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The Herbert Voigt Club Cap Recognition Scheme (HVCCRS) was devised to present club competition caps on the basis of colour. The HVCCRS was compiled from previous Australian Surf Life Saving Championships Programmes, back issues of Australian Surf Lifesaver magazine, videos of the Uncle Tobys Super Series and Meadow Lea Ironwoman Series, as well as observation at State and Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. Thanks to Paul Oliver and Kate Cox of Australian Surf Lifesaver Magazine / JP Publications who believed in the idea upfront and agreed to include the Club Cap Colour Guide in the programme for the 1998 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. The HVCCRS was an immediate success on the beach offering all competitors, officials and spectators an accurate guide to the club caps of those competing.
Thank you also to everyone else who has assisted: Swanny Touring Team to the 1998 Aussies, SLSQ and Rachel Newton, SLSNZ and Janine Pollock, SLNSW, SLSV, Bob Wood and Andrea Webb, Phil McGibbon - SLSA Honourary Competition Cap Registar, Ben Harding, and The J S Battye Library of West Australian History and The Library and Information Service of Western Australia. Since this site had been up and running, Brian Spurr, of Pirates SLSC, has assisted with South African clubs and cap colours and pointed me in the direction of the Ocean Warrior Challenge. Thanks to SLSA of Great Britain, Adam and Kate Morgan for helping with clubs and cap colours in Great Britain. Greg Smith of Trigg Island SLSC assisted with a few of the South African cap colours. Matthew Bruce from Cronulla SLSC and Drew Doran from Birubi Point SLSC helped with the elusive Birubi Point SLSC cap colours. Kelly Timms of SLSWA (and a Swanny member) found out which branch Bowen SLSC belonged to - I owe you one Kelly! Thanks again to Matthew Bruce from Cronulla SLSC for suggesting "an alphabetical listing of club names - (in link format to the appropriate branch displaying the cap)." This will be invaluable to people who only know the club name of the cap they're looking for . For example say someone was looking for the Cronulla SLSC cap ? They may not know that it's in the Sydney Branch - which is where you would find it if you knew that. A special thank you to Danya Hodgetts, National Development Officer at Surf Life Saving Australia, who was able to tell me the last missing NSW club cap, that of Bermagui SLSC ,and inform me of the demise of Pottsville SLSC (now an outpost of Cabarita Beach SLSC). In return I was able to help Danya in preparing a colour guide for the commentators at this years NSW State Championships and future programmes. Danya has also offered to shout me a beer when I get to the Aussies - Thanks Danya! Some corrections and suggestions from Flea, Registrar of Kurrawa SLSC, concerning the cap colours of South Coast Branch in Queensland which is blue and yellow, not blue and white and the link under the South Coast Branch cap which used to take you to the wrong place. Thanks Flea. Brian Spurr, of Pirates SLSC, has again provided more South African club cap colours. Raquel Cross of South Coast Branch, Queensland was able to tell me what the AEME stood for in Mermaid Beach AEME and I was able to help her with some graphics for club caps on the South Coast Branch Annual Dinner invitation. Ben Rooks, of Carrum SLSC and author of the original Surf Life Saving Victoria webpages, confirmed that at last I had the Carrum SLSC cap correct, and had some information on Gunnamatta SLSC caps and clubs involved in the Royal Life Saving Society in Victoria. Peter Doherty, a club member of Donegal (Ireland) team gave me their club colours. Alexander Korneli, organiser of the Deutsche SurfLifeSaving Liga - DSL (German Surf Life Saving League), author of the SURF´n´POOL website has been invaluable in providing information on European clubs and maintains a mirror version - Club Cap Color Guide Europe - of this site in German! Thanks to Tanky Williams, Chief Instructor of Bude SLSC in Great Britain who informed me Bude SLSC was the first SLS Club to be formed in Great Britain in 1953 by Alan Kennedy and that their cap is yellow with two red stripes from front to back. Thanks to Rod Downie from Northern Lifeguard Services, for information on surf lifesaving in New Zealand and the colours of United North Piha. Thanks to Alan Hopley from RLSS Poole Lifeguard Club, for the colours of RLSS Poole Lifeguard, Bournemouth Lifeguard Corps and Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service. Thanks to Owen Phillips a member of Jackson`s Bay SLSC in Wales for the correct design of their cap. Owen also provided a list of Japanese caps and their caps which was most helpful. Thanks Owen! Ben Rooks, author of the new Carrum SLSC website continues to provide information on the caps, club history and formation dates, of clubs involved in both the Royal Life Saving Society in Victoria and Surf Life Saving Victoria. Thanks Ben! Thanks to Stuart Spicer of Sorrento SLSC, for information on the Royal Life Saving Society club caps in Western Australia. Thanks to André de Jager for the correct cap colours of Fish Hoek SLSC and the address of their website. Thanks to Martin Leprohon for information on lifesaving in Canada. Garod Thomas provided the correct cap for Aberystwyth SLSC, Wales. Thanks to Denise Lees, Secretary, SLSNSW Board of Youth Development, for information that Macksville Scotts Head SLSC has transferred from North Coast Branch to Mid North Coast Branch. Also to Phil Zubrinich, Secretary of Whyalla SLSC for the correct colours of their club cap. Thanks to Dave Cirment Smith for the cap colours for the New Zealand Kellogg's Surf League, which are also the cap colours for the U/19 Surf League and as used by the various districts. A special thank you to Tony Seals, President of Seaford Life Saving Club, and Life Member of the Royal Life Saving Society in Victoria who tracked me down with information on various Royal Life Saving Society club and district caps in Victoria,as well as a great deal of the history of the various clubs. Great work Tony. Thanks to Vanessa Brown, Manager Special Projects, Surf Life Saving New South Wales, for all the information on caps from Rescue 2000. Thanks to Emmanuel Immig, President of the surf lifesaving club Sauveteurs Côte Basque in the south west of France for cap colours of various French clubs. Thanks to Craig Durling, commissioner of the Nova Scotia Surf League, Canada for information on the caps of the competing clubs. Thanks to Jim McCrady, Fort Lauderdale Beach Patrol (Southeast Region, U.S.A) for information on their cap and that of Boca Raton. Jenny in Tasmania provided details on caps for Hobart Carlton and Park Beach, the two clubs which joined to make Carlton Park, as well as Low Head. Dirk Brocky, Manager of the NIVEA Trophy Series, an International Surf Life Saving Series in Germany provided the cap colours of the 25 teams as they started in season 2001/2002. Andrea Parsons of Woolamai Beach SLSC makes most of the caps for Victorian clubs and some of those from South Australia and Tasmania. Andrea provided the correct colours and dimensions of several Victoria club caps. Thanks to Daryll Smith, President of the newly formed Coogee Beach SLSC for the colours of their cap. Thanks to Kevin.S.Turner of Black Rock L.S.C., which is a bay club in Victoria for letting me know they just amalgamated with SLSV. Thanks to Dirk Brocky, Manager of the NIVEA Trophy Series, an International Surf Life Saving Series in Germany provided the cap colours of the 35 teams as they started in season 2002/2003. Danya Hodgetts, National Development Manager of SLSA kindly forwarded on a copy of the SLSNZ club cap colour guide. Hans Vijge from the club Zeist in the Netherlands provided details of their new offical cap. Daniel Ryan put together the website for Hampton Beach Assoc, NH. and sent the site address. Jaime Dormer, secretary of the Southport SLSC whilst doing some research on their old club history found they have had a total of 5 caps over the life of the club and sent in details. | |||||
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A special thank you to Jon Broomhall who not only believed and understood in the HVCCRS from the very beginning, but since then has done a lot of legwork sourcing those difficult to find caps. Jon was an enthusiastic promoter of the HVCCRS at the 1998 Championships and helped conduct the initial user reaction surveys. Jon is also an excellent surf life saver, good competitor (my pace in a swim or a sprint), multiple Australian Silver Medallist and State Gold Medallist, SLSWA Director of Life Saving Services, fireman, ex Club caretaker, organizer of the Swanny Aussies Touring Team for the past few years and holder of the Club record for continuous occupation of a spa at the Blue Party, so I'm proud to call him a friend.