Birmingham Uni Competition - Sat 8 Dec 2018

Birmingham University will be hositng their annual lifesaving competition on Sat 8 Dec, and Keynsham Lifesaving Club has entered two teams. The friendly atmosphere of the Birmingham University competition makes this the perfect introduction to competitive lifesaving.

Mixed teams of four from local lifesaving clubs and UK Universities will be competing against each other in five different events (See www.ilsf.org/lifesaving-sport/disciplines for a summary of what each event involves):

A Land-based Emergency Incident    A Water-based Emergency Incident
A 12m Rope-Throw Relay Race        A 50m Swim & 50m Tow Relay
A 4x25m Manikin Carry Relay

If you don’t fancy competing, the competition organisers are always looking for volunteers to act as casualties during the incidents – this is a great way to get involved and see what a competition is like!

If you'd like to come along, please download and complete a consent form.

Beth Stephens
KLSC Competition Secretary

Fundraising Events

Keynsham Lifesaving Club is run on a not-for-profit run by a dedicated team of volunteers. The best way to help us keep our costs low is to recruit new members! There are two events coming up which will help to raise the profile of the club in our local community, but we need your help!

Keynsham Winter Festival – 30 Nov, 6pm-9pm
This is a great chance to raise the profile of the lifesaving club and help attract new members. We need volunteers to staff the stall, tell people about the club, and hand-out leaflets. Please sign-up using the list at training. You don’t need to commit to the full three hours – we’d be grateful for any time that you can spare.

Waitrose Keynsham Bag Pack – Sat 8 Dec, 1pm-4pm
A great way to earn much-needed funds for the club, and raise awareness in the local community: on the 8th December we’ll be helping shoppers to pack their bags in return for a donation to club funds. These slots are highly sought-after and we are very lucky to have secured this opportunity. Unfortunately this fundraising event clashes with our trip to the Birmingham University Lifesaving Competition, which makes it really important that everyone who’s not competing makes every effort to attend – parents and siblings are also welcome to help! Please sign-up using the list at training

Club Kit

We’ll be placing an order for some more club kit later this month. If you want one of our signature hoodies or polo shirts you’ll need to be quick! Complete the order form and bring it along to training.