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Hi MembersIts been 6 months since I became Commodore and its gonefast. The club has gone through some changes since I took over.
The rst was the appointment of a club manager and we arenow 6 months into that with a lot of improvements around theplace.
The grounds and car parks have been tidied up with a lot ofpeople commenting that it feels more like a club now and itsnice to see some nice plants and tidy tables for us to sit onwhen we come down.
Steve and the guys also put a great Australia Day on with manymembers telling me it was the best function we have ever had
at the club.Steve has also organised a wedding fair for late February to helpboost the functions and to promote the club to new people.
We now have a new beer system in the bar that delivers crispcold drinks and eliminates most of the wastage that occurs inmost bars so we can be more efcient in that area.
We as a committee have been focused on improving the clubbut have been hit with some maintenance issues that have takenfunds but not a lot of things to be seen as improvements. Theyhave taken a portion of our budget and we are now working toget the toilets quoted to be improved.
The galley has been working well with Paula and her crew doinga great job when we are open for meals.
We are now open at 12pm on Sundays for members to comedown and have some light lunch and an ice cold beverageand then continue on to our normal closing time. We hope allthe members are aware of the 12pm opening and encourageyou all to come down to give it a try. We will be changing toa lighter menu with burgers, chips and wraps and that sort offood for lunch, with our full menu starting around 4pm.
We now have the new gas storage completed so that gives usroom now to stack unused tables where the old gas bottleswere.
With the new committee having 6 months under their belt, themanagement meetings and sections are running very smoothlyand they are all looking forward to the next 6 months to com-plete a very good year.
The club numbers are going well with our Open Day comingup second week in March to boost the club and get some ofyour friends to join at half price nomination. We encourageyou to tell all your fr iends about the great times you have at theclub.
As mentioned in a previous report, we are in a time where weare moving from a medium size club into a large club and someadjustments have to be planned for the future.
A suggestion box will be put into the bar over the next fewweeks for members to put comments to give us some ideas tohelp with the transition.
Thank you and I hope to see you all down the club.
Cheers
Gary Bell
Commodore
From the
Commodore
Ocean Reef Sea Sports ClubPatron: Ian Younghusband
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE2016
Commodore Gary Bell 0407 711 126
Vice Commodore Steve Oliver 0449 849 763
Vice Commodore Corrie Coetzee 0431 714 575
Hon. Secretary Terry Bell 0412 848 814
Hon. Treasurer Geoff Tavener 0419 274 977
Rear Commodores
Sailing Ken Wood 0417 976 327
Angling Braden Gillespie 0412 863 238Power Boating John Abeliotis 0438 881 534
Diving Sindy Dowden 0423 536 342
Social Kassie Ketteringham 0474 141 056
Please contact the above committee members forany information you may require.
Trustees
Ken Treen, Gary Hollis, Kevin Beveridge
General Manager
Steve Snell [email protected] 0450 196 110
Functions Co-ordinator
Debbie Clark 0437 880 040
Bar Manager
Peter Clarkson [email protected] 9401 8800
BAR HOURS
Monday Club Closed
Tuesday 7:00 pm 11:00 pm
Wednesday 4:00 pm 11:00 pm
Thursday 4:00 pm 11:00 pm
Friday 4:00 pm 11:30 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm 9:00 pm or later when a function is on
Sunday 2:30 pm 9:00 pm
Public Holidays 2:30 pm 7:00 pm Unless advised otherwise
GALLEY HOURS
Wednesday 6:00 pm 8:00 pm
Friday 6:30 pm 9:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm 7:00 pm
OFFICE HOURS & CONTACTS
Ofce: Mon - Fri 9:00am 5:00pm
Ofce Manager : Rosina de la Mare
Phone/Fax: 9401 8800
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.orssc.asn.au
Mailing Address: PO Box 59, Hillar ys, WA 6923
Whitfords Sea Rescue Tower 9401 3757
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Angling Report
December 2015 Beach Fishing ReportThe December beach shing competition was held only two
weeks after the November competition, due to the swap with
boat shing to avoid the demersal closure. With the weather
forecast looking pretty average, we still had pretty good
numbers shing and 12 eventually weighing in. A few more
shed, but struggled to overcome the blustery conditions.
With the average weather came average shing and eventually
average results for most members. This time competitors were
more closely bunched, spread only from only around Fremantle
to Jurien Bay. As the weekend panned out, the weather andshing was denitely better further north, with almost all of the
heaviest coming from either Wedge or Jur ien Bay.
Terry Bell, Mitchell Bell and myself all shed the Swan River for
something different and found it challenging. Digging for
bloodworms for the night session in torrential rain wasnt
exactly much fun, in fact it proved too much for Mitchell who
gave up and headed for the sanctuary of the warm car. It was a
complete contrast to Novembers heat, with the wind and rain
making it feel more like the middle of winter. Although it was
tough digging the worms, the reward was a number of nice
Yellown whiting after dark, although these were small incomparison to John Lebeters monster sh of 0.373kg. Mitchell
also landed a very nice Black Bream of 0.621kg further
upstream in the river, and Bronwyn Gaston landed the only
Mulloway of a healthy 2.032kg. It was notable that lots of
competitors had nice sized Tarwhine in their bags. Not much
more of note, other than Clive Powells nice Sweep.Ricko, you
need to keep your spots better guarded!!
It was good to see a few new Ladies and Juniors sh this month,
although not all were able to catch something to weigh-in.
keep trying, it will come with perseverance. Full results are
below.With only three competitions held so far in the season, already
we are seeing a very competitive top section, and very good to
see a few different names up there. Im predicting it will be tight
all year. The next competition is scheduled for the 16th/17th
January 2016.
One last note, the AAA State Estuary Championships were
cancelled due to the sh kills in Cockburn Sound. Plans are
being made to run this in around the February 2016 timeframe.
Ill keep you updated.
Results are outlined on the following page.
November 2015 Results
No. of
Species
Bag
Weight
Heaviest Points
MENS
1st Clive Powell 8 3.396kg 3 111.6
2nd Daniel Bell 8 2.166kg 1 94.7
3rd Terry Bell 7 1.746kg 2 89.0
LADIES
1st Bronwyn
Gaston
5 2.736kg 5 90.9
2nd Alyce
Wettinger
5 0.928kg 3 71.7
JUNIORS NIL
MINIJUNIORS
1st Luca Gugliotta 3 0.514kg 3 50.1
November 2015 Beach Fishing ReportWith an awesome forecast for the weekend of the November
beach shing competition, competitors were all geared up to
spread right along our coastline. A few ventured down south as
far as Augusta and some as far north as Geraldton, whilst the
majority stayed around the Wedge Island to Jurien region. The
weather was great, almost too good actually, as the 38 degrees
in the middle of the day on Saturday was almost too hot to
handle. This being said, a few made the choice to swim rather
than sh during the middle of the day, and for the rst time in a
long while you could sh all night in boardshorts and a shirt.
As usual, shing the Jurien Bay jetty just after midnight was an
interesting event in itself, as Terry Bell and myself were unloading
the car, a completely naked woman strolled off the jetty without
a care in the world.didnt have a bag, or mobile, or towel
nothing!!! We proceeded to head to the end of the jetty for a
quick sh, and I overheard a guy talking about how hard it is to
be a drug dealer and how its an 8 hour a day job.maybe time
for old mate to get a real job.
Fishing wise, most faired reasonably well on the Saturday,
although with the wind turning northerly, only a few managed
to add to their bag on the Sunday. Bronwyn Gaston landed a
lovely Skippy of 1.013kg, Greg OKeefe caught the furtherestnorth Salmon (Cervantes) that Ive seen for a long while.
Although it was only a small sh of 0.643kg, it was nevertheless
very welcome indeed. Quite a few members caught Garsh
this competition, with Clive Powell weighing the heaviest at a
very respectable 0.297kg. All up, there were 20 members,
including two Ladies and a Mini Junior that weighed-in, which
was great to see.
Results are outlined below.
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My apologies members, but I have just realised my last two
reports were not published in the previous Tides although they
were submitted. Hopefully they are in this edition, along with
the January report.
January 2016 Beach Fishing Report
The weather forecast for the weekend of the January 2016 Beach
Fishing competition was similar to what weve had for the last few
competitions, in that Saturday was an exceptional day and Sunday
had very strong winds in by around 9am. This meant that is was
very important to take your opportunities early on Saturday
morning, and those that did that were the ones towards the top
of the results board at the end.
Unfortunately, after Saturday morning, it seemed to go quiet for
most people. An example of this was that Id heard rumours that
Jeff Porter had 7 species by 9am Saturday morning, but at theweigh-in on Sunday, he still had 7 species, leading me to believe it
was hard going for him after Saturday morning. Others that
started off well were Mitchell Bell and Tyla Gillepsie, with Mitchell
ending up with a nice bag of 9 species and Tyla rmly in the top 5.
But the real talk of the competition was Chris Gaston (Kiwi) and
his shing mate Rob Meneguz, our club sponsor from Getaway
Outdoors. They decided to sh the Wagoe/Kalbarri Cliff area,
heading up there on Friday. Kiwi ended up with a very nice bag
of 9 species, with a fair bit of weight as well. His bag included a
Surf Parrotsh of 2.865kg, a Golden Trevally of just under a kilo, a
Sweetlip of 1.731kg and an outstanding Wirrah of 1.097kg. Robhad a nice Spangled Emperor of 1.821kg, a Tailor od 1.594kg and
a Surf Parrotsh of 3.971kg. Not surprisingly, Kiwi comfortably
took out the Mens section.
All up, we had 20 members and 2 visitors weigh-in, including afew members who normally dont sh beach competitions, which
was good to see. One of these was Lynn Malone, who took out
the Ladies. We had no Juniors, but Cruze Marsden took out the
Mini Juniors with a nice Dart.
Results are outlined below.
One last note, the AAA State Estuary Championships were
cancelled due to the sh kills in Cockburn Sound. Plans are
being made to run this in May 2016. Ill keep you updated.
Happy shing.
Daniel Bell
Beach Fishing Captain
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December 2015 Results
No. of
Species
Bag
Weight
Heaviest Points
MENS
1st Chris Gaston 7 2.139kg 4 102.6
2nd Clive Powell 6 2.053kg 2 80.2
3rd Mitchell Bell 6 1.908kg 1 73.6
LADIES
1st Bronwyn
Gaston
5 3.442kg 5 93.8
JUNIORS
1st Bianca
Gugliotta
2 0.640kg 2 34.6
MINIJUNIORS
NIL
January 2016 Results
No. of
Species
Bag
Weight
Heaviest Points
MENS
1st Chris Gaston 9 8.461kg 5 153.8
2nd Mitchell Bell 9 2.894kg 3 119.6
3rd Jeff Porter 7 3.086kg 1 88.3
LADIES
1st Lynn Malone 2 0.595kg 2 34.4
JUNIORS NIL
MINIJUNIORS
1st Cruze
Marsden
1 0.646kg 1 18.6
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Power Boat Report
Hi Everyone
Our January planned trip was an overnight stay in Rottnest
Island. We had 5 boats take the trip over and we beach moored
in Bathurst Bay with boat on a mooring in the bay. The weather
was fantastic for the trip over and the ocean was kind which
allowed us to maintain 20 -22 knots for the crossing. Once
we had all secured the boats Christine and I decided to go off
for a leisurely bike ride around to Little Salmon Bay. Well the
temperature was higher than forecast and the humidity was
high so a nice bike ride turned into a survival trip with every
bay visited on the way we stopped for a swim. Well its the bus
next time and bikes are for short trips.
We arrived back at the boats and the rest of the guys had their
water toys pumped up and ready to go. Dionne and Steve
brought along large inatable donut with seats for four people.
Well after a few drinks we decided to see how many did t in.
After legs and arms were pointing in many different directionswe eventually had 9 people on board. We got to know each
other a little better after that. There should be a warning not
for use for kids over the age of 40! We also had a ver y large
inatable golden swan courtesy of Loraine and Graham oating
around with several riders enjoying a wine or three.
After all that hard work we had a BBQ dinner on the foreshore.
Unfortunately all the BBQs were not working. Not very good
especially because of the fees we pay to access the island and
use their facilities. Lucky enough I bought along my Webber
Baby Q which did the job. After dinner we headed to the
Governors Sport Bar to listen to a live band and again enjoyanother drink.
All in or it was a great weekend again on Rottnest and looking
forward to our next visit to the island. Maybe they have the
BBQs working by then?
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Australia Day SkyshowOvernight TripOnce again the Power Boating Section had a trip to see the
Skyshow from the Swan River. With the day after being a work
day, as well as the function at the Club, the four boats attending
this year was down on prior years numbers.
The four families (Steve & Rach, Graeme & Lorraine, Brian &
Ava with Darius, Katelyn & Chloe and Pete, Ros & Ryan) met at
the Perth Flying Squadron Yacht Club at lunch time. Three of us
made a direct trip, while the fourth, our trip leader, took a scenic
tour after missing their freeway exit. (It pays to check what
time the freeway exits are being closed Rach.) Once wed all
gathered together inside the clubs grounds, we popped upstairs
to the bar for quenching refreshment & to admire the view
before launching the boats.
We timed our launch to co-incide with the arrival of the sea
breeze, so it was initially a little bit bumpy on the water. We
enjoyed a good trip up the river (quite comfortable with the
breeze behind us) & were able to have a little look at the soon
to be opened Elizabeth Quay (or Bettys Jetty as Ive heard it
referred to) from the water as we passed by. Our trip leader
found us a place to moor together at the eastern end of the
exclusion zone. We had to abandon our original plans to all
rafting up together as it was too rough. We ended up having
three boats rafted together & one behind.
It was then time to relax & pass the time until the reworks
were due to star t. Peter was the rst one in the water, off
to retrieve one of Graemes escaped fenders. The water was
pleasantly warm, so a few of us ended up having a swim / play
in the water. For our boat, it was how we were able to make it
over to the rafted up boats.
During the afternoon, we all discovered a few things we didnthave with us that wouldve made the trip more comfortable.
On our boat it was the water toys & decorations, on Steve
& Rachs boat, it wouldve been a frying pan to cook Steves
sausages in (although a kettle can perform this task perfectly
well, Im not so sure Id been wanting a cuppa afterwards!) .
We had plenty of entertainment, from that organised by the
Skyshow organisers, as well as the others that came to watch.
We had a large party boat moored nearby, so their guests
provided plenty of entertainment, on the party boat & their
water toys. There was also a bit of a Water Police chase (to
catch up to a boat about to enter the exclusion zone after itwas closed to the public). The ofcial entertainment included
some spectacular air show manoeuvres by the various aircraft,
and the sail past by the restored old wooden boat, which
included Kiewa, Ron & Doras lovingly restored boat. Of course
there were the reworks too, which were spectacular.
After the show the Hawkers & Macauleys raced off to
Claisebrook Cove to secure a ber th for the night. The Hindleys
& Olivers took their time and were still able to secure a berth.
After enjoying each others company for a nightcap, we retired
to our own boats for the night. It was a little rough in the ear lier
part of the night, due to the wash from passing boats in theriver, but otherwise comfor table.
Wednesday morning saw us take advantage of the nearby
coffee shops (no sausage avoured cuppas for the Olivers!) &
send Rach off to work. After a leisurely morning, we returned to
PFSYC to retrieve our boats & head home. Denitely a trip to
be repeated. Special Thanks to the PFSYC for the use of their
facilities.
A big thank you to Ros Hawker for providing us with her well
written Australia Day report.
Safe boating and hope to see you on the water.
John Abeliotis
RC Power Boat Section
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Power Boat / Swan River -
Australia Day 2016
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Boat Fishing Report
Hi Members
February comp was held on a Sunday due to insufcient
interest on the Saturday, it was well attended with 8 boats
heading out and around 20 members shing.
Some good sh caught as you can see by the photos.
Mens was taken out by terry bell, ladies by Lyn Malone the mini
juniors by Cruze Marsden.
The vets Im unsure of as Im up north doing this, it may
have been the new guy Graham who shed with his son and
weighed in some great sh.
Next comp is at Jurien Bay it is also our patrons cup which we
have against the Maac.
Sorry for the brief report but doing this on my phone which
sucks.
See you next month.
Graeme Cole
Boat Fishing Captain
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ORSSC started signicantly behind HYC on points, and wonthe day convincingly. However the comeback fell short, withHYC holding on to the North Coast Series Regatta Trophy for
another year. Final score for the series, HYC 320, ORSSC 405,(lowest score winning). The wind-up was hosted by HYC, withORSSCs Commodores Gary Bell and HYCs Simon Davenportpresenting the Trophy to the HYC Sailing Captain. ORSSCsailors commiserated by ringing the bell.
Ken Wood
Rear Commodore Sail
Upcoming Events13/02/16 Race C2, 10 00 hrs start.
17/02/16 Sail Meeting, 19 30 hrs.
18/02/16 ORSSC 1/2 Yearly Meeting, 20 00 hrs.
20/02/16 Race C3, 10 00 hrs start.
25/02/16 YWA Members Meeting.
27/02/16 Race C4, 10 00 hrs start.
5-6/03/16 March Labour Day weekend cruise.
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After ve years of exemplary service, Geoff James nallystepped down as Rear Commodore Sail. As the newly electedRC, I hope that I can bring the same level of dedication and
contribution that Geoff has shown to both his Section and hisClub. Im certainly grateful that Geoff and his wife Rita remainactive members of the Sailing Section and will look to them forguidance as I learn the ropes.
The Australia Day Cruise to Rockingham saw three yachts fromORSSC (Artemis, Sunbird and Panache) join up with three fromHillarys Yacht Club for a sail down to the Cruising Yacht Club in
Rockingham on Saturday, followed by stopover at the FremantleSailing Club on the return trip. I understand the hospitalityshown by the two host clubs to the visitors was outstanding,highlighting ORSSCs reciprocal arrangements with WesternAustralian clubs
On 30 January, ORSSC Series C - Race 1 was sailed in strongsoutherly winds with threatening thunderstorms. After delayingthe start to let a storm front pass, six yachts competed, two of
which withdrew during the race. My thanks to Mike Eldridgefor the ride on Sapphire, and for graciously retiring when yourstruly star ted feeding the shh.
A stormy Race 1. Thanks to Derek Woodhouse for the photo.
Results:First Missing LinckSecond LedaThird Panache.
The February Sailing Section Dine-In was a great success,with forty sailors and partners gathered to toast retiring RearCommodore Geoff James and to welcome the new RearCommodore Sail. Rita James, Dee Treen, and Sue Eldridgeconducted another successful rafe.
On 7 February the nal North Coast Series Regatta Races (8, 9,& 10) were sailed in l ight a light ENE breeze, with seven ORSSCyachts entered against the sailors from Hillar ys Yacht Club.
Sailing Report
Results for the ORSSC yachts:
RACE 8
Div 1. Missing Linck 3rd
Div 2. Sapphire 1st
Kellamity Jayne 2nd
Panache 3rd
RACE 9
Div 1. Missing Linck 1st
Leda 2nd
Div 2. Sapphire 1st
Kellamity Jayne 2nd
RACE 10
Div 1. Leda 2nd
Missing Linck 3rdDiv 2. Sapphire 1st
Panache 3rd
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ONE KIDS MEAL WITH EVERY ADULTS MEAL PURCHASED
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LIVE MUSIC WITH `TEAM HALO`PLAYING IRISH LINKED SONGS AND MUCH MORE
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