General
Adult Bronze Medallion Course Dates
LSV have simplified the Bronze Medallion course that enables some of the course work to be done online.
Please save the dates below for Bronze Medallion training.
January: Saturday 11th 8am – 4pm
January: Sunday 12th 8am – 4pm
January: Saturday 18th 8am – 4pm
Patrol
Full patrol and requal starts in 2 weeks
Download team app if you haven’t already, and load up Mentone LSC and Mentone LSC Awards for all the info on logging onto patrols and booking in for your requals.
The goal for every member this season is to log on to a patrol at least once per month over the whole season.
Please contact Colin Williams if you have any Patrol queries
Summer Kitchen
Please Book for Summer Kitchen Meals
The Summer Kitchen will be very popular over Summer, particularly on warm nights such as tonight, so make sure you book in via the link to avoid missing out!
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.
Juniors
Nipper Sunday 24 Nov
Next Nippers Session is this Sunday 24 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:
Thursday 21 November – 5:30pm
Monday 25 November – 5:30pm
Thursday 28 November – 5:30pm
Sunday 1 December – 11:30am
Officials at LSV Competitions
We are required to provide officials at Nippers carnivals. Fortunately, LSV have greatly simplified the process for becoming a certified official.
The process now is as follows
- Complete and online course
- Signup to be an official and get your certification completed.
The important thing to note is that you need to at least have your online training done before the first time you official.
Details about the process can be found here. The cost is $25 and includes a snazzy LSV officials Polo Shirt (which is sure to impress on and off the beach).
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.
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