Annual Report 2011

Where Lifeguards are made

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Who we are
4 5 6 7 8 The Committee Trustees report Presidents report Chairmans review Captains log

What we do
11 12 14 16 19 23 25 27 Secretarys report Lifeguarding Insure rescue boat Nippers Surf lifesaving sports Juniors and Youth Surf boat Perranporth SLSC Annual Awards 2010/11

The Money
29 31 33 34 Membership Fundraising and events Donors and supporters Receipts and payment accounts
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Who we are

Committee
President Chairman Secretary Treasurer Administrator Club Captain Lifesaving Training Officer Vice Captain Membership Secretary Ladies Captain Safeguarding Officer I.R.B. Captain Fundraising Officer Pete Gaisford David Meads Nigel Bowden Becky Nicholls Karen Longstaff Simon Boyle Robin Howell Jason Wheeler Chrissie Davies Vicky Gould Spike Gaisford Ben Gardiner David Cromie Jill Stott Buildings/maintenance Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Carl Harding Ellie Woodward Holly Hawken Cath McRitchie

Trustees Report
Angus
The Trustees have met and are more than happy with the way the Club is being run. Results, both in the water and out of it, have been excellent. It was good to see the Club well represented in the Carnival, particularly with a team carrying a reel, line and belt. The fact that this report is so short only goes to prove that we have nothing to say other than to wish the Club all the best in the coming year. Keep up the good work and don't forget 'Hewolder Ha Gonys'. Regards Angus

Presidents review
Peter Gaisford
How fast does a year fly by? Here we are again at the Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club Annual General Meeting and yet it only seems like a month ago since the last one. Put it down to age, I guess.

funding applications to try and close the gap between expenditure and income. The Perranporth Triathlon remained the largest fundraiser for the club. The high winds and huge seas presented the organisers with the real possibility of having to cancel the event. In response, the club, as a collective, rallied to the challenge and created an endurance event for all the entrants to participate in. It is reassuring to know that when adversity struck the immediate response from the Perranporth Surf Life Savers was to overcome the problem and move forward. Precisely the same qualities required when a person is in difficulties and needs a lifesaver to come to their assistance.

This year the club invited Sam Lamiroy to be guest speaker at the Dinner & Dance. Sam lives in Perranporth and has made a career as a professional surfer. He appears in magazines on a regular basis and has towed in to some huge waves off the west coast of Ireland. He gave a very entertaining speech to invited guests and club members. When I have seen him in the line-up this summer at Perranporth, Sam has always had a pleasant word to say and a smile on his face. This also describes the nipper section of the club (712yrs). A more enthusiastic bunch of children and parents you could not hope to meet. Every Thursday evening through the summer months they battled with huge surf to perfect their surf skills in all weathers, all done with a smile on their faces. In order for the club to benefit from this young home-grown talent, thought needs to be given on how to keep them motivated and enthused at junior level. At present the responsibility falls upon the shoulders of too few and there is a need to keep parents active and involved, despite protestations from the young teenagers. Club members worked very hard this year on all sorts of imaginative fundraising ideas and

Chairmans review
David Meads
As the nights draw in and summer already seems a distant memory, it is time to reflect on the past year. We have remained active on many fronts with new initiatives and forward-thinking by our dedicated committee members. One of the committees core concerns is to keep the club solvent and in a strong financial position. If we are to develop and flourish as one of the strong surf lifesaving clubs of Cornwall we, as a committee, have to focus on our subcommittees. We need more club members to step up and offer their skills and time to help strengthen and support these dynamic and proactive groups. I cannot review all the areas and issues the committee has focussed on but there are three that I would like to make reference to. The Aquathon and Triathlon, which is our major fund raiser, required a huge amount of planning and a combined club effort to make them both a success. I have to thank Karen Longstaff for her dedication and professionalism and I feel that without her the events would not have succeeded. The second was gaining the funding for the new Arancia by our hardworking fundraising subcommittee. It has meant that we can now offer IRB training to our members and use it to strengthen our patrolling alongside the RNLI and in the evenings, after hours. Since gaining this craft, it has been in constant use and become a real asset to the club. The third was securing advertising banners on the
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outside of our club which offers a great site for companies to promote their name and helps us raise further revenue. Though we have many successes, I believe we can improve our performance by looking outwards at times and not being afraid of change. We need to learn from other clubs about best practice and work more closely with SLSGB. With SLSGBs guidance and support we are now focussing on gaining our Club mark status and alongside this our long-awaited development plan.

Captains Log
Simon Boyle
To be honest I wasnt really sure what to expect in my first year as captain. All I knew was that I was going to try my hardest and I was sure things would fall into place: naive or what!! Thankfully, with some experienced heads on the committee giving sound advice, I had a good chance that I would make it through the year. The year kicked off in fine style with the Dinner and Dance at the Seiners. Organised by Vicky Gould, who did an immense job, everybody had a great time. Many had a sore head in the morning, a sure sign of a cracking night. The Clubbie of the Year award deservedly went to Trina and Megan Gregory. Their hard work behind the scenes didnt go unnoticed and they still continue to work tirelessly at nipper nights and other club events and BBQs.

Over the past three years Dave Townsend has continued to develop the youth section of our club. He works tirelessly to achieve the best he can with the youth. This past year we can say that the foundations put down have started to be built on. Our youth team saved the day at many seniors competitions by filling gaps and helping to make up teams. Dave also set up the 50/50 fundraiser, raising nearly 2000. Half the money was spent on a new racing board that will ease the demand for club equipment. One of my main goals for last year was to push for a thriving club night. I believe this to be one of the most important nights for the club as it produces a base that acts as a springboard for other areas of the club to develop. Dave Meads ran his NARS lifesaving course on Wednesdays and Ben Gardiner had the IRB rebuilt every other week on club nights, both lifesaving activities that helped create a stable core of members who willingly volunteered with the weekend patrols alongside the RNLI. A big thank you to all that helped out and if you havent returned your RNLI volunteer lifeguard kit then you NEED to return it. Chrissie Davies knows where you live!!! We also had a seniors training session on Wednesdays, thanks to Milky, and his lets just do a quick board paddle to St Agnes and back made me late for my notices!!.....Cheers mate!! And the Ladies were out in force on a Wednes8

One area of the club that continues to be a success is nippers. Ten million kids turn up on a Thursday night and the support that comes from the parents has always impressed me. Spike continues to be the driving force behind the scenes and has put on some excellent demo nights using the nippers as her demonstrators. A big thanks has to go to all the helpers and parents that are involved in nippers, all your hard work is greatly appreciated.

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day club night too, led by Vicky Gould and her side-kick Ellie Woodward. It has been great to see all parts of the club come together on one night. Wednesday nights have been a great success and I thank all of you that have been involved and helped out. One of my goals for next year is to improve the lifesaving sports section of the club. We have some really dedicated members who always help out with competitions, however, I feel that we lack numbers at the bigger competitions, especially in the masters and seniors. Hopefully, with the success of club night over the past year this will encourage more participation from those two groups and we will improve. The past year has been an incredibly steep learning curve for me. Despite being on the committee for four years previously, I didnt realise the amount of work involved. The 12 months have flown by!! I also have been amazed by the amount of hard work put in by all our members, who share the same respect and passion that I have for Perranporth surf lifesaving club. Finally, I would like to thank all of you that have made Perranporth surf lifesaving club such a great place to be. Im sure that all of us can take some great memories away with us from the past year. All our hard work has created a positive atmosphere within our club and we all want to achieve the best we can for each other and the club. Im sorry if I havent mentioned every single thing that weve done over the past year but all your hard work is really and truly appreciated.

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Secretarys report
Nigel Bowden
It has been another busy year for Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club with 12 months of hard work and commitment. To list all the achievements over the year would take too much time so I would just like to thank all our members for the time they gave helping to make the club such a great place to be. One special vote of thanks needs to go to that small group of people who meet every third Tuesday of the month (yes, the Committee). One of its important achievements has been the work that has gone into the Development Plan. Once completed this will set out a clear path for us to support the club over the next five years. The work of our Captain cannot go unmentioned. The effort he has put in over the year has made such a change to the club and this can be seen on the Wednesday club night which has not been so busy for three or four years. With Dave Townsend he has put a lot of effort into the juniors. This has not only brought together a good group of kids but has also shown them what the club means and how they need to support fundraising. The new

50/50 board was bought with the money raised by the juniors and they have been encouraged to take responsibly for the club. One of Simon's quotes comes to mind: I dont care if your Mum is waiting, you made the mess you can clean it up before you go." One of the most successful events of the year was the Triathlon (a little different from other years.) I felt this Septembers effort was particularly noteworthy. Congratulations and thanks are due to all those who made it possible. This was one of the hardest years to run the event in its 24 years, but the club took it on, made a few changes and we had another fantastic event. A big thank you is owed to Shelley Hardwick and all her Marshalls who made the event happen. This year has seen a lot of changes within Surf Life Saving GB itself with which Perranporth has been involved. The governance review was put into place and we are lucky to have members involved, both on a voluntary and paid basis. We need to show our support for our National Governing Body and work with SLSGB to promote our objectives in a joined-up approach. We need to keep the right balance between lifesaving and sport to make Perranporth Beach as safe as possible. We want a club that supports this idea but is able to have a lot of fun on the way.

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Lifeguarding
Robin Howell
On Tuesday 16 August 2011, a 45-year-old woman died in hospital having been recovered from the sea at low tide at Perranporth two days earlier. This incident highlighted two important factors: 1) 2) how dangerous Perranporth beach can be; and the importance of lifeguards on the beach. high for beach safety. To sustain this level for future patrols I would like to make two recommendations to the club: Continue to nurture a small, but dedicated, team of volunteers to patrol the beach and water during peak season. This committed team needs to continue supplementing the efforts of the RNLI lifeguards; Provide a proactive approach in maintaining this core of people. By this I mean that the club provides the opportunity for its members to undertake lifeguarding qualifications (at every level). Paramount to this is the inclusion of IRB qualifications for the new boat as I believe that power craft at Perranporth are essential. I would also recommend to the RNLI the importance of having a senior guard (whoever it is) at the weekends with strong ties to the club. This breaks down inhibitions and communication barriers in liaising with and directing patrol members on beach management issues. Since 1957 the club has been involved in saving many lives on Perranporth beach. Without its continued efforts to establish and maintain a voluntary lifeguard service I believe the current figure of lost lives would be considerably higher. I hope that this tradition continues with the amalgamation of volunteers and RNLI lifeguards at Perranporth beach.

On the day in question members of Perranporth SLSC (both RNLI volunteers and clubbies) were influential in trying to save the womans life. The relationship between the club and the lifeguards becomes ever stronger with incidents such as this and I am pleased to report that this reinforced the link between the two parties. For my sins I was the senior lifeguard at weekends at Perranporth from Easter to October so I had the privilege of working alongside the dedicated team of volunteers who played a vital role in beach safety on Perranporth beach. The club's professionalism at organising and maintaining these patrols throughout the peak season was unparalleled and I would like to thank everyone for their hard efforts. This praise does, however, come at a price, in that the club has now set the bar extremely

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Lifeguarding
Robin Howell
Perranporth Clubbie Lifeguards
Robin Howell Dan Goodway Steven Gregory David Meads Alex Bowden Fraser Thompson Hewitt Margh Brewer Annabel Barsh Giles Collyer Josh Walters

Volunteer Patrol Members

Margh Brewer Paul McGannity Claire Westley Rob Farr Chris Flanigan James OHare Vicky Gould Rob Nunn Peter Whitbread-Abrutat Perran WIlliams Jonty Brook Francis Keane Dave Cromie Chrissie Davies Glenn Latham Richard Blackie

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Inshore rescue boat

Ben Gardiner
The club IRB is used for events from 5 March, when we deliver a model of St.Piran to the beach on St.Pirans Day, right through the season doing patrols, supporting club night, safety cover etc, until October/November. In the past we have done this with our old Zodiac make IRB and a slightly unreliable engine! Winter 2010-11 was an opportunity for the club to look again at the IRB equipment that would best meet the needs of the club. Ben Gardiner IRB Captain, Dave Cromie and Jill Stott, fundraising gurus, worked as a team with the rest of the committee to secure in the region of 10,000 from the National Lottery which allowed us to replace our aged Zodiac. In February we confirmed our order for a 3.8m Arancia IRB. These are the same as the IRBs used by the RNLI and are the boat of choice as they are designed and built specifically for Surf Life Saving by a small New Zealand company. All the training manuals used by SLS are for the Arancia. The new IRB arrived in time for the start of the summer and we sold the old Zodiac in a private sale after offering it first to other surf lifesaving clubs. The new kit, matched by an increase in interest from members, has really allowed us to develop the IRB side of the club. Several members, across an age range starting at eighteen, have this summer trained for the crewman's qualification on IRB training sessions on Wednesday nights but also at other times dependent on weather and surf. The qualification requires at least ten hours afloat in the IRB, learning a lot of theory, as well as the usual flag signals and knots. Well done to all those who gained the qualification. Alex Bowden worked towards his IRB Probationary Trainer qualification this summer

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and will continue in 2012 by training new drivers. If successful he can be signed off as an independent Trainer in 2012. During 2011 the IRB was used for St.Piran's day (Zodiac), club demos, the carnival, Triathlon, patrols, training, Co-Op Sponsored swim, safety cover. All in all a good season for the IRB. At the time of writing we have an exam booked for six members in October to gain a qualification. During the winter we hope to use the IRB on the river to support the Ski Paddling sessions and allow new drivers to get experience driving in flat conditions before driving in surf for the first time next spring. Thanks to a donation from Perranporth Garden Charities we ordered a purpose built IRB road trailer which is being built during October. This will allow us to travel to IRB Twilights, competitions, provide safety cover at our river ski training and for whatever else comes up in 2012.

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Nippers

Spike Gaisford
2011 has seen a great and not too rainy year on this frustrating yet beautiful beach of ours. A multitude of children again joined us this year with 117 Nippers aged 7 13 as of 1st August. Each age group has two coaches and an age manager. We managed to get most of the children in the water without too much difficulty and covered coaches' holidays smoothly. The children worked towards the SLSGB levels relevant to their age. These assess competence in the water, swimming and on boards as well as beach safety knowledge.
Nipper Age Group 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Age Group Nipper of the Year 2010 Zachary Roberts Abi Pope Katie Whitbread - Abrutat Charlotte Farr Will McRitchie Alice Whitbread - Abrutat Tom McRitchie Most Improved Nipper 2010 Tom Stratton Elinor Payne Michael & Fiona Hammond Ned Owen Lewis Pettifer Amy Purohit Declan White

Cromie for his consistent performance at competitions throughout his time as a Nipper and for his willingness and enthusiasm when helping with the training of the younger children.

SLSGB

Levels certificates are given at our

Competitions were slightly better attended this year, however, competitor representation for Perranporth Nippers was still low considering the proximity (Carbis Bay and Portreath) of the venues. Some new Nippers attended the Cornish at Carbis Bay and were brilliant, giving it their best despite not being able to attend the cancelled Max Hocking Fun Day which gives children an idea of what is expected at the SLS
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Christmas party where we also make our outstanding achievement awards for the year. These were: Please note that the awards in the 2010 report were actually awarded for the year 2009! Club Nipper of the Year 2010 went to Conall

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see all ages increase team members at either Stillwater (pool) or Beach/Surf lifesaving events that are held each year. Well done to Katie Whitbread Abrutat and Abi Pope our only entries at the Stillwater Frostbite at St Ives pool in the winter. The events are good fun for all abilities and children develop many friendships and learn teamwork. Increasing our team numbers will only happen if parents put a bit more effort in and bring their children to the Surf Life Saving events! The Aquathon was a tremendous success with 68 of our children entering. It proved that when the club and parents pull together we can run a great event that our own and visiting children can enjoy. Thank you parents, especially those of you who joined the Aquathon committee to make it work! Winter swimming continues to be well attended events. We gained several medals at the Cornish Champs: Zoe Meads bronze 9yr surf race, Bimini Love 9yr beach sprint and 9yr 500m run, Will McRitchie bronze 12yr 1km run, Alice Whitbread-Abrutat silver 13yr beach flags and bronze 13yr beach sprint. We also gained bronze in the girls 9-10yr Board relay and bronze in the 8-9yr girls beach relay. Sam Norton was outstanding in his first year with us at Nationals gaining a bronze in the 10yr 1km run and a silver 9yr surf race. Thanks to the mums and dads who supported the events by helping manage the teams and who also provided water cover. We would really like to
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with the pool bursting at the seams. We raised enough money from our Swimathon to order 4 new nipper boards which are on their way for 2012. Age 12 and over children are being encouraged to swim on Tuesdays with the

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we would like to encourage more parents to join the club with the family membership and take SLS GB awards such as NARS and Life Saver Support to help us run the sessions correctly.they are not too taxing and you get fitter in the process! A big cupcake of thanks to all of the parents who baked cakes on request and who helped us with the Demos and Club BBQs. You are very valuable people. In 2012 we need to have a really good effort at fundraising to replace even more of our Nipper boards which are tired A big show of appreciation must go to our volunteer Parent Coaches and fabulous Age Managers as well as the willing group of mums and dads who come each week to provide voluntary water cover for the age 8 13 year groups. However, we still need more parents to step up and help in the water and with training as without parent helpers, Nippers will not exist. We know that time is precious but and outdated, so thinking caps on. Again a gigantic cheer to Trina Gregory and Karen Longstaff who between them ensure that the organisation of Nippers runs relatively smoothly each week. Lets hope we this much fun in 2012. Youth coaches and with the Seniors on a Thursday to try to raise their swimming to a level suitable for moving into the Youth section. The fruits of ten years of nurturing Nippers is paying off as these children make the transition up to Youth. We need to ensure that there are adequate numbers of coaches at this level and that the infrastructure such as pool hire and equipment is ready to take the increasing numbers.

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Surf Lifesaving sports

Nigel Bowden
2011 was another busy year of lifesaving sport with an ever-fuller calendar of events. Perranporth SLSC managed to enter most events this year:

Ocean Events
Cornish Championship
Nippers: The Cornish Nipper Champs were held at Carbis Bay, St Ives with more than 500 competitors from 11 clubs competing over 2 days in almost perfect conditions. Perranporth took a small team and did extremely well. Senior and Youth: Surf Life Saving Cornwall Region Championship was held on 6th & 7th August at Widemouth Bay, Bude, Cornwall. Several hundred surf life-savers from more than a dozen Cornish clubs competed for glory at the weekend. The county youth, open and masters championships were hosted by Bude SLSC. Well done to all the over 16 Youth, who moved up into the senior event. Large, stormy surf and strong winds meant the Youth event had to be cancelled and it could not be re-scheduled due to the full calendar during August and September.

Cornish Stillwater
Cornish Frostbite, St.Ives
This event has grown in popularity and now runs on two Saturday evenings. The first evening is for 10-13-year-olds with 7-9-yearolds competing the week after.

Open Cornish Stillwater Carn Brea

This event has grown but is still a fun day where all juniors and open competitors race as part of one team. No medals awarded were awarded.

National Stillwater Cardiff International Swimming Pool

This year the National Stillwater event was held over two weekends at Cardiff International swimming pool. Nippers: We were only able to take two nippers due to the distance involved in travelling. They were a credit to Perranporth and came back with a medal. Youth: A 14-man team travelled up for the youth event. Last year we only had eight so the hard work put in by Dave Townsend, the youth team manager, is starting to pay off. Senior/Master: A small team of senior competitors travelled and achieved an overall place of seventh out of the fifteen teams competing. A few of the Masters competed in both the Open and Masters.

SLSGB British Life Saving Sport Championships

2011 saw the second six-day event held by Surf Life Saving GB. This year's venue was Portreath and incorporated three, two-day events: masters, youth and nipper. Masters: A small but dedicated team took part and was very successful. Youth: After the success of the Stillwater event in Cardiff, an initially small team grew throughout the summer to become one of the largest youth squads we have entered for several years. It finished 12th out of 25 teams. Nipper: This year saw a very strong Nipper event with over 23 teams taking part in the largest surf of the week Open: This years event was held at Polzeath, North Cornwall in demanding conditions (5-7' of surf with strong winds). The team finished 9th overall.
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Stillwater Results
Cornish Frostbite, St. Ives
Nipper Team Katie Whitbread-Abrutat, Abi Pope

Open Cornish Stillwater Carn Brea

Open Team

Eoghen Webb, Kieran Townsend, Barney Hooper, Sam Bowden, Tom McRitchie, Micheal Birchmore, Simon Boyle.

National Stillwater Cardiff International Swimming Pool

13 year oldsTeam

Amy Purohit and Alice Whitbread-Abrutat Youth Team Kieran Townsend, Katie Purohit, Sam Bowden, Katie Pryor, Joel Griffett, Tom Mcritchie, George Hudson Gaisford, Amy Purohit, Alice Whitbread-Abrutat, Eoghen Webb, Daniel Blackie, Morgan Read-Ferris, Georgia Oakley, Henry Husdon Gaisford

Senior/Masters
Simon Boyle, Jason Wheeler, Dan Goodway, Joel Barsh, Steven Gregory, Alex Bowden, Nigel Bowden, Simon Lawrence, Andrew Byatt, Andy Sidebotham

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Surf Lifesaving sports

Ocean EventsResults
Cornish Championship
Nipper Team Alice Whitbread Abrutat, George Hudson Gaisford, Conall Cromie, Samson Tellam, Mathew Hunt, William McRitchie, Rory Tellam, Eoghan Cromie, Tom Meyers, Sam Warren, Ellie Meyers, Charlotte Farr, Olivia Elford, Megan Smith, Keeley Thomas, Grace Rice, Katie Whitbread Abrutat, Courtney Williams, Abi Pope, Bimini Love, Amber Jones, Zoe Meads, Flynn Thomas, Reece Thomas, Anya Knight, Harvey Gaisford, Max Cromie, Jack Farr, Ben Evans, Jay Elford, Toby Emanuel, Louis Emanuel, Jessica Georgelin Youth and Open Team Holly Hawkey, Andrew Byatt, Alex Bowden, Louis Marks, Owen Webb, Christopher Hunt, Colin Wheeler, Daniel Blackie, Sam Bowden, Joel Griffett, Tom McRitchie , George Hudson-Gaisford, Kirstie Read-Ferris, Katie Pryor, Morgan Read-Ferris, Georgia Oakley and Katie Purohit

Bennett Surfboards Board Series 2011

Youth Team Sam Bowden Masters Team Simon Lawrence Open Andy Byatt

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Ocean EventsResults
SLSGB British Life Saving Sport Championships
Masters Team Andrew Byatt, Simon Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Beverly Ricard, Ian Mcdermott, Scott Bentley, Mitchell Barber, Lloyd Bellenie, Mathew Beardmore Youth Team Louis Marks, Alex Bowden, Christopher Hunt, Eoghen Webb, Colin Wheeler, Sam Barnes, Kieran Townsend, Daniel Blackie, Sam Bowden Joel Griffett, Tom Mcritchie, George Hudson-Gaisford, Kirstie Read-Ferris, Katie Purohit, Morgan Read-Ferris, Amy Purohit, Alice Whitbread-Abutat Nipper Team George Hudson Gaisford, Conall Cromie, Samson Tellam, William McRitchie, Rory Tellam, Ned Owen, Eoghan Cromie, Charlotte Farr, Olivia Elford, Megan Smith, Grace Rice, Abi Pope, Harvey Gaisford, Max Cromie, Jack Farr, Jay Elford, Huw Owen, Sam Norton, Ben Norton Open Team Daniel Goodway, Jason Wheeler, Steven Gregory, Alex Bowden, Andrew Byatt, Simon Boyle, Simon Lawrence, Michael Birchmore, Samuel Barnes, Christopher Hunt, Chris Flanigan, James Basher, Andy Sidebotham, Eoghan Webb, Louis Marks, Eleanor Woodward, Holly Hawkey, Vicky Gould, Annabel Barsch, Colette Defoe, Katie Purohit, Kirstie Read-Ferris.

Icon Ski Series 2011

U19 Team Alex Bowden U16 Team Sam Bowden

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Juniors and Youth

Dave Townsend

We have, once again, had a great year. Our numbers increased with everyone keener to do more all the time. We encouraged competitions, regional and national, even with the changes to age groups made by SLSGB for 2011 which were disadvantageous to us. We braved it and entered into the spirit of competition and came away with smiles, friendship and team spirit. We started 2011 with the Cornish Stillwater held at the Dragon Centre, Bodmin. We took a small team with Kieran Townsend finishing 1st in Manikin Tow with Fins, Tom McRitchie 9th and Sam Bowden 12th. In the Manikin Carry Kieran Townsend finished 3rd, Sam Bowden 16th and Barney Hooper 17th. A great evening was had by all. Our next event was National Stillwaters held in

Cardiff. Fourteen youth members entered and a great weekend was had but unfortunately we had no placings in the individual events mainly due to the new age group system with up to 65 individuals per age group. We did okay in some Team Events and Perranporth Youth were 19th overall. Summer went extremely well despite the weather and conditions. We were busy training and developing skills and with competitions. Some of the Youth entered the Twilight Competitions held by the region on different beaches. We hosted a Twilight event but had a poor turn out from other clubs. We were supported very well by our Youth Team who proved we are pretty good at beach events. Unfortunately, the Cornish Youth had to be
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Juniors and Youth

Dave Townsend
called off at the last minute at Widemouth Bay due to weather and conditions which may have been a relief to those who camped in gale force winds in a field at Bude the night before. It was a shame I was unable to camp due to work commitments (thank God for work!). I left that experience to Simon Boyle and Chef Cath McRitchie, who I believe slept in her car!!! We did, however, have a Youth Member who was chosen to represent Cornwall Youth at the Celtic Cup, well done to Samuel Bowden. He was chosen by the Region selectors at the Twilight Competitions as other Cornwall events were cancelled. Lets hope next year some more of our Youth Team will be considered as it is a great achievement Youth Nationals this year were held at Portreath again. We entered a very keen team of 17 and placed 12th overall. We had one medal winner in Chris Hunt. Chris gained Bronze in Under 17s Beach Flags. We had some great individual and Team results, too many to mention, so I will name all the individuals who entered as they were great. Louis Marks, Alex Bowden, Chris Hunt, Owen Webb, Colin Wheeler, Sam Barnes, Kieran Townsend, Daniel Blackie, Samuel Bowden, Joel Griffett, Tom McRitchie, George Hudson, Kirstie Read-Ferris, Katie Purohit, Morgan Read-Ferris and Amy Purohit. Well done to you all. We had a fun year yet again. We even did a bit of fundraising which is important to us and the club as, with the increase in Youth numbers, we need more equipment. Our 50/50 club was well supported by all members of Perranporth which enabled us to buy a new Gaisford Race Board that we called 50/50. We also had a fun day on the Green which was great but the weather was again not on our side. The Youth team, in the 3 years since I took it on, has gone from strength to strength. When we started we had 6 youth members. Now we have 35 members registered. None of this would have been possible without the help and support of Simon Boyle, Steve Gregory, Dan Goodway, Stu Biddick, Piran Williams, Holly Hawkey, Cath McRitchie and last, but not least, Doreen Lawrence. From myself and the Youth, thank you.

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We welcomed the start of 2011 with a lot of new faces and fresh blood (some of which was bound to end up being spilt in the boat!!) Unusually the number of men heavily outweighed the ladies and it looked like this could be a good season for them. The women were still left with some spaces to fill due to babies and bumps. We are currently working on creating a mixed crew for 2018 with Emelia, Isaac, Rhiannon and bump Cooper already in training with 'Row, row, row your boat' on a daily basis!! The season kicked off as normal at Porthcawl with the conditions, however, far from normal at 3-4ft! Baptism by fire had a new level of meaning for the novice rowers as they were thrown into racing, turns, surf, running for the flag and trailing oars! Despite this everyone pulled out the stops and the ladies came away with 2nd overall and the men 5th. Needless to say the Novice Sweep race didn't take place. Might have made for some quick cash on You've Been Framed though!! It was a case of going from the frying pan into the fire at Saunton Sands where the wise decision was made to move the event to Instow beach in Torridge River. The sight of storm surf rolling in at over 6' had set some knees a-trembling! Due to such a short course a double header style of race was carried out. This ended up causing further knee trembling (of the exhausted kind) for the bow rowers who had to row, jump out, run around a flag, get back in, row again and finally race to touch the flag. Watergate, our nemesis, lived up to expectations in the warm up for the ladies! We managed to lose it on a wave back in and zoomed along sideways with us in rather odd positions, clinging on and wondering what the hell we had let ourselves in for! This was reiterated about five minutes later as, this time, we were heading for the rocks! Emily was heard to utter: 'I'm not sure I like this sport!!' and this from someone who used to be fired from a canon!! The men rowed hard and

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moved into second position in the league! Widemouth made it back into the racing calendar and became the new 'Watergate' for those who raced in 4-5' surf with a shore dump onto rocks! The teams downed some Red Bull and prayed for wings! The girls showed real grit, determination and guts as they came home with two 2nds and the men held onto their second in the league. Unfortunately, the event was stopped short due to a rower from another team losing the top of his finger in the extreme rowing conditions. Highlighting the risk the sport holds. The Phoenix's (ladies) had the hard decision to choose four from the squad to row at the UK Champs, whereas the men had both Probables and Torpedoes racing. The conditions were small (normally a welcome break but against Olympic flat water rowers we were hoping for some waves) and the sun was shining. After six long, tough races the guys came home with fifth out of twelve crews and the women were chuffed with a bronze! The boys made it to Soulac Sur Mer, France to race in the Europeans and rowed in style to come home with a fifth position a real result considering three of them hadn't even rowed before this year! Finally, it came to Bournemouth. A respite for the crews as the surf was flat, the sun was out and the mood was light. The men managed to put both the Probables and the Torpedoes out and they enjoyed some racing without pressure of stormy conditions and bagged 29
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points and 28 points a piece. The Phoenix's rowed brilliantly holding onto their second position in the league with the Probables claiming second too! The Torpedoes managed eighth despite not putting a crew in for each event. The best results for us as a team for a few years. We're now enjoying some off season rowing although Stuart 'Save-me' Alldrit may disagree with the word 'enjoying'! (Sorry Stu I just had to put it in here!) Here's to next season, welcoming back post-natal mums, dads and our not so 'novice' rowers! Well done all!!

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The money

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Membership
Chrissie Davies
With the SLSGB affiliation fee set this year at 20 our annual membership fees stand as follows: Senior Youth (13-19) Nipper (7-12) Family (2 adults & 2 children) Family (2 adults & 3 or more children) 80 45 40 160 180 Membership Type Senior Youth Junior Nipper Associate Honorary Life Total 2011 2010 2009 2008 120 36 -----123 3 19 301 132 19 20 109 6 18 304 129 36 18 104 6 17 310 132 30 36 116 13 19 346

Our Junior membership category has been merged with the Youth category to bring it in line with SLSGB.

(Family memberships) (19) (24) (26) (23) This year the Membership Information System (MIS) has been used to put SLSGB members and their information at the centre of SLSGB. The aim is for the MIS to be accessible to the following groups of people: Members, Club Officers, Regional Officers, Trainers, Assessors and Coaches and SLSGB staff. The Breakdown of fees () 2011 2010 2009 2008 MIS is a secure way of recording member and club information. Data Membership fees paid 14335 12030 12470 12298 access is tightly controlled, allowing access to agreed officers on a vetted, Affiliation to SLS GB 5540 4200 3100 4686 need-to-know basis. The Club database is still running alongside MIS but Balance to club 8795 7830 9370 7612 is likely to be phased out over the next few years. The aim of transferring data to a central system is to cut down on the amount of paperwork requiring completion, ultimately allowing members to access and amend their own records and pay online for their subscriptions.

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Fundraising and Events

Dave Cromie
I noted in last years report that, moving forward, we needed to focus on competing for grant applications and corporate support as traditional fundraising efforts like collections & bag packs - whilst important, were less likely to generate big wins. One good example of this approach came to fruition this year when a small team of clubbies led by Dave Cromie, Dave Meads, Jill Stott & Ben Gardiner (with invaluable support from Karen Longstaff, Alex Watts & Pete Gaisford) worked on an Awards For All / Big Lottery grant application. At the heart of our application was a structured training plan to renew and revitalise the clubs IRB (Inshore Rescue Boat) capability. We developed & articulated a carefully argued case that resulted in a successful application and an award for 9956 just a few pounds short of the maximum award! Combined with funding support of 1000 each from The Garden Trustees & Perranzabuloe Parish Council, this has allowed us to purchase an Arancia 388 boat shipped from New Zealand, along with trailer, a new Mariner 30HP Surf engine and ancillary rescue support kit. Successful fundraising is all about encouraging individual members initiatives and ideas and Id like to highlight a few examples. (1) Back in March, Dave Townsend championed the 50/50 Draw a little like our own lottery to help fund new training kit for the Youth Squad. There has been an encouraging uptake of members supporting this scheme and Im sure we will run it again next season. Combined with a fun day that the Youth Squad organized and ran themselves this kind of initiative has to be commended.

(2) Similarly - and championed by Dave Meads & Jill Stott with Committee support -we partnered with the Change For Life team an NHS backed initiative to encourage everyone to exercise more and eat well. In August we ran a successful course that both generated funds for the club & increased the clubs profile as a community resource. This is important as the success of future funding often depends on being able to show how our Club benefits the wider community it serves. Poignantly, on the day the course ran there was a major rescue on the beach. Funds generated by running this course were allocated to new resuscitation training equipment to help build the skills that several of our members had, unfortunately, to use that afternoon. (3) Advertising with approval from the Parish Council & having take advice from Cornwall Council planning department, the Club finally took advantage of the potential for revenue from advertising on the balcony. Thanks to a lot of effort from Pete Gaisford & Andy Cox, we
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Back in July I submitted a Sportscover Sponsorship grant that SLSGB encouraged clubs to apply for. This has just been successful and weve been awarded 500 for Nipper boards that will help our younger members compete with, and train on, the best equipment.

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Dave Cromie
were able to generate 1250 from what should be an on-going initiative. Based on well-timed submissions, we received several other grants during the year. Cornwall Council provided 400 that has helped provide us with a flat screen TV and AV equipment that can be used for both training and club social events. As always, the Triathlon / Aquathon weekend was one of the most important fundraising events in our diary, helping this year, in the most challenging of circumstances, to generate over 8000. Much credit & appreciation is due to everyone involved, as cancellation would have had a consequentially serious impact on the Clubs finances. This coming year, we will concentrate on finding funding to support our medium term plans to progress to a major re-design & re-build of the club facilities. This will hopefully lead to a new phase in the life of the club and enhance the development of all aspects of our work from lifesaving through to sport and community based activities. We have also started advertising through the club website for our Corporate Membership allowing businesses & organizations access to the club for training / team building which we can charge for accordingly. Some of the money raised during the year has allowed us to install a new business broadband service. We will still

find time to put the fun in fundraising as anyone who has attended one of our Pub Quizzes can confirm! Please remember that you can raise money for the Club just by sitting in front of your computer when you shop and search online at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/perranporthslc . I urge each and every club member to take two minutes to register at this site. On behalf of the Club & Committee I would like to thank all of our sponsors, donors and supporters listed at the end of this Annual Report for so generously providing raffle & competition prizes, food, venues and funding support. Finally if youd like to get more involved in fundraising at Perranporth SLSC, have suggestions or ideas or if your company or organisation is interested in partnering with us, please dont hesitate to contact me.

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Fundraising and Events

Dave Cromie
Event / Activity Triathlon / Aquathon BBQs & Catering Nippers Swimathon Bag Packs Advertising / Bannering Clothing Curry & Quiz Nights Collections & Carnival Easyfundraising Demo & Fun Days 14,880
NB: Approximate figures. Does not include grants & donations see finance report for full details.

Amount Raised 8000 1000 1100 1170 1250 400 250 1000 185 525

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Donors and Supporters

We are very grateful to the following businesses, people and organizations who have so generously supported our club this year. Thank you!
Alan Johns Jewellers The Wateringhole AK Holidays Thule AR Philp Building Contractors Ticket to Ride Bathsheba Tin Fin Restaurant Berrymans Bakery Truro School Bob Coad Winterrule/francis Clarke Boots the Chemist-Perranporth & St Ives Browns Fish & Chip Shop Camel Estate Agents Change 4 Life Chris Law Osteopath Coastal Surf Co-Op Perranporth Cornwall Council Crispin & Karen Hayden Cycle Logic Duchy Holidays Higgins Hot Rocket JR Stephens Insurance Kernow Boardriders Kernow Property Services Millstone Sound Modern Engravers Morrisons Naturally Goofy Nigel Pullen Solicitors Paul Sparks Electrical Perran Sands Holiday Park - Haven Perranporth Camping & Touring Perranporth Garden Charities Perranporth Signs & Graphics Perranzabuloe Parish Council Piran Surf Ponsmere Hotel Pure Blue Ltd RNLI Seiners Hotel Simon Lawrence Builders Skinners Brewery Snugg Wetsuits Starbucks Coffee Stevie Williams The Bolingey Inn The Cyder Farm The Filling Station

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Receipts and Payments Account

For the year ended 30 September 2011

Registered Charity No 1041075

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