From Sunday the 17th June all Sunday training will be held at the beach.

Please remember to bring Wetsuits, boots and a swim hat for use in the water and warm clothes to change in to after

Boscombe Lifeguards was down at Bournemouth Pier early this morning to spread the word of “Dont Drink & Drown” to several hundred survivors of the Bournemouth University Summer Ball who congregated for a photo on the beach.

 

The event was held in good spirits and volunteers from Boscombe Lifeguards distributed special branded bottles of water while spreading the word of Water Safety awareness especially after a night out.

 

A big thank you to all members who turned out to support this event.

The Boscombe Cadets accompanied by several seniors competed at the first of the PBCLSA Summer Twilight Competition Series which took place at Southbourne.

It was great to see so many parents down supporting those competing for the club.

The next competition will be at Branksome Chine on June 20th

 

Don’t forget Boscombe Lifeguards will be hosting the 3rd Summer Twilight and will be looking for parents to assist in the running.

Boscombe Lifeguards welcomed 2 new Race Skis which have arrived from South Africa. Club Captain Nick and Vice Chair Chris went to collect the Skis from the supplier

The new skis have been bought to replace the aging and less stable Skis to allow the Cadets to train with them to then partake in the Surf Ski tournament being held at Branksome Chine over the summer. Several Cadets have already been training at Branksome in preparation of the competitions.

The club will be launching a competiton to name the new Skis in the coming weeks so keep tuned.

 

RLSS Boscombe Lifeguards successfully hosted the PBCLSA Twilight held at Canford School on Saturday 10th February 2018.

15+ teams entered from across the bay came together to compete at the first of the 2018 Indoor Twilight Series and the first hosted by RLSS Boscombe Lifeguards.

As well as successfully hosting the event, Boscombe entered 2 teams, a Junior Team and an Open Team.

A big thank you to our our Competitions Secretary Sarah and all members and parents who helped make this event a success.

Boscombe Lifeguards will be hosting the 1st of the PBCLSA Winter Twilight Series at Canford School Swimming Pool on Saturday 10th February 2018 starting at 14:00 till 16:00hrs.

This is the first time Boscombe have hosted an indoor twilight and we will need help from parents and senior members to run the event.

If you are interested in helping please speak to Sarah or Nick on a Sunday Evening

Upcoming National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ) Course

Cost: 100.00
Dates: 02/03/2018 > 17/03/2018
Course will be run over a Friday evening and 2 weekends with the third weekend been the assessment.

NVBLQ Course Pre-Requisites:
Every candidate attending a NVBLQ course must:
– Be 16-years-old or over at the time of the assessment
– Have a good level of fitness
– Surface dive to a depth of 1.5 metres
– Tread water for two minutes & Climb out of deep water unaided and without steps
– Be competent at swimming in the sea
– Be able to swim 400m in less than eight minutes
– Swim 100m on the front, 100m on the back and 200m in less than four minutes.

We advise all candidates to have suitable wetsuit and warm weather clothing.

Contact: Andy Goral (club training officer) – 07484232221 or enquire online HERE

Merry Christmas from all the Trainers and Volunteers at Boscombe Lifeguards. We hope you have a great day 🙂

Over the past weekends Club Instructors Nick and Hamish attended a Beach Lifeguard Trainer Assessors Course held in Poole. The course was a very intensive course covering Delivering Training & Conducting Assessments in Lifeguarding Theory, Lifeguard Practical Skills, Life support and First Aid.

The course took place at the RNLI Training facilities at Poole and at Boscombe Beach where the club hosted the beach element. After over 45hrs training i am pleased to report that they were both signed off as probationary Trainer Assessors.

They will now organise and run a course each and assess an external course after which they will be awarded full Trainer Assessor Status.

A BIG well done to both Nick & Hamish and thank you for them giving up their time to gain these skills to allow them to pass the knowledge, skills and their experiences to a new generation of Club Lifeguards.

DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER & SEA CONDITIONS AT THE BEACH

ALL BEACH TRAINING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELED.