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Of Tragedy and Valor
Malcolm John Rumbelow
B 1954
Descendant of Malen Rumbelow 2nd
Malcolm John Rumbelow was born in 1954 to parents Graham Rumbelow and Jean Metcalf. He attended Victor Harbor Primary School and High Schools and followed his father Graham and brother Donald to become a carpenter.
Malcolm Rumbelow is a life member of Encounter Bay Football Club, having supported, played, coached and trained various teams over the years. His son Cain Rumbelow played junior football at Encounter Bay, and his daughter Melissa Rumbelow is a member of the EBFC Committee and assists in training duties. Malcolm’s granddaughter Molly Rumbelow was the only female Rumbelow to have played football for the Bays, playing in the U15’s side in the club's inaugural year of participation in the GSFLs women's football competition HERRIN during 2017.
Malcolm has a deep respect for the sea and also enjoys the leisure activities that it has to offer. He is an active member of the Victor Harbor and Goolwa Sea Rescue Squadron where he has held the positions of both Commodore and Squadron Leader and giving up his time to assist others in need of assistance. He's been a successful sailor competing at State and National levels.
Malcolm and his wife bought a Chicken business in Port Elliot, followed by a delicatessen in Victor Harbor.
In 1998 Malcolm stood as a Senate candidate for the One Nation Party receiving 328 votes.
Over the last few years Malcolm has travelled (and fished) extensively across Australia and New Zealand.
Victor Harbor and Goolwa Sea Rescue Squadron
Victor Harbor and Goolwa Sea Rescue Squadron
LIfe Member - Malcolm Rumbelow 2017
LIfe Member - Don Rumbelow 2009
LIfe Member - Lesley Rumbelow 2017
Commodore - Malcolm Rumbelow 96/97, 05/06, 06/07, 07/08
Squadron Leader - Malcolm Rumbelow 94/95, 95/96
Squadron Leader - Don Rumbelow 02/03, 03/04, 04/05, 05/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11, 11/12, 12/13
Deputy Squadron Leader - Malcolm Rumbelow 93/94, 16/17, 17/18
Deputy Squadron Leader - Don Rumbelow 14/15, 15/16
Yacht Club In Deep Sea Rescue
Yacht Club In Deep Sea Rescue
Last Sunday morning at 9 a.m. a member of the Victor Harbour Yacht Club at the Murray Mouth heard a May-Day call on his two-way radio from a disabled boat. He raised the Port Elliot Surf Life Saving Club on his radio and they in turn contacted the V.H.Y.C. Rescue Squadron.
The club then made radio contact with the disabled vessel, the Isabella, and established it had broken down about nine miles south of Victor Harbour and was at anchor in rough seas. Its radio was a small set on the same frequency as the yacht club's.
The 30ft. Isabella was on its way from Robe to Port Adelaide and had broken down at 3 a.m. that morning.
Realising it was too big for the club rescue boat, the members tried to find a fishing cutter that could help and were informed that there could be some one on board one of the fishing boats. The club rescue boat was launched and it was found that Malcolm Rumbelow, 19, and his cousin John Rumbelow, 18, were on board the Taperoo.
A member of the rescue boat boarded the Taperoo with a club radio and they set forth at 10a.m. The rescue operations room at the Yacht Club maintained radio communications with both boats and established a bearing for the Taperoo. The Isabella later fired a flare which was sighted from the Taperoo.
The Rumbelow boys did a particularly fine effort in locating the disabled boat and securing a line in the rough seas for the tow home. The Isabella's anchor could not be raised and had to be cut free. After the long haul back and the boats had reached the calm waters of the bay, the club rescue boat took over the tow to the Isabella on to a safe mooring.
Although at times difficult, the club maintained radio communication throughout the five-hour operation.
Rumbelow Shows The Way
Rumbelow Shows The Way
Hobie sailor Malcolm Rumbelow and rookie crew Mark Stock showed the reduced Victor Harbor Yacht Club fleet their style when they narrowly won the handicap race in Saturday's strong 20-25 knot winds.
With weather reports predicting gale force winds along the South coast, Commodore Don Rumbelow postponed the running of the first heat of the Club Championship until November 30. A handicap event in the shelter of the island was arranged for the senior sailors. Only 11 boats took to the water for the start from the breakwater and by the end of the first triangle the wind had increased in strength to 20 knots, but with the sea still flat the sailing was fast. Randal and Liz Cooper increased their handicap when they pitchpoled their Stingray on the reaching leg. Despite the sudden shock the boat was soon upright and back in the race.
Early leaders Mike Schirmer and Wesley Roach, aboard Rebel Yell, lost ground when they headed for the wrong marker. This allowed John and Gerry Amos on the Taipan Stepping Out to gain the advantage. Back in the fleet Rumbelow and Stock were steadily making ground on the leaders. With the winds increasing in the second half of the race, the Coopers showed their class to take the lead and go on to take the line honors, 17 seconds ahead of Stepping Out. Rebel Yell was a similar distance behind in third and Rumbelow crossed in fourth place, just short of a corrected time win. Their time was however good enough to take the race on handicap.
The hard-luck story of the day went to Rob Williams and Linda McEvoy. Having capsised early in the race and made up lost ground, the pair were within sight of the finish line when they were hit by a strong gust from the mouth of the Hindmarsh River. The resultant pitchpole saw McEvoy injure a leg, forcing them to retire. Bob McFarlane, sailing the lone division two boat, made it a double for the Hobies. Next week the club will conduct the annual David Turner Memorial Race. This event involves all divisions and with the results held secret until the presentation night at the end of the season the winner is always a point of speculation.
Senate candidates
Senate candidates
Malcolm Rumbelow is Pauline Hanson's One Nation Senate candidate for South Australia. Born in 1954, he has lived in the Victor Harbor area his whole life.
Malcolm, who is married with two teenage children, has worked as a carpenter and joiner, a cray and shark fisherman, a building inspector, a building supervisor and sub contractor and as a delicatessen owner.
He and his wife Carolyn currently operate a take away chicken shop. Malcolm believes that many of our politicians are not catering to the needs of many Australians and that many politicians have lost touch with reality and have no interest in the average person's battle to survive.
He sees Pauline Hanson's One Nation as a real alternative, with a down to Earth approach that will not pander to multinationals and minority groups.
Malcolm says the major issues at the election will be unemployment, the rejuvenation of industry and protection of jobs through the replacement of tariffs, our hospital and health care systems, the ability of Government to approve treaties without the people having input, and the accountability, decency, honesty and integrity of elected members.
He believes it is imperative that we take steps to make all politicians accountable to their electorates and deliver policies that will help each and every one of us.
Candidate
Group J
Rumbelow, Malcolm
One Nation?
328 votes
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