FINGAL Bay Surf Life Saving Club has some Nippers that have recently stepped up into leadership roles.

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The club’s new Junior Club Captains for the 2020/2021 season are Liam Pietraszek and Charlize Slade with Vice Captain Campbell Stewart.

Nipper Ambassadors Noah Worrall and Finn Hurley were also appointed.

Jennifer Slade of the Fingal Bay Surf Life Saving Club told News Of The Area, “The club is very proud of all our new Surf Life Savers and the Nippers who have stepped up into leadership roles.

“Education is important, making sure people swim between the flags simply saves lives, it allows the volunteers to focus their activities in an area which is safe in the surf,” she said.

In other news, Under 14’s Nippers have now completed their final assessment for their Surf Rescue Certificate and are now Fingal’s newest patrolling lifesavers.

There are over 20,000 volunteer surf life savers in NSW all committed to assisting members of the public safely enjoy our beaches.

129 Surf Life Saving Clubs patrol our beaches and create safe places for us to swim every summer.

They also work with our youth to learn positive skills through the Nippers program.

There are dedicated volunteers that perform water rescues and there is a growing number of volunteers that assist with activities on the sand.

So, if being in the water is not your thing, there is still a place to volunteer within a surf life saving club.

Across NSW volunteers can learn to save lives as a First Aider on the beach or join the eyes in the sky team to patrol the water as a UAV operator or pilot.

Surf Life Saving Clubs are always looking for people to help with quick tasks and short-term volunteering such as an event photographer, historian or joining the gear and equipment team.

By Marian SAMPSON