Marine Golf Day

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.

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.

Action photo of the MSLC craft rescue team back in the 1980’s leading the race to the finish line in the craft rescue event. A 5 man event where a draw took place on the beach beforehand, to see who would draw as patient and who would be paddler. All 5 team members had to be proficient at paddling a rescue ski and obviously everyone would hope their best paddler would draw as paddler and their smallest member as patient.

As luck would have it one particular champs Mark Lewin 6ft 10in managed to draw as patient and the smallest member of the club Colin Baxter around 5ft 1in drew paddler, a match up made in hell. The craft rescue event was a great team event, the patient had to swim to cans and the paddler would then leave the beach to collect his patient and paddle back to the beach. Catching a wave back with a patient onboard was the easy way back to the beach, rather than grinding back with a heavy load onboard. This event always provided great entertainment for the crowds especially in big surf where the craft had to be well handled to avoid losing its patient. A good paddler/patient combination could catch any size wave and ride it all the way to the beach, where the other 3 team members would pick up the craft with the paddler and carry the patient over the finish line, as per photo.

The secret to wave riding with a patient was to have the patient lie forward to gain speed to get onto the wave, then as soon as on the wave, to then quickly slide back as far as possible to lift the nose and have the weight aft. Doing this well allowed the two to catch almost any size wave and survive – Great Fun!

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Dave Jennings

Name and nickname (and how you got it).

Dave Jennings, Nickname always called DJ

How long have you been part of Marine Surf Lifesaving Club?  12 years

What first brought you down to the club?  Convenienceequipment and parking.

What’s your day job when you’re not in red and yellow? I have a Surf School so busy teaching, mentoring and sharing on Surf Retail!

Life at Marine
5. What’s your favourite thing about Marine Surf Lifesaving Club? Community having a feeling of being part of.

6. Early morning paddle or late afternoon swim? 

7. Flat water or messy conditions? For teaching flat water for surfing skills, otherwise messy conditions.

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

On the Water
9. Your favourite ocean conditions to train or paddle in. Fuller tide after a strong northeast wind with a light southwest on it!

10. Your least favourite conditions (be honest). No swell – cross training with paddling pier to pier with a surf swim in the mix

11. Biggest wipe-out or “that didn’t go to plan” moment. Having a concussion at North Beach and been in hospital for 10days and 1 year rehab.

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

13. One skill you’re proudest of improving since joining.  Reading  water in the heavier conditions and applying it to surf and surf skiing.

The Fun Stuff
14. Coffee before or after training?  Depends on winter or summer – winter definitely before clsss.

15. If you could swap crafts for a day, what would you choose?  Surfski into a longboard session.

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

17. Who tells the best stories at the club? All the  ballies!

18. Who takes training just a little too seriously?  All the ballies. The die hards.

Personal Insights
19. What does being part of a lifesaving club mean to you personally? Community of people who feel part of acceptance and forming friendships.

20. What keeps you coming back, even on tough days? The ocean keeps us happy and grounded.

21. Biggest lesson the ocean has taught you. Never think you have it all together, the ocean teaches us humility!

22. One thing people might not know about you. Competitive, eager and motivated.

Quick-Fire Round
23. Sunrise or sunset?  Sunrise

24. Summer or winter paddling?  Don’t mind both

25. Energy bar or banana?  Banana

26. Ocean swim or pool swim?   Ocean swim

27. Training hard or training smart?  Bit of both

Looking Ahead
28. A goal you’re working towards this season. Don’t waste opportunities

29. Something you’d still like to learn or improve at the club. A all round water athletes, have more fun.

30. Advice for someone thinking about joining Marine Surf Lifesaving Club. Meet and greet, social sport events.

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