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nswsba : manlly carnival, 1910

New South Wales Surf Bathing Association :
Combined Surf Carnival Souvenir Programme,
North Steyne, Manly, 22nd October, 1910.

Extracts from
New South Wales Surf Bathing Association.: Combined Surf Carnival Souvenir Programme
North Steyne, Manly, 22nd October 1910.

Introduction.
The official guest indicated on the cover; Wm. Henry, Esq. of England, the founder and Chief Secretary Royal Life Saving Society; demonstrates the close connection with the English movement that started in the 1890s.

The office bearers and carnival officials include several noted swimmers or surfriders.
Cecil Healy, a member of the Manly Club, is a competitor in the Surf Race, listed below.
He competed at the 1912 Olympic Games against Duke Kahanamoku and was later a journalist.
F. C. (Freddy) Williams, also from the Manly Club, was considered the best of the early surf-shooters.
C. D. Paterson, another member of the Manly Club, is said to have imported a surfboard from Hawaii, circa 1908-1912 and would later serve as the Association's President.
Lyster Ormsby and Sig Fullwood (with Percy Flynn) are credited as the inventors of the 'first' life saving reel at Bondi circa 1906.

Note that the program finishes with a "Shooting the Breakers Exhibition by Members of affiliated Surf Clubs."

The advertisement for the Circular Quay (Sydney city) to Manly ferry service by the Port Jackson and Manly Steam Ship Company records an early use of the term "surfers", compared to the more common "surf-bathers" or "surf-shooters" of the period.

Likewise, the surfing and swimming suits advertisement for Anthony Horden and Son, Brickfield Hill, Sydney on the back cover uses of the term "surfing", compared to the more common "surf-bathing" or "surf-shooting" of the period.

First Page (NEW SOUTH WALES SURF BATHING ASSOCIATION)
OFFICE-BEARERS.

Patron:
HIS EXCELLENCY, LORD CHELMSFORD, K.C.M.G., STATE
GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

President: .
J. LORD, ESQ.

Vice Presidents:

T. W. Henderson, Esq.
Dr. A. Lamrock
F. A. Thorpe, Esq.
C. T. Trickett, Esq.
L. C. J. Ormsby, Esq.
A. W. Relph, Esq..
F W. Donovan. Esq.
W. H. Kelly, M.H.R
E. H. Reeve, Esq.
Cecil Healy, Esq
E. W. Quirk, Esq.

Hon. Secretary:
L. W. ABEL.

E. R. Abigail, Esq.
C. L. Daly, Esq.
H. D. Spyer
G. H. Williams, Esq.
Hon. C. W. Oakes
M.L.A.
C. D. Paterson, Esq.
Ald. R. G. Watkins
Mayor of Waverley.
F. C. Williams, Esq.

Hon. Treasurer:
W. H. COMMINS.

Trustees:
F. A. THORPE. C. D. PATERSON.

Executive Committee:
L. W. ABEL, O. G. H. MERRITT, C. MARTIN, H. S. FORD,
SYD FULLWOOD.

Hon. Auditor:
A. W. RELPH. ESQ.

Second Page OFFICIALS FOR CARNIVAL.
Referee:
C. D. PATERSON.
Starter:
J. LORD.
Judges Rescue and Resuscitation:
C. T. TRICKETT,   L. C. I. ORMSBY,   H. D. SPYER.
Timekeepers:
C. DALY,   F. C. WILLIAMS,   W. KERR.
Judges for Beach Sports:
E. N. V. SHEMWELL,   L. HARRIS,   C. MARTIN.
Call Stewards:
H. JOHNSON,   H. S. FORD,   D. CUNNINGHAM.
Result and Press Steward:
W. C. FISHER.
Megaphone Operator:
E. REEVE.
Gate Keepers:
T. TAYLOR,   J. B. PYM,   S. SNELL,   A. B. BURGE.
Hon. Secretaries:
E. M. V. SHEMWELL,   L. ABEL,   SYD. FULLWOOD.

Hon. Treasurer:
W. COMMINS.

Instructor:
G. H. WILLIAMS.

Stewards:
H. PIERCE, P. BURGE, J. JOHNS, P. H. CAMERON.
J. .T. K. TAYLOR, H. AUSTIN.

Police and Band Stewards:
A. WATSON, W. A. KELLAM.

Last Page SURF RACE.
1st Prize, £1/1/-, 2nd Prize. 10/6. Professionals Debarred.
Start from mark on beach, swim out to buoys and back to mark
on beach.

R. Poole
B. Mendelsohn
T. Lord, jun.
A. L. Cohen
W. Benson
S. Smith
T. McMullen

T. Laycock
K. Grieve
G. Linsley
P. Stewart
B. Begg
T. L. Holland
L. McQueen

C. Brownhill
T. Warren
Cecil Healy
T. Solomons
S. Wright
A. Wright

Shooting the Breakers Exhibition by
Members of affiliated Surf Clubs.

New South Wales Surf Bathing Association:
Combined Surf Carnival Souvenir Programme
North Steyne, Manly, 22nd October 1910.

Block kindly lent by "Town and Country Journal."
OFFICIAL WELCOME BY Wm. HENRY, Esq. of England.
(Founder and Chief Secretary Royal Life Saving Society)

Advertisement for the Circular Quay (Sydney city)
to Manly ferry service by the Port Jackson
and Manly Steam Ship Company (adjusted).

Note the early use of the term "surfers",
compared to the more common
"surf-bathers" or "surf-shooters" of the period.

Back cover.
Surfing and swimming suits advertisement
for Anthony Horden and Son, Brickfield Hill, Sydney.

Note the early use of the term "surfing",
compared to the more common
"surf-bathing" or "surf-shooting" of the period.

Geoff Cater (2008) : NSWSBA : Combined Carnival Programme, Manly, October 1910.
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