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News
July 2nd - The Programmes and Entry Forms for the 2009 Welsh Ocean Championships can now be found HERE.
June 28th - The 2009 Welsh Nipper Championship will take place on 11th and 12th July. Please find HERE the entry forms for this event.
June 28th - Please find HERE details of Porthcawls Lifeguards 50th Celebration night.
June 23rd - Please find HERE the 2009 Information packs for the Junior, Senior and Masters Ocean championships 2009. Please ensure that these are passed along to those responsible within your club. Please note that the Entry Spreadsheets will be available to download later.
June 21st - Please find HERE details of the programme for the Nipper CHampionships 2009.
June 21st - A dolphin board in good condition that has only been used for 3 seasons, its probably more suited for younger junior members. For sale HERE.
June 21st - Please note that the Rest Bay Nipper Carnival for July 5th has been cancelled. A new date will be given in the near future.
June 15th - Please note that competitors and winnners of trophies at last years championships must return trophies prior to or on the St Davids training and ranking weekend.
June 14th - Please find the results to the First Welsh Ranking Event HERE.
June 10th - Porthcawl's club profile has been updated HERE.
June 10th - Please find HERE advanced notification for the Welsh Nipper Championships on the 11th and 12th July. This details the location and the rules for the event.
June 10th - Please find HERE a report from the Pembray training weekend. The report was prepared by Heanor Swimming Club.
June 2nd - The Youth Commission have produced a guide to help Clubs organise Nipper Carnivals. The Guide is available to download HERE.
June 2nd - The minutes of the Technical Commission for May 2009 can be found HERE.
May 24th - May 2009 Mailing secition has been updated and includes SLSA Wales Directory and details of the Mumbles Nipper Carnival HERE.
May 24th - Would all competitors for the up and coming Welsh ranking events please ensure that they are on the SLSA Wales MIS Database, that they know their unique SLSA Wales memebership number and that they have joined SLSA Wales. If you have not completed these activities then you may not be able to compete in the first ranking event as it will be difficult to register competitors and members on the day.
May 24th - Please find details of the Heanor Pool Iron Man Competition HERE and HERE.
May 7th - Please find HERE a report on the excellent Pembrey Training Weekend that took place over the May Bank Holiday.
May 6th - Additional funding may be available to Clubs via the Physical Activity and Nutition funding. The link HERE will take you to the website.
May 6th - A new series of Technical Coaching Courses available have been added HERE
May 3rd - Rhian Jones of Avanti are producing programmes for S4C. They are looking for seriously fit contestants for a new "Jonathan Davies" series (a bit like the old "Superstars") They are particularly interested in the girls but also males. You have to be Welsh speaking and able to commit to two weeks towards the end of May and into June for filming (Final is in Tenerife on the second week with the first week's filming in and around Wales). If you're interested, give Rhian Jones or Barry Phillips a ring on 01443 688 536 as soon as possible.
April 28th - Sportsmatch Cymru - This Welsh Assembly Government business in sport incentive scheme match funds business sponsorship on a pound for pound basis to support grass roots sport and physical activity. The minimum sponsorship amount is £300, which can be made up of three separate £100 sponsorships, with a maximum sponsorship amount of £50,000. Sportsmatch Cymru has become an increasingly succesful area of work within North Wales and since 2006 a total of 103 applications have been supported.
April 28th - Community Chest - Grassroots grants scheme, Community Chest - which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year - provides small scale funding to kick start new projects within the community. It is managed by the Local Authorities and decisions are made by a local panel of volunteers. A maximum grant of £1000 can be awarded towards coach education, equipment, facility hire and instructor costs to create new or improved opportunities for sport and physical activity.
April 28th - Charity Gift Aid Tool Kit - HM Revenue and Customs Charities have produced a ‘Gift Aid Toolkit’ on CD-ROM to help your charity or Community Amateur Sports Club run an effective Gift Aid scheme. The toolkit offers a beginner’s guide to the Gift Aid scheme and provides a step-by-step guide to help you.
April 26th - A brand new Ski for sale HERE
April 19th - Coaching Success! 65 members from 12 clubs attended the Introduction to Coaching Course held at Atlantic College on the first weekend in April. The format of the weekend was the NCF modules, Coaching Sports Safely and Safeguarding Children in Sport and they were delivered by Mark Jeffreys and Kelly Patterson from UK Sport. Sunday were the lifesaving sport modules and these were delivered by Owen Phillips, Craig Robinson, Elizabeth Thomas, Nicky Thomas, Lloyd Rosewell, Chris Parry, David Murphy and Huw Rudall
A big thank you to all the tutors who took part and well done to all those who successfully completed the course.
Following the Board of Management meeting held on 14th April, it has been agreed to develop Coaching Awards at Level 2 and 3 based on the swimming modal approved by UK Sport and used by WASA.
April 7th - A short note from Phil Rees our Membership Secretary
With apologies to RSPCA can I quote "a membership number is just not for Christmas it is for life"
What will we be doing with these membership numbers, take two examples:
1. Examinations. Unless registered as an external candidate and paying the appropriate fee, no award certificates will be issued if the candidate is not on our MIS.
2. Sport. Starting with this summer's Welsh Championships, when inputting competitors details on the entry forms, the only requirement will be to input the membership number and events to be entered. If an individual is not a member, it will not be possible to enter their personal details.
In the short term future, all SLSA Wales events which require individuals to be members and register to take part, will be covered by the MIS. Awards details. These will now be inputted into the MIS in the next couple of weeks. You will be able to view these awards but not change or add any details. Any errors will need to be pointed out to Will Hedges, Technical Director for correction.
April 7th - The following posters list the important competitions for this year. This Poster lists Still Water and Ocean Events for 2009. Whilst the poster HERE advertises the RLSS Short Course Competitions.
March 2nd - Would you like to become a Surf Life Rescue Tutor or Senior Tutor. As part of its commitment to provide quality training and assessment, the Surf Lifesaving Association of Wales is looking to appoint three Lifesaving Tutors from members of the Technical Commission. ne to work in East Wales, one for South West Wales and one for West Wales. Please click HERE.
October 15th - IRB CHAMPIONSHIPS
SLSA Wales Powercraft Commission is considering holding an Open IRB Championships from 2009 and would like input from Clubs regarding the feasibility of holding such an event in Wales.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council have expressed an interest in hosting an IRB Competition and subject to approval by the Clubs it is anticipated that the inaugural competition would be held in Barry in mid September or early October 2009.
Teams from Wales have previously competed in IRB Championships in Australia and GB with some success and following several requests from members the Powercraft Commission would like to investigate the feasibility of holding a Welsh Championships. In order to make the competition happen we would need a minimum total of 6 boats so support from the Clubs would be essential to make the event happen.
If you have any comments to make or require any additional information regarding the proposed running of this event please email powercraft@slsawales.org before our next management meeting on 11 November.
