Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club
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ParisLaura
S 34° 58.742 E 138° 30.671
54H E 272808 N 6126452
The Foreshore Glenelg
Waymark Code: WMB943
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 04/21/2011
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Glenelg SLSC has a great and proud history of Surf Life Saving in South Australia. The club was inaugurated in the early depression years by a group of young men, who, whilst unemployed, felt their services could be of assistance to the beach going public. At a meeting on the beach in 1931 this group of young men joined together and decided to form a Life Saving Club. Fred Feneley keen, athletic and with energy to burn, saw fit to encourage his friends to form a nucleus of a Life Saving Club.
The birth of the club was due in part to our founding Club Captain, Fred Feneley. Acknowledged by the "Adelaide Advertiser" in this classic descript, ".......his other sporting activities embraced Archery, Weight Lifting and with a formidable stature to match it is quite understanding that he should accept the apt title: Hercules". Fred became an icon on the beach during the depression years, as you can no doubt see by his size; he typified what we now know as the great Australian Surf Life Saver, something still seen at Glenelg today. The depression saw many young men disillusioned with life, out of work and without much future. Our founding members made a commitment to each other and the community. Each day between 9am and 6pm they were rostered on duty patrolling the beach, with two members on patrol while others stayed near the reel, (which they built themselves). They spent much of their time in practice drills and demonstrations. As Fred said quite simply when asked by the "Advertiser" in 1931, "We wanted to keep our self respect".
Name of the Lifeboat or station: Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club
Adress:
The Foreshore
Glenelg, SA Australia
5112
Number of the Lifeboat: Not listed
Callsign Marifoon: Not listed
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