Lifesaving Report 

LANE 4 LIFE SAVING!

WELL DONE: Alex, Ava, Esme, Evan, Lucas, Lucy, Maisy and Rodger.

You’ve all been amazing and worked extremely hard completing all requirements from theory to tows to home learning tasks and all the rest so …. WELL DONE on your latest achievement the RLSS Bronze Star National Life Saving Academy Award!

Keep up your efforts because it is Bronze Medallion NOW!!!!

Our Top Tips from when we completed all our Royal Life Saving Society UK Awards: Remember your knowledge and skills to help make it easier -  revisit it so you don’t forget it! Remember your Bronze Star Knowledge - You’ll need it and perhaps you’ll find it a little easier for Bronze Medallion as builds on the foundations of Bronze Star!

Our club is so proud of your achievements with Life Saving so far but we are EXTRA proud of this latest achievement!

See you next week with ANOTHER LESSON PLAN for the NEW AWARD!! We cannot wait to continue it with you all. *

The awards are ordered! Enjoy your success -  you deserve it!

Congratulations from all the coaches! You are brilliant role models for our younger, less experienced life savers!

Mary

Kingfishers Swimming Club has a lively and successful Life Saving section which operates every Friday from 7.45pm - 8.45pm. It is run by a very committed and loyal set of volunteers, many of whom are previous members of the club, but who now coach our younger swimmers. An excellent example of how our swimmers, whether squad or life savers, want to give something back - and we are so grateful for their contribution.

Our younger life savers work towards the Rookie Life Guard qualifications which have three levels: Bronze Silver and Gold, each with three increasingly challenging sections. After completion of the Rookie Gold Level 3, swimmers progress onto the National LifeSaving Academy Awards Scheme. We currently have nine swimmers (ranging in age from 11 - 14 years) involved at this level, and we are enormously proud that in July this year, they achieved the Bronze Certificate - the foundation award at this level. This qualification has only been available for a year, so our swimmers are amongst the first to achieve it nationally. So… well done to: (in alphabetical order)

Ava Burkill

Maisy Ebbage

Alex Fillingham

Esme Fillingham

Lucy Gibbons

Lucas Johnson

Rodger Murray

Sofia Sanders

Evan Westran

These swimmers are now working very hard towards the NLA Bronze Star Award.

All our life savers are a credit to themselves, their families and our club - we are very proud of them and congratulate all of them on their efforts - we are in very save hands!

Ian Fillingham