Competition Information - National Championships

RLSS UK National Lifesaving Championships 2012

Information including rules, entry forms and Branch and Regional Organisers information packs on this years Championship are near the bottom of this page under documents and downloads.

The Championship is made up of four events; Aquatic Initiative Test; Life Support Initiative Test; Swim and Tow; Line Throw.

Aquatic Initiative Test	Competitors will have 90 seconds to respond to an Aquatic Initiative Test, which will test their assessment of the situation, their lifesaving skills and their after rescue treatment.
Life Support Initiative Test	Competitors will have 90 seconds to respond to a dry simulation to demonstrate emergency first and casualty care.
Swim and Tow	Competitors enter the water, swim to their team mate who they then tow to the designated finishing point.
Line Throw	The competitor has to coil a rope, throw it out to a team mate and pull them back in.

Interested clubs enter at a Branch level. If a Branch is in receipt of more valid entries than is their entitlement in the respective Regional Heat, that Branch will hold a Branch Heat. This heat will determine which entries are forwarded to the Regional Heat.

The Region will determine the number of entries in each category. If a Region is in receipt of more valid entries than is their entitlement in the National Final, that Region will hold a Regional Heat. This heat will determine which entries are forwarded to the RLSS UK National Lifesaving Championships.

Membership Requirements

All competitors for the RLSS UK National Lifesaving Championships (including Branch and Regional Heats) must be in current individual membership of the society. All competitors must remain in membership throughout their participation in the competition.

Any competitor found not to be in current membership will be excluded from the competition.

A society number is not an indication of membership. If anyone is in doubt of their membership status, please contact the RLSS UK Membership department 01789 773994.

For more information about Society membership please visit the membership section.

Award Pre-requisites

Competitors shall, at the date of entry for the Branch Heat fulfil the following conditions:

Junior competitors must hold a current award from this list:

Rookie Silver Level 3
Bronze Medallion or higher (Survive & Save Programme)
Heritage Bronze Medallion
Assistant Beach Lifeguard

Senior competitors must hold a current award from this list:

Rookie Silver Level 3
Bronze Medallion or higher (Survive & Save Programme)
Heritage Bronze Medallion
Heritage Award of Merit
Heritage Distinction AWard
Assistant Beach Lifeguard
Beach or Pool Lifeguard Qualification

Individual and Master competitors must hold a current award from this list:

Bronze Medallion or higher (Survive & Save Programme)
Heritage Bronze Medallion
Heritage Award of Merit
Heritage Distinction Award
Assistant Beach Lifeguard
Beach or Pool Lifeguard Qualification

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Documents and Downloads

Year	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	Overal Rank
Regions	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Ireland	5	4	1	2	2	1	1	2	1
South East	1	2	4	1	1	7	3	8	2
East Midlands	2	3	5	7	4	2	3	4	3
Scotland	4	5	6	3	3	4	5	3	4
North East	3	1	3	3	9	3	7	6	5
Yorkshire	5	6	2		5	5	6	1	6
Wales		6	7	9	7	6	2	5	7
West Midlands	8	12	10	6	10	8	7	6	8
South West	5	8			6	11	9	9	9
North West		10	9	5	8	9	10		10
West	9	11	8	8	12	12			11
South		9			11	10	11	10	12
East		13			13				13