ANNUAL CLUB DO AND PRESENTATION EVENING RE 2011
Hayle Surf Life Saving Club held an extremely well attended Annual Club Do and Presentation evening at Hayle Rugby Club on Saturday 28 January 2012 to celebrate their successes throughout 2011, their 50th Anniversary year. It was decided that a change of venue was needed due to the amount of members the Club now has and instead of a sit down meal everyone brought a plate of food for the buffet. The new format worked well and resulted in a huge turnout with plenty of food for everyone. Club member, Mike Friday provided the disco which was very much appreciated by those who wanted to let their hair down.
Club Chairman, Graham Williams said “It was a fantastic evening, one of the best we’ve had. It was lovely to see so many members, family and friends there from all sections of the Club. 2011 saw us celebrating our 50th anniversary and the formation of a very successful new section, “Sandhoppers” for 5 and 6 year olds. It was a pleasure to present our members with their certificates for all the qualifications they have gained throughout the year and congratulations to everyone who received a trophy; they were all very well deserved. Thank you to everyone who helped with the organisation and presentation of the evening, for all the raffle prizes donated and to Hayle RFC staff for making us so welcome.
The Club continues to grow from strength to strength and we have had a really good start to 2012 with the news that we have been awarded a grant of £10,000 from Sport England’s Small Grants Programme for our new project “Hayle Young Adults into Surf Life Saving”. The aim of the Project is to increase the number of 16-19 year olds in the Club’s senior section and will involve providing taster sessions and Beach Lifeguard support awards. The grant will be used to buy new equipment such as paddle boards, surf skis, paddles, buoyancy aids, cagoules etc and the aim is to target 80 beneficiaries during the year. This is a very exciting project and the Club thanks Martin Symons for all his help with the application process.
We also have a new website which, although it is still under construction is looking very good. Thanks to Nipper parent, Mark Nicholls for all his hard work in putting the site together. The website can be found at www.hayleslsc.org.uk and includes lots of information about everything that we do including an intensive SLSGB Beach Lifeguard course we will be running over 6 days from 13 to 19 February 2012 which will be limited to 12 candidates, so book your place early.”
The Annual Trophies were presented to the following members: –
Most Sandhopper attendances – Alainey Henderson and Charlie Parker
Most Improved Nippers – Millie Gordon-Dunn and Jacob Friday
Most Enthusiastic Nippers – Kelsi Perry and Connor Keeler
Best Newcomers – Alanis Treloar and Harry Jukes
Best Nipper Competitor – Sophie Morris and Alex Pace
Nipper Shield – Isla Symons
Most Improved Juniors – Tegen Hughes and Fergus Lee
Endeavourance (Juniors) – Kathryn Onley and Ben Tredinnick
Best Junior Competitors – Emily Corin and Tom Onley
Junior Shields- Vicky Burlingham and Nick Pearson
Star Cup – Jamie Smith
Helen Bagnall Plaque for Personal Achievement- Emily Corin
Best Fundraisers – Traci Parker
Chairman’s Community Award – Mike Friday
Captain’s Cup- James Burlingham
The Helen Parker Members’ Member Trophy- Dan Latham
Attendance certificates were given to the Sandhoppers: – Girls – 1st Alainey Henderson, Joint 2nd Ella Parker & Lilia Rowe; Boys – 1st Charlie Parker, 2nd Earle Leggett & 3rd Sonny Breslaw and Nippers: – 1st Kaswynn Eustace, 2nd Morva Hughes & equal 3rd Erin Billington and Harley Perry.
Certificates for most points at regional and national competitions were given to Nippers: – Girls – 1st Sophie Morris, 2nd Lilly Parsons, 3rd Tanni Smitham; Boys – 1st Alex Pace, 2nd Liam Jolly and 3rd Steven Lewis and Juniors:- Boys – 1st Tom Onley, 2nd Jordan Roberts, 3rd Billy Read; Girls – 1st Emily Corin, 2nd Kathryn Onley, 3rd Vicky Burlingham.
Carol Penberthy –Press Officer – Hayle Surf Life Saving Club
Tel: 01209 711322 or 01736 741004 (work)
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