Chief Referee and Deputy Chief Referee appointment announcement

The ILS Sport Commission have announced the following persons have been appointed to the position of Chief Referee and Deputy Chief Referee for the Lifesaving World Championships 2024: Gold Coast.

LWC2024: Chief Referees and Deputy Chief Referees – Ocean

POSITIONMASTERS OCEANNT OCEANIC OCEANSURF BOATSIRB
CHIEF REFEREEDon VAN KEIMPEMA (AUS-S)
Carolyn Wilson (AUS-S)John BRENNAN (AUS-S)
Tony HAVEN (AUS-S)
Mel FLEW (AUS-S)
DEPUTY CHIEF REFEREEPeter CONNELL (AUS-S)
David UNGER (AUS-S)
Andrea PENNELL (GBR-S)
Arno EBERLE (GER)
Don VAN KEIMPEMA (AUS-S)
Jenny MILLER (AUS-S)
Peter CONNELL (AUS-S)
Carolyn WILSON (AUS-S)
Charles MELLOY (AUS-S)
Peter VAN DUUREN (AUS-S)
Wim NUYENS (BEL)
Nigel PENN (AUS-S)


LWC2024: Chief Referees and Deputy Chief Referees – Pool

POSITIONMASTERS POOLNT SERCNT POOLIC SERCIC POOL
CHIEF REFEREEJo TEAGLE (AUS-R)
Rebecca BOYD (CAN)Jerry POLESEL  (ITL)
Clare McGRATH (IRL)
Jürgen BONNEMANN (GER)
DEPUTY CHIEF REFEREEHugo RODRIGUES (CAN)
Michelle WEEDY (GBR-R)
Anni GARDINER (AUS-R)
Clare McGRATH (IRL)
Anni GARDINER (AUS-R)
Bob DEKKERS (NED)
Rebecca BOYD (CAN)
Anni GARDINER (AUS-R)
Stephanie ANDREWS (GBR-R)
Rebecca BOYD (CAN)
EVENT DIRECTORThomas PASSING (GER)
Claudia KUNTZ (GER)
Wolfgang DRAAIJER (GER)
Shanna REID (CAN)
Marcos VAIANI (ITL)
Falk ODRICH (DEN)


The application for a position of Technical Official for LWC 2024 is now closed.   433 applications have been received: 60% men, 40% women, from 33 Federations. The Chief Referees will now commence with the appointment process.