Aberavon Beach plays host to European Lifesaving Championships!

This is the first time ever that the Championships have been held in Wales with a full programme of events scheduled over the two weeks.

The first event to be held at Aberavon Beach on Wednesday 5th August is the Ocean training day between 8am and 4pm, with the Beach and Ocean events being held on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th from 8am to 6pm.

It’s free to spectate and beach events feature challenges such as the beach sprint, beach sprint relay, beach flags, a “Knock Out” heat event and beach run.

Highlights of the ocean events include surf race, surf team race, board race, board relay, ski race, ski relay, oceanman/oceanwoman, taplin relay (oceanman/oceanwoman relay), tube rescue, board rescue and run-swim-run.

There is a Competition Village of Marquees between the Lifeguard Station and Remo’s Restaurant. The village comprises of eating areas, cooking areas, meeting rooms, portable toilets and medal presentation areas. A range of souvenirs are also available from the trade stands in this area.

Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, Councillor Ali Thomas OBE said:
“I am delighted that the European Lifesaving Championships has chosen Aberavon Beach as one of the main venues for its first ever visit to Wales.

“Aberavon Seafront has benefitted from a series of developments in recent years, including a new skateboard park, the sunken gardens, the toddler play area and the adventure playground. All of these things combined with 5km of golden sand make Aberavon beach an attraction it its own right and the Championships will provide an excellent opportunity to showcase the area to visitors from the 17 countries taking part.”