To add your child to the Nipper Waiting List
- Please navigate to our Perranporth SLSC Cloud
- Here you can setup an account in your name
- From there you can add a linked account for your child
- Select the Nipper Waiting List category and checkout (£0)
We are currently working hard to update the way we manage our Nipper Waiting List. We will make the proces as easy as possible, transparant and we will optimise communication with you so you know what you can expect.
We completely understand that as a parent this is crucial.
For Nipper Membership Enquiries…
Contact: The Nipper Manager Melanie Munialo
e: melanie.munialo@perranporthslsc.org.uk
Some general information
Our Club’s Nipper section includes over 100 children. As a Nipper your child will be taught surf safety, basic lifesaving skills and surf and beach sports (wading, surf swimming, board-paddling, beach flags, beach sprints and relays). The emphasis is on fun in a friendly environment. During the winter months we also run lifesaving training sessions in the swimming pool at Newquay’s Waterworld.
We have an “It’s the taking part that counts” attitude to the various surf lifesaving competitions in which our Nipper teams participate – no child is pushed to compete but we certainly encourage them to do so. We will of course support any child who is willing to represent the club at competitions as best we can. The children also work towards various National Surf Safety Awards, which include both sports and lifesaving elements.
The children are divided into groups according to ability or age, organised by an Age Manager who is also in charge of discipline, whilst each session is run by coaches. If you have any problems please speak to your Age Manager.
New and non-competent children must wear an orange vest, supplied by the club, over their wetsuits. This is for easy identification until they are sufficiently competent.
Running training sessions for large groups of children requires effort and commitment by the adults involved. We encourage all Nipper parents to help out during the sessions for two key reasons: safety and enjoyment. Some Nipper parents, who became involved with our club through their children, are now national champions in surf lifesaving sports and qualified lifeguards.
- Children must be accompanied to and from the clubhouse session and signed in and out by a parent/ carer.
- Children will need to bring to each session:
Water – swimming costume, a full length wetsuit
Beach – shorts, T-shirt - Club hats are used to identify members in the sea and must be worn during training sessions.