Annual Report And Financial Statements 2017-2018

SLS SYDNEY BRANCHLife MembersTed Brooker OAM, Ron Pears OAM, Maurice Cornelius (Bill) Singleton (dec.), William Gray (dec.), Mike Batty PSMPresident’s Medal RecipientsRobyn Allan, Mike Batty PSM, Ron Hegarty, Arthur White (dec.)Board of Surf SportsRobyn Allan, Kelli Blayney, Martin Bryce, Peter Carney, Seggie Chetty, Wayne Druery, Anna Elliot, Michelle Fretten,Darren Galea, Leanne Galea, Amber Garcia, Javier Garcia, David Greig, Matt Gentle, Ron Hegarty, Karlene Hughes,Kay Hutchison, Paul Kempton, Peter King, Tuula Kuusela, Norm Muddle, Lisa Muir, Dennis Parker,Ronald Pears OAM, Jodie Pritchard, Lee Summers, Julie Walmsley, Andrew Watson, Kristen Wild, Kate WoodJudiciary CommitteeRon HegartyFinance and Compliance CommitteeRon HegartyEducation ManagerDavid KowaldRWC CoordinatorAndrew McKellarDuty OfficersMatt Gentle, Jackson Towns, Darren GaleaSLS NSWLife MembersTed Brooker OAM, William Gray (dec.)Ron Pears OAM, Maurice (Bill) Singleton (dec.)Judiciary CommitteeIan D TollSLS AUSTRALIALife MembersRon Pears OAM, Maurice (Bill) Singleton (dec.)President’s Medal RecipientTed Brooker OAMElouera Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated

Elouera Sharks JDC Office Bearers for 2017–18PATRONBrian Thompson OAMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ELOUERA SLSCPeter Carney6s and 7s COORDINATORVacantDIRECTOR OF JUNIOR DEVELOPMENTMick RandazzoCADET LIAISON OFFICERKiara SummersDEPUTY CHAIRMAN JDCCraig HolmesUNIFORM MANAGERJulie WalmsleyJDC SECRETARYKaren TsoumbarousWATER SAFETY CAPTAINAdam CawleyJDC FINANCE CONTROLLERMark SummersMARCH PAST MANAGER/COACHMoira LoaderJDC SPORTS MANAGERMatt ElliottR&R MANAGERKaren TsoumbarasJDC EDUCATION OFFICERJulie WalmsleyWEB MASTERCameron ByrneJDC ASSISTANT SECRETARYRebecca BaconCONSTITUTION OFFICERVacantASSISTANT FINANCE CONTROLLERGlen StortenbekerPUBLICITY OFFICERVacantJDC ASSISTANT SURF SPORTS MANAGERReid HanningtonGEAR STEWARD SET UP/COORDINATORBrad WardrobeRECORDERLeanne LaffanAWARDS OFFICERJulie WalmsleyJDC REGISTRARMoira LoaderOFFICALS COORDINATORAmber GarciaASSISTANT REGISTRARJoanne StortenbekerSTATE UNIFORMSAnna ElliottBEACH MANAGERChris DavisBBQ & CANTEEN COORDINDATORSPete Nolan & Natalie ChandlerBOARD CAPTAINVacantEVENTS MANAGERRebecca BaconWATER MANAGERDarryl ChapmanSYDNEY BRANCH DELEGATEMichael Randazzo/Craig HolmesFUNDRAISINGGlen Stortenbecker/Leanne BarlowJUNIOR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE LIFE MEMBERS(This honour is no longer awarded)W.Bennett†, N. Breen†, T. Cropp†, C. Christiansen†, J Godfrey, B. Olson, R. Stanley†, A. White†(† Deceased)Annual Report 2017/201811

Patron’s MessageThe past season has been one of outstanding achievements for the Elouera SLSC bothin lifesaving and competition. This has been followed up by the completion of thebuilding works and the opening of a café. Patrols at Elouera this season have beenexcellent and for a club to be able to have 12 patrols available for beach patrol onlygoes to show the strength of the club. Our club was justifiably rewarded at the recentSydney Branch Awards of Excellence winning the Cronulla District Patrol EfficiencyTrophy. The high quality of lifesaving by Elouera members was reflected in JacksonTowns winning the Life Saver of the Year at the Sydney Branch Awards of Excellence.In competition, the Australian Titles saw two Elouera Members, Chris King and Jake Evans win the BoardRescue for the third consecutive year. Not since the days of our Open surf teams has this happened. What anamazing achievement! Not to be out done, the boat section won Elouera’s first ever gold medal in surf boatevents taking out the Reserve Grade Boat. Congratulation to Rory Gillespie, Matt Guy, Joel Zamek, Mic Henryand Grant Wilkinson. What a great honour to represent your country, Michael Hanna, after an outstandingseason, being selected in the Australian Youth Team to compete at The World Titles in South Australia andour Ladies Open Boat Crew (Emma Gillespie, Tara Lal, Samantha Hewitt, Sarah Hill and Grant Wilkinson)who represented Australia at the ASRL Championships held at Elouera Beach. Chris King and Jake Evans alsorepresented Australia at the International Surf Rescue Challenge held in New Zealand.What a year for the Nippers, winning the NSW Junior Championships Pointscore. This only happened oncebefore in Elouera’s history at Kingscliff in 1982. To win this Pointscore does not just happen, it takes a lotof planning and then implementing that plan. Excellent coaching facilities were put in place and all NipperCompetitors had the benefit of the knowledge of the chosen coaches. To top that off, one of our EloueraNippers, Sophie Burns, was named Junior Lifesaver of the Year. Congratulation to Michael and his committeeon an outstanding year. You all should feel proud of your achievements.Sydney Branch Awards of Excellence saw Elouera SLSC win the Club of the Year, and as I said in a post onFacebook: “It takes a big club all-round effort to win this award”. Congratulations to Peter Carney and hisBoard of Management for their guidance on all facets of club activities. Without this we may not have wonthis prestigious award. Our club is now in a very strong financial position with income from three venues. Allof this has come about due to the good management of our Board of Management.Elouera SLSC members and past members celebrated 50 years since the formation of the club at a functionheld in the Washington Lounge. The function was attended by many past and present members. MC SteveEdge did an excellent job calling on various members of the club over the past 50 years to speak on theirtime in the club. It was an excellent night for all who attended. Congratulations to the Organising Committeefor the time they put in to making the function a success.The Elouera SLSC is very fortunate to have good sponsors. Our relationship with our major sponsor TheTradies has now been in place for 35 years which I think is some type of record. To Tradies President DennisMcHugh and his Board, my personal thanks for your support over those years. Not to be forgotten is anotherlong-time sponsor, Tom Breen, whose continuous support of our Boat Section would be unequalled in anyother surf club. Tom’s donations of surf boats on a regular basis is greatly appreciated by all members of theElouera Club. Thanks also to the many sponsors who appear on our Sponsors Board at the front of the club.On a sadder note during the season we lost Les Hardy, one of our Life Members. This will be a great loss toour club as Les was a part of the furniture at Elouera. He always had time to have a chat or pass on his greatknowledge to the younger members. We will all remember Les as a good bloke who always had the time tohelp others, the club will not seem the same without Les around.When you look back over the past season at the things Elouera SLSC has achieved, you should all feel veryproud as members of this great club for without your contributions none of this would be possible. Tohold the position of Patron of this great club is a privilege and an honour I hold dearly and get so muchsatisfaction.Brian Thompson OAMLife Member, Patron Elouera SLSCElouera Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated

Director of AdministrationIt gives me great pleasure to present to you the 2017-18 Annual Report and FinancialStatements of the Elouera Surf Life Saving Club.It has been an exceptional year for achievements across a range of activities, and whatis most pleasing to me is that these achievements were reliant on the club workingtogether.Four things come to mind when I think of what the club has achieved this year: theimplementation of the Yellow Fins Nippers program; receipt of the Club of the Year, Life Saver of the Yearand Junior Life Saver of the Year awards at the Surf Life Saving Sydney Awards of Excellence; the successfulconduct, in huge seas, of the ASRL Team Navy Australian Championships; and our JDC team winning the NSWAge Championships.The hard work of club directors, the JDC, patrol captains and all members built the basis of our successes thisseason. Your ongoing support has been very much appreciated.Here is an overview of the club’s activities and achievements over the season.Club OperationsOur core activity is that of lifesaving and the protection of the community that chooses to come to Bate Bay.To do that, consistent with our charitable purpose, we provide educational opportunities to members tobecome proficient in lifesaving awards.Our lifesaving activities have again been led by Cameron Simpson and his 12 patrol captains, who are listedelsewhere in this report, and it is with pleasure that again we can report ‘no lives lost’.For the season ended April 2018, there were 357 educational awards in the Under 6 to Under 13 age groups,and 169 awards to older age groups. Elouera also provided lifesaving to the community that uses EloueraBeach in excess of 9,387 hours voluntary service, resulting in 374 preventative actions, 24 rescues and 47 firstaid treatments.The following members are recognised for their commitment in undertaking significant patrol hours: Andrew McKellar 108 hours Glenn Cairncross 82 hours Warren Smith 81 hours Darren Galea 78 hours Paul Laffan 71 hoursThe hours shown above include Elouera members’ contributions to the Branch Support Operations Group,Support Ski Operators and as Duty Officers where applicable. Elouera also makes a contribution to WaterSafety at State but those hours are not available for inclusion in this report.On 22 October, a large group gathered to welcome Elouera’s popular boat sponsor Tom Breen, who wouldchristen his 10th family boat, the Charlotte Breen X. The Breen Family began their sponsorship in 1967 withthe Charlotte Breen 1. In the following 50 years, Tom Breen Senior, followed by his son Tom, has continued tohave faith in the Elouera boaties with the sponsorship of ten surf boats.At the start of the nipper season a Child Protection Team’ was formed to work together within all areas ofthe club, with its main objective being to create and provide the safest environment for our kids. The teamapproach is consistent with advice received from SLSA that an effective ratio of trained member protectionpersonnel is 1 per 100 members.December saw Elouera hosting both the Bate Bay inter-club carnival on 3 December, followed by the annualOhana carnival on 9 December.The Training and Education team started the season with great impetus, continuing the great work of priorseasons. Unfortunately work commitments led to the resignation of our Director of Education mid-season,Annual Report 2017/201813

translating in a drop of awards across the board in comparison to last season. We look forward to a bounceback in 2018-19. Thank you to Glenn Cairncross for assuming these duties.On 6 April 2018, the IRB section conducted a ceremony to mark the launch of the ‘David Kowald’, in honourof David’s significant contribution to the club across many areas. The ceremony was attended by thegenerous donor of the IRB, Phillip Holt and Suzanne Stanton from the Holt Estate.The Surf Life Saving Sydney Awards of Excellence were presented at a function held at Coogee on 26 May2018. Elouera nominated a number of members for awards and congratulations to those members whoattained awards on the night.The club’s nominations were:Club of the YearSurf Life Saver of the Year – Jackson TownsVolunteer of the Year – Darren GaleaMasters Athlete of the Year – Jordan AndersenSurf Sports Team of the Year – Wilko Open Women’s Boat Crew(Sarah Hill, Tara Lal, Emma Gillespie, Samantha Hewitt and sweep Grant Wilkinson) Young Athlete of the Year – Michael Hanna JDC Female Lifesaver of the Year – Sophie Burns JDC Team of the Year – U14 Male Beach Relay(Lachlan Crossle, Max Geronimo, Kya Laffan and Peter Thoroughgood) JDC Athlete of the Year (9-10 yrs) – Emily-Summer Nguyen JDC Athlete of the Year (11-12 yrs) – Bella Summers JDC Athlete of the Year (13-14 yrs) – Max Geronimo Official of the Year – Robyn Allan Coach of the Year – Grant WilkinsonWe were successful in the following awards: President’s Award – Ron HegartyClub of the Year – Elouera SLSCSurf Lifesaver of the Year – Jackson TownsJDC Female Lifesaver of the Year – Sophie BurnsArea Patrol Efficiency (Cronulla/Sutherland) – Elouera SLSCSurf Sports Team of the Year – Wilko Open Women’s Boat Crew (Sarah Hill, Tara Lal, Emma Gillespie,Samantha Hewitt and sweep Grant Wilkinson)The following club members have served the lifesaving movement over many years and they will bepresented with their SLSA Long Service Awards at the Annual General Meeting: National Patrol Service Award for 10 Years 100 per cent attendance: Lauren Hall, Glenn Cairncross, DavidKowald, Paul Seymour, Warren Smith and Andrew Sugerman.Elouera continues its support and contribution to Surf Life Saving Sydney activities and remains prominent inLifesaving, Education, Surf Sports and the Support Operations Group.The following Elouera members contributed their time to Sydney Branch’s Support Ski Services: GlennCairncross, Javier Garcia, Matt Gentle, Thomas Hollywood, Andrew McKellar, Kym Pennell, Jackson Towns andLachlan Towns.These members contributed 213 hours or 19 per cent of the total 1,422 (up from 914 in 2016-17) performedby the Surf Life Saving Sydney Support Skis. Most of these members gained 100 patrol efficiency with theElouera Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated

Group. Elouera members alsoperformed many hours at thebranch and state titles. AndrewMcKellar performed the roleof branch RWC Co-ordinatorfor the season and trained newdrivers during the winter withthe assistance of Jackson Towns.Michael Batty performed therole of CSDC Assistant Life SavingSupervisor.The following Elouera memberscontributed their time as DutyOfficers for Sydney Branch: MattGentle, Darren Galea and JacksonTowns.Commercial OperationsOver the course of the current season the club executed its strategy of achieving a diversified revenue streamfrom its commercial operations. The final piece in the puzzle was the completion of the stage 2 buildingworks and appointing an operator for the café.The works were completed on time and under budget, with total borrowings for the works peaking at 450,000. The newly appointed café operator, Bianchini’s, then completed its fitout allowing the café to openin time for the start of the season in September 2017.Rent revenue received from the two sublease holders, Summer Salt Restaurant and Bianchini’s Café, was inline with budget. Revenue from the Washington Lounge was slightly higher again over the strong increasesnoted in 2016-17. This has allowed Elouera to pay down the stage 2 loan faster than anticipated, and oncurrent trends it should be cleared by the end of the 2018-19 season.As noted last year the performance of the lounge has resulted from the hard work of Brian ThompsonOAM and it is time for the club to ease Brian’s workload. To that end we have appointed Karlene Hughes asFunctions and Office Manager, responsible for both the commercial operations of the Washington Loungeand the office administration team. Kay Hutchison has also been employed to assist Karlene. An upgrade ofoffice equipment and furniture is currently underway.SupportersThe club extends its thanks to our Federal Member Mr Scott Morrison, Treasurer, and his State colleague MrMark Speakman SC, Attorney-General, for their continued support of the club.The Sutherland Shire Council continues its support and assistance to Elouera and we extend our thanks inparticular to General Manager Scott Phillips for continuing the Council’s generous support of the four BateBay clubs.It has been said in previous years, but the co-operation, support and assistance provided by Brett Richardson,Manager of Public Safety and Lifeguard Services and his team of lifeguards is outstanding. This was clearlydemonstrated to all parties when Elouera hosted the ASRL Team Navy Australian Championships in big seasin February, but it is a year-round partnership that consistently delivers a safe aquatic environment for thepublic.It is also appropriate that I acknowledge our major sponsor, The Sutherland District Trade Union Club(‘Tradies’) for its continued and valued support. This sponsorship has been going for in excess of threedecades and is greatly appreciated and valued by all members of Elouera.Annual Report 2017/201815

The Tradies sponsorship continues to provide funds for the purchase of lifesaving and competitionequipment, and support for The Tradies – Elouera Surf Awareness Clinic, which completed its 36th year. ToPresident Dennis McHugh, his Board of Directors, both Tim McAleer and Jason McMaster who served asChief Executive Officer/General Manager this year, and their team, I would like to express our gratitude andappreciation for your continued support of Elouera and we look forward to our continued collaboration.Special thanks also to: Sutherland Mazda, Tom Breen from Breen Holdings, Phillip Holt from Holt Estate,Michael and Freya Vimpany from Illawarra Blinds and Awnings, and Kym and Brett Richardson from OhanaOcean Athletics for their tremendous support of Elouera, particularly the Elouera Nippers. This contributesimmensely to the training and education of our youth.Dr John Donnellan from the Bondi SkinCancer Clinic again volunteered his timein May to provide initial skin cancerassessments for club members. Given therisks of sun exposure to our patrollingmembers this is an extremely valuableservice.To the club’s many other sponsors/supporters, who are listed elsewhere inthis Report, our thanks for your supportwithout which it would be difficult toprovide for the education and trainingof members who ultimately provideprotection to the community.Peter and the BOM,I would like to just say thank you for organisingthe Skin Cancer checks. During the screeningthe doctor found a mark on my forehead whichhe suggested that I go and see my GP about. Abiopsy identified a Basal Cell cancer which has nowbeen removed. My Doctor said that it was a greatpick up as the mark was difficult to identify.I would most likely not have had a skin check ifit had not been for Club, so from

McDonald’s Caringbah Melanie Ingram Art and Design Ohana Ocean Athletics Peak Health Position Partners Ritchies IGA Riley Balsawood Surfboards Roads and Maritime Services Servcorp Administration Soilco Sutherland District Trade Union Club (The Tradies) Sutherland Mazda Sutherland Shire Council Toll Group Total Water Westfield Miranda, Centre .