Chantel Shooter (left) in her new Seal Point Boardriders Club hoodie and cap, accepts the Ventria Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and First Aid Kit, funded by Billy’s Beach, from Rotary’s Lyn Aitken © Gail Petrie
Friday, we saw a well-attended Seal Point Boardriders GromComp take place at the beachie in fun waves. Shane Thorne was once again the contest director, and our groms had a lot of fun. The waves were fun, with a left-hander throwing some good waves down the beach towards Lookout.
Beachstarts are the norm for Seal Point Boardriders Club contests
Doughnuts, Hamburgers
Barry Killian from The Bakery kindly donated doughnuts for the surfers, and Wes Randles kindly donated hamburger voucher prizes from Pig and Rooster. Our groms don’t go hungry, thanks to people like Barry and Wes.
Recently, the club was lucky enough to purchase an AED (automated external defibrillator) thanks to a donation from Billy Beach and Rotary St Francis. Billy’s Beach made a substantial donation to Rotary St Francis, who then decided how to use the funds for the best of the community, and the Seal Point Boardriders Club was lucky enough to receive R25k toward the purchase of the EAD.
Lyn Aitken handed this over from Rotary to Chantel Shooter, a Seal Point Boardriders Club committee member.
Automated External Defibrillator
Dr Malan kindly led a CPR and AED talk and walk-through with paramedic Johan Loubser from Ubabalo Medical
Johan Loubser and Dr Malan, with Dr Malan giving us tips on what to do and what not to do when phoning in with a possible emergency.
This presentation was well attended by club parents, committee members, and other interested club members. Charles Black, a trauma therapist at the Ocean Bay Recovery Centre, was also in attendance,
An AED is a simple, ‘ idiot-proof’ defib that can be used in emergencies at the beach.
Ventria supplied the AED and donated a highly sophisticated first aid kit and a heavy-duty backpack for the kit and the AED. Thanks to Maria, this kit and AED will be stored at the Pound / Liquid Lines and available for anyone who needs them in emergencies.
This first aid kit and AED, along with our shark attack kit at the beach, means that the SPBRC is one of the country’s most equipped and prepared surf clubs in case of emergencies.
Chantel Shooter (left), accepts the Ventria Automated External Defibrillator (AED), funded by Billy’s Beach, from Rotary’s Lyn Aitken © Gail Petrie
CPR/First Aid Courses
The club will also be offering CPR / First Aid courses with Ubabalo Medical with Johan sometime in the future. You can contact the club if you have any inquiries or are interested in attending a course.
Johan and Dr Malan gave an informative talk on up-to-date CPR methods and how to use the AED. Johan’s use of a dummy for CPR exercises was much appreciated, and several club members got involved, including Brin Jarvis, Flo Chretien, and Shirly Cowling.
Brin Jarvis working on the CPR dummy with the supervision of Johan Loubser.
Seal Point Boardriders Club GromComp
The surf competition winners were Brin Jarvis for best Wave, Jesse Moulang for best combo, Leo McLeod for most Committed, Livvy Shooter for most improved, and Rylan Jarvis for best variety.
The groms are always keen on getting to the beach and surfing a few heats under the coaching and supervision of Shane Thorne.
There was also the handing out of all the club merch for those members who ordered the tees, hoodies, beanies and caps are all pretty sick. Thank you to everyone who came down and assisted us with the AED / CPR demonstration and to those who helped run the contest and judge the lighties.
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see also: Seal Point Boardriders Club GromComp This Friday – And Our Club Merch Has Arrived.
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