Lifesaving Sport - Fin Training - 2 Nov 2019

Keynsham Life Saving Club are pleased to offer three hours of top-quality lifesaving sport tuition presented by former Lifesaving World Championship Silver Medallist, David “Blondie” Fielding; and UK British Finswimming 50m Apnea Record Holder, Andrei Oleinik.

This session will take place on Sat 2 Nov 2019 at Hengrove Park Leisure Centre in Bristol from 16:30-19:30hrs. For full details and to book your place, please click here.

During this session we will help you perfect your fin-swimming technique, and learn the basics of the following International Life Saving Federation events:

100m Manikin Carry with Fins - The competitor swims 50m freestyle wearing fins and then dives to recover a submerged manikin.  The competitor carries the manikin to the finish edge of the pool

100m Manikin Tow with Fins - The competitor swims 50m freestyle with fins and rescue tube, the competitor then fixes the rescue tube around a manikin floating at the surface at the edge and tows it to the finish

4 x 50m Rescue Tube Relay - Four competitors swim 50m using a different technique. The first swims 50m in freestyle, the second 50m freestyle with fins, the third pulls a rescue tube swimming in freestyle, and the fourth takes over the rescue tube and swims freestyle with fins towing the third competitor who is holding on to the rescue tube

We intend to use state-of-the-art underwater video to provide feedback on your technique.

Bristol Uni Competition - Sat 16 Nov 2019

Bristol University will be hositng their annual lifesaving competition on Sat 16 Nov, and Keynsham Life Saving Club plans to enter two teams. The friendly atmosphere of this local competition makes this the perfect introduction to competitive lifesaving. We'll ensure that new competitors are led by an experienced team captain, so this event is suitable even for those with no previous competition experience.

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 4 x 50m Medley Relay Race

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 click here to book your place.

Beth Stephens
KLSC Competition Secretary

Training Times

Starting on Sunday 13 Oct, training will move to a slightly earlier time of 6:30pm-8:30pm (still at Bath Sports and Leisure Centre). Hopefully this will make it easier to attract and retain younger members.

David "Blondie" Fielding - KLSC Chair