Registration 2019-20 Season

This season Coogee Minnows registration will be completed wholly within the SLS Members Portal; please disregard previous season’s registration instructions.

• Registrations open August 1st and close midnight August 31st.
• Registrations submitted after this date will not be accepted.
• All members MUST complete a Pool Proficiency. If your child cannot successfully complete their proficiency swim then a full refund of the season’s membership fee can be requested no later than October 31st.
• New members must provide documentation (passport, birth certificate) confirming date of birth.

Before following the registration instructions there are a few resources that you should first avail yourself of:

• The SLS Members Area userguide is available online, and also in soft-copy to download. This is the definitive guide to using the SLS Members Portal. If you cannot find the information needed then further assistance can be found at https://help.sls.com.au/.
• During the registration process you will be given an opportunity to redeem a NSW Active Kids voucher for each under-18 Coogee SLSC member. These vouchers can be redeemed to a maximum value of $100 each, and Coogee SLSC is accepting these to help offset membership fees. If you would like to use an Active Kids voucher you should download the details before proceeding further with this Minnows registration process.
• The Coogee SLSC membership fee price list. Specifically, Coogee Minnows membership fees for the 2019-20 season are:
  • One child: $160, or $60 if redeeming an Active Kids voucher.
  • Second child: $120, or $20 if redeeming an Active Kids voucher.
  • Third child: $110, or $10 if redeeming an Active Kids voucher.
  • Fourth child (or more): Free

All Coogee SLSC members need an individual, up-to-date SLS membership account; you will need separate accounts for each child and each parent/carer club member:

• If you are enrolling a new Under-6 Coogee Minnow then create their SLS account. If you wish to enroll a new Coogee Minnow into an older age group then you should first apply in writing to the Coogee Minnows Secretary and when approved follow these instructions to create their SLS account:
  • http://sls.com.au/join
  • There is a short userguide available to download.
  • As you fill out the details, please ensure that you select Surf Life Saving NSW and Coogee (NSW) as the surf club that you’re joining (not ‘Coogee Beach (WA)’).

• If your family has several members of Coogee SLSC, and one is over eighteen years of age, then you have the option to create a Family Group and renew your collective memberships in one transaction. Please refer to the SLS Members Area userguide for details. A Family Group greatly simplifies each season’s membership renewals but is not mandatory.
  • Create your Family Group and add all family members as per the SLS Members Area userguide.
  • Login to https://members.sls.com.au/ as your over eighteen, primary user.
  • Select menu option “Memberships → Family” as shown highlighted below.
    • You’ll now move to a Family Group Details page, with a Renew Memberships action listed on the right.
  • Select Renew Memberships:
    • You now select each family member for renewal, plus accept the SLSA Membership Declaration.
  • Select Submit:
    • All family members have now been renewed and are pending confirmation by Coogee SLSC.
    • Move onto Make A Payment and Active Kids instructions below.

• If not utilising a Family Group renewal you will have to login as each individual member and renew them one at a time:
  • Login to the SLS Members area with each member’s username and password: https://members.sls.com.au/
  • Select menu option “Memberships → Renewals, Payments & Transfers” as shown highlighted below.
  • You will be presented with a summary of your child’s Coogee SLSC membership:
  • Select Renew:
    • Check that your child’s membership details are correct and if not make the required updates.
    • At the foot of the page accept the declaration and enter a parent or guardian name in the box provided.
  • Click Submit:
    • You should now get directed to a page that simply states “Success. Your renewal request has been recorded in the system and is pending approval.”.

• All adult volunteers also all need a valid, up-to-date SLS account. Age Assistants should join/renew their ‘General’ membership of Coogee SLSC, whereas adult Water Safety and/or Patrolling members should enroll as ‘Senior Active’.
• Make A Payment:

For each under-18 member you’ll now be presented with a page where you can redeem an Active Kids voucher. If you wish to use one per under-18, fill out the requested details for each: Voucher code, PIN (child’s date of birth in the format DDMM [day & month]), and the full, pre-discount Minnows membership fee for each. Otherwise just leave all fields blank. Click the Next button to proceed.

Note: If you don’t redeem your Active Kids vouchers at this point and instead leave this page it will not be shown again. You have only one opportunity to enter the required voucher information. Currently the only known means of returning to this page is to cancel your Minnow’s pending membership request and starting the whole process again.

• You should now be at the final Payment step as below; clicking the Pay Online button will redirect you to the (Westpac) SLS Online Payments portal:

• Please ensure that Coogee (NSW) is the Club/Organisation selected in the Westpac Payments page:
  • You can make an individual payment per member, or submit several membership fees by adding a Transaction for each member and paying one total figure.
  • If renewing several Coogee Minnow members please take into account our multi-child discounts ($160 first child, $120 second, $110 third).
  • If you have redeemed an Active Kids voucher, subtract $100 from that Minnow’s 2019-20 fee.
  • Please ensure that each Transaction is of type Membership fee and that you specify each member’s full name and activity in the Payment Details:
    • Fred Bloggs: Coogee Minnows
      • or
    • Fred Bloggs: Junior Activity Member (5-13 years)
  • When all Transactions are entered, click Next at the foot of the page to proceed to credit card payment.
  • A receipt will be emailed to you when credit card payment is completed.
  • Your memberships are now pending renewal and will be processed by Coogee SLSC.