Golden Hawk Athletics & Recreation - Hawks to represent Canada

Hawks to represent Canada
Former swimmer Brittany Shaw and Athletics Associate Director Pat Kitchen members of Canadian delegation

OTTAWA (October 24, 2012) - Over 130 Canadians are travelling to Adelaide, Australia for Rescue 2012, the World Lifesaving Championships and International Lifesaving Federation General Assembly. ?

Canada has a 24 member national senior and youth team, interclub teams from Alberta, Nova Scotia and Alberta/NWT, masters athletes, as well as 12 officials. ?Wilfrid Laurier graduate, Brittany Shaw, 2011 Commonwealth Lifesaving gold medal winner will be competing at this her second world championships and local Region of Waterloo swimmer Margot Cunningham joins Brittany on the national team. ?The full Canadian delegation will be supported by Chef de mission, Patricia Kitchen, Laurier's Associate Director: Recreation and Facilities.?

Rescue 2012 is hosted by Surf Lifesaving Society Australia on behalf of the International Life SavingFederation. To date, over 4,000 participants are registered for Rescue 2012 which has the following scope of events:

- 5 World Lifesaving Championships: National Teams, Interclub, Masters, Surfboat, and IRB in the following events: swimming, simulated emergency rescue, Ironman / Ironwoman, surf-ski, board, beach sprints, beach flags, surf boats and IRB
- ILS Meetings: Board of Directors, Commissions, Committees
- ILS Gala Dinner

The International Life Saving Federation is the world authority in the global effort to prevent drowning. ILS leads, supports and collaborates with national life saving organizations to improve drowning prevention, water safety, water rescue, lifesaving, lifeguarding and lifesaving sport. ILS is a non-profit, nonpolitical, non-religious, worldwide lifesaving sport and humanitarian organisation.

The Lifesaving Society- Canada's lifeguarding expert - works to prevent drowning through its training programs, Water Smart drowning prevention education, water-incident research, aquatic safety management services and lifesaving sport. The Lifesaving Society represents Canada in the ILS. The Society is the Canadian governing body for lifesaving sport - a sport recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation.

For more information including competition results and to track the Canadian teams, visit http://www.rescue2012.com.au/ and http://www.lifesavingsport.ca/

Source: http://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=6260

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