17/12/2019
Bowen starting to make it into high level sporting competitions. 👏
I wish to share with our family, friends and Bowen Therapy colleagues one of Col's recent achievements which brought him great satisfaction.
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I was pleased to work with Team Australia in the recent International Six Day Enduro motorcycle world championship event held in Portugal, in our back yard. Nearly 600 riders from 34 countries competed. There were 10 riders in the Australian team and I got to work with many of them.
I don’t know if a manual therapist using Bowen Therapy has ever been accepted into an official Australian sporting team before. The response from the riders and the team physio must have been okay as I’ve been invited to attend the Italian event in 2020.
This year the Aussie juniors won their class and the Seniors, second, after winning in 2018. Unfortunately, the women’s team was without luck and suffered retirements. They had won the last six years in a row.
Being involved in Team Australia is a coming together of two major aspects of my life. In younger days motorcycling was my life, both personally and professionally. These days I still enjoy riding my 700 Honda about the place and have been looking after one of the Portuguese champion riders for some years.
It was a delight to be involved in the Algarve based event with such a professional team and an honour to be invited to be part of Team Australia for the 2020 event. Hopefully we are creating greater awareness of the possibilities of Bowen Therapy.
Life, as ever, is incredibly interesting. Long may it be so.