Sandra Madeley is a member of Wonthaggi Life Saving Club, where she is the Junior Activities Coordinator. Sandra is actively involved in competition officiating and was recently named the ‘Official of the Meet’ at the Australian Pool Lifesaving Championships in …
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Brighton Life Saving Club (LSC) hosted over 40 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) participants at its fifth annual Water Safety for Refugees Day recently.
The refugees from Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq and Iran travelled from Dandenong for the day facilitated by …
Victoria is experiencing the highest summer drowning toll since 1997/8, the shocking summer of drowning deaths that stimulated changes to Victoria’s drowning prevention efforts and marked the start of the Play it Safe by the Water campaign.
Twenty-three people have …
A high-tech Laerdal training manikin purchased via an Emergency Services Volunteer Sustainability grant helped the Victorian State team win the top CPR Trophy at the Australian Pool Lifesaving Championships (APLSC) recently.
Victorian teams won the under 16, under 19, open, …
The Victorian aquatic industry welcomes two new African recruits into it’s ranks, with LSV multicultural ambassadors Abdullahi Mohammed and Nyaduoth Lok gaining employment.
Somalian-born Abdullahi now works as a lifeguard at Coburg Leisure Centre and educates school children as an …
A lot has been happening in Life Saving Victoria’s Aquatic Sport, Membership and Leadership Development, and Education departments. We’ve compiled an ‘around the grounds’ update below.
Youth Ambassadors – Aquatic Sport/Active Training
LSV’s has developed a Youth Ambassador Program to …
Victoria’s vulnerable swimmers are being helped by a range of new initiatives this season, as news of the 2018/19 Victorian summer drowning toll reaches 20, marking the worst start to summer for almost 15 years.
A ‘Vulnerable Swimmers Research’ project …
Female lifesavers were celebrated at the annual Pink Zinc Patrol, highlighting the inspirational women making their mark in all facets of lifesaving in Victoria.
Beaches were turned pink on Sat 5th January as all-female patrols ran at Point Lonsdale …
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 …
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 …