Swim Assessments to be held Fishguard Leisure Centre Sunday 23rd April meet at 13:50

Ahead of this years Nippers starting on the 7th May, we are hoping to assess swim standards to make sure we stream everyone at the right level at the beach. This will also be a good opportunity for new starters who hope to join this year to have their swimming ability assessed…….

please spread the word.

If you aren’t able to come and have been at Winter swimming we will have a reasonable idea of standards although attending would be our preference. Especially if unsure of a 50m competency or haven’t completed Wave 6.

There will no cost to this session!

Sunday 13th June saw the kick-off of our Porthmawr60 events. The nippers plus coaches completed 60k of 1k runs. The nippers and juniors had 53 trainee lifeguards in the race from ages 7 – 13 with the help and encouragement of eight coaches also running the course.

61 all told and the first event goal completed with £120 donated at the beach.

Well done Nippers!

PLEASE DONATE HERE VIA VIRGIN MONEY GIVING

Next up we have 5k board paddles round the bay with individuals or groups picking their own time slots. AND 1k or 2k swims starting next Sunday at 11:00. Aiming for 60 kilometres totals in the coming weeks.

PS Coxy is trying to beat his 60 minutes late routine!

The early onset of Winter has cancelled training for Sunday 23rd May although big swells are forecast for those with Winter Wetsuits!

Training for the above groups has already started this year. It is every Sunday at 12:00 for Juniors and at 14:00 for Nippers BUT please check the Porthmawr Facebook page first

https://www.facebook.com/groups/218228858331818

All new members will need to fill in the membership form and COVID Declaration form as per the Membership page and familiarise them selves with the club and Surf Life Saving Wales Policies.

We look forward to meeting new members and hope you all have a great time on the beach.

This years AGM was held via Microsoft Teams software 10th Feb 2021 and the following officials were elected to the committee.

1. Richard Cox – Chairman
2. Stu Penfold – Secretary
3. Sophie David – Treasurer
4. Mattie McCleod-Baikie – Club Captain
5. Mal Brown – Membership Secretary
6. Jeff Rogers – Webmaster
7. Jon David – Head Coach
8. Sean Ellison
9. Martin Charlton
10. Daf Price
11. Jeremy Wadia
12. Matthew Brown

Starting with the pre-COVID New Years Day Swim hosted by the hard working St Davids Penknife Club the season became a short summer with disinfectants, social distancing and general care. A few stalwarts still managed to provide Lifeguard cover integrating with RNLI shifts and personal training at Whitesands.  No organised group trainings were held due to the complexity of adhering to guidelines and the various permission forms.

So here are the stats from Porthmawr SLSC for the 2020 season where we achieved an enormous amount of volunteer hours picking up the shortfall from the RNLI services.

We patrolled 254 hours – the equivalent to about 30 full days

We had 10 Assists, 9 rescues, 4 major first aids and 1 minor ( we were asking people to deal with their own minors in most circumstances), and 3 missing children.

Lets hope that next year we can all get together down at the beach!