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Until next Friday is at the XII National Championship Mazarrón Military Lifesaving that, once again, has chosen our city as a suitable framework for their development.

This competition is organized by the Council for Physical Education and Sports of the Armed Forces and involves 47 officers, 37 men and 10 women, of different bodies and state security forces.

The tournament consists of several tests that are developed in two areas and simulate rescuing always professional.

On one side are held "open water tests" carried out on the beach in La Reya from 8 am to 12 noon and another in the pool Polideportivo Municipal de Mazarrón develop the "testing pool" from 6 pm.

Participants have to prove themselves both individually and in teams.

These teams represent each state's security forces.

Thus, in this twelfth edition involved the Navy, the Civil Guard, the Military Emergency Unit (UME), the Air Force and Army.

In addition, this year has gone by several observers from the Royal Guard that, possibly, also participate as a team in next year's edition.

The mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, accompanied by First Deputy Mayor, Francisco Garcia, and the Councillor for Sports, Youth, Finance and Revenue, Andrew James, welcomed the participants, yesterday afternoon, competing in a test 100 meters rescue mannequin with fins.

This test had a very hard because the rescue mannequin weighed about 38 kilos and his head could not be submerged under water more than 4 seconds.

Campillo highlighted the great work of these law enforcement and lamented that "this competition is not better known. We are delighted to have you here and we will continue supporting and promoting it is important that Mazarrón carried out such initiatives."

On Friday there will be the awards ceremony and closing ceremony after the tournament.

Medals will be awarded individually for the champion, or champions of testing pool and open water, as well as trophies for the champion team of the tournament and its components.

This initiative involves the City Council as sponsors of Mazarrón, Civil Protection Spain, Hotel Puerto de Mazarrón Bay and the signature sport Senia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón