To wrap up the season a Junior Surf Fun day wil be held at 12noon on Sunday 21st March. Bring your togs and wetusit for some fun and games and a plate of food for a party afterwards. All junior surf members and parents welcome.
Junior surf sessions will be held at 12noon on Sundays this seasonLyall Bay runs a Junior Surf programme for children aged from 7 - 13 years. We have had a lot of interest from 5 - 6 year olds for this season and will run a programme for this age group. However we can only do this if we get enough parents to help with this age group. If you are interested in helping with a programe for 5 - 6 year olds please contact us.
We encourage the children to have fun and develop their skills so that they can enjoy the beach safely. It is also about developing tomorrow's Life Guards and our activities aim to teach junior surf members the following llifeguarding and competition skills as they progress through our programme:
- basic theory about keeping safe at the beach
- what the patrolled area means and what our lifeguards do
- technique for bodysurfing & wading
- catching waves
- correct technique for duck diving
- rips and identifying wave types
- increased skill at surf swimming
- increased skill at riding boards-progressing from boogie boards through to the fibreglass paddle boards
Parents are expected to stay at the beach during these sessions for safety reasons and wiill be rostered on to help with safety in the water. We welcome further invovlement from parents as age group managers, coaches and volunteers to help run the Junior Surf Programme.
If you would like to find out more about our Junior Surf programme please contact the Junior Surf Coordinator, Helen Dudding Tel 3899142
Junior Surf Training
Our Junior Surf porgramme for the 2009-2010 summer will be at 12noon on Sundays. We also offer additional training for 10 - 13 year olds. This is a competitive training squad for those who are interested in competing at the Ocean Athletes National Championships, or who wish to develop their competitive skills further. The sessions aim to increase surf fitness and develop racing techniques.
The Ocean Athletes group wil now have all training sessions, including Sundays, at the beach
Please contact the club coach, Walter Maxwell 021 2571189 for any queries about the Ocean training sessions.
Junior Surf Competition
The next Junior Surf carnival is on Sunday 7th February at Paekakariki
