Woodside Nippers: season update

We are very pleased to announce our Age Group Managers, Youth Age Group Managers and Age Group Assistants for the 2024/25 season. We do still have some openings for AGA’s and Youth AGM, please get in touch if you would like to contribute to the Club in this way nippers@albanysurfclub.com.au.

Age Group	AGM	Youth AGM	AGA
U6	Blair Walkington
U7	Rowena De Groot		Victoria Ford
U8	Pete Gray	Sophia Riddle
U9	Megan Downes	Mitchell Loverock
U10	Justin Wiseman		Kylie Severin/John Taylor
U11	Paul Bairstow		Pete van Schoubroeck
U12	Greg Freebury	Sophie Loverock	Dana Neumann
U13	Collin Pass	Liesel Freebury	Janneke Bairstow

We still do need volunteers to ensure the season runs smoothly and we can deliver the Nippers program efficiently each week. These include;

• Sunday roster coordinator – managing canteen, BBQ, setup and pack up roster.
• Communication coordinator – newsletter updates and other communications.
• Comps coordinator – promoting and managing competitions ASLSC Woodside Nipper members may attend over the season.
• Age Group Recorders.
• Water safety – Nipper Rescue Certificate and Nipper Adult Assistants. The 2023/24 Nippers Rescue Certificate (NRC) award is valid until the end of 2024. We will run NRC sessions early in the season to update qualifications and introduce new parents to water safety. Nipper Adult Assistants (NAA) assist in shallow water and certification is not required; NAA are absolutely essential to delivering our program to our smaller members.    

Key Dates:

The season will kick off with the Nippers Proficiency Swim to be held at ALAC on the 27th of October. Age groups are split into two sessions detailed below;

The proficiency swim evaluates the following:

More details will follow closer to the date.

The season on the beach will commence at 9am on the 3^rd of November and run through to the 16^th of March, with our last day being the ASLSC Club Championships.

Contact Nipper Coordinator Jane Levett with any questions at nippers@albanysurfclub.com.au