North Island Beach Rescue

Our Beach Rescue Clubs are for kids and youth aged 8+. They are team-oriented programs focused on improving swimming abilities while building essential waterfront rescue skills.

Training sessions combine real-life rescue skills with games and activities designed to boost confidence, critical thinking, risk awareness, and overall fitness. Club members will also learn to compete in Lifesaving Sport events and hone skills necessary for future work in lifeguarding and emergency services.

All participants will need to meet a minimum physical fitness and swim standard to join.

NOTE: Winter beach trainings will be dry-land only. Open-water activities will be introduced Spring/Summer 2025.

SPRING 2025 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

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SPRING 2025 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN 〰️

Sample ActivitIes + Skills

First-Aid

  • CPR training

  • First-aid training and skill development

  • First-aid games

  • Communication and scene management

  • Responding as an individual vs. responding as part of a team

  • Victim recognition and response

  • Managing critical incident stress

  • Working and communicating with first-responders

  • Mock first-aid scenarios

Pool

  • Swim workouts and stroke development

  • Treading water workouts + games

  • Aquatic rescue skill development

  • Manikan-tow races

  • Line toss and victim tow skill + relay

  • Entries and victim removals

  • Victim carry + tow techniques

  • Pool games

  • Weighted brick retrieval and removal

  • Mock rescue scenarios

Beach

  • Soft sand endurance running

  • Soft sand sprint workouts

  • Cross-training and core training

  • Intervals, circuits, body-weight exercises

  • Victim drags and carries

  • Beach flags (sand-based Lifesaving Sport game)

  • Hand signal + whistle communication

  • Use of lifesaving equipment

  • Beach games, ie. ultimate frisbee, soccer

  • Mock land-rescue scenarios

Kids Club (Grades 3-5)

  • 1x per week @ CV Sports Centre Pool

    • COHORT A: Sunday afternoons 12:15-1:45pm

    • COHORT B: Sunday afternoons 1:00pm-1:45pm

  • Candidates must be able to complete the following activities unassisted:

    25m swim
    30 seconds treading water

  • Maximum of 8 participants per cohort

Junior Club (Grades 6-8)

  • Fall 2024: October 20-December 15

    • Sunday afternoons, 2:00pm-3:00pm @ CV Sports Centre Pool

    • Wednesday afternoons, 3:30pm-4:30pm @ Kye Bay Beach

  • Candidates must be able to complete the following activities unassisted:

    500m run
    200m swim
    2 minutes treading water

  • Maximum of 10 participants

Youth Club (High School)

  • Launching Winter 2025

  • Candidates must be able to complete the following activities unassisted:

    1 km run
    400m swim
    5 minutes treading water

  • Launching Fall 2025