Rookies: Learn Water Safety Through Fun (Ages 8+)

Our Rookie Squad is ideal for younger swimmers who’ve already completed Swim IrelandLevel 7 (or equivalent). These sessions help children develop strong swimming technique, water safety awareness, and emergency response skills.
They’ll learn:
• Lifesaving techniques like rope throws, carries, and CPR
• Basic first aid and communication skills
• Environmental awareness and beach safety
• How to stay calm and react safely in water emergencies
All taught through games, challenges, and teamwork — making learning active and fun!

Junior Stingrays & Senior Stingrays: Advanced Lifesaving & Fitness for Teens
The Stingray Squads are our intermediate and advanced lifesaving groups for older or more experienced youths.
Stingrays continue to build on their pool-based fitness and swimming technique while learning
more complex rescue skills.
They’ll develop:
• Efficient, real-world rescue response
• Use of rescue boards and rescue tubes
• Identifying risks such as rip currents and beach hazards
• CPR, first aid, and lifesaving communication
• Weather reporting, tides, and environmental factors. These sessions prepare our Stingrays for open water challenges and lifeguard progression.
Open Water Lifesaving Training in Fenit – Summer Only
In July and August, we take our Rookies and Stingray Squads to the beautiful waters of Fenit
Beach, where swimmers get the chance to apply their skills in open water.
• Rookies practise safe open water swimming, CPR refreshers, tides, and environmental
awareness.
• Stingrays extend their training with longer swims, rescue board work, equipment
handling, and real rescue scenarios.
Only swimmers who’ve trained with us in the pool from September to May can join our open water sessions.
We wrap up summer with a fun, friendly lifesaving challenge event – full of relays, rescues, and team competitions to celebrate all they’ve achieved.

From Pool to Professional: Pathway to RLSS NVBLQ
Our Stingrays are perfectly placed to move on to the National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NVBLQ) 16 years+ – the gold standard in beach lifeguarding in Ireland and theUK. We run NVBLQ courses twice a year, during the October mid-term and Easter break.
With the strong foundation built in our squads, many of our teens go on to become confident, capable lifeguards helping to keep Ireland’s beaches safe each summer.

Join the Squad
Interested in lifesaving training for your child?
Want to give them the tools to be confident in thewater, develop leadership, and maybe even start a path towards becoming a beach lifeguard?

Get in touch today to ask about availability in our Rookies or Stingrays squads – we’d love to
have your young swimmer on board!