Surf Life Saving Report

Years 7 and 8 Nippers

During the week the Nippers worked on their swimming fitness. On Monday, they swam 1km in the School pool, while conditions were perfect for board training on Wednesday. On Saturday, the boys paddled from the lagoon up to the north end of Long Reef Beach where they conducted a board race, surf-swim and IRONMAN event. Following this, some excellent waves were caught on the rising tide before the boys then paddled back to the lagoon.

The following results were recorded:

	Board Race	IRONMAN
1^st	S Davis	S Davis
2^nd	C Martin	C Martin
3^rd	W Hoy	H Warden
4^th	H Warden	W Hoy
5^th	N Kordek	N Kordek

Top Image Credit: Years 7 and 8 Board Race

Years 9 and 10 Bronze Award Group

The Bronze Award Group have now covered a vast amount of ground in preparation for their Week 7 assessment at Bilgola. They should start the course fully equipped with the knowledge and skillset to maintain our outstanding 100% pass rate at Shore. The boys must now ensure that they have completed their online eLearning modules before the course.

The weekday training sessions saw some intense swim and board paddling events. In addition, a fiercely contested IRONMAN event saw L Warner just sneak in at first place ahead of S Pockley after catching a great wave from out the back.

The following results were recorded:

	IRONMAN	Board Paddle Relay
1^st	L Warner	Pockley, Dale, Clayton
2^nd	S Pockley	Pollitt, Waters, Warner
3^rd	O Roxburgh	Michel, Chen, Franklin
4^th	J Pollitt	Leslie, Mason-Jones, Roxburgh
5^th	J Clayton
6^th	C Michel
7^th	C Dale
8^th	W Mason-Jones
9^th	B Waters
10^th	T Franklin
11^th	H Chen
12^th	A Leslie

Bronze Award Group – Spinal Injury Management

Saturday’s beach session came with near-perfect weather and sea conditions which allowed the group to practice a range of Bronze Award aquatic rescues.

These included a deep-water spinal recovery, unconscious board rescue, and a shallow waterlog-roll. The boys ended the session with a group scenario-based activity including an unconscious spinal injury recovery, assessment, CPR and radio communication.Our thanks to Ben Neighbour for running such a comprehensive morning of learning.

Bronze Award Group – Learning from Ben Neighbour

Years 10 and 11 Patrol Group

The Senior boys have spent a week working on their fitness, ocean swimming and board skills in some fun-sized surf at Long Reef Beach. The Patrol Groups experienced near-perfect conditions on Saturday on a busy Long Reef Beach.

The boys enjoyed swimming and board paddling near the flags, which was encouraged by the Patrol Captain, to ensure active water-based monitoring of the safety of members of the public.

The following results were recorded in competitive events:

Patrol Group 1

	Board Race	Handicapped Board Race (staggered start)	Iron Man
1^st	D Cowan	M Lotz = 1	D Cowan
2^nd	J Krawchuk	L Walter = 1	J Krawchuk
3^rd	H Bloore	I Edwards = 1	H Bloore
4^th	I Edwards	H Bloore	L Walter
5^th	L Walter	J Krawchuk	I Edwards
6^th	A Brewer	A Brewer	M Lotz
7th	M Lotz	D Cowan	A Brewer

Patrol Group 2

	Swim	Run	Handicapped Board Race (staggered start)
1^st	C Chapman	B Tam	R Cope
2^nd	L Chappell	L Chappell	L Chappell
3^rd	B Tam	S Walter	S Walter
4^th	S Walter	C Chapman	C Chapman
5^th	R Cope	–	B Tam

Patrol Group getting ready for their shift