Volunteer Profile: Jessica Sincock
Lorne SLSC volunteer Jessica Sincock is proof that even if you don’t like nippers, just keep going and you never know where lifesaving will lead you! This is now Jessica’s tenth season of patrolling and she …
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The all-Victorian Australian Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) racing team took home silver from the Lifesaving World Championships (LWC) in Adelaide last month.
Australia finished second on points in the IRB National Teams section behind cross-Tasman rivals New Zealand, edging out …
LSV’s award-winning Open Water Learning Experience (OWLE) is being rolled out as a Grey Medallion course for older adults (55+) at Hampton Life Saving Club from mid-late February, following a highly-successful pilot program.
In the recently-released Victorian Drowning Report, people …
The newly released LSV Victorian Drowning Report for 2017-18 shows there were 107 drowning incidents (40 fatal and 67 non-fatal) for the financial year.
This includes drowning incidents that occurred over the peak summer period, which was the highest summer …
The LSV Rescue Water Craft (RWC/Jet Ski) lifeguard service has doubled its sites this season, improving the reach and flexibility of the service around Victoria’s coastline, thanks to state government funding.
Two of the new sites will operate in the …
Victoria’s aquatic industry came together this month to commemorate 20 years of the Play it Safe by the Water (PISBTW) state government-funded water safety awareness campaign.
The campaign began in 1988 with five aquatic agencies, brought together to effect change …
Following on from the recent LSV Annual General Meeting, a new LSV President has been elected – Paul James from Hampton Life Saving Club.
“I’m most looking forward to the people – I think we have a great range of …
The aquatic industry came together at LSV recently for a one-day Think Tank event to collaborate and share ideas around delivering the Swimming in Schools initiative.
Promoted via industry contacts and networks, LSV put the call out for “innovative thinkers …
In a coup for Victoria, the 2018 ASRL National Selection Trials will be held in Lorne on the 1st December, thanks to the Victorian Surf Rowers League (VSRL) in partnership with LSV.
“There will be around 250+ competitors from …
Grace Harris has been involved in lifesaving for the last decade and all her hard work paid off recently when she won the U19 short course format at the Coolangatta Gold, one of the most challenging endurance races in surf …