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The fourth episode of the Bond

The fourth episode of the Bondi Patrol Podcast was released this week.

In it, Glen Frost speaks to Kenny Salisbury who has been involved with the Club in two ways: when his two daughters were younger, he was a Nippers parent, and now he’s helping club members get fit and stay fit with boxing – that’s because Kenny is a boxing champion.

Kenny was born and raised in Liverpool in the mid-1950s. He came to Sydney in the 1970s, and has lived in Bondi ever since. Kenny started boxing at 11, has had 33 professional fights and won 32 fights by knock outs! Kenny became an English Boxing champion, then an Australian champion, then a Commonwealth Champion.

He jogs and works out every day; and he shares his passion for fitness with other members of the Club. He speaks to Glen about why is Nippers important; discusses boxing, travelling the world and meeting

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Congratulations to the ‘Play B

Congratulations to the ‘Play Buoys’!

Our fourth Bronze group has made it through their final assessments this morning, and we’re excited to welcome 21 new lifesavers into our club!

Well done to all of the candidates, and a huge thank you to the trainers and assessors for the time you’ve committed to welcoming these new members to our club.

Mason Kemeny
Director of Education

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ALBERT – Women in Powercraft 2

ALBERT – Women in Powercraft 2023

For the first time ALBERT ran Women in powercraft weekend program in Fingal Beach, Hunter Branch.
50 Women, 16 IRB’S, 2 RWC and a can-do attitude arrived for a weekend of powercraft/ lifesaving upskilling.
It was a weekend of learning, sharing and exploring new ways to operate the IRB , They built on their rescue skills, knowledge, made new friends and networks on one of the nicest beaches and great club.
The women came from across the state and even interstate to experience the weekend alongside like-minded lifesavers building the strength of their lifesaving capabilities.
They collaborated, inspired, motivated, lead, learned, smiled and had fun as a group to help each other and build confidence.

Bondi IRB members that participated in the weekend Kristy Smith Julie Pritchard Alex Ayscough Kirsten Newrick. Ashleigh Wallis Breaden, Luana Eliis, and we welcomed Elena Cormack (QLD) and Jennie Smith (South Maroubra) who didn’t have

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Last night we celebrated the e

Last night we celebrated the end of season nippers & parents night…. thank you to our wonderful sponsor Betty’s Burgers for supplying their wonderful burgers. Thank you to all the nippers volunteers for a great and successful season, we applaud you👏.
Also a special thanks to Julie, Kathryn, Liz(president) & Kate (vice Pres) for all your hard work…….GO TEAM!!!!!

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The 81st Stan & Basil McDonald

The 81st Stan & Basil McDonald Relay was held yesterday.
What a great day, for a great race. This year we came out on top with a hard-fought victory. North Bondi fought hard and gave it everything they had, but so did we. The stan mac is more than just a race it’s a battle, a tradition, a long-fought battle between two great clubs.
Congrats to all the swimmers, you make both clubs very proud, thank you to Dori & Nick who put their heart and soul into our team each and every year.
Also, a big shout out to Matt Hamilton & Simon Storry who between them have raced in the stan mac for North Bondi for over 50 years combined, and both said this was their last race… what an achievement!!!.
It’s days like these that should make us all proud, whether you are on the winning or losing team, Bondi

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Today, sadly, we lower our fla

Today, sadly, we lower our flag to half mast to pay our respects to an active patrolling member of our club, Andrew Hoppe.

Andrew has held many roles in our club over the years, mustering enthusiasm for the annual lIfesaving parade at the Mardi Gras, organising our Higher awards program, and generally helping out wherever he could.

He will be sadly missed by the club and we will advise more details on the funeral service when available.

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Today marks 85 years since Bla

Today marks 85 years since Black Sunday on Bondi Beach.
Sunday 6 February 1938 saw the largest mass rescue in 245 of 250 people saved and, unfortunately, five died when they were swept off a sand bank.
It was just after 3pm and the Club’s Sunday Surf Race was about to be run. That proved incredibly fortunate with those waiting on the sand for the race leaping into action to bring people back to shore. The incident also happened as the Club’s patrols were swapping over, so there were over 60 Bondi Surf Club members on the beach!
Today we remember the five people who lost their lives on Black Sunday and honour those who saved so many other lives.
#bondi #bondibeach #noliveslost #volunteer #bondisurfclub #firstsurfclub #surflifesaving #staysafe #slsa #mysurflife #BlackSunday

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