Still Water Lifesaving Championship '05

Dogfish · 22nd August 2005

Held at Kallang Basin Swimming Complex from 9am to 5pm

Golgotha · 22nd August 2005

when is it?

Dogfish · 22nd August 2005

Originally Posted by Golgotha

when is it?

Oops.. i forgot to add. Its this Sunday.. Thanks for the headsup

sORe-EyEz · 23rd August 2005

wads it about? from wad time 2 wad time de whole event? any

more info?...

Dogfish · 24th August 2005

Competitive Lifesaving is sort of swimmings cousin. Winners are chosen based on the time which they take to complete their events. For the still water competeion which is held in a swimming pool, events include the line throw, various types of towing techniques and the super lifesaver.

1) Line Throw:
Rope is thrown to the "drowning victim" who is then pulled back towards the edge of the pool. This event is a relay with 4 members who take turns being the rescuer.

2) Towing:
There are quite a number of towing events using different techniques and equipment. My personal favourite is the 100m carry with fins and the 100m tow with fins(a bit biased coz this used to be my personal event

). For these two events, the competitor swims 50m to the other end of the pool, where a water-filled mannequin awaits. He then carries it back 50m for the former or tows it using a rescue bouy for the latter.

I'm simply too lazy to type out anymore. if you're really interested in the finer details, you can always just google it. Suffice it to say that its definitely more exciting than swimming competitions due to the variety of events.

22nd August 2005	#1
Dogfish Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 86	Still Water Lifesaving Championship '05 Held at Kallang Basin Swimming Complex from 9am to 5pm

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24th August 2005	#5
Dogfish Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 86	Still Water Lifesaving Championship '05 Competitive Lifesaving is sort of swimmings cousin. Winners are chosen based on the time which they take to complete their events. For the still water competeion which is held in a swimming pool, events include the line throw, various types of towing techniques and the super lifesaver. 1) Line Throw: Rope is thrown to the "drowning victim" who is then pulled back towards the edge of the pool. This event is a relay with 4 members who take turns being the rescuer. 2) Towing: There are quite a number of towing events using different techniques and equipment. My personal favourite is the 100m carry with fins and the 100m tow with fins(a bit biased coz this used to be my personal event ). For these two events, the competitor swims 50m to the other end of the pool, where a water-filled mannequin awaits. He then carries it back 50m for the former or tows it using a rescue bouy for the latter. I'm simply too lazy to type out anymore. if you're really interested in the finer details, you can always just google it. Suffice it to say that its definitely more exciting than swimming competitions due to the variety of events.