By Angela Thompson, Illawarra Mercury, Sept. 27, 2015, 4:45 p.m. Members of Corrimal and Port Kembla surf clubs have spoken of their heartbreak at being “locked out” of the surf life saving movement. Surf Life Saving NSW declared the dissenting clubs deregistered on Friday after their leaders refused to renew service agreements mandating unpopular Saturday patrols. […]
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Corrimal & Port Kembla SLSC Booted Out!
Members & friends of Corrimal Surf Life Saving Club: The membership of Corrimal Surf Club with the surf life saving movement has been discontinued. IT IS NOT OVER YET!!!! There is a lot happening at the moment & many things to discuss. As a result of this action by SLSNSW, until further notice, the following […]
No Nippers Registrations This Sunday
Please be advised that the Nippers Registration Day planned for this Sunday at Corrimal Pool has had to be called off. Corrimal Surf Life Saving Club is in a dispute with Surf Life Saving NSW that requires us to suspend registrations until further notice. We hope to provide further advice within the next few days.
Bronze Medallion Course
October long weekend (2/10-5/10) at North Gong Surf Club: Friday 6pm-9pm Saturday 9am-4pm Sunday 9am-4pm Monday 8:30am-4pm Let Nicolette Cartwright know if you can make it, if you can’t we will try and hold another one later in October.
RIP Joe Law
Please be advised that a former member of Corrimal Surf Club, Joe Law, has sadly passed away, aged 90. Joe’s funeral will be at Parson’s Funeral Home Tuesday 22 September 2015 at 10.00am – please wear a surf club shirt if you are going. Joe is second from the left in this photograph Joe Law […]
Are You Interested In Our Future?
We need to have a chat about the future of our club – it’s under threat from power-mad administrators of Surf Life Saving! 12noon-2pm Saturday 19 September 2015 Corrimal Surf Club If you care about being treated respectfully & fairly as a volunteer & you demand better, get along to this meeting. Please let other […]
Letter of Support from Gerringong SLSC
Both Corrimal and Port Kembla clubs are receiving gratifying support in numbers for their refusal to sign lifesaving agreements requiring them to patrol on Saturdays. Here’s an example. GERRINGONG SURF & LIFE SAVING CLUB PO BOX 50, GERRINGONG NSW 2534 ABN 6221985575 To whom it may concern, I am writing in support of the stance […]
Tony Cartwright on WAVE FM
Corrimal Surf Club President Tony Cartwright was interviewed on local radio station 965 WAVE FM this morning:
Stop the Closure of Corrimal and Port Kembla SLSC
IMPORTANT: If you haven’t do so already, please sign this petition urgently & share with your FB friends. It is important that you sign the petition & not just share the post. https://www.change.org/p/the-public-stop-the-close-down-of-port-kembla-slsc? This petition has been created to help both Corrimal & Port Kembla surf clubs fight the fight that other clubs believe in […]
Update from Tony Cartwright on the New Lifesaving Agreement
– Article published today in the Illawarra Mercury, it was good to see the issue make the pages of the local paper today on page 4. Val Zanotto’s reported response was predictably disappointing & seems to be typical of his approach by generalising, twisting the facts & only telling part of the story. Yes we do […]
Tony Cartwright, President on the New Lifesaving Agreement
IMPORTANT: See the letter from Tony Haven, SLSNSW President, received yesterday afternoon regarding our Lifesaving Agreement. At our monthly meeting we discussed the issue at length & I asked every Committee member for their recommendation – 7 supported the position of not doing Saturday patrols & recommended that we do not sign the agreement & […]
New Guzman Y Gomez Nippers Rashies
All nippers that register for the 2015/16 season will receive a new pink rash vest! courtesy of our great sponsor Guzman Y Gomez Wollongong. Photo by Kylie Wood.
