Redhead Surf Lifesaving Club

Redhead
Full name	Redhead Surf Lifesaving Club
Founded	1908
Members	500 senior, 250 junior

Redhead Surf Lifesaving Club is one of the oldest surf clubs on the New South Wales coast. Founded in 1908, it is located on Redhead Beach, in the suburb of Redhead about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Newcastle. It is affiliated with Surf Life Saving Australia, and its club colours are yellow and blue.

History

The Redhead Surf Lifesaving Club was on Saturday, 12 December, 1908. Residents of Redhead and Dudley met at Matchett's Hall and Billiard Room on Ocean Street in Dudley, New South Wales. F. Matchett chaired a meeting to elect the first club officers, which were G.H. Thomas, President, E.J. Doyle, Secretary, W. Pullbrook, treasurer and Tom Conlon, Captain. The new club members decided to seek affiliation with the NSW Amateur Swimming Association, and a report in the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate stated that "The club members are erecting dressing sheds on the beach and hope to have them finished before the holidays. They also have a life line and reel there in case of emergency". The "reel" was merely a long line wound onto a drum. The club's first proper surf reel and line was obtained three years later and commissioned on December 2, 1911. Club records list 31 foundation members for the 1908-09 season.

At a club meeting held on March 16, 1909, correspondence was received and read from the NSW Surf Bather's Association. The meeting then moved to affiliate with the Surf Bather's Association and to pay the affiliation fee of one guinea.

On April 12, 1915 a special meeting was held to discuss ways and means of providing a clubhouse. However, it was not until 1929 that the first permanent clubhouse was built from donated timber and bricks.

Membership declined after the First World War and went into recess for three seasons between 1919 and 1922. The beach did however continue to be patrolled, gear maintained, and the occasional meeting held. Redhead SLSC was resumed for the 1922-1923 season but recessed again from 1924 to 1926. After reopenin for the 1927 season, ten members were the club's first to pass examinations for the Surf Bronze Medallion.

Membership

Membership is open to anyone from the age of 5.

Lifesaving competitions

Redhead's members compete in pool and ocean lifesaving events at local, state, national, and international competitions.

References

External links

Lifesaving and lifeguarding

International standards bodies	International Lifesaving Federation International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation

National societies	DLRG Royal Life Saving Society Australia Royal Life Saving Society Canada Royal Life Saving Society UK Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth Surf Life Saving Australia Surf Life Saving New Zealand United States Lifesaving Association Wasserwacht

Sub-National societies	The Hong Kong Life Saving Society

Topics	Lifesaving Lifeguard Surf lifesaving First aid Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Drowning chain Rip current

Awards	Lifesaving Medal Albert Medal for lifesaving Bronze Medallion Bronze Cross National Lifeguard

Equipment	Lifebuoy Rescue buoy Throw bag Life saving reel IRB Surf ski Paddle board

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