Orange Cup 2021
ILSE Member KNBRD (The Netherlands) organised the Orange Cup at the end of November 2021. Please follow this link to find a foto session (done by Manfred Buttke, Germany, approved…
Articles by Anette Dreyer
Lifesaving as Olympic Sport
ILSE Corresponding Member Greek Lifesaving Sports Association published the book “Opportunities and Challenges of Lifesaving as Olympic Sport: History, Olympism, Olympic Aspiration”, authored by Stathis Avramidis, PhD, Ioannis Dimakopoulos, MSc, Ioanna…
European Lifesaving Championships 2021
The 2021 European Lifesaving Championship pool and ocean for National Teams Open and Youth in Spain took place September 10th – 18th, 2021 in Castellon de la Plana (close to…
World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Dear members of the lifesaving family, dear Europeans This Sunday we have an occasion to celebrate together – the first World Drowning Prevention Day in 2021 ever. But it is…
World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
International Lifesaving Federation of Europe demands at the first UN proclaimed World Drowning Prevention Day on 25th of July 2021. Stop the Death in the Water – Water Safety and…
The Queen honours Lifesavers
Queen Elisabeth II, Patron of the Royal Life Saving Society since 1952, spoke to lifesavers and researchers from the organisation via video call – 80 years after completing her Junior…
ILSE Welcomes UN Resolution on Drowning Prevention
The United Nations passed its first ever Resolution on Global Drowning Prevention (A/RES/75/273) during the seventy-fifth session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday 28th April 2021. The Resolution was…
General Assembly of ILS-Europe re-elected Dr. Detlev Mohr as President
The General Assembly of ILS-Europe 2021 took place as a virtual meeting on March 13, 2021. The General Assembly re-elected ILSE President Dr. Detlev Mohr (Germany) and Joachim Kellermeier (Germany)…
Vote for the World Games Greatest Athlete
To celebrate 40 years of the World Games, the International World Games Association (IWGA) has just published a list of the 24 greatest athletes who have been successful during that…
ILSE mourns the passing of Michael Somers
ILSE was informed of the passing away of our Irish friend Michael Somers, a Grand Knight of ILS and an Honorary Member of the former Fédération Internationale de Sauvetage Aquatique…