Nipper Events

Nipper Events can be divided into two groups – beach events and water events.

Beach events include:

• Beach races: running over a set distance in the sand.
• Flags: lying flat on the sand, then getting up and running a short distance to grasp a length of hose standing in the sand. The event is run over a number of rounds with a child eliminated each round until there is an eventual winner.
• Beach Relays: teams of four run a relay over similar distances to beach races.
• Surf Wade: running through shallow water around a supervised course (usually for younger age groups)
• Games: beach activities that promote fun and playing together as a team.

Water events include:

• Surf swim: swimming from the beach, around a set of buoys and back to the beach.
• Board race: similar to the swim, but paddling boards around the course.
• Run-swim-run: a race combining two sprints along the beach, separated by a swim leg.
• Iron Nipper: a race involving running on the sand, swimming and paddling a board around a set course.
• Board relay: a team of three/four paddle their boards in turn around the course
• Cameron relay: a four person relay involving a surf swim, board race and two beach sprints.
• Board rescue: a two person team. One person swims to a designated buoy and is then ‘rescued’ by the board paddler. Both Nippers must then paddle back to shore on the same board.

Surf Education

Hampton Life Saving Club Nippers also participate in the Surf Life Saving Australia Junior Development Program which is structured to provide a continual development of surf awareness throughout the Nipper age groups. Following the Junior Development Program, participants should have a good awareness of beach hazards such as waves and rips, and also have a basic knowledge of resuscitation and basic first aid.

All this information is current at the time of posting, however things do change and we ask you to bear this in mind. Any changes to dates or routines will be advised by email to all Nipper families. The Hampton Life Saving Club Newsletter is also an important way to stay informed of what is happening, these will be emailed to all members and a hard copy will be pinned on the notice board in the clubhouse.