Surf lifesaving coaching roles - Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club

Noosa Heads SLSC is seeking expressions of interest for two positions.

The successful applicants will be working with a group of people that give time, commitment and life with a passion to succeed in all areas of Surf Lifesaving. You will be a caring, engaged and motivated person that is organised and reliable. There are two roles available:

Courtesy of the Fiji Times Online

THREE surf rescue boards were given by Surf Life Saving Australia to the Fiji Surfing Association for use in their courses on surf survival.

Australian surf lifesavers will join The Queen on the Thames for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on Sunday 3 June, the Australian High Commission reveals today.

Nine surfboats crewed by Australian surf lifesavers will be among the 1,000 vessels in the river-borne celebration of Her Majesty’s 60-year reign.  Participants from the nation that invented surf lifesaving will take to the water ahead of the Royal Barge, The Spirit of Chartwell, on which The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and members of the Royal Family will be aboard.

Ray Brennan, William Jamieson AFSM and Robert Welch OAM were awarded Life Membership of Surf Life Saving Australia at the annual Life Members dinner on Thursday 29 March.

Volunteer surf lifesavers from across NSW have taken down the red and yellow flags for the last time this season with ANZAC Day the final patrolling day.

The 2011/12 season was another busy one with more than eight million people visiting NSW beaches. Drowning deaths continue to be a major concern with 33 lives lost so far this financial year.

President of Surf Life Saving NSW, Tony Haven, says this figure, which is significantly higher than last year, would be even higher without the vigilance of surf lifesavers.

Volunteer surf lifesavers from across the state will take down the red and yellow flags for the last time when the NSW patrol season officially ends on ANZAC Day, Wednesday 25 April, 2012.

The 2011/12 season was another busy one with more than eight million people visiting NSW beaches. Drowning deaths continue to be a major concern with 33 lives lost so far this financial year.

Newcastle and Central Coast Surf & Kayak squads

The Next Wave, SLSA’s Talent ID program, with support from Australian Canoeing (AC) is searching for surf athletes with the potential to become our next Olympian. Surf ski athletes are being targeted to transfer their skills to sprint kayaking and enter the AC’s high performance pathway through their National Elite Development Program (NEDP).

Dear fellow surf lifesavers,

You would all be aware of the tragic incident that occurred last Wednesday at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Kurrawa.

We are farewelling Matthew Barclay at a funeral service in Caloundra today. We will be grieving beside Matthew’s family, his Maroochydore club mates and the broader Surf Life Saving membership.

Courtesy of the Sunshine Coast Daily

4th April 2012: SUNSHINE Coast lifesavers and supporters of lifesavers are being urged to turn out in force to celebrate the life of Matthew Barclay at Caloundra tomorrow.

Marochydore Surf Lifesaving Club president Tim Ryan said the celebration of Matt's life would be an opportunity for the whole Coast to show its support for the lifesaving movement here.

Manly’s London bound Olympian Naomi Flood and rising star Devon Halligan have spearheaded Manly to golden day at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at North Kirra today.

Flood won five gold medals from five starts in the single ski; double ski with Candice Falzon; the mixed double ski with Blake Ballard; the Taplin with Falzon and Halligan and the ski relay with Falzon and Sarah Knapman.