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Not many 88-year-olds would willingly, or indeed be able to, rush into a rip current to save the life of a stranded swimmer but after a lifetime in and around the surf this is exactly what Bruce Stewart managed to do earlier this year.
Surf Life Saving NSW is pleased to confirm the 2018 Interstate Pool Rescue Team who will travel to South Australia later this month for the annual representative competition.
As thousands of festival revellers from as far away as Southern NSW and Queensland prepare to make their annual pilgrimage to Byron Bay for Splendour In The Grass from tomorrow, surf lifesavers have reiterated a simple message; alcohol, drugs and swimming are a deadly combination.
It may have been a stop-start affair, but there were some positive results for the NSW surf lifesavers who showed they have the skill to challenge the country’s best rubber ducky racers at the Interstate and Australian IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boat) Championships at Thirroul last weekend.
It was a highly successful and enjoyable weekend in the pool for the lifesavers that competed at the 2018 NSW Surf Life Saving Pool Rescue Champions held in the Peninsula Leisure Centre at Woy Woy on the state’s Central Coast.
Despite the best efforts of emergency responders a man couldn’t be revived after falling into the ocean at Kiama on the state’s south coast on Friday afternoon.
Every winter thousands flock to beaches and headlands across the state’s coastline, desperately searching for the best vantage point to see one of nature’s most majestic creatures make their annual migratory trip north to warmer waters.
The halcyon days on a summer beach will be a distant memory for the more than 400 talented surf lifesavers who this weekend will hit the pool in the quest for glory at the NSW Pool Rescue Championships on the state’s Central Coast.
Queensland clubs have enjoyed plenty of success at the Australian Inflatable Rescue Boat Championship in recent seasons, but the NSW competitors will be counting on home-town knowledge when they take to the water at Thirroul from this Friday.
