PATROL 14Manly LSC · The Log
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Shift 1 · Sunday 4 October · the opening patrol, under the tent

Patrol 14 — The Log

The latest patrol · Shift 1 of 9

Sunday 4 October 2026

Sun is shining — our first shift of the season. A blue, flat, warm Sunday, the tent down in good time, and sundowners at the club after.

Congrats to Trent for scoring his first prevention rescue — full board paddle out to the back ❤️ And congrats to Yannick for his first aid since getting bronze!!! It was just a bandaid. Congrats to JBJ for taking up the Head of Hospitality for our first patrol, and a special thanks for the cameo performance from Foxo, and Mark and Viv for joining Patrol 14. Lastly, congrats to Joseph for completing his first P14 patrol and giving some first-aid advice (a teaspoon of cement) to remedy a child's cry 🥊 Listen out for Ronnie's new P14 roar as he puts the tent away — very contagious. Best on ground would have to go to Jono for getting through his patrol hangover with only a chicken wrap, fries and Coca-Cola. Best whistle goes to Jane: Zoe wanted to whistle but changed her mind, Jane stepped in and was pleasantly greeted with a thank-you for volunteering from the public :) And a shout-out to Julia and Rob for missing patrol but showing up to the sundowner after-party for a debrief.

— The Captain's wrap
Best on ground

Jono

Head of Hospitality

JBJ

Whistle of the day

Jane

14 photographs and 3 clips so far — more land here as the crew sends them.

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The Season · 2026/27

Nine shifts on the sand

Every shift gets a page: the Captain's wrap, the photos, best on ground, the Head of Hospitality, and the time the tent came down. Post in the chat as always — and drop the good ones here, because this is what the end-of-season book is made from.

Put the season in your calendar
All nine shifts, with a reminder the evening before. Dates that change, and new events, update by themselves.

Also on

31 Oct 2026 · 14:00

Pre-season party

At Mari & Paul's. Château Notaras opens the season — Saturday 31 October, 2pm, after the morning patrol. The address is in the chat.

The running game

Spotted on Patrol

Sharks, tourists, creatures of Manly. Tag your photo when you send it and it scores for you. How many points is this worth? Now we'll know.

The rules & the board

10
🦈

Shark sighting

5
📸

Tourist of the Shift

5
🐚

Creatures of Manly

3
⛺

Tent glory

The Crew

Who's on the sand

A portrait of everyone on the patrol, taken against the flags, with a line in their own words.

Meet the crew

“P14 is basically the royal family of lifesaving.”

— Laura
The Archive · 2009 → 2026

Where we came from

Seventeen years of tents, flags, IRBs and group shots, newest first.

2025/26Royal family of lifesaving
2024/25The only shark P14 allows
2023/24Patrol of the Year
2022/23New Year's Day
2021/22The flag semaphore season
2020/21Spaced out
2019/20Hello, ICMS
2018/19

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