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As we hang up our goggles, caps and fins and wave goodbye to the 2024 pool lifesaving season, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has played a part in this incredible journey from athletes, officials, coaches and parents.

This season culminated in a remarkable achievement as Mentone finished second in both the 2024 Victorian Senior and Junior Pool Lifesaving Championships!

To our athletes:
Your dedication, resilience and passion have shone brightly throughout the season. Every training session, competition and challenge you faced contributed to both your personal growth and the spirit of Mentone Life Saving Club!

During this season, you’ve learned essential lifesaving skills such as resuscitation techniques, first aid procedures and rescue techniques specific to various aquatic environments.

To our coaches:
Thank you for your unwavering commitment and support.

You've instilled in our athletes a strong foundation in rescue techniques, effective communication during emergencies and the importance of teamwork and vigilance.

These lessons are critical as we transition to patrol season, where the knowledge gained will be put into action to ensure the safety of our community at the beach and other aquatic environments.

To our officials:
Your contributions are often behind the scenes, but they are crucial for the smooth operation of every event. From organising competitions to ensuring that rules are followed, your hard work and expertise have helped maintain the integrity of our sport.

Thank you for your time, effort and dedication to fostering a safe and fair environment for our athletes to thrive.

To our wonderful parents:
We cannot express enough how grateful we are for your support and involvement. Your encouragement from the sidelines, willingness to volunteer and all the logistics you manage— transporting athletes, coordinating schedules and cheering loudly, have enriched our club community. Your investment in our athletes goes beyond just their performance, it lays the foundation for lifelong friendships and shared experiences.

As we prepare for the upcoming patrol season, the skills learned in pool lifesaving will be invaluable. Our athletes will be ready to implement these skills in real-world scenarios, ensuring a safer environment for everyone enjoying our beaches and waterways.

As the season ends, let’s carry the spirit of camaraderie and teamwork into our summer surf/beach season.

We look forward to seeing everyone back in the pool next season and wish those who are applying for the APLSC event all the best.

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Flying Mentone at Caulfield

Congrats to the 10 athletes who competed for Mentone in the third senior pool lifesaving carnival at Caulfield Aquatics last Sunday. Some great performances from the team who placed first overall. But, aside from results, it's been great watching our athletes honing their lifesaving skills over the season (and also having lots of fun competing together, as well!)

Thanks, as always to the parents who step up as coaches, officials, timekeepers and official carnival photographers! We couldn't do it without you.

We now turn our attention to Senior Pool States on September 22. Please sign up early so we have time to work through the teams!

2024 Victorian Senior Pool Lifesaving Championships
Date: Sunday 22 September 2024
Venue: MSAC
To book click here

Flying Mentone At Caulfield Aquatics Read More »

12 January 2024

A reminder of our shared obligation – behaving well on the beach

Surf Carnivals are exciting and enjoyable events, but recent history has shown that when there is a rare occurrence of inappropriate behaviour by competitors, club officials or family members there is almost always severe and long term consequences, including significant financial costs at club level and emotional costs across all those involved. Additionally we cannot underestimate the impact this has on our younger competitors.

It is the club’s expectation that the highest standards of behaviour is displayed at all times, and that all officials, competitors and club leaders are treated with support and respect.

Inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated. The club has an Aquatic Sports Code of Conduct that provides clear guidance. We need to all work together to ensure compliance.

It is also recognised that sometimes things do go wrong on the beach, and people may feel aggrieved and want the issue resolved. If this happens to you:

  • Do not approach officials – only an age/team manager can do this.
  • Work with your age/team manager to try and resolve it – if you can’t there will be a senior manager on the beach to refer your issue to.
  • At each carnival a senior member of the sports team will be appointed for referrals and to help resolve issues. They are also authorised to direct an aggrieved person or persons who are acting inappropriately to leave the beach to seek resolution away from the competition and other observers. Walking away is often the best solution to avoid further escalation.
  • Where there is still an unresolved issue the senior sports manager will seek to resolve it back at the club within 7 days of the event occurring.

No issue is so great that it is worth invoking external disciplinary proceedings that both bring the club and the individual into disrepute.

At the briefing beginning each carnival team managers will remind everyone of our expectation in relation to good behaviour. Advice will also be given as to who is the senior manager on duty for referrals.

Our club has a proud history of competition and I seek your support to maintain this in a positive way.

Click to read the Mentone LSC Aquatic Sports Code of Conduct

A Message from the President – Our Shared Obligation Read More »

General

Membership and Board/Ski Rack Hire Renewals

2020/2021 memberships opened on 1st July.  Step by step instructions for completing renewals are on the website at https://mentonelsc.com/renewing-member/.  Membership options include Family, Individual and Community, and a “Pay by Instalment” option is available for this season only, in recognition of the financial impact of COVID-19.  Memberships must be paid by 31st August to use the instalment option, and early bird rates are available if fees are paid in July.

Tax Deductible Donation to Mentone LSC

You can make a tax deductible donation to Mentone LSC for this tax year.  Here are the steps

Log in to the SLSA Members Portal.
Select Membership, Renewals Payments and Transfers
Select Make Payment
Transaction Type  DONATION
Payment Details Donation to Mentone LSC

A receipt will be emailed to you automatically.

Juniors 

Winter Nippers – Saturday 4th July
We are on for Winter Training this Saturday, 4th July, at Mentone LSC.

  •             2pm: U14 – Adults
  •             2:30pm: U08 – U13

Please register if you are attending via the following link (or email Greg).

Running, Pilates and Stretching Sessions Tuesday and Thursday mornings for U09 to U13 over school holidays

Over school holidays Greg Schmidt will be hosting fitness sessions on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7am – 8:15am.  These session will include

  • 2.5 km run
  • Pilates
  • Deep stretching

These sessions are available to all U09 – U13 free of charge.  We will have access to the inside of the club under Covid Guidelines.  If you are interested please email Greg Schmidt

Junior Board Sessions Thursday and Friday 2pm – 4pm  U09 to U13

There will be Junior Board Sessions on Thursday and Friday from 2pm to 4pm.  These sessions will include running, stretching an d board work.

These sessions are available to all U09 – U13 free of charge.  We will have access to the inside of the club under Covid Guidelines.  If you are interested in attending or can help with water safety or coaching please email Greg Schmidt

Youth/Seniors

Winter Nippers – Saturday 4th July

We are on for Winter Training this Saturday, 4th July, at Mentone LSC.

        2pm: U14 – Adults

Circuit Fitness Sessions for U13 – Open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings over school holidays

Over school holidays Aaron Hamstead will be hosting fitness sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 8:00am – 9am.  These sessions will include circuit based training for strength and flexibilit y.
These sessions are open to all U13 – U19 free of charge.  We will have access to the inside of the club under Covid Guidelines.  If you are interested please email Aaron Hamstead

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