ABW Dec 2023-1

judges decision is final, which effectively ended the Zambales
Lifesavings 5 year reign as Champions and appears to have also
ended the competition as it appears it has never been run again.
Which brings us to what are, are should Lifesaving: Sports
be about and for:
We spoke with Roger Bound, the founder of the Zambales
Lifesaving organization and he had the following to say,
“Lifesaving Sports should be about perfecting the art
of Lifesaving, by improving techniques and lifesavers
performance, it should not be about politics, preferences or
ego and should be open to all, no matter whose or what
training organization they trained under, it should be about
doing the job to the best of your ability and to share ideas
and improvements with others, so as to promote the value
of lifesaving and those involved in their actual performance
as a lifeguard or lifesaver.
In the Philippines at least it appears that the above is not
the case, or as Mr. Bound says, it appears that others do not
want to finish anything but first and if others may be able to
beat them, it is best to exclude their participation.
However this helps no one, as if you only ever compete
against yourself, you will never improve, Zambales Lifesaving
has a policy that lifesaving sports have to be affordable,
thus it’s regulations are based on a 2 person team, this
ports in in the
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