Competitions
Rookie Challenge
New for 2010, the Rookie Challenge was held in June as a prequel to the Suffolk heats of the RLSS National Life Saving Championships, held at the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook. Only four pairs were entered due to the short notice, three from our club and one from Ipswich Life Saving Club. The World Cup football match between England and Algeria on the same day may also have influenced numbers!
The challenge, set to be an annual event, involves the pairs of Rookies testing their lifesaving skills in three events:
The Incident – Pairs face an unknown incident with five casualties and various aids with only 90 seconds to save them all.
The Rope Throw – Both members of each pair take it in turn to coil and throw a rope over 7 metres and pull in their casualty as fast as possible.
Body Board Relay – Each partner has to body board one length of the pool (47 yards!) in a relay race against the clock.
The winners are presented with the Rookie Challenge Shield.
Christmas Cracker
In December we hold our annual Christmas Cracker Competition. This is a team event for all the club members, who battle it out answering quiz questions (on assorted topics including Life Saving) and then jump in the pool to compete in a variety of relay races, diving, and other water skills.
Trophies
Each year the club awards trophies to one Rookie (Junior Shield) and one adult (Breseus Cup) for their effort, enthusiasm and commitment to lifesaving and the club.
Recent winners of these trophies are:
Junior Shield |
Breseus Cup
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| 1991 | W Hawkins | |
| 1992 | R Archer | |
| 1993 | Julie Coppock | J Green |
| 1994 | Natalie Parrett | M Plummer |
| 1995 | Ross Sanderson | Paul Jackson |
| 1996 | Claire Jones | |
| 1997 | Rebecca Miller | Sarah Pawsey |
| 1998 | Tom Laflin | Roxanne McNaughton |
| 1999 | Steven Edwards | Sarah Prunier |
| 2000 | Kelly Newsom | Emma Roland |
| 2001 | Becky Grant | Sue Laflin & Jackie Keegan |
| 2002 | Hannah Dunnett | Richard Heap |
| 2003 | Amy Frewer | Rachel Porter |
| 2004 | Aaron Steggles | Freja Dunnett |
| 2005 | Julian Loader | |
| 2006 | Simon Heap | Katie Bramwell |
| 2007 | Olivia Steggles | Neil Hamilton |
| 2008 | Rowanne Bramwell | Lauren Saggers |
| 2009 | ||
| 2010 | Lucy Clark | Darren Maguire |
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