Another Year, Another set of Beach Events.

A Year on and the Devon's have once again come around! Tuesday the 28th saw the beach events being contested at Croyde!
The first event of the day was the 1k beach run, normally a 2k run but the guys I'm sure were content with the shorter distance.
In the 15 year old boys event we claimed the first of our medal hall with Kierron Dinsdale and his silver medal effort.

The Event then proceeded with Connor Ward who claimed another Silver medal with a 200m sprint to bump himself up from fifth and Fin Cawthera in the 16-17 year age groups

 Here are the three boys looking exceptionally dapper post event.

the next Medal haul was Courtesy of Tom Merson

 and Maff Richardson who claimed the Gold and Silver in the Event.
Next up were the girls who knew that the event wasnt necessarily their fortay but turned out immaculate performances.

The event to follow this was the Sprint

two dominating performances in the heat and Final saw another medal and gold for Kierron Dinsdale

 a great dip for Connor to claim another medal and a strong performance by Fin ensured his medal fetish was quenched .

In the girls event Emily Kelly, Megan Edlin and Georgia Slatter ran well in the hotly contested 16-17 years age group with more to add to our medal tally.

 the 18-19 year olds and open females was dominated with two Golds with a one two from Sophie Waddell and Sarah Beresford

The Mixed Sprint relay team consisting of Maff Richardson, Emily Kelly, Sophie Waddell and Fin Cawthera claimed Gold while Connor Ward, Georgia Slatter,Megan Edlin and Kierron Dinsdale were unfortunate just to be squeezed out to a fourth place finish

Next up was the crowd favourite and the most competitive of all the events the Beach Flags, set up on an upslope through soft sand the boys all just barely missed out on the medals but were responsible for some of the finest photos of the day.

 Except Maff Richardson who due to Tom Merson's swift pop up and even swifter stumble allowed him to cruise to victory and a gold medal with a smile.

The Girls like Maff also had some good performances while others were surprised that they weren't eliminated in the first round.
Hannah Carder and Megan Edlin were very pleased with their results

 Emily Kelly strode out to medal with a show of great strength and physical prowess that was tucked away somewhere within that petite frame of hers.

The medalling queen on the day miss Sophie Waddell added to her tally with Gold in the girls 18-19 beach final

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Courtesy of East Devon Training here are Fin Connor Meg and Hannah getting stuck in.

Blenheim Triathlon 2011

This year Dan

and Flic

travelled up to the event courtesy of Joe and Martin at Swim Safety and provided Safety Cover and if required a helping hand to any of the many thousands that decided to hop into the lake that day.

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Fairway Buoy Swim 2011

This year the 48^th annual Fairway Buoy swim took place this year on the 15^th of may, this year 26 entrants braved the surprisingly frigid waters.(11-12 degrees Celsius.).7 of which have been successful channel crossing swimmers.

The Club Provided Safety cover in a number of ways this year.

The Club Arancia crewed by Sarah Beresford and Nigel Snowshall himself a previous victor over the events gruelling mileage.

We provided half a dozen Cobra Ski Paddlers here's Sophie Waddell guiding out the lead swimmers.

And the ultimate in Paddling safety due to the ability to cover large distances and the bonus of a elevated paddling position providing excellent visibility to ensure comprehensive safety, the one thing that Exmouth as a club is gradually gaining acclaim for, Our Rescue Stand Up Paddleboard.

Piloted by Big Keith Hoppins he successfully guided this competitor the few miles out to sea through the deep water chop and back to the Union Jack they all departed from.

The Lifeguard Exam

Here's a few pics courtesy of the club Arancia that provided safety cover for the final day of East Devon Training's May National Beach Lifeguard Qualification.

Here are our guys performing a number of conscious and unconscious Board Rescues.

Yo Ho Sebastian!! Its Exmouth Festival

Nine days of art, music and culture in a beautiful seaside town. Hosted in a range of locations including; street performances, open house galleries, golden beaches, pubs, clubs and of course our main venue, the Manor gardens.
A fantastic local event which throughout the week was attended in some form for certain bits and pieces by nearly all the club members. 


One particular offering was the talent show put on By the local acoustic Legend Sam Green pictured here in full flow

It was a good show with solid performances from a number of different ages and genres, and included two of our newly qualified Lifeguards performing in there few day old band,


Here's Weekend Rescue, who played a great cover of superstitious by Stevie Wonder and 
Cosmic Jarvis' superb Gay Pirates among others.

Fronted by our very own Fin Cawthera 

and rhythmically supported by another club lifeguard Connor ward on the Drums

The Club Microwave

If you are down on patrol or even passing the club and you require some tips and hints as how to prepare your reheated lasagne

Sophie Waddell will be proud to help.

You start by putting it in the microwave setting it to the desired heat and cooking time, then you squint through the heat treated darkened glass like so!

 then as the meal continues you spin you don't let your intense stare stray until the timer is complete and the chime sounds, on hearing which you smile and raise your right hand to the microwave breathing gently and composing yourself, you then stroke it gently and kindly utter the words

 "well done microwave, well done!"

another Sophie Waddell Gourmet Success.

We are exceptionally Proud

Of these glamorous girls for stepping up from Junior surf competencies to fully fledged Beach Lifeguards

Hannah Carder

and Megan Edlin