LATEST NEWS....
Black Rock Run 2013....Friday 12th July is the date for the next Black Rock Run - Come on you know you want to! Entry form here
Entry form for Devon Youth Competition click hereCheck out more stuff for saleWomen in Waves.....After a successful launch last year 'Women in Waves' is running once again on Woolacombe on 20th July. More details
Taw Triple Report....
The sun smiled down on Sunday 5th May for the 10th running of the Taw Triple. As in the past few years we also included the biathlon event and this has now become as popular as the Triple itself.
43 individuals and teams competed in the 2 events with competitors from North Devon clubs and the usual crew from Perranporth SLSC (thanks Simon). More... Triathlon results Biathlon Results Woolacombe Youth celebrate their success....
At the Tides Inn in Woolacombe the Youth Team got together to celebrate their success as Devon Champions and as runner's up at the Nationals.
Helen Roberts (Youth rep) thanked all the coaches and parents who had helped throughout the winter season and Richard Lark (coach) praised the team for how hard they had worked and how well they had done for such a young team. He said that they had exceeded all expectations. GB Team selection success for Woolacombe....Huge congratulations to Lily Nichols who has been selected to represent GB at the Commonwealth Games in Australia later this year.
Also, congratulations to Freddie Hedger who got through to final selection. 10th Taw Triple and Taw Biathlon. Enter now....This will be the 10th year of the Taw Triple & Taw Biathlon so please do come along and join in. Click here for Entry Form
Woolacombe Nippers are National Champions again!....
Woolacombe Nippers have done it again! Weeks after winning the Devon still water Championships, Woolacombe Nippers have won the National Still Water Championships for the third year. It was the toughest competition ever this year with the added twist that it was the first time the Nippers had to compete in a 50m pool. This was very challenging for the younger age groups and a first for many of the children. The races were fast and furious with much excitement throughout the day more....
Full results here Fantastic Performance from Woolacombe Youth....
Woolacombe's Youth had a fantastic day and defeated teams from around the country to take second place to Portreath. Their success was attributed to the commitment of the whole team gaining valuable points throughout the competition. Many of the team had not competed at this level before and they and stepped up to demonstrate their skills and fitness to the demands of a more challenging 50 meter pool. There were individual success's, Jack Unsworth gaining 2 golds and 2 bronze medals. Josh Surridge, Olivia Sayer, Summer Whiteley, Lilly Nichols, Danny Roberts and Jess Surridge also came away with medals on the day. Molly Ashfords performance was consistently high throughout and was a strong competitor in both individual and team events.
For the teams events our U15 boys Max Davies, Danny Roberts,Lee Oliver and Zack Surridge came away with a silver medal. A superb result for our U17 girls Katie Holland,Summer Whiteley, Molly Ashford and Jess Surridge gained a gold in the medley relay and silver in manikin carry.There were some exciting moments for our U17 and U19 boys teams which resulted in Gold and Silver for them too. What a fabulous day out at Millfield for Woolacombe Youth team. Full results here Proficiency Qualification....
17th 18th 19th May . This is the weekend to do your proficiency qualification. Friday 17th timed swim Saturday Theory then exam Sunday Sea then exam. Please let Annette know ASAP if you will be attending. Nipper Beach Training....Nipper beach training starts again on Sunday 12th May. More details to follow....
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Woolacombe Heroes of the Surf....This weekend (23rd/24th March) saw four Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club members honoured by SLSGB at the annual Heroes of the Surf awards ceremony in Perranporth.
Joe Deasy received the Services to Life Saving Sport award for the many hours he spends organising and officiating at regional and national competitions. Carolyn Devine also received a Services to Life Saving Sport award in recognition of the 7 years she spent coaching Woolacombe's highly successful Nippers as well as her personal achievements in winning a gold medal in the World Championships in Germany in 2008 and a bronze medal in Australia in 2012. 
Don Duffield received a Certificate of Merit to commemorate the many years he has selflessly dedicated to both Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club and SLSGB. Tracy Lark received an award for Services to the Regional Community in recognition of the funding she has obtained for Devon SLS through grants and awards and for her work in introducing women into surf life saving through the Women in Waves programme.
As the chair of SLSGB said in his opening speech "surf life saving produces outstanding citizens" and Woolacombe SLSC are proud to count these four outstanding citizens as members. Youth Development Training Camp....Details are now out for the Devon SLS Youth Development Training Camp. Places are limited so click here for details.
Surf Life Guard Course....Surf Life Guard Course starting Weds 24th April.
Weds 18.30 - 20.30 Sats 9.30 - 12.30 Exam in June. Cost £70 to SLSC club members (£100 if you're not a member of a surf life saving club), if you might be interested please contact Annette on annette.deasy@gmail.com WELL DONE WOOLACOMBE - DEVON CHAMPIONS
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Entries for Nationals...
National Ocean Championships- Nippers, Youth, Masters
Please get your entries in by Monday 13th August at the latest!
See reps for forms
Seniors entry form - due in by 22nd August.
Please get your entries in by Monday 13th August at the latest!
See reps for forms
Seniors entry form - due in by 22nd August.
Woolacombe Members in GB Team....
Huge well done to the five club members who were selected for the GB selection boot camp (Conor Devine, Lily Nichols, Ellie Parker, Liam Ward & Summer Whiteley)
Massive congratulations to Lily & Ellie for being picked to represent GB in Sweden next month and to Conor who is first reserve.
Massive congratulations to Lily & Ellie for being picked to represent GB in Sweden next month and to Conor who is first reserve.
Woolacombe Nippers are Devon Ocean Champions again....
That's 4 out of 5 major competitions this year- Devon Pool Champions, National Pool Champions, Oceanfest Champions and Devon Ocean Champions!
Portreath here we come!!!!
Overall Results :
Woolacombe 1672
Saunton Sands 1094
Croyde 651
Bideford Bay 485
Full results here.....
That's 4 out of 5 major competitions this year- Devon Pool Champions, National Pool Champions, Oceanfest Champions and Devon Ocean Champions!
Portreath here we come!!!!
Overall Results :
Woolacombe 1672
Saunton Sands 1094
Croyde 651
Bideford Bay 485
Full results here.....
Another Great Black Rock Run......
The Black Run Race, organised by Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club took place on Friday 13th July.
The annual 5km race, sponsored by the Red Barn, Woolacombe, and St. Austell’s Brewery must be one of the most scenic in the country. The 68 athletes and 11 teams ran along Woolacombe Sands to Black Rock and back to the Red Barn.
The open male race was won in an exceptional time by Kevin Heywood of Bideford AAC. Kevin’s time of 17.18 put him over a minute ahead of Jack Hutchens of North Devon Athletics Club who was 2nd in a time of 18.37. Third place was taken by Chris Sellens of Bideford AAC with a time 18.50.
The open female title was taken by Beth Barrington of North Devon Road Runners in a time of 22.41. 2nd was Jess Earp (22.55) and 3rd was Keida Abram (23.42).
The male under 18 title was taken by Matt Bull of Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club. Matt, who was also 5th overall, recorded a time of 20.10. Niall Deasy, WSLSC, was 2nd and Ryan Lark, also WSLSC came 3rd.
Rebecca Challacombe, WSLSC, took the under 18 female crown in a time of 27.22 with Georgia Bockley, Bella Penman-Owens and Maya Nardoni all crossing the line together in 43.10 to take joint 2nd place.
The race is part of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club.
Individual results............... Team results.............
The annual 5km race, sponsored by the Red Barn, Woolacombe, and St. Austell’s Brewery must be one of the most scenic in the country. The 68 athletes and 11 teams ran along Woolacombe Sands to Black Rock and back to the Red Barn.
The open male race was won in an exceptional time by Kevin Heywood of Bideford AAC. Kevin’s time of 17.18 put him over a minute ahead of Jack Hutchens of North Devon Athletics Club who was 2nd in a time of 18.37. Third place was taken by Chris Sellens of Bideford AAC with a time 18.50.
The open female title was taken by Beth Barrington of North Devon Road Runners in a time of 22.41. 2nd was Jess Earp (22.55) and 3rd was Keida Abram (23.42).
The male under 18 title was taken by Matt Bull of Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club. Matt, who was also 5th overall, recorded a time of 20.10. Niall Deasy, WSLSC, was 2nd and Ryan Lark, also WSLSC came 3rd.
Rebecca Challacombe, WSLSC, took the under 18 female crown in a time of 27.22 with Georgia Bockley, Bella Penman-Owens and Maya Nardoni all crossing the line together in 43.10 to take joint 2nd place.
The race is part of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club.
Individual results............... Team results.............
Youth & Seniors are Devon Champions.....
It was a fantastic result for Woolacombe Youth and Seniors at Croyde on the 7th July - both teams came away as Devon Champions.
Return of the 'House of Pain'...
Ok everybody...the traditional Monday night 'house of pain' sessions are having to be moved to a Wednesday night. Therefore the first one will commence on weds 27th June at 7pm. This session will consist of some plyometric work, some general strength & conditioning work, some HIT (high intensity training) and surf swimming skills. The session is open to any member from youth to masters and is designed to complement your existing SLS training programme. Session times will vary from 1hr to 2 hrs depending on weather, please come armed with shorts, t-shirt, swimming cosy and ironman/ swimming wetsuit if the weather is grotty. See you on the beach
Nippers are Oceanfest Champions 3rd year in a row.....
Woolacombe have come away with a fantastic win again in the Oceanfest Legacy Nipper competition at Croyde! This is the 3rd year running- amazing!
Again it was a very competitive day, with top slots shared fairly evenly on the beach between Woolacombe, St Ives, Saunton, Bideford Bay, Croyde, Hayle and Portreath. Woolacombe’s 13 year girls and 13 year boys were both first in their beach relay, with some excellent changovers- well done! more....
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Again it was a very competitive day, with top slots shared fairly evenly on the beach between Woolacombe, St Ives, Saunton, Bideford Bay, Croyde, Hayle and Portreath. Woolacombe’s 13 year girls and 13 year boys were both first in their beach relay, with some excellent changovers- well done! more....
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Photos of Youth Stillwaters. Happy to add more if anyone has some.
North Devon Ski Series.....
Devon Youth & Open entry forms now available......
16 - 19 year olds please note the following from the Devon entry pack:
'For those competitors that are 16-19 yrs you may enter both the Youth and Open events. There will separate events on the beach for each age group as well as the Open, however, in the sea we will run all those 16+ with the open competitors in one event and then separate the age groups as they come across
the line. If a competitor wishes to take part as both a Youth 16-19 and the Open then both payments will need to be paid and the age group and open written on their hands.'
Entry form for both is the same (the one Lynne handed out on the beach today 10/6/12) when you return it, if you are 16 - 19, please indicate whether you are entering Youth, Senior or both and make sure you have the correct payment.
Thanks
16 - 19 year olds please note the following from the Devon entry pack:
'For those competitors that are 16-19 yrs you may enter both the Youth and Open events. There will separate events on the beach for each age group as well as the Open, however, in the sea we will run all those 16+ with the open competitors in one event and then separate the age groups as they come across
the line. If a competitor wishes to take part as both a Youth 16-19 and the Open then both payments will need to be paid and the age group and open written on their hands.'
Entry form for both is the same (the one Lynne handed out on the beach today 10/6/12) when you return it, if you are 16 - 19, please indicate whether you are entering Youth, Senior or both and make sure you have the correct payment.
Thanks
Please note we now have a 'For Sale' section. I am happy to put anything up there that you want to sell but please do let me know when it goes that I can keep the information up to date.
Strength and Conditioning....
The exercises in the strength and conditioning program are now available to view online.
Follow Woolacombe on Twitter....
You can now follow the club on Twitter @WoolacombeSLSC (obviously I would have put a more detailed post about this if I had even the slightest idea what it means!)
Taw Triple and Biathlon 2012.....
Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012 and Saturday 5th May saw over 50 competitors taking part in the 9th annual Taw Triple and Biathlon organised by the club. The Biathlon consists of a 400m swim in the North Devon Leisure Centre and a 5 km run around Rock Park. The Taw Triple has a shorter 3 km run leg but has an additional 3.5km ski paddle along the River Taw to negotiate at the end. more.....
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Taw Triple and Biathlon Results
Woolacombe Surf Life Saving Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012 and Saturday 5th May saw over 50 competitors taking part in the 9th annual Taw Triple and Biathlon organised by the club. The Biathlon consists of a 400m swim in the North Devon Leisure Centre and a 5 km run around Rock Park. The Taw Triple has a shorter 3 km run leg but has an additional 3.5km ski paddle along the River Taw to negotiate at the end. more.....
Photos
Taw Triple and Biathlon Results
First beach training session done...
It was a beautiful day for the first beach training session of the season on Sunday 6th May. Lovely conditions for the Youth to be able to get out there on the skis and most of the Nippers also braved the chill waters and fought their way out through the raging surf (NOT!) to have a great time on the boards.
Woolacombe Nippers are National Champions....
The Woolacombe Nipper team had another fantastic weekend when they competed against over 20 clubs and 500 competitors for the National Pool Championships in Cardiff on the 21st April. Coming away with both these titles for the second year running is an amazing achievement as there are some other great clubs out there doing their best to beat us! I am really proud of all the nippers. It was a great atmosphere in the Woolacombe camp and everyone put in such a good effort for every race. It was exciting to see the youngest nippers competing for the first time. More....
Nipper Stillwater Nationals 2012 photos
Nipper Stillwater Nationals 2012 photos
Woolacombe Masters & Seniors Competition....
It was a fun day in Cardiff on the 14th April for the Masters and Seniors. The Seniors put in a great performance and came 3rd and the Masters, in a fine display of grace and athleticism, came 4th! So come on Youth and Nippers - it's down to you next!
SLSGB new Awards and Qualifications Guide released. To view whole document click here
Change to Dates for Devon Ocean Comp....
Please note:
Devon Youth Sea event changed from 1st July to 7th July at Croyde
Devon Nipper Comp changed from 7th July to 1st July at Saunton
for full list of events see Calendar
Devon Youth Sea event changed from 1st July to 7th July at Croyde
Devon Nipper Comp changed from 7th July to 1st July at Saunton
for full list of events see Calendar
WOOLACOMBE YOUTH ARE 2012 DEVON CHAMPIONS.....
Following on from the fabulous performance by the Nippers a couple of weeks ago the Youth have also taken the Devon 2012 title. It was a hard fought battle with the other North Devon teams in strong contention for every point.
The Seniors team also put in a good performance and took 2nd place to Saunton.
The masters team consisted of only 4 members this year and for two of them it was their first competition. They put in a fantastic effort (and, to be honest, I think they surprised themselves - they had to be seen to be believed in the board relay!) Congratulations go to Saunton (1st) and Croyde (2nd) who were very evenly matched throughout the competition.
The Seniors team also put in a good performance and took 2nd place to Saunton.
The masters team consisted of only 4 members this year and for two of them it was their first competition. They put in a fantastic effort (and, to be honest, I think they surprised themselves - they had to be seen to be believed in the board relay!) Congratulations go to Saunton (1st) and Croyde (2nd) who were very evenly matched throughout the competition.
WOOLACOMBE NIPPERS ARE 2012 DEVON CHAMPIONS......
Hey guys, we knew you could do it, and you didn't just do it, you SMOKED it! (Wayne's words not mine!). You were absolutely fantastic and all displayed the most fantastic skills. All the coaches are very proud of you all and a massive thankyou to all of the coaches who spend time at poolside with you. Bring on the Nationals!
A special well done to all the youngest nippers who competed for their very first time. We hope you had a good day and got caught up in all the excitement and enjoyed being a member of the best nipper team in the country!!
It was the biggest Devon Nipper Pool Championships ever, with over 200 competitors, and almost even numbers from all 4 teams (Woolacombe, Saunton, Bideford Bay and Croyde) so the title could have been won by anyone.More.....
Hey guys, we knew you could do it, and you didn't just do it, you SMOKED it! (Wayne's words not mine!). You were absolutely fantastic and all displayed the most fantastic skills. All the coaches are very proud of you all and a massive thankyou to all of the coaches who spend time at poolside with you. Bring on the Nationals!
A special well done to all the youngest nippers who competed for their very first time. We hope you had a good day and got caught up in all the excitement and enjoyed being a member of the best nipper team in the country!!
It was the biggest Devon Nipper Pool Championships ever, with over 200 competitors, and almost even numbers from all 4 teams (Woolacombe, Saunton, Bideford Bay and Croyde) so the title could have been won by anyone.More.....
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