Our state’s fittest surf lifesavers are heading to Port Fairy on the state’s south west coast this weekend for the 2017 Victorian Senior Lifesaving Championships.
Up to 750 competitors will be competing for a medal at the prestigious two-day event.…
Month: February 2017
Welcome to the first edition of the Life Saving Victoria (LSV) ‘Education from Anywhere’ newsletter for the 2017 school year.
With a reported 20 persons drowning in NSW over the Christmas period, it has been a tragic start to the …
In a positive step forward towards preventing drowning death and injury in Victoria, the Victorian Curriculum F-10, being implemented in all Victorian Government and Catholic schools from 2017, now requires swimming and water safety programs to be taught as part …
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) and Parks Victoria are working together to share key safety messages around Pier Jumping. We are reminding Victorians to think before they jump or dive from piers and jetties this summer to minimise the risk of …
Inland waterways continue to be a leading location for drowning in Australia with 75 deaths occurring in rivers, creeks, streams, lakes, dams and lagoons the last financial year. (Royal Life Saving – National Drowning Report 2016). In an effort to …
Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull paid a visit to Jan Juc SLSC on 23 January, to meet and greet with club members and observe nipper training.
He was also joined by local Member for Corrangamite Sarah Henderson.
The Federal Government has …
Seventeen newly arrived youth from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Cambodia completed their first official patrol at Bonbeach LSC on Saturday 21 January.
Since 2007, LSV has been bridging the ‘water safety information and diversity gap’ for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) …
St Kilda LSC volunteers were joined by local member for Albert Park and Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing Martin Foley, City of Port Phillip Mayor Bernadene Voss and numerous local supporters, in celebrating the official opening of the club’s …
Ocean Grove beach was turned into a sea of pink lifesavers on 14 January, all for a good cause.
About 40 female lifesavers and a couple of males wore pink t-shirts and zinc to promote female leadership across the lifesaving …
More than 160 lifesavers competed in the highly prestigious Australian Pool Life Saving Championships from 11th to 13th January.
Hosted by Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre, the event involved lifesavers aged from 11 to 76 testing their abilities in pool …