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NAIDOC Week 2020

This week Surf Life Saving NSW is celebrating NAIDOC Week 2020. NAIDOC events are held around the country each year to build awareness of the history, culture and achievements of our First Nations People, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The week is not just for our Indigenous communities, there is increasingly a growing number of government agencies, community organisations, local councils, workplaces, schools and sporting groups who join in.

To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020, Surf Life Saving NSW spoke with some Aboriginal leaders within Surf Life Saving.


Success at Australian Pride in Sport Awards

Chairman of Lifesavers with Pride and North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club member, Gary Driscoll, recently won the Out Role Model of the Year Award at the 2020 Australian Pride in Sport Awards for his role in promoting Surf Life Saving as a safe, inclusive and welcoming movement.


Heart Attack Victim Rescued in Remote Location

An outdoor adventure guide and a group of students and school teachers he was leading were rescued in remote Kataway Bay yesterday after the guide suffered what is suspected to have been a heart attack. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of Surf Life Saving and other NSW Emergency Service agencies and the fact that the guide had a personal emergency beacon (EPIRB) with him, the group was located and transported to safety.


NSW Elite Athletes Burst Back into Action

Team Borg has taken out the first Envirobank Super Team Series event at Swansea Belmont SLSC today. The team lead by Nutri-Grain Ironman Jackson Borg (Newport SLSC) lead a team of the sports top and most talented upcoming athletes in the water and on the sand and won round one with a total of 251 points.


NSW Top Athletes Race Ready for First Event

The first Surf Life Saving NSW event for the 2020/21 season kicks off this Saturday at Swansea Belmont SLSC with the Envirobank Super Team Series. The three rounds of teams-based beach and surf racing will take place across the Hunter, Illawarra and Central Coast beaches.