Canberra children growing up hundreds of kilometres away from the coastline are able to participate in the popular Nippers program thanks to Broulee Surfers SLSC determination and desire to make beach education a priority.
This award winning Nippers program has been enthusiastically embraced by surf lifesavers and the wider community earning acclaim as the 2018 Surf Life Saving Australia Community Program of the Year.
Canberra/Broulee Nippers is part of Broulee Surfers Surf Life Saving Club, a club dedicated to the safety of the public at the beach, including training around 140 potential life savers of the future in Canberra.
Nippers is run by volunteers, mainly the parents of Nippers. Nippers is a great program for active families, as it allows the whole family to get involved in a fun and healthy lifestyle.
Nippers is not a ‘drop and run’ activity: Every Nipper is required to have a parent / guardian in attendance to help with supervision, setting up gear, BBQing and leading activities (we provide parents with training where required).
We train at the Canberra Olympic Pool in Civic, with approximately every third week away at Broulee or one of the three Nipper carnivals held during the season. The season is in the warmer months, during ACT school terms 4 and 1 with a break over the school holidays.
Nippers requires a lot of parental involvement and weekends away, to develop the Nippers lifesaving skills in the ocean and pool.
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02 4471 6657 (Summer weekends)
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