By Ron Lane
WELL it was that Friday night of the year again, when a lot of our families got their first real taste of Christmas.
About 6pm, hundreds of family people gathered at the Hasting Street roundabout to witness the turning on of the lights which hang from the Hasting Street Christmas tree. What followed was an hour of fun with everyone joining in.
This tree ceremony was the brainchild of the then happy yank Jim Berado, and proud to say that for its entire 12-year span, the Noosa Surf Club has been one of its major sponsors.
Talking of happy occasions, the management and members of the Sunshine Beach Surf Club wish to thank all those people who supported their Ten Grand in The Hand, Fund-raiser.
The drawing of this raffle is really (dare I say it) a reason for a good old fashion supporter club beach party, and as usual this gesture of thanks, was really well supported.
This year the happy winner was Robbie White a Life Member of Sunshine. This was a great result as Robbie has done his bit for the club, both on the building committee and also in the area of fund-raising.
While on the matter of Sunshine, well done to their under-13 to15s team which contested the recent A Mart carnival at Maroochydore, finishing in third place overall. Big carnival, tough competition; well done to all.
Last weekend, the Sunshine Coast under-13 Inter Branch representative team contested the Qld. Inter Branch Championship at Coolangatta. On Friday, the Pool Rescue events were held, and on Saturday the surf and beach. For the ninth year in a row, the carnival was won by the Sunshine Coast team, in which both Noosa and Sunshine were well represented.
The timing could not be better. On Sunday morning, Chris Grandemange and Trevor King of the Noosa Heads IRB section assessed and passed another six members for their crewies certificates. “This is good having another six members; we are in for a big Christmas and there will be a heavy workload. This weekend we will be testing another six, so an increase of 12 all up, couldn’t have come at a better time.”
Noosa Sunshine and Peregian all reported good crowds and safe surfing.
While training and patrols were underway, our competitors were very busy proudly wearing their club colours and competing at various beaches. Five Noosa boat crews travelled south to take part in the Annual Coffs Harbor Craft Carnival, and in the words of coach and sweep Davie Tomba, “it was challenging surf with plenty of good racing. We had two masters’ crews, the Emues and the Condors competing and happy to say the Emues won the final. The under-23 men’s finished third in their final. This was really good as the competition in this division was made up of all the crews who contested the major races in last year’s Nationals.”
A big morale booster for the newly formed ladies under-19 crew; racing in their maiden carnival, they won their division. Great sign for things to come.” With crews from all over Queensland and N.S.W. the competition could not have been better; and it was right across the board,” said Tomba.
Sunday morning at a Noosa Club Council meeting, following a presentation from Supporter Club Chairman Ian Young O.A.M. Life Member, and finance officer Wally Schaller Life Member, the members voted unanimously to proceed with an internal refurbishment of the Supporters Club.
During the presentation, the chairman called upon club architect Peter Conley to table drawings and information regarding the project.
“By doing this, we can continue to give our members and visitors a nice and relaxing environment in which they can enjoy our Noosa hospitality. This, plus our ongoing commitment to be ever involved within the community, will enable us to give our people a club to be proud of,” the chairman said.
