This summer’s lifeguard tournament season was dealt multiple blows this past week, at both a local and regional level, as the impact of  COVID-19 rages on.

On July 2, promoters for the annual Red Bull Surf and Rescue competition announced the cancellation of that event, held for the past five seasons in Atlantic City. In recent years, the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol as well as those from Barnegat Light, Surf City, Ship Bottom and Long Beach Township have sent at least one four-person squad to the colossal…