Open Water Surf Life Saving Championships 2021
RLSS Ireland Branch
Saturday 25th September
South Beach, Greystones
Start Time:11am
The Rules
- All applications must be received by 7 pm Sunday September 19th.
- Entry fee is €5 per event, or €10 euro for up to 4 events
- Competitors must be age 12 years or over
- Competitors must be a member of a club registered with Royal Lifesaving Society
- Competitors have open water experience in the current season
- Wetsuits up to 5mm thickness and protective footwear allowed
- Please follow the COVID 19 guidelines and submit a completed COVID-19 Health Questionnaire by 7pm Friday September 24th. Please see link below.
- By participating in this competition you are agreeing to abide by the Safeguarding policies and procedures of the RLSS Ireland Branch.
Registration Form
Please submit your application form by 7pm Sunday September 19th.
No competitor will be allowed compete without event organisers having received your completed form.
Entry fee is €5 per event or €10 for up to 4 events.
Please place the correct entry fee in an envelope with the competitors name and give it to Karen on the day.
COVID-19 Health Questionnaire
Please submit this COVID-19 Health Questionnaire by 7pm Friday September 24th.
No competitor will be allowed compete without event organisers having received your completed form.
All officials, helpers and parents/guardians wishing to be part of the event must also complete the COVID-19 health questionnaire.
Photography
Anyone who wishes to take photographs must fill in the photography form.
Photographs or recorded images must be used in an appropriate manner and in line with RLSS Ireland Safeguarding policies.
Please note that photos may be used for club records, may be printed in Newspapers, the Ireland Facebook page or sent to official Lifesaving sites. These images are used solely for the promotion and celebration of RLSS activities.
Events
Board Race, Rescue Board Relay Race, Rescue Tube Relay, Run-Swim-Run, Flags
There will also be a Surf Ski demonstration.
Board Race, Run-Swim-Run and Flags are individual events
Rescue Board Relay – team event (4 competitors, male category will be open to mixed gender teams)
Rescue Tube – team event (2 competitors, male category will be open to mixed gender teams).
RACE DISTANCE WILL DEPEND ON AGE AND SEA CONDITIONS ON THE DAY
Board Race
Competitors use a rescue board and paddle around a marked course of buoys and back to shore.
Rescue Board Race Relay
Competitors take part in teams of 4. Each competitor uses a rescue board to paddle to a marker buoy and returns to beach and passes board to their team member.
Rescue Tube Relay
Competitors take part in teams of two. On starting signal the ‘casualty’ swims 25-30 metres to a marker buoy and signals to their partner (by raising one hand while the other hand is in contact with the buoy) that they have reached it. They take up a position on the seaward side of the buoy. The second swimmer, wearing rescue tube (No swim fins permitted), swims to partner around the left side of the marker buoy and rescues with torpedo buoy clipped around the ‘casualty’. Casualty may assist to clip on the rescue tube but may not swim on the front during the return. Casualty may assist by using their legs or arms but not on the front, and arms must remain in the water. Competitors return on the right of the marker buoy. On reaching shore ‘casualty’ and rescuer will race to finish line. Competitors must cross the finish line on their feet. (Rescue Tubes supplied by the organisers must be used)
Run-Swim-Run
Competitors start in a line on the beach. On starting signal, they run a distance of 50 metres and enter the water. They swim around a marked course of buoys a distance of approx. 100-150 metres back to shore. Back on the beach competitors runs 50 metres to arrive at the finish line. Competitors must cross the finish line on their feet.
Flags
Competitors lie facing away and face down approximately 20 metres away. After a starting signal the competitors race to the flags and try to grab one. Competitors who do not get a flag are eliminated until there is only one competitor left.