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An incredible rescue by 11-year-old Nipper Lachie Muldrock has won the Surf Life Saving NSW Rescue of the Month Award for September.
It was the first week of the October school holidays and Lachie Muldrock was enjoying an early morning surf at Umina Beach with his father and uncle. Lachie,who is a keen competitor in Nippers carnivals, was getting in some practice on his much-loved race board. At around 7.30am, he noticed two young boys caught in a rip screaming for help.
World championship tour surfer Matt Wilkinson has had a close encounter with a shark while surfing at Sharpes Beach at Ballina today.
Surf lifesavers were flat-out across the October long weekend with high temperatures bringing huge crowds to most NSW beaches. Despite Christmas holiday like numbers on the beach and a significant number of rescues along the NSW coastline, there were no drownings thanks to the efforts of volunteer surf lifesavers and lifeguards along the coast.
Surf Life Saving NSW is excited to introduce the Envirobank NSW Super Team Series - a new event concept that features six teams competing across Swim, Ski, Board, Sprint, Flags, 2km Run and Relay racing over three rounds, similar to the SSTL and Interstate formats.
Athletes will be drafted into six teams across the disciplines of Swim, Ski, Board, 2km Run, Sprint, Flag and Iron.
Drone speaker technology has proved its worth this month at Kingscliff Beach on the Far North Coast after lifeguard Andrew Abood was able to alert surfers to the presence of sharks close by.
With COVID-19 travel restrictions preventing holidaymakers from travelling interstate or overseas, the number of people on some NSW beaches these school holidays has been similar to those normally seen at Christmas and New Year. Surf lifesavers are now worried about the possibility of increased coastal drownings this coming long weekend.
North Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club members provided critical support in a recent emergency medical evacuation, assisting paramedics locate and treat a man having a cardiac episode on the Barrenjoey Headland, Palm Beach.
Surf Life Saving NSW was proud to partner with the former yellow Wiggle Greg Page and Nextdoor in a world record attempt for the most people trained in CPR at one time. The free virtual event beamed live from the Castle Hill RSL on 19 September was estimated to have reached around 25,000 people on the night, and an additional 5000 post the event.
Surf lifesavers are pleading with holidaymakers to always swim between the red and yellow flags, at patrolled locations, after a teenager drowned at an unpatrolled beach on the NSW Lower North Coast today.
