MOUNT Martha Life Saving Club is celebrating a landmark achievement after four members of its adaptive “Starfish Nippers” program competed at the 2026 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. The championships, also known as “The Aussies”, were held at North Kirra and Tugun beaches on the Gold Coast and attracted more than 7,000 competitors from 316 clubs across Australia. Destiny Grech won three gold medals in U17 Female Sprint, U17 Female 500m Run, and U17 Female Beach Flags. She also added a silver medal for the Female Wade Race. Teammates Liam Slattery and Cooper Stringer added to the award tally, with…
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A GROUP of life savers from Mordialloc and Portsea will travel to California next month to take part in an international competition.Ciara Walsh from Mordialloc LSC will join nine other Victorian volunteer lifesavers to compete in the Wieland Shield surf sports competition in July. The competition has been held in partnership between Life Saving Victoria and Los Angeles County Lifeguards since 1967 – the US and Australia host the event biannually on alternate years. The competition includes swim, board and surf ski race, surf rescue relay, beach relay, and ironman and ironwoman events.The full Australian team is Campbell Bohan, Jesse…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is set to convene a meeting with all surf lifesaving clubs on the peninsula to discuss “urgent and priority needs” to tackle a rising concern of drowning incidents. According to the shire, the Mornington Peninsula has either the highest drowning toll or close to the highest toll historically of any municipality in Victoria. Over the past year, eight people have died at Mornington Peninsula beaches and waterways. In acknowledging the alarming rate, Cr David Gill led a motion at the council’s 22 April meeting calling for council to meet with surf lifesaving clubs “because they are the…