Sandringham Life Saving Club

05/06/2026

🏆 Bowls and Awards Night 2026 - President's Awards 🏆

To wrap up our night, the President's Awards were presented. Thank you so much to Andrew Gluth for presenting your trophy, which we learnt on Sunday, was the only trophy to survive our club fire in the 60s!

Congratulations to all recipients, you contribute so much to our club and it wouldn't be the same without you!

President's Awards:
Andrew Gluth President's Award - Lillie and Jesper Isborn
Pam McClean Award - Estelle Gaillard

One final acknowledgement tomorrow so stay tuned!!

04/06/2026

03/06/2026

🏆 Bowls and Awards Night 2026 - Lifesaving Awards 🏆

We loved celebrating the awesome achievements of our volunteer patrollers on Sunday night. The lifeblood of our club, our lifesavers manage to raise the bar every year. Our Patrollers completed a total of over 2,559 volunteer hours!! Thank you to LSV CEO, Cath Greaves, for presenting the patrollers with 99+ hours. A special mention to Lillie Isborn who completed the most hours with 150 hours!! 

Congratulations and thank you to all our patrollers. You always go above and beyond the call of duty and are fantastic! 

The Lifesaving Award Recipients:

Lifesaver of the Year - Max Chruszcz

Outstanding Contribution to Lifesaving - Phil Cameron  

Best First Year Lifesavers - Charlee-Faith Verplak-Broadbear

Encouragement Awards - Tom Appel, Roshan Dewalagama and Sanja Blackburn (not pictured) 

Chief Instructor Award - Genevieve Tole (not pictured) 

We'll keep announcing the awards throughout the week. Plenty more to come!

01/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Bowls and Awards Night last night!! Our annual End of Season celebration to celebrate the achievements of our club and the dedication of our members!

Thank you so much to Andrew Gluth (ex-President and Life Member) and Cath Greaves (LSV CEO) for joining and celebrating with us. & thank you to the Black Rock Sports Club for hosting us!

More announcements of awards recipients to come throughout the week - stay tuned!

30/05/2026

Last night we hosted our Teen Nutrition Workshop at Sandringham Life Saving Club, bringing together our young patrollers, members and friends from other clubs for a fantastic session on nutrition, fuelling and looking after our bodies.

A huge thank you to Isobel Cotham, Graduate Researcher from Deakin University’s Faculty of Health / School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, for sharing her knowledge in such a practical, engaging and age-appropriate way.

Izzy covered how nutrition supports energy, training, recovery and performance, along with the basics of carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals and hydration. She also shared practical tips on what to eat before, during and after exercise, recognising signs of under-fuelling, nutrition considerations for girls and the menstrual cycle, and simple ways to support immunity and injury recovery.

It was wonderful to see so many young lifesavers engaged in the session and asking great questions. These are the sorts of opportunities that help support our young members not only as patrollers and athletes, but as healthy, confident young people.

Thank you to everyone who came along, and to those who helped make the evening happen!

28/05/2026

Don't forget that we have organised for a sports nutritionist from Deakin University to talk to our younger members about nutrition and fuelling tomorrow!

The session will be hosted at Sandy LSC Clubhouse on Friday 29th May at 6.30pm for approximately 1 hour.

The session is open to anyone, but is particularly focussed towards 14-18 year olds. You are more than welcome to share this with your friends, you do not have to be a member of our life saving club to attend.

Please register via our linktree (www.linktr.ee/sandringhamlsc) or just come along!

We’ll cover:
• How nutrition impacts energy, training, recovery, and performance
• The basics of carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, and hydration
• What to eat before, during, and after exercise
• Recognising signs of under-fuelling and when your body needs more
• Nutrition considerations for girls and the menstrual cycle
• Simple strategies to support immunity and injury recovery

Hope to see you or your teen there!

24/05/2026

20/05/2026

We are so proud of Charlee-Faith for joining us this season!! ♥️💛

She’s 13 years old and has already completed more than 130 patrol hours as a volunteer lifesaver.

What’s more, she racked up all those hours in her first patrol season!

Charlee-Faith joined Sandringham Life Saving Club at the end of 2024. Her parents saw it as a good opportunity for her to learn water safety skills.

After a season of Nippers, she stepped up to get her Surf Rescue Certificate in December last year so she could take part in patrols. Since then, Sandringham LSC has become “another home”.

“I was down there almost every weekend. I did four days at the end of the season for the long weekend,” she said.

“I really love it. I love going to lifesaving!”

A desire to help her community, and the exploits of the famed Bondi Beach lifeguards, inspired her to get involved.

“I grew up really loving Bondi Rescue,” she said.

“When I turned 13, I could do my SRC. I wanted to learn more skills as a medic and help people too.”

On top of her patrolling, Charlee-Faith has provided water safety to Nippers, and took part in an extended course on CPR to sharpen her skills further.

She hopes to use what she’s learned in lifesaving to make an even bigger contribution in the future.

“I would really love to be a paramedic or a surgeon, or go further with my lifesaving,” she said.

If you’ve ever thought about joining lifesaving, this could be your year to volunteer.

17/05/2026

We are two weeks away from our Bowls and Awards Night!! Don't forget to book your tickets!

Please join us for our annual End of Season celebration on from 4pm on Sunday, 31st of May at the Black Rock Sports Club.
⏱️Come from 4pm for some lawn bowls, 5:30pm for dinner. Awards from 6:30pm.
🎟️Tickets available for $30pp for Adults and $15pp for Children via our linktree (www.linktr.ee/sandringhamlsc).
🥗Dinner provided, drinks available at the bar.

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or issues!

Can't wait to see you there!

12/05/2026

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