Saturday March 15, 1969. Long distance swimmer Herbert Voigt attempted to swim from Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest. He was never seen again.

Club Cap Colour Guide

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Graphics from this website and the Herbert Voigt Club Cap Recognition Scheme are featured in the book 'Between the Flags : One Hundred Summers of Australian Surf Lifesaving', edited by Ed Jaggard and published by Surf Life Saving Australia in late 2006 to celebrate 2007 Year of the Surf Lifesaver (Acknowledged on page 262 and Editors' thanks on page 248). Cameron O'Beirne also refers to this website in his chapter "Waves of Change - Future Directions (Acknowledged on page 257 with the Reference on page 222).

Graphics from this website also featured in the National Mueseum of Australia's travelling exhibition 'Between the Flags : 100 Years of Surf Lifesaving', also to celebrate 2007 Year of the Surf Lifesaver. The NMA website has a virtual tour of the exhibition in which cap graphics are used in a Match the Caps game. Cap graphics are also included in the Activities for Kids booklet.

 

Between the Flags : One Hundred Summers of Australian Surf Lifesaving

 

This web site displays a Colour Guide to the club caps worn by surf life savers during competition. This Colour Guide was first published in the 1998 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships Programme and subsequently in the 1999, 2000*, 2001*, 2002*, 2003*, 2004*2005 and 2006 Championship programmes as well as being distributed to officials in a laminated form. This website was featured in Australian Surf Lifesaver magazine March 1999, Page 8. (*Unfortunately not acknowledged in the programmes!)

Over 810 Club Caps and 300 Surf Life Saving and Life Saving Links

Club Cap Colour Guides are presented for each of the coastal states in Australia : New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. An Adobe Acrobat pdf file of the club cap colour guide for each state is also available for download.

Find the club of your choice quickly in the Alphabetical List.

Colour Guides to various other surf life saving competitions, such as the Kelloggs Ironman Series are included. Overseas Colour Guides for Germany, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America amongst others are also presented. An Adobe Acrobat pdf file of the cap colour guide these countries will soon be available for download.

 

1998 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships Programme.

 

The order of the caps is based upon their colour and the Hebert Voigt Club Cap Recognition Scheme. The history of Herbert Voigt after whom the HVCCRS is named is also detailed.

If you wish to purchase or order caps, details are provided for Australian suppliers.

Comments, corrections and queries are always most welcome and should be directed to Tim Tucak, President at Swanbourne Nedlands SLSC. Thanks to all those who have assisted to date.

You are visitor number to the Club Cap Colour Guide site since 1 January 1999. 

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New South Wales - Northern Territory - Queensland - South Australia - Tasmania - Victoria - Western Australia

New Zealand - South Africa - Oceanman - Ocean Warrior - Tri Nations Surf Challenge - Uncle Tobys Super Series

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Updated 26 January 2007