Welcome to all the Under 15s joining the senior ranks and Welcome to all those competitors that are rejoining the ranks. It is hard to believe we are about to endeavour on yet another season and as always, we are lucky to belong to such a prosperous and fantastic club. I am mindful of peoples time and its essential that we can work together to achieve our goals. On behalf of the competition Committee and all members I would like to congratulate our World Champions. Fantastic!.

Introducing the Competition committee to you. These people are your representatives. They will from time to time, need you to fulfil certain deadlines. Be mindful of their time. Chasing people is a very time consuming task. Policy will be...no time for indecisive competitors.

Competition Committee
Competition Secretary: Stacey Siegert-
Beach Manager: Glenn Lofts assisted by Glenn Beveridge
Boat Manager: Jeff Loy
Board & Ski Manager: David Munday
March Past Manager:Ted Wilde

Patrol Hours and Patrol Obligations:
It is essential you meet these requirements. To compete you must not be in default of hours. To compete at championship events you need a minimum of 25 Calender hours. Ie. From 1st January to the 31st December. Please ensure you keep track of this and be dedicated to meeting this requirement. Those rejoining will need to complete a pro-rata of hours.

Training Schedules. Check your section listed below.
Beach: Tuesday 5pm and Thursday 5 pm.
Check Venue with Glenn L. 0418 972070
Boat: Board & Ski: Tuesday & Thursday Morning at 6 am
9.30 am Saturday and Sunday Morning
March Past: Sunday Afternoon at 3pm at the Surf Club
GYM Sessions. Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm.
John Patterson the Gym Custodian will be conducting Training sessions/Boxercise. This is open to all competitors/members.

Competitor details and Current membership.
Competitors are reminded to update their membership details for season 2004-5. Ensure you are a current financial member.If unsure contact the Registrar Wendy Austin 44554960.

Carnival entries:
Many carnivals, particularly the SERIES Carnivals are expensive. The club cannot afford to enter competiors who do not intend competiting or those who will not fulfil their competition entries. It is essential you communicate with your section heads about your intentions and complete the following proformas.

Note to Boat Rowers: Joining the Australian Surf Rowers League.
This year the Australian League fo Rowers will conduct their annual event at Wollongong in February. This is a highly recommended event and it is advised as many rowers from Mollymook join this league. Attached is the application fee. Please complete and attach your fee and return to Jeff Loy. The Boat Manager: At the second round of the South Coast Boat Series.

Parental Chaperones for Major Carnnivals
The competition Committee invite and encourage any parents to join our touring team and enjoy the events with the team. Individual sweeps and coaches will answer any questions you may have in regards to any part of competition and please do not hesitate to contact me. We welcome your input in all our tours and competition.

Manly Carnival
After the Country Carnival successes last week a much smaller competition team travelled to Manly for what is one of the most competitive carnivals outside State and Australian Titles The Manly carnival is traditionally known to be a mini Australian Titles, it attracts the very best competitors from every state This level of competition serves well to prepare for the upcoming State (2nd - 5th March ) and Australian Titles ( 14th -22nd March ).

Boaties
Six Mollymook boat crews recently made the trip to Manly to fight out a very tough competition in challenging 5’ sets, with 40 Open, 70 reserve,70 women’s and 30 Junior crews converging on Manly Beach from all over Australia.

The reserve crew of Steve Hegarty, Steve Creech, Craig Matthews and Russ Bartlett was swept by Garth Brook and made it right through to the Semi -Finals. Two junior male crews in their hardest competition to date remained composed to reach Semi Finals.

Jeff Loys crew of Wes Bean, Chad Venables, Neil Sullivan and Mitchell Brook went into the carnival as Country Gold medalists and rowed two firsts then a third in their heats, before the 4th round saw them hit by a big wave to eliminate chances of them progressing to the final in the knockout competition, they'll bounce back better than ever .

Both Womens Crews made it through to the second round impressively.

Beachies
As was the case last week at Pambula an under strength Mollymook Beach team competed at Manly, but the main highlight of the day for Mollymook was the great form of Peter Howcroft who was snubbed by NSW Country selectors for the current New Zealand Tour, , he was dominant in the U19 beach flags, Sprint and Open Relay, Another highlight was the long awaited return of former U16 Australian Beachflags Champion Scott Richardson. Scott was an Olympic Games probable Sprint runner in Sydney 2000 but just missed final selection.

Scott now 23 has been missing from Surf Carnivals for 4 years but must have been happily surprised when his appearance at Manly was acknowledge by many after he blew the current Australian beach Sprint champion away in his first heat, then he won his semi- final before placing 3rd in final only a mere ½ a metre behind the eventual winner from Western Australia.Scott's Manly Carnival can only be described as a very successful return to the beach team.

Scott got down to fifth in the final of the Open Beachflags but was disqualified in a false start, he could have finished in the medals with more match practice. Glenn Lofts also competed in the Open Sprint and beach flags with Kurt Stolzenhiem and Todd Muller after placing in their heats all just missing the finals in the tough competition.

Peter Howcroft a renown sprinter was State champion only 2 years ago and is an Australian beachsprint silver medalist but must have been putting extra training into flags recently as he blew the opposition away on his way to winning the U19 beach flags.

Current World and Australian Womens Relay Champion runner Armelie Davidson looked impressive in the Womens sprint heats but missed the final. The up and coming U19 beach Sprinter Melissa Cook ran powerfully impressing in her heats.

Peter Howcroft , won his heat easily at Manly then powered away in his U19 semi-final before finishing fast to be second in a very hard fought final. Peter then teamed up with Kurt Stolzenhiem, Scott Richardson and Todd Muller in the Open relay to finish a close second in what was an extremely classy field.

Melissa Cook fought very hard, impressing onlookers as she fought through the U19 beach flags final, Melissa later teamed up with Gemma Hill , Gemma Smith and Ele Chapman to be finalists in the U19 beach relay final.

Manly organisers introduced a new event, the Open Mixed relay and it was a big success with many entries and Gemma Hill, Melissa Cook , Kurt Stolzenhiem and Peter Howcroft combining and just missing the gold as they won the silver.

Board and ski team
Manly is traditionally the very toughest competition in the board and Ski events. Gene Austin in his first Manly Carnival on a board showed his class when making the U19 board final .Over 50 board paddlers started the heats and it came down to 18 finalists, Gene worked hard to finish tenth in the final of the very best , . Geeno is riding the crest of a wave as the major carnivals approach, go for it Gene.

Zac Tate competed for Mollymook for the first time in the U19 board and also and gave a very impressive performance but missed the final after his heat. Dave Munday is just hoping to have Gene, Zac and Adam Quealey all available for Branch and State Titles, what a fantastic board relay team they will make.

Chris Brook entered the Open Board and was one of seven competitors surfing in on a single wave, all fighting for the last place in the final and only a bit of bad luck as Chris jumped off his board cost him a place in the final of one of Australia’s hottest Open Board race fields. Well done Chris!

A review of Country Carnival places last weekend gained Mollymook another bronze medal in masters Ski for Neil Blair, not the fourth place as reported.

March Past
After winning gold at Country, the March Past team was straight back into training last Sunday and are competing at the Freshwater Carnival today where they will be up against the very best in the State.

New Zealand Tri Series
The Tri Series between New Zealand, NSW Country and NSW Central Coast continues in NZ with NSW Country leading the competition pointscore by two points after two rounds.

After a warm up carnival on arrival and the first round being dominated by Mollymooks’ representatives the second round at Rotorua offered stiffer opposition but the lightening fast Glenn Beveridge still won the Open Sprint and beach flags, Tegan Davies ran first in Open flags and a second in a blanket finish for the Sprint.

Melissa Howard is competing in U19 and the current Australian Open Champion easily outclassed all to win the flags, but was unfortunately disqualified in the Sprint “no breaks” policy.

Blaise Lofts competing in U16’s is following in big brother Steine’s footsteps as he makes a mark on Beach Carnivals he placed 3rd and 3rd in sprint and flags.

Steine’s torn hamstring is being treated but he seems certain to miss more of this elite competition.

Summer Sippers
Drinks for all Members and invited guests. A reminder to all members they can have invited guests at Sippers on Sunday afternoons from 5pm to enjoy Mollymook Beach from the balcony and bar upstairs. It is a great way to finish a weekend as the kids play on the grass and beach in front of the clubhouse, come down and join the great hospitality of John Patterson and Keith Claxton while enjoying a refreshing drink, the extra daylight of Summer and friendship of club mates.


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