Annual Club Award Winnners

	ANNUAL CLUB AWARD WINNERS 2007
	Congratulations to all award winners - all of whom thoroughly deserve it.
	The Award Recipients are listed below with a list of all nominations for the awards shown below that.

	President’s Award Goes to Irene Pemberton For all she has done for the club over the last year. Her heart and soul have gone into this club over the last year. Irene is always there at whatever event the club takes part in, usually in the background but supporting and helping out with whatever us required

	Lifeguard of the Year Goes to Andy Smart Andy has been a constant presence throughout the year, providing an enthusiastic image to the younger members of the club through his Rookie training program. This included providing beach based training on Sundays. Andy always appears happy and welcomes all new members to the club with a smile..

	Assistant Lifeguard of the Year Goes to Emily Risness Emily displays tremendous enthusiasm and commitment to her training, gaining awards and various duties of the club. She is supportive and friendly to all. Emily displays a can do attitude.

	Rookie of the Year Goes to Ashleigh Baker Ashleigh is very keen and conscientious and is able to demonstrate her understanding of lifesaving theory very quickly. She puts her heart and soul into everything she does. Ashleigh is supportive to others and is always willing to help newer members. She is a real pleasure to teach and displays the potential to develop into a fine lifeguard in the future.

	Training Shield Goes to Fiona Revill & David Ayres Fiona became a probationary Lifesaving T/A early in the year and has been teaching a Bronze Medallion group on Thursday nights. She always shows tremendous enthusiasm and is very thorough in her teaching. She has also obtained 3 awards in the course of the year for her personal training. David achieved full Beach T/A status in October after running a successful Beach Lifeguard course. He approaches all aspects of training and assessing with professionalism and enthusiasm and should be particularly congratulated for his assessing style. He has continued to teach in the pool most weeks and many members have benefited from his expertise. In addition to this he has achieved several awards in the course of the year.

	Boatman of the Year Goes to Mark Shakles Mark has co-ordinated the Easter Boat Handling course for the last three years where numerous people from RLSS Poole Lifeguard club and other clubs have obtained RYA qualifications. He has ensured the courses have been run in a highly professional manner. Mark also reviewed and developed a new Coxswain structure for the club, which has allowed the club to provide a professional service to users of Poole bay. During the year Mark also obtained his RYA level 2 Powerboat and RYA Safety Boat qualifications. In addition to this he performed coxswain duties for the club during the summer.

	Associate Member Goes to Theo Smith Theo displays constant enthusiasm for virtually all club activities. He is always willing to help, especially as a casualty even when it is cold and windy. Theo can easily be identified by his cheerful smile. .

	Services to Life Saving Goes to Anita Kovács Anita joined the club early in the summer of 2007. She was gaining work experience and returned to Hungary in September. Anita gained her RLSS Beach Lifeguard Qualification and Life Support 3 by attending both pool and beach training sessions as often as she could. In addition to her training Anita assisted in providing safety cover at various events throughout the summer and competed in the summer twilight competitions. Anita's only means of transport was her bicycle. Anita provided an example to us all. She worked hard and was always enthusiastic.

	Certificate Of Thanks Goes to Poole Harbour Canoe Club With the growing number of entries for the Brownsea Island Swim the club would not be able to provide sufficient safety cover for the event without the assistance of the Poole Harbour Canoe Club. They all displayed great enthusiasm on the day, encouraging swimmers all the way round and they should all be thanked for their assistance. .

	Certificate Of Thanks Goes to Simon Moore For agreeing to help out with the rookie training from new and for taking such an enthusiastic approach to it. Simon is a new member of the club who's daughter joined earlier in the year and has displayed an enthusiastic approach to its members and its activities

	RLSS Poole Lifeguard - Honory Life Membership Goes to Mark Shakles For work given to the club over 27 years

	The following is a list of all those that were also nominated for the wards for 2007, so congratulations to you all as well

	Lifeguard of the Year James Marsh. James has tirelessly put the club first this year, he has always been thinking of ways to better the club for our members, from attracting members to training them and ways of funding the club. He has taught a number of courses throughout the year and been present at the beach for a large proportion of the time.

	Assistant Lifeguard of the Year Lucy Pottinger Cracknell (too old for the award - could consider under Lifeguard) For general enthusiasm for the club and for assisting at various club events during the summer season.

	Rookie of the Year Theo Smith Tremendous enthusiasm for all club activities. Willingness to help with any task however uninviting. Acting as a casualty with a cheerful smile even when very cold.

	Boatman of the Year Chris Smith Simply for putting more hours into the boat than anyone else this year - many thanks

	Training Shield Fiona Revill For continued enthusiam with training of members throughout the year. With the insurmountable enthusiasm that only she can deliver, Fiona has put in a great deal of time and effort into teaching this year. Almost a forgotten resource at times, Fiona is one of the most popular trainers; not only due to her uniquely engaging delivery, but also due to a healthy abundance of 'hi-5s'. Anita Kovacs Anita had to cram a lot of training into a short window of time to ensure she passed her Beach Lifeguard Qualification. Not only did she do this, but she attended all the twilights and club events that she could during that time. She did this with enthusiasm and enjoyment despite the fact that she had to cycle everywhere. David Ayres Successful completion of the Beach Trainer Assessor probationary period and qualifying as a full Beach TA. Continued enthusiasm for all aspects of beach and pool training.

	Associate Member Gail Jones Equipped with nothing but a few pocket masks, a couple of battered manikins and a knowledge of Life Support and First Aid that means she'd be my 'Phone A Friend' on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' (as long as the question was on hypothermia or something), Gail's Life Support sessions are interesting, engaging and mercifully easy to follow. With her sidekick Paul Jones, Gail has brought an excellent standard of teaching to a subject area of the utmost importance. Plus she's well scary. Thanks Gail. Simon Moore Simon is a new member of the club who's daughter joined earlier in the year. He has agreed to help out with the rookie training where he displays a entghusiasatic approach.

	Services to Life Saving Mark Shakles Another tireless year of work from Shakles. Mark somehow has maintained levels of enthusiasm and conviction in the face of ambivalence and apathy from the rest of us which would have driven a weaker man to distraction. Not only an ideas man, Mark is always seen as the one to make stuff happen. Another splendid Brownsea Swim (in spite of me nearly losing the half-swim results- oooops) organised almost solely by Mark pays enormous credence to this. In spite of having stepped down as Chairman, perhaps due to an understandable desire to actually have a life, Mark has put in supreme amounts of time and effort into the club. Thanks Mark.