2010 Competitions to begin on February 15...

Happy New Year Everyone!!

The year 2010 promises to bring some exciting new changes to Camden Beach Sports with new sports set to take off this year and the growing support from local businesses will see each player recieve a 2010 members t-shirt. We also hope to provide weekly give-aways and a bigger and better prizes throughout the year. Registration this year will be $45/season or $70/year.

Towards the end of last year co-founder Aaron Oswald stepped down as partner of Camden Beach Sports to persue a career in advertising. Congratulations and best wishes mate!! The void that Aaron left was temporarily filled by a number of casual staff, as you may well have met them, Jasmine Haines, Melissa Connor, James Davenport & Kirsty Silverstone. Thanks heaps for your help guys, I couldn't have done it without you!! In the 2010 I am joined by my father Laurie Geist to help organise and run the busy competition schedule, along with taking social bookings, birthday parties and barefoot bowl.

The first big change for 2010 will be the way fees are paid each week. Previously each individual has had to pay a match fee each week, however almost 25% of participants have had discrepancies over fees paid and fees owed over the past few seasons. To combat this problem, we are now going to implement a Team Match Fee, to be paid in full before each game by the team captain. A reciept of payment will be issued and will need to be presented to the referee before each game can begin. Team match fee are as follows: Soccer, Touch Football, Netball, Cricket - $60/game, Volleyball - $30, Tennis - $15.

Also this year we are also going to introduce more divisions in each sport to keep each team competitive and maximise the enjoyment for everyone. Last year we split the Soccer in two, with a mixed competition and a more competitive men's competition. This year we plan to follow suit with Touch Football, as well as splitting the Volleyball competition into an advance and a beginners grade. The NEW beginners division will include playing with five players on the court and introducing a first-serve fault.

Registrations are being taken until Feb 13th, with trial matches being played from 8th-12th. To register download a team rego form and an individual rego form for each player, and drop them into the sports club, or call and arrange to meet me before trial games begin. Call: 0404439170, Email: camdenbeachsports@gmail.com.

Hope we have a great year of sport, and that we can continue growing this great social sporting communitee.

Ben Geist

Christmas Party & Presentation Night

18/12/2009 - 5pm-Midnight - $25pp

This year we are making it a whole evening event!!
We will start off with a game of lawn bowls, running a small teams comp. from 5pm - 7:30pm. This event will take place every year from now and there will be a perpetual trophy install for the winning combination.
At 7:30 we will move upstairs to begin formalities. This part of the night will include 3 drinks tickets and a 2 course meal. Followed by the presentation of medallions for all the winning teams over the year and the unveiling of our "Winner's Board" to be erected before the start of the next season.
For those who love to party the night will continue with music and dancing until the club closes.

A big thankyou to everyone for their ongoing support of Camden Beach Sports. I have some big things install for 2010 so stay posted for more updates.

Cheers
Ben

FINAL REGISTRATION WEEK!!

Registrations will be finalised this week, entries will close on Friday 11th September. You can register and play a trial match throughout the week, so come down on the night that corresponds to your sport to register your team or join up with others to form a team. Each night starts at 6:30 and will wrap up by 9:00pm.

MONDAY - Beach Soccer (Men's or Mixed)
TUESDAY - Beach Volleyball (Mixed)
WEDNESDAY - Beach Touch Footy
THURDSAY - Beach Netball (Mixed)

Competitions will all begin the following week, with draws to be add to the website over the weekend. Thankyou to everyone for your ongoing support.

Cya on Sand....
Ben

New Fee Structure!!

Hi everyone, just realised that i hadn't put up information regarding the cost of our Spring Season.

Registration is now required prior to the first game. This fee incorporates insurance and 2 weeks match fees:
$40pp for Soccer, Footy and Netball
$36pp for Volleyball and Tennis

Weekly match fees are remaining the same:
$8pp for Soccer, Footy and Netball
$6pp for Volleyball and Tennis

We are also looking into getting a shipment of Beach Socks to play beach soccer in, as we have had a bit of trouble getting everyone to have an acceptable standard of footwear. These would be available to purchase for $24, we will order a shipment once everyone has ordered prior to the commencement of the comp.

Any other questions regarding pricing, please don't hesitate to call me on 0404439170....
Cya on the Sand...

Spring Season Registration - NOW OPEN!! **NEW** Beach Netball

Registrations are now open for Spring Competitions. The following sports will run on the following nights:

Monday - Beach Soccer (Men's & Mixed)
Tuesday - Beach Volleyball (and Tennis depending on numbers)
Wednesday - Beach Touch Footy (May end up Tag Rugby)
Thursday - Beach Netball **NEW**

There are limited spaces avaiilable so contact Ben on 0404439170 ASAP to get your team entered, then dowload and complete Team Registration form. Money and form need returned to Camden Sports Club or to Ben or Aaron by 31st August 2009.

Seeya on the Sand sometime soon...

Tuesday Night Volleyball is BACK!!

You heard right! Tuesday Night Volleyball will be running ASAP. We're still taking registrations for Tuesday, and hoping to also run a Saturday social comp... We don't expect people to play every single Saturday, so we hope people can mix up the teams to balance out the competition from week to week. Ben and I are contacting people as quick as we can to get something up and running - give me a call if you're interested. Aaron - 0419 404 713!!!

Winter Season Begins!!

Last night was our registration for the winter season. We will have 6 teams competing in our Beach Soccer competition over the next 9 weeks. Teams will battle it out on a Monday night from 6:30, for the chance to get their name up on our newly created winners board which will be unveiled in the coming weeks at our presentation BBQ...
For all those playing the draw will be posted on this site by Friday night at the latest. Anyone else who is interested in playing, there are still some spots to fill in a couple of teams, so come down to meet some new friends, have some fun and keep fit!!
Stay tuned for more updates, or if you would like more information on competitions, hiring the sand, or even barefoot lawn bowls, give me a call on 0404 439 170...
Seeya on the Sand
Ben Geist