GBR Lifesaving is pleased to introduce the 2019 GBR Lifesaving Squad

OPEN MALE GBR SQUAD		YOUTH MALE GBR SQUAD
Athlete	Club	Athlete	Club
David Millar	Woolacombe SLSC	Louis Spalding	Sidmouth SLSC
Steven Lewis	Portreath SLSC	Eddie Pearce	Newquay SLSC
Euan Dungavel	Gyllyngvase SLSC	Louis Garner	Portreath SLSC
Marcus Or	Hayle SLSC	Bob Whittaker	Woolacombe SLSC
Harry Halsey	Woolacombe SLSC	Ben Norton	Gyllyngvase SLSC
James Carpenter	Portreath SLSC	Thomas Trebilcock	Gyllyngvase SLSC
Ashley Lewis	Pen y Bont SLSC	Joshua Gammon	Woolacombe SLSC
Lewis Rosewell	Portreath SLSC	Jack Field	Beacon Lifeguard Club
Chris Parry	Aberavon SLSC	Sam Norton	Gyllyngvase SLSC
Jacob Friday	Hayle SLSC	Flynn Ryan	Belfast Olympia
James Blaby	Loughborough Lifesaving	Alex Jackson	Crawley Town Lifesaving
Samuel Lawman	Crawley Town	Daniel Waterfall	Rascals Lifesaving
Andrew Morley	Loughborough Lifesaving	Dylan Wisden	Pen y Bont SLSC
Richard Jagger	Crawley Town Lifesaving	Finn Dungavel	Gyllyngvase SLSC
Odhran Mallon	Crawley Town Lifesaving	Loan Evans	Pen y Bont SLSC
Samuel Kirkland	Loughborough Lifesaving

OPEN FEMALE GB SQUAD 2019		YOUTH FEMALE GB SQUAD 2019
Athlete	Club	Athlete	Club
Jasmine Mann	Pen y Bont SLSC	Rhiannah McCourt	Blyth Lifesaving
Mesha Wardman	Portreath SLSC	Amy Weston	South Worcester Lifeguard Club
Emily Corin	Hayle SLSC	Emily Field	Rascals Lifesaving
Rebecca Matthews	Leeds Phoenix	Lauren Gordon	Blyth Lifesaving
Elizabeth Scammell	Loughborough Lifesaving	Emilie Ezard	Pen y Bont SLSC
Sinead Gourley	Belfast Royal	Hannah Davidson	Sker & Pink SLSC
Zara Williams	Crawley Town Lifesaving	Rosie Boulton	Gyllyngvase SLSC
Marina Macartney	Crawley Town Lifesaving	Skye Pirie	Woolacombe SLSC
Emma Henderson		Ellie McCloy	Rest Bay SLSC
		Chantelle Buttle	Portreath SLSC
		Millie Rees	Mumbles SLSC
		Millie Wiggins	Pen y Bont SLSC
		Mia Rule	Gyllyngvase SLSC
		Meriel Clode	Pen y Bont SLSC
		Yzella Barker	Holywell SLSC
		Meg McCloy	Rest Bay SLSC
		Amelie Clode	Pen y Bont SLSC
		Evie Wong	Rhoose SLSC

The 2019 GBR Lifesaving Squad has been selected from:

those who have displayed consistently high performance
results from the 2018 season,
recent still water events and ocean tests.

The aim of the squad is to assemble the best British Lifesaving athletes who will be monitored for progress against agreed targets, can support each other through training and from which the representative GBR teams will be chosen to compete at the 2019 European Lifesaving Championships in Italy.

All Open and Youth Athletes will have declared they are willing and available to compete in Italy or they will not be eligible for the Squad
All Open and Youth Athletes must be a British Citizen / hold a British Passport and be in good standing with RLSS UK/SLSGB/SLSA Wales
Athletes must be an individual full member of SLSGB or RLSS UK, or in the case of SLSA Wales athletes, eligible by means of the Competition Rights Agreement between SLSGB and SLSA Wales.

Selection Process

The GBR teams for 2019 European Lifesaving Championships in Italy will be selected from the 2019 GBR Lifesaving squad based upon recommendations made by Selectors appointed by the One Team Steering Group.

The One Team Steering Group consists of nominated representatives from SLSGB, RLSS UK and SLSA Wales. The Selectors recommendations have been reviewed and ratified by the One Team Steering Group.

The athletes ratified will be contacted individually by the One Team Administration and will be sent a copy of the GBR Lifesaving Team budget showing the costs to compete at the 2019 European Lifesaving Championships and the athlete contribution to those costs and also an Athlete Agreement. When the signed Athlete Agreements have been received by the One Team Administration for all the athletes, selection will be confirmed and GBR Teams will be announced by the One Team Steering group.

It is important that athletes contacted and sent an agreement do not make any personal announcements in any form until the Team Announcement has been made

Selection decisions has been based on an athlete’s commitment, attitude, ability, potential and evidenced by results.

Both the Youth and the Open GBR Teams will be selected in July to allow time for athletes to raise funds and to train together.

Appeals will only be considered if the declared selection process has not been followed. Any appeal on the grounds of selectors opinion, judgement or decisions will be not be accepted.

To comply with Data Protection, it is essential that all Athletes in the squad (In the case of those under 18 – a Parent/Guardian) provide their contact details to be used for their communications with the One Team Administration [email protected] and in doing so, agree that their personal data may be used by the One Team Administration for the purposes of selection only.

Click here to download the Test Results.

Notes:

The athlete contract contains a GDPR clause to permit the One Team Administration and the 2019 Lifesaving European Championships to use the athlete’s data for the purpose of processing the athlete’s entry and the management of the event.

The One Team admin is being managed by SLSGB. Click here to see the SLSGB Privacy Policy http://www.slsgb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SLSGB-Privacy-Policy.pdf

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