So day 2 looked beautiful but was stifling hot from the start,
even those who were used to the sun were slapping on the cream.
Upon getting to the site, the boat crew anchored the boat in
record time, whilst the freedive staff and judges set up the competition zone
and training areas. A busy day ahead, so we were all glad that we were able to
start on time for the last 2 sea disciplines, Constant Weight with Fins (CWT)
and Constant Weight No Fins (CNF).
The conditions were not great at the start of the day,
strong currents and large waves, made the CWT class challenging. Vivian,
Malaysia, kicked off the day with a perfect 15m dive as the rest of the
freedivers cheered her on. Walter demonstrated his state of the art monofin and
managed a good 20m before turning a little early. Our first timer, Enzo from
Italy, delivered a perfect 30 metres and took the cheering in his stride. Alan
Su, Malaysia, made the depth but gave us all a scare with a blackout but
luckily the safety freedivers were on hand to capture him and get him safely
back on board the boat This unfortunately put him out of competing for the rest
of the day. Azam, Malay, was determined to beat all his previous records and
did with a 41m Constant Weight dive. Julian, still remembering how to freedive,
put on a terrific slow performance with 36m, showing the laid back South
African attitude is a real asset.
For the last sea discipline, the gods were smiling at us,
with calm seas and no currents, perfect conditions for the tough CNF class.
Vivian was first to go and managed a simply awesome dive despite getting
tangled in her karabiner, a most definite 3 cups of awesome dive! Michelle is
proving very popular with judges with her perfect surface protocol which gained
her 2 white cards (22m and 16m). Our Norwegian Ninja, silently delivered 2 more
perfect white cards to 40m and 30m respectively. Andrew Teoh, Malaysia,
demonstrated the benefit of practicing recovery breaths as he did a magnificent
30m dive and managed to control his surface protocol, gaining a white card and stealing
the Malay National Record from his friend Azam. Rossi, Austrian, was very
chuffed to receive his first white card of the competition with a perfect dive
to 34m. Last but one, was the shy Mr D, who had unfortunately had to turn early
in the first round of the day, but he always manages to finish the day with a
smile and a spectacular 38m without fins. We were all tired but everyone made
sure that they could see the final dive of the day, Ken, Danish, comfortably diving
a massive 50m, without fins! and he was rewarded with an enormous cheer as he
was white carded.
Final mention has to go to the 3 girls, Elisabeth M,
Elisabeth H and Karin who despite being close in ability, have all supported
each other throughout with the result that Elisabeth M is first with 88 points,
and Elisabeth H and Karin a close behind with 83 points, Karin would have
shared the lead but unfortunately incurred penalty points for grabbing. All to
play for in the last 3 disciplines girls, this year is going to have an
exciting finish.
All above results are preliminary and await confirmation by
the judges.
Huge thank you to the competitors, the judges and my staff
for a simply 3 cups of awesome day. Mellisa xxx
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