Category: Latest from Bondi Surf Life Saving Club

Today, sadly, we changed to an Australian White Ensign flag at half mast to honour the life of service of one of our great patrolling members, Henry John Rantzen, who passed away peacefully this morning.

John was born on 18 March 1934 and joined the club in 1981. He became a radio controller for the club in 1990, and when the separate Radio Officer role ceased, he gained his bronze medallion in 1997 (at the age of 63). He then rapidly became a Patrol Captain of Patrol 6 in 1999, and Assistant Chief Instructor (1999-2002). Over time he completed 52 awards and became one of our most skilled captains. In 2003, I made him a mentor Patrol Captain, working with the new captains to learn the skills needed on a busy beach.

Since SLSA started tracking hours in 2005, he completed 884 hours of patrolling, and 34 hours in the season

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Looking to help out off the beach, Lifeline are looking for volunteers in the east!

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Dear member

Following our presentation night on 22 June for the building upgrade works we have developed a FAQ sheet to address the questions and comments that have come up over the last two weeks. Please take the time to read through this and the presentation slides also provided.

As part of the detailed design process we are preparing further consultation and surveys that will be used to help guide the solutions. Look out for these over the coming weeks.

If you have any questions or comments please send them to buildingcommittee@bondisurfclub.com by 15 July 2022 so we can accommodate in the next phase.

FAQ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11NjEypCRXXQxOc_MIjPb9WGK0KUdQJOa/view

Presentation Slides
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ezDxqfDVR_mgw4L2D–ZRUBEbITLbgQ9/view

Regards
Garret O’Connor

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ANNUAL REPORT NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
This years annual report is now available to view here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SfIdLdw7KkVWN-G8BTUbBzouNxq3Dkn_/view?usp=sharing

Printed copies will be available in the office before the AGM on the 24th July.

Remember all of our annual reports since 1907 are available from the Link on our website here

Key Stats

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Annual Report design and production by Font & Swatch

Thank you to everyone who contributed reports, information and photos for our 115th Annual Report 2021/21 . A huge thank you to Tim Read, who’s help compiling photos for this report has been invaluable . Thank you to Garret O’Connor, Julie Engle, Kathryn Horner, Bridie Hanifee and Brent Jackson for proofreading .
Photo Contributions
Cover photo- Dario Berzosa- Instagram @dario .bs – Beachitude – https://beachitude .com .au/
Big Lens Little Lens- Andrew Kagis, Gavin Little – Gavin Little Photographs, Anna Booth, Simon Smith, Robyn Farmer, Shein Wang, Tim Read, Julie Engel, Alan Freeman, Patrick Vanderham, Harvpix, Siobhan O’Toole, Sydney SLS

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Waves of Wellness has another free 6-week men’s learn to surf and mental wellbeing program starting up at Bondi Beach on Wednesday the 2nd of August and we’re stoked to offer this to BondiSBLSC members!

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Thanks for these lovely photos of the day Tim, Wandering John will be missed on the sands of Bondi.

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Preparations almost complete for the celebration of John Rantzen’s life. The service starts at 11am in the main hall and everyone is welcome. The family confirm you can attend from off the beach in your swimmers, or something more formal.

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Thanks to Bondi Loop for these pics.
1890, things have changed just a little since then.

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Funeral details – John Rantzen

The celebration of John’s life will be held at the surf club next Sunday 17th July at 11am, followed by a wake in the Blue Room. If you are planning to attend please RSVP so numbers can be confirmed using this invite.
https://www.picaluna.com/…/celebration-of-life-for…/
If you cannot make it to the funeral but would like to view the ceremony it will be available on a livestream here https://www.ceremonycast.com.au/johnrantzen

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Democracy is always the winner of a peaceful and civilised voting process, and we should never take that for granted. But yesterday the rain held off in the morning, and the feeling was festive and energetic around the club.

Admittedly, much of the world finds some of our Election Day processes harder to understand, and love showing these off – #democracysausage and #smugglersdecide certainly were out in force despite the weather conditions.

As usual, our club formed the backdrop for the worlds view of Australian elections – there may only be a few thousand votes cast in the world’s #firstsurfclub – but you would think otherwise from the media coverage!

Below are a few of the articles we have seen this year – if you find any other photos or videos etc. please pop them in the comments below so we can keep track of them.

Well done to our IRB team and Steve

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