FISTRAL BEACH | 30 MAY
When a powerboat flipped during a ThunderCat race, its rider was briefly knocked out. Her lifejacket kept her afloat until lifeguards arrived and, suspecting a spinal injury, they swiftly secured her to the sled of their rescue watercraft and got her to the beach. Lifeguard Supervisor Lewis Timson says: ‘The lifeguards immobilised her until race paramedics took over and they all carried her to the ambulance on the rescue sled. It was a good team effort.’