Continued success for Rookie Lifesavers

A group of five Pembrokeshire children are continuing to have success with their Rookie Lifesaver training course held at 1 Formula Fitness health club and delivered by Water Safety Europe.

Photographed are the successfully candidates being presented with their RLSS Rookie Lifeguard Bronze stage 3 certificates alongside Lifeguard Trainer Angelo Fecci.

The programme that was originally jointly developed by Water Safety Europe’s team of lifeguard trainers and 1 Formula Fitness Fitness club in Kilgetty has recently welcomed local swimming instructor Jeanette Poole, of Poole Swimming, into the project and has started to deliver the full RLSS Rookie Lifesaver Awards as part of the centres Rookie Lifesaver club.

The club has been set up to offer an exciting opportunity for young people, aged 6-12 years the opportunity to access a fun and informative program of training designed to encourage their safe use of the counties waterways.  The 'Rookies' train once a week with local Lifeguard Trainers and Swimming Instructors who work on the participants basic swimming capabilities as well as teaching essential water safety and basic lifesaving skills.

"We are very proud to have been a part of this program since its launch last summer." said lifeguard trainer Angelo Fecci

"Programmes like this are vitally important to educating young people of the dangers of the water and more importantly giving them some basic skill that they can use should they ever find themselves or someone else getting into trouble."

The Rookie project is now looking for a new batch of local children to take part and anyone interested in a space is encouraged to contact 1 Formula Fitness on 01834 811788.

Water Safety Europe’s team will be back on Pembrokeshire beaches this season delivering professional beach lifeguard training courses. If you would like to join them and train for a career as a professional lifeguard or a role within the surf industry, then please visit the website www.watersafetyeurope.co.uk