ALEXANDRA HEADLAND SLSC NEWSLETTER

Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 4

Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 6

Grill’d Healthy Burgers SupportShow Grill’d your BoardiesBoardies Day is back! On Friday 22February, dig out your favouriteboardies and wear them to school, theoffice or anywhere you like. And at thesame time, raise vital funds for yourSurf Life Saving Club.This year, Boardies Day has launched aslick new website, which makesfundraising easy. We’re reallyimpressed and want everyone to getbehind it either by registering tofundraise or by donating to someoneelse who has registered.To show you how serious we are aboutthis, the Mooloolaba, Maroochydoreand Alexandra Headland Surf LifeSaving Clubs have joined forces with thenewly opened Grill’d Healthy Burgersrestaurant (in the Sunshine Plaza) tocreate a marketing campaign that willget the whole community behind us.This will include radio, press and onlineadvertising of Boardies Day in the twoweeks leading up to it, plus two specialevents to be held at the RiverwalkStage next to Grill’d at the SunshinePlaza:On Saturday 16 February, a BoardiesFashion Show will highlight the latesttrends and designer brands of boardshorts with our own Surf Life Saverstaking to the catwalk. We hope thislunchtime event will attract significantmedia interest and boost fundraising inthe lead up to Boardies Day.Then on Friday 22 February, BoardiesDay activities for families and kids will take place(again at the Riverwalk Stage), including live music,appearances by Sandy the Surf Dog, Surf Life Savingpresentations, face painting and more from 11am to3pm. During this event, volunteers can collectdonations from the public around the stage area.Donations will be shared between the three SLSC’s.Plus anyone who dines at the Grill’drestaurant in boardies that day willreceive a free burger voucher for areturn visit.During February, our local Grill’d will befundraising for the Alex, Maroochydore andMooloolaba Clubs through their Local Mattersprogram: it’s a high tech system involvingbottle tops and glass jars. When you order aburger at the Sunshine Plaza restaurant you canpop a bottle top into the jar labelled Alex SurfLife Saving Club. At the end of the month,Grill’d will count up the bottle tops and awarda donation to each Club.Every Grill’d restaurant across Australia isfundraising for Boardies Day during Februaryand supporting at least one Surf Life SavingClub. Grill’d Sunshine Plaza opted to supportall three clubs on its doorstep. Restaurantowner Cheryl Giles is working with our Club’sSurf Girls and Marketing Representatives onthis collaborative marketing campaign tomake the most of Boardies Day.What you can do:Go to www.boardiesday.com.au and registerto fundraise as an individual, team, school orcorporate organisation. It’s ridiculously easy;select the SLSC you wish to support (Alex ofcourse!), key in your details, set yourfundraising target online, then blast out yoursponsorship details to friends, family andcolleagues via email, facebook and twitter.Or, donate to someone else who is fundraisingvia online donation.Volunteer to help out at either of the eventson 16 and 22 February: we need models forthe catwalk, volunteers to collect donations andgeneral helping hands at the events. Pleasecontact Natalie Parker onadmin@natalieparker.com.au if you can help.Come to the events at Sunshine Plaza onSaturday 16 February and Friday 22 February.And don’t forget onBoardies Day toSHOW US YOURBOARDIES.Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 7

Telstra Ironwoman Cont...Home to regroup and off again forNewcastle. This time Mumma Bull,Margo and I joined her. This time itwas the ELIMINATOR. The lastfour get knocked out each rounduntil there are six left in the fourth.The Eliminator in itself adds thatextra bit of pressure, the NEED tomake it through. All was goingwell, mentally prepared for theorder of events to be Ski, Swim,Board, only to be text after briefingthat this had changed to Ski BoardSwim. So we redirected andrefocused how to mentally preparefor the Ski, Board, Swim. If you’rethinking “what does it matter?”Well, it matters when you’re younginexperienced and prepared forone think, only for it to be changedat a moment notice.So Alyssa has a great warm uplooks good, fresh, ready to go andis all smiles. We set up the ski andpaddle and Alyssa gets readyunder the tent for the bigannouncement. The weather wasboiling, water was cool, handlerswere nervously excited andemotions were running high. Liningup on the ramp with the MasterAndrew Buhk yelling “Ladies in theStarters hands” the girls setthemselves. BANG the gun goesand the race is on. Heart rates rise.Smooth ski race for Alyssa, gets offclean runs with the girls still downthe back needing to move up toavoid elimination. Straight ontothe board and still in danger ofelimination, she finished the boardleg still in 14th spot. She needs tobe in 13th or higher to stay in therace. Into her swim leg she turnsthe cans and comes into the wavezone. She cracks a wave with halfthe field, gets up, starts runningand crosses the line, top 10.Woohoo through to next round.So, regroup and refocus. BrodieMoir winner of that round choosesthe order, Ski, Board, Swim AGAIN!Ten minutes to refocus, get thebreath back, have a drink, swimdown get back on stage and goagain. Again The Master “Buhky”“Ladies in the Starters hands”BANG and they’re off, good startfor Alyssa in a good spot, coming insmooth looking good, wave builds,second guessed herself and sleweddown the wave, CRASHING intoHayley Bateup sending her flying,two other girls also lose their skis.Alyssa not knowing whether to getback on and paddle in or swim in,finally sees me waving her in leavesthe ski and swims. She arrives inlast position and needs to runthem down. Onto the board,Alyssa is still working hard. Thetension builds as the girls come inon the board, their handlers yellingat them, encouraging them. Alyssacomes in 12th place. She needs tobe in 9th place or faster to make itthrough. Immediately into thewater she swims a great racepassing Hayley Bateup. She turnsthe last can comes into the wavezone but… no waves. She swimsthe whole way back, gets up andruns… she comes in 10th butneeded to be 9th. She missesround 3 but achieved an awesomeresults. Alyssa was happy with herperformance and moved from 14thto 13th on the ladder. Needless tosay she has not made a new friendin Hayley Bateup!The next race was at the infamousPortsea. Now, Portsea is“infamous” due to the size the surfcan get to. Some years it’s nothing,other years, 10-12ft waves. Heavy,thick, waves coming fromTasmania. The water is cold anddark water. Scared yet? Wellimagine, being on a ski for one yearthinking about tackling these kindof conditions. Intimidating, scary,petrifying or all of the above.This time, Brother Bull, Sam, BigDaddy Bull, David, Shane Dalzieland myself head down to Portsea.We get out of the car and look overthe top of the cliff. OMG surf is up,but very do-able for Alyssa. Wetake Alyssa to her accommodationonly to discover she is roomingwith… Hayley Bateup. Alyssa’s facedrops, shoulders drop, it’s not agreat start.The briefing starts at 4pm. Wehead to the beach for a warm up,to feel the surf, get to know whatit’s like and what it does. We cantell the fear is rising in Alyssabecause she forgets to bring hertogs towel, cap and goggles!!! Weare trying to comfort her and saythis was good for her, picking allthe good things to see and goodthings about the surf only to thenwitness a thumper wave setcoming through. The tears start! Ilook for Buhky to find out who Icould ask to swim out with her andfind Phil Clayton. Phil talks toAlyssa and says he will swim outwith her after the briefing. A sighof relief comes over me, (andAlyssa). We attend the briefingwhere she hears the legends, KyHurst Shannon Eckstein andCourtney Hancock talking aboutthe size of the waves and breakingskis. Not really what we wantAlyssa to listen to!Phil Clayton is a legend of thesport. He has so much history andknowledge and the opportunity forAlyssa to swim out with him andbenefit from his mentoring wasinvaluable. Off they go, into the ripand it sucks them straight out theback. He tells her what to look forand what to do in differentsituations. She is now smiling,HOORAY. She goes out on herboard again flying out in the rip.Hair dry, easy. Done !!!Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 8

Telstra Ironwoman Cont...Standing on the beach talking toTrevor Hendy and Phil Claytonwhen Phil says he remembered thefirst time he saw Portsea, he criedand Trevor did exactly what Phildid for Alyssa. Now that is the signof true champions, passing onknowledge to help the young gunscome through.Race day comes, Phil's words toAlyssa are “It’s only water.” Offshe goes for a warm up swim withSam, sucked out in the rip again,around the cans and back in.Shane waxes the board and ski toprovide more grip for theconditions. Alyssa goes out on theboard. She flies out, smooth, cleannot a care in the world. Then ontothe ski, with more wax thannormal, she gets SMASHED by theshore dump, tears roll down,Shane explains the need for morewax, but she didn’t like it. Shanewaved me down to help with thetears and to explain about the wax.I tell her it’s like a seat belt withthat much wax in these conditions,but Alyssa still doesn’t like it. I tellher “great athletes adjust, so todayis the day to be a great athlete.”She gets on still not happy, wigglesaround but off she goes and makesit out clean and smooth. Tensionsare rising in all areas. Alyssa comesin and Sam sets the up ski readyfor the race. We discuss the raceplan and the instructions. The fearis still evident in Alyssa's eyes butshe gets warm by putting a hotwater bottle inside her jacket.“OK Ladies you’re on… line it up”were the words from theorganisers.The ski leg is first, girls areshivering, fear in a lot of eyes, eventhe legends, they knew whatPortsea can deliver. The gun goes,they grab their skis and run downto the rip. Some more so thanothers, Shane yelling “Get On”,she’s on clean no wiggling, she getssucked out in the rip wavesforming out the back, tension onthe beach. “She needs to commit,she needs to go now, bloody hell”were some words being said. She’sout over the last wave. Remembersome of these waves are huge, thetip of the ski to the end of the skicover the face of the wave. What agreat start. Now to get in, NaomiFlood the Olympian takes controlof the first leg makes it look easy.Alyssa comes in smooth justslightly losing it at the end. Thenshe’s into her favourite leg; theboard. She goes with the packaround the cans. Theses cans are aLONG way out. Paddling well,comes to the wave zone, Alyssadoesn’t want to take the wave butPortsea had a different idea, it tookher and she had to commit. It wasa BIG one, down she went and heldit. Well done. Now into the swimleg. She goes in with the group andmust be tired now. This is twicethe distance of a normalIronwoman race. Keeping up withthe pack and looking for a wave,but no avail, so Alyssa swims thewhole way in, finishing in 14thspot.“OK ladies you have 10mins, getyourselves warm and ready to go.”Alyssa goes for swim down, niceand easy, gets her breath backready to do it all again. This time itwas Board, Swim, Ski. She takes offon the board, this time committing,listening to Shane, in 4th placegoing around the distant cans, intothe wave zone just behind the top3 girls pushing for a wave. Justmisses the wave and the other 3get it. Now she looks behind herand a boomer has formed,everyone riding the same wave 13girls on this boomer. They come in,chaos in the transition, boardsgoing everywhere, Sam getsswamped. Off she goes into theswim, gets a mouth full of water,still pushing forward coughing andspluttering. Once she gets intorhythm she swims well. There isstill no wave for her on the wayback in and she swims the wholeway. Now for the ski leg. Againthe handlers and coaches areyelling about where to go andwhen to get on. Alyssa is on andstarts paddling with just the tips ofthe paddle going in the water,Shane yells ”just commit to it”,waves forming, she goes over thefirst over and clears the second,SHE’S OUT. Sigh of relief, now sheraces the other girls. She has agreat ski leg comes in smooth,holding it together, this timepaddles down the wave. She musthave listened to Shane’s advice toget in front of the white water. Shepulls away from the other girls, hasa little roll off at the end butfinishes strong coming in 7thbeating some big names likeHayley Bateup and Brodie Moir.BIG smiles, BIG sigh of relief and ahuge weight off her shoulders.She did it! She faced her fears andconquered them. It was aremarkable effort.Alyssa is homeward bound for thenext three carnivals. Join the Bull‘Stampede’ and come to supportAlyssa at the following venues.Make sure you wear somethingORANGE to show Alyssa how muchsupport she has.Surfers Paradise on 9 FebruaryCoolum on 17 February andNoosa 24 February for the final.A very big thank you to Alex SurfLife SavingClub and AlexSupportersClub - Youguys do anawesome job.Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 9

Nipper TrainingSprints, Flags & BoardsMONDAY - Boards @ the Spit4.30pm for U8s-U13s.Beginners to AdvancedTuesday - Sprints @ Immanuel4.30pm for U8s-U13s.Wednesday - Boards @ Alex4.30pm for U8s-U13s.Intermediate & Advanced ONLYThursday - Flags @ Alex4.30pm for U8s-U13s.SaturdayBoard/ Iron Training @ Alex7.30am for U8s-U13s.Intermediate & Advanced ONLYStrength &ConditioningMon, Wed, Thur in the Gym4.30pm - 5.15pmOpen to all active, proficientlifesaving members from U15to Masters. Contact ChrisTurner on 0438 310 500.Surf Rescue TrainingTraining has started again Tues& Thurs nights 6-7pm.Everyone from U14s to Masterswelcome.Contact Peter White if you haveany questions: 0417748252U14 - Masters Sprint& Flags TrainingWe have started back atImmanuel Lutheran College.Training for the Beachies will beas follows:Tuesday 5pm at ImmanuelThursday 5pm at Alex BeachSaturday 7.00 at ImmanuelCheck this section each monthfor updated training times.Ski/ Board/ IronU14 - MastersMon 5.30am - Ski/ Kayak (Lake)Mon 4.15pm - Board (M’ba Spit)Tue 5.30am - Ski/ Kayak (Lake)Tue 4.15pm - Ski (Clarke Park)Wed 5.45am - Board/ Ski (Alex)Wed 4pm - Gym followed by4.30pm Board (Alex)Thu 5.30am - Ski/ Kayak (Lake)Thu 4.15pm - Ski (Alex)Fri 5.30am - Ski/ Kayak (River)Fri 4.15pm - Ocean Swim (Alex)Sat 5.45am Ski/ 7.30am Iron(Alex)Sat 1pm - Board/ SkiSat 3pm - Paddle BackBeach FitnessSessionsTUESDAY & THURSDAYMORNINGS 5.15AM SHARPWe are back on the beachstarting 18 September. Bringyour board if you have one.Meet near the patrol tower tosign in at 5.15. Sessions startearlier in the summer.NB: if there’s rain… wedon’t train.Club Swim NightTuesday nights atCotton TreeAquatic Centre5.30-6.30pmSwim programs & strokecorrection provided. Bring akickboard, pull buoy & fins.Cost: $4.10 pool entryMonday Night Yoga6.00-7.00pm in the training room. $10 casual visit or $80/ 10 visit pass .Questions - contact Maxine on 0404 867 855. Everyone welcome.Newsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 10

Upcoming CoursesAlex SLSC in partnership withthe Sunshine Coast Branch willbe running some courses in thenext few months.Trainers & AssessorsSilver Medallion IRB DriverIRB CrewOur Club needs more IRBDrivers and would love moreof your to gain this award tohelp with patrols & watersafety.If you hold either IRB award,you can also start competing inthe fun IRB Competition - seeBrittany Nolan for moredetails.We also encourage membersto become Club Trainers.Again, we need more trainersand would appreciate it if youcould help out with training.Courses will be run in lateJanuary/ early February 2013.RSVP to the Club office.ENTERTAINMENTUpstairs Main BarWhat’s On at SupportersFriday Night 8.00pmSaturday Night8th Unleaded 9th Back 2 Back15th Pop Culture 16th The Undercovers22th Da Funkta 23rd Brian Carlon DuoBluff Bar & Function RoomSunday 2.00pm3rd Olivia Robbins Duo 10th Olivia Ruth17th Rach & Mal 24th Aliza HoganDINING & EVENTSEveryday Coffee & slice $5.00 10am-12pm & 3-5pmLookout restaurant lunch from $10.00Mondays 200g rump steak, chips & salad $14.95Wednesdays 200g chicken schnitzel, chips and mini Caesar $12.50Friday Lunch Beef, bacon, salad, onions & chips on Turkish $10.50Sundays Bucket of prawns with garlic aioli & a Corona $22Mon - Thurs Bar happy hour 4-5pm & pineapple club 4-6pmBluff Bar Tapas menu available from 3pm Fri, Sat and SunSLS CLUB MEMBER SPECIALS2nd Saturday Every month - $6.50 breakfast in the Bluff BarSundays Active member food specials + Active members drawFREE kids meal/ garlic bread or sticky date pudding with any main mealCourtesy Bus Available: North (0408 436 677) South (0409 436 677)Any closer to the beach ...and you‘d have sand in your togsPlease Support our Fantastic Sponsors12WebsiteA1 Bin CleanersAJ Steel Pty LimitedAlex Beach Cabins & Tourist ParkAlexandria ApartmentsAll Age Business MachinesAnytime FitnessARC AirconditioningAugello’s Ristorante & PizzeriaBaird Air & ElectricalBeach Hut Screen PrintingBank of QueenslandBendigo Business BankingBluescope SteelBrandon & Gullo LawyersBroadlink Equipment FinanceBugg-R-OffBundilla PharmacyCampaign GroupCarlton United BrewersChemist Warehouse Alex HeadsClub PartnersCocoa-Cola AmatilCumulus TechnologiesDepartment of Community SafetyDepartment of Emergency ServicesDPMADrummond GolfFuji Xerox Business CentreHeadland TropicanaHot FMImpact Office SuppliesIndigo Grill RestaurantJDBA John Dunn Building ApprovalsJTC Consulting Engineers Pty LimitedKawana HardwareKook Multi MediaLife Time TimbersM&B Rigging Australia Pty LtdMailezyMandolin ResortMastercut MeatsMcDonaldsMeatworld & Fishworld MaroochydoreMitre 10 Kunda ParkNails By JanineOge Group ArchitectsOptus 'yes' ShopPacific Motor GroupPerren & Penny PlumbingPFD Food Services Pty LtdPitchers Hospitality SuppliesPlantcarePrime RadioQPOS SystemsRays OutdoorsReed Property GroupRoofing Revamped Sunshine CoastSouthern Cross AustereoSplish Purified WaterStephen Mason PlumbingStorage ChoiceSunscoast CabsSuncoast FreshSuncoast SheetmetalSunshine Coast CouncilSunshine ToyotaSunstructSurfcoast SeafoodSwim FactoryThe Pastry Chef PatisserieTJS Cleaning ServicesTrent Brumby Sports PhysiotherapyWestpac Banking CorporationYLD Property InvestmentsNewsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 11

Donations needed for theSunshine CoasthomelessAny of the followingwould be greatlyappreciatedSheetsBlanketsSleeping BagsSocksScarvesBeanie HatsPlease bring clean, serviceable donations to Sharon at theAlex Supporters Club Foyer.SHARE A LITTLEWARMTHWITH SOMEONE THIS WINTERNewsletter of the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club www.alexsurfclub.com.au Page 12