Record season for Venus Bay SLSC

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Record season for Venus Bay SLSC

Congratulations: Ric Mitchell celebrated his 50th year of lifesaving with Travis Rowden.

WITH record numbers, impressive accolades and exciting plans for the future, there is no doubt 2018/19 was a successful season for the Venus Bay Surf Life Saving Club.
The club’s membership rocketed from 580 to 633 and 211 Nippers took part in the junior program, up from 187 last season.
“We had a fabulous season in terms of our membership, competition results, fundraising and community engagement,” president Craig Watson said.
“Most importantly, there were no tragedies on our beaches. We had a few rescues over the summer, but our lifesavers handled those situations extremely well.”
A triple rescue took place on New Year’ Day, which saw four young patrollers instrumental in saving lives.
“It was a pretty serious rescue and the patrollers acted amazingly. Their response resulted in a highly successful rescue,” Mr Watson said.
In fact, the response earned the club Rescue of the Month for January.
Rescue of the Month is judged on how well lifesavers follow guidelines, rather than the outcome of the rescue.
Mr Watson said the club had also used the season to become better aligned with the growing community.
“We have been working with schools and community groups to try to get more people involved with water safety. We are seeing our highest level of involvement ever,” Mr Watson said.
“We also worked with Interchange Gippsland. As a partnership, we ran a program to help participants learn water safety skills and try water based activities in a safe environment.”
Mr Watson said he was extremely proud of what the club has become.
“Without a doubt, this has been the best season the club has experienced. The culture and the feeling around the club have been fantastic,” he said.
“We have a strategic plan in place to help us set and achieve small goals into the future. These goals include increasing our membership and I think that will go well due to our ongoing building development project.”
The club has been in discussions with three levels of government and stakeholders to bring its facilities up to standard.
The club is looking to be included in the next budget cycle to go ahead with building plans.
Next on the club’s agenda is the presentation day to be held on the Easter weekend.
On the day, the club will recognise the astounding achievements of its members.
In particular, the club will congratulate Ric Mitchell, who volunteered his 50th year to lifesaving in 2019.
Mr Mitchell was acknowledged for his achievements on a national level.

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