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Fermoy Leisure Centre, Tel: 025-33272 Fax:
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PLAY SAFE...BE SAFE...TAKE A WATER
SAFETY COURSE :-
WHAT IS IT???
Water Safety is the
information needed to survive in water yourself or to save a life should you
come across an incident. There are various levels of water safety depending on
your ability. The Course starts off with Personal Safety Level then the Personal
Survival techniques on to the Rescue stages. So if you want to learn
personal survival techniques or to get a Lifeguarding or Beach guarding
Qualification contact the Centre today to find out when the next course is due
to take place.
There are Courses held for
both Adults & Children. The min. age requirement for children is 11 years
old. Generally speaking there are two 10 week courses run during the year and
one Water Safety Week run in the Summer. For further info. please contact the
Area Rep. John O’ Hara on 085-1353657 or Mary Dennehy on 086/3992956. Next Course organised for the 12th
Feb. 2009 from 6-8pm. Register on
the night. All levels catered for
(depending on the numbers interested).
Talks & Demo’s on all aspects of Water Safety given to groups
& schools free of charge.
Contact John at the tel. no. above for further details.
Irish Water Safety P.A.W.S.
Programme:-
The I.W.S.
Primary Aquatics Water Safety programme is running in Fermoy Swimming Pool on
an ongoing basis. PAWS (Primary Aquatics Water Safety) was
developed specifically for schools to incorporate all aspects of Aquatics on
the Primary School Physical Education Curriculum. PAWS is a programme that
enables teachers to certify their pupils with nationally recognised awards in
waster safety both through the school and local swimming pool. The main aim of PAWS is to significantly
reduce the number of our young people lost to drowning each year by increasing
our children’s awareness of water.
By booking Fermoy for your school swimming you can participate in this
great programme too!
PAWS is the fastest growing Irish Water Safety
Programme with over 1,000 certificates being issued to pupils nationwide in
2008. Don’t be left behind
– find out more on www.iws.ie
or by calling 1890 420 202. You can
also contact Caroline Casey of
Fermoy Leisure Centre for further details 025-33272.
Do you want to become a Pool or Beach
Life Guard?
If so please contact Fermoy
Leisure Centre on 025-33272. These
courses are run annually (depending on no’s).
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FERMOY SWIMMING CLUB
Fermoy has a thriving
Swimming Club operating out of Fermoy Leisure Centre. There is a
very friendly and welcoming atmosphere within the Club and all the Coaches and
Officials of the Club are always delighted to welcome new members. The
Club Swimmers are graded A, B and C.
We also run Swim Fit and
Beginner Training Sessions. Training takes place in Fermoy Swimming Pool
where we have a number of Sessions per Week. Swimmers participate in various
Galas throughout the year and have had great success. Contact Donal
Clancy, Club Chairman for further details on 086-2470801.
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