Women in Waves #ThisGirlCan

Do you love being by the sea? Fancy getting in and having a splash around? Water baby or slightly apprehensive, do you want to try something different?

This is our first ladies (16+) only sessions and we hope you can join us. We'll be sliding into wetsuits and venturing in to the sea where the session will include getting used to being in the water and trying out some surf lifesaving skills and equipment. We hope that you'll be able to try something new, meet some friendly faces and who knows, maybe you will find a new hobby. The session will be suitable for all levels of fitness and abilities, so long as you can swim 50m (two lengths of a normal 25m pool). After the session if you fancy hanging around for a coffee, tea or hot chocolate to warm up that would be lovely and we may even venture into Exmouth for a celebratory glass of wine. 

If you don't have a wetsuit and aren't able to borrow one, but you are keen to come along, let us know. We have a few spares and so will try to get something sorted for you. 

We hope to run these sessions monthly throughout the summer, more dates to follow. There will be a £5 charge and this will cover up to 3 sessions. 

While we get started, places are limited to 20 ladies. If you plan on coming, please take a couple of minutes to complete this form to help us plan the session: https://goo.gl/forms/qfUvzGgxpv3lSQMm2

Any questions at all, please head over to our facebook page and drop us a message  #thisgirlcan

Grow Your Tenner - Support EBRC

The Local Giving Grow your Tenner Scheme is running again. The fund matches all one off £10 donations DOUBLING them to £20, if you set up a Direct Debit for £10 per month they will match 3 months DOUBLING it to £60! Please please please ask friends and family to support our club. There is a limited pot of money so work fast!

Here is an idea of what your donations could mean to the club:
£10 = a days fuel for one of our rescue boats
£30 = a board repair
£100 = a new rescue tube
£200 = adjustable surf ski paddle
£300 = pays for a new lifeguard to get qualified
£750 = a soft top training rescue board
£1500 = a new adjustable surf ski

https://localgiving.org/exmouthbeachrescueclub

Surf Life Saving GB National Championships Kick Off

Today sees the first day of the Surf Life Saving GB National Age Group Championships, with Masters (aged 30+) competing over the first weekend (6th & 7th August 2016)

It is the 3rd year the championships have returned to Exmouth Beach Rescue Club and will be the final championships before it moves to Holywell in 2017.

Monday will see Inshore Rescue Boat (IRB) racing for the 1st time at Exmouth. A high octane sport testing lifeguards ability to drive quickly and accurately in all conditions.Tuesday and Wednesday are Youth Championships where Exmouth Beach Rescue Club's Junior members will compete for National honours in Surf swim, Board and Surf Ski races as well as beach and team events.  

Finally the event will close with the largest age group the Nippers, from 7 - 13 years, on Friday and Saturday the youngsters are the future of sport.

If you are inspired by the events and would like to give this great sport a go please see the join us page or speak to any of our members on beach.

New lifeguards qualify

The end of April saw the club qualify 7 new Surf Lifeguards and 5 surf lifesavers who will be voluntarily patrolling Exmouth beach this summer.  The courses cover a mixture of 1st aid, rescue and patrol methods as well as fitness tests.  A huge commitment by all to make sure they passed with flying colours.

The volunteers will also help to run junior surf life saving sport training as well as provide safety cover at a range of local and national open water swims and triathlons. 

The club's voluntary lifeguard patrols begin on Sunday 29th May and will cover Sundays and Bank Holidays until September.

If you would like to become qualified as a lifeguard, take part in surf life saving sport and help us in any other way please contact us

Exmouth to host SLSGB National Champions in 2016

Adey Mayhew of Surf Life Saving Great Britain has just announced via Twitter that Exmouth will again host Nipper, Youth and Masters National Championships in August 2016.

@surflifesaving #lifesavingsport @SWLifeguards pic.twitter.com/RmGvoiIlLj

— Adey Mayhew SLSGB (@AdeyMayhew) November 23, 2015

Exmouth Beach Rescue Club hosted the championships in both 2014 and 2015.  With over a 1000 competitors the event is the highlight of the surf life saving competition calendar bringing teams together from across the UK.

The event is a huge but welcome challenge for us as a volunteer lifesaving club. We are dependent upon our small group of members and the generosity of the local community in helping make the event the huge success it has been in the previous 2 years.

We're proud to be hosting the championships for a 3rd time and can't wait to welcome our friends from around the country back to Exmouth in August.

Help us to Help YOU - Grow Your Tenner

Please, help us to help you...

Grow Your Tenner, a match fund scheme run by Local Giving, is here and we need your help!

Local Giving will match fund all one-time donations of up to £10, up to a total of £1000! Additionally, if you're feeling exceptionally generous and want to set up a monthly donation of up to £10, they'll match fund that too for the next three months - up to a total of £9000!

We are a small, local charity providing voluntary lifeguard cover at Orcombe Point and Maer Rocks and rely completely on donations and sponsorship to keep running.

You can find out more about us by visiting our Facebook page or website.

Donating is simple - please visit - https://localgiving.com/exmouthbeachrescueclub and click on 'Donate Now' or 'Give Monthly'.

Thank you 

The longest day

A busy week was finished off with a fun day of patrolling and training at Exmouth. 

There was a good turnout for the day with 6 guards and 4 junior surf life savers assisting.

It was reasonably quiet all day with junior training taken by Tom with help from Kim; Snowy took Jake for ski training ready for Devons and we had a nice phys session on the beach with Tom.

Around 16.00 we were tasked by Solent coastguard and Dawlish surf lifesaving club  to recover a rib drifting off Dawlish.  We towed it back to Dawlish beach, reuniting it with very grateful owners.

On our return we were asked to assist the RNLI guards with the recovery of a kite surfer drifting out by the channel entrance.

Jake training hard for Devons! 

Tri and Tri again!

Following hot on the heels of last weekend's mega triathlon event at Hyde Park, volunteers from the club attended a slightly smaller event at the weekend at short notice to help out Swim Safety.

The South Hams Triathlon, a brand new sprint distance triathlon at Blackpool Sands, saw 150 people enter. Starting with a sheltered swim across the stunning bay at Blackpool Sands, then onto the bike for a tough climb followed by a fast blast along Slapton Sands, Devon's flattest stretch of road. 

It was a crazily early start for Keith, Avalon, Jim and Dan who were on the water at 6am to help set the course.  We're happy to report the event went swimmingly with no one requiring removal from the water.  

The crew were up with the sun at Blackpool Sands, see Facebook for more pics

The weekend was a relatively quiet one back at Exmouth with a few minor first aids and another excellent turnout for the junior training session on Sunday.  With competition season closing in fast the team is training hard to prepare for the Nationals on home turf again this August.

If you would like to get involved please visit the join us page

A wave and photographer

Tuesday night's training session was a kracker, with small windswell blown up my Mondays storm it made for a fun training session on race and rescue boards for seniors before taking our junior section body surfing and putting them through their paces with the infamous Groyne Swim, a run swim run event that is a club tradition!

We were also lucky enough to be sent some great photos from a local, Arwyn Rees who luckily had his camera ready to capture the fun!

LT snags a good one! Head over to our Facebook page to see more

Final Hyde Park Triathlon Lifeguarded

Keith, Vicki and Dan provided safety cover at our first triathlon of the season this weekend.  The club members give up their weekend to "work", with any money they would have made being donated to the club.

Taking place on the 30th & 31st May 2015, The Vitality World Triathlon London is one of the world's leading triathlon events and one of only two legacy events from the 2012 Olympic games still open to public participation with over 5000 entries for this years event!  In the elite race Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee recorded his second win of the season as he triumphed on home soil at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon London on Sunday.

All of the water safety crew at the end of a busy weekend, can you spot our volunteers?

Hyde Park is the first of many events this year both local and national that the clubs volunteers will provide safety cover at.  A huge thanks to all of our clubs members involved!

Orcombe Point Patrol Hut Broken in to. Again!

Sadly we have to report this morning that once again some mindless individuals have broken into our hut at Orcombe Point. Fortunately nothing has been taken, as we no longer store any valuables in there following the previous break in.  However  all the bolts have been damaged and now need to be replaced. 

The hut provides a base for our voluntary lifeguard patrols through the summer months.  The previous break in last summer saw our charity collecting tin stolen.  

Keith Hoppins the clubs Gear Secretary has said  "The club never fails to astound with how we pull together when needed, massive thanks to all, especially James Waddell for replacing locks"

A minor set back for our volunteers but we'll be there tomorrow patrolling and training as usual.

Board Paddle Technique

Take a look at the great little board paddle technique video below, it's a few years old but still great info. 

For more info about training with Exmouth Beach Rescue Club please visit our join us page

Patrol season starts at Exmouth

A fantastic start to the season today:

7 lifeguards on patrol with great support from our trainee life savers.

For the first time ever we ran Junior training 11-1pm alongside patrols, a huge thanks to the parent helpers.
 
The seniors also managed a joint training session with the RNLI guards and we're now on Twitter (@ExmouthBRC) !!

If you're enjoying the bank holiday tomorrow at the beach why not call in and say hi.

New junior members welcomed

Sunday the 26th April saw 8 new junior members successfully take part in their induction. The morning is designed to assess the juniors swim competence with a 200m pool swim in under 5 minutes as well as beach runs, open water swimming and group work.  It is also a great opportunity for existing club members to get to meet parents.

New junior members 2015

The new members will begin their journey to becoming lifeguards of the future on the 5th May following the club's AGM and the bank holiday.  They will take part in surf life saving sport training, a key part of acquiring the fitness and skills required to be a lifeguard. As well as theory around the beach environment and aquatic first aid.

Well done and thank you to all volunteers involved and a warm welcome to the club to our new members.

If you would like to join Exmouth Beach Rescue Club in the future please see our Join Us page.

New events added

We've added some new events to the events calendar.

Paddle Round the Pier

Annual beach festival held in Brighton and organised by friend of the club Dave Samuels. As usual club members will be going over to help with safety cover and the access beach.  There is the biggest prize pot of season up for grabs for the competitive types with £6k on offer across all of the different events!   Contact Keith if you are interested in going along with the club.

More info is available on their website

http://www.paddleroundthepier.com

Taw Triple

• Saturday, May 16, 2015
• 2:00pm 

Organised by Woolacombe SLSC this annual events of a triathlon with a twist, 400m pool swim, 3.5km run and finally a 3.5km ski leg instead of the bike! More info on their website. They are also offering a biathlon.

http://www.woolacombeslsc.co.uk

Summer is here!

British Summer Time is here! That means it's light enough to begin training outdoors again on a Tuesday evening.  For the next few weeks we'll be starting at 6.30 to make the most of the day light.  last night was a great session with a downwind paddle capped off by a little wave

Tuesday is a fitness session for all club members.  Training sessions are designed to make the most of the conditions.  If it's flat we usually work on board, ski and swim, if there's surf we hone our board riding and racing skills.

We're also going to offer a casual Thursday night training session for seniors only.  This will be organised on a week by week basis depending on who is available to open up.

Visit the Training page to keep up to date with all of our training times.

Women In Waves 1st June 2014

Women in Waves event on the 1st June at Exmouth, come along to have a go at board paddling, stand up and prone as well as surf swimming with expert coaches.  All wrapped up with a social at the end of the day.

Click image below for more information and to book!