This year Hayle Surf Life Saving Club celebrates 60 fantastic years of saving lives.
The club first came into formation in response to sea fatalities that occurred at Gwithian and the Estuary in November 1960. After an initial meeting between those wanting to establish a surf life saving club, the Hayle Surf Life Saving Club was formed in the spring of 1961.
The club’s aims and values remain much the same now as in 1961 - to ‘provide and maintain modern surf life saving equipment for use on Hayle beach by teams of volunteers trained in rescue, artificial respiration and first aid’, while keeping an eye on local beach conditions and warning beach-goers of danger. The club also works to encourage and promote the formation of other surf life saving clubs in Cornwall.
In relatively recent years the club outgrew their original premises and - with assistance from local organisations - managed to raise almost half a million pounds to secure its future and build a brand new clubhouse right by the beach and estuary. The impressive, two-storey clubhouse is fully kitted out, boasting a large gear store, toilets and changing rooms, a lobby, first aid room and disabled lift, as well as a training and meeting room, balcony and office on the first floor. A fantastic achievement for all involved!
Since inception, Hayle Surf Lifesaving Club has become rooted firmly within the community, looking out for Hayle’s beach-goers, saving lives and training the next generation of life-savers and first-aiders, something that is so important in a coastal community. As well as this, the club is proud of the water sports events that have become such a prevalent part of a surf life saving club - from open water and still water events, to surf races and sprinting races, all helping to keep the teams fit and ready for action.
Hayle Surf Life Saving Club was established to educate and save lives. It is clear they are every bit as important and appreciated by the Hayle community today as 60 years ago.
For more information about Hayle Surf Life Saving Club and how you can support the club, visit
www.hayleslsc.co.uk
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