General
Friday After School Youth Time
For term one the club will be open from 4pm right after school Fridays for any youth members to access. Heath Cananzi has volunteered to be present and facilitate an agreed activity (volley ball, rescue training, open mic, watch training video’s etc.) each week. This is a perfect opportunity for those members who may or may not be competing and want to have some social time around the club. Summer Kitchen staff will be on site to open the club.
Summer Kitchen goes Greek!
We are pleased to introduce Yvet te & Laki who will be running the kitchen starting this Thursday and Friday until the end of the season. Young Jarrod who has done a great job has headed back to his studies but will continue to help out where needed. Yvette and Laki are both passionate foodies who bring a Greek influence style of cooking. Some of you may have already met them over the Australia Day weekend while they were sizzling Souvlaki’s at the club. Our much loved Fish and Chips will remain on the menu which will continue to be competitively priced. Please continue to book and feel free to say hello and share your feedback!
Patrol
We have 2 months of full patrol for the season, all bronzies and SRC’s need to keep Patrolling at least once a month to help share the load. If you haven’t patrolled lately, please log on to team app and help. The whole club needs to support patrol, pa rents if you have src and bronze members in your family, try to promote patrolling at Mentone LSC once a month. Let’s keep up the good work.
Juniors
Nippers Sunday 24 Feb
This Sunday looks great. Sunny, light northerly breezes and 29 degrees.
Parks Victoria Floating Pool
Parks Victoria will be trialling a floating swimming pool this Sunday at Mentone. Our Nipper age groups will be taking turns trying out the Pool on the Bay.
No Nippers on Sunday 8 March
There will not be Nippers on Sunday 8 March due to Junior State Championships
Club Championships on 15 March
We will have our Annual Club Championships at our last Summer Season Nippers day. Club Champs will be held for U8-U13.
There wi ll be ribbons on the day per event and the overall winner and runner up will announced at our Presentation Night (date TBC)
Ocean Warriors Training Clinic 29 Feb and 1 March
There will be a surf skills clinic led by Ironmen / Ironwomen Shannon Eckstein, Matt Bevilacqua and Georgia Miller at Torquay 29 Feb and Jan Juc 1 March.
This is for Torquay (U10, U11, U12) and Jan Juc (U13, U14, U15, U17, Open).
For more info and to register for Torquay and Jan Juc.
Jim Wall Iron Rescheduled
The Jim Wall Iron has been rescheduled for Feb 29. There will be a range of swim and board events for U13-U17. T he official Jim Wall Iron race is the final race and is for U17+. For more info and to register go here.
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.
Upcoming Seals Sessions:
- Wednesday 26 Feb 5pm – 6:30pm
- Thursday 27 Feb 5pm – 6:30pm
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, signu p for th e Teamstuff group here.
Seniors/Youth
Gunnamatta Training Sessions
We had a good response to the idea of some surf sessions on the Peninsula so we are scheduling the following days to be run at Gunnammatta:
1. Feb 23
2. Mar 1
3. Mar 15
Sessions will start at 8:30 and go until 10:00. The focus at these sessions will be surf skills. If the waves look too hairy at Gunna, we”l find another beach. Should be fun.