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National Lifesaving
Championships 2011
Good luck to all those competing in the regional heats of the National Championships on the 17th Sept!
Simulated Emergency Response Competition
The RLSS UK National Club SERC will take place on 19 Nov 2011 at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. The competition is open to teams of four aged 14-17 years (junior category) and 17+ (senior category) from RLSS UK affiliated organisations. If you'd like to enter a team, please send a cheque for £40 per team to: National Club SERC Championships, RLSS UK, River House, High Street, Broom, Warwickshire, B50 4HN, no later than 7 Oct 2011.
Bristol University Lifesaving Competition
The Bristol Uni competition will be taking place on 26 Nov 2011. The competition will be open to community lifesaving clubs. For more information, or to enter a team, please e-mail
committee-lifesavingclub-ubu@bris.ac.uk
Facebook
The RLSS has recently launched two new Facebook groups. For all information about RLSS UK as a whole, including corporate messages please like
www.facebook.com/RLSSUK. If you’re interested in the volunteering side please like
www.facebook.com/RLSSUKClubsandVolunteersOfficialPage. Finally, you can catch up on all the latest news from the West Region at
www.facebook.com/pages/RLSS-West-Region/121985947886754
The big news this month is the launch of the new Survive and Save national lifesaving awards programme. The new programme (which will gradually replace the existing senior awards, including Bronze Medallion) is split into 3 levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Each level includes core skills and the opportunity to specialise in Beach, Stillwater or Sport - so there's something for everyone. You can read all about the Survive and Save programme on the brand new RLSS website: 
Would you like to get involved in international lifesaving youth work? On Sun 11 Sept, the RLSS is hosting a discussion about future opportunities for European youth exchanges at River House in Broom. There'll be a short presentation from the team who attended the Volunteer Together seminar in Iceland, and the leader of the recent RLSS Youth Exchange to Germany will be telling us about their trip. The rest of the afternoon will be spent discussing how we can help more lifesaving groups to form international links, and talking about the youth exchange projects which are planned for next year. Please contact David "Blondie" Fielding (