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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.
A second straight round win for Kiama Downs SLSC at Broulee has seen the South Coast club leapfrog Caves Beach into first place in the 2022 Sharkskin NSW Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Premiership, meaning the Premiership win will come down to the final weekend at Ocean Beach on 25-26 June.
A 34 year-old rock fisherman narrowly escaped drowning after being washed into the sea at Pretty Point near Batemans Bay on Sunday 12 June, thanks to the skills of a highly experienced Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) crew.
It may be a long weekend but there’ll be no time for relaxation for the state’s best Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) racers, with Broulee on the NSW Far South Coast playing host to Round 3 of the 2022 Sharkskin NSW IRB Premiership.
