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• Seniors National Stillwater Championships 2009 Entry Form [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 30.5k]
• Seniors Devon Stillwater Championships 2009 Entry Form [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 26k]

Devon's Snaps! 10th August 2009 Tracey Leaper has sent in 90 pictures taken from the recent Seniors & Masters Devons at Saunton Sands! You can see them all right now in all their image-like glory by wandering over to the gallery (Click here!). Masters & Seniors Nationals Timetable 15th July 2009 Robert Bunney has sent in the timetable for the upcoming Masters & Seniors Nationals. You can find the timetable by clicking here [.pdf file, Adobe Acrobat required - 23.9kb]. Juniors & Seniors notice... 13th May 2009 Dave Worms has gotten in contact to ask all Seniors & Juniors to pay notice to the following letter of his concerning training, nationals, and killer sharks. "Hi all Youth & Seniors, Please make a note of following information: Ski & Board training at Wimbleball Lake on Sunday 17th May between 10am and 1pm, all Youth, seniors and Masters welcome. Ski coaches will be there to push your training or just to teach you how to paddle! Anyone with a spare roof space for a ski please contact Dave ASAP Any Youth or Senior members needing to qualify or requalify please contact either Colin Davie or Dave ASAP so we can sort out dates for exams and training sessions. Also anyone not yet joined the club please do so ASAP. Tuesday 26th May Youth & Senior training day at Saunton between 11am until finish of evening session at 8pm. Dave & other coaches will be running various sessions including Life Saving & Competition training. There will be time for fun & games as well!!! All welcome including some Masters if they really want to! Bring enough food and drink to last the day. Devons & Youth/Senior Nationals Please make a note of the competition dates & venues so you have plenty of time to warn parents or book time off work. Youth Devons - Woolacombe 4th July Nipper Devons - Putsborough 12th July Senior Devons - Saunton 26th July Nipper Nationals - Falmouth 14/15th August Youth Nationals - Falmouth 16/17th August Senior Nationals - Fistral 20 - 23rd August If you are interested in competing or need info ref accommodation see either Carol Purchase, Jan Reid or Dave. Lastly thank you for a great start to the seasons training sessions, great numbers and all of you seem to be having fun! so lets keep it up and hope the sea gets warmer. See you soon Dave" Ok, so there was nothing about killer sharks there, but it made you read the letter of his pretty carefully didn't it? Also, remember all upcoming competition dates can be found at anytime on the competition calendar. Announcement for Seniors & Masters 19th March 2009 Dates and venues for this years upcoming Seniors & Masters Ocean National Championships have been announced by SLSGB. The event will be see the Seniors & Masters compete at Fistral Beach, Newquay between 20th & 23rd August 2009 (Inclusive). These dates and more can all be seen on the competition calendar. Ski Training Day 26th February 2009 There's a Ski training day for Juniors, Seniors & Masters just around the corner at Exmoor - Sounds good... right? Dave Worms has all the information: "Sunday 15th March Youth, Seniors & Masters (Nippers can come and run around while mum & dad have a go!!!) Ski Training Day at Wimbleball Lake & Watersports Centre, Exmoor 10am until 2-3pm Minimal cost to cover launching fees at the lake. All club ski's including doubles will be at the lake and instructors will be on hand to teach you whether new to ski's or had a go before and want to improve technique. If you have your own ski come along and use it. We will probably take up a few racing boards so people can have a go on those without those nasty waves getting in the way. There are hot showers at the centre in case you fall in and get cold, but that won't happen! Any volunteers to help, either coaching/instructing, driving club van with trailer or transporting kit themselves please contact Dave Worms." Seniors take Millfield by storm! 18th February 2009 Seniors played the biggest part of the recent National Stillwater Championships at Millfield by blasting away the competition to take 1st place! Bob Bunney sent the following into the North Devon Journal on the Seniors success: "On Saturday and Sunday the 14th and 15th of February the Combined UK Surf Life Saving and Royal Life Saving Society National Championships for Seniors (Open) and Masters were held in Millfield School 50m Pool. [points below] This is only the second time Saunton Seniors have won the trophy. Club captain James Dallyn took out the 200m obstacle race but is missing from the picture as he was only able to make the Saturday competition. Also missing from picture are Rebecca Thomas and Laura Melville-Brown. Several Masters helped make up relay teams in a real club effort. Team in Picture: Charlotte Glenister, Bethan Halliday, Cara Deasy,Joe Wall, Alex Bunney, Scott Stitt, James Bunney, Lucy Smith, Sam Cordery, Carly Purchase, Danielle Crocker,Jade Purchase,Gracie Dack." The final scores were: 1st Saunton Sands: 743 points 2nd Loughborough Students: 474 3rd Crawley Town: 362 points 4th Woolacombe: 337 points 5th Portreath: 268 points 6th Rhoose: 262 points 7th South Worcester: 176 points 8th North Worcester: 170 points 9th Swansea: 134 points 10th Belfast: 126 points 11th Perranporth: 116 points 12th Leeds Phoenix: 112 points Bob has also sent in many snaps from the event, of which you can see in the 2009 Nationals Gallery, by clicking here. Nice work Seniors! Junior Senior Nationals 1st January 2009 The Devons are coming soon, but that doesn't mean we can't think of the nationals! Ann Smith has sent in the entry forms for both the Juniors & Seniors National Stillwater Championships 2009. The Juniors Nationals are on 7th February at 5pm, and then again on 8th February all day, whilst the Seniors Nationals are on 14th & 15th February all day on both days., and they all take place at Millfield. Entry form links follow... Click here to download the Juniors National Stillwater Championships 2009 Entry Form [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 30.5k] Click here to download the Seniors National Stillwater Championships 2009 Entry Form [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 30.5k] Ann also urgently asks for a Master to take on the Masters entry forms! Some more Entry Forms for the Stillwaters, and Calendar Dates Info 17th December 2008 Entry forms for the Juniors & Seniors Devon Stillwater Championships 2009 are now available right here courtesy of Ann Smith: Click here to download the Juniors Devon Stillwater Championships 2009 Entry Form [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 26k] Click here to download the Seniors Devon Stillwater Championships 2009 Entry Form [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 26k] Simply download, print out, fill in, and return to Ann Smith. All entry forms and money must be in by 30th December 2008 - Don't get it in on time and you will not be entered unless you wish to pay on the day where Tracey Lark will take your money, plus a late fee of £15!!! The Juniors Devon Stillwater Championships take place on Sunday 25th January 2009 at the North Devon Leisure Centre (Registration 9:30am, Warm-ups from 10am), whilst the Seniors Devons take place on Saturday 31st January 2009, again at North Devon Leisure Centre (Registration 9:30am, Warm-ups from 10am). The competition calendar will be online here on sauntonsandssurflifesavingclub.co.uk after christmas, so if you have a date or set of dates of interest that you would like to be included on the calendar, please send them in on the usual address. Also if you would like anything to appear on the website before christmas, please send it in by late afternoon tomorrow. There will be no updates from 19th December 2008 unfortunately due to personal reasons, my apologies! Finally... REMEMBER TO GET YOUR ENTRY FORM IN BY 30TH DECEMBER!!! The Seniors... and that SuperClub stuff 1st October 2008 If you weren't sure on the subject, Saunton Sands recently reclaimed the title of SuperClub for 2008 following the Seniors Nationals results! Here's some reading on the subject (Of which you may also see in your copy of the North Devon Journal too!): "A sunny Whitesands beach near St David’s in far West Wales hosted the British Senior Surflifesaving championships this weekend, the final ocean event of 2009 where not only senior titles would be fought over but also the winners of the Superclub title awarded to the team scoring the most points over all ages in all National events this year would be decided. Cornish Club Portreath took the Senior title for the fifth year in a row with 1177 points winning both female and male events with Woolacombe second on 913 and Saunton Sands third on 793. With Saunton having won the Ocean Nippers and Masters events and Woolacombe the Juniors earlier this year but with points in those events only counting for a fifth of those awarded to the seniors the announcement of the Superclub title was very tense but Saunton Sands with a total of 3642 points won the title back from holders Woolacombe on 3045 with Portreath third, Perranporth fourth and St Ives fifth. Standouts for Saunton included Captain James Dallyn retaining the open Surf Swim title and the Men retaining the Taplin relay “The event every club wants to win” comprising Surfski (Richard Folland), Racing board (Gary SInkevicius), Swim (James Dallyn) and run (Matt Smith). Both Woolacombe and Saunton had three members each missing representing GB juniors in Holland. From Left back row: Jan Read (team manager) Ollie Taylor, Joe Wall, Michael Linneker,Rob Read, James Dallyn (captain), Richard Folland, Gracie Dack, Matt Smith, Chris Gratton, James Birkley, Andy Bray. Front row: Cara Deasey, Tamsin Kitchin, Gary Sinkevicius, Katherin Dallyn, Sam Cordery, Lucy Smith, Zoe Betteridge, Sue Allen, Bob Bunney. Lying down : Brian Smith (club chairman)" Re.: Seniors Nationals 18th August 2008 Bryan Smith has sent in the form you will need if you are both a Senior and someone wishing to enter the Seniors Nationals. To get your Seniors Nationals entry form, click here [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 31kb] then print it out, and return it to Bryan by 1st September 2008 latest! For more details, view the entry form! Calling all Senior Lodgers 9th June 2008 Jan Reid is now calling in £10 for all those who have asked for accomodation for the Senior Nationals at St. Davids as the company involved are now asking for the deposits. Those who have accomodation booked are: The Gratton's (x3) The Linnecar's (x3) The Reid's (x3) The Davie's (x4) The Gibson's (x2) Could all of the above please either get the money to Jan A.S.A.P. or get in contact on the following number: . If anyone else requires accomodation for the event, please also get in contact with Jan before Friday and get a deposit to her before then aswell, otherwise lodges will be unreserved. Sharon will also be taking deposits down at the beac if Jan is not available. Back to the Beach, all of you! 7th April 2008 Bryan Smith has E-Mailled in following Pete's earlier news update concerning Nippers training back at the beach in the coming weeks with new training dates for all Juniors, Seniors & Masters to make a note of. Beach training sessions will commence week starting 21st April for trainees of all categories: Juniors are set to train on Tuesdays with a starting time of 6:30pm Masters will be training on Wednesdays from 6:30pm Seniors training takes place on Thursdays with a 6:30pm start time Nippers as previously mentioned train from Friday 25th April with weekly training sessions occuring on both all Mondays and Fridays following Enjoy your time back at the beach! To the Gym! 29th March 2008 Keith has e-mailed in with a little test for all you Seniors & Masters to have a pop at! "Fancy a pre-season workout for something to gauge improvement on? All it involves is a trip to the Leisure centre's gym and a quick spin on the treadmill. Use the grey model, the 'PRECOR' USA to do this on so here is a step by step 'tear off' guide to see you through..." To view the test, click here [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 23.5kb]. Training dates are also in the process of being updated while the coaches are sorting out their plans. Seniors & Masters for Bath 19th February 2008 Bryan Smith has also sent in the entry form for all the Seniors & Masters out there that would like to participate in the upcoming National Stillwater Championships in Bath on the 15th/16th March. Entry will cost you £4.50 per event (Excluding team & pairing events), and you are reminded to bring your club hat & swimsuit, red club hoodie/t-shirt, googles & swim fins to Bath with you! Please note that ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECIEVED AT THE VERY LATEST BY WEDNESDAY 5TH MARCH so you haven't got time to dilly-dally! All the details, as well as contact telephone number are in the entry form of which you can get by clicking the link below: Seniors & Masters National Stillwater Championship Entry Form [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 30kb] Remember to put a little aside from christmas aswell! 2nd December 2007 Bryan Smith has sent in entry information and entry forms for the upcoming Juniors, Seniors & Masters Devon Stillwater Competitions. As a note to all taking part, the entry form states that registration for the event is at 8am (At the North Devon Leisure Centre), and warm-ups are at 8:30am. The entry fee is £10 to all (Per contender!), but only if you get your application form in by 28th December 2007! If you're late, it'll set you back £15 instead, paying on the day. To download yourself a copy of the entry form, simply click here [22kb - .doc file, Microsoft Word required], print off and fill-in... oh and then send it off to the address included on the form, with the money of course! Don't be late! The Devon Stillwaters for Juniors, Seniors & Masters are on Saturday 26th January 2008, and the entry form can also be downloaded from either the Junior, Senior or Masters pages, the articles page or the competition calendar page which also lists all the current competitions scheduled for 2008 - Who's spoilt for choice eh? Seniors Nationals - Get your entry in A.S.A.P! 13th August 2007 Bryan Smith has sent in the Seniors Nationals Entry Form for this years event in St. Ives. You need to get it in quick to participate though, entries need to be in by Friday 17th August 2007. All the information is included with the entry form, of which you can get through clicking here [.doc file, Microsoft Word required - 30.5Kb] (Opens in new window). Seniors & Masters Stillin' it up! 4th April 2007 Bob Bunney has sent in snaps of the recent Seniors & Masters Stillwater Championships in all kinds of shapes and sizes! Why not relive the moments by checking them out in this gallery? Thanks for the pics! Senior Stillwater Notice 19th February 2005 All the information regarding the upcoming Senior Stillwater competition can now be found on this website! Available is the entry letter and appropriate entry form. To view the notice regarding the Senior Stillwaters 2005 - Click Here or click the link in the Seniors page.

• Senior Devon Stillwater Results (2006)
• Senior Stillwater Entry Notice ('05)