JANUARY 2010 NEWSLETTER

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Courier Sun 27th January 2010 by Shelley Lowe

Vale Simon Dingle: Urunga Surf Club wishes to express our deepest sympathies to the Dingle Family on the senseless murder of Simon in Tasmania on Saturday 16th January 2010. Simon was a loveable character who was a junior member of Urunga Surf Club, played soccer for Urunga and attended Urunga Primary School. Our thoughts are with Vinny, Bruce and Ross as they come to grips with their loss. Vinny has been a member of Urunga Surf Club and with her business, Raleigh Vineyard and Winery, has been a sponsor for many years. The Funeral Service is on Friday 29th January at 2.30pm at Hogbin Drive Crematorium.

Our Boaties are off to Bonnie Hills on the weekend, Masters are still holding their own in 3rd position, whilst Reserves are in very close contention for a podium position. Good luck to you all and fly our flag high. A few Birthday celebrations will be on the weekend too, so let’s hope they row like champions and can doubly celebrate afterwards.
We now have new Club Shirts available for $35 each, please See Chantal or Garry Howe Sunday mornings at beach.
Urunga will be hosting the Senior Branch Carnival on 7th February and we are asking for helpers on the day to ensure the carnival runs smoothly. We will also be hosting the Junior Branch Carnival on the 14th February and a lot of help will be needed please for this event. Contact Phil McGuiggan 6655 4324 or 0409 041142 or Garry Howe 6655 1449. As with our North Coast Boat Series carnival we ran on 9th January, we had many willing helpers, all who we appreciate immensely, and the carnival ran smoothly. We have a terrific little club where everyone jumps in and helps when needed and it all turns out to be a great day. Thank you to all who are willing to give a hand. You know the old cliché, a lot of hands make light work.
SURF BOAT TRAINING: Tues & Thurs 4.30pm Anchors Boat Ramp.
PATROLS: SAT 30th Jan - Patrol 3: Terry & Shelley Lowe, Barry Smith, Ian Wallace, Peter & Lee Bulanyi & Graham Matthews. Sponsoredby: Solar Inverters; Urunga Smash Repairs; GM Rural Training & Cutz Bothways & Paul Tippe.r SUNDAY, 31ST Jan -Patrol 4: Tracy Neaves, Jason Ford, Vicky Ford, Kathryn Gibney, Martin Cahill, Jack Chaffey & Andrew Erlandsen. Sponsored by: Navin Auto Repairs; Alan Piggott Electrical; Raleigh Vineyard & Winery; Riverwood Landing & Spar Supermarket.
PICK THE JOKER ROSTER: John & Tracey Roberts.
Urunga SLSC would like to thank our Major Sponsors: Ocean View Hotel, Lindsay Bros Transport, Aarvbee, Solar Inverters; Anchors Wharf Café & Geoff King Motors.

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Courier Sun 20th January 2010 by Shelley Lowe

Urunga Boaties competed at the Country Championships at South West Rocks on the weekend. We had both Masters and Reserves compete, however, it was the Masters that was in contention once again for a podium finish. They gained 2 x firsts and a second in their heat qualifying them into the Semi finals. Rowing like champions, they secured second place putting them straight into the Finals. All nervous and revved up, the boys rowed as best they could under the conditions, but unfortunately, missed out on the podium and gained 5th position. Well done Men, to even make it to the finals is a HUGE feather in your cap. Keep up the good work, and doing Urunga Surf Club Proud! Garry Howe also competed, results in next week’s column.

Stingers were prevelant on the beach on Sunday, forcing lifesavers to close the beach. This is a shame as they have been showing up the last couple of weeks. Surf Club would like to remind visitors to the beach to swim between the flags.

SURF BOAT TRAINING: Tues & Thurs 4.30pm Anchors Boat Ramp. Sunday training to be advised.

PATROLS:

SAT - Patrol 6: Garry Howe, Craig Delahunty, Werner Koudela, Jason Wray, Fay Sticker & Denis Forbes. Sponsored by: Craig Delahunty Building; Urunga Pharmacy; Coastal Helicopter Services; Coffs Harbour Masons & Crown Real Estate
SUNDAY - Patrol 1: Paul Bastick, Jarrod Greenwood, Bowie/Mark Nugent/Bill Watts, Lyndee Thomas, Shari Sheils, Jess Carroll & Jenny Stamel. Sponsored by: Urunga Hardware; North Coast Mobile Marine; Urunga Mowers & HireQuip & Moody Foods Cafe.
PICK THE JOKER ROSTER: Bob & Tania Malone
Urunga SLSC would like to thank our Major Sponsors: Ocean View Hotel, Lindsay Bros Transport, Aarvbee, Solar Inverters; Anchors Wharf Café & Geoff King Motors.

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Courier Sun 13th January 2010 by Shelley Lowe

Hungry Head Beach was kept safe on Christmas Day by a dedicated band of volunteer Surf Lifesavers. Thanks to everyone who gave up some of their Christmas Day to help out, it was greatly appreciated. Mention must be made of Mushie and his band of merry helpers who did a great job all day.
Urunga hosted a round of the North Coast Boat Series on the weekend. The beach had perfect weather, and conditions, and proved to be a very successful carnival. We had our Masters and Reserves row on the day, both teams did well considering the changes to boat crews that took place on the day. Get well wishes go to Mushy after his accident and thanks to Lee for stepping up to the plate and helping out the Masters Crew (I hear you won’t be able to get her out of the boat now). 1 lone Urunga Master (Garry Howe) travelled up to Brunswick Heads to compete in their annual Masters carnival. Weather was perfect and they even managed to arrange some great waves. Our lone master returned with mixed results but declaring the day a success, as he managed to complete the entire ski course without falling off his ski (his first at a carnival!). Some results were as follows, Surf Ski (mid field). Flags 2nd, Swim 8th overall 4th in age group. Board 10th overall 5th age group. The last event was the Taplin Relay in which he combined with Woolgoolga and Coffs Harbour masters and they managed a respectable 10th. Overall Urunga managed to be placed 16th out of 20 clubs in the point score which is commendable considering we only had one competitor. Well done Garry, keep the Urunga spirit alive!
Good luck to our boat crews and competitors heading down to South West Rocks on the weekend to compete at the Country Championships. Go well Urunga! Congratulations to Evan Beeby for being Patrol Person of the Month for December 09. Keep up the good work Evan!
Surf Club would like to remind visitors to the beach to swim between the flags.

NIPPERS: Another picture postcard day at Hungry Head beach greeted our 2010 returning nippers, great to see you all back and refreshed after the Christmas break. The surf conditions and weather were fantastic, that being the case it was a day for full on water activities. The senior nippers training for there SRC exam whilst the rest of us put in a little extra training in preparation for the Stramit Country Championships to be held at South West Rocks this weekend. The young green caps were out in the surf right in front of the patrol learning how to body surf and generally having fun, way to go guys. Good luck to all those who are competing, don't forget have fun and try your best.
SURF BOAT TRAINING: Tues & Thurs 4.30pm Anchors Boat Ramp. Phil would like all rowers to be on the beach at 7.30am for South West Rocks Country Champs.
PATROLS: SAT - Patrol 4: Tracy Neaves, Jason Ford, Vicky Ford, Kathryn Gibney, Martin Cahill, Jack Chaffey & Andrew Erlandsen. Sponsored by: Navin Auto Repairs; Alan Piggott Electrical; Raleigh Vineyard & Winery; Riverwood Landing & Spar Supermarket. SUNDAY -Patrol 5: Jason Griffiths, Irene & Graeme Griffiths, Linq Griffiths, Rachel Noble, Mick & Maree Wood & Robert Lappin. Sponsored by: Coastal Helicoptors; Spar Supermarket; Urunga Bowling Club; Kirkland Real Estate & Courier Sun.
PICK THE JOKER ROSTER: Grant Lyttle and helper
Urunga SLSC would like to thank our Major Sponsors: Ocean View Hotel, Lindsay Bros Transport, Aarvbee, Solar Inverters; Anchors Wharf Café & Geoff King Motors.