Results of All-Woman Lifeguard Competition

Female lifeguards from across the province competed in eight events at the first All-Woman Beach Lifeguard Competition hosted by the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service.

The team of Nancy Witty of Wolfville and Heather Goodfellow of Halifax captured the overall team title, while Brooke Delaney of Pictou won the overall individual title.

The All-Woman Beach Lifeguard Competition included: 500-metre open-water swim; rescue tube relay; run-paddle-run; beach flags; ironwoman (run, paddle, surf-ski, swim, run); two-kilometre beach run; run-swim-run; and paddleboard relay. The event was held July 21 at Rissers Beach in Petit Riviere.

Although the all-woman format is new to Nova Scotia, such competitions have been held in the United States for more than a decade. For the past few summers, female lifeguards employed by the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service have travelled to New York to compete in the International All-Woman Lifeguard Tournament.

The Nova Scotia competition, organized by Nancy Witty, was sponsored by the Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission, the Canadian Red Cross, and the Lifesaving Society. Ms. Witty is an area supervisor for the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service.

The Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service is a joint project of the Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission and the Canadian Red Cross.

Event Winners

500-metre open-water swim - Giselle Figueiredo (Halifax) Rescue tube relay - team of Carly Lawrence (Wollongong,
Australia) and Bette Hawary (Halifax) Run-paddle-run - Nancy Witty (Wolfville) Beach flags - Nancy Witty (Wolfville) Ironwoman - Carly Lawrence (Wollongong) Two-kilometre run - Heather Goodfellow (Halifax) Run-swim-run - Heather Goodfellow (Halifax) Paddleboard relay - team of Heather Goodfellow (Halifax)
and Nancy Witty (Wolfville)

Overall Team Results

1. Nancy Witty (Wolfville) and Heather Goodfellow (Halifax)
2. Bette Hawary (Halifax) and Carly Lawrence (Wollongong)
3. Stacey Connick (Truro) and Kim Blackmore (Port au Port, Nfld.)
4. Giselle Figueiredo (Halifax) and Nicola Goudy (Halifax)
5. Jan Jensen (Dartmouth) and Sara Jennex (Dartmouth)

Overall Individual Results

1. Brooke Delaney (Pictou)
2. Kaari Hukkala (New Glasgow)
3. Jazmine Hayden (Berwick)
4. Janet Edwards (Sydney)
5. Leigh MacIntyre (Sydney)