Beacon Lifesaving Club

30/04/2026

We owe so much to John Stainer.

16 years ago, when we were searching for a path into competitive lifesaving, it was John who encouraged us to take the leap and give it a try at our branch competitions. That moment changed everything.

So much of Beacon’s success over the past 10–15 years traces back to his passion, belief, and the push he gave us to get started. His impact on our club is immeasurable.

A true legend of lifesaving - you will be deeply missed, John.

Horsham LSC sadly shares the news of the passing of John Stainer founder member of our club. After a courageous fight over the last few years with ill heath John passed peacefully yesterday morning he will be missed 

26/04/2026

Huge congrats to our pairs that took part in the Sussex Championships today at Bedes school.
Final placing in their respective age groups are as follows:
3rd - Lyra and Aimee
2nd - Lottie and Tessa, Ryan and Jamal
1st - Teddy and Sam
Many of our athletes were swimming up an age group. A fantastic result for the team! Thanks to coach Ben who also officiated for the competition.

14/04/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Huge congratulations to our lifesavers, Alfie, Marie, Isla and Harry who have been selected for the England Squad. Their hard work is paying off and so fantastic to have four on the team. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

02/04/2026

What a weekend we had in Cardiff at the SLSGB Pool Nationals.

Overall, the small Beacon team, finished an unbelievable 8th out of 23 teams in the youth section. Truly outstanding from everyone as they all also adjusted to short course rules and the technical differences with little practice.

The race results from the weekend:

50m Manikin Carry
Isla 🥉

Manikin Relay
Teia, Marie, Indigo & Isla 🥈

Line Throw
Lach & Harry 🥇

100m Manikin Carry with Fins
Harry 🥇
Isla 🥉

200m Super Lifesaver
Harry 🥇

Pool Lifesaver Relay
Isla, Marie, Harry & Lach 🥈

100m Rescue Medley
Isla 🥈

Medley Relay
Teia, Indigo, Isla & Marie 🥈

Many thanks to all of our volunteer timekeepers and to Ben for coaching us through the weekend and making sure we all arrived in the right place at the right time. 👏👏👏

29/03/2026

It’s day 2 of the Surf Lifesaving National Championships in Cardiff and we are ready to go. Distance picture to avoid the bleary eyes after losing an hour of sleep 😴 🫣💤

28/03/2026

🚙 On the road again 🚙

Team Beacon are in Cardiff this weekend for the SLSGB National Pool Championships 2026!

🛟Good luck all 🛟

16/03/2026

Our fabulous team had an amazing weekend at .

We couldn’t do it without our coaches, Ben, Bex and Paula! Thankyou for all of your support, encouragement and organisation.

A huge congratulations to all of our athletes who raced across the weekend. The club finished 4th overall in the medal table, which is an amazing achievement for a small club in Crowborough. Every single swim, relay, and effort contributed to that result.

Thank you also to all of our parents who took turns to timekeep, officiate and help on poolside. Most importantly, thank you to everyone who travelled, supported, cheered, organised, and helped make the weekend such a success.

16/03/2026

It was a super lifesaving Sunday at . Another day of fantastic teamwork, racing and cheering brought home the medals yet again:

100m Manikin Carry
17/18 Isla 🥇Alfie 🥇 Marie 🥈

100m Manikin Relay
15/18 boys 🥈

200m Medley Relay
12/14 🥉 Karla, Hannah, Lyra, Hen
15/18 🥇Teia, Elizabeth, Isla, Marie
15/18 🥇Alfie, Ben, Lach, Harry
Open 🥉Ben, Thomas, Ryan

50m Manikin Carry
12/14 Lyra 🥇
17/18 Alfie 🥇
Masters Paula 🥉

100m Manikin Tow
15/16 Ben 🥉
17/18 Alfie 🥈
30/39 Ryan 🥈

What a day! Well done to all of our athletes who gave their all over a long two days of racing.

Next up Cardiff in two weeks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿!

15/03/2026

Day 1 of saw many amazing performances for Team Beacon! The highlights included:

100m Rescue Medley
12/14 Hannah 🥉
15/16 Ben 🥉
17/18 Isla 🥈

200m Mixed Pool Lifesaver Relay
15/18 Beacon, Lach, Isla, Marie & Alfie🥈

100m Obstacles
12/14 Karla 🥉
15/16 Ben 🥇
17/18 Thomas 🥇
50/59 Paula 🥇 Kim 🥉

200m Obstacles
17/18 Isla 🥈 Alfie 🥉

200m Obstacle Relay
12/14 Beacon 🥇 Karla, Hen, Hannah & Lyra
15/18 Beacon 🥇Elizabeth, Teia, Marie, Isla
15/18 Beacon 🥇Harry, Thomas, Lach, Ben
Open Beacon 🥈Ryan, Alfie, Ben B, Thomas
170+ Beacon 🥈Paula, Kim, Adam, Andrew

Line Throw
15/16 Ben & Seb 🥉
17/18 Sam & Lach 🥉

13/03/2026

Safe travels to Team Beacon travelling to Birmingham today ready for . Get ready for a full weekend of racing. Follow live on YouTube

weekend starts now!

If you’re unable to join us in person, you can still catch all the action on our free YouTube livestream via our lifesaving sport playlist which goes live tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5NykpAc3q-GESh5vo910uJTtRN4tv-pv

Good luck to everyone competing, and safe travels to all those heading to Sandwell Aquatics Centre for the event. Don’t forget to pick up your Speeds Programme and T‑shirt from the RLSS UK Shop stand in the foyer when you arrive - we can’t wait to see you all there!

For the full event details and documents, visit www.rlss.org.uk/speeds.

25/01/2026

The final race of the weekend was the 4 x 50m medley relay – always a hotly contested event 💥

Huge well done to Ben, Harry, Alfie and Lach, who powered through to take 🥈 silver!

As the team makes their way home, they can hold their heads high with so many PBs and some seriously great racing across the weekend 👏

A massive thank you to all our helpers, and especially Emma for judging and Ben for coaching all weekend – we couldn’t run events without you 💙

Next up: National Speed Championships in March… LET’S GOOOO! 💪

25/01/2026

Double silver 🥈🥈 in the 100m Rescue Medley!
A tough event, but Isla and Ben both took it out hard and held on all the way to the wall 💪🏼
Brilliant racing in their age groups - grit, guts, and well-earned podium spots.
Well done, team! 👏🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️