General
Carnival entries for Youth/Senior athletes
Payment deadline for December carnivals is 20 November. These include:
Ocean Grove 8 Dec,
Altona (beach) 14 Dec and
Sandridge 20 Dec.
Cost is $35 per carnival. Please pay through your member portal with name, age group and carnival.
Carnival entries for Junior athletes
Payment deadline for December carnivals is 20 November. These include:
Ocean Grove 7 Dec,
Altona (beach only events) 14 Dec and
Altona 15 Dec
Cost is $35 per carnival. Please pay through your member portal with name, age group and carnival. Please see bel ow in Junior Section for detailed information.
Patrol
Patrol Launch Saturday 16th November 3:30pm.
A must for all Bronzies and SRCs.
BBQ on the deck
At the launch
- The 8 Teams with Captains and Vice Captains will be announced
- New Junior Captains presented.
- New SRC’s presented with their uniforms.
- Explanation on Team App – how to use and how to log onto patrols.
- Information on patrolling once a month for the season.
- Requal Q&A
Summer Kitchen
Summer Kitchen Thursday and Friday Specials
The Club’s meals open this week and we will have some great specials leading up to Christmas. To kick off the summer for this Friday there is a free drink of choice for every meal ordered including a soft drink for kids meals. How good is that!! Please book HERE and include any special dietary requirements in the remarks section.
Weekend mornings come alive! MLSC teams up with Marriott
Every Saturday morning for summer the club and Marriott services will be offering coffee and cooked breakfasts from 8am to midday. Marriott provide workplace training and working opportunities for young people with a disability. It is a great win win win for both organisations, the participants and customers!! So spread the word and make sure you come upstairs and enjoy the deck and some nourishment Bookings are much appreciated. Coffees and light snacks are also available upstairs during nippers on Sunday mornings.
Annual RSA Course Wednesday 20th Nov. 6.30pm- 9pm
Make sure you’re ready for summer jobs by getting your RSA certificate down at the club. No need to register just turn up with a pen and $40 cash (no eftpos). The course is open to anyone 15 years or older (only those 18+ can serve alcohol). For further information contact Colin Mann 0411 236 118
Juniors
Nippers Sunday 18 Nov
Next Nippers Session is this Sunday 18 Nov. 9:45am arrival for a 10am start. Weather is looking more friendly this week with a partly sunny skies, light westerly winds and a high of 19.
Photos from Lorne Bootcamp
For anyone who attended the Lorne Bootcamp weekend, photos can be found on the following link. If you click on the first photo in the list, you can then click the arrow to move through them all. Please email Lisa if you have any problems accessing.
Competition Swim Evaluation (S Badge)
LSV requires that all that U09/U10/U11 athletes that compete in water event and all U12/U13 athletes to complete a Competitive Swim Evaluation (aka S Badge). This swim is an open water swim (distance varies by age group) that swimmers required to swim in continuous freestyle.
If your Nipper is able to swim but not yet comfortable swimming in the ocean we recommend attending Mentone LSC Seals sessions (see below). If they still learning to swim we recommend attending the Mentone LSC swim at Bayside Aquatic on Monday evenings 7:45pm to 8:45pm where have lanes for learn to swim and also for squad swimming for Nippers and Adults.
The CSE (S Badge) is valid for the calendar year. If you got your CSE last season it is still valid until 31 Dec 2019.
Dates and Times for CSE (S Badge) testing at Mentone LSC are as follows:
Monday 11 November – 5:30pm
Thursday 14 November – 4:30pm
Sunday 17 November – 11:30am
Monday 18 November – 5:30pm
Thursday 21 November – 5:30pm
Monday 25 November – 5:30pm
Thursday 28 November – 5:30pm
Sunday 1 December – 11:30am
Mentone LSC Seals training (intro to board and swim for U8-U11)
Mentone LSC provides introductory training for boarding and open water swimming. More info on these sessions and times can be found here.
December Competitions (deadline to signup is 20 Nov)
There are 3 Junior Competitions in December (note – there are age group restrictions on some of the competitions). Deadline to signup is 20 Nov. The cost for each competition is $35 .
The LSV Carnivals for Juniors in December are:
- Junior Carnival (U08 – U13) Ocean Grove Saturday 7 Dec – Program of events can be found here.
- Beach Carnival (U10 – Youth-Senior-Master) Altona 14 Dec – Program of events can be found here. Note – as this is a beach event only carnival, coaching will be done via parents of athletes attending. If you are keen to attend please email Greg Schmidt
- Junior Carnival (U08 – U13) Altona 15 Dec – Program events can be found he re.
To sign up for a carnival
- Login to the LSV Portal Site here
- Select Memberships->Renewals, Payments and Transfers
- Select Make Payment (for Mentone)
- Transaction info
- Transaction Type = Carnival entry fee
- Payment Details = [Carnival name here] entry fee for [Insert Nipper name here] for [insert age group here]
- Amount = $35
Mentone Development/Performance Squad
Mentone LSC provides training sessions for U10-U13 who want to do additional training for competition. These sessions include Surf, Swim, Beach, Run and Pilates.
These sessions are held at Mentone throughout the week. For more info, signup for the Teamstuff group here.
Monday Night Swimming
Details for Monday night swimming can be found via the link
Seniors/Youth
Youth Senior Training Schedule
You can access the weekly schedule here and join the Teamstuff Group here
Wednesday Night Swimming
Youth/Senior swimming is on at the Mentone Grammar pool on Wednesday nights at 7:45pm. More info via the link