We kicked off
the year with a full transfer to the Survive and Save Lifesaving programme.
This was embraced immediately with a new team of trainers coming through the
ranks to complement Ireland’s best volunteer training team. The Survive
& Save programme has many positive elements but the best part by a
country mile is that we can process the qualifications without having to pay
fees to resellers in Ireland. No more jumping through hoops - good news, good
programme.*
The year kick
started with our most adventurous pool event ever - TitanicNight commemorating
the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. The pool was transformed
with dry ice, strobe lighting , icebergs,
lifejackets,
a real ships life-raft, a giant inflatable ship, light sticks, a giant screen
and copious amounts of ice. Any one element of this would be memorable but
looking back the visits from coastguard and RNLI were right up there with
trainers in dress suits and ball gowns
Other events
this year included the famous Sthoee Blood Night and the all new Lifeguard Boot
Camp; there is certainly no lack of imagination
Open water
& Sea Lifesaving had a great year, never before have we had so many
boats and ski on the water. It is fantastic to see the second boat back on the
water too.
We had plenty
of HQ visitors during the year starting with Ellen Moore who visited a number
of RLSS groups and new Survive & Save Instructors. Later in the year we
were pleased to welcome back Janet Wilson not once but twice on our ever
expanding beach Lifeguard programme. Finally, but by no means
least, we
were visited by Damian Hall who ran the RNLI supported Beach Lifeguard Seminar.
Pool
Lifeguard and Beach Lifeguard programmes continue to thrive with lots of new
trainers. AED and Life-support continue to be popular. Surfing was great, as
always. It’s a magical sight to see the yellow rescue ski bobbing around on the
west coast
As we reached
our 21st it’s hard to tie down what might be our best year ever. An incredible
team who have fun together. It’s sometimes hard to appreciate the amount of
work that it done silently in the background to make sure
everything works from fixing gear, managing courses, doing the paperwork, it’s
a very simple case of many hands making light work. From the painters, graffiti
removers, fibre glassers, boat builders, designers, promoters, manikin cleaners
and haulers, all invaluable. We’ve said it before and
will say it again you are either crew or you are not! There is no crew like it Irish Lifeguard
Training or Dublin Lifesaving programme like it.
Plans are
well advanced for an incredible 2013 but we finish 2012 as we always do, so
many people put this show on, put in quiet hours so that everything works like
clockwork, you know who you are ,
go raibh mile
maith agaibh
Respectfully
submitted.
For
information on getting involved contact orla@sthoeelifeguardsdublin.com
or text /
ring 086 1595422
* all RLSS
programmes are now accessed through River House, do not pay local fees and be
especially careful about paying money to IQL always pay direct to river house –
don’t get scammed by unscrupulous trainers taking advantage of you
