This has been in the works for some time, but with the recent tragic drowning this takes on added significance.

Breds Treasure Beach Foundation and the Royal Life Saving Society (Jamaica) are conducting a Life Saving Course at Frenchman's Beach on April 12 - 13, 2006. The flyer is at the bottom of this post.

Here's how you can help: The cost is US$60 per participant. TBNet and Breds are asking for your help in funding local residents to take this course. Your donation will help teach people how to make the beaches of Treasure Beach safer. As the flyer says, "The life you save may be your own."

If you would like to help, contact Eric Morrison at 876-965-0748 (Jamaica) or eram2000jam@yahoo.com.

NOTE: TBNet is only helping advertise this event. We are not taking money for it. However, we are sponsoring a participant. And you should too.

Just got word from Frenchman's Beach that 32 - - YES THIRTY-TWO!! persons have shown up for the life saving course. There are representatives from Great Bay, Billy's Bay, Calabash Bay, and Frenchman's Beach.

This is great news!!!

I will have photos and a full report either later today or tomorrow.

This is great news - only postive things will come from this....

Respect to all people involved, both participants and instructors for taking time out of their lives to help others....time well spent

Big thanks must also go to all the sponsors. I will ask Eric to post a list of sponsors here so we can apprciate their support.

The life guard training held last Wednesday and Thursday was a great success. Eric, from BREDS, will be posting a list of all the participants as well as the sponsors.

I believe around 25 men ended up taking the training course. This far exceeded our expectations! It was a gruelling two day training course where the participants had to run up and down the beach several times, stretch, and swim, and swim, and swim. The point being, if you are not in shape, you cannot save someone else and may risk your own life.

They were taught various methods of saving someone depending on whether you are approaching a conscious or unconscious victim, age of victim, etc. They were also taught how to resuscitate someone after pulling them out. This was a very thorough course. Kudos to the trainers!

And I am happy to report that both yesterday and today (holidays here) there are two trained TB life guards posted on Frenchman's Beach and will be posted next Sunday as well.

Thanks to BREDS for coordinating this training course. Thanks to the sponsors for making it all possible. And thanks to the participants for helping make TB safer.

Please see photos in the photo gallery.

Breds The Treasure Beach Foundation would like to thank all the sponsors of the Life Saving Course.

The course was conducted over two days and the participants were provided with food and refreshment.

Forty-two persons registered to do the course. However, only thirty-six persons completed it. Twenty-five persons successfully achieved the Life Saving Certificate and they are:

Jace Swaby, Collimore Ebanks, Dale Ebanks, Dennis Abrahams, Jason Gordon, Javin Myrie, Ken Trenchfield, Lorenzo Taylor, Lennox Coke, Nickell Hill, Naaman Parchment, Oshane Dennis, Rajiv Williams, Raydon McPherson, Richard Parchment, Rick Dillon, Roshane Dennis, Sanjay Myrie, Ted Parchment, Troy Hill, Walden Clarke, Vinton Moxam, Eric Stewart, Gregory Sinclair and Keraldo McPherson.

Nine persons received a certificate of participation. They are:

Allen Daley, Joseph Brown, Leandy Clarke, Lloyd Taylor, Michael Taylor, Pete Campbell, Ritchie Parchment, Talian James, and Lloyd Elliot.

Currently, we have eight persons who rotate working on Frenchman's Beach on Sundays and Public Holidays between the hours of 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. Two persons work on the days mentioned.

We are currently organizing the persons who were successful in the Life Saving Course to do the Life Guard Examination.

With your help and other sponsors we were able to raise a total of J$112,000.00. The sponsors are:

Driftwood Villa
Sparkling Waters Villas
Doubloon Villa
TB.Net
Cacona Beach Cottage
Peter and Helen Hughes
Christine and Jack Bailey
Rainbow Tree & Rainbow Point Villas
Lyric Villa
Meredith Bryant
Villa Ja Ja
Treasure Tours
Blue Marlin Villa

Persons who have committed to give are:

Stacie Evans
Vikings House
Sunset Resort
Von Zwisohn
Folichon Villa

We will also be purchasing life saving equipment so that the Life Savers will be able to save the lives of persons in difficulty whilst swimming.

We plan to expand this project to all the other beaches in Treasure Beach.

Once again we thank all our sponsors and look forward to your continued support in the furure.

Eric Morrison
Project Manager
Breds The Treasure Beach Foundation
Email: info@breds.org
Tel: 876-965-0748

Just want to congratulate all the lads that took part in the life saving course,especialy my brother Ken Trenchfield weldone bro.Keep up the good work lads we needed life guards long time.



Kathleen,Micheal& children

Well done to all who completed the course, showing great commitment and admirable physical fitness.
Congratulations to all but especially my brother-in-law, Walden Clarke. I know for a fact that he has pulled people from the sea many times before but I am happy that he and all the others have had the opportunity to acquire accredited life-saving skills. Well done to those who organised the training and of course the sponsors. Thank you all very much.

well done all
especially to two of my favorite young men in tb
oshane and roshane dennis
i guess swimming with you will never be the same now

Big up yourselves Troy Hill, Wally Clarke & Raydion Macpherson - Nuff respect to you guys - hope to see you all on Frenchmans when I'm next in JA.

Also, message to Barbara Clarke - could you please say hi to Nehru for me - tell him we spoke in The Devonshire Arms on New Years Eve 2004/2005 - the lady that told him that his brother (Wally) always said I should go and say hi to his brother the next time I was in Cambridge.

Gill