Hello, Nippers & friends, Another fun day on the beach on Sunday. Although we missed a good chunk of our U8-10’s who were off smashing it in Redcliffe at the Sunshine Coast Branch Championships we had a great time with our nippers. The slightly smaller numbers meant we could combine all age groups into one big happy family.
The relay to start off was super fun, and great to see so much hard running, skilful wading and brilliant boogie boarding. The mock mass rescue was a hoot with the U11-14’s saving the young-uns first. The nippers then had a wee bit of fun body surfing and boogie boarding and to round things out, the highlight of the day, the tug of war. Nippers, nice try, next time your little trick of letting go of the rope might drop your parents, age managers, and water safety into the sand.
2017/18 Season – expressions of interest
We are calling for expressions of interest from parents/carers to volunteer for positions for next summer. Many of our existing volunteers started with no previous experience at being age managers or water safety. Some of us had never been involved in nippers before. But the training is super useful and the team here are so amazingly inclusive, making getting involved really easy.
So what positions are available I hear you ask. Here is where you can contribute:
- As a committee member: Help shape what Coolum Nippers stands for.
- As an Age Manager: Help energise your kids on the beach. Training provided.
- As a Coach: Do you have board, swim or beach skills you can pass on?
- As Water Safety: Do you look good in orange and would love to get in the water with the kids?
- As Officials: Help us keep track of results at age championships and carnivals we attend.
- As an Official Photographer: let's get some great images out there.
- As Carnival Organisers: help organise the teams for carnivals.
- As a BBQ guru: Meet everyone and raise money for nipper equipment and activities.
We will be holding our AGM on Wednesday 29 March at 6.30pm. This is where a new nippers committee is appointed. Other roles can be filled later but if you do harbour ambition to be part of the nippers committee now is the time to be thinking about it.
Nipper of the Week
Some of you might have noticed a small error on the blog last week, and that was we announced the Nippers of the week for Sunday 26 February as the Nippers of the week for 19 February.
The Nippers of the Week for 26 February are:
- Under 6&7: Jake & Nicola
- Under 8: Nathan & Hunter
- Under 9: Fionn & Asha
- Under 10: Emily & Michael
- Under 11: James & Ryder
- Under 12: Lachlan & Lyla
- Under 13: Jake & Finn
The Nippers of the Week for 19 February were:
- Under 6&7: Julie & Luke
- Under 8: Jack & Sienna
- Under 9: Harry & Indiana
- Under 10: Metaya & Rory
- Under 11: Jake & Jai
- Under 12: Inez & Nye
- Under 13: Jack & Rafferty
Remember – Nipper of the week is not a fastest on the beach award. It is an award for the nipper who shows the true spirit of a lifesaver. Courage, Commitment, Teamwork and care for their fellow nippers. We see a lot of nippers demonstrating these characteristics each and every week.
Nippers on Sunday 12 March
- U9 Parents: You are on set up & BBQ. Please be there to help out by 7.30. With many hands, it only takes 15 minutes to set up. It would be really nice to start on time.
- Uniform Run-out: We have some previous season swimmers and this season T-Shirts that will be on display and for sale at Nippers on
Sunday.
- Top quality previous season swimmers - $10
- This season Club T-Shirts for adults - $15
- Club Jacket: Some of you will have seen our state team in their club jackets. We will have the jackets on display on Sunday. If you are interested in purchasing a jacket for yourself please let our uniform volunteers know and if there are sufficient numbers we will put in an order. Approximate cost is expected to be about $50.
Carnival Update
There are no more carnivals this summer. Booooo.
BBQ
The after-nipper BBQ each week is a big fundraiser for our nippers group. We purchase new boards, update equipment, deck our team out in fantastic uniforms and more each year with these very valuable funds. Ask Chrissie for a Nipper Burger, you will not be disappointed.
Mid-Week Training
- Boards - Wed Morning at 6 am and Friday Afternoon at 4 pm – board training at the club
- Swim - Tuesday Morning at 6 am – swimming training at Coolum Pool.
- Beach - Wed afternoon at 4.30 at the club.
- Watch out for the SMS reminders.
End of Season Fun
The last day of nippers is coming up fast. Our last day on the beach will be Sunday 19 March.
On Sunday 26 March we will have the end of season awards and break up party – at the Twin Waters Aqua Park. Here are the details:
Place:
- Red Jacket Aqua Park
- Novotel Twin Waters Resort, 270 Ocean Drive, Twin Waters
Time:
- 7.45 am - Arrive
- 8.15 am - Presentations of trophies and medals starts
- 9 am to 10.40 am - Aqua Park fun time
- 10 am onwards - BBQ
- 12 midday - Close
Cost:
- Nippers are free
- Parents, Carers, siblings, and friends cost $15. (included is 100 minutes on the Aqua Park plus a sausage in bread and a free drink (Breaka).
RSVP - Please RSVP by email to ericaskuja@live.com by Monday 20 March with the name(s) of nippers attending and any additional fee-paying guests. If we have massive interest we might have to limit the number of additional fee-paying guests, so get in early to be sure.
Dates to remember
To recap - here are all those dates to remember for this month:
- 19 March - Last day of nippers on the beach
- 20 March - Deadline for RSVP's to Erica for end of season break-up attendance
- 26 March - Nipper end of season awards and break-up party
- 29 March - Nipper AGM 6.30 at the club house
Feedback Welcome
If you have suggestions on how we can improve, or you noticed a nipper, age manager or water safety do something awesome we would love to hear from you. Please reach out to me or any of the Nippers committee (Tracey Jackson, Emma Rahui, Erica Skuja, Sheri Ambler & James Blackmore) or send me an email at Nippers@coolumsurfclub.com.au.
See you on the beach.
Bryn Kirk
Junior Activities Chairman
