickname (and how you got it).

My name is Leshen, I’m mostly called Leshen, with a few people calling me Leshy.

How long have you been part of Marine Surf Lifesaving Club?

I’ve been part of Marine since 2016, that’s 10 fantastic years!

What first brought you down to the club?

Marine’s then coach, Russel Sadler, and his wife Carmel, brought me down to the beach one Saturday and taught me how to bodysurf. Safe to say I’ve been addicted to the beach since.

What’s your day job when you’re not in red and yellow?

When I’m not at Marine, I’m either at university, where I study a degree in Finance and Accounting, or I’m at work. I am currently an accounts intern at Videovision Entertainment, the producers of the famed Mandela movie!

Life at Marine
5. What’s your favourite thing about Marine Surf Lifesaving Club?

Marine has a sense of community that is seldom found elsewhere. Whether you’re down at the club everyday or every 2 months, it’s always as if you’ve never left.

6. Early morning paddle or late afternoon swim?

A little bit of both, it really depends on how I feel on the day.

7. Flat water or messy conditions?

Messy conditions for sure, it’s here the fun is!

8. If Marine had a theme song, what should it be?

Coast – Hailee Steinfeld

On the Water
9. Your favourite ocean conditions to train or paddle in.

Any conditions that include some decently sized waves.

10. Your least favourite conditions (be honest).

When the ocean is a washing machine, it makes a surf swim quite uncomfortable.

11. Biggest wipe-out or “that didn’t go to plan” moment.

Replacing the fin on my mallie and putting it on backwards. Will never forget how puzzled I was trying to figure why I never stayed on a wave that day.

12. Best paddle, swim, or patrol day you’ve had at Marine.

Probably a training session I remember when I was a nipper/junior. We were paddling by the shark nets and kept pushing each other off of our boards.

The Fun Stuff
14. Coffee before or after training?

After.

15. If you could swap crafts for a day, what would you choose?

Surfski, I rarely go on a ski so it’d be quite fun.

16. Who at the club would you want next to you in a rescue?

Tyler Bingham.

17. Who tells the best stories at the club?

From my experience, it’s between Matt Vosloo and Jarrod Todd.

18. Who takes training just a little too seriously?

Katelyn Todd.

Personal Insights
19. What does being part of a lifesaving club mean to you personally?

A lifesaving club, especially Marine, is something that becomes a part of your life no matter where you are in the world. The lessons learnt, friends made, and experiences I’ve been part of are things that grow me as a person and are forever pushing my expectations.

20. What keeps you coming back, even on tough days?

The accountability, your friends never let you forget a missed alarm.

21. Biggest lesson the ocean has taught you.

Patience and critical thinking are virtues.

22. One thing people might not know about you.

I am such a finance bro that I have a coffee mug with Excel Spreadsheets printed on it.

Quick-Fire Round
23. Sunrise or sunset?

Sunrise.

24. Summer or winter paddling?

Summer.

25. Energy bar or banana?

Energy bar.

26. Ocean swim or pool swim?

Ocean swim.

27. Training hard or training smart?

Training smart.

Looking Ahead
28. A goal you’re working towards this season.

Getting back in shape to potentially start competing again.

29. Something you’d still like to learn or improve at the club.

I’d love to improve my attendance.

30. Advice for someone thinking about joining Marine Surf Lifesaving Club.

It’s always daunting doing something new for the first time, but the Marine community makes you feel like you’ve been there for years.

Finish Strong

31. In one sentence, describe Marine Surf Lifesaving Club.

It’s an institution, not just a lifesaving club.

32. If you could say one thing to your fellow members, what would it be?

Someone is always looking forward to seeing you, remember that, even on your bad days.