Eastbourne Voluntary Lifeguards

Eastbourne Voluntary Lifeguards

Notice of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Eastbourne Voluntary Lifeguards will be held on Tuesday 3rd March 2009 in the Clubhouse, Royal Parade. The Clubhouse will be open at 7.30pm for the meeting to start at 8.00pm.

The following business will be conducted:

1 To read the notice of the meeting

2 To accept the minutes of the AGM held on 5th March 2008

3 To accept the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2008

4 To accept the Chairman’s report

5 To present the Club’s Annual Awards for Service and Achievement

6 Appointment of Club President
   The Committee is pleased to announce that Cynthia DeVile has agreed to continue as President of the Club for 2009

7 Appointment of Club Vice Present
   The Committee is pleased to announce that Jeanne Cairns has agreed to continue as Vice President of the club for  2009  

8 To Elect the Officers and Members of the Committee for 2009. (Nominations may be submitted on a nomination form prior to the meeting or taken from the floor at the meeting. All nominations require a nominator and a seconder. Voting for a single nomination will normally be by a show of hands. Where there is more than one nomination voting will be by ballot paper).

9 Open Forum for Questions—An opportunity for members to raise any concerns or points of interest. Members may submit questions or raise points from the floor.

S Hartley – Secretary

All members are invited to the AGM and I hope that you are able to attend.. If you are unable to attend but wish to nominate, vote or authorise a member to act as proxy to vote on your instructions, then you may use the postal voting forms which may be requested from the Secretary (Sue Hartley) or Chairperson (Sean Gardiner).

www.eastbournelifeguards.org.uk

A course of lifesaving leading to the Life Support and Bronze Medallion award of the Royal Life Saving Society will be held at the Sovereign Centre on Thursday evenings from 7.15 to 8.30 p.m., starting on the 15^th January 2009 to last for approximately 13 weeks.

The Life Support section of the course will be held on Monday evenings from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. at the EVL Clubhouse, starting on the 19^th January for 6-7 weeks. The Life Support section must be passed before the Bronze Medallion exam can be taken.

Candidates for the course must be 13 years of age or over, and capable swimmers, (able to swim 100 metres on a front stroke within 2 minutes, capable of side stroke or breast stroke, back stroke and treading water.)

The cost of the course will be £55.00, plus membership of EVL, juniors £12.00, seniors from 18 years £15.00.

The course teachers will be Mrs Cynthia DeVile, and Mr Frank Patterson. Anyone interested should contact Mrs DeVile on tel. 07834353542 or Mr Patterson on 01323 733730 or visit the club at the Sovereign Centre on a Thursday evening.

Confirmation has been received that we raised £602.  Well done and thanks again to all those who helped on the day.

Commitee Members don’t forget next Commitee Meeting Tuesday 9th December at 8.15 pm

hi everyone, thanks to all of you who helped with the Win A Car Raffle today, you all did really well and should be proud of yourselves. We did brilliantly selling 600 tickets.  Thanks for all your hard work, Sue Hartley

It’s dark outside in the morning and at night, a bit chilly and often wet…but we have had some beutiful weather! The club is still busy…with lifeguarding at St Bedes for the Beachy Head Marathon on Saturday 25 October and helping out as well as swimming at the Lions Swimathon on Saturday 22 November.

There is also a Bronze medallion course running so there will be an exam coming up soon! Good luck to everyone!

The next committee meeting is on Wednesday 29 October as well.

Sorry about the lack of news on our site lately…baby Orla seems to have taken over and we have also been away. A handful of club members made it to Wales for the National Surf Lifesaving Competition at Whitesands Bay by the tiny city of St Davids on September 13-14. A great effort by all again and a beutiful place to spend two days on the beach and in the sea.

A handful of members went up to Wales for the surf lifesaving nationals on September 13-14. Whitesands Bay beach by the city of St Davids was the gorgeous setting for the comp this year. There were not as many competitors as in St Ives last year but still a good turn out.

Eastbourne competed in the beach sprints, beach relays, beach flags and the long beach run. The team also took part in the surf ski, board and swim races. Some good waves made it all the more interesting!

Hope to put some more info and pics up very soon!