2020-09-30-accounts - Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club

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CONTENTS

PRESIDENTS REPORT

WHO WE ARE

PRESIDENT’S REPORT 3 CHAIR’S REPORT 4 CAPTAIN’S REPORT 5 SECRETARY’S REPORT 6 WHAT WE DO LIFESAVING REPORT 7 RNLI/LIFEGUARDING REPORT 9 NIPPER REPORT 12 YOUTH REPORT 14 LADIES REPORT 16 IRB REPORT 18 SURFBOAT REPORT 20 FINANCES MEMBERSHIP REPORT 22 TREASURER’S REPORT 22 OUR SUPPORTERS 23 ACCOUNTS (Attached)

COMMITTEE

TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT ROBERT PLIMLEY PETER GAISFORD ALAN HOMES

CHAIR CHRIS HARDING DOREEN LAWRENCE THOMAS TREMEWAN

SECRETARY NIGEL BOWDEN

TREASURER ANDY DAVIES

FUNDRAISING HANNAH PILE

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY LYN BOWDEN

THE IMPOSSIBLE WE DO NOW MIRACLES TAKE A LITTLE LONGER

CAPTAIN MATT SANWELL VICE-CAPTAIN JASON WHEELER

LADIES CAPTAIN ANITA FLEET SURFBOAT CAPTAIN AARON JONES

IRB CAPTAIN ROB FARR

LIFESAVING MANAGERS SAM CHAMBERLIN & ROB NUNN

NIPPER MANAGER & SAFEGUARDING EMMA ‘SPIKE’ GAISFORD

YOUTH MANAGER SARAH WHITE

RNLI CORRESPONDENT BEN GARDINER

GEAR STEWARD TOM MCRITCHIE

SIMON BOYLE PAULA BRIGHT ESME ROGERS CHRIS ROGERS MAXINE WHITBREAD-ABRUTAT SIMON JEFFERY

With restricted foreign travel, we had a lot of visitors

PRESIDENT Pete Gaisford

This has been a year like no other. The Corona Virus pandemic has had an impact in every sphere of life and the Surf Life Saving Club has not been immune. All aspects of the club membership have been affected except for one, that of the saving of lives from the sea.

North Cornwall coast on the May Bank Holiday weekend. Everyone has had to adapt to new social measures. The club management committee responded to the new requirements in order to keep the club membership training and practicing their skills.

The foundation of Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club are built upon the motto Vigilance and Service. The voluntary surf life saving movement in Cornwall rose to the occasion on the May Bank Holiday weekend and through the following week of the half term school break.

Sadly this year the club could not take on new members and this meant the intake for the new 7yr old age group could not transpire. Hopefully in 2021 the membership doors will be reopened and normality can return.

Club finances have also been impacted upon, with no opportunity to initiate club fund raising activities. The 2020 Triathlon and Aquathon had to be cancelled and club sponsorship by local businesses was not pursued.

To everyone’s dismay upon the lifting of the Government Covid lockdown the restrictions in mid May, it became quickly apparent that the public would travel to Cornwall. Allied to this, it was also made known that the RNLI Lifeguard service would not be in place. The weather prediction for the weekend was for warm sunshine and a big surf.

This year we have lost a great supporter of the surf life saving club in Viv Hill a long standing Parish Councillor and owner of the Holiday Shop. We have also lost another member of the Perranporth Miners family, Muriel Miners. Recently I leqarned that Henry Heath died at home in Australia. Henry was a very valuable and reliable club member and part of the first victorious R&R team in 1966.

All the ingredients for a “Perfect Storm” which could result in drownings on Perranporth Beach. The Perranporth SLSC membership rose to the call to provide walking patrols for Perranporth beach and for Perran Sands. Surf Life Saving Club members made 154 interactions with members of the general public advising them not to bathe, particularly at low tide. The club members actions definitely prevented possible drownings. Sadly there were several rescues and two drownings along the

We wish all their families our sincere condolences at this difficult time.

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CHAIRS REPORT

CAPTAINS REPORT

CHAIR Doreen Lawrence

UK. I went to the first one under ISL in 1994 and this was held just up the Coast at Fistral, Newquay and have been to at least 8 since then, this is the third time in Oz. The first time at Lorne, a little way from Melbourne, I got 2 Gold Medals and a Bronze, that was my year I only got Bronze in later years!

I was asked the other day “what is your claim to fame” as he had seen me giving out medals at the aquathon last year! Well I said have you 3 hours!!

A week after this year’s Annual Report is being read Jim (my husband of 53 years!) and I will be flying out to Adelaide, Australia to the World Surf Life Saving Championships and I will be on the beach as a Technical Officer, an Official in the

As a Club we have had a very good year, no major mishaps and the beginning of patrolling after the Life Guards have left for the evening worked very well.

2019 AWARDS

Presented at the Dinner and Dance in February

‘CLUBBIE’ OF THE YEAR Michelle Sanwell

MINERS MEMORIAL CUP

Long service and commitment to the club brand new award in honour of the miners family Spike Gaisford

THE WESTCOTT CUP

An individual that has done lots to help out the club. Tom McRitchie

THE ADAMS AWARD Committed Lady of the year Biz Illiffe

CAPTAIN Matt Sanwell

BOARD PADDLER OF THE YEAR Milky Byatt

Initially it seemed unnecessary to produce an annual report this year, as so much had been cancelled or postponed. However the Perranporth Surf Lifesaving Club turned out to be more important to the community of Perranporth than ever before.

What this year has proved is how adaptable the club is and how, as a team, we can make things happen very quickly and safely. This was apparent when the club committee decided that we had to provide some form of safety cover during the times when the RNLI weren’t present. As with many other clubs up and down the country, we got back to our club roots and saved countless lives. I think the founding members of the club will have been very proud of what they started and what you all have achieved!

YOUTH SKI PADDLER OF THE YEAR Tiffany Postle

TOWNLEY CUP - YOUTH OF THE YEAR Sam Hillery

THE LAWRENCE CUP

Not only did the club keep an eye on the beach whilst the higher powers of the RNLI tried to decide what their role was, but also for our members, both young and old, who were craving some semblance of social interaction after a long period of isolation during lock-down.

Dedicated and supportive Youth member, not always the fastest or most competitive! Morgan Stephens

MOST IMPROVED BOARD PADDLER OF THE YEAR Helen Kirkman

Although there were no competitions this PADDLER OF THE YEAR Helen Kirkman year, training has been very strong. We have big numbers of youth getting into ski THE LES STOPHER SHEILD paddling and quite a few new faces at our Khalile Siddiqui Wednesday Senior sessions. Thanks to the THE BUSTER HARRIS hard work of Spike, our winter pool sessions SHIELD have been going well too. Due to limited Morgan Stephens & Reece Thomas space and huge fee increases, we have had to move to the pool at Newquay View, DUNCAN NEWBY CUP Most Improved Swimmer of the Year which is only 20 meters, but has meant that Morgan Stephens we were able to provide the club members with some great training and coaching. LIFE SAVERS SAVER

THE LES STOPHER SHEILD Khalile Siddiqui

Personally I found Lock-down quite hard and was chomping at the bit to get training again. After admittedly being apprehensive about the guidance provided by SLSGB on social distancing etc, it actually created more inclusive and manageable training sessions across the board. The bubbles of 6 meant that the burden of safety and coaching was spread across more people. Whilst every effort was made to abide by the social distancing rules and the cleaning down of kit, we kept the more immediate risks and dangers front and centre.

Morgan Stephens & Reece Thomas

DUNCAN NEWBY CUP Most Improved Swimmer of the Year Morgan Stephens

LIFE SAVERS SAVER Michelle Sanwell

I would like to take this opportunity to THE PITMAN CUP thank everyone for all their help and Hannah Pile positivity this year.

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LIFESAVING REPORT

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SECRETARYS REPORT
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14 members took extra training to become Surf Life Saving GB Beach Wardens.
36 Patrol members.

SECRETARY Nigel Bowden

In the 18 years I have been Secretary at the club I have not seen so many challenges to keep the club moving forward. COVID-19 has altered the way in which we have had to look at the ways in which we have operated all year, but these challenges have brought out the best in the club and its members.

After weeks of lockdown and a Whitsun holiday week the Government said it was safe to travel and everyone knew that they would be heading for the coast which had no Lifeguard service in place. Good weather, large swell and spring tide forecast for the first weekend of freedom was the making of the perfect storm to put people’s lives in danger. Our Club Presented (Peter Gaisford) was one of the first people to notice the approach of this perfect storm and started to lobby the RNLI and local government the need of a Lifeguard service but this fell on deaf ears. The club decided that patrols were needed for the Bank holiday weekend and luckily SLSGB came up with the guidance to do this safely. These Patrols were organised and lead by our Patrol Captains and working with the new SLSGB Beach Wardens and were able to run surveillance patrols due to the current situation regarding COVID-19. The club covered the whole of the bank holiday weekend between 9 – 5 with an extra hour on the Bank

41 hours of patrolling which came to 640 manhours on the water’s edge.
154 interactions with the public.
Even with all the surveillance we still had to launch the IRB for a life-threatening situation.

Holiday Monday, we then moved to covering the 2 hours before and after the low tide.

With the ongoing lobbying from Peter and other forces the RNLI started back on Perranporth beach on Saturday 30th May with a reduced service, this service was then rolled out to other beaches for the summer.

A big thank you must also go out to all the session leads, Coaches, and water safety cover for all the hard work and commitment they have put in this year. The word bubble has now become a part of life and all the training has been arranged in bubbles of six and have not been able to be mixed. With the use of Messenger and WhatsApp all the sessions have been arranged and sorted days before the activity.

So, the club has been buzzy throughout the year but has worked in a very different way, but we have still been able to keep our beach safe and our members training.

Thank you all for your ongoing support and hopefully 2021 will look a little different.

LIFESAVING Sam Chamberlin and Rob Nunn

To Follow

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LIFESAVING REPORT

LIFESAVING REPORTRNLI REPORT

RNLI

Ben Gardiner RNLI Seasonal Supervisor Perranporth and Perran Sands/PPSLSC committee member

2019 QUALIFICATIONS

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A year on, half term, the beach is red flagged and it is the final week of lifeguarding in 2020. When I wrote last years report we had no idea what was coming. We began preparing for the season as usual. The lead supervisor and full-time supervisor were dealing with recruitment prior to the return of the two seasonal supervisors. I returned to work looking forward to the season and we set to getting the lifeguards induction planned for Easter. Just over half way through when we had already set up the beaches with basic COVID measures and an idea of working in bubbles we were placed in the most difficult situation and ordered to cease all operations.

Just a few weeks later after a colossal effort from local clubs and the communities we had volunteer patrols on beaches. The RNLI had by this time approved a return to up to 70% of beaches in some capacity, of our seven from Portreath

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to Holywell Bay we were allotted to open initially one, we quickly had three open having completed the Easter Lifeguards induction in water craft and then commencing with limited training permitted for returning lifeguards.

In the end I understand only two areas nationally opened all their area beaches, we in Perranporth Support Centre were the first

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Craft Assessments on return to the beach
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Delivering socially distanced induction and
PPE and COVID secure working practices
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RNLI REPORT

RNLI REPORT

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‘Shillary’: 2019 volunteer and RNLI Lifeguard 2020 practicing 999 calls
and Radio Ops, very soon put into action for the real thing
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and this was down to determination in recognition of the very real need for lifeguards on our dangerous stretch of coast. That was proven with the tragic drownings on May 25th in other locations and the near missis and successful interventions by many volunteers around the coast.

But volunteering daily would not be a long-term solution for a whole season. Mercifully, due to the hard work of the Perranporth Surf Lifesaving Club, its ethos and the commitment of the clubbies, many had volunteered in 2019 and therefore were thankfully eligible for us to take on in 2020, as there was a ban on recruiting completely new lifeguards. The 2019 volunteers were a saving grace allowing us to reach the numbers required to mount the full service.

At Perranporth and Perran Sands we had the following 15 club members working this year: Sam Hillary, Ben Evans, Will McRitchie, Tom McRitchie, Rob Nunn, Sam Chamberlain, Aaron Martyn, George Hudson, Max Lawrence, Rory Tellam, Samson Tellam, Jack Farr, Sam Stephens, Tom Cutmore, Ben Gardiner. Doreen was unfortunately not allowed to volunteer but will hopefully be back in 2021.

Only a few lifeguards from neighbouring clubs and one non clubbie from Australia (but really a Yorkshireman) were working at Perranporth. This must be the most clubbies working Perranporth in a single season ever.

The amazing thing was that without the normal inductions the lifeguards doing their first season of paid work had to hit the ground running on what would see us looking after as many as 14,000 people on the beach at one time. There were many ‘Bank Holiday crowd’ level days that we just don’t see usually as people were ‘staycationing’ and holidaying in Cornwall that would previously have been swimming in the much calmer waters abroad.

We were in for it and the team did really well, really well, juggling new working practices (Pot Noodle sales have soared

after microwaves were banned, other instant noodles are available), restrictions on our normal operations and managing large crowds in tough ocean conditions while doing their best to protect themselves and others. The big change requiring tremendous effort was to separate the bathing and surfing areas onto completely different banks, allowing for maximum space to ease the crowds on a single bank.

We had just crept into September when we had our first

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An afternoons paperwork, more than some beaches see in a season,
‘Huddy’ loves paperwork:
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confirmation of a lifeguard with COVID which saw us have to put over a dozen of the team into self-isolation. Testament to the lifeguard’s adherence to basic practices we had no further cases and were able to get fully back on the beach around 10 days later after some lifeguards from out of area were brought in and other casual lifeguards were able to step in.

The dedication shown by lifeguards is not for the money, any particular organisation, but to lifeguarding and the community itself. Young people doing things that many think they are incapable of. Sure enough we had one guy ding a truck and break a trailer on his first day, a bogging or two, but these lads had very limited inductions and stepped up when needed. Some of the notable incidents this year are summarised below from the 2,200+ we have had in area:

Unconscious male, Fallers at Chapel Rock, Cut offs at Flat Rocks, Dog over cliffs, lived and recovered by IRB, Dog over cliffs, not so lucky, Kyacker washed in front of high cliffs and a dramatic

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‘Cutters’ and ‘Rozza’ after rescuing a canine that went over the cliffs at
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tasked by Coastguard, Pregnant lady fitting, two dislocated IRB Safety cover for the knees on the same day, Broken ribs, lady fell off chapel rock, Castle2Castle Swim Bomb Disposal for Phosphorous ordnance, Kite surfer rescues.

There are 350 walkers on the beach today, its windy and raining with a red flag flying, but they are here and weather can change and people grab their boards and jump back in the water. It is late October and we have patrolled daily through October for the first time thanks to the extra funding provided by Perranzabuloe Parish Council that was arranged prior to the season starting.

Unsure as to what next year will hold, I would encourage all the youth to look at the RNLI recruitment website and think about joining the team that keep one of the most dangerous beaches in the UK safer for our visitors and community.

rescue in high seas by Will McRitchie before getting casualty to safety up the cliffs Goat Track, Mass rescues, Mental Health issue, male throwing stones at public, Marijuana washed up on beach, handed to police, Drunk escorted from beach by police, Mass rescue of 6 at Perran Sands, Assault with glass bottle to member of public, Lost and found kids including a two year old and help from Police, Suspicious photographer, Knee injury chapel rock, Hazardous material washed up at Perran Sands and fire brigade attended, washed up seals, Fin cuts, Buzzard rescue, Hypothermia, Bits of a wreck at Perran Sands, Anaphylaxis, dispondent male, dislocations, Mass rescue and suspected spinal as two SUPs washed in after being escorted by lifeboat from St Agnes, Unknown illness, Search for overdue surfer in storms,

Simply get an application submitted in the New Year. Follow the advertisement for applications (volunteer and paid) on the RNLI website that will be announced on the Perranporth Community Lifesaving Page on Facebook or speak to Ben.

Fitness requirements are a Beach Lifeguard qualification, 400m swim in under seven and a half minutes, a 200m run in under 40 seconds and an underwater pool swim. Full details are on the website https://summerjobs. rnli.org/lifeguards and be part of the wider team.

If we are able to recruit volunteers and new lifeguards in 2021, we want you.

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NIPPERS REPORT

NIPPER MANAGER

Spike Gaisford

What an unusual and challenging year!

Nippers started 2020 in excellent spirit. An autumn term in the pool completed with full attendance before Christmas 2019 had all the children making excellent progress. We held a great Awards night party and families attended our Boxing Day Dip during our well-earned seasonal break for everyone. We were back to the pool in earnest after the New Year celebrations with Coaches planning teams and training ramped up for the February Frostbite Champs at Penzance. Several parents went on a pool officiating course to help at the event and off we went with a big team of 48 enthusiastic children. Hard work paid off and we had medals from Sam Lee, Molly Kerry and Will Davies. The whole team were awesome with lots of placings in the top 10 and many in the top 20. Bear in mind there are often 60 -80 children in each age category from across the county! The 8s deserve a special mention for facing their first pool event with determination. All our Nippers were beautifully behaved through-out, a credit to their parents. Thank you to Jayne, Andy and Annie who managed the teams and to our willing parents who helped poolside with marshalling and timekeeping.

With half-term in the bag, enthusiasm running high for the Easter SLS GB Pool Nationals at Cardiff we were set for Spring and then……a global pandemic put the handbrake on everything for us. Nippers stopped. Normal stopped. Just like that. No pool, no back on the beach BBQ, no competitions to aim for. No being with friends with a common interest. Not a dot. Nothing.

However.

How lucky are we to live in this beautiful place with wide open space and our amazing beach? It was heart warming to see so many of our Nippers and their families out in the water or around and about Perranzabuloe taking their exercise. It kept us all on track at that time, made us all re-evaluate what made us tick, what was important. Thank goodness the weather was unusually glorious, and the waves were perfect. What a privilege. Holding our breath and itching to get going again, those behind the scenes at the Club and our Nipper coaches were plotting and planning how to make Nipper sessions “virus safe” and comply with the multitude of requirements to adhere to the new normal. Special thanks must go to Jayne who “podded” the children into the smaller groups and to our fantastic parent

coaches who led each pod every week from mid-July. Biz, Karen, Ruth and Sue were superb with the sign in/out each week and the equipment cleaning. Once we had a system it worked like clockwork. The children were adaptable, resilient and brilliant every week.

Unfortunately to facilitate the beach sessions to happen this summer we had to halt our 2020 new 7s from starting with us. We just did not have the manpower, equipment, and the available time to do this without impacting on our current Nippers during this strange year. The Club as a whole, needed to concentrate its efforts on the current membership and get it safe and right. We achieved this by freezing new membership. All our Club groups managed to hold their sessions from July to September. I am hoping to start our 2020 new Nippers in

STAR AWARDS 2019

Perseverance Summer Sutton & Isobel Davies

Dedication Rosie Norton & Nathaniel Balinger Respectfulness Ethan Fleet

Sportsmanship Sam Lee, Matthew Wilson, Vince Marney Fundraiser Star Essie Eggleton Fearlessness Neve Wordley Resolution Ruby Graham Loyalty Finley Robinson & Barnaby Brook Tenacity Molly Viles Enthusiasm Gida Wilson Motivation Lily Mae Moody Commitment Nonnie Adams Endeavour Paulo Clifton Fortitude Alfie Boyle Determination Jack Dingle Parent Stars Vicky Thornton, Harry Milsom, Khalile Siddiqui

January 2021 in the pool as ‘new 8s’ if lockdown stays lifted, but we will have reduced capacity due to pod restrictions. Then in May we will start our 2021 new 7’s if controls permit. I really do hope so.

Whatever happens in 2021 I know that our Nippers are developing into great young people, they have shown immense resilience, determination, and willingness to adjust to everything that has been thrown at them this year. I am incredibly proud of them all and want to say a massive thank you to the children, and to their parents who have supported Nippers and the Club this year without question whether it be coaching, water cover or just being there with us doing it, but doing it with perseverance.

Which brings us back to swimming again. We managed to access a new swimming facility as Waterworld’s management company, using the pandemic crisis as a reset button had sadly given away our historic 30 year Thursday 2 hour slot to a local swim club and massively increasing the hire as a final insult. Never look back. Both our children, our coaches & session admin and the staff at Newquay Bay resort pool have worked hard to make the new Saturday swim sessions successful and safe. Thank you very much to Annie for writing the pandemic swim risk assessment and to our parents who have given up their time each week to coach. The children have been a real credit at training, and I know the coaches have seen some genuine improvements in technique and stamina. I am gutted we are again unable to swim during November due to another lockdown, fingers crossed we can keep swimming over the remaining winter months if it is lifted and thank goodness we got in the pool in September.

See you on the other side of 2020, Team Perranporth SLSC Nippers!

2018 NIPPER AWARDS

Nipper Age Group	MOST IMPROVED NIPPER 2019	MOST IMPROVED NIPPER 2019	AGE GROUP NIPPER OF THE YEAR 2019
7	Connie Dodgson		Jenson Bettle
8	Cory Hawkins-Walsh		Natalia Parker
9	Ava Sutton		Molly Kerry
10	Ciaran Julyan		Jack McNair
11	Cecilie Morris		Amelia Parker
12	Jake Walker		Elodie McNair
13	Byron Postle		Anna Dingle

CLUB MOST IMPROVED BEACHNIPPER 2019 Taylor Jeffs		CLUB NIPPER OF THE YEAR 2019 Jowan Kerry
TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2019 Emelia Hardwick		MOST IMPROVED NIPPER OF THE YEAR 2019 Meg Lee
MOST IMPROVED BOARD PADDLER 2019 Aaron Linney		MOST IMPROVED SWIMMER 2019 Charlie Osbourn
AGE MANAGER OF THE YEAR 2019 Biz Illiffe		COACH OF THE YEAR 2019 Shelley Hardwick
PRESIDENT’S CUP FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT Will Davies

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YOUTH REPORT

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YOUTH MANAGER

Sarah White

2020 YOUTH AWARDS

What a rollercoaster of a year! I would like to thank everyone across the club who has made this year happen for the Youth.

sea swimming, getting out through surf, tube rescues, we go into 2021 with an awesome group prepared for whatever the year ahead throws at us and we look forward to welcoming the 12’s and 13’s in the new year.

YOUTH OF THE YEAR Sam Hillery

THE LAWRENCE CUP Morgan Stephens

Our amazing parents who in January gave up a whole weekend to undertake their Level 2 coaching, we now have 7 new fully qualified coaches to go alongside our original 3. This was so fortuitous with the way that the year rolled out.

YOUTH SKI PADDLER OF THE YEAR Tiffany Postal

Swimming has continued at a pace, at the beginning of the year we were holding the two sessions, 1 at Redruth Pool with George and the other at Newquay Waterworld with Russell, thank you for all the swim training that put us in good stead for getting back in the sea. We are now fortunate to be swimming at Newquay Bay Resort under the watchful eye of Russell and hopefully in the near future we will be back at Redruth with George, offering 2 sessions a week again. Ski Paddling took off at a pace again in July we have had some great sessions

THE BUSTER HARRIS SHIELD Morgan Stephens & Reece Thomas

Getting back onto the beach in the middle of July meant a great deal too many. The new pod structure worked extremely well and was fantastic to see groups of 6 doing their thing in pods. We have seen confidence build amongst many of our younger youth this year with them achieving what seemed unsurmountable objectives at the beginning of the year,

CURRENT NUMBER OF YOUTH MEMBERS 58

on the water both at Malpas and on our very own beach. A big thanks to Simon Lawrence for sharing his expertise and it has been awesome having Peter Gaisford getting back in the water and showing us all how it is done.

Congratulations to our older Youth who after qualifying last year as Lifeguards through the Clubs training programme were employed by the RNLI to provide cover on all our local beaches, it was a great accolade to the club that they all represented the club and held up the tradition of ‘Vigilance and Service’ joining many of our previous Youth who are still Lifeguarding today.

Thank you to Sam Chamberlin and Rob Nunn who resurrected the Lifesaver and Lifeguard Award, we had a fully compliment of Youth attending and look forward to them all passing their awards next year, adding to our current Lifeguards here at Perranporth and the local area.

Thank you again to everyone who has helped out from ferrying the Youth to various training locations, coaching on the beach, registering and keeping everyone in line (Doreen we couldn’t do it without you x) making the hot chocolate, BBQing, cleaning down, it has been a weird one but a great one.

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LADIES REPORT

LADIES CAPTAIN Anita Fleet

2020 has obviously been an extremely different season for the club due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The club house went into lock down and general club activities were temporary forced to halt. Despite these difficulties we have been faced with, we still have much to be proud of.

As soon as club activities could resume safely, the instructors and ladies were eager to go. We quickly got used to our ‘new normal’ way of training in pods and it was a delight to see everyone back in the water. The new structure of pod training was received positively and it enabled more instructors to step up and confidently plan and deliver brilliant training sessions. All the instructors have been amazing; without them, ladies night simply would not be able to run. They all offer something unique and help to support, encourage, inspire and keep us all safe in the water. I cannot thank you all enough for your precious time, valuable knowledge and on-going support.

The winter swimming training started brilliantly. We had so many strong, fit committed ladies regularly training and we had a large team raring to go ready to take on the Cornish Frost Bite competition. Sadly this competition coincided with the start of the first national lockdown and had to be cancelled!

During these difficult times, it soon became apparent that many were using the sea for their dedicated daily exercise. Initially the RNLI made the decision to pause lifeguard patrols on beaches and this is where the club stepped in and immediately organised surveillance patrols to keep the public safe. Thank you to many of our wonderful ladies who volunteered to help with this.

Competitions

Sadly no competitions were able to take place this year but hopefully our awesome ladies will soon be able to demonstrate their amazing fitness, strength, speed and lifesaving skills in the future.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your patience and continued support during these unprecedented times. The club have worked hard to continue to offer safe training opportunities for our members. Thank you once again to Spike Gaisford who gives endless hours of her valuable time to the club. Her encouragement and constant motivation is admirable. I couldn’t write this report without mentioning the one and only legend…Doreen Lawrence. She too has learnt new skills this year and is now a dab hand on Google Meet! Doreen continued to give up her time to keep members safe in the water and manages the weekly winter swim sessions for the seniors. Doreen, you are such a star and an inspiration to others.

Overall, 2020 has been a strange year; a year where we have had to adapt our lives and get used to our new normal. Roll on next season.

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IRB REPORT

IRB CAPTAIN Rob Farr

I start my report this year recounting just how uneasy the late spring was amongst local experienced water users. They could all see a storm brewing with their being no paid lifeguard service on the beaches. The increasing crowds and the complete lack of lifeguard service galvanized surf life saving clubs back into the role they were first created for. Saving people from drowning on our local beaches.

Whilst executive lifeguard management failed to see the danger, grass roots life guarding emerged on each beach, which was a phenomenal common independent response from each coastal

community. At Perranporth, surveillance patrols were setup and carried out, and the IRB was quietly put on standby in the club garages ready to go out the door if needed.

May Bank holiday Monday proved to be the club’s big test. With good weather, low tide, offshore winds, conveyor belt rips and big swell, large crowds were going to the beach regardless of any warnings. The club put out surveillance patrols to advise people as they walked like lemmings to the waters edge. Most people listened and were thankful to be given life saving advice, but there was no stopping the man with the inflatable swan and two very young children – he knew best.

The water’s edge was a tense place to be with our hands tied by protocol of only carrying out surveillance for the emergency services, but not hands on rescue. As we stood at the mouth

of a conveyor belt rip, intercepting people, I became aware of one lifeboat after another being deployed to incidents along the north coast. Then the CG rescue helicopter came screaming over our heads at full speed on their way to Porthowan. I can remember standing at the water’s edge with my son thinking, there’s nothing more to send to rescue people.

It was at this point that we saw that people had got stuck in the rip and were heading out to sea at a rate. Having spent a lifetime being involved in beach safety, it didn’t take long to decide to step beyond surveillance mode and launch the irb.

I’m glad to say that shortly after the incidents over that weekend, the RNLI executive management were forced to change tack, and started to roll out the lifeguard service to as many beaches as quickly as possible. Many of our clubs members stepped in to fill those lifeguarding roles. 12 of our club members also signed up to club IRB training, in order to get themselves qualified for that work.

A late start in the season due to restrictions, and working in bubbles of 6, proved to be a challenge, but they all took it in their stride and worked hard to achieve a qualification. 4 drivers, and 2 crew qualified in the short time we had available, with the remaining 6 primed to be assessed at the start of next season. Thanks to Jason, Shane and Ben for helping to make it all happen this year.

The situation this year has seen the club return to its life saving roots, and I have felt proud of the way our club and its members have responded. Without the club’s immediate actions, the death toll would have been much higher on our beaches earlier this year.

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SURFBOAT REPORT

SURFBOAT CAPTAIN Aaron Jones

To Follow

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MEMBERSHIP REPORT

TREASURER’S REPORT

FUNDRAISING REPORT

MEMBERSHIP

Lyn Bowden

Well done to all our Clubbies this year for several reasons and

these are just a few

All club members that joined and paid their membership (this may have been a struggle) this helped to keep the club afloat.
The awesome people that ran and joined in the extra special Covid patrols keeping our beach safe for all, you did a great job helping your community.
Clubbies who did and are still looking after the Club, cleaning, and keeping it safe for all.
Club members that not only did the above but also helped with the Perranzabuloe Community Support Group they gave their time freely to help their community.
The committee for ploughing through the difficult decisions that had to made during the lock down.

Membership prices 2020	Membership prices 2020
Nipper	£48
Youth	£48
Senior	£88
Associate	£30
Family	£192(2 adults 2 children + £30 per extra child)

Membership Breakdown	Membership Breakdown	Membership Breakdown	Membership Breakdown
	2018	2019	2020
Senior	140	157	147
Youth	64	67	58
Nipper	114	114	92
Associate	75	77	53
Life	22	21	21
Total	415	436	436

Life Members: Richard Abram, Christopher Ballinger, Nick

Beringer, Anthony Blackman, Peter Foxwell, Peter Gaisford, David Hancock, Chris Harding, Alan Holmes, Robin Howell, Simon Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Gilly Lloyd, James Marsh, Robert Plimley, Chris Strickland, Stuart Thorn, Tom Tremewan, Raymond Turvey, Spike Gaisford and Nigel Bowden

TREASURER Andy Davies

It has been an interesting first year acting as the club Treasurer and it has certainty not been business as usual. Like all organisations the club has been heavily impacted by the pandemic. There has been and continues to be an increased level of uncertainty both in terms of club activity and also financial resources. Through prudent financial management the club began the financial year with a healthy level of reserves.

The club is not alone in the charities sector in reporting that the biggest impact has been a large reduction in fund raising activity. Whilst some fundraising has been able to take place the cancellation of the annual triathlon had a significant impact on the level of income. The club has also had to respond to the pandemic operationally, with a return to patrolling and increased cleaning. These have all had an impact on the level of expenditure in the year and despite the club being closed for a short period the costs associated with running the club continue.

During this period of uncertainty, we have, and will continue to minimise nonessential spend to ensure that the club remains resilient to any future shocks.

Looking forward we are exploring various funding streams to facilitate the purchase of new club kit to ensure that members from our nippers to our masters are able to continue participating in the activities they love. Fundraising and continued member support is crucial going into 2021 as the uncertainty around the pandemic and the impact it will have upon the club remains.

FUNDRAISING Hannah Pile

2019 ended with our usual Christmas market fundraiser and moving into 2020 we started the year keen with the first fundraising committee meeting. Great plans were being born but by February Covid 19 was rumbling and by March it had pushed the country into lockdown, snatching lives, time and opportunity. Personally, I had no choice but to remove my focus from the fundraising officer role as my working life as a nurse became busy and exhausting.

Throughout lockdown and as we came out the other side the club did what it does best and focussed on protecting lives. Sticking with the ethos of protecting lives we have not proceeded with our usual summer or Christmas fundraisers this year as these are clear situations that would provide potential risk of transmission of Covid 19.

2020 is a challenge and it is looking like this will continue some way into 2021 and we are going to desperately need the support, commitment and innovative ideas from our club members to make up for some of our financial losses this year. Hopefully we will reinstate the fundraising committee meeting in the new year and be able to develop plans for the year ahead.

Despite the gloom there is some light at the end of this tunnel. I have recently been discussing with the My Mission App to look at setting up a year long Virtual Fundraising mission from one end of the country to the other, hopefully with a surf lifesaving club theme, this should hopefully commence in the new year. Finally, we have successfully been selected again to be a Co-op local cause so I would ask all clubbies to go to your Co-op membership page and select Perranporth Surf Lifesaving Club as your local cause and encourage those you know to do the same – even those far away can select us! If you don’t have a Co-op members account then this can easily be created by going to www.coop.co.uk/membership.

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OUR SUPPORTERS

The staff and customers of Co-Op Perranporth. June Donnery and Haven Perran Sands. Everyone at the RNLI, Bob & Tommy Job at The Watering Hole, the community of Perranporth.

Steve and Shane Coram at Cycle Logic/GIANT Helston, Malcolm Ball of Snugg Wetsuits Newquay, Joe Healey and Healey’s Cyder Farm, Thüle, Pete at GAP Ltd Plymouth Branch, Mike Bartlett of KIER Group, Chris & Bev Law Massage, Loz Braiden, The Filling Station Café, Photographers Remy Whiting, Jamie Turnbull and Jon Mallett. Mr and Mrs Anderson, Chris and staff at Millstone Sound, Ben Parker and family of Callestick Farm. St Piran’s Perranzabuloe Parish Church and Perranporth Methodist Church. First Kernow Buses.

Mark and Lucy Thorn of Iglu Wetsuits/Piran Surf. Lizzie and Surfers Against Sewage, lovely Hannah Pile, New Wave Church Community, David Cromie at SeaDog IT, The Waterfront Restaurant, Bathsheba Surf.

Gaisford Surf Equipment, Simon Lawrence Builders, Paul ‘Sparks’ Halstead, Ben the Plumber, Peter Retallack Inspira Engraving, Lisa and everyone at The Seiners Perranporth, the one and only Dor 2 Dor Taxis, Nick Barsch, Mike and Jenny Callan at Perranporth Post Office, Davina Foster at Perranporth Plastic Free Market, Mr J Tredinnick of Nansmellyn Farm.

Perranzabuloe Parish Council, Perranporth Garden Trustees, Surf Life Saving GB, Diane Green and Surf Life Saving Cornwall Region, Cornwall Council, UK Government Department of Transport, Perranzabuloe Rotary Club, South West Water, HM Coastguard and Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service.

And to the many of family and friends that support our club year upon year

THANK YOU!

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

www.perranporthslsc.org.uk Perranporth Surf Lifesaving Club Registered Chairty No. 1041075

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Registered Charity No 1041075

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club {the Trust) for the year ended 30 September 2020. Responsibilities and basis of raport As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in aGGordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'i. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the appliGable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinalion giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of tho Trust as required by section 130 of the 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no GonGerns and have Gome across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention shoLEld be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. For and on bohalf of Francis Clark LLP Tregolls Road Truro Cornwall TR12NA Scott Bentley Chartered Accountant Date: 26 July 2021

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 2020 2019 Unrestricted Restricted Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Total Funds Funds Note Total Receipts CollectionlFundraisinglAuction Subscriptions Grants Gardens Charities Department for Transport Cornwall Council COVID Relief 616 21,008 616 21,008 7,150 25,198 7,150 25,198 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 10,350 10,350 10,000 10,000 Donations other Swimming RNLI Licence Fee Sundry Income other Triathlon Income Surfboal 6,528 7,845 2,627 5,626 2,085 6,528 7,845 2,627 5.626 2.085 3.495 10,089 2,627 5,529 13,329 480 3,495 10.089 2,627 5,529 13,329 56,335 1.000 57.335 67,897 11,350 79,247

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Note 2020 Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds 2019 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Total Payments IRB Expenses Building Costs & Repairs Equipmenl Hire Insurance Telephone, Electric & Water Gas- Calor & BOC Swimming Minibus, Land Rover & Jeep Expenses Triathlon Expenses Surfboal Expenses Sundry Expenses Dept. for Transport Grant Equipment 1,077 1.723 1,077 1,723 1,631 6.109 540 5,230 1,565 561 4,090 1,631 6,109 540 5,230 1,565 561 4,090 5.139 1,544 762 7,183 5,139 1.544 762 7,183 1,259 1,048 674 2 20,007 1,259 1,048 674 1,000 21,007 1,171 12,310 655 26,963 4,950 2.513 1.171 1,500 13,810 655 26,963 10.350 15.300 715 3.228 2,599 475 3,074 43,015 1,475 44,490 68.288 12,565 80,853 Surplusl(Deficit) for the Year 13,320 (475) 12,845 (391) {1.215) (1.606) Transfers Cash at Bank 3010912019 24,722 2,903 27.625 25,113 4,118 29,231 Cash at Bank 3010912020 3 38,042 2,428 40,470 24,722 2,903 27,625

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Note 2020 2019 Monetary Assets Cash at Bank and in hand - unrestricted Cash at Bank and in hand - restricted 38,042 2,428 24.722 2,903 40,470 27,625 Debtors Other Assets For use by the Charity.. Equipment and boats at Insurance Value 102.376 100,888 Buildings contents at Insurance Value 14,261 13,875 Buildings at Insuran Value 494,283 472,787 Motor vehicles at Insuran Value 13.800 15,300 Accruals 620 120 l approve these accounls and confirm that l am responsible for them. I confirm also that I have made available all relevant accounting records and infomiation for their completion. Treasurer Date:

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Sundry Income 2020 2019 Clothing Other Income Dinner & Dan Tunes in the Dunes 147 684 2,775 2,020 2.325 3,204 5.626 5,529 Sundry Payments 2020 2019 Clothing Affiliation, Entry Fees, Exam Fees & Subscription Fees Administrator Expenses Sundries Trophies Dinner & Dance Lifeguard Awards Fundraising Slalionery Advertising Catering Bank I Stripe Charges BBQ Event Tunes in the Dunes COVID Response AccountanGy 542 11,862 200 1,555 259 3,425 15.884 600 1,657 548 4,186 672 600 99 114 993 948 399 799 46 1,250 1,092 120 120 21,007 26,963 Cash at Bank and in hand 2020 2019 Currep,t Account Trialhlon Account 50150 Account 11,124 8,621 20,725 7.282 9,575 10,768 40,470 27,625

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 4. Restricted Funds 2020 2019 RNLI (Lifeguard Support} Perranporth Garden Charities (Club equipment) Duncan Newby (Memorial Event) 398 810 1,220 398 1.285 1.220 2,428 2.903

PERRANPORTH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Registered Charity No 1041075