Apples place 2nd at Australia Day surf boat carnival

Apples place 2nd at Australia Day surf boat carnival

(by Rob Pearson) This year’s Manly Carnival fell on Australia Day and the Longy boaties tribe greeted the sunrise with the prospect of a great days’ racing ahead! Surprisingly there was a little bit of choppy surf to contend with as we all tried to wipe...
Swimkids Series Ocean Swim – Sunday 3 February

Swimkids Series Ocean Swim – Sunday 3 February

There are several short distance ocean swims (100m/200m/300m) for Nippers alongside the famous Cole Classic ocean swim down in Manly on Sunday 3 February. For more information and to register, please click here.
Longy young guns shine at Nippers carnival

Longy young guns shine at Nippers carnival

Congratulations to Siena, Erin, Adelaide and Blake who represented Longy at the ‘Manly Nippers Nats’ carnival on Sunday 19 January! Well done to all four members of Team Longy, but a special commendation to Sienna Dale who came home with the gold in the U12s flags and...
Head Above Water 24 Hour Swimathon

Head Above Water 24 Hour Swimathon

Who is Head Above Water? Head Above Water was started by a group of mates from Sydney’s Northern Beaches who’ve been touched by the negative effects of poor mental health. The rate of suicide on the beaches is significantly high. That, coupled with the national rate...
Roast lamb saves the night!

Roast lamb saves the night!

This year’s Longy Christmas Party went down with a bang, literally! A massive storm front moved across the Northern Beaches just as celebrations got under way at the club. It was a great night though!!! The Free Range Butcher lamb on a spit (see photo) was the...
Cadets in full action!

Cadets in full action!

Here are a few recent photos of the Longy cadets in full Sunday morning action (courtesy of Stuart Munday, Cadets Coordinator).
Follow our club on social media

Follow our club on social media

For those of you who are on Facebook or Instagram, why not follow the club and its activities through those social media channels? Here’s how to find us: ‘Like’ us on Facebook: Long Reef SLSC ‘Follow’ us on Instagram: longreefsls ‘Follow’ our Nippers account on...
Further Bronze/SRC/ART courses in 2019

Further Bronze/SRC/ART courses in 2019

So now you have your Bronze Medallion, what next? There are many Awards you can do. These Awards will make you a more rounded Surf Life Saver plus provide you with very useful life skills that you may unexpectedly need to call on at home, the office, at school, on...
Santa visits Nippers Christmas party

Santa visits Nippers Christmas party

It’s it a fish, a dolphin, no wait…. it’s Santa! It was a dark and stormy Nippers afternoon, but nothing stops Santa from showing up at Longy! He surprised us by arriving on the IRB just as the Nippers session was finishing up. The U6 girls spotted him first...
Longy beach runners place top 3

Longy beach runners place top 3

Despite late nights, Christmas parties and sore heads, the results of the Long Reef beach running team of 4 at North Cronulla beach on Saturday 15th December were pretty good. Matt Mooney – 2nd Open male (note: the guy who came first is the current Open 2km...