Strand Starfish nippers

Strand Starfish nippers is back for 2024.... A little rain didn't worry these legends.

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Townsville Picnic Bay Surf Lifesaving Club, Arcadian Surf Life Saving Club , Starfish Nippers - Australia ,

Dates for the upcoming season! Get excited the next season of Strand Starfish nippers is just around the corner…. ALL AGES WELCOME! To sign up and get involved either message the numbers below or email address! Exciting things to come for this season, always looking for trainers and participants to join. Look forward to hearing from everyone! 🌊

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟

The new season of the Starfish Nippers program is just around the corner, and we couldn't be more thrilled! Tune into ABC North Queensland tomorrow morning at 8am with Ross and Jack who will be discussing the upcoming season including key dates.

This amazing program has a profound and positive impact on everyone involved. From our incredible Starfish Nippers and their families to our dedicated volunteers and trainers, the benefits are endless.

Get ready for another fantastic season of learning, growth, and fun! 🏖️✨

Some epic shots of Aiden Browning!! Well done mate you smashed all your goals and had heaps of fun doing it! Started training a couple months ago and it really showed down in Mooloolaba! Super excited for next year! More photos to come! If you are keen to get involved in strand starfish nippers the upcoming season starts in August. Reach out to the email or phone number at the top of the page!!…

Our very own Aiden Browning!! Well done to everyone who competed in the first annual adaptive events!! It was a great success! Thanks to Renee and Greg and the rest of the Townsville starfish crew for all the ongoing support! Can’t wait for the next year!!

📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=849489980516513&id=100063665571387&mibextid=cr9u03

A 21-year-old Townsville man is making junior surf lifesaving more inclusive for children with disabilities. Find out how 🏖️👉 https://bit.ly/3NaOpfV

Last session on tomorrow morning the 5th of November for the year… look forward to seeing everyone there!! 8:15 for an 8:30am start down at the Picnic Bay surf life saving club. 🌊🌊

Strand Starfish nippers

Hey Strand Starfish nippers, 🏄‍♀️🏊🚣‍♀️we're looking forward to seeing you back on the beach 🏖for our next Strand Starfish nippers 💙on Sunday 5th November. ~Ross

The new boards have arrived for our next strand starfish nippers on the 5th of November . Thank you rotary sunrise and the port of townsville for all your support …

Starfish Nippers Australia, the life saving skills program designed for children and young adults with a disability 6 years and older.

The program aims to give young people with disabilities beach safety and water awareness skills.

“We believe every young person deserves to have access to the SLSA Nippers program. The Starfish program allows all young people to be part of a nippers program where they can learn critical beach skills while having fun and learning important life skills such as teamwork.

Started in 2011 by volunteers at the Anglesea SLSC, the Starfish Nippers program successfully operates alongside our club’s popular Age Group Nippers program. This innovative and important program has now been taken up by around 20 clubs across Australia.”

The program caters for students with numerous disabilities including Autism, Asperger’s and Down Syndrome and so on.

WHAT IS STARFISH NIPPERS?
Starfish Nippers is a modified and structured nippers program for all abilities that runs alongside a club’s Age Group Nippers program and focuses on beach and water safety and awareness and promotes inclusion and diversity. It features modified Nippers beach and water activities such as games, running, beach flags, wading, swimming and boards as well as activities with the club’s Age Group Nippers. The program is run entirely by volunteers at lifesaving clubs around Australia

WHO IS IT FOR?
The program is designed for young people aged 6 years and above with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities and learning difficulties, and can be modified to suit an individual participant’s needs so everyone can be included.

Run entirely by volunteers at a number of Life Saving Clubs around Australia, the program ensures that students with disabilities and their parents can be involved with surf skills and lifesaving like their siblings, friends and others on the beach.