Beyond the Flags

Surf Life Saving Tasmania’s Weekly Newsletter

Wednesday, 7th December 2022

In this weeks edition:

Patrol Season Launch
Mandatory Child Safe Awareness Training
Lifesaving Advisors
Trainer and Assessor Re-Endorsement Process
TAF Re-Endorsement Process
Lifesaving Development Camp
State Team
Carnival Entries
Sandy Bay Holiday Program
Iron Ocean
Aussies 2023 Entries Open
Upcoming Meetings and Events

Patrol Season Launch

The past weekend saw the start of the 2022-23 patrol season for many of our Surf Life Saving Clubs across the state, with lifesavers hitting the beach and raising the red and yellow flags!

Lifesavers were met with warm weather across most of the state, with beachgoers returning to our coastlines to make the most of the weekend!

Here's what our lifesavers got up to:

37 Preventive Actions
2,375 Total attendance at patrolled beaches
3 First Aid Treatments

Remember to always swim between the flags. Visit the Beachsafe website or download the app to find your nearest patrolled beach this summer.

A big thank you to our members for an awesome start to the patrolling season, we are so excited to be back between the flags

Mandatory Child Safe Awareness Training

One of the ways we can support child safety in our organisation and communities is by equipping our members with the knowledge, skills, and awareness to keep children safe.

The SLST Board has determined that all volunteers holding a child/youth facing position are required to complete SLSA’s online Child Safe Awareness course before 31 December 2022.

This includes positions such as:

Officers on surf life saving club or volunteer marine rescue unit committees
Patrol Captains and Vice Patrol Captains
Junior Activity Chairs and Age Managers
Surf Sports Coaches and Officials
Trainers, Assessors and Facilitators
MPIOs and Complaints Managers
Committee members (that have YAWG representatives on them)
Water Safety
Event Management (e.g. Lifesaving Development Camp Leaders)
Canteen volunteers
First Aid personnel

The online module takes just 15-20 minutes to complete and provides a basic introduction to child safety in SLS, including the types and signs of abuse, creating a safe environment and when and how to report.

You will find the course in the SLS – Safety and Wellbeing section of the SLS Members Area

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Advisors to the SLST Lifesaving Advisory Committee

Nominations are invited for interested and experienced volunteer members to be advisors to the SLST Lifesaving Advisory Committee.

These roles are non-voting and advise the committee within their appointed portfolio. Successful nominees may also represent the state on national advisory committees and/or working groups.

Positions available for nomination are:

State Education Advisor
State Powercraft Advisor
State Medical Advisor

Nominations close: 9am, Monday 12th December 2022

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Trainer & Assessor Re-Endorsement Guide

To ensure all trainers, assessors and facilitators who deliver training and education programs meet national requirements, they are required to seek re-endorsement on an annual basis. The below guide outlines the requirements and process for re-endorsment in the 2022-23 season.

Download Here

Lifesaving Development Camp

On behalf of the Lifesaving Development Camp Management Team, we would like to congratulate the following members on being accepted to attend LDC 2023. We can’t wait to see what these lifesavers can do and the skills and knowledge they will take back to their clubs!

Tempest Enright-Norris - Kingston Beach SLSC
Kate Suttor - Kingston Beach SLSC
Natalie Osborne - Kingston Beach SLSC
Charlotte McCulloch - Ulverstone SLSC
Chloe Jordan - Ulverstone SLSC
Cayden Moore - Ulverstone SLSC
Toby Chilcott - Ulverstone SLSC
Jonty Sherlock - Burnie SLSC
Emily Anders - Burnie SLSC
Lily Collins - Burnie SLSC
Lachlan Ryan - Burnie SLSC
Aidan O’Hara - Burnie SLSC
Marley King - Burnie SLSC
Fletcher Kable - Penguin SLSC
Amelia McKenna - Penguin SLSC
Jacob Clothier - Carlton Park SLSC
Holli Fitzgerald - Carlton Park SLSC
Archer Peart - Carlton Park SLSC
Sophie Sherlock - Carlton Park SLSC
Zara Appleby - Carlton Park SLSC
Oliver Burbury - Port Sorell SLSC
Seth Armitstead - Port Sorell SLSC
Oenone Schofield - Clifton Beach SLSC
Austin Franks - Clifton Beach SLSC
Elvis Russell - Bicheno SLSC
Lachlan Burr - Devonport SLSC

See more information on our website!

More Info Here

Tasmanian 2022 State Team

Excitingly, Tasmania will again be fielding teams in the upcoming Interstate Championships, Youth Pathway Cup and Super Surf Teams League for the 2022 season.

The events will be held from the 13th of January 2023 with a full week of surf sports action including Nipper Nats, Manly and Freshwater carnivals.

The Surf Life Saving Tasmania Surf Sports Advisory Committee have announced the 2022 State Team, based on results accumulated across Statewide and Championship events.

More Info Here

LiveHeats Introduction

After its successful use at the Aussies and at the Burnie State Wide Carnival earlier this year, SLST are proud to announce the introduction of LiveHeats at all Tasmanian carnivals this summer. LiveHeats is a live scoring and competition management system.

More Info Here

Sandy Bay Holiday Program - Schedule Released!

The Sandy Bay Holiday Program is back for another year! We can’t wait to be delivering the Surf Safety message to members of the public for the whole month of January.

Coinciding with the school holidays, the program will be run over 5 days or a single session and will be open to children aged between 7 - 14. The program will be run by our Sandy Bay Lifeguards each day. Participants will be engaged through a range of activities such as learning water safety information, dolphin diving, swimming, nipper boards, beach games and survival techniques. This program is designed for any level of swimming competence. Our staff are trained to modify the activity based on risk and ability. This is the perfect activity for your children to be active during the school holidays while learning life long skills.

More Info Here