Dear Gunn Member,

Welcome to the new 2024 and 2025 season for Gunnamatta SLSC, our new committee have had an initial kick off meeting to start planning and commenced our monthly meetings to discuss our goals for the year. 

Within this edition of GUNN NEWS we have included our member training dates, special patrol events and our patrolling season commences on the 9th November 2024. This season we are focussing on having the website as our main source of information, an updated calendar outlining social events, patrols and the Nipper program will be released in the coming week.

We wish to thank our retiring members of the committee for their time and dedication over the past years being David Stogdale, Sarah Cattapan, Jacob DePavia and Gian Paul Perpoli.  For those that were unable to attend the AGM and Awards Night we had a great turn out with over 140 members and families enjoying a fun night. 

We are also very proud of the fact that Gunnamatta SLSC has a new Life Member elected to the esteemed group of members, the election of a Life Member is an achievement that is not taken lightly and requires extensive input by an individual in their support of Gunnamatta SLSC.  With this in mind the club elected and approved Jill Douglas as a Life Member.  A well-deserved nomination that we are all so lucky in having Jill as one of our own.

The latest Annual Report is currently located under News on our Gunnamatta SLSC Website, the Annual Report outlines our portfolio reports, member patrolling and awards results for the season and the patrol stats on rescues and attendances.

2024/2025 COMMITTEE

Our newly elected committee is detailed below and we encourage our members to reach out to the committee, members are welcome to attend our monthly meetings please contact our secretary for meeting dates. Additionally to the elected committee roles we wish to recognise our members that are in supporting roles within the committee with Melissa Malone taking on the Club Registrar position and Paul Wilson for providing his extensive experience in IT Infrastructure.

2024/25 JUNIOR COMMITTEE

The Gunnamatta Junior Committee is back up and running for another season!

The junior committee has been set up with the aim of providing 13-20 year olds within the club a voice on issues that matter to them, and an opportunity to build their leadership skills and confidence. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please fill out the form below, and we will be in touch soon! As always, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch team@gunnamattaslsc.com.au

EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST HERE

MANDATORY WORKING WITH CHILDRENS CHECKS 

WWC Checks are now required for ALL Gunnamatta SLSC Members over 18 years of age

Changes to Child Protection laws, Life Saving Victoria (LSV) and SLSA Policies require all Members of a Lifesaving Club aged 18 years and over to have a valid WWCC. This means that all adult, parent and guardian members attending the club and / or interacting with children in any club activity must hold a current WWCC. The policy extends to all categories of membership.

Under the recent and updated LSV Policy there are no exceptions to the WWCC requirement.

Please note that where you have an employment related WWCC this will need to be updated to include Gunnamatta SLSC as an interested party, so that we receive all appropriate notifications and expiry information.

https://www.gunnamattaslsc.com.au/workingwithchildrencheck

This is a mandatory requirement of your membership so as to align with LSV Policies.

TRAINING UPDATES

SRC / Bronze Camp

Applications are now open for the U18 SRC / Bronze Camp, with the dates selected.  SRC and Bronze camp members that are eligible must register their interest, this registration does not guarantee a position but allows our Training Team to interview interested parties.  Numbers are limited.

Adult Bronze Course will be held online and over a number of weekends these dates will be posted in the coming week with the course being subject to minimum numbers before we run an adult course.

SRC/Bronze Camp EOI

 Adult Bronze Course EOI

(Members, please send out this link to family and friends or anyone that may be interested!!)

Trainer/Water Safety Application:

*These will be added to Members Training from Anywhere within the next month to allow for enrollment into your selected date, for now please keep one of these dates free (all active members MUST complete skills maintenance to patrol)

Early Advanced Resus & First Aid Courses 

For any members that have their ARTFA (Advanced Resus & First Aid) qualification expiring this season, or would like to upgrade their knowledge and skills from their Bronze Medallion, there are still spots left in the courses running at LSV in Port Melbourne on September 21st & October 19th. You can enrol via Members Training from Anywhere: https://mt.lsv.com.au/

NIPPERS PROGRAM 

We have a great team of nipper parents that manage and run our program, under the guidance of our new Nipper Manager Tonina (Tee) Morgan the team is well underway in setting up the season ahead.  A big thank you to Tee and the AGM parents that have returned for the 2024/2025 season. There is already strong sign up to the Nipper program, with 90% of returning members resigned and opportunities for welcoming new families into the program.

Pencil in some of the following dates;

• 9th November 2024 Captains Run Patrol and Social event 

• 7th December 2024 Blue Patrol

• 8th February 2025 Funnamatta Patrol 

• 15th February 2025 Pink Patrol

• 22nd February 2025 New Bronzies Patrol

Special mention and thank you to members Tommy Weill and Amber Smith for their amazing efforts assisting a member of the public who got into some difficulty during a major incident at Gunnamatta Surf Beach on Monday 12th August.

SEASON 2023/2024 STATISTICS