Wednesday 10 February 2021

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2021 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships, Proudly Supported by Your local club

Entries for the State Championships have closed with no further entries considered. Additional time is essential to plan for the COVID restrictions, bio-zone checks and ticketing.

Team Manager Information Session - Monday 15 February, 7pm – Zoom

This information session will provide Team Managers with further clarity around the event bio-zones necessary to deliver State Championships in a COVID environment. It will cover off why they are in place, how they will function along with the responsibility of all in attendance to adopt the restrictions.

Team Managers are invited to submit questions ahead of the information session. We will do our best to cover off as many questions as possible during the session. The questions form will close at 9am on Monday morning.

Spectator Ticketing

It is essential that the State Championships this year comply with the NSW Public Health Order, as such, each event bio-zone must remain under 3,000 total people. This includes competitors, officials, spectators, water safety, work party etc. In order to meet this requirement the following event bio-zones will be ticketed to all spectators:

• U9-U11 Water at Swansea Belmont (Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February)
• U12-U14 Water at Swansea Belmont (Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February)
• U15-Open Water at Swansea Belmont (Friday 5 – Sunday 7 March)

SLSNSW will be allocating 1 ticket per competitor and a further 50% of the total number of competitors within the bio-zone e.g. 100 competitors, the club will receive 100 spectator tickets with a further 50 tickets allocated for coaches, team managers and however the club wishes to delegate within the event bio-zone ‘mixing’ regulation.

Spectator tickets will be mailed to each club prior to the event for distribution. It is essential that all spectators wishing to enter the event presents a ticket for each day of competition for the bio-zone they wish to attend. No ticket = no entry, so please do not forget to bring your bio-zone event ticket each day.

Team Manager Register: All clubs need to nominate a Team Manager for each bio-zone and each Championship event.

Team COVID Marshal Register: Each club is required to nominate a Team COVID Marshal for each bio-zone and Championship event. A position description for this role will be available on the event page shortly.

Cross Bio-Zone Register: For any official, age manager, coach or any other role that requires members to attend another bio-zone during the Championships, they must complete the below register prior to attending the event. NB: no person is permitted to cross any of the four Age Championships bio-zones across the 4 days, however when the events are a week apart, it is permitted when the cross bio-zone register is completed.

Please ensure you regularly visit the State Championships event page on the SLSNSW website and familiarize yourself with the updated information. 

The Age Championships water safety roster and Officials Information and Appointments Memo are now available to download. 

2021 Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series

This Friday our 11 elite NSW Iron athletes will begin the postponed Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series at Cudgen Headland SLSC.

Goodluck to Naomi Scott from Manly LSC, Jackson Borg, Zach Morris, Isaac Smith, Lizzie Welborn, Jemma Smith, Emily Doyle and Maddie Spencer from Newport SLSC, Dan Collins from Redhead SLSC, Jay Furniss from Cronulla SLSC and Carla Papac from Wanda SLSC.

Unfortunately reigning Nutri-Grain IronMan Series Champion Kendrick Louis has been ruled out of the first three rounds due to a calf tear.

All rounds this weekend will be broadcast on 9GO! from 12-2pm.

• Round 1 – EnduroSurf – 12 February 2021 – 12pm men/1pm women
• Round 2 – Survival – 13 February 2021 – 12pm men/1pm women
• Round 3 – Super Sprint – 14 February 2021 – 12pm men/1pm women

The Aussies 2021 - Registrations Now Open!

The 2021 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships will be hosted by Maroochydore SLSC, Alexandra Headland SLSC and Mooloolaba SLSC from 16 April to 24 April 2021.

Entries for the 2021 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships are now open. Early Bird Entries will close on 28 February, before Normal Entries close on 29 March.