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
Call for help at the Maritime Swim! July 8, 2007
Posted by Sean Gardiner in EVL, events, lifeguarding, lifesaving, open water, swimming.add a comment
Hi everyone! Just a quick request for Beach Lifeguard Qualified members and Bronze medallion holders for the Maritime Swim that will be held on Sunday the 29th of July. We will need as many board competent lifeguards as we can get.
We plan to make a day of it – with a few patrols – in coordination with the beach lifeguards from 10am – 4pm.
We would like to invite any members and their families down to the Wish Tower beach from 10:30am – the swim is worth watching, plus we will try to (depending on how many people we have) organise some Lifeguarding / educational activities (but can’t provide supervision – hence our invite for the families). The swim itself is at 11:30am.
During the 2km swim we will provide cover from the beach, on the boards and using the boat. The swim activities will be from 11am through to 1pm.
If you are interested, the Maritime swim briefing will be at 18:00 on the 23rd of July at the clubhouse. You can leave a comment below – Lee will get an email (we won’t publish it – if you don’t want to).
