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MACMASTERS BEACH S.L.S.C.75th ANNUAL REPORT

2019 – 2020

S.L.S.C.

MACMASTERS BEACH

MACMASTERS BEACH SLSC

Annual General Meeting

MACMASTERS BEACH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB INCORPORATEDAffiliated with the Central Coast Branch SLSA of Australia

TAKE NOTICE that the seventy fifth Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held on Sunday 2nd August 2020 at 4.00pm at the Clubhouse

AGENDA1. To receive, consider and if thought fit, adopt the Financial Statement for the year ended 30 April 2020.

2. To receive the President’s Address.

3. To receive the Annual Report including the reports of the President, Deputy President, Director of Administration, Director of Competition, Director of Finance, Director of Life Saving, Director of Member Services, and Director of Education.

4. To adopt the Minutes of the 2018/2019 Annual General Meeting.

5. To consider the appointment of Jan Sillato as a Life Member of the club as has been recommended by the Life Member Committee.

6. To note that the Election Meeting on 17th May 2020 re-elected Alan Blackman as President, Peter Roden as Director of Life Saving and Michael Norman as Life Member Director, with Matthew Hingerty filling the casual vacancy as Deputy President following the resignation of Kylie Dickinson and her election as Director of Competition.

7. To resolve to affiliate with the Central Coast Branch of Surf Life Saving New South Wales and Surf Life Saving NSW.

8. To receive and consider motions of which due notice has been given.

GENERAL INFORMATION ON MEMBERSHIP

All members must be financial for the new season to vote at the AGM. Fees can be paid at the meeting.

All patrolling members must complete their requalification by 31 December 2021.

Any member wishing to compete must by 31 December 2021 have renewed membership, paid the renewal amount, requalified and completed the required patrol hours. Awards for new members can be gained at any stage of the season.

New members wishing to compete must complete their awards by 31 December 2021.

Compliance with these requirements is necessary to ensure members are covered by insurance

DATED: 2nd July 2020

David White – Director of Administration

S.L.S.C.

MACMASTERS BEACH

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2019/2020 ANNUAL REPORT

OFFICERS – 2019/2020

PatronAlan Brooks

Vice Patrons

Don Hamilton and Lynn Forsyth

President: Alan Blackman Deputy President: Kylie Dickinson

Directors

Administration: David White Finance: John Evans Competition: Craig Lee

Life Saving: Peter Roden Member Services: Alison McNeill

Education: Graham Johnston Life Member Representative: Michael Norman

Portfolio Positions

House Manager: Steve O’Hara Registrars: Denise Sherring and Paula Vella

Bar Manager: Steve O’Hara Media and Point Break: Suzie Morris

Functions: Carole Thompson Boat Captain: Peter Norman

Handicap Point Score: Tracy Przybyla Coach and Board Training: Trent Martin

Macs Maniacs: Jim Myers Duke of Edinburgh Award: Geoff Dominguez

Nippers: Elaine Hodgkinson and Lorna Walters Rookies: Suzie Morris and Melissa Hackshall

Honorary Auditors Fortunity

Honorary Legal Officer Alan Bingham

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Senior Members

LifeAlan Blackman, Alan Dickinson (Dec), Ken Dimmock, William R Dunlop (Dec), David Flood, Peter George, Paul Graham, Jack Hancock (Dec), Tony Hollis, Graham Johnston, H. A. Lee (Dec), Henry (Alec) Lee (Dec), Janet Lee, Michael Morrison, James Myers, Michael Norman, Peter Norman, Rex Norman (Dec), Frank Quinlan (Dec), Vince Roberts, Peter Roden, Gregg Simon (Dec), Douglas Waring (Dec), George C Waring (Dec), Warren Watkins, Alan Whelpton AO, Stewart White

Long ServiceMichael Bambridge, Phillip Boxsell, William Boyd, Les Cousins, Angus Crowe, James Crowther, Melissa Cusack, Simon Cusack, Kelvin Davey, Susanne Devetak, Daniel Drummond, Lyn Drummond, Gregory Ferguson, Jim Gundry, Anthony Hall, Lauren Hall, Matthew Hingerty, Frank Hodgkinson, Michael Hull, Bruce Jordan, Graham Judd, Stephen Kleppen, James Latham, Hamish Macpherson, Trent Martin, Peter McNeill, Corey Myers, Bradley Norman, Karl Norman, Nadine Norman, Steve O’Hara, Mark Powell, Nerida Powell, William Queripel, Patricia Roberts, Matthew Ryan, Peter Sherring, Jan Sillato, Brian Soundy, Bruce Staples, Matthew Staples, Jane Tweedie, Jason Vella, Susan Westgarth, Andrew White, Craig White, Mark White, Kevin Wills

Active (15-18years)Cerys Cousins, Oscar Crowe, Jade Crowther, James Crowther, Taylor Crowther, Angus Dominguez, Matthew Douglass, Jayden Duck, Ivy Garrick, Campbell Gillies, Megan Haigh, Sophie Halls, Emily Hodgkinson, Saba Horne, Brayden I’Anson, Aaron Judd, Charlie Layton, Finlay Macdonald, Danielle MacPherson, Malcolm Macpherson, Lachlan McCranor, Alexander McMartin, Jamie McNeill, Indianna Park, Megan Ryan, Sienna Scott, Molly Sheppard, Kieran Vella, Alec Walters

Active (18 years and over)Garth Armstrong, Geoff Arnold, John Ayling, Taylor Bateman, Oscar Bath, Samantha Boesen, Josh Bron, Wade Brooks, Lachlan Brown, Peter Brown, Ella Buteux, Marni Cashin, Glenn Cochran, Brent Collins, Amie Couper, Nicole Couper, Kate Craik, Eleanor Crowe, Valerie Crowe, Hannah Cusack, Michael Davis, Matthew de Ville, Kylie Dickinson, Geoffrey Dominguez, Amee Donohoe, MacKenzie Donovan, Andrew Duck, Rachel Dunne, Olivia Edward, Jason Franckiewicz, Jasmyn Garrick, Paul Giffin, Heidi Graham, Jobe Graham, Wendy Graham, Nathan Grennan, Eleanor Gundry, Jim Gundry, Alex Halls, Phoebe Harries, Ella Henderson, Thomas Herd, Daniel Ho, Peter Hodgkinson, Stephen Hourn, Louise Irvine, Mathew Judd, Amy Lawrence, Harry Layton, Craig Lee, Georgia Lee, Matt Lever, Brynn Malings, Riley Matkovich, Damien McCarey, Matthew McHugh, Todd McKernan, Toby McNeill, Benjamin Mitchell, Tim Morris, Bridget O’Donoghue, Maddie O’Donoghue, Grant Offner, Lucy Owen, Paul Paszkowski, Rachel Poldy, Shane Pooley, Millee Powell, Teagan Powell, Simon Przybyla, Amanda Queripel, Caitlin Queripel, Neil Roberts, Graham Russell, Bridgid Ryan, Grant Sapsford, Ken Scriven, Benjamin Sillato, Nikki Sillato, Rebecca Sillato, David Smail, Karen Smail, Michael Smart, Matthew Staples, Colin

Tapping, Rhys Tucker, Guy Underwood, Tahren Van Laar, Joel Vella, Angela Veschetti, Leigh Walters, Daniel Waters, Adam White, Leia Widdowson, Ayden Wilding, Luke Wilding, Rebecca Williams, Cassandra Wong

AwardAlison Austen, Jordana Booth. Michael Clarke, Nathan Coleman, Adam Debenham, Kristy Debenham, Roslyn Donohoe, Nanette Ferres, Matt Hackshall, Toni Howell, Danielle Johnston, Chris Jordan, Rod Jordan, Anna Macpherson, Ross McHugh, Lisa O’Donoghue, Deidre Rodwell, Tara Shelton, Stephen Sillato, Shelley Van Den Hooven, Michele Williams, Paul Williams, Mark Zucconi

CadetsLily Castles, Bryn Cousins, Jade Day, Charlie Dixon, Emma Finnelley, Jade Hackshall, Patrick Hingerty, Conor Hodgkinson, Claire Hogger, Joshua Judd, Aisha Kerrison-Watkin, Luke McHugh, Jayden Morgan, Charlotte Morris, Anya Paszkowski, Caspar Pritchard, Marlee Przybyla, Chloe Sapsford, Patrick Sheppard, Talley Trehy-Burge, Cindy Trigg, Zoe Vella, Sinaed Williams

ProbationaryJasmine Goodley, Catherine Leen, Daniel Leen, Megan Leen

GeneralGreg Arnold, Richard Carrigan, Michael Cashin, Belinda Cohen, Stephen Crameri, Belinda Cusack, Darren Dillon, Sharon Dillon, Katie Doak, Julie Dominguez, Peter Fischer, Chloe Flutter, Tom Gaskey, Mathew Geal, Amie Graham, Jamie Graham, Melissa Hackshall, Elaine Hodgkinson, Hayley Hogger, Pauline Josling, Brent Kerry, Matthew Laffan, Alison McNeill, Isla McNeill, Nick Montagnoli, Suzie Morris. James O’Donoghue, Carole O’Hara, Clark Perkins, Marguerite Perkins, Suzanne Petri, Tracy Przybyla, Penny Roden, John Russell, Craig Shelton, Denise Sherring, Ben Van Den Hooven, Paula Vella, Steven Vuk, Lorna Walters, Lauren White

AssociateDaniel Ahern, Julie Ahern, Bryce Aitchison, Charles Alexander, Dorothea Balderstone, James Balderstone, Craig Barry, Michael Bass, Trevor Bethell, Elizabeth Borgas, Meredith Bowman, Diana Brown, Maree Brown, Astrid Buchner, Darren Burge, Melissa Carroll, Cherie Castaing, Andrew Charlton, Clare Charlton, David Clarke, Ross Cochrane, Emily Coultas, Jonathan Coultas, Ann Cowdroy, Peter Cowdroy, Ian Crook, John Culvenor, Stephen Daly, Briony Davidson, Peter Davidson, John Davies, Samantha Davies, Allan Davis, Kay Davis, Joel Denney, Harry Dixon, Robert Donoghue, Liz Douglas, Marshal Douglas, Lynne Eames, Terence Earley, Vicki Elliott, John Evan, Juliet Fehr, Liz Foote, Tim Ford, Lynn Forsyth, Bernhard Freisler, Darryl Fry, Ken Gardiner, Tony Gardner, Brett Gibson, Sarah Gibson, Anuj Goel, Sarah Greenaway, Steve Greenaway, David Greig, Alastair Grieve, Brenda Grieve, Benjamin Griffiths, Lynda Gundry, Robert Hannon, Lian Hao, Stephen Harrison, William Hartnell, Ian Hayden, James Headland, Paul Hennessy, Clare Hood, Kim Hourn, Grace Howard, Jorge Hrdina, Sally

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Humphrey, Jennifer Irwin, Rod Jack, Philippa Jacobs, Elizabeth Jones, Angus Joyce, Anna Joyce, Charles Joyce, Emily Joyce, Geoff Joyce, Isla Joyce, Gai Judd, Lisa Kane, Benita Kearney, Patricia Keith, Katherine King, Prue King, Baraka Leporte, David Louie, Greg Louie, Tara Louie, Heather Lovell, Peter Lovell, Andrew Loveridge, Simone Macauley, Scott Malcolm, Peter Marks, Sally Marks, Adelaide Martin, Jane Maughan, Ross McDonald, Patrick McGrath, John McLennan, Susan McLennan, Bruce McManamey, Lu McNally, Peter Meares, Aldo Miccio, Kim Miccio, Bethwyn Minchin, Anne Morriss, Janelle Morton, Peter Murray, Antony Newell, Harrison O’Dell, Peter Offner, Susan Offner, Joel O’Hara, Lynne Page, John Peacocke, John Pearce, Graeme Pettigrew, Greg Phillips, Edith Rahdon, Robert Rath, Scott Rathgen, Peter Reichler, Glenn Reid, Linda Rezek, Kevin Riley, Brett Robson, Leanne Salmon, Graham Salter, Kerry Salter, Rick Salter, Sue Salter, Frank Sheldrake, Lucy Sherring, Tristan Smith, Angelique Soliman, Sammy Soliman, Maggie Stanley, Lisa Steel, Peter Stephens, Pete Swan, Emma Tague, Jane Taylor, Jackie Tesoriero, John Tesoriero, Nino Tesoriero, Hugh Torode, Helen TrehyIan Triplett, Anthony Tuxworth, Robert Vickery, Justin Viney, Noel Walkinshaw, Scott Wall, Jay Wallace, Erik Walter, Therese Wellsmore, Craig Wenck, Todd Whaley, Andrew White, David White, Evie White, Helen White, Lisa White, Graham Williams, Lance Williams, Paul Williams, Shannan Williamson, James Windon, Karen Wylie, David York, Heather York

Junior MembersUnder 6Barney Banks, Jack Barber, Cody Bentley, Mitchell Crowther, Veronica Cusack, Zade Davis, Grace Denney, Aurora Evans, Valerie Evans, Alice Geale, Reo Gibson Gidley King, Claire Green, Tom Griffiths, Olivia Hardey, Ezra Higley, Dylan Hughes, Piper Jeffrey, Hannah Kyle, Archer Laffan, Alice Leeds, Max Macleod, Abel Martin, Alice Mcardle, Bram Norton, Harrison Russell, Logan Smith, Spencer Sneddon, Zoe Tague, Riley Tritton, Edan Vuk, Alexander Wain, Samara Wickens, Chloe Williams

Under 7Kaydn Arnold, Kara Atkinson, Isla Bentley, Will Burgess, Memphis Carrigan, Mia Catalano, Maison Cook, Ella Cranstone, Eli Debenham, Charlee Doney, Eloise Dryden, Hamish Dryden, Caroline Evans, Max Foreman, Alexandra Grave, Isaac Gregory, Imogen Haigh, Asher Higley, Brody Hill, William Hood, William Hoskin, Alexis James, Kai Johnson, Angus Kerry, Maya Lawson, Olive Levett, Claire McGrath, Max Mezzone, Ivy Moller, Matilda Moore, Hamish Mulrooney, Bethany Payne, Ruby Repetto, Beau Sadek, Lily Shore, Charlotte Southers, Hamish Todd, Kaelan White

Under 8Petrea Arnskotter, Jacob Baldock, Lilly Bird, Mila Clay, Sonny Cleal, Emerson Corrigan, Kirra Crameri, Miyako Davis, Adam Denney, Sophia Doney, Oliver Dryden, Kailee Eager, Beau Farham, Rosaleen Graham, Amber Griffiths, Ruby Griffiths,

Zara Haigh, Mason Hardey, Abbie Landete, Harry Landete, Lennart MacLeod, Ewan Malings, Liliana Mark, Isla Martin, Owen Minogue, Zaina Mitair, Alexandra Nevin, Phoebe Norton, Marco Romero-Madigan, Lily Sharp, Sophie Skeates, Lauren Smail, Rachel Sutcliffe, Emily Thomas, Shakira Trigg, Will Tritton, Georgie Whormsley

Under 9Kaelah Barber, Sienna Benson, Lillybelle Cashin, Charlotte Coleman, Joshua Debenham, William Fraser, James Geale, Mason Gidley King, Bailey Green, Cleo Greenaway, Zeke Gregory, Caitlyn Groom, Avery Hennessey, Jacqueline Hourn, Isla Jeffrey, Aditi Knowles, Ruben Kurzydlo, Jeremy Leen, Isabelle Levett, Anita McGrath, Thomas Roberts, Evie Russell, Sylvie Sadek, Melia Shelton, William Smidt, Nicholas Sneddon, Thomas Southers, Grace Tague, Tommy Trigg, Aniken Tuttlebee, Annabelle Vuk, Lucas Wain, Rylan Walker, Jessica Watt, Luca Wickens

Under 10Summer Boesen, Maya Burgess, Maddox Cohen, Jet Davis, Noah Debenham, Sophia Denney, Aymee Ellis, Meredith Evans, Macy Franckiewicz, Hannah Grave, Georgia Ho, Lachlan Hood, Samantha Johnston, Thomas Josling, Maya Malings, Hamish Mark, Sinead McGrath, Aidan Minogue, Alexia Morris, Carys Nevin, Samuel Perkins, Awatea Roberts, Henry Skinner, Imogen Todd, Byron White, Tara Williams, Digby Wood

Under 11Asher Armstrong, Evie Clarke, Nash Cleal, Riley Coleman, Jacinta De Vries, Kyah Eager, Poppy Greenaway, Mitchell Haigh, Reese Hennessey, Lola Kerry, Ava Moller, Zeke Myers, Isabelle Sharp, William Sneddon, David Soliman, Lacey Trigg, Ruby Tuttlebee, Amelia Vuk, Natalia Watkins, Rory Watt, Lachlan White

Under 12Ruby Aitchison, Sophie Booth, Maizi Finlay, Sophia Grave, Cooper Groom, Ben Ho, Isaac Ho, Isabel Hood, Sophie Hoskin, Bray Kurzydlo, Ariella Perkins, Hamish Pilling, Tyson Stevens, Caius White, Holly Whormsley, Hallie Widdowson, Hugo Wood

Under 13Airley Arnold, Genevieve Charlton, Morgan Charlton, Charlie Clarke, Abigail Craik, Oliver Davies, Jerome Drobot, Skye Hackshall, Dean Hogger, Bree Josling, Spencer Morris, Tom Patterson, Evie Przybyla, Ben Sapsford, Emilie Stevens, Hamish Taylor-Martin

Under 14Marcus Aitchison, Charlotte Armstrong, Charlotte Gaskey, Matthew Griffiths, Isobel Hingerty, Jessica Hourn, Victoria Leen, Rylee McNeill, Jessica Rattray, Imogen Ryan, Connor Stevens, Ellie Trigg, Calum Walters, Joshua Watkins, Judah White

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DIRECTOR REPORTS

2019-20 has been a year of many successes and challenges. The year opened with excellent growth in membership, continued with great dedication and commitment to beach patrols and competition and then faced the challenges of bushfires, storms, floods and the Covid-19 pandemic. These successes and challenges showed the strength of our Club as we all supported each other through both the achievements and challenges.

The patrol statistics for 2019-20 highlight our success in providing a safer beach: • Beach Attendance in patrol hours: .......................38,345

• Rescues ................. (14 with 7 outside the flagged area)

• Preventative Actions: ................................................581

• Ambulance call outs ......................................................2

• Beach Closed ................................................................9

I want to congratulate all our patrol members who formed 12 Patrols this year. Each patrol was well trained and equipped. The quality of our training was demonstrated in each rescue, first aid, preventative action and in our strong performance in the Patrol Inspections. Our membership numbers showed good growth in 2019-20, particularly in our Junior ranks

Patrol activity had to finish a month earlier than normal due to the Covid-19 restrictions that affected so many aspects of our daily lives. These restrictions also impacted our Club’s finances with the loss of some income streams

The Club was very fortunate to commence 2019-20 in a very strong financial position but the extensive bushfires, major storms and Covid-19 all affected our income through a combination of reduced visitor numbers, damage to our clubhouse and closure of the clubhouse.

I want to thank everyone who worked so hard to help with fund raising. raffles, donations, sponsorship, bar & hall operations, grants and the wonderful support of local, state and federal levels of government being important contributors

The Club is fortunate to have the support of our sponsors and supporters. Belle Property, Barefoot Café, Freewater Plumbing, WEX Motorpass, Macquarie Foundation, Greenstone

Partners, Sea Coast Fishing, Ability Links and a great many generous donors. The Club’s commitment to, and participation in, surf sports was very commendable in 2019/20. Good results were achieved at local carnivals, and also at branch and state level but a combination of storms and Covid-19 restriction saw the cancellation of some of the Branch competitions and the complete cancellation of the Australian Titles. I want to congratulate everyone who represented our Club and to thank all those who helped support and train our competitors.

Surfboat rowing in 2019/20 continued the strong tradition of the Club in this iconic surf sport, with multiple male and female crews. The commitment of these crews to their chosen sport and to their club patrol activities is a great asset for our Club.

The activities at our beach every weekend in nippers, skills training, the Sunday Point Score Swim & Board and Macs Maniacs shows the enjoyment our members get from being at the beach and forms an important base for our patrol and surf sports activities. We saw a number of successful community events in 2019/20 including the Prawn and Oyster Luncheon, Five Lands Walk, the 2018/19 Junior & Senior Presentations, Christmas Carols, Christmas Drinks, and State of Origin nights. Sadly, our ANZAC Day service was cancelled due to Covid-19.

The Duke of Edinburgh Award program continues as an important opportunity for our younger members to excel in community service and personal achievement. The Duke program provides an important link between our junior and senior activities

Our website, monthly Point Break newsletter and Facebook and Instagram sites are widely read and enjoyed by all members.

The Club’s administration has been in excellent hands with all the complexities of financial and regulatory administration and reporting completed with a minimum of fuss. I want to thank the many members who work behind the scenes to get all these tasks done.

The Club’s Board of Directors has done a wonderful job in steering our Club and I want to thank Kylie Dickinson, David White, John Evans, Michael Norman, Peter Roden, Alison McNeill, Craig Lee and Graham Johnston for their outstanding work.

I also want to thank the staff and directors of Surf Life Saving Central Coast for the support they have provided across the season.

2019/20 has been an extraordinary year for the Club and its members. We all hope for better times and I look forward to seeing all our members back on the beach for the 2020/21 season.

Alan Blackman - President

PresidentAlan Blackman

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What a season to take on this role as Deputy President! Not only have I had to fill the very big shoes of Jan Sillato, we have also had a finish to the season unlike anyone has ever experienced. I am pleased to report, despite the turmoil of Covid-19, that our donors, supporters and major sponsors have all been extremely generous with their time and contributions to our surf club.

We value our major sponsors Belle Real Estate – Killcare and Barefoot Café, operated by Richard and Varisra, who not only provide great food to our patrons, but also supply meals to our volunteer bar staff every weekend.

We are grateful to our generous and long-term supporters Macquarie Bank and Loo Loos Coffee Shack Furthermore, thanks to JD’s Family Automotive, who are always available to service our IRB motors and who provide assistance whenever required. Also, to Pete and Sue Offner of Seacoast Fishing, who continue to provide our club with amazing seafood platters, which we raffle throughout the season. The group that can raise the most money selling raffle tickets for these popular platters has become our favourite unofficial competition this season. The Boaties may have won the title this year, but I can’t see the Masters losing out next year. Many thanks also go to the support and advice provided by Ability Links NSW, who assist the club to be more inclusive.

We welcome James Lewry from Advanced Building as a new sponsor of the club this year.

In addition, our club continually receives donations, big and small from all parts of the community. These generous donations facilitate the maintenance, improvement and sustainability of our nipper gear, patrol gear and club in general. A big thank you to each and every person who kindly donated to MacMasters Beach SLSC. This includes a number of local community groups who also support our club with generous contributions of time and money throughout the season. Thanks to the Ladies Social Club, the Garden Club and the Bridge Club in particular. These groups form a major part of our local community and we are grateful for their continued support.

The Club has been extremely lucky in its acquisition of the skills of Rachel Dunne, who is very talented when it comes to finding and applying for grants. Various grant applications were submitted and successful this year. A successful grant from Davistown RSL allowed us to purchase two new racing mals for our Masters, and a grant from Central Coast Council went towards the financial support of the Artisan Show, which unfortunately could not go ahead due to quarantine rules.

We also received generous Government funding and support from Surf Life Saving NSW, enabling our club to access important lifesaving equipment, giving our patrol members the necessary equipment to keep our community and visitors safe on the beach all year round.

Our club members, once again, walked the streets accepting kind donations of our neighbours in our annual door knock appeal. A significant amount of money was collected that morning, in appreciation of the great job our patrolling members do in keeping MacMasters Beach safe.

Thanks must also go to our honorary auditors, Fortunity Chartered Accountants & Financial Planners, who provide their valuable services all year round and also to our honorary legal officer, Alan Bingham of Peninsula Law. Their continued support and advice ensure our club runs smoothly and with the required compliance.

A personal thank you must go to Jan Sillato, not just for the time she gave up so that I could be comfortable in the role of Deputy President from the start, but for all the contributions and support she still gives to the club in her ‘spare’ time. Although I have only been in this role for 12 months, I have decided to move into a position on the board that I feel is better suited to my skill set which is the role of Director of Competition. I welcome Matt Hingerty to the role of Deputy President.

I sincerely thank our many sponsors and supporters for being part of our club’s success this season. It has been my pleasure to work with you all, and MacMasters Beach SLSC is thriving because of your genuine kindness and dedication to our club.

Kylie Dickinson - Deputy President

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The season started exceptionally well. A very healthy membership of some 700 with a good mix of age and experience as well as active and non-active all contributing to the club’s voluntary operation.

The clubhouse operations were smooth and efficient under the ‘volunteer’ model with all involved effectively and efficiently performing their functions interactively and co-operatively with the rest of the team. Members and the community enjoyed the excellent facilities resulting from the clubhouse renovation of the previous year. The close and interactive relationship between the club and the community continued manifested in particular by a very successful annual door knock appeal, the vigour of the Ladies Social Club, the Bridge Club and the Garden Club. Everything was going smoothly and the best surf club on the coast was into another great year.

Then it hit – Covid 19 arrived. The world was not turned upside down – it just stopped. The club was frozen. No club activity

was permitted at all - not even physical meetings. The world of the ‘virtual’ meetings arrived. Matt Judd arranged, at ‘no cost’, Microsoft Outlook Charity ‘SharePoint’ had a ‘Teams’ function’, enabling virtual meetings and on line document sharing, that enabled our club to respond immediately to Government required ‘social distancing’ with which the club has strictly complied to keep our members and the community safe.

Much of the club revenue was gone. Costs had to be frozen to protect the club’s assets. The club is grateful to its dedicated supporters in co-operating in this regard. The Barefoot Café, despite material loss of business, continued to pay an important part of its rent, and the club cleaners, despite its contract with the club, readily accepted the suspension of its services.

The club’s management structure, including its well-balanced appropriately qualified and experienced board under the seasoned leadership of its president, its voluntary method of operation and the corporate, cooperative and concerned membership enabled the club to respond to the crisis quickly and effectively.

Quick action to preserve the club’s strong financial position ensures that there is a solid base to resume operations as normal when the crisis is over which we all hope will be in time for the commencement of the next season.

The 2019/20 year has been like no other year for the club however we leave it ready and able to take up where we were when the crisis burst upon us. This confidence is supported by the new sponsorship taken on during the ‘lock down’ by Balanced Building operated by member James Lewry.

David White - Director of Administration

Along with most sporting clubs and businesses in Australia the club’s accounts for the year ended April 30th 2020 were very heavily impacted by COVID 19 and the bushfires. This meant that, for the first time in many years, the club posted a loss of $22,128.00 for the year. This compared to an operating profit of $68,492 for the 2018/19 year.

Income totalled $356,671 which is a 18.8% decrease from the 2018/19 result of $439,056. Bar Sales continue to be the largest contributor to the income figure at $158,564 or 44.5% of income. This compared with a figure of $195,928 or 44.6% income in 2018/19.

Bar expenses of $80,714 ($95,517 in 2019) are the largest single expense item. Bar sales contributed $77,850 to the gross income of the club. Once again, this result would not have been achieved without the excellent efforts of Steve O’Hara, Carole Thompson and the volunteer bar staff. Donation income

was $38,000 for the 2019/20 year, compared with $50,944 for 2018/19 - a decline of 25%,

A very pleasing feature for the year was the increase in membership income from $36,054 in 2018/19 to $43,904 in 2019/20 an increase of 21.8%. This indicates that the club continues to have excellent community support within the MacMasters Beach area.

With Covid-19 restrictions being introduced in mid-March, income from the bar, yoga and other hall income streams ceased. This resulted in a loss of revenue of approximately $50.000 and severely impacted on the clubs operating result for the year.

The budgeted operating profit for the year was $35,400. Although the club had an operating net loss of $22,128 for the year cash flow for the year was positive $40,385 after expending $17,379 on capital equipment. Our bank balance for the year end had increased to $234,482 from $194,097.

In summary, an extremely difficult financial year for the club to navigate. However, with strong action by the board and tight financial controls I believe the club remains in a strong financial position to re-bound to a positive profit position in 2020/21 once Covid -19 restrictions are lifted.

A very big thank you to the club bookkeeper Steve Sillato for his continued diligence and commitment to the role and Denise Sherring for her efficiency, competency and all-round support. I would also like to thank all volunteers who have contributed in some way to smooth running of the finance area of the club.

John Evans - Director of Finance.

Director of Administration David White

Director of FinanceJohn Evans

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Surf NSW strongly promotes “online learning” as a means of reducing the workload on training teams. Our very small group of trainers, content experts and assessors have continued to adopt face to face and practical base competency training. “Show me your skills, get into the water and understand the conditions that you will be patrolling under”. This is the Macs approach. It generates self-confidence within our surf patrols and allows ongoing training under the guidance of senior patrolling members. It makes sense. However, our training approach is under threat with compulsory “portal membership” and online upgrade training now being adopted.

The season commenced with the induction and group meeting of all boaties, completing their dry land proficiencies including resuscitation, signals and radio. Many thanks to Brad Norman and his team.

The nippers assembled with the training team completing a club induction for the under six nippers and parents, then a part season of teaching surf skills and resuscitation for all age groups. The sight of our young nippers on the lawn completing resuscitation with defibrillators in a hectic fifteen-minute session, certainly had plenty of bystanders smiling. Our age managers and parents must be praised for the role they play in early surf education.

Skill deficiency in patrols was recognised early with Rod Jordan educating a large group of boaties through Advanced Resuscitation. Spinal Management was further developed within the Bronze Award requiring compulsory training within the proficiency requalification sessions.

The skill developed through our nipper program enabled a very easy transition into awards, especially the Surf Rescue Certificate where approved content experts or delegates assisted in the training during regular patrols. The early Bronze Awards were also dominated by young people coming through our system.

It is very pleasing to note the new senior members joining our club. The club promotes a “role for everybody” whether on patrol or behind the bar. Senior members maintain the strength within our patrols. The IRB team of Michael Morrison, Warren Watkins, Matt Staples and content experts Geoff Dominguez and Greg Ferguson again showed dedication to turn up each Sunday morning for training and nipper water safety. The club is short on IRB drivers and crew. Interested members are encouraged to engage this team in the important task of operating these vessels.

Updates to patrol captains, paperwork assistance and award

documentation was completed this year by Lyn Drummond greatly reducing the workload on trainers and assessors. As the patrol season suddenly concluded early, many members are still waiting or about to commence awards, especially the Bronze, with Trent’s large team of competitors requiring Bronze to begin the 2020/21 season.

The online component format will be ready to go by August, needing compulsory completion and monitoring plus assessment, and requiring additional members on the training team. This will suit some people, and allow the face to face trainers to complete their practical sessions in conjunction with the online trainers, engaging more people within our training team, which will benefit the Club moving forward.

Director of EducationGraham Johnston

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Radio Operators CertificateKristy Debenham, Adam Debenham, Paul Williams, Michelle Williams, Taren Van Laar, Nanette Ferres

Surf Rescue CertificateJayden Morgan, Judah White, Steve Greenaway, Marcus Aitchison, Matt Hackshall, Nathan Coleman, Joshua Watkins, Jessica Rattray, Tom Patterson, Bree Josling, Skye Hackshall, Abigail Craik, Airley Arnold

Bronze MedallionAlec Walters, Taren Van Laar, Molly Sheppard, Rachel Poldy, Brynn Malings, Louise Irvine, Megan Haigh, Oscar Crowe, Guy Underwood, Danielle Macpherson, Oscar Bath, John Ayling, Sophie, Halls, Sienna Scott, Indianna Park, Jamie McNeill, Thomas Herd, Jasmyn Garrick

Advanced ResuscitationKristy Debenham, Adam Debenham, Oscar Bath, Michelle Williams, Teagan Powell, Millee Powell, Ella Buteux, Paul Williams, Phoebe Harries, Nanette Ferres, Lucy Owen, Georgia Lee, Maddie O’Donoghue, Ella Henderson, Rhys Tucker, Tara Shelton, Rachel Poldy, Ross McHugh, Matthew Judd, Samantha Boesen, Steve O’Hara

IRB Crewman CertificateMalcolm Macpherson, Thomas Herd, Samantha Boesen,

Silver Medallion

Basic Beach ManagementNeil Roberts, Damien McCarey, Harry Layton, Charlie Layton

Graham Johnston - Director of Education

Awards

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A successful if somewhat strange season on the beach with patrols being cancelled for the year in March due to Covid-19 issues. It definitely felt strange seeing the beach on a weekend with people in the water and no flags raised. Fortunately, even with increased numbers due to people “isolating” around the area, there were no major injuries or deaths.

Thank you to the Patrol Captains for their support and work this year, Graham Johnston, Warren Watkins, Jim Myers, Michael Bambridge, Bruce Staples, Matt Ryan, Vince Roberts, Andrew Duck, Bill Queripel, Hamish MacPherson, Brad Norman and Alan Blackman, professionally leading their patrols to deliver a high standard of beach management and safety to the local community and our visitors.

Well done to all our members, young and not so young, for using of the “What’s App” group for patrol subs this year. It has proved very successful.

Attendance: 38,345

Total Patrol Hours: 6810

Patrol Teams: 12

Active Patrol Members: 194

Rescues: (7 outside the flags) 14

Preventatives: 581

Beach Closures: 9

Ambulance Callouts: 2

First Aids: 28

Council Reports (6 Dogs, 3 Craft Riders, 2 Public Relations) 11

After Hours Emergency Call Outs: 2 (A boat drifting toward Macs beach and a rock fisherman in the water at Little Beach.)

Patrol of the Year Patrol 7

Patrol Captain Vince Roberts

IRB Driver Tim Morris

ART Operator Patricia Roberts

Bronze Member Garth Armstrong, Matthew Douglass, Simon Przybyla, Grant Sapsford,David Smail

Radio Operator Michael Morrison

SRC Charlotte Armstrong, Jade Day, Aisha Kerrison-Watkin, Charlotte Morris, Spencer Morris, Evie Przybyla,

Marlee Przybyla, Ben Sapsford, Chloe Sapsford, Zoe Vella, Sinead Williams

Patrol Person of the Year Matthew Hingerty

Club Captains Award Vince Roberts

Most Improved Lifesaver Harry Layton

Outstanding New Member Tom Herd

Peter Roden – Director of Life Saving

Director of Life Saving Peter Roden

Patrols

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LIFE SAVING OPERATIONS

Patrol HoursMember Patrol Hours 100%Marcus Aitchison 5 4 Charlotte Armstrong 7 13 Garth Armstrong 7 37.5 Airley Arnold 1 21.5 Geoff Arnold 5 29.25 Alison Austen 1 50 100%John Ayling 9 25 Michael Bambridge 4 55.25 100%Taylor Bateman 2 5 Oscar Bath 11 44 100%Alan Blackman 12 29 100%Samantha Boesen 12 40.5 100%Jordana Booth 1 21.5 Phillip Boxsell 12 4.5 William Boyd 3 29 Wade Brooks 2 40.5 100%Lachlan Brown 2 32.5 Peter Brown 3 12.5 Ella Buteux 2 44.5 100%Lily Castles 12 33.5 100%Michael Clarke 9 25 Glenn Cochran 9 21 Brent Collins 10 29 100%Nicole Couper 2 42.5 100%Bryn Cousins 6 16 Cerys Cousins 6 12 Les Cousins 6 20 Abigail Craik 1 25.5 100%Oscar Crowe 8 12.5 Valerie Crowe 8 52.5 100%Angus Crowe 8 36 100%Eleanor Crowe 8 29.5 Taylor Crowther 1 62.5 100%Jade Crowther 1 42 100%James Crowther 10 33 100%James Crowther 10 33 100%Hannah Cusack 4 37.5 100%Simon Cusack 4 30.75 100%Melissa Cusack 4 34 100%Kelvin Davey 3 37 100%Oliver Davies 1 29.5 100%Jade Day 7 21 Adam Debenham 3 12.5 Kristy Debenham 3 12.5 Susanne Devetak 12 3 Kylie Dickinson 12 48.5 100%Charlie Dixon 12 17 Angus Dominguez 8 41.5 100%Geoffrey Dominguez 12 50 100%MacKenzie Donovan 11 49 100%Matthew Douglass 7 32.5 100%Jerome Drobot 10 8.5 Daniel Drummond 1 33.5 Lyn Drummond 1 54 100%Jayden Duck 8 46 100%

Member Patrol Hours 100%Andrew Duck 8 41.5 100%Rachel Dunne 12 29.5 100%Olivia Edwards 2 26.5 Gregory Ferguson 5 32 Nanette Ferres 12 25 Emma Finnelley 12 25 100%Ivy Garrick 6 13 Jasmyn Garrick 4 37.5 Charlotte Gaskey 9 17.5 Paul Giffin 9 25 Campbell Gillies 11 48.5 100%Heidi Graham 1 25.5 Wendy Graham 12 24.5 100%Nathan Grennan 1 30 Jim Gundry 1 32.5 Eleanor Gundry 1 16.5 Skye Hackshall 1 25.5 100%Megan Haigh 10 33 100%Lauren Hall 10 24.5 Anthony Hall 10 44.5 100%Sophie Halls 2 33.5 Alex Halls 11 43.5 100%Phoebe Harries 2 41 Ella Henderson 2 38 100%Thomas Herd 2 37 100%Isobel Hingerty 3 19.5 Patrick Hingerty 6 11.5 Matthew Hingerty 6 44 100%Daniel Ho 3 37 100%Conor Hodgkinson 5 23.77 Emily Hodgkinson 5 4 Frank Hodgkinson 5 47.83 100%Dean Hogger 12 32.5 100%Claire Hogger 12 36.5 100%Saba Horne 1 25.5 100%Jessica Hourn 9 26 100%Toni Howell 12 28.5 Michael Hull 4 29.75 100%Brayden I'Anson 11 51 100%Louise Irvine 12 17 Danielle Johnston 10 29 100%Graham Johnston 1 44.5 100%Chris Jordan 1 35 100%Rod Jordan 1 31 100%Bruce Jordan 9 4.5 Bree Josling 1 25.5 100%Joshua Judd 8 20.5 Aaron Judd 8 24.5 Mathew Judd 8 33 Aisha Kerrison-Watkin 7 29.5 100%Stephen Kleppen 2 38.5 100%James Latham 11 8 Amy Lawrence 4 25.75 Charlie Layton 11 49.5 100%Harry Layton 11 63.5 100%

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LIFE SAVING OPERATIONS

Patrol Hours continuedMember Patrol Hours 100%Craig Lee 6 35 100%Georgia Lee 11 58.5 100%Finlay Macdonald 11 54.5 100%Malcolm Macpherson 10 37 100%Danielle MacPherson 10 25 100%Hamish Macpherson 10 37 100%Anna Macpherson 10 29 100%Brynn Malings 9 20 Trent Martin 10 33 100%Riley Matkovich 11 32.5 100%Damien McCarey 2 32.5 100%Luke McHugh 8 16.5 Matthew McHugh 8 25 Ross McHugh 8 25.5 Todd McKernan 3 37 100%Alexander McMartin 1 12.5 Rylee McNeill 3 4 Jamie McNeill 2 42.5 100%Peter McNeill 3 37 100%Toby McNeill 11 4 Jayden Morgan 4 41 100%Spencer Morris 7 37.5 100%Charlotte Morris 7 33.5 100%Tim Morris 7 37.5 100%Michael Morrison 7 37.5 100%Corey Myers 3 37 100%James Myers 3 37 100%Karl Norman 2 37.5 100%Bradley Norman 11 42.5 100%Nadine Norman 11 12 Maddie O'Donoghue 11 55 100%Steve O'Hara 9 43 100%Lucy Owen 11 48 100%Indianna Park 2 33.5 Anya Paszkowski 5 11 Paul Paszkowski 5 36 100%Tom Patterson 10 25 100%Rachel Poldy 8 41.5 100%Shane Pooley 6 21 Millee Powell 11 44.5 100%Teagan Powell 11 43.5 100%Mark Powell 11 41.5 100%Nerida Powell 11 41.5 100%Evie Przybyla 7 29.5 100%Marlee Przybyla 7 41 100%Simon Przybyla 7 44.5 100%Amanda Queripel 9 57.5 100%William Queripel 9 49 100%Caitlin Queripel 9 40.5 100%Jessica Rattray 3 8 Neil Roberts 2 38.5 100%Patricia Roberts 7 36.5 100%Vince Roberts 7 49 100%Peter Roden 9 72.5 100%Deidre Rodwell 1 33.5 100%

Member Patrol Hours 100%Graham Russell 8 37.5 100%Imogen Ryan 6 22 Megan Ryan 6 12.5 Matthew Ryan 6 40.5 100%Bridgid Ryan 11 41.5 100%Ben Sapsford 7 29 100%Chloe Sapsford 7 37.5 100%Grant Sapsford 7 37.5 100%Sienna Scott 2 33.5 100%Ken Scriven 1 40.5 100%Tara Shelton 12 32.25 Patrick Sheppard 10 33 100%Molly Sheppard 10 28.5 100%Peter Sherring 2 38.5 Stephen Sillato 12 4.5 Jan Sillato 12 49.5 100%David Smail 7 36.5 Michael Smart 2 38.5 Matthew Staples 5 35.5 100%Bruce Staples 5 38 100%Connor Stevens 2 25.5 100%Hamish Taylor-Martin 10 25 100%Talley Trehy-Burge 1 8.5 Ellie Trigg 9 17.5 Cindy Trigg 7 4 Rhys Tucker 9 25.5 Guy Underwood 12 28 Tahren Van Laar 9 20 Zoe Vella 7 40.5 100%Kieran Vella 11 69.5 100%Jason Vella 6 28 100%Joel Vella 11 44.5 100%Angela Veschetti 3 37 100%Calum Walters 10 29 100%Alec Walters 10 33 100%Leigh Walters 10 31 100%Daniel Waters 6 8 Joshua Watkins 2 25.5 100%Warren Watkins 2 41.5 100%Susan Westgarth 4 25.25 Judah White 5 26.5 Andrew White 3 24.5 Adam White 5 33.48 100%Luke Wilding 2 43.5 100%Ayden Wilding 2 39 100%Sinaed Williams 7 33.5 100%Michele Williams 8 28.5 100%Paul Williams 8 28.5 100%Kevin Wills 4 18

Huge thank you to the following for their help and support:• JD’s Family Automotive for “de-watering” and servicing

our IRB motors.• Phil Boxsell for managing the Patrol Roster.• Mick Morrison for maintaining the IRB’s.• Rod Jordan for looking after the first aid room

Peter Roden - Director of Life Saving

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Thank you everyone for another wonderful but different season. We started really well with patrols and nippers, then endured crazy surf, bushfires, heatwaves and then coronavirus (Covid 19) that cancelled everything as we went into lockdown. Well done one and all on your efforts and support for the club through these crazy times.

Our nipper numbers increased this season which called for more parents to step up and become Age Managers to keep our ratios compliant. The nippers all loved the usual Sunday morning activities making use of our Lily Pad mat when the surf was suitable. It was a really busy season with many carnivals, our Twilight Christmas Nippers and a few weekends when the beach was closed. Luckily the Nipper season finished just before the Covid 19 restrictions came into force, so the only change was that we had to cancel Junior Presentation. Thank you everyone for your help with nippers, the bbq and other fundraising raffles.

The Rookies (13s and 14s) started patrolling this season and enjoyed time at Aqua Splash and helping the younger nippers. We really hope they continue to patrol and be in integral part of the club. Thank you to Suzie Morris and Melissa Hackshall for organising the Rookies so well. I need to thank Anna McCall for her time as Age Manager for this group for the last few years. Bridget O’Donoghue (a previous Macs nipper herself) worked with Anna, then continued as the U14 Age Manager for this season. Thank you, Bridget, for all your help and all the best for the future.

Our Cadet members continued competing led by their chief – Jason Vella and coordinated by Shannan Williamson. This group have been strong their whole way through nippers and are still together having fun and competing.

The Duke of Edinburgh Award was very difficult to run this season due to all the environmental factors but our members continue to volunteer on patrols, learn new skills and complete physical activities even if the camps have not really happened. See Geoff’s report for more information.

The Macs Masters and Boat Crews grew in number and continued to do well in the competition area. Both groups, together with the Cadets, were to compete in the Australian Championships on the Gold Coast in April but this was all cancelled due to coronavirus. Some of our Masters competitors were even going on to the World Titles in Italy. Macs Maniacs has started with social distancing and continues through until Fathers’ Day.

Our patrol members, bar staff, first aiders, officials, water safety, Point Break editors, house manager, bar manager, maintenance and repair crews, website support, Directors – there are so many roles and luckily, we have so many amazing members who step up to fulfil them. However, so many of these people no longer have nippers in the club but still volunteer their time as we don’t have a lot of new, younger members joining in. We don’t know how the next season will look yet due to coronavirus, but please consider stepping up and helping us to keep MacMasters Beach Surf Club the great place that it is.

Lastly, it is with sadness that we say thank you and farewell to our Managers of Sunday Activities – our Nipper Co-ordinators – Elaine Hodgkinson and Lorna Walters. These two women have led nippers for the last few years, my whole Directorship so far, and I really don’t know how we’ll do it all without them. Many other clubs on the coast have copied the Macs model Elaine & Lorna set up for our nippers. Thank you to you both and enjoy relaxing on Sunday mornings at home!

Alison McNeill – Director of Member Services

Senior Awards

Club Person of the Year Frank Hodgkinson

Club Worker of the Year Steve O’Hara

Patrol Person of the Year Matthew Hingerty

Club Captains Award Vince Roberts

Youth of the Year Kieran Vella, Marlee Przybyla

Club Boy Judah White

Club Girl Jessica Hourn

Encouragement Award Rod Jordan, Taylor Crowther

Most Improved Lifesaver Harry Layton

Swim Point Score Jade Day

Board Point Score Sinaed Williams

Patrol of the Year Patrol 7

Outstanding New Member Tom Herd

Barfly Award Amanda Queripel

Recognition AwardJulie Ahern, Mick Morrison, Phil Boxsell

Director of Member Services Alison McNeill

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Club Girl Jessica Hourn

Club Boy Judah White

Mark Sherring Future Achiever Aymee Ellis

Most Improved James Geale

Consistent Effort Evie Przybyla

Carnival Competitor Hamish Taylor-Martin

Sports Person Zeke Myers, Henry Skinner

Beach Sports Encouragement Morgan Charlton

Beach Sports Achievement Amber Griffiths, Poppy Greenaway

Water Sports Encouragement Tyson Stevens

Water Sports Achievement Marcus Aitchison

Team of the Year

U13 Board Relay Hamish Taylor-Martin, Jerome Drobot, Ben Sapsford

Board Coach Jerome Drobot

Board Point Score Ben Sapsford, Calum Walters

Swim Point Score Spencer Morris

Special Achievement - Boy Judah White

Special Achievement - Girl Skye Hackshall

Alec Lee March Past Aymee Ellis

Rescue and Resuscitation none

Long Service

Marcus Aitchison, Charlotte Armstrong, Calum Walters, Joshua Watkins, Judah White

Junior Awards

Alec Lee March Past Award – Aymee Ellis

Club Boy – Judah White

Girl Special Achievement Award – Skye Hackshall

Swim Point Score Award – Spencer Morris

Board Point Score Award – Calum Walters and Ben Sapsford

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Team of the Year Award: U13 Board Relay Team: Jerome Drobot

Team of the Year Award: U13 Board Relay Team: Hamish Taylor-Martin

Team Of The Year Award: U13 Board Relay Team: Ben Sapsford.

Water Encouragement Award – Tyson Stevens

Sports Person Award – Henry Skinner

Carnival Competitor Award – Hamish Taylor-Martin

Mark Sherring Future Achiever Award – Aymee Ellis

Board Coach Award – Jerome Drobot

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U6 – Surf Play 1 John Russell

U7 – Surf Play 2 Jade Crowther, Matt Laffan, Rick Carrigan

U8 – Surf Aware 1 Taylor Crowther, Mick Davis

U9 – Surf Aware 2 Jade Hackshall, Matt Geale

U10 – Surf Safe 1 Kylie Dickinson

U11 – Surf Safe 2 Corey Myers

U12 – Surf Smart 1 Adam White

U13 – Surf Smart 2 Tim Morris, Matt Hackshall

U14 – SRC Bridget O’Donoghue

10 yearsGeoff Dominguez, Glenn Cochran, Paul Paszkowski, Shane Pooley, Angela Veschetti

20 years Trent Martin

25 years Stephen Kleppen

30 years Warren Watkins

National Medal Brad Norman

Age Managers

National Patrol Service Awards

Managers Elaine Hodgkinson, Lorna Walters

Rookie Co-ordinator Suzie Morris, Melissa Hackshall

Carnival Registrar Suzanne Sapsford

BBQ Co-ordinator Lynda Gundry

Trainers and Coaches:Trent Martin, Jan Sillato

Carnival Officials:Amanda Queripel, Lisa O’Donoghue, Tracy Przybyla, Paula Vella, Michael Norman, Brad Norman, Karl Norman, Melissa Hackshall

Water Safety:Leigh Walters, Dan Ho, Grant Sapsford, Vadym Drobot, Simon Przybyla, Tim Morris, Adam White, Jason Franckiewicz, Malcolm MacPherson, Hamish MacPherson, Alec Walters, Mick Cashin, Garth Armstrong, Trent Martin

Nippers and Junior Activities

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BOARDS FLAGS ROOKIES

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CARNIVAL OFFICIALS

Member Roles Carnival Official, Clothing Amanda Queripel

Bar and Hall Hire Carole Thompson

Duke of Edinburgh Award Geoff Dominguez, Andrew Duck, Louise Duck, Alison McNeill, Graeme Jones

Macs Maniacs Jim Myers

Trainers Trent Martin, Jan Sillato

Registrar Assistant Paula Vella

Patrol Roster Phil Boxsell

Board & Ski Repairs Frank Hodgkinson

Risk Managers Lyn & Danny Drummond

Training & First Aid Rod Jordan

Sunday Point score Swim & Board Tracy Przybyla

Bar Manager Steve O’Hara

House Manager Steve O’Hara, Tony Hall

Point Break Editor Suzie Morris

Media Suzie Morris

Website Tim Morris

ANZAC Day Vince Roberts

Registrar Denise Sherring & Paula Vella

Accounts Denise Sherring

Bookkeeping Steve Sillato

Bar Roster Lisa O’Donoghue

Sunday Activities (Nippers) Elaine Hodgkinson & Lorna Walters

IRB and trailer servicing JDs Family Automotive – James Crowther

WATER SAFETY

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Once again, the sun sets on a hot but shortened and very weird end to our 2019/2020 season due to COVID 19. There was a very pleasing start to the shortened season with our U8s, new to the competition scene, having a healthy regular eight to ten competitors who experienced a taste of carnivals achieving a podium position at Branch. Branch was a fantastic result for our small club with 56 Nippers giving their all and achieving a vast array of medals across the field with the U13 dominating yet again and repeating past seasons results. Nice to see a gold in the U14 signals to Judah White.

In the Opens, Masters was a massive result with medals too numerous to mention and which are detailed in the results table below.

Branch Boats were delayed and eventually, due to COVID, shutdown. This was a shame as I think we were primed for some good results.

NSW State carnivals were held for all and results for Nippers, Opens, Masters and Boats shown below.

Preparations for the Aussies were progressing nicely but, sadly, were also cancelled for COVID.

Nippers. A total of twenty competitors made the trek to Swansea Belmont. A gold for Hamish Taylor-Martin in the board. Two bronzes for the U13 girls board rescue to Airley Arnold & Skye Hackshall and the U14 boys, in their final carnival in nipper life, to Marcus Aitchison, Patrick Sheppard and Calum Walters. This is a great result for these boys who have never given up over the years.

Opens. Jason Vella continues to do great things with this group grooming them from Nippers to Opens. A small squad ventured to State to compete against some experienced talent. Great result for Macs was a 4th in final of the Female Board Race for Sinaed Williams capping off a great year for her.

Masters. The Masters continued with their great season backing up and building on their previous season. Results were achieved all over the beach, which can be seen in the below table. Great work team, and looking forward to next season.

Interbranch. Congratulations to the U13 Marlins Skye Hackshall, Bree Josling, Hamish Taylor-Martin & Jerome Drobot on their selection in the Central Coast Interbranch rep team.

Boats. Congratulations to 4 of our Macs Boat Crews who have were selected in the 2020 NSW Surf Boat Interbranch Championships which were held at Queenscliff SLSC on Sunday 19 January 2020. Of the eight boat crews in the Interbranch team four were from Macs.

Director of Competition Craig Lee

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COMPETITION RESULTS

Club Championship

Club JuniorsAge First Second Third

U08 Boy Adam Dennay Mason Hardy n/a

U08 Girl Liliana Mark Alexandra Nevin Ruby Griffiths

U09 Boy Nick Sneddon Josh Debenham James Geale

U09 Girl Charlotte Coleman Jacqueline Hourn/Evie Russell Anita McGrath

U10 Boy Jet Davis/Thomas Josling/ Henry Skinner Hamish Mark n/a

U10 Girl Aymee Ellis Summer Boesen Samantha Johnston

U11 Boy Lachlan White Riley Coleman Rory Watt

U11 Girl Amelia Vuk Poppy Greenaway n/a

U12 Boy Tyson Stevens/Isaac Ho Ben Ho Caius White

U12 Girl Holly Whormsley Ruby Aitchison Sophie Hoskin

U13 Boy Jerome Drobot Hamish Taylor-Martin Ben Sapsford

U13 Girl Bree Josling Skye Hackshall Evie Przybyla

U14 Boy Marcus Aitchison Calum Walters Judah White

U14 Girl n/a n/a n/a

Club Open and MastersAge First Second Third

U15 Male Conor Hodgkinson n/a n/a

U15 Female Sinead Williams Marlee Przybyla Zoe Vella

U 17 Male Alec Waters n/a n/a

U 19 Male Keiran Vella n/a n/a

U 19 Female n/a n/a n/a

Open Male Trent Martin Joel Vella n/a

Open Female Caitlin Queripel n/a n/a

30-39 Male Matt Staples n/a n/a

30-39 Female Sammy Boesen n/a n/a

40-49 Male Leigh Waters Jason Vella n/a

40-49 Female Kylie Dickinson n/a n/a

50-59 Male Greg Ferguson Frank Hodgkinson Steve O'Hara

50-59 Female Val Crowe Jan Sillato n/a

60+ Male Bill Queripel n/a n/a

60+ Female Lyn Drummond n/a n/a

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Branch ChampionshipsNippers at Copacabana BeachEvent Place Competitor

All Age (Nipper) March Past 3Airley Arnold, Oliver Davies, Aymee Ellis, Poppy Greenaway, Cleo Greenaway, Skye Hackshall Isabel Hood, Bree Josling, Spencer Morris, Ben Sapsford, Henry Skinner, Hamish Taylor-Martin.

U13/U14 Signals 1 Judah White.

Under 08 Female Beach Sprint 1 Amber Griffiths

Under 08 Female Wade 3 Amber Griffiths

Under 08 Male Beach Flags Will Tritton

Under 08 Male Beach Relay 3 Adam Denney, Mason Hardey, Will Tritton, ?

Under 10 Female Surf Board 3 Aymee Ellis

Under 10 Female Surf Race 3 Aymee Ellis

Under 13 Female Beach Sprint 1 Bree Josling

Under 13 Female Iron Woman 2 Skye Hackshall

Under 13 Female Surf Board Rescue 1 Airley Arnold, Skye Hackshall

Under 13 Female Surf Race 2 Sky Hackshall

Under 13 Male Iron Man Hamish Taylor-Martin (1st) Jerome Drobot (2nd)

Under 13 Male Surf Board Hamish Taylor-Martin, Jerome Drobot

Under 13 Male Surf Board Relay 1 Jerome Drobot, Ben Sapsford, Hamish Taylor-Martin

Under 13 Male Surf Board Rescue 1 Jerome Drobot, Hamish Taylor-Martin

Under 13 Male Surf Race Hamish Taylor-Martin (2nd) Jerome Drobot (3rd)

Under 13 Male Surf Team 1 Jerome Drobot, Spenser Morris, Ben Sapsford, Hamish Taylor-Martin

Under 13 Mixed Cameron Relay 2 Jerome Drobot, Skye Hackshall, Bree Josling, Hamish Taylor- Martin

Under 14 Male Surf Board 3 Marcus Aitchison

Under 14 Male Surf Board Relay 1 Marcus Aitchison, Patrick Sheppard, Callum Walters

Under 14 Male Surf Board Rescue 2 Marcus Aitchison, Calum Walters

Under 14 Male Surf Board Rescue 3 Patrick Sheppard, Hamish Taylor-Martin

Open and Masters.Unfortunately, due to the Government imposition of ‘social distancing’ in response to the Covid 19 pandemic, the Branch Open and Masters Championships were cancelled.

State Championships at Swansea Belmont – NippersEvent Place Name

U/13 Male Board Race 1 Hamish Taylor-Martin

U/14 Male Board Relay 3 Marcus Aitchison, Patrick Sheppard, Calum Walters

U/13 Female Board Rescue 3 Airley Arnold, Skye Hackshall.

State Championships at Swansea Belmont – Opens and MastersEvent Place Name

30-34 Male Surf Race 3 Trent Martin

30-34 Male Rescue Tube ace 3 Matthew Staples

30-34 Male Iron Man 1 Trent Martin

30-34 Male Single Ski 1 Trent Martin

30-34 Male Board Race 2 Trent Martin

50-54 Male 2KM Beach Run 2 Frank Hodgkinson

130 yrs min. Female Board 3 Sammy Boesen, Valerie Crowe, Jan Sillato

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Australian Championships. Unfortunately, due to the Government imposition of ‘social distancing’ in response to the Covid 19 pandemic, the Australian Championships were cancelled.

The end of the road.... This is my last report as Director of Competition for MacMasters Beach SLSC. After the last 8 years, it’s time to pass the baton on to someone else to keep the organisation moving forward. Kylie Dickinson has stepped into the role. I cannot think of anyone better equipped to take this on. I wish Kylie all the best in the role and look forward to her taking it to the next level with new ideas with all her years of experience around the club. I’ve had an amazing 8 years in the role, made some great friends and importantly to me, I’ve seen a bunch of great kids turn into adults along the way. I want to thank every person out there who has made some contribution to the club and assisted me over the last 8 years. I would like to mention former directors, Vince Roberts and Simon Cusack and thank them for their guidance in my early years when I first came onboard. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow board members for their unwavering support and enthusiasm throughout the past season. See you on the beach.

Craig Lee – Director of Competition

State Championships - Nippers

Nippers March Past

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What a season 2019/20 turned out to be. Between bush fires, smoke-filled days and an unusable beach due to storms and high seas, we can count ourselves lucky to have made it to the end of the season and State Titles. We were all disappointed of course that the Junior Presentation was unable to be held due to lockdown.

As we finish up our time as the Nipper Coordinators, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in Sunday morning nippers. There are too many people to mention individually and apologies if we leave out anyone. Firstly, to our wonderful age managers who come to the beach every week and encourage kids to have a go. Whether it is taking part in an event in the water, being part of a team or learning something new about the ocean or first aid, the Age Managers are always helpful, respectful and encouraging. This year we said goodbye to Bridget O’Donoghue and her wonderful U14s. We hope to see the kid back for U15s or as patrolling members of the surf club. Thanks Bridget, for all your help and encouragement over the last few years. Thank you also to Anna McCall who was Age Manager with Bridget until this year and who did a wonderful job.

To run nippers, we rely heavily on a lot of people who may not even have kids in nippers anymore. Thanks must go to Amanda Queripel for another great year running the uniform shop as well as helping at carnivals as an official. To Trent Martin, Jan Sillato, Greg Ferguson and Jonno for running the board, swim and first aid portions of nippers. Without our wonderful water safety team including Leigh, Frank, Simon and Grant, as well as all the cadets and rookies, we would not be able to proceed - so thank you.

Huge thanks to Lynda and Jim Gundry for organising the BBQ and thank you to the parents, rostered or not, who have taken up the tongs to prepare the finest sausage sizzle on the coast. The BBQ is a great fundraiser for nippers and thanks to all those who have supported it.

Other volunteers include Paula Vella and Denise Sherring, the Rookie Coordinators Suzie Morris & Melissa Hackshall, Carnival Organiser Suzanne Petrie, our officials Tracy, Hayley, Mel, Cherie, Frank, and everyone else who helped make our Nippers the best it could be.

As we head into a new and possibly different era due to Covid19 we would encourage parents to step up and become more involved. Kids respond to seeing their parents so involved in the club; whether as a patrolling member, helping with water safety, helping the age managers -there are so many roles within the surf club so your participation can be small or large.

We thank parents for coming back with their kids every week, encouraging and helping them to develop their knowledge of life by the sea. Having seen our own children grow up through the surf club, we would both say it has been one of the best experiences for our kids.

Lorna Walters and Elaine Hodgkinson

Nippers

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This season has been unlike any other with patrols cut short and many events cancelled due to bushfires and Covid 19 but most, if not all, of the U15 cadets have now completed two camps for Duke of Edinburgh Award and are all closer to achieving their Bronze Medallions.

There were six U15s representing Macs this season in our local carnivals and State with many amazing results.

At the October Toowoon Bay carnival, in the U15 swim Marlee, Sinaed and Zoe came in 4th, 5th, and 6th respectively. On the boards, Sinaed, Marlee and Zoe came 4th, 5th, and 6th. In the Iron person Sinaed, Marlee and Zoe 3rd, 4th, and 5th. In the U15 boys, Conor came 4th in the board, 5th in the Ironman and 6th in the swim.

At the Umina carnival in November, Conor got 2nd in the Board, 2nd in the Board Relay and 3rd in the Board Rescue with Marcus Aitchison from the U14s. In the girls, Chloe’s results were: 1st in the Swim Team, 4th in the Board Rescue and 5th Board Relay. Claire got 2nd in the Swim Team and 5th in the Board Relay. Marlee got 1st in the Swim Team, 2nd in the Board Relay, 4th in the Board Rescue and 5th in the Swim. Sinaed got 1st in the Swim Team, 2nd in the Board Relay, 3rd in the Board, 3rd in the Board Rescue, 4th in the Iron person and 6th in the Swim. Zoe got 1st in the Swim Team, 2nd in the Board Relay, 3rd in the Board Rescue and 6th in the Iron person. An U15s Mixed Cameron team consisting of Sinaed, Chloe, Conor and Calum Walters, from the U14s, came in at 4th.

The carnival in December was at Terrigal. Zoe’s results were: 1st in the Swim Team, 2nd in the Board Relay and 6th in the Board. Sinead came in at 1st in the Swim Team, 2nd in the Board, 2nd in the Board Relay and 3rd in the Swim. Chloe got 1st in the Swim Team and 6th in the Swim. Marlee got 1st in the Swim Team, 2nd in the Board Relay and 5th in the Swim. Conor got 1st in the Board, 2nd in the Board Relay with Calum Walters and Marcus Aitchison from the U14s and 6th in the Swim. 2 U15s Mixed Cameron Teams were put forward consisting of Sinaed, Marlee, Conor and Marcus Aitchison from the U14s coming in 1st and Zoe, Chloe, Calum Walters from the U14s and Hamish Taylor-Martin from the U13s came in at 5th.

State Weekend 6th-8th of March saw Sinaed place 4th in the Female Board Race and Marlee, Sinaed, Zoe and Chloe placed 6th in the Female Beach Relay.

A special thanks from all the U15 parents to their wonderful Age Manager Jason Vella. He has done an amazing job. His endless patience and encouragement has helped shape and mould these young people to achieve great things - even when some just wanted to be left alone and build sandcastles!!!!I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what becomes of the wonderful children of this group and keeping up with their amazing achievements. Good luck with all you do.

Shannan Williamson - Cadet Coordinator

Cadets

Rookies-Cadets @ Aqua Splash

Cadets - CPR

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CLUB ACTIVITIESBoat Captains ReportThis season will always be remembered as the one that was never completed.

However, it should be recognised as the one where we had strong crews with great team spirit and strong commitment to the club, training and competition. I’ll list the crews and then the results as far as the season progressed – every result was a stellar representation for this club.

Open Women Cazadores Nadine Norman, Bridgid Ryan, Lucy Owen, Cassandra Wong, Peter Norman (Sweep)

Reserve Men Fat Dads Mark White, Jimmy Latham, Craig White, Wade Brooks, Brad Norman (Sweep)

Reserve Men Baby Cows Karl Norman, Mick Smart, Pete Sherring, Lachlan Brown, Mick Norman (Sweep)

Reserve Women Buoyances Millee Powell, Mackenzie Donovan, Georgia Lee, Maddie O’Donoghue, Brad Norman (Sweep)

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U23 Men UFCs Harry Layton, Alex Halls, Oscar Bath, Joel Vella, Mick Norman (Sweep)

U23 Men Blue Neil Roberts, Ayden Wilding, Luke Wilding, Damien McCarey, Brad Norman (Sweep)

U23 Women Martinis Ella Buteux, Phoebe Harries, Ella Henderson, Nicole Couper, Michael Norman (Sweep)

U19 Men Whippets Campbell Gillies, Brayden I’Anson, Kieran Vella, Fin McDonald, Brad Norman (Sweep)

U19 Women Karlies Angels Sienna Scott, Sophie Halls, Jamie McNeill, Indianna Park, Mick Norman (Sweep)

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The crews had an incomplete Streets Series as well as the disappointment of cancelled Branch and Australian Titles. Despite this, all nine crews competed regularly during the season. The Cazadores, The Fat Dads, The Whippets and The Martinis represented Central Coast Branch at the Queenscliff Interbranch Titles in January.

At the State Titles in March, The Fat Dads, rowed brilliantly throughout the weekend to claim the Bronze medal in the Reserve Men division. We also had a strong performance in the Under 19 Men with The Whippets also having a great weekend of racing and claiming 4th place in the final.

Sponsorship

We can’t row if we don’t have good equipment and this only happens year after year because of the generosity of some very supportive sponsors: -

• A huge thank you to LooLoo from the Coffee Shack and Warehouse for the new set of oars.

• Thanks also to Kincumber Smash Repairs for painting the oars.

• Our gratitude to Mr Wilding for the donation of paint for the new boat trailer.

• Graham Elliss always gets a big nod for his fibreglass expertise –great work again.

All crews are always grateful to Sister Ellen and The Sisters of Saint Joseph for the continued use of the boatshed at South Kincumber. It’s a privilege that we don’t take for granted. Peter Norman - Boat Captain

Results

Reserve Men Bronze Medal

On the dias

Boat Sponsor - LooLoo

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The 2019/2020 season has certainly been a character-building one to remember!! Throughout, our Macs Masters have showed skill, strength, team spirit and resilience, backed the whole way by the greatest surf club on the Central Coast, MacMasters Beach SLSC.

Our masters crew competed well during the first half of the season, starting with a small group heading up to Forster for the October long weekend. As is often the case up there, it was a cold and miserable weekend, although competition was fun.

A much larger group turned up to our local Toowoon Bay Carnival in November and they all achieved some great results. At the end of the day, our “Macs Masters” took out 2nd place overall, thanks to everyone having a go at absolutely every event on offer. This is where Macs shows their strength, because our masters love to challenge themselves each and every time they turn up to a carnival. Results then flow through all day.

Some very challenging conditions met our masters at Terrigal in January, on another very cold and miserable day - not what you would expect in January!! There were many brave performances in our water events, with no injuries which is always a great result!!

The usual “Macs Masters” spent another awesome weekend up at Fingal Bay the following week and finally had some beautiful weather and conditions. Of course, competing is fun on this weekend away, but there are also plenty of fun times before, during and after the competition!!

The annual tribute to “Nutty” saw a small group attend the Nutty Masters carnival at Wamberal in February. Water quality was badly affected by the bush fires and floods which we saw during the months of January and February. And, we were back to cold and miserable conditions!! It didn’t stop our Macs crew though, doing their best in very trying conditions.

The Branch carnival for our Masters in February was postponed twice, then eventually cancelled, due to the continuing poor quality of our coastal beaches from the devastating bush fires and flooding up and down the NSW coastline. This also affected our training sessions, although we were able to utilise Cochran Lagoon on many occasions for some grueling flat-water paddling.

We were fortunate enough to grab a small window of better water quality and conditions in early March, which meant that our State carnival in Swansea did actually go ahead. A small group of 7 competitors were strong in all their events, with many of the team winning a State medal over the two days - for some, it was their very first State medal ever, which was very exciting.

Of course, this is where the season ended for our “Macs Masters”. A very early finish to what was planned to be a huge year competing at Aussies in Queensland and the Worlds Championships in Riccione, Italy later in 2020. Both events being cancelled due to the travel restrictions in place as a result of the worldwide pandemic.

“Macs Masters” have all had a chance to have a well-earned rest, and look forward to coming back stronger next season and keen to continue their zest for life on the beach and in the surf. We are always looking to inspire others within the club to join the club’s fun team of “mature” athletes. Keep a look out in the monthly newsletter Point Break, for information about training and just make a decision to have a go, develop your surf skills, work on your fitness, and generally be the best you can be for yourself and MacMasters Beach Surf Club.

Jan Sillato

Macs Masters

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This year I was lucky enough to be involved in organising the handicap swim and board. This is my favourite event and occurs every Sunday morning prior to nippers. I love this event is because it celebrates the essence of what MacMasters Surf Club is all about which is catering to all individuals allowing everyone to have a go involving all members from nippers, rookies, cadets and seniors.

This Sunday morning ritual allows all proficient club members to either swim, board or both and try to improve on their individual times. We start at 8.45am each week. I just love watching the senior members encouraging the younger children to take part, especially when the conditions are only occasionally flat. It’s truly wonderful to see senior club members swimming alongside our junior members with the weekly banter from senior members on how I need to handicap the younger children more or that the seniors can’t possibly be going at the same time as cadets.

I have watched this event grow in numbers becoming extremely popular due to the nipper coordinators and age managers encouraging and exposing the children to all the events that our club offers throughout our season.

I personally thank Jo Day for her assistance in time keeping and recording both this year and last year. I couldn’t have done this without her, due to the number of club members involved. This year we had about 30 people partake in the morning swim and about 15 for the board. During the season I have witnessed some amazing body surfing, skilful board riding and individuals swimming through sections of weed.

MacMasters Beach always provides various swell making this a wonderful and unique beach with our members learning how to navigate all surf conditions.

SwimJuniorJade Day 1st - 84 points

Sinaed Williams and Marlee Przybyla 2nd -76 points

Valerie Crowe and Connor Hodgkinson 3rd - 64 points

SeniorSpencer Morris 1st on 50 points

Skye Hackshall 2nd on 47 points

Callum Waters 3rd on 30 points

BoardJuniorSinead Williams 1st - 84 points

Marlee Przybyla 2nd - 76 points

Geoff Dominguez and Connor Hodgkinson 3rd - 64 points

SeniorCalum Waters and Ben Sapsford 1st - 58 points

Marcus Aitchison 2nd - 57 points

Spencer Morris 3rd - 56 points

Tracy Przybyla

Handicap Point Score

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Macs ManiacsThe Maniacs enjoyed another full season of exercise, swimming and fun. As usual we had our “Theme” days, some crazy outfits then finished the morning sharing coffee and some laughs. Our days included: Favourite sporting team; Inflatables; Icebergs; Wimbledon; Pink Day; Hot Toddy; Pirates; Vintage; and the popular Championship Day. The Championship Day was very competitive, and the champion tag eagerly sort after, sadly for some no gong was given.

The average water temperature was 20 degrees and nearly all Sunday mornings were sunny and magnificent. We managed a few jumps off the rocks and all either walked, jogged or ran towards north MacMasters.

Maniacs averaged a turn up of 30 swimmers in our 19th season which included a very successful fundraiser for the Cancer Council. A great effort of organising by Kylie Dickinson.

The MANIAC OF THE YEAR was Penny Roden. Penny made comment on the support she had from Jan Sillato, who held her hand to make the final swim.

Looking forward to 2020 our 20th year so look out for some special celebrations.

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The Duke of Edinburgh Award for MacMasters Beach SLSC has had a disrupted year due to bushfires, COVID 19 and kids involved in other sport activities. However, we did run two camps: one in February and one in July (both bronze camps).

We had other scheduled trips to the Six-Foot Track in October 2019 cancelled due to limited response because of sporting and school commitments. There was a multi-day Bronze/Silver/Gold camp at Newnes, Blue Mountains which was cancelled due to bushfires. We also had a Silver/Gold camp in April which had to be cancelled due to COVID 19 regulations.

We started the Bronze camp in Mangrove Mountain where we hiked down to Dubbo Gully, including off-track hiking using maps and compass. We camped at Ten Mile Hollow overnight. The next morning, we hiked to the Buddhist Temple where we served the Monks breakfast and had a look around the Monastery. Then we hiked back via Simpson’s Track back to Mangrove shops for some much-needed ice cream. The four adult supervisors were Tracy Przybyla, Geoff Dominguez, Graeme Jones and Andrew Duck.

The next camp was another Bronze camp. We started at Patonga and kayaked up Patonga Creek, then hiked to Rocky Ponds where we had a swim and jumped off the waterfall. We returned back to Rocky Creek where we camped. The next morning, we paddled down Patonga Creek to Middle Head (opposite Lion Island) then went off-track bushwalking to find some Aboriginal carvings. We returned to Patonga where we met the parents. I would like to thank Rachel Poldy, Bridget O’Donoghue and Andrew Duck for supervising this camp.

Geoff Dominguez

Duke of Edinburgh Award

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The bar continues to operate due to the continued commitment of volunteer bar staff that are critical to the effective operation and financial position of the club. Thank you one and all of you for your deeply appreciated and invaluable contribution to the operation and financial performance of the club. Our volunteer Bar Managers and Bar Staff give this valued contribution to our club at personal cost to them.

Bar Volunteers Duty Managers Bar Staff

Steve O’Hara Bryce Aitchison, Matt Hingerty

Carole Thompson Briony Davidson, Elaine Hodgkinson

Michael Bambridge Bridget O’Donoghue, Hanna Cusack

Les Cousins Chris Jordan, Gai Judd

Geoff Dominguez Louise Irvine, Emma Tague

Danny Drummond Alison Austin, Craig Lee

Rod Jordan Cherie Castaing, Baraka Leporte

Kim Hourn Andrew Charlton, Di Brown

Lisa O’Donoghue Val Crowe, Karl Norman

Denise Sherring Julie Dominguez, Craig Barry

Angela Veshetti Vicky Elliot, Matt Ryan

Michael Norman Darryl Fry, Pete Roden

Mel Campbell Josh Bron, Robert Rath Steve & Carole O’Hara – Bar & Function Managers

After four years as House Manager Steve O’Hara has left his post with the position being taken up by long standing patrolling member Tony Hall. Steve passes to Tony a materially enhanced club house and one that all members are proud of. The extensive renovations performed during Steve’s tenure maximise the utility of the limited building area which, due to planning regulations, cannot be expanded. Additionally, the standard of the facility, including the ‘feature’ bar is the envy of the other clubs on the coast.

Steve has ensured that the spaces have been allocated and that the services and facilities required for the effective performance of the club’s essential surf lifesaving functions as well as the club’s social activities and the multiple community uses are there, of good quality and reliable at all times.

Consistently with the club’s approach to energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gasses the club last year installed the maximum available solar capacity and proposes the installation of optimal battery capacity to seek the maximum available energy self-sufficiency.

Very well done, congratulations and thank you Steve.

Bar House

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Anzac DayOur 2020 ANZAC Day Service was so different to what we have been used to. Although we could not gather due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) health regulations and physical distancing, we still paused to remember and honour the service and sacrifice of those who have served our Nation.

As requested by the RSL, we joined the nation at 6.00am and played the Last Post, held a minute silence and played Reveille from the Club forecourt. The sound across the still bay was a haunting experience.

The ANZAC spirit and the poignancy of our memories and gratitude to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for us and generations to come remains alive and will continue for all time. Hopefully next year’s ANZAC Day Service will return to our normal 5.00pm Sunset Service.

Vince Roberts

Garden Social and Bridge ClubsThe club house has continued to be the home for the MacMasters Beach Ladies Social Club, Garden Club and Bridge Club. These clubs meet monthly at the club house and are an important valued part of the club’s manifestation as the centre of social activity at MacMasters Beach.

The members of these three clubs participate in and contribute to the club’s activities in all ways including materially in financial donations to the club as well as, and more importantly and consistently with the ‘volunteer psyche of the club, by volunteering time to support the conduct of various social activities at the club including the Christmas carols event each year.

CommunityThe essential purpose of the club is its surf life saving function. However, the club is the centre of the MacMasters Beach community used, enjoyed and supported by the whole of the MacMasters Beach and wider community. The annual Christmas Carols and Anzac Day events are attended by capacity crowds of all ages. Through the season the Bouddi Swing Band plays on Wednesday mornings is attended by a loyal and regular following, who purchase a coffee from the club sponsor the Barefoot Café.

Without our sponsors, donors and supporters along with the support and involvement of the community the club would not be able to operate as it does. The club extends its sincere thanks to all.

MacMasters Beach Surf Life Saving Club IncorporatedABN 62 774 260 161


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We thank the community of MacMasters Beach and visitors for their consistent support and in particular, our door knock appeal, without

which our club could not operate as it does including our valued sponsors.

• Belle Property

• Barefoot Café

• Greenstone Partners

• Macquarie Bank

• Freewater Plumbing

• WEX Motorpass

• Seacoast Fishing

• Ability Links NSW

• JD’s Family Automotive

• LooLoo’s Coffee Shack & Warehouse

• The Hamilton Family

• Peninsula Law

• True North Architects

• Saratoga Meats

• Mr & Mrs G Geary

• Grieg & Harrison

• Mr PEJ Murray

• Mr H Dixon

• Star Electrical

• Nikoi Island Resort

• Bouddi Swing Band

• Surf Life Saving NSW

• Australian Federal Government

• NSW State Government

• Central Coast Council

• Surf Life Saving Central Coast

• MacMasters Beach Garden Club

• MacMasters Beach Bridge Club

• Macs Beach Progress Association

• Balanced Building

• Sisters of St Joseph (Holy Cross) South Kincumber

• Fortunity Chartered Accountants & Financial Planners

• MacMasters Beach Ladies Social Fundraising Club

SPONSORS, DONORS & SUPPORTERS

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