Lifesaving Report & Honours Board
So… these are our Kingfishers superstar (superhero) National life Saving Academy Bronze Star Life Saving Award winners!
L-R: Lucas, Lucy, Evan, Maisy, Esme, Alex and Rodger.
Ava has also gained this award but is missing from the photo; I’ll try to get that sorted!!
Well done to all these swimmers! We are in very safe hands! They are currently working towards the NLA Bronze Medallion - and they are beyond good enough!! So proud of them!
Mary
LANE 4 LIFE SAVING!
WELL DONE: Alex, Ava, Esme, Evan, Lucas, Lucy, Maisy and Rodger.
You’ve all been amazing and worked extremely hard completing all requirements from theory to tows to home learning tasks and all the rest so …. WELL DONE on your latest achievement the RLSS Bronze Star National Life Saving Academy Award!
Keep up your efforts because it is Bronze Medallion NOW!!!!
Our Top Tips from when we completed all our Royal Life Saving Society UK Awards: Remember your knowledge and skills to help make it easier - revisit it so you don’t forget it! Remember your Bronze Star Knowledge - You’ll need it and perhaps you’ll find it a little easier for Bronze Medallion as builds on the foundations of Bronze Star!
Our club is so proud of your achievements with Life Saving so far but we are EXTRA proud of this latest achievement!
See you next week with ANOTHER LESSON PLAN for the NEW AWARD!! We cannot wait to continue it with you all. *
The awards are ordered! Enjoy your success - you deserve it!
Congratulations from all the coaches! You are brilliant role models for our younger, less experienced life savers!
Mary
Life Saving Report 2023
Kingfishers Swimming Club has a lively and successful Life Saving section which operates every Friday from 7.45pm - 8.45pm. It is run by a very committed and loyal set of volunteers, many of whom are previous members of the club, but who now coach our younger swimmers. An excellent example of how our swimmers, whether squad or life savers, want to give something back - and we are so grateful for their contribution.
Our younger life savers work towards the Rookie Life Guard qualifications which have three levels: Bronze Silver and Gold, each with three increasingly challenging sections. After completion of the Rookie Gold Level 3, swimmers progress onto the National LifeSaving Academy Awards Scheme. We currently have nine swimmers (ranging in age from 11 - 14 years) involved at this level, and we are enormously proud that in July this year, they achieved the Bronze Certificate - the foundation award at this level. This qualification has only been available for a year, so our swimmers are amongst the first to achieve it nationally. So… well done to: (in alphabetical order)
Ava Burkill
Maisy Ebbage
Alex Fillingham
Esme Fillingham
Lucy Gibbons
Lucas Johnson
Rodger Murray
Sofia Sanders
Evan Westran
These swimmers are now working very hard towards the NLA Bronze Star Award.
All our life savers are a credit to themselves, their families and our club - we are very proud of them and congratulate all of them on their efforts - we are in very save hands!
Ian Fillingham
2023
A massive WELL DONE to the Armthorpe Kingfisher Life Saving swimmers who have passed their National Life Saving Academy Bronze Life Saving Certificate - after six months of grafting and practising!
They all deserve medals!
Ava
Lucy
Lucas
Evan
Esme
Alex
Maisy
Sofia
Rodger
On to Bronze Star next
Many thanks to Thomas for his coaching, and Ian and Steve for their overview!
