The Trigg Island Youth division comprises the Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19 age groups. This is an important transition period from the Junior division to the Senior and open divisions of the club.  The Under 15’s groups consists of  youth in the 14-15 year age group  with some activities including the Junior Divisions Under 14 group to further assist the transition to the Senior Club. The Trigg Island club provides a range of training, education, competition and social opportunities for all our Youth members.

Lifesaving & Education

Formal lifesaving training starts at 13 years of age with the Surf Rescue Certificate (SRC) and once completed our new lifesavers are allocated to one of the Trigg Island Beach Patrols and guided in further “on the beach” training by our more experienced lifesavers. At the age of 15 our Youth can complete their Bronze Medallion and once completed there is a large range of opportunities and training to further advance your lifesaving skills. Many of our Youth discover the skills learned in Bronze and lifesaving training are well sort after in the work place and are a distinct advantage in getting the best summer vacation jobs.  For additional information regarding the opportunities and advantages of obtaining life saving skills see education.

Competition & Training

In the Youth age groups the competition arena expands with the introduction of long boards, surf skis, surf boat rowing, and IRB (inshore rescue boats, winter comp only) racing. Lifesaving events such as the traditional Rescue and Resuscitation competition, plus first aid and champion patrol competitions become available to our Youth members.

During this transition period our youth members will be exposed to all the competition areas but will tend to specialist in one or more disciplines or simply become patrolling member and use the competition training to maintain a fit and healthy lifestyle. 

Our competition season typically runs from the beginning of October to Early April cumulating in the Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships on the Gold Coast in Queensland. The season has several interclub competitions at different beaches on both Saturday and Sundays with the State Championships in early March.

Trigg Island provides structure training in all the surf lifesaving discipline via well experienced club members with Australian Surf Coaching Accreditation.

For more information see the surf sports section.

Youth Management Structure

The Trigg Island Youth division is guided by the Youth Committee with input from the Trigg’s Board of Management plus the Lifesaving, Education and Surf Sports divisions. All our managers are parents of Youth members and have the roll of guiding our young members through the various pathways to become successful surf lifesavers and surf sports competitors.

2010 /2011 Youth Committee

Several Youth orientated events run throughout the season which relies heavily on help from parents of the Youth members. We encourage our Youth parents to become involved through both direct management on the beach or just to support the various competition, lifesaving and social events through out the season.