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A Red Arrows Hawk aircraft pulls up from a dive during at the Salthill Airshow. Sunday 6 July 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet. A Red Arrows Hawk aircraft pulls up from a dive during at the Salthill Airshow. Sunday 6 July 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet.

The Vixen Break at the end of the Red Arrows display. In the background is LE Ciara (Irish Naval Service) and the Clare mountains in the distance. Photo: Joe Desbonnet The Vixen Break at the end of the Red Arrows display. In the background is LE Ciara (Irish Naval Service) and the Clare mountains in the distance. Photo: Joe Desbonnet

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A labrador watches the sunset at Salthill, Sunday 6 April 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet A labrador watches the sunset at Salthill, Sunday 6 April 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet

Claddagh at night. Photo: Joe Desbonnet Claddagh at night. Photo: Joe Desbonnet

Irish Water Safety Awareness Week & Children's Competition

Irish Water Safety Awareness Week & Children's Competition

galway.net , 26 May 2003

Competition

Captain Birds Eye is offering you the chance for you and your family to win a day trip to the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin 15. Prize includes an overnight stay at The Berkeley Court, including breakfast. 5 Trips must be won.

How to enter:

1. Simply draw a picture of a pirate ship

2. Answer the following question: What protective item must you always wear while in a boat?

3. All entries must include the following details: Name, address, telephone number, date of birth and be accompanied by a parent or guardians signature.

4. Send entries to: Captain Birds Eye / Irish Water Safety Competition, PO Box 3606, Dublin 4 by June 20th 2003. Winners will be notified by 4th July 2003.

5. Terms and conditions apply which can be found on www.iws.ie.

*For further statistical analysis of drownings in Ireland and information on water safety and training for your family, check out the Associations website, www.iws.ie

With the summer bathing season just around the corner, Irish Water Safetys National Water Safety Awareness Week, in association with Captain Birds Eye is highlighting the importance of learning to be safe in, on and around water.

Between Monday 26th May and the June 2nd Bank Holiday, Irish Water Safety asks everybody to bring water safety in to their homes and ensure that all members of their families are made aware of the risks surrounding water. We had 62 accidental drownings in Ireland last year and alarmingly, eighty-six children aged fourteen and under drowned accidentally in the last ten years*, so we particularly call on parents to ensure children know how to behave around water.

Children are naturally curious around water be it a slurry pit, a bucket or open water and an awareness campaign targeting children will air on national and local radio throughout the week. In supporting our aim to target children, Captain Birds Eye, being the wise seafarer that he is has plenty of tips for children off to the beach or pool for a splash up -

  • Young children should not be allowed near water unsupervised

  • Ensure other members of the family can swim and have adequate water confidence to save themselves if they do fall in to the water

  • All members of the family should wear a lifejacket whenever they are engaged in Aquatic Activities and pursuits.

  • Ensure that all the family have suitable protective clothing, as the commonest cause of drowning is incapacitation caused by the cold.

Swim safely with Captain Birds Eye and arrange your swimming and water safety week camps for the summer ahead. Irish Water Safety has an extensive summer programme of swimming and water safety courses at rivers, lakes and beachfronts throughout Ireland, commented Frank Nolan, Chairman Irish Water Safety.

No matter what aquatic activity or pursuit that you or your family are involved in we recommend that you get appropriate and relevant training.

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