PROUD SPONSORS OF LIFESAVING SA Annual Report 2018 VISION Lifesaving South Africa is the National Authority in the effort to prevent drowning and the promotion and delivery of Lifesaving Sport in building an active and winning lifesaving sporting nation in South Africa. MISSION Lifesaving South Africa is the National Association for Lifesaving and Lifesaving Sport in South Africa. In these roles Lifesaving South Africa leads, supports and partners with national and international organisations committed to drowning prevention, water safety supervision, emergency response and sport. CORPORATE SPONSORS Affiliation INDEX 1-2 Presidents Report Dylan Tommy 3 Head Office Report Helen Herbert 4 Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation SA Gavin Varejes & Ryk Neethling 4 Lifesaving Committee Grant Breetzke 5 Message from The Sponsor Ian Langlands 5-6 Drowning Prevention Commission Dhaya Sewduth 7-8 Sport Committee Peter Odendaal 9-15 Finance Report & Annual Financial Statement Bruce Roberts 16 Watersmart In Deon Woodley 17 Gauteng Provincial Lifesaving Association Remembrance Deon Tucker 17 Gauteng North Lifesaving Lifesaving South Africa celebrates the Bennie Bezuidenhout life and acknowledges the passing of 17 Jozi Lifesaving Mike Gamble members who were part of our family. 18 Lifesaving Western Cape Mziwoxolo Mayedwa Clem Gutsche - Llandudno 19 Cape Town District Brian Sturman Max Walters - Suncoast Pirates 20 Eden District Kenneth Barrett - False Bay Gerald De Jager 20 North West Lifesaving Doug Notten - Fish Hoek Jennifer Taylor 21 Freestate Lifesaving Tony Abe Walters - Umhlanga Rocks Mornay Pretorius Mike Groom - Umhlanga Rocks 22 Lifesaving Eastern Cape Dave Bamber 22 Lifesaving Nelson Mandela Bay Earl Ingram 23 OR Tambo District Riches Mndiyata 23-24 Lifesaving KwaZulu Natal Mike Raubenheimer 24 International Lifesaving Sport Commission Jelle Meintsma 25-26 Bravery Awards Stanford Slabbert 27-28 Annual Awards 29-30 Membership Statistics 31-32 Rescue & First Aid Statistics 33 Award Statistics 34 Drowning Statistics 35 LSA Committees and Sub Committees 35-36 Partners Photography: Top Photo, Action Photography & various contributors Design & Layout: Realtime Media - www.realtimemedia.co.za 1 President’s Report Dylan Tommy - President INTRODUCTION What remains a concern is the low percentage of black members who compete in our national championship, Management I am extremely honoured to present the 2018 Lifesaving especially at Nipper level. We have however seen some Board Members South Africa annual report, because in my opinion this past positives from our partnerships with organisations like year was the most significant year in the recent history Waves for Change and EcoActive with a number of these of lifesaving in South Africa. During the past 10 years we children joining our clubs. We are hoping that we will see have made great strides as an organisation and have seen them competing this coming season. We are also hoping many positive achievements. This past year stands out as our partnership with the Princess Charlene of Monaco the most significant because, it was the first time after 34 Foundation and the role out of the learn to swim programme years of unification of the two lifesaving disciplines that will see many children from previously disadvantaged areas all our members competed together in a single lifesaving joining our movement. championships. MEMBERS Vice President This past year was also significant because the property Allen Pembroke During this financial year over R3m was spent on various known as Surf House was finally legally transferred to projects and events which directly benefited our members, Lifesaving South Africa. clubs, districts and/or provinces. These projects and events STRATEGIC REVIEW were made possible through funding received from the National Lottery, Sport & Recreation South Africa and General I would like to highlight some of the most important strategic Tire South Africa. objectives where pleasing progress has been made: LSA is still committed to establishing a lifesaving club in • We have continued to set up and maintain partnerships every district and I once again urge our provincial chairman with The Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation, the to assist in finding opportunities to establish clubs in the Director of Sport Director of Finance Leisure and Recreation Association of South Africa districts where we do not have a presence. Bruce Roberts Peter Odendaal (LARASA), the Department of Basic Education, WESSA, uShaka Marine World and Waves for Change, I would like to thank all our committee members at provincial, district and club level for their hard work in keeping things • Our list of associate members continues to grow and running smoothly. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed. now includes: the NSRI, EcoActive Sports & Adventures, the Grootbos Foundation, Macleod Swim School, Royal DROWNING PREVENTION Lifesaving Lesotho, Lifesaving Botswana, Sea Rescue Institute of Namibia, St Andrews School (Malawi) and the The Western Cape Water Safety Strategy which was a South African Lifeguard Corporation collaborative project by many stakeholders including LSA, • Work on the new database is well on track and we are has been completed. This strategy was also approved by the Director of Lifesaving Director of Drowning now starting the App development stage, Western Cape Provincial Cabinet and we have been invited to Grant Breetzke Prevention be part of the task team which will oversee the roll out of this Dhaya Sewduth • Our talent identification programme is well on track and strategy. This strategy and its roll out will serve as template we are seeing good growth in our talent pool, to replicate in the rest of the provinces, which will hopefully • Our mascot, ‘Resci’ has been trademarked, lead to a national strategy. • We continued to develop our Watersmart schools drowning prevention programme, During this financial period, we reached 18 000 learners • Our audience on social media platforms, Facebook, with our classroom based Watersmart drowning prevention Twitter & Instagram continue to grow, programme. I would like to thank Deon Woodley and his team of facilitators for their excellent work with this programme. • We established partnerships with SuperSport and Sport24, which has resulted in features in newspapers Our Director of Drowning Prevention, Dhaya Sewduth, Member Member and magazines, as well as television, continues to engage with SALGA and the Department of Louise Erasmus Marius Oosthuizen SC • Our membership is still growing steadily and we continue Basic Education to improve drowning prevention awareness to see increases in the number of examinations and education at school and municipal level. Dhaya and his conducted, committee have also been very busy with the planning for • Lastly the Western Cape Water Safety Strategy, which WCDP 2019 which we will host in Durban during 2019. LSA played a leading role in developing was approved by I would like to thank Dhaya, his committee, all the clubs and the Western Cape provincial cabinet. members for all the work that has been put into drowning prevention over the last year. it is fantastic to see the all TRANSFORMATION AND the new developments and the number of clubs who are DEVELOPMENT now actively running drowning prevention programmes. Member Member Trevor Martin Warren Prins In terms of our total membership, 30% are female and 34% are black. These percentages show slight increases in both LIFESAVING PATROLS demographic areas. In order to fast track transformation and development at grassroots level we have for the first time Our clubs continue to render a vital voluntary service to the implemented a transformation score card at club level. The public at various beaches and other aquatic facilities through board strongly believes this initiative will greatly contribute to the country. These duties continue to be performed very the transformation and growth of lifesaving in South Africa. successfully in spite of the lack of facilities and support from local authorities in many cases. During the past year, a total In terms of growth we have seen an increase in total of 130 725 duty hours were completed by our members, membership from 7290 in 2016 to 7327 in 2017 to our 2398 rescues were performed and first aid was provided to current membership total of 7473. Although it is small Member Athletes Representative 12 130 people. Chantal Smalberger Matthew Bouman increases each year, it is extremely positive that we are able to attract new people into our clubs. President’s Report 2 During this season we trained additional lifeguards for our LIFESAVING SPORT During May 2018, I was honoured to be appointed as a Air Sea Rescue programme. We currently have a small group trustee of the Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth and of lifeguards working in partnership with Air Mercy Services, This past year we had national teams compete at the I continue to serve as ILS Vice-President for Southern Africa. NSRI and Western Cape Metro Rescue to provide an Air Sea International Surf Rescue Challenge in New Zealand, the LSA continues to play a leading role in Africa and the Rescue service in the Cape Town area. This committee will Sanyo Cup in Japan, German Cup in Germany and Orange Commonwealth, by providing support and advise other continue to look at expanding the service into other areas Cup in The Netherlands. We achieved some great results African countries. LSA hosted a very successful African where helicopters are available for such a service. at these events and we are pleased with the progress our Leaders Workshop and the Commonwealth Festival of athletes are making. As a result of our continued commitment to this noble cause, Lifesaving in August 2017. The workshop saw delegates many families have been spared the loss of a loved one. Here are some of the highlights of our international season: from ten African countries attending a project management I would therefore like to extend my sincere gratitude to all • The junior and senior men’s beach relay teams winning workshop, which was presented by various members from our volunteer lifeguards, the club administrators who make at the ISRC, our organisation.