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  • Nippers Program – Season 2025/26 Registration

    Sunday 28 Dec 2025 – Sunday 4 Jan 2026
  • Step 1 – Register the Primary Nipper Parent or Guardian

  • (a) Contact details

  • (b) Number of children participating

  • (c) Club membership

  • Each child participating in the Nippers program must have at least one parent or guardian who is a 2024/25 financial member of the Woolamai Beach SLSC (the Club).

    An Adult Social Club Membership ($30) will be included in your Nippers registration fee unless you as the Nipper parent or guardian already hold a valid 2024/25 club membership. Valid club memberships are:

    • Active Senior Member
    • Associate Member
    • Adult Social/General Member
    • Life Membership
  • (d) Working With Children Check (WWCC)

  • Please note that to participate in the Nippers program, all registered Nippers, parents, guardians and volunteers must hold a current Victorian Working with Children Check (WWCC). The WWCC must be linked to both the Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club and Life Saving Victoria.

    Further information on applying for and registering a WWCC, including requirements for VIT-registered teachers and police officers, can be found HERE.

    • WWCC number and expiry 
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    • WWCC application and application date 
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  • Nippers Program – Season 2025/26 Registration

    Sunday 28 Dec 2025 – Sunday 4 Jan 2026
  • Step 2 – Optional – Register an Additional Nipper Parent or Guardian as a Nippers Volunteer

  • You can register an additional Nipper parent or guardian as a Nippers Volunteer. Nippers volunteers must be a Woolamai SLSC member and have a valid Working With Children Check (WWCC). Adult Social Club Membership is complimentary for additional Nipper parent or guardian Nippers volunteers (see below).

  • (a) Contact details – additional Nipper parent or guardian

  • (b) Club membership – Additional Nipper parent or guardian

  • All Nipper parent or guardian volunteers must be a 2025/26 financial member of the Woolamai Beach SLSC (the Club). However, Adult Social Club Membership is complimentary for additional Nipper parent or guardian volunteers if they do not already have a valid 2025/26 Club membership (e.g., an Active Senior, Associate or Life Memberships).

  • (c) Working With Children Check (WWCC) – Additional Nipper parent or guardian

  • Please note that to participate in the Nippers program, all registered Nippers, parents, guardians and volunteers must hold a current Victorian Working with Children Check (WWCC). The WWCC must be linked to both the Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club and Life Saving Victoria.

    Further information on applying for and registering a WWCC, including requirements for VIT-registered teachers and police officers, can be found HERE.

    • WWCC number and expiry 
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    • WWCC application and application date 
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  • Nippers Program – Season 2025/26 Registration

    Sunday 28 Dec 2025 – Sunday 4 Jan 2026
  • Step 3 – Register your Nippers!

  • The Nippers program fee and what it includes

    The Woolamai Beach SLSC 2025/26 Nippers program fee is $150 per child. This covers participation in the program and a Junior Club Membership. It does not include a high visibility nipper rash vest.

    Please note that all children participating in the Nippers program must wear a high visibility nipper rashies while on the Beach. This season the Nippers rashies are not available to pre-purchase. 

    If you don’t have a Nippers rashie or need a new one, they will be available for purchase on 28 December 2025, from Woolamai Beach SLSC Clubhouse between 2-5 pm.  There will also be a limited stock of second-hand rashies for sale.  If you have any old Woolamai rashie/s you would like to donate, please bring them along!

    Filling in your Nipper details

    The number of Nipper registration slots below is based on your response to the number of participating children, provided in Step 1-(c). If you wish to change the number of children please use the back button, located at the bottom of this form, to return to Step 1 and update your response. 

    We recommend using the date picker to enter the date of birth for your Nipper or Nippers. If you are having issues with session times not appearing it may be due to a manually typed date.  

  • (a) Nipper details

  • Participating child 1

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  • Participating child 2

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  • Participating child 3

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  • Participating child 4

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  • Participating child 5

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  • (b) Select your age group session/s

  • Please select the age group session for your Nipper or Nippers. Use the dropdown menu below to enter each child in their allocated age group:

    1 = 1 participant entered per age group
    2 = 2 children entered in the same age group

    If you do not enter each child in a program, your registration will not be processed.

    Please note, If the sessions selection dropdown menu for a child's age group is not visible please check their date of birth above. If you are having issues with session times not appearing it may be due to a manually typed date. We recommend using the date picker to enter the date of birth for you Nipper or Nippers.

  • Under 6s

    U6 – White Caps – Born between 1/10/2019 – 30/09/2020
    Location – Cleeland Bight Beach, End of Cottosloe Avenue, Cape Woolamai
    Session time
  • Under 7s

    U7 – Purple Caps –Born between 1/10/2018 – 30/09/2019
    Location – Cleeland Bight Beach, End of Cottosloe Avenue, Cape Woolamai
    Session times
  • Under 8s

    U8 – Red Caps – Born between 1/10/2017 – 30/09/2018
    Location – Cleeland Bight Beach, End of Cottosloe Avenue, Cape Woolamai
    Session time
  • Under 9s

    U9 – Yellow Caps – Born between 1/10/2016 – 30/09/2017
    Location – Cleeland Bight Beach, End of Cottosloe Avenue, Cape Woolamai
    Session time
  • Under 10s

    U10 – Light Blue Caps – Born between 1/10/2015 – 30/09/2016
    Location – Cleeland Bight Beach, End of Cottosloe Avenue, Cape Woolamai
    Session time
  • Under 11s

    U11 – Dark Blue Caps – Born between 1/10/2014 – 30/09/2015
    Location – Cleeland Bight Beach, End of Cottosloe Avenue, Cape Woolamai
    Session time
  • Under 12s

    U12 – Light Green Cap – Born between 1/10/2013 – 30/09/2014
    Location – Smiths Beach, Smiths Beach Road, Smiths Beach (unless advised otherwise)
    Session time
  • Under 13s

    U13 – Dark Green Cap – Born between 1/10/12– 30/09/2013
    Location – Smiths Beach, Smiths Beach Road, Smiths Beach (unless advised otherwise)
    Session time
  • Nippers Program – Season 2025/26 Registration

    Sunday 28 Dec 2025 – Sunday 4 Jan 2026
  • Step 4 – Volunteer signup and registration finalisation

  • (a) Nipper parent or guardian volunteer signup

  • Parent involvement is what makes Nippers happen and many hands really do make light work. With approximately 400 nippers and 500 volunteer opportunities, if each family volunteers once for a high involvement role, or twice (where possible) for a medium or low involvement role across the program, it will be easy! Information on the volunteer roles can be found HERE.

    Cleeland Bight Volunteer Roster Signup

    Smiths Beach Volunteer Roster Signup 

    Please sign up for the roles and time slots that work best for you and your Nipper family. If you have not registered for a volunteer role or roles by 1 December 2025 your place in the program may be offered to another family.

  • (b) Nippers raffle

  • The Nippers raffle supports the Nippers porgram. Winners are drawn each day and details posted on the Facebook page. Winners will also be contacted by text message. 

  • (c) Fee breakdown and payment

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  • Please ensure that you have read the terms and conditions and the participation code of conduct. Topics covered include:

    • Child supervision
    • Age requirements and groups
    • Volunteering
    • Still and moving image release
    • Cancellation of registration
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