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News
November 27th - GBoard Nipper Boards
SLSA Wales currently has a supply of GBoard Nipper Boards available @ £210 each. These would make an ideal Xmas present for any Nipper Lifesaver.
We also have a small supply of GBoard/Dolphin Soft Rescue Boards @ £500 each.
It is anticipated boards will sell very quickly so to avoid disappointment please contact powercraft@slsawales.org ASAP if you require a board for immediate collection in time for Xmas.
November 27th - Thank you to all Clubs who attending the AGM. Details of AGM will be available later.
November 27th - The National Governing Body for Sport in Wales has organised a series of training courses in North and South Wales. Details of the courses can be found HERE for North Wales and HERE for South Wales
November 27th - Please find attached a letter concerning the Vale of Glamorgan Sports Academy. The Sports Academy scheme provides selected high performance sportspeople with free access to some of the Council's training facilities. They are currently accepting applications for the 2009 Sports Academy Scheme. As part of this process they have requested sportspeople to obtain signatures from their NGB representative to confirm their international / Welsh squad status.
Please note that the deadline for receiving applications to this scheme is 5th December. Once they have received applications a shortlisting process will take place. Those individuals who are existing members for 2008 will have already been sent a renewal letter.
November 27th - The pool mini league will commence in January 2009. If you are interested in competing. Please find the details HERE
November 27th - In 2009 Sydney will be hosting the World Masters Games. Life Saving will be part of the Games so if you fancy a holiday and some competition please take a look HERE
November 23rd - IRB Meeting with ‘the father of the IRB’ – 29 November at Noon SLSA Wales Powercraft is pleased to announce there will be a meeting at 12 noon on Saturday 29th November at Aberavon SLSC for all interested members followed by a visit to the Grove Public House from 1.30pm to watch Wales v Australia in Rugby.
We have arranged for Warren Mitchell ‘the father of the IRB’ to visit Wales and share some of the knowledge he has amassed over the last 40 years with IRB Crews from Wales. Warren is credited with inventing the IRB for Surf Life Saving purposes and pioneered IRBs in Australia in the 60s and 70s. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience and is looking forward to meeting up with the guys from Wales to share this knowledge and having a few beers in the Grove afterwards. He tells me his two great passions in life are IRBs and Rugby Union so hopefully there will be a lot of common issues to be discussed on the 29th!
If you have an interest in IRBs this meeting (and possibly the pub after) is a must.
Hopefully see you on the 29th.
November 14th - Due to all the new developments there we be an additional Technical Commission meeting on Tuesday 2nd December at 7:30 in the High Tide- Porthcawl.
October 15th - IRB CHAMPIONSHIPS
SLSA Wales Powercraft Commission is considering holding an Open IRB Championships from 2009 and would like input from Clubs regarding the feasibility of holding such an event in Wales.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council have expressed an interest in hosting an IRB Competition and subject to approval by the Clubs it is anticipated that the inaugural competition would be held in Barry in mid September or early October 2009.
Teams from Wales have previously competed in IRB Championships in Australia and GB with some success and following several requests from members the Powercraft Commission would like to investigate the feasibility of holding a Welsh Championships. In order to make the competition happen we would need a minimum total of 6 boats so support from the Clubs would be essential to make the event happen.
If you have any comments to make or require any additional information regarding the proposed running of this event please email powercraft@slsawales.org before our next management meeting on 11 November.
October 12th - Thank you to all our website users. We have now gone through over 100,000 hits on the website this year.
October 12th -More Nipper Camp 2008 Photographs can be found HERE
October 7th - SLSA Wales are looking for applications for Clubs to host next years (2009) Nipper Championships. Please find HERE further details.
September 29th - The Sports Council of Wales is keen to promote the work of Culturenet Cymru.
This is a not-for-profit company which documents the history of Wales and the Welsh on a website called Gathering the Jewels (www.gtj.org.uk) Gathering the Jewels holds almost 30,000 digital images of items from museums, archives, libraries and individuals from across Wales.
As part of the Welsh Assembly Government's exciting People's Collection developments to create an interactive, online collection of the history of Wales which will be accessible to all, the Gathering the Jewels project is attempting to put together the history of sport and pastimes in Wales by digitising as many items from as wide a range of sports as possible. They have already made arrangements to work with the WRU, FAW and the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Collection, amongst others, and are keen to extend this further to a wider range of sports.
They are keen for governing bodies of sport to contribute to this innovative new project; do you have any items relating to sport in Wales such as photos from past games, important competitions, successful teams or individuals? Or maybe committee minutes, shirts, uniforms, balls, medals or cups - they are interested in all kinds of memorabilia. Or maybe if you as an organisation do not possess such material, do you know of any teams or individuals that might collect items relating to the sport?
The advantage of digitisation is that you keep hold of the items when they're finished as they only keep digital images for use on the internet. All digitisation is free of charge and you would retain copyright on the digital images.
They hope that this will be a great opportunity to raise the profile of various sports in Wales by sharing their history and celebrating the achievements of individuals and clubs.
If this is something you are able to get involved with then please contact them direct as detailed below:
Carys Morgan Swyddog Prosiect a Chyfathrebu / Project and Communications Officer, Culturenet Cymru Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales Aberystwyth SY23 3BU carysm@culturenetcymru.com 01970 632 413
June 18th - Gift Aid may be a valuable source of income to a Club. Your SLSA Wales President is looking to set up an event looking at Gift Aid and how it can be used to help Clubs. If you are interested please read the following information HERE and reply directly.
