Life Saving Victoria is urging Victorians to use technology to keep safe around the water this week as high numbers of beachgoers are expected to cool off in the heat, with temperatures around the coast in the high thirties.
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Day Two of the RLSSA Australian Pool Lifesaving Championships in Sydney saw fantastic results for Victoria.
“We once again had incredible personal bests (with one beaten by 17-seconds), with 80% of the times from yesterday also personal bests!” says Victorian …
At the end of the first day of competition at the RLSSA Pool Life Saving Championships and Victoria is doing very well! Results in today:
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U14 Women’s 100m Obstacles – Tallulah Rush (Vic Dev Team)
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Life Saving Victoria is urging Victorians to keep water safety front of mind today, with large numbers of people expected to head to our beaches, rivers and pools to cool off in the extreme heat.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts …
Hot weather is forecast for the end of the week, prompting lifesavers to remind the public to ‘draw the line’ on rip currents when heading to the beach.
“On New Year’s Day, there were 118,243 beachgoers at our 57 patrolled …
Replacing the Southern States, the newly created ‘Youth Pathway Cup’ event is organised by SLSNSW and will run at the end of January with teams from across Australia competing. After the success of the 2018 event, this year will see …
Life Saving Victoria is urging New Year’s Eve revellers to be careful when drinking alcohol near the water.
The drowning toll in Victoria from 1 July 2018 to 26 December 2018 has risen to 25, which is 7 seven more …
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) is urging beachgoers to be cautious around the coast this holiday season, following the worst summer drowning toll on record last season, and a 50% increase in coastal drownings, including one on Christmas Day.
“Over the …
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 …