Dromana Bay
Lifesaving Nippers Program (LNP)
REGISTRATION OF INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR 2024/25 NIPPERS PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN.
READ INFORMATION BELOW AND FILL OUT THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
Dromana Bay Nippers
Please read the following information carefully before completing the EOI form.
Important Dates and Information:
EOI Closes: September 30th, 2024
Membership Fees: Do not pay your membership fees until you receive an offer confirming your child’s acceptance, that will be sent out between (October 14th-20th) to the email used in your EOI form.
Accepting offer: If you receive an offer for your child to attend the nipper program you have until November 10th 2024 to confirm your child’s acceptance, pay your membership fees, and select your volunteer role.
Nippers Season: Saturday January 4th, 2025, to Saturday February 8th, 2025 (may be extended if necessary).
Volunteer Requirements:
Working with Children Check: All adults volunteering and all members registering over the age of 18 years of age, regardless of role (e.g., cooking, flags), must hold a Working with Children Check. These checks are free. Please follow the instructions provided by on this [link].
Volunteer Roles: To ensure the smooth running of Nippers, we require at least one adult volunteer per family. You will need to choose one of the following roles:
Age Group Manager: Assists with group management and activities. New Age Group Managers must complete a one-hour online course.
Water Safety: Assists with water activities. Water safety training required (dates and more information on what is required will be available at the Open Day).
Nipper Session Shifts: Sign up for two shifts during the season (e.g., BBQ, flags, setup, pack-up, first aid).
Adult Supervision: An adult must remain on-site during Nipper’s sessions. If you need to leave for any reason, you must organise a registered adult from the club to take on the responsibility of your child in your absence, please inform the Age Group Manager of this.
Club Open Day:
Join us for our Open Day on October 26th, 2024, from 9am to 11am. We will host a Nippers information session and offer opportunities to ask questions.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us
Additional information
Nipper Membership Renewals (Returning members from the 2023-2024 nippers season)
Nipper Parent Membership Requirement
In order to deliver a safe, worthwhile and enjoyable Lifesaving Nippers Program (LNP) the Club is reliant on the active involvement of parents in addition to that of other Club members. Over the years as the number of Junior participants has grown there have been increased requirements from a safety and risk management perspective (both on the beach and in administration/documentation), and the level of training and education required has become increasingly sophisticated. Therefore, this requires not only more parent involvement, it also increasingly requires more parents with lifesaving qualifications, such as First Aid or Bronze Medallion Awards that can be provided by the club on our set training dates. Dates for training will be available at this year’s Open Day held on the 26th of October 2024.
Nippers joining our program must have at least one parent, guardian or immediate adult family member become a member of the club. Parent/Guardian members must have a valid WWCC as per the Dromana Bay LSC WWC Policy and actively assist with the running of the program. [Select this link to see the policy and relevant information].
Joining for the first time?
Parents who are interested in their children joining the program for the first time will need to register their children’s names on our Expression of Interest Registration form below at the bottom of this page.
Those interested in registering should make sure to get in early as no late entries will be accepted unfortunately. Our groups are limited so that we can ensure we run a high quality, and most importantly, safe program. Therefore, positions in the program are dependent on any vacancies we may have in age groups.
Please note that filling out our Expression of Interest Registration form does not guarantee your child a position in the program.
If we have a vacancy for your child, then a minimum of one parent/guardian must join as club members with the Nipper. Please wait to join and pay for memberships after receiving your acceptance letter. Acceptance letters will be sent out during the first or second week of October.
Cost of the Nippers Program
You need to be a Nippers membership financial member of our club to participate in the program and the only further cost required is the purchase of a club cap.
Club caps and pink nippers rashies are required to be worn during all of our nippers sessions.
- Pink rashie is kindly paid for and donated free of charge to the nippers by Dromana Lions Club.
- Club cap costs $10.
Dates for the 2024/2025 Dromana Bay LNP
- Saturday 4th January
- Saturday 11th January
- Saturday 18th January
- Saturday 25th January
- Saturday 1st February
- Saturday 8th February (CARNIVAL DAY)
The Final Day of Nippers will be the Club Championship Carnival Day
This is a day where nippers will be awarded first, second and third place for each activity, except for the education and games activities. Reminder it is still a day for fun competitive spirit and each kid will be awarded a participation award and will also receive their nippers medallions at the completion of the day.
Please note: Our nippers programs are run in the morning from 9am and will be completed by 11:30am each morning. Allow for another 30mins after the 11:30am finish time for helping us with packing up the equipment from the beach and grabbing a sausage from the nippers BBQ.
Program Information
- Ages groups Under 6’s to the Under 11’s will rotate through 6 activities (boards, swimming, team games, flags, sprints and education) during each Nippers session.
- Ages groups Under 12’s and Under 13’s will do our advance nippers program where they will build on lifesaving operations and activities. Activities will include – board skills, fitness, swimming, communication, board and tube rescues, knowledge/education and team building skills.
Both of the programs (Lifesaving Nippers Program and older kids Advanced nippers program) are run on the same day and times as each other.
Our 2025 Lifesaving Nipper Program will run from Saturday 4th January 2025 to Saturday 8th February 2025. It is a six-week program. Nipper sessions will run from 9:00 to 11:30am
Dromana Bay LSC is a friendly, family club. We hope that all members adopt the Dromana Bay Club Spirit and remember that the Nippers should have FUN!!