Male', Maldives – The Maldives Lifeguard Association (MLA) achieved outstanding success at the BML 5th Kids Swimming Festival, securing first place in all three age categories across both boys' and girls' divisions. With 61 swimmers representing the club, MLA emerged as the second-largest participating club in the competition.
The festival featured young swimmers competing in Kids A (born 2016-2017), Kids B (born 2014-2015), and Kids C (born 2013) categories. MLA dominated the event, claiming first place in both the boys' and girls' divisions in all three categories.
Club Boduriya secured notable positions, finishing second in the Kids A Boys and third in the Kids A Girls divisions, while also taking second place in Kids B Boys and third in Kids B Girls. In the Kids C categories, Boduriya finished second in the boys' division and third in the girls' division.
New Lagoons Swimming Club also performed well, securing second place in the girls' divisions of Kids A, Kids B, and Kids C, while finishing third in the boys' divisions of Kids B and Kids C.
Additionally, Moodhu Maalimee earned third place in the Kids A Boys division, rounding out the impressive performances from the various clubs.
The BML 5th National Kids Swimming Festival saw impressive participation from various clubs and unaffiliated individual swimmers. A total of 8 clubs took part in the event, with the following entries:
Aquafeena: 30 swimmers
Club Boduriya: 76 swimmers
Guardians Sports Club: 25 swimmers
Maldives Lifeguard Association: 61 swimmers
Moodhu Maalimee: 28 swimmers
New Lagoons Swimming Club: 43 swimmers
Salted Ventures Swimmers: 15 swimmers
Sports Nature: 40 swimmers
Additionally, there were 107 unaffiliated individual swimmers who participated in the festival, contributing to the overall success of the event.
