Between the Groynes 

Women in Surf Event

July 1 2020 marked the 40th anniversary of women's involvement in active surf lifesaving duties. To help celebrate this milestone, you’re invited to the Women in Surf Event (WISE) 2021 event on Sunday, 28 February!

Come down to Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club WA to celebrate the amazing women who have been part of the movement for the past 40 years and beyond, catch up with old friends and make some new ones.

Space is limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, so secure your FREE ticket to the event via Eventbrite 

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/wise-2021-tickets-138561195265?fbclid=IwAR27oJMJQvrutAr9kewJ2uHCjjXXt8u0klFK_S16Vw7_R3UBWLNqnuUEeGk

Aussies Accommodation 

We still have rooms for Aussies at the Raffles Mooloolaba.

If you are looking for a room, please let us know ASAP so we can book you in.

Raffles Mooloolaba. www.rafflesmooloolaba.com.au

Only have the below rooms left (all two bedroom apartments)

Deluxe Rooms per night $240.00

Dates of Aussies
Youth 16/4/2021 to 17/4/2021
Masters 18/4/2021 to 19/4/2021
Senior/Open 20/4/2021 to 24/4/2021

Email admin@sorrentoslsc.org.au if you are interested!

Masters State Championships

If you would like do Masters State Championships this year, please see details below. .

Event Date: 27/02/2021 
Entries close 22/02/2021 by 12pm. 
Where - Mullaloo Beach
Price - $40 per person to be paid on this link (Entity to pay is Sorrento SLSC WA) - https://pnpnet.qvalent.com/OnlinePaymentServlet?cd_community=SLSA&cd_currency=AUD

Program - https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/assets.surflifesavingwa.com.au/app/uploads/2021/02/15140745/2021-SunSmart-WA-Masters-Surf-Life-Saving-Championships-Program.pdf

Please fill in the form below if you would like to be entered into Masters! 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CFY7N7Q

Uniform Shop 

Our uniform shop is now online!! You can purchase your products online and collect them from the office or uniform shop now! Our shop will still be open on Wednesday and Sunday mornings as per usual.

Online Shop on Team App- https://sorrentosurflifesavingclub.teamapp.com/store

You will receive an email when your order is ready for collection. You can collect your order from the office or uniform shop during the below times and days.

Office
Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm or Wednesday 10am – 6pm

Uniform Shop
Wednesday – 4:30pm – 6pm or Sunday – 7:30am – 9am

Orders are packed on Wednesday afternoon and Sunday mornings so you should receive an email either on Thursday morning or Monday morning to collect.

If you any questions regarding the above, please email myself on admin@sorrentoslsc.org.au

State Championships Business Shirts - Juniors, Seniors & Masters

You can now order your Sorrento Business shirt for States!

They are $50 and you can find them on our online website - https://sorrentosurflifesavingclub.teamapp.com/store

They should be arriving in the next week or two!

Extended Liquor License 

Our board and staff have been working hard over the last few months to get an extension of our hours for the club bar so we can have more private and club functions in our function room. Well done to everyone that made this happen!

Bikes in the Boatshed

Please do not leave your bikes in the boatshed, it is a safety hazard. 

There are bike racks next to Finn's Cafe, you can use!

Member Survey Winner!

Thank you to everyone that did our member survey last month!! You can see the results below!!

Our winner for the free membership for the 2020/21 season is Jeff Baxter!! 
Congrats Jeff and thank you again to everyone that filled the membership out!

Youth Program

Competition
We are entering an exciting time for training and competition which will take us to States on the 27th and 28th March and on to Aussies in April. 
It has been fantastic to see the commitment of more and more of our youth to training and getting involved in carnivals as the year has progressed.
 
Make sure you get your entries in for the Senior Carnival at Mullaloo this Sunday 21st February simply pay $20 via the payment portal https://pnpnet.qvalent.com/OnlinePaymentServlet?cd_community=SLSA&cd_currency=AUD  
by 12pm this Tuesday 16 February. 
 
Senior (including Youth) Club Championships will take place on the morning of Monday 1 March - we are expecting a fantastic youth turnout - don't miss it!
 
Good luck to our R & R teams who will be competing at the R & R Carnival at Sorrento on Saturday 20th and to those youth who are taking on their first Rottnest team crossings on Saturday.
 
Sunday Session
Only 6 more Sunday Sessions to go!
 
Sunday was Have-A-Go ski’s day for the U14’s and Youth that hadn’t yet had a chance to get out on the single ski’s. A huge thank you to Coaches: Les & Leanne and all the Mentors. We had close to 1:1 paddler to mentor which was fantastic. Near perfect conditions allowed us to set up and paddle out from the Youth main beach flag, hence the 8am start 😊. Using the clubs plastic and f/glass ski’s we had enough to accommodate all 17 youth paddlers, which made for a good sized flotilla of ski’s. Feedback from the coaches and mentors was that they were all impressed by how well the youth went, congratulations!! For those youth keen to carry on with Ski’s next season we will arrange a set of lessons at the start of the season to help develop your paddling and ensure that you continue to enjoy how much fun ski’s can be. Stay tuned, more to come on this.

Sunday Session Youth: 19 youth turned up for our regular Sunday Session with  Greg. Thanks for stepping in and running this Greg. Weather conditions made it ideal to get wet and it looked like boards and swimming were the order of the day!
 
Coming Up
Sunday, 21^st Feb : Youth / Seniors Mullaloo Carnival OR Normal Sunday Session @ Sorrento 8.30am Check in 8.30am / Youth Swim 8.45am
** Weather is looking good, Sunny 27C Max. Swell is picking up a little but conditions are looking clean. Should be a great day to compete on the sand and in the water!! Make sure you are registered and bring your RED wrist band. Good luck to all the YOUTH competing. Go Sorrento!!
 
Sunday 28^th Feb: Normal Sunday Session @ Sorrento, Check in 8.30am / Youth Swim 8.45am 
 
Monday 1^st March: Sorrento Seniors / Youth Club Champs @ Sorrento
 
Saturday 6^th March: Surf League Round 3 @ Trigg Beach
 
Sunday 7^th March: Youth / Seniors Trigg Carnival OR Normal Sunday Session @ Sorrento 8.30am Check in 8.30am / Youth Swim 8.45am
 
Sunday 14^th March: Sorrento & Scarborough Youth @ Sorrento (more to come on this)
 
Sunday 21^st March: Sorrento Red Caps intro to Youth. An opportunity to welcome our group of next year’s U14’s and their Age Managers.
 
Saturday 27^th  / Sunday 28^th March: Youth  / Seniors State Championships @ Scarborough Beach OR Normal Sunday Session @ Sorrento 8.30am Check in 8.30am / Youth Swim 8.45am
 
Thanks

The Youth Committee

Woodside Nippers

To all our Sorrento families, I hope with Labor’s announcement and Liberal following commitment to our new club building funds, you all should feel a little proud of your efforts at the club over the years and the commitment of this money is an acknowledgment of the voluntary work you all do in the community, so congratulations to you all.

Thank you to everyone who played a part of our Mighty Sorrento Team at state qualifiers on Sunday. To see so many green caps having a crack was absolutely awesome. Congratulations to each and every one of the nippers that competed on Sunday.

Special mention to our Senior Age Managers and their brilliant Assistant Age Managers to our club officials and water safety volunteers.
 
I have already put a post on our Junior Facebook page but I needed to get this information out on our newsletter as well  so I don’t miss anyone and explain the full reasons behind decisions made.
 
This Sunday’s Club Champs 3 has been rescheduled for the following age groups U11 U12 and U13.
 
U10 club champs will still be run this Sunday.
 
Club champs 3 for U11, U12 and U13 will now be run on Sunday the 28th February 2021.
 
Unfortunately due to COVID rearranging the State Qualifiers program, board rescue qualification has been shifted to this Sunday at Mullaloo Beach. I don’t need to explain that we couldn’t run a Club Championships when we are encouraging all our Nippers to compete at qualifiers on behalf of the club. This part of the decision was a no brainer by our whole Junior committee to reschedule. The difficult problem was where to move it too.The calendar is so full and results is needed to make up club teams for States, the only date available to us was Sunday the 28th of February 2021. 
 
I do know this is not ideal for people that may have had plans for the long weekend but unfortunately with COVID changing the rules we needed to adjust.
 
I’m sorry for any inconvenience caused and I thank you all in advance for your understanding and support in this matter if you have queries or need further explanation please email or message me.
 
The other event that we had to change and are really excited about is the inaugural Sorrento 1km run for our U8 through to U13. This is being run this Friday night. Registrations are at 6pm down the ramp on the main beach near the shade sails.
 
Looking forward to seeing as many of our Nippers down Friday night to have a crack and of course a great opportunity to hang about the club after for a cordial and a burger.
 
Good luck to all our U8 and U9 heading to Mullaloo to compete at the Little Nipper carnival go and have a blast!
 
Also good luck to our Junior R&R teams that are competing this Saturday at Sorrento at the R&R carnival and to all our board rescue teams that are competing also at Mullaloo on Sunday for state qualifiers Go Mighty Mighty  Sorrento 💚
 
I’d  like to mention and wish any of our members and their families involved in this Saturdays Rotto Swim the best of luck in your crossing and enjoy the day! 
 
Wow there is a lot happening!

See you on the beach 

Keiron Burke
Junior Director