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24.07.09 VDO Young Reporter 2nd Phuket Nipper carnival surf lifesaving carnival
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Jane-“Alex are you a good swimmer?” Alex-“Yes I am. Why do you ask?” Jane-“Well, because we are here at the Loma Park, checking out kids for their Nipper Lifesaving Carnival. Are you sure you can beat these kids?” Alex-“Wow! They are good. I’m not sure now, Let’s go check it out.” The 2nd Phuket Nipper carnival – a surf lifesaving carnival for children consisting of fun events to encourage water safety and confidence was held last Saturday 11 July at Loma Park in Patong. It was windy and cool weather typical of the monsoon season, but the boys seem to toughen up as they battled the waves under the guidance of lifeguards and Australian volunteers who came over to help to train and support the guards and kids. The girls were equally brave, and it’s a shame there weren’t more children especially foreign or tourists to join in, probably put off by the bad weather forecast. There were 6 events across 3 age groups 5-7, 8-11, 12-15 so there were plenty of chances to win with medals for first, second & third place in every event. I chatted to a little boy Daniel who participated at this event, while his father watched:
I also talked to another young contestant Jaran and his mother Jayne MacDougall, the organizer of the Nipper Lifesaving Carnival: The adult part of the Phuket Surf Lifesaving carnival 2009 was on the following Sunday 12 July also at Loma Park , co-organized with the Patong Municipality & Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort. Sponsors included Absolute Resorts, Royal Eastern Beverage company, Phuket International Hospital and Sea Fun Divers. Hopefully the youngsters’ were inspired to enter the adult races later and then who knows… “That was good to see the kids having fun and learning new skills. Maybe they’ll be good lifesavers for us in the future. This is Alex and Jayne, reporting for Andaman News. Back to the studio.
Young Reporter for Andaman News NBT TV (VHF dial) + Radio Thailand FM90.5 at 8.30am & perhaps repeats on Phuket Cable TV channel 1 at 7pm & 1am, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces & maybe Mazz Radio FM108 at 7pm in Phuket, Friday 24 July 2009 & http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/
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