Are you interested in a boat…. February 8, 2008
Posted by Sean Gardiner in boat.Tags: boat
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Hi there…. our old boat is for sales – visit boats and outboards for more information
Patrol Day Success September 3, 2007
Posted by Lee Bailey in EVL, RLSS, SLSA GB, boat, events, lifeguarding, news, patrol.1 comment so far
Last Saturday (24th August) members of the club young and old came together to provide lifeguard cover between Splash Point (Redoudt Fortress) to Eastbourne Pier. The day was a complete success with 15 members turning out throughout the day to carry out foot patrols, boat patrols, observation posts and even some board patrols. With one minor first aid incident dealt with I am sure our presence alone safeguarded many that swam in the sea on the day. Remember, a good lifeguard will identify a potential incident before it actually happens……ooh that must be us, what a team!
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We finished the day off back at the clubhouse with a fund-raising evening amongst club members and their families by having a BBQ and raffle. The club raised over £50 which is fantastic and I actually won a raffle prize!
Thanks to everybody that volunteered their time throughout the day, evening (setting up/down), donations (prizes/monetary/equipment etc) and parents who came to support us (and not to forget our mackerel friends who joined us for a ‘bite’ to eat).
Maritime Day July 29, 2007
Posted by Sean Gardiner in EVL, boat, competition, lifeguarding, open water, swimming.add a comment
Thanks to everyone that helped out (too many to name individually) on the Eastbourne Maritime 2km swim organised by Eastbourne Swimming club. Particularly to Frank Patterson and Lee Bailey that organised the safety cover and getting all the equipment down to the beach. Thank you to Garry Cairns and his team from the Eastbourne Beach Lifeguards that provided extra cover and made a number of rescues and assists them selves.
The weather turned out ok – the wind turned north easterly, there was a bit of a swell but no chop to the swimming conditions were good. There were 97 competitors, the majority got round fine, four people needed to be rescued – but all were fine.
After the event a few Eastbourne Voluntary members and there families stayed on the beach enjoying the increasing sunshine (that was a long time coming) – some of the member also got a chance to ride in the boat too.
The local paper report
Eastbourne Swimming Club’s photos and results
EASTBOURNE ROWING REGATTA 2007 July 16, 2007
Posted by lionel1066 in EVL, boat, events.add a comment
On saturday 14th Eastbourne Voluntary Lifeguards acted as saftey cover for Eastbourne Rowing Regatta. All i can say was what a day. The rowers had the most awfull conditions to row in which meant that there was alot of things for us to keep us busy. During the day we had 3 craft rescues (2 x four man & Coxain and 1 x 2 man) due to taking on water and sinking because of the sea conditions, but altogether all the different crews we had on each part of the day handled all situation that arised. Would like to thank the following people which are Lee B, Lionel H, Jacqui, Chris S, Jono G, Nick W thanks for all the help guys through out day weather it be on the boat or on the skies and also must thank Eastbourne Rowing Club for all the food and drinks we were provided with (an abosulte lifesaver).
The Final thing is now our new engine was superb and now is run in completely and ran like a dream
The new engine has arrived… July 8, 2007
Posted by Sean Gardiner in EVL, boat, funding, irb.add a comment
The new 4-stroke engine (funded by ESCC YOF) has arrive – Lee will be running it in at the club, then if we have enough people down this Wednesday (11th July) and the conditions are good.. we will take the boat out on Wednesday evening (7:00pm). See you there!
More Funding!!!!!!!!!! June 28, 2007
Posted by Lee Bailey in EVL, boat, funding, irb, press, technology.1 comment so far
Again! I hear you say.
The young members of the club (13 – 19) applied to the Youth Capital Fund for a brand new boat, and on Wednesday evening I took a call advising that their application has been successfull and £5008.00 was coming the clubs way!
This application was not as straight forward as the previous ones and it required them to carry out a grueling five minute presentation about their application with five minutes of questions afterwards. East Sussex County Council said, “the application submitted was absolutely fantastic and outshone many entered, and as for their presentation, wow, it was so good. It was that good that they covered most of the questions that had been prepared which left the panel of judges in limbo and had to make up some questions to fill time. They thoroughly deserve the money”.
The plan is to buy the ‘Arancia’ boat which is purpose built for lifesaving and surf conditions (not that we get any!) and is considered the best boat in the world for it’s intended purpose. Pic of boat below..
Well done again guys!
(Lee- Patrol & Equipment Officer)
This project was supported by ESCC Youth Opportunities Capital Fund
A quick trip to Southbourne June 1, 2007
Posted by Sean Gardiner in EVL, boat, funding, irb, lifesaving.add a comment
To investigate the possibility of getting a new boat Lionel, Haley and Nick organised a trip to Southbourne to meet Bill the Wessex SLSA Director and test out their Arancia. It was a great day (once we finally got down there!). Lots of questions were asked… about how tough it is, can it take a 4 stoke engine…loads of stuff. Keith, Kirk and I also popped along to have a look at the boat too…. we also got a chance to have a quick run in the boat! just so we didn’t feel too left out…
