Mullion SLS Chair’s Report Year ending 31[st] July 2022
Chair’s Report"
2022"
This is the first year that the Club has been able to run fully since COVID restrictions were lifted. Our Nippers were able to complete their awards for the Nipper Pathway and start working towards the next level. Our two new Trainer Assessors are now fully qualified and have successfully trained five new Lifeguards, three Surf Lifesavers and 13 Tube Rescuers, many of whom joined the club as young 7 year old Nippers. Shortly after gaining their qualification, two of our new lifeguards and our club captain rescued 3 people from the water near Mullion Island, saving three lives. This entailed a gruelling half a kilometre board paddle with one casualty on board. The Coastguard had stood down the lifeboat.
Our membership has continued to grow, with 78 members, including 29 Nippers and 19 Youth members."
The Club has benefitted from very kind donations from a range of individuals and organisations in our community. The Mullion Methodist Monday Club chose us as their charity of the year and raised an amazing £1,210. BP Giving Force donated £408 in recognition of their employee Trustee Dave Musk’s time volunteering for the Club as Membership Secretary, Surf Life Saver, Coach and Trustee. Daniel Yarker aka the “Mullion Marauder” donated £400 from the sale of his photography cards and prints. The Club also received a legacy of £303 from the estate of John Freeman and a further £122.51 was raised from the collection at his funeral and from a Just giving page set up in his memory."
Such donations are vital for the Club to buy essential kit and equipment for our growing membership and this year we have bought two further transition boards for our older Nippers and Youth members, another Nipper board, six rescue tubes and a new rescue board."
Our summer Nipper sessions took place at Poldhu, Polurrian and Mullion Cove, and we are very grateful to Alan and Suzy at Polbream for once again allowing the Club to use their driveway and garden to gain access to Polurrian with all our equipment."
Hopefully, that was the last season we have to carry all of our equipment up and down the cliff for each Nipper session at Polurrian. Funding is now in place to repair and maintain the old toilet block and sea wall and Cornwall Council have agreed in principle to sell the freehold to the Polurrian Cove Beach House Trust, a charitable incorporated organisation whose objects include
providing facilities for surf life saving activities and providing a toilet for the public during the
summer months."
The Trustees of this organisation will be Suzy Black from Polbream, Andrew Long of Polurrian on the Lizard, and Rich Mulryne from Friends of Polurrian Beach, and myself representing Mullion SLSC who are all very keen to get the building renovated and operational as soon as possible." With toilet facilities and storage at Polurrian beach together with our new lifeguards, surf life savers, tube rescuers and new equipment our Club will have a home and will finally be sustainable.
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