Youth Beach and Sea Training has now started;

Sunday's 11am & Tuesday's 6:30pm on Woolacombe Beach

Super 6

A sixth straight Devon Surf Life Saving Championship set Woolacombe youth up to retain their National title in August. This comfortable win included winning all six surf ocean boy/girl titles on offer, won by Scoob Lark, Grace Clarke 13yrs, Ellie Parker, Freddie Hedger U16, Fay Mills, Daniel Shapland, U19.

Coach Richard Lark said " the margin of victory was big and all credit to the team who fought for every point available, this caps a good week for the team with Lily Nichols, Ellie Parker, Eva Murphy, Freddie Hedger, Joanne Devine and Daniel Shapland all selected for the GB boot camp at the end of the month".

Points:

4th Teignmouth 57 points

3rd Croyde 316

2nd Saunton Sands 1043

1st Woolacombe 1695

Youth Fantastic Four 2009 Stillwater!

Woolacombe Surf Life Saving youth team travelled through the snow to Millfield pool in Somerset last weekend to retain for the 4th year running the National Stillwater title. Over 18 clubs competed in the 50m pool from all over the country.

Youth team Coach Richard Lark said "We are absolutely delighted. Full credit to Saunton they pushed us all the way, we had to be at our best to win. This was a day our big swimmers had to stand up and be counted, which they did backed up by other members of the team, this was an outstanding team performance. To win four National Ocean and Stillwater titles in succession shows a really high level of team spirit, commitment, skill and dedication. Its a record we at Woolacombe take great pride in and one that I believe will never be beaten!"

Results;

13th Croyde SLSC

5th Rhoose SLSC 720 points

4th Blythe SLSC 802 points

3rd polreath SLSC 825 points

2nd Saunton Sands SLSC 1928.5 points

1st Woolacombe SLSC 2020.5 points

The Woolacombe team won 35 Golds, 33 Silvers and 6 Bronzes;

Obstacle Race

13yrs; Silver Scoob Lark,

14yr ; Gold Lily Nichols

15yrs; Bronze Ellie Parker

16yrs; Gold Freddie Hedger, Eva Murphy

U19; Silver Rebekah Shapland

Super Life Saver

U14 Gold Lily Nichols, Silver Grace Clarke, Bronze Scoob Lark

U16 Gold Eva Murphy, Silver Ellie Parker, Gold Freddie Hedger

Manikin Carry

13yrs Silver Barnaby M-Croft, Bronze Scoob Lark

14yrs Gold Lily Nichols, Gold Morgan Pare

15yrs Silver Ellie Parker

16yrs Silver Freddie Hedger, Silver Eva Murphy

Manikin Carry with Fins

13yrs Gold Barnaby M-Croft, Silver Scoob Lark

14yrs Silver Lily Nichols, Silver Morgan Pare

15yrs Gold Ellie Parker

16yrs, Silver Eva Murphy

Rescue Medley

14yrs Gold Lily Nichols Bronze Morgan Pare

15yrs Silver Ellie Parker

16yrs Gold Freddie Hedger, Silver Cory Lawson

Manikin Tow with Fins

13yrs Silver Scoob Lark, Bronze Barnaby M-Croft

14yrs Gold Lily Nichols

15yrs Gold Ellie Parker

16yrs Gold Eva Murphy, Bronze Hilary Davey, Silver Freddie Hedger

U19 Silver Joanne Devine

Relays

Obstacle Relay

U16 Girls, Gold, Eva, Lilly, Hilary, Ellie

U16 Boys;Silver, Cory, Peter Bull, Olly Cairns, Freddie

U19 Girls Gold, Rebekah, Joanne, Emma Challacombe, Cat Bliss

U19 Boys Silver, Sam Middlemass, Jon-Joe Mooney, Felix Cairns, Daniel Shapland

Medley Relay

U14 Boys Gold, Scoob, Barnaby, Morgan, Matt Bull

U16 Boys Silver, Cory, Peter Bull, Olly Cairns, Freddie

U16 Girls Gold, Eva, Lilly, Hilary, Ellie

U19 Girls Gold, Rebekah, Joanne, Emma, Cat

U19 Boys Silver Sam, Daniel, Rob, Felix

Other members of the team were;

Rebecca Challacombe, Zoe Hamer, Charlotte Horstead, Isabel Cairns, Frannie Tod, Harry Brown, Niall Deasy, Elliot Gilbert, Conor Councell, Haydn Lawson, Lucie Cloke, Max Brown, Marcus Hutchins, Conor Devine, Stacey Lewis, Ryan Hamer, Charlotte Coombs, Brandon Lark.

Woolacombe Reign Supreme

Woolacombe youth retained their ocean title 4th year running with a record breaking wining margin of 788 points over of 2nd place Saunton Sands SLSC. 19 teams from all over Great Britain competed for the title at Polreath in Cornwall over 2 days.

Team Captains Luke Penman and Katy Devine both put in captains performances with Luke taking the u19's surf ski title and Katy wining the double of Beach sprits and Beach flags for the third consecutive year. The rest of the team dominated the podium with top three finishes in all events.

On day two in the team events, their fitness, skills and team spirit prove to much for other teams as they relentlessly marched on to their 4th successive title.

Coach Richard Lark said "the team were awsome, they had to train in some terrible conditions throughout the summer so to perform like this in the nationals makes it all worth while. Before the first race on day one I told the team to take inspiration from the Olympic Team GB and to inspire each other to perform and they certainly did that. This was probably the best around team performance of all our nationals wins to date, everyone peak at the same time.

The Results

Beach sprints girls 13 yrs

1st Lucy Campbell

14 yrs

1st Ellie Parker

16 yrs

1st Joanne Devine

u19

1st katy Devine

Boys

13 yrs

1st Morgan pare

3rd Morgan Roberts

Beach Flags

13 yrs

2nd Lucy Campbell

Boys 13 yrs

1st matthew Bull

2nd Laim Ward

3rd Haydn Lawson

15yr

2nd Hilary Davey

16yrs

1st Joanne Devine

u19 yrs

1st Katy Devine

2nd Jasmine Liddell

13yr boys

2nd Liam Ward

3rd Haydn Lawson

Surf Swim

14yrs

1st Katherine Larcombe

2nd Ellie Parker

15yrs

1st Eva Murphy

16yrs

2nd Rebekah Shapland

Boys

15yrs

2nd Freddie Hedger

Boards

13yrs

1st Lucy Champbell

14 yrs

1st Ellie Parker

2nd katherine Larcombe

15yrs

1st Eva Murphy

16yrs

1st Jo Devine

19yrs

2nd Alice Hedger

3rd Fay Mills

Boys

13 yrs

3rd Haydn Larson

14yrs

2nd Peter Bull

3rd Marcus Hutchins

15yrs

1st Freddie Hedger

1k Run

13yrs

1st Lucy Campbell

boys 13 yrs

1st Matthew Bull

14yrs

3rd Peter Bull

Surf Ski Race

14yrs

1st Ellie Parker

boys

15yrs

2nd Freddie Hedger

U19yrs

1st Luke Penman

Oceangirl

13yrs

3rd Lucy Campbell

boys

3rd Liam Ward

Irongirl

14 yrs

1st Ellie Parker

IronBoy

14yrs

3rd Marcus Hutchins

u16

2nd Freddie Hedger

Relays

Mixed Beach relays

u14 teams

1st P Bull/E Parker/M Hutchins/L Campbell

u16

1st J Devine/S Deasy/F Hedger/R Shapland

U19

1st F Cairns/JJ Mooney/K Devine/J Liddell

Board Rescue

u14 Girls

1st K Larcombe/ E Parker

3rd L Cloke/ L Campbell

u16

1st E Murphy/ J Devine

U19

3rd A Hedger/ F Mills

Boys

u14yrs

1st C Devine/ M Bull

2nd P Bull / M Hutchins

u16

3rd F Hedger/ C Lawson

u19

3rd B Lark/ S Middlemass

Tube Rescue

u14

2nd K Larcombe/ A Grace

u16

E Murphy/ J Devine

Taplin Relay

Girls u16 yrs

1st J Devine/ E Murphy/ E Challacombe

2nd K Larcombe/R Shapland/ E parker

U19

3rd K Devine/ A Hedger/ K Mills

Boys u16

3rd C Lawson/ M Hutchins/ F Hedger

Boys u19

2nd S Middlemass/B Lark/ L Penman

Board Relay

Girls u16

1st E Murphy/ E Parker/ J Devine

2nd R Shapland/ E Challacombe/ K Larcombe

u19

1st F Mills/ A Hedger/ K Oakley

Boys u16

2nd C Lawson/ F Hedger/ M Hutchins

U19

2nd B Lark/ S Middlemass/ D Shapland

3rd JJ Monney/ R Lewis/ F Carins

Double Ski u16 girls

1st E Challacombe/ E Parker

u19 girls

3rd K Devine/ F Mills

Boys U19

3rd D Shapland/ R Lewis

Mixed Double Ski

2nd L Penman/ K Devine

Other members of the team were; Ryan Hammer, Stacey Lewis, Olly Carins, Harvey Pare, Max Mills, Sophie Bull, Charlotte Combes, Catherine Bliss.

Overall Aggregated top five;

18th Croyde 41 points

13th Bideford Bay 188 points

5th Place St Ives 1360 points

4th poltreath 1666 points

3rd Rhoose 2072 points

2nd Saunton Sands 2460 points

1st Woolacombe SLSC 3248 points

WOOLACOMBE YOUTH STORM TO VICTORY

In some of the worse conditions ever Woolacombe youth overcame strong cross winds and heavy showers and messy sea to power to victory in the Devon Youth Ocean Championships. Which started on Saturday and was completed on Tuesday evening after Saturdays events were halted after the worsen conditions made it to dangerous to continue.

The team secured its filth title in a row, excelling in every event.

14 year old Ellie Parker collected the U16 Ocean girl trophy and returning to form Fay Mills collected the U19 Ocean girl trophy.

Woolacombe coach Richard Lark says "All the competitors from every club should pat themselves on the back for their performances in very difficult conditions, they all showed high levels of surf skills throughout".

The Youth Section caters for members aged between 12-19 years.

We display and promote the highest standard of health and safety. We encourage through training youth development, education and fun within this section.

All young surf life savers are encouraged to learn all aspects of Surf lifesaving including, beach safety, fitness and teamwork. They are given the opportunity to be involved in club, regional and national competitions.

Throughout the season we run Beach Bronze and Silver Nars Cross Awards alongside our competitive training. We have over 45 youth members that train twice weekly. Over recent years 7 members have gained qualification in the Nars Beach Lifeguard.

Over the last three years we have established ourselves as the top competitive team in the country. Winning 2005, 2006 Ocean National titles and 2006, 2007 & 2008 Stillwater National titles.

Three of our young members were selected to represent Great Britain at last year's 2006 European Youth Championships. Three represented England in the Still Water Commonwealth Championships, and one member made the England Senior Squad.

We are the only club in Devon that has three qualified LEVEL One coaches under the new Surf Lifesaving Coaching Scheme.

To encourage all members to participate in club training, new equipment has been purchased through grant funding and to date over £30,000 has been awarded to our club.

We believe in equal opportunities for all members. We pride ourselves in encouraging each member to set and reach their individual potential whilst being a crucial and important team member.