June 2011 - clovellysurfclub.com.au

Correspondence to
The Secretary
Clovelly SLSC
PO Box 2094
Clovelly NSW 2031
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OTS written by Geoff James
JUNE 2011 (105th edition)
4th ANNUAL SPORTS LUNCH
Clovelly Surf Club Sports Lunch was held at the Clovelly
Hotel on Friday 6th May. An excellent Clovelly Hotel 3 course
lunch, and the wit and wealth of sporting knowledge displayed
by our MC Steve “Chimes” Gillis ensured a great day for all.
South Sydney Football Manager
Mark Ellison spoke of his days as a
player under Coach George Piggins,
the loss of Chris Sandow and just
what the future holds for the Rabbitohs under their new coach in 2012.
Johnny Peard, a Rugby League
legend had the crowd in his hand as he
rolled out a seemingly endless repertoire of jokes and side splitting tales.
With junior members reading OTS we
cannot retell most of these, Who will
forget, the KFC Julia Gillard meal, the
drum of zinc for Chissa’s nose, Prince
Charles & Camilla Park Your Balls,
Elton John’s rewrite of “Candles in the
Wind” as “Sandals in the Bin” for the Osama Bin Laden funeral, travelling country areas with Arthur Beetson when he was
asked “ do you want todays or yesterdays paper” John replied
“todays” , response was “you’ll have to come back tomorrow
then”, also in the country they saw T-Bones $3.95- when they
ordered, the T-Bones were $13.95 with meat! On his playing
days John recalled the 1966 Roosters who didn’t win a match they did a victory lap of the old Sports Ground when they won
the toss! There was much more, but you had to be there. Peardie
even did an encore performance.
Racing Trainer Anthony Cummings gave a few hot tips. He
shared his life as a youngster around his Dad
Bart’s stables. The stables were like a playground. He remembered the Health Inspectors and how the hands had to constantly
shovel up and move the dung pit because of
the flies. Anthony was an early trainer of
“Might & Power”. He spoke with pride of
his recent 100:1 winner, 8 year old “C’est Vie”. His hot tip for
Cantebury the next day was “She Must Be Obeyed” .
Craig “The Clocker” Thompson shared tales from his life &
times. He is trackside from 4.30 - 6.30am. He
explained to the crowd that it was the last few
hundred metres of any gallop that he was
mainly interested in clocking. His hot tip was
also “She Must Be Obeyed”. Unfortunately she
didn’t obey & was scratched the next day.
The JourneyMasters
2010 NSW SURF
CLUB OF THE YEAR
Founded 1906
Randwick Rugby legend and former Wallaby Jeff Sayle
(resplendent in his 1961 blazer) brought
another dimension to the lunch. Saylie
brought the house down with his comedy
mime routines. Previously only seen on
Rugby Tours, and after big wins by the
Galloping Greens, Jeff performed his
“Silent Fisherman” routine. With the crowd
in stitches, Jeff then had the crowd rolling
in the aisles with the rarely seen “Silent Astronaut”. Forever the
diplomat, Saylie wouldn’t be drawn on the
greatest ever Randwick player. He did say
that any consideration would include names
like Cyril Towers, Ken Catchpole & Mark
Ella. When Chimes asked Saylie about
early “boot money” in the amateur Rugby
days, he replied that the Wicks couldn’t give
the Ellas “boot money” because they came
to training bare footed !
He remembered sending a
few of the boys to collect
wood for the Latham Park BBQ after training
one cold night -the boys complied and all was
well - next morning Saylie received a call
from South Coogee Bowling Club asking
about their missing fence!! Jeff also recalled
his days as a Patrol Captain at Coogee SLSC
with Chimes in his team.
Legendary raconteurs and a day to be remembered !
Thankyous to Zac Davis &Clovelly Hotel for the venue &
lunch, James Brindley &Tooheys for providing the beer,
Jenny Eliades &Top Cat Catering for the wine. Major sponsors of the raffle prizes were Langham Hotels International
through Sharon Byrne, & Joe & Digby alias The JourneyMasters.
The auction for Brad Scanlon’s donation of a painting of the
Surf Club saw Luke Morgan top bidder. Other auctions saw
Bob Callaghan take the signed Souths jersey , Paul “Smiley”
Hinds bought the Swans jersey & Alan Kayes took home the
John Eales signed Wallaby jersey. Thankyou for sponsorship
assistance to Mark Ellison from Souths, Rob Spurrs of the
Swans , Steve Ferguson from Brisbane Racing Club and Michael “Sticks” Walker for the board lessons. In the raffle local
real estate agent Mark McPherson won the major prize with
John Sweeney taking 2nd prize and Johnny Peard 3rd.
Thanks finally to the Sports Lunch committee Ken Ryan, Jim
King, Paul Zaja, Paul Smith, Russel Byrne, Tania Rouse ,
Paul Jennings & Geoff James.
Eskimos Escape Igloos!
SURF LIFE SAVING SYDNEY AWARDS OF
The
Eskimos
Winter
swim section of the Surf Club took the
EXCELLENCE Season 2010-11
plunge on the 1st Sunday in
Cronulla Leagues - Saturday 28th May
May. At the AGM pre swim,
This event recognises achievements and service from members of all 15 Sydney Branch clubs. There are numerous
nominations for each award and recipients justifiedly merit
the prestige attached to such awards.
Apologising for missing
our club Presentation
Night, but proudly representing Clovelly down in
all major office bearers were
returned for another winter.
Congratulations to President
Lyn Chapman, VP Karon
Lekeu, Captain Ian “Specky”
Eccles, Treasurer John
“Scats” Stewart, Secretary
Jim King, VC & Junior Captain
Above: Scott, Jerri,
Cerin Campling and to all other
Scats, Marge, Lyn, Syd.
office bearers. Scott & Jerri D’Ornay & Nigel Chapman were honoured with Life Membership.
the Shire were Tania Rouse, Molly Cocks, Chris “Topper”
Thompson, Jessica Wheatley, Rebecca Cocks & Glen Clarke.
In the club’s best ever outcomes at this award night, congratulations to the following Clovelly members :
Lifesaver of the Year : Tania Rouse
Training Officer of the Year: Chris “Topper” Thompson
Assessor of the Year: Mark Percy
Under 17 Lifesaver of the Year: Molly Cocks
Above : Terry Heavener, John “Thin” Pelling, Dr.Bob
Callaghan, Cerin Campling, Speccie, Dave Mead.
Rescue of the Year : Patrol 13 ( PatO’Shea/Helen Callaghan (c))
Prime Rescuers Molly Cocks, Rob Johnson, Lee Killigrew.
Receiving High Commendations were Jessica Wheatley in
the U/19 Lifesaver of the Year and Patrol Team 13 in the
Patrol Team of the Year.
Having missed Presso Night (with the exception of Mark
Percy), these members celebrated the occasion down at the
club bar on Sunday 29th May. Club Captain Seb Pearce
thanked them all for the efforts they have made and the honours that they have earned for their club
L-R :Jessica Wheatley, Pat O’Shea, Mollie Cocks, Mark
Percy, Tania Rouse, Damien Cocks, Topper Thompson,
and Lee Killigrew
The stature and quality of Clovelly members has also seen
SLSS duly elect the following of our members to the these
very important positions for season 2011-2012:
Director of Lifesaving : Glen Clarke
Deputy Director of Lifesaving : John McNamee
Randwick District Life Saving Supervisor : Mark Percy
Randwick District Education Supervisor : Tania Rouse
District Deputy Education Supervisor : Topper Thompson
Clovelly SLSC 105th Annual General Meeting
Sunday 17th July
1pm Upstairs Bar Area
Nominations for Office Bearer positions close 7 days prior.
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Patrol Season’s end was marked with a BBQ at the club
on Sun 1st May. Club Captain Seb Pearce & VC Paul
Jennings are pictured below with their own boys &
some of our active members on the day. Molly, Lee &
Rob, rescue heroes on New Year’s Day are in the middle.
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Coincidental & maybe not noteworthy, but in this 105th
edition of OTS, we feature a report on our Presentation
Night for our 105th Season & advertise our 105th AGM.
Happy Birthday to Anne Ryan - life begins then ! Anne
& Ken were apologies for Presentation Night due to this
celebration on the same evening.
SLSA will be transitioning to new CPR guidelines by
June 1st 2011. No radical changes, but be prepared to
learn about them at proficiencies.
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( l-r): Peardie & Saylie - ‘It’s a bit windy in here”, Peardie &
good friend Jo, Chimes & Ello on auction duty.
Presentation Night Season 2010-11
Beach Palace Hotel—Saturday 28th May
This celebration of the efforts of our members once again acknowledged and highlighted our prime function - the patrolling of
Clovelly Bay & surrounds. Highlighting the contribution and status of Clovelly SLSC at the Surf Life Saving Sydney level, were
the apologies on the night from members attending the Branch Awards of Excellence evening at Cronulla Leagues Club. As results
from this evening came through and were announced, the crowd were regularly on their feet enthusiastically applauding the recognition that our members were receiving. (Full report previous page)
President Jim King welcomed special guests on the evening including Murray Matson ( Mayor & of Randwick ) , Paul Pearce
(long serving previous Member for Coogee) and Clovelly SLSC Life Members Peter Jones &Geoff James. Thank you to Geoff
for his MCing of the evening. Also thanks to Russel Byrne, Paul Jennings, Paul Smith, Rob Rathbone & others for their
efforts on the day in setting up for this event.
Our new Bronze Medallion holders & all of the other award recipients
were greeted with enthusiastic applause from the large crowd. Clovelly
SLSC & Nippers received a grand total of 569 awards over the season
past. Competition and club point score awards were all keenly contested
& awarded to deserving winners. Over 100 members received prestigious
100% Patrol Recognition in the form of a club waterproof jacket. Thank
you to The Beach Palace for their assistance in funding these.
Mayor Murray Matson &
Junior Taureil
Congratulations to the following major award winners :
Murray Matson &
Gerry McGillion
Bob Burns Memorial Shield : Club Person of the Year
GERRY McGILLION
Tallebudgera Shield : Patrol Person of the Year
MOLLY COCKS
Sue Horgan Memorial Shield : Competitor of the Year
JOHN McNAMEE
Geoff James (Snr.) Memorial Trophy: Junior Club Person of the Year
MADELEINE WHEATLEY
Giles at Clovelly Shield: Most Promising Member
JUNIOR TAUREIL
Norm Summergreene Trophy: Club Events Pointscore
WENDY PEPPER
Rookie Training Officer of the Year:
CATH BARRY
Assessor of the Year
MARK PERCY
Patrol Team of Year
PATROL 6 ; GERRY McGILLION (c)
L: Paul Pearce with
Competition Pointscore
winner Wendy Pepper
& Junior Club Person of
the Year Madeleine
Wheatley.
R : Club Person of the
Year Gerry McGillion,
Competitor of the Year
John McNamee, Assessor of the Year Mark
Percy, Life Member
Peter Jones
The younger set enjoyed their own table.
The girls dressed for the occasion
Bronze Awardees : Thomas Coyne, Oscar
Callaghan, Frances Coyne, Madeleine
Wheatley, Jethro James