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MOSSEL BAY NEWS AND VIDEO - The Mossel Bay Lifesaving Club held its annual Nippers' Championships on Sunday, 18 March at Dias Beach. The Nippers are aged 13 and under.
The Nippers did sprints, flag events, swims, run-swim-run events and board events.
Besides being good practice for the Nippers who are competing in the SA Lifesaving National Championships in Port Elizabeth from 1 April, the children also had great fun.
It was beneficial for them to compete against one another in the structured formats characteristic of the national championships.
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A group of children from KwaNonqaba who had come to watch the action were given the opportunity to take part. The MBSLC, which is a non-profit company, has the motto: "No Nipper will be turned away."
The club often includes any children who are keen to participate in its practices at Dias Beach and does its best to raise money to sponsor Nippers whose parents cannot afford the money for their children to take part.
If you would like to sponsor the Nippers going to the national championships, call the MBSLC secretary, Kotie Bosman (071 866 3062). Sponsorships are tax exempt.
The group of nippers.
Nippers is all about having confidence in the sea, but still respecting it, getting fit on the beach. learning to be a lifeguard and / or learning lifesaving as a sport. It is excellent in striving to combat the effects of the sedentary lifestyles children have today.
For a small club compared with other surf lifesaving clubs in South Africa, MBSLC does extremely well at the champs each year, bringing back medals.
Watch a video below:
Boys U8
Beach sprints 60m - Edwin Lubbe; Flags - Luke Wagner; Beach run 400m - Edwin Lubbe.
Girls U10
Beach sprints 60m, Beach run 800m, RunSwimRun - Lirika Botha; Bodyboard 60m - Anna Gräbe.
Boys U12
Beach sprints 60m - Marko Roodt; Flags - Hanie Brink; Beach run 1km - Noah Gross; Surf swim 60m - Marko Roodt; RunSwimRun - Marko Roodt; Bodyboard 60m - Marko Roodt.
Girls U12
Beach sprints, Flags, Beach run 1km, Bodyboard, RunSwimRun - Tonya Schoeman.
Boys U14
Beach sprints 60m - Ethan Filies; Flags - Ethan Filies; Beach run 1km - Browann Voster; Surf swim 60m - Rocco Calitz; RunSwimRun - James Gross; Bodyboard 60m - Rocco Calitz
Girls U14
Beach sprints 60m, Surf swim 60m, RunSwimRun, Bodyboard 60m - Chané Reinecke; Flags, Beach run (1km) - Camlin Stevens.
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