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2/162 ORSSC Newsletter | March 2016

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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4/164 ORSSC Newsletter | March 2016

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.


5/165ORSSC Newsletter | March 2016

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


6/166 ORSSC Newsletter | February2016

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?


7/167ORSSC Newsletter | February 2016

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


8/168 ORSSC Newsletter | February 2016

Power Boat / Swan River -

Australia Day 2016


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11/1611ORSSC Newsletter | March 2016

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.

12 ORSSC Newsletter | February2016

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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