Surf Life Saving Tasmania in Mornington | Non-profit organisation

Surf Life Saving Tasmania

Locality: Mornington

Phone: +61 3 6216 7800

Address: 100 Mornington Road 7178 Mornington, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.slst.asn.au

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24.01.2022 We are now taking nominations for members who are interested in completing Silver Medallion Beach Management training. If your a current or aspiring Patrol Captain, Lifeguard or Lifeguard Supervisor who doesnt already hold this award, this is for you! All the information including prerequisites and nomination link are available in Circular 20-21:... https://www.slst.asn.au//20-21-sm-beach-management-nominat Nominations Close: 9th September 2020, 9am

24.01.2022 SLST Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/slst/q662kacfjw-1300818

23.01.2022 SLST Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/slst/q662kacfjw-1300834

23.01.2022 It's great to see our very own Surf Life Savers involved in a National Campaign!

22.01.2022 Lifeguards and Community Education Instructors - APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON! Apply today to make a difference in the Tasmanian community and assist in the delivery of lifeguard services and community education programs this summer. Apply at: slst.wufoo.com/forms/m2q93lt1wdft4u/... Applications close: 26th August 2020 - dont miss out!

20.01.2022 Youth Surf Life Saver of the Year and the nominees are: - Murphy Knowles (Ulverstone Surf Life Saving Club) - Jenna Stacey (Clifton Beach Surf Life Saving Club) - Rhys Evans (Bicheno Surf Life Saving Club)... - Connor van der Ploeg (Burnie Surf Life Saving Club) - Angus Burton (Penguin SLSC) - Lachlan Frame (Port Sorell) - Katarina Cubit (Kingston Beach SLSC) What a fantastic group of young life savers! #AOE2020

20.01.2022 SLST Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/slst/q662kacfjw-1300874 Featured this week: - Adopt an Hour Fundraising Campaign - Surf Life Saving Inclusive Beaches Programs - SLSA and Minions Partnership... - COVID Safety Reminder - Surf Festival - Time to Prepare See more

20.01.2022 All life jackets in use on Tasmanian boats will need to adhere to the new standard AS4758.1 by January 1st 2021 Life Jackets made to AS 4758.1 will display the following levels: Level 150 Level 100... Level 50 Level 50S (Special Purpose) An approved life jacket must be provided for each person on board. It is compulsory to wear a life jacket in any recreational motor boat or motor-propelled tender that is under six (6) metres in length whilst under power. It is also compulsory for children under the age of 12 years to wear a life jacket in a recreational motor boat or motor-propelled tender of any length while under power. A life jacket does not need to be worn within a deckhouse, cabin or secure enclosed space. Life Jackets are also compulsory in a lightweight craft which includes kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddle boards, dinghies (tenders). For more information on Life Jacket regulations in Tasmania see: https://www.mast.tas.gov.au/recreatio/boating/life-jackets/

20.01.2022 A big thanks to Boat Harbour SLSC and Wynyard Marine Rescue Unit responding to a callout yesterday afternoon at Anniversary Bay which is between Sisters Beach and Rocky Cape, a fast response from both services allowed for a sweep of the area to be completed in under 2 hours from Tas Police notification, well done to all involved. The SLST assets were coordinated from Hobart with the tracking of the radios, which was being fed in real time to the emergency services platform for Taspolice to view as required.

19.01.2022 Happy #feelgoodfriday Over the past few weeks members of the Tasmanian Surf Sports Development Squad (TSSDS) completed initial fitness testing at squad sessions held in the North and South of the State. This testing will set the base line data to be used by the regional coaches to develop development opportunities for the squad in the lead up to our summer competition season See the SLST Surf Sports Calendar on our website for more information about upcoming events: https://www.slst.asn.au/surf-sports/surf-sports-calendar/

19.01.2022 Beach to Bush 2020 is coming to your area! Know a teacher? Tag them below Our community educators will begin their state-wide tour in Term 4 and are aiming to visit every primary school in Tasmania to present our free Beach to Bush program to grade 1 and 2 students either in person at your school or via zoom! Dont miss out on this opportunity to have this free program presented at your school! Make sure your local school signs up using this link: https://slst.wufoo.com/for...ms/m1m7jpl80f775yy/ Registrations will shut 4pm Friday 28th August 2019. Not a teacher for this age category? We run other school programs too, including First aid awareness, Ready-Set-Rescue and more... check them out here: http://www.slst.asn.au/training-education/school-programs/

19.01.2022 SLST COVID-19 Update | 6 August 2020 - https://mailchi.mp//slst-covid-safe-newsletter-6-august-20

16.01.2022 Surf Life Saving Tasmania is calling for nominations from active members who wish to complete course/(s) in Training and Assessment. The majority of training will be offered in an exciting new online delivery format. Further information and nomination form is available at: https://www.slst.asn.au/clubs-members/member-education/

15.01.2022 #FeelGoodFriday Let's ensure our beaches are inclusive this summer! Surf Life Saving Tasmania delivers disability inclusion programs through the Inclusive Beaches Program, like Starfish Nippers. It is time to get involved..... Clubs, send us through your plans to share and those that are keen to volunteer, express your interest.... For further information, read our circular here: https://www.slst.asn.au//20-33-inclusive-beaches-programs.

15.01.2022 Coach of the Year and the nominees are: - Andrew Towns (Penguin Surf Life Saving Club) - Craig Machen (Burnie Surf Life Saving Club) - Craig Sly (Clifton Beach Surf Life Saving Club)... We extend a huge thank you to all our coaches for their dedication throughout the past season. #AOE2020

15.01.2022 Surf Life Saving Tasmania are excited to launch our newest innovation into CPR training, our new Laerdal Australia and New Zealand QCPR manikins provide live feedback to both participants and trainers to ensure you are ready to provide first response in an emergency situation. SLST are now taking registrations for public First Aid (HLTAID003) and CPR (HLTAID001) courses across the state. Register online now at www.slst.asn.au/training-education/first-aid-and-cpr/ ... Check out how the QCPR manikins make our first aid training so engaging here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1dMVvfQWFw&feature=youtu.be

15.01.2022 Surf Life Saver of the Year and the nominees are: - Nicholas Canales (Penguin Surf Life Saving Club) - Brett Christie (Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club) - Ned Reardon (Clifton Beach Surf Life Saving Club)... - Maddie Lohrey (Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club) - Andrew McMahon (Ulverstone Surf Life Saving Club) Whos your hot tip? #AOE2020

15.01.2022 Beyond the Flags I 26th August 2020. Now available online at: https://mailchi.mp/slst/q662kacfjw-1300842 Featured this week: First Aid and CPR Courses Staff Update... Beach Management Courses Now Hiring - Commercial Trainers SLSA Water Safety App Kingston Beach SLSC - Age Managers and Officials Course Draft Surf Sports Calendar EOI Carnival Hosting Nominations Open: Coaching Coordinator & Officials Coordinator State Development Squad Update 2 Days to Register - Beach to Bush 2020 SLSA IT Systems Training Upcoming Events, quick links and more! See more

14.01.2022 Which club will take out top honours for the 2019/20 season? Our nominees for Darkie Wilson Award - Club of the Year are: Clifton Beach Surf Life Saving Club Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club... Penguin Surf Life Saving Club #AOE2020

13.01.2022 Candidate Nominations Close Tomorrow - 2021 Lifesaving Development Camp!! Nominations for active patrolling members aged 16 to 21 who wish to attend the 2021 SLST Lifesaving Development Camp are open and will close 9am (23rd November). SLST will be delivering the 7-day Lifesaving Development Camp program in January 2021 and we want all eligible youth to apply.... Find out more here: https://www.slst.asn.au//20-29-2021-lifesaving-development Nominate here: https://slst.wufoo.com//lifesaving-development-camp-candi/

11.01.2022 Happy #feelgoodfriday Another successful weekend held on the Mersey River training in Flood Swift Water Rescue Technician. It was great to see the next generation of SLS coming through the ranks and expanding their skill set.

11.01.2022 Great response from Devonport Surf Lifesaving club Emergency Response Team responding to a swimmer unable to return to shore this afternoon. He was picked up in the IRB, handed over to Ambulance Tasmania and then taken back to the club. Well done to all involved and a real life test of our statewide radio network linking the whole state together communicating from the SLST office in Hobart to the IRB on the water at Devonport.

10.01.2022 The Awards of Excellence are an important opportunity to recognise the hard work, selflessness, and enthusiasm of our volunteers, clubs and units. This year we have moved the physical awards evening to an online event, however this certainly wont dampen the enthusiasm of our members. Like most of the challenges we have faced this year, our members have adapted with commendable resilience and determination.

09.01.2022 Weve teamed up with Ugly Xmas Rashie (UXR) to produce a surf lifesaving branded rashie to raise funds for our community cause Only a limited number of th...e Surf Life Saving Australia UXR designs will be produced, so beach lovers will have to be quick. Pre-orders are available now https://uglyxmasrashie.com.au/

09.01.2022 Three Tasmanian expats Zane Hadley, Simon Murfet and Ned Lennox are contesting the qualification round for the Nutri-grain Ironman Series 2020/21. Over four heats, 120 will be reduced down to 20. Sunday will then see 20 be further reduced to 8 who will then have the opportunity to see the dream of having their name written across the back of their bathers. Good Luck! All of Tasmania is cheering you on!!

08.01.2022 Happy #feelgoodfriday Our SLST Volunteer Support Officers, Juppy and Toby, hit the road last weekend to deliver Age Manager and Technical Officials Theory Modules in six sessions held along the North-West Coast at Burnie Surf Life Saving Club, Devonport Surf Lifesaving club and Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club. Great to see 24 new Age Managers and 27 new Technical Officials complete the weekend, who will all go on to support their clubs junior programs and surf sport ev...ents. For more information on becoming an Age Manager, Official or Coach visit our website: https://www.slst.asn.au/surf-sports/surf-sport-education/

08.01.2022 After what seems like an eternity, we were finally able to get back into the great Tassie outdoors to deliver some training. Rescue 3 Australia and Surf Life ...Saving Tasmania delivered a Swift-water and Flood Rescue Technician course to a fantastic bunch of Surf Life Savers on the Mersey River. Awesome course guys See more

08.01.2022 Whoo hoo...... SLST is a finalist in the Get Moving Tasmania Physical Activity Award for our Starfish Nippers Program...wish us luck! Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards Starfish Nippers - Australia

08.01.2022 SLST Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/slst/q662kacfjw-1300846 Featured this week: - Nominations Now Open - LDC Camp Coordinator - SLS Members App... - Working with Children Registrations - First Aid and CPR Courses - REGISTER NOW! - Now Hiring - Commercial Trainers - Nominations Open: Coaching Coordinator - TSSDS Regional Coaches and Managers - Virtual Coolangatta Gold - The Value of Surf Life Saving - SLSQ General Manager, Membership and Sport See more

08.01.2022 Volunteer of the Year and the nominees are: - Shane Askew (Burnie Surf Life Saving Club) - Matthew Stone (Penguin Surf Life Saving Club) - Calton Frame (Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club) ... - Anthony Chapman (Clifton Beach Surf Life Saving Club) - Andrew Fogarty (Volunteer Marine Rescue Kingborough) Such a hard job for all our judges - all very worthy recipients!

07.01.2022 See you live online tonight - The link to the event will be posted here at 6.30pm. Heres the program, we cant wait! Tag your friends and family so they can watch along as well. #AOE2020

07.01.2022 One week to go, join us here or via You Tube or the SLST website. Links coming soon!

06.01.2022 5 DAYS TO REGISTER YOUR SCHOOL! Beach to Bush 2020 is coming to your area! Know a teacher? Tag them below Our community educators will begin their state-wide tour in Term 4 and are aiming to visit every primary school in Tasmania to present our free Beach to Bush program to grade 1 and 2 students either in person at your school or via zoom!... Dont miss out on this opportunity to have this free program presented at your school! Make sure your local school signs up using this link: https://slst.wufoo.com/forms/m1m7jpl80f775yy/ Registrations will shut THIS FRIDAY - 4pm Friday 28th August 2019.

05.01.2022 SLSAs services to the community and its members are valued at an estimated $6.5 billion per yer to the Australian economy. The new report by Deloitte Access E...conomics details the social and economic value our surf lifesavers and lifeguards provide to the Australian community. Read more here: bit.ly/SLSAValue

05.01.2022 Thats a wrap! For the full list of nominees and winners, head over to https://www.slst.asn.au/a/recognition/awards-of-excellence/ #AOE2020 #TasGov #Holden #DHL #Westpac

05.01.2022 What’s an hour of safety worth to you and your family? Collectively the average number of hours our volunteers spend patrolling our beaches is 1.4m hours. This summer, the Surf Life Saving Foundation (SLSF) is rolling out a new national fundraising campaign called Adopt an Hour. We’re calling on all beach loving Australians to give as little as one dollar for every hour spent at the beach in exchange and it's easy as one click: https://appeals.slsfoundation.com.au/campaign/adopt-an-hour

03.01.2022 Official of the Year and the nominees are: - Mark Lehman (Burnie Surf Life Saving Club) - Craig Mackinnon (Carlton Park Surf Life Saving Club) Where would we be without our officials?... #AOE2020

02.01.2022 The Coolangatta Gold is going virtual in 2020! After making the difficult decision today to cancel the elite category due to current border restrictions, we are... excited to announce a brand-new way to take on the Gold. The #VCG20 is Your Gold, Your Way, Your Challenge. This October 16-25, choose any leg or legs from the iconic Long or Short Courses and complete the Coolie Gold your way. More info and register: bit.ly/2EBNu7T International Life Saving Federation (ILS) Surf Life Saving New Zealand Lifesaving South Africa Surf Life Saving GB United States Lifesaving Association Lifesaving Society Canada / Socit de sauvetage Life Saving Indore Reddingsbrigade Nederland Thai Life Saving Society Surf Life Saving Israel -

01.01.2022 Its almost time! Join us online this Saturday, 15th August, at 6.30pm for Surf Life Saving Tasmanias Awards of Excellence. Its time to raise a glass to the stars of our 2019-20 season. The link to our online live event will be posted here and also on our website at 6.30pm Saturday evening. Just one click and you can enjoy all the excitement from the comfort of your lounge room!