Lifesaving SportThe Royal Life Saving Society UK is the National Governing Body for pool-based Lifesaving Sport - a sport recognised by the International Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation. Lifesaving Sport is the only sport whose skills are first learned for humanitarian purposes. As showcased in our new promotional video, Lifesaving Sport is a competitive and dynamic international sport, with a variety of fun and challenging activities that take place in and out of the water at swimming pools and the beach. It is also an important vehicle to engage young people in lifesaving and support drowning prevention. 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We can’t wait to watch along and see your incredible performances. We'll be using this page to provide regular updates from the competition, so please flag it to keep track of how our fantastic athletes are doing. The athletes representing lifesaving team GB are: Female (Youth) Male (Youth) Farli Abram-Bridges (Woolacombe SLSC) Jayden Beaumont (Weymouth SLSC) Charlotte Hart (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Kiran Gammon (Woolacombe SLSC) Maisy Hawkins (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Tristyn James (Rest Bay SLSC) Amaia Lopez (Crawley Town LSC) Terry Miller (Polzeath SLSC) Lillian Roche (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Iwan Scrivens (Sker and Pink Bay SLSC) Heather Watson (RASCALS) Cai Williams (Sker and Pink Bay SLSC) Reserves: Rosie Chick (Whitmore Bay SLSC) and Connie Millar (Rhoose SLSC) Reserves: Owen Pope (Newquay SLSC) and James Kirkman (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Female (Open) Male (Open) Rosie Edwards (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Sam Lawman (Gyllyngvase SLSC / Race Pace Yorkshire LSC) Anya Hocking (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Thomas Leggett (Belfast Olympia LSC) Ellie McCloy (Rest Bay SLSC) Piran Phillips (Portreath SLSC) Molly Roodhouse (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Jack Sadberry (Crawley Town LSC) Evie Wong (Rhoose SLSC) Thomas Trebilcock (Gyllyngvase SLSC) Millie Wiggins (Pen-Y-Bont SLSC) Robert Whittaker (Woolacombe SLSC) Reserves: Izzie Leigh (Portreath SLSC) and Emily Robson (Loughborough Students LSC) Reserves: James Blaby (Vale SLSC / Race Pace Yorkshire) and David Miller (Woolacombe SLSC) 4 September 2024 Results are in and we're delighted to share that Team GBR finished... Open Team - 7th overallYouth Team - 6th overallIRB Team - 3rd overall Incredible work! Well done and thank you to everyone involved - from the athletes to management, coaches, sports therapists and logistics - it really is a team success! We now send our luck to everyone competing in the Interclubs! 3 September 2024 It's the GBR Inshore Rescue Boat (IRB) team in action today with 3 x events in both Male and Female categories, plus an additional mixed event. At the end of the day, GBR came away Silver in the Men's Mass Rescue and Bronze in both the Mixed Team Rescue and Women's Rescue! Huge congratulations to you all! 1 September 2024 It's the final day of competition for Team GBR before the IRB and interclub leg of the Championships begins. We saw yet more spectacular performances - and medals - ending Worlds on a high! Thank you to all our Open and Youth athletes who represented GBR. Congratulations for your outstanding achievements! Wong - Silver in Female Ski Race (Open) McCloy and Hocking - Bronze in Women's Board Rescue (Open) 31 August 2024 Venue swap for GBR as the Open Team headed to the Beach and Youth Team hit the pool - neither of whom disappointed! The overall medal tally now sits at 11. Special congratulations today to... Phillips, Leggett, Whittaker and Lawman - Bronze in the Male Taplin (Open) James - Bronze in the Male 200m Obstacles (Youth) Watson and Lopez - Silver in the Female Line Throw (Youth) Whittaker - Kudos for being only the second Brit to ever reach top 4 in the Male World OceanMan final! 30 August 2024 Another three medals collected today by the unstoppable Youth team, on top of amazing performances all round. Well done Team GBR - keep up the good work! Congratulations to Abram-Bridges - Bronze in the Female Board Race; Hawkins and Hart - Bronze in the Women's Board Rescue; Abram-Bridges, Miller, Hart and Gammon - Bronze in the Mixed Ocean Lifesaver Relay. On a sadder note, Thomas Trebilcock has had to withdraw from the remainder of the competition following an elbow injury whilst competing in the 4x50m Medley Relay heats. On behalf of everyone at RLSS UK, we wish you a speedy recovery! 29 August 2024 It's a Silver medal for the Male Youth team in the OceanMan Relay! 28 August 2024 Team GBR secured an incredible 4 x medals on Day 2 of the Youth and Open Championships! Congratulations to... Beaumont and Gammon - Bronze in the Male Board Rescue (Youth) Beaumont, Gammon, Miller and Williams - Silver in the Male Taplin (Youth) Hart - Silver in the Female Iron (Youth) Lawman, Leggett, Trebilcock and Sadberry - Bronze in the 4x50m Obstacle Relay (Open) 27 August 2024 It's an amazing start to the Championships for Team GBR - the Open Team came an impressive 5th place in SERC, and the Youth Team picked up a Bronze medal! Well done to all of you! 26 August 2024 And here are your Lifesaving Team GBR at the Opening Ceremony... 26 August 2024 Moving on to the Beach leg for the Masters today, starting with sea swims - well done to the team for great races in the surf For the GBR teams, it was Caps Presentation time! Introducing the Youth Team, Open Team and Management Team... 25 August 2024 It was a sight-seeing day for Team GBR as both the Open and Youth teams enjoyed a meal at the iconic Q1 Tower - the tallest building of the Gold Coast standing at 322.5 metres (that’s over 6 Olympic pools high!) Meanwhile, Day 2 at the Pool in the Masters events saw the Retford ladies pick up a Silver in the 4 x 25m Manikin Relay, congratulations! 24 August 2024 Nic from Retford and District Lifesavers takes home a Bronze Medal in the 50m carry - amazing work! 23 August 2024 Congratulations to the Retford and District Lifesavers Masters team for their haul of medals on the first day competing! Two Golds and a Silver in the Line Throw events is an incredible start - well done! 21 August 2024 Team GBR have displayed a high level of training despite sleepy heads and fatigued legs. The Youth Team trained beach whilst the Open headed to the 50m open-air pool. The team have quickly learnt that it's not always sunny on the Gold Coast as the heavens opened this afternoon! 20 August 2024 Team GBR have arrived in Australia and are settling into the Gold Coast ready for the next 15 days of competition! Good luck! Manage Cookie Preferences