This competition is open to all within Somerset and will take place at Strode Swimming Pool in Street.
All those wishing to compete should submit their competition forms by 28th June. The forms, rules and more details of the event can be found on this website at: www.rlsswest.org.uk/sport/nlsc/somerset-nlsc-heat/
In this exciting year that we are hosting the Olympic Games, Gloucestershire Lifesavers Youth Committee have organised a fun outing to Barry Island to hold our own Olympic Games at the beach.
It will be held on Sunday the 15th of July, keeping our fingers crossed for sunshine. We will be meeting at Cheltenham College Swimming Pool at 6.45 am ready for the coach to leave at 7.00 am. We will then be making a short stop at Dursley to pick some members up from there (time to be arranged).
The coach will then bring everyone back at 5pm arriving at Cheltenham College for 8pm.
The cost of the day will be £15 per person, which will include a fish and chip lunch, a t-shirt and transfers to and from Barry Island.
This event will be open to all members from clubs around the Gloucestershire Branch and we also may be meeting some of the members from the club at Barry Island. It will be a good chance to meet new and exciting people.
The age range for this event will be 12 and over, to allow the more experienced Rookie lifesavers to attend. Please could you return the permission slip along with a medical form – click here to download – and payment by the 29th of April 2012. Also, if you haven’t filled out a photographic consent form could you hand this in as well.
We are looking forward to this event and are building up many fun and exciting things for you to get involved with! We are organising this event so you can have some fun and visit the beach, with a bit of lifesaving thrown in.
Hope you can make it!!
Sophie Woollhead & Gloucestershire Lifesavers Youth Committee
Following the success of last year’s international youth exchange to Germany; I am pleased to report that we’ll be welcoming lifesavers from Kaufbeuren to the UK in August 2012. Sixteen youth members of the RLSS West Region will join sixteen young people from the DLRG (the German Lifesaving Association) for a week long programme of activities from 15-22 Aug 2012 inclusive.
The exchange will start in Bournemouth where we plan to spend a few days playing team-building games, learning beach lifeguard skills (including open-water swimming, beach sprints, lifeguard patrol skills and how to use specialised rescue equipment) and taking a tour of the RNLI’s training facility in Poole. We’ll then travel to Bristol, which will be our base for the second half of the week. We’ll spend time with each of the three branches that make up the RLSS West Region: sightseeing, getting to know each other, and taking part in lifesaving and cultural activities together.
Click here for more information or to download an application form.
The 2012 West Region Heat of the National Lifesaving Championships will be taking place on Saturday 15th September at Kingswood Leisure Centre, Bristol.
More details of the competition timings will be released shortly.
All competitors from the Branch heats will be contacted directly or through team managers in July/August. If you did not receive a letter, please contact regionals@rlsswest.org.uk. If you are free to help or know someone who can, please get in touch using the e-mail address above – we need some assistance with the event.
The competition consists of a dry and wet incident followed by a rope throw and swim and tow. Those competitors who win each category will go through to the Final at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Due to the success of the West Region competitors there are also additional places in some categories meaning that the person who comes second in the following categories also goes through the final: Masters Ladies 30-39 and Masters Men 60+.
More information on the competition and lifesaving sport can be found at on the West Region website.
The West Region Committee made up from members of the Avon and North Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset Branch Committees who meet regularly to discuss the development of lifesaving across our Region.
If you have a suggestion on how to develop lifesaving or sport, or want some help in running a course or event within the Region, please get in touch with Clive Holland, the West Region Chairman.
Each year the Police forces around the UK compete in the ACPO Lifesaving Championships. Last year the competition took place in Blackpool hosted by the Lancashire Constabulary.
In 2012, the competition will be hosted by the Nottinghamshire Constabulary and more details and information on Police Lifesaving can be found at www.nationalpolicelifesaving.co.uk.
Rescue 2012 will cover 5 different lifesaving competitions – the World National Team Championships, the World Interclub Championships, the World World Masters Championships, World Surf Boat Championships and World Inflatable Rescue Boat Championships.
The Rescue 2012 website – rescue2012.com.au – contains loads of information about the different events, the beautiful venues and travel/accommodation information for those competing, officiating or going to support the teams.
Good luck to the teams from the UK!
Slightly later than normal, due to the Olympics and Paralympics, the National Lifesaving Championships final will take place at its regular venue – Ponds Forge, Sheffield – on Saturday 15th December!
The event sees competitors, officials and spectators travelling from all around the UK and Ireland, including those from the West Region, to compete in the final event – who will be awarded the Gold medals??
Competitors take part in four events: the Dry and Wet Simulated Emergency Response Competitions (SERCs), a line throw race and a swim and tow race. This tests their lifesaving skills and stamina.
To reach the final competitors will have competed in a Branch and Regional heat to gain their place in the final. Normally only the top competitor in each category at the Regional heat will progress to the final. However, due to the success of the West Region team in the 2011 final, the West Region has 3 extra places in the Female Masters 30-39, Female Masters 50-59 and Male Masters 60+ categories.
For more information on the rules, Branch and Regional Heats, as well as past results, check out the Sport section of the West Region website using the menu bar above.
If you need any help or want to know more about competitive lifesaving, please contact Alan Sutherland.
