Welcome to Swansea Uni's Lifesaving Team!🛟🦢
~ The only university lifesaving club in Wales ~
Swansea Lifesaving Team is a sports club that is open to all abilities, whether it's your first time or your 100ᵗʰ time lifesaving, or you're in first year or third year! From keeping up fitness, learning new life skills, working towards competitions or just having a bit of fun, we are the club that does it all! We have regular first aid training sessions and hope to utilise our great location in Swansea Bay by putting on beach sessions throughout the year! As well as this, we have swim sessions twice a week, which aim to help improve your swimming ability or provide you with competitive swim training.
Mae tîm achub bywyd Abertawe yn agored i bawb gwaeth beth fo'ch gallu, pe bai eich tro gyntaf neu eich 100fed tro, nid oes ots os ydych yn eich blwyddyn 1af neu flwyddyn olaf. Rydym yn gynnig cyfleoedd i chi gwella ar eich ffitrwydd, dysgu sgiliau newydd, gweithio tuag at gystadlu mewn cyfres o gystadlaethau, neu gallwch ymuno er mwyn cael hwyl a chymdeithasu. Rydym yn cyflawni hyfforddiant cymorth cyntaf a sesiynau nofio yn rheolaidd ac rydym yn gobeithio defnyddio ein lleoliad unigryw i gynnig sesiynau ffitrwydd ar y traeth trwy'r flwyddyn.
🎯 Training Sessions:
Sesiynau Ymarfer:
Tuesdays / Dydd Mawrth:
- 🕖19:00 - 20:00, 🤕Dryside First Aid Training, 📌Singleton Campus (room TBC)
- 🕘21:00 - 22:00, 🛟Wetside Lifesaving Skills, 📌 Wales National Pool
Sundays / Dydd Sul:
- 🕡18:30 - 19:30, 🛟Wetside Lifesaving Skills, 📌 Wales National Pool
**Remember your swimming stuff for the wetside sessions!!**
See the full calendar on our Instagram page!!
**Cofiwch eich stwff nofio ar gyfer y sesiynau ochr gwlyb!!**
Gweler y calendr llawn ar ein tudalen Instagram!!
🎟️FREE Taster Sessions!!
AM DDIM Sesiynau blasu!!:
- Sunday 6th October 2024
- Tuesday 8th October 2024
Email us or message us on Instagram for more information!
*Your first session is always free, no matter what time of the year!
*Sesiwn gyntaf am ddim, dim ots pryd!
🎉 Socials:
We host plenty of socials throughout the year; both sober and drinking - including our famous themed socials! These will take place every two weeks, normally on a Wednesday, but may fall on other days too! Our socials and events are always advertised on our social media platforms, so remember to follow us using the links above! Scroll to the bottom of the page for photos :).
Nosweithiau Cymdeithasol:
Rydym yn cynnal llawer o nosweithiau cymdeithasol trwy gydol y flwyddyn; sobr ac yfed, gan gynnwys nosweithiau gyda themâu. Bydd y rhain yn cael eu cynnal pob 2 wythnos, fel arfer ar nos Mercher neu nos Iau. Rydym yn hysbysebu'r rhain ar ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol, felly bydd yn siwr i'n dilyn! Sgroliwch i waelod y dudalen am luniau :).
📝 Club Memberships:
Aelodaeth Clwb:
Sport Swansea Membership / Aelodaeth Chwaraeon Abertawe:
*required by the university for all sports clubs
*sy'n ofynnol gan y brifysgol ar gyfer pob clwb chwaraeon
Training Membership / Aelodaeth Ymarfer:
Includes all training sessions and social membership. Cynnwys pob sesiwn ymarfer ac aelodaeth gymdeithasol.
- Single Term (Tymor Sengl) - £70
- Double Term (Tymor Dwbl) - £105
Pay As You Go (paid in advance) / Talu Wrth Fynd (talu ymlaen llaw):
- 3x Pool sessions (Pwll sesiwn) - £16
- 3x Dryside sessions (Sesiynau sych) - £8
Social Membership / Aelodaeth Gymdeithasol:
For those who wish to join us at our renowned socials, but don't want to train with us. Ar gyfer y rhai sy'n dymuno ymuno â ni yn ein digwyddiadau cymdeithasol enwog, ond nad ydynt am hyfforddi gyda ni.
Associate Membership / Aelodaeth Gydymaith:
- Single Term (Tymor Sengl) - £75
- Double Term (Tymor Dwbl) - £110
Get in touch for more information. Cysylltwch am fwy o wybodaeth.
**Please note that membership does not include competition fees (varying from £10 - £40 per competition depending on the competition type). Remember there is no obligation to do any competitions!**
**Sylwch nad yw aelodaeth yn cynnwys ffioedd cystadleuaeth (mae'r rhain yn amrywio o £10 - £40 y gystadleuaeth yn dibynnu ar y math o gystadleuaeth). Cofiwch does dim rheidrwydd i wneud unrhyw gystadlaethau!**
📱 Social Media:
Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol:
Give our social media pages a follow to keep updated on all things lifesaving! Here you can find all the info about our training sessions, socials, and everything in between:
You can also bounce our friendly team an email at lifesaving@swansea-sports.co.uk.
For more info on Lifesaving Sport, follow the British Universities Lifesaving Club's Association on Instagram @bulsca, or take a peek at their website.
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) also has some great resources on their website, and you can follow their Instagram @rlssuk for all things water safety!
❓Frequently Asked Questions:
Cwestiynau Cyffredin:
Do I need a Lifesaving qualification?
No, no prior Lifesaving experience is required. Anyone of any Lifesaving ability is encouraged to join us!
What do I need to bring?
Swimwear, goggles, swim hat (not essential), a towel, and a drink! For some sessions, you may need clothes (pyjamas etc.) you don't mind getting wet (we will let you know beforehand)!
Where do you train?
For our Dryside session on Tuesdays at 7pm, we meet up in Fulton House on Singleton Campus (room TBC). After this session we take a 10 minute walk through the hospital grounds to the Wales National Pool.
On Sundays we meet at the pool at 6:30pm.
To get to Singleton from Bay Campus, take any of the 91 / N91 or 92 / N92 busses which all terminate by the grassy area outside Fulton House. To go straight to the pool, either go to Singleton on the 92 and take a short walk through the hospital, or get the 91 and get off on Sketty Lane just before the traffic lights by the hospital and then cross the road.
What trips do you run?
We participate in multiple University Lifesaving League competitions throughout the year. These consist of a weekend away at another university competing in the daytime followed by a social in the evening. This year we are also looking at going to visit other lifesaving clubs around the UK!
What qualifications do you offer?
As we are a university sports team, we unfortunately don't offer any formal lifesaving qualifications (NPLQ etc.). However, we can award RLSS Survive and Save certificates!
📸 Photo Gallery:
This year's Committee at our AGM in March. L to R: Callum, Tia, Connor, Carys, Archie, Alex, and Grace (+ not forgetting Rachel).
Spot the Swans! The team in action at Champs 2024 🥈🦢
Social Sec Tia in her element.
Up to no good in Proud Mary's.
Sober Social time! Everybody loves bowling 🎳
Class of '24 at the AGM 💚
The Lifesaving Family, 2024.
A big thanks to our fantastic 2023/24 Committee!
#gwa #uppaswans 💚