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Nippers - Youth and
Leadership Development (Y&LD)
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Principal Sponsors of the Nippers
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The Point Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club was a pioneer in Victorian Surf
Life Saving when the then Club Captain,
John Turner commenced a program
for junior surf life savers in 1967 after seeing a similar program in the United States.
This training program was a major initiative to the Club as it trained
children in surf awareness, surf life saving competition, basic first aid
and resuscitation, as well as being an avenue to membership recruitment.
Over time, this area has developed to become a major focus of Surf Life
Saving across Australia.
The Point Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club bases the Nipper program at the
Santa Casa Beach Queenscliff.
Children can join Point Lonsdale's Nippers at any age from U/8
(7yrs) to U/14 (13yrs). Age groups in Surf Life Saving are determined by
the age you are on 1st October each year. Please
note that children must be a minimum age of 7 years, as of midnight, 30th
September to join Point
Lonsdale's Nippers. We do not offer an Under 6 or
Under 7 program.
Nippers start learning about surf awareness and safety through the
SurfEd program. They are also able to participate in board paddling,
surfing, swimming, running, wading and other fun activities and games.
Practising these skills allows children to compete in Club, Regional and
State Surf Life Saving Carnivals representing their Club. Surf Life Saving
Australia also conducts development camps in every state.
The
Nipper program is not a learn to swim program
and your child (ren) should be confident in swimming in ocean conditions. To give you an idea of the
swimming capabilities expected, each child should be able to swim the
following distances without stopping and complete a survival float for the
time specified.
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Age
Group
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Preliminary
Evaluation
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Under
8
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25
metre swim, (any stroke). 1 minute survival float.
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Under
9
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25
metre swim, (any stroke). 1 minute survival float.
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Under
10
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25
metre swim, (freestyle). 1 ½ minute survival float.
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Under
11
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50 metre
swim, (freestyle). 2 minute survival float.
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Under
12
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100
metre swim, (freestyle). 2 minute survival float.
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Under
13
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150
metre swim, (freestyle). 3 minute survival float.
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Under
14
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200 metre
swim, (freestyle, in less than 5 minutes). 3 minute survival float.
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Season 2009 / 2010 Nippers
Please note that
there are NO remaining places in the Season 2009 / 2010 Nippers.
What a fantastic Season … we have reached capacity in
all age groups. We look forward to seeing all registered Nippers on Sunday 27th of December for Nipper
Orientation between 4:00pm and
6:00pm at the Santa Casa Beach
Base Queensclfif.
On Nipper Orientation all Nippers will receive their free
rashie and be given a schedule for the Nipper program. Surf life
saving caps can be purchased for $10, if you haven't already ordered
one. It is a requirement that all Nippers wear these during all water
activities, failure to do so will require the Nipper to sit the
activity out. As you can imagine on a busy beach we like to keep a
head count on our Nippers in the water at all times. Most importantly
Nipper Orientation Day will be a great opportunity for our
Nippers to have a play on the beach, meet their friends and grab a
sausage. Parents will also be able to sign up on our
volunteer roster if they haven’t already done so.
If you would like to volunteer ahead of time please email Kirsten Macleod at vpyld@pointlonsdaleslsc.asn.au or phone on 0409 017 050.
Should
you have any queries regarding enrolments / membership please visit our Joining Information page, or contact the
Club Office by telephone on 5258 1257.
If
you have any further specific queries (not queries to do with enrolments /
joining the Club) about the Point Lonsdale SLSC Nipper program, please
e-mail our Vice President (Y&LD), Kirsten MacLeod at vpyldatpointlonsdaleslscdotasndotau (Replace the
‘at’ and ‘dot’s’ when e-mailing !)
We are providing images from some Nipper Championships (and the Nipper
Program in general) via the Internet. To protect the privacy of our
members, only current members (or their parents) will be permitted to have
access to a password protected site where they can view these images. If
you wish to apply for this access, please e-mail the Club Secretary,
Matthew Ponsford - secretaryatpointlonsdaleslscdotasndotau who will verify
that you are a member / parent of a Nipper and then access details will be
provided once your membership has been verified.
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