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The NSW Pool Rescue team will be looking to make a splash this weekend as the nation’s best swimmers land on the Gold Coast for the Australian Pool Rescue Championships.

The state’s swimming future is in safe hands after nearly 250 surf club associated athletes demonstrated their technical skills in the pool at the 2022 Surf Life Saving NSW Pool Rescue Championships at the Peninsula Leisure Centre in Woy Woy.

The NSW Inflatable Rescue Boat team is preparing to mix it with the best this weekend when the Australian and Interstate IRB Championships kick off at Mollymook from 21-24 July.

Nearly 250 athletes from 25 surf life saving clubs across the state will tussle for top honours at the NSW Pool Rescue Championships at Woy Woy Peninsula Leisure Centre on the Central Coast this weekend.

Kiama Downs SLSC has confirmed a clean sweep of the Sharkskin NSW IRB series events, taking out the Sharkskin NSW IRB Championships in South West Rocks on Sunday 10 July in a nail-biting finish. It is their ninth title overall and sixth in the last seven years of competition.

Conditions are expected to be perfect for racing when the Sharkskin NSW Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Championships descend on the Mid North Coast from 8-10 July – the official return of the state’s signature IRB event after a two-year hiatus.

A slew of excellent results for all competing clubs on the final weekend of the Sharkskin NSW Inflatable Rescue Boat Premiership at Ocean Beach has shone a spotlight on the importance of the event as a method of upskilling while the iconic red and yellow flags are down over winter.

A race between two in the Sharkskin NSW Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Premiership will be settled on the Central Coast this weekend, with Kiama Downs or Caves Beach set to be confirmed as series winners when racing concludes on Sunday at Ocean Beach.