AIDA-TANIWHA CHALLENGE-2020

Part 3 of the NZ Freediving Pool Series

NOVEMBER 13th – 15th

POOL:

25m indoor pool – 28 degrees, sloping concrete floor from 1.2 – 1.8m depth. Light Jets/water vents down center of pool floor it should not greatly affect DYN/DNF if in the central lanes) Flat meter wide spill edge on seating side will be used for statics.

SCHEDULE:

Friday the 13th

Powhiri – 3:30pm

Safety Briefing – 4pm – (Compulsory for all athletes)

Static Session 5:30-7:30pm

Saturday the 14th

Dynamic Session 8-11:30am.

Sunday the 15th

Dynamic Session 8-11:30am

Prize giving and BBQ (or hopefully Hangi) 1-2pm.

REFERENCE MATERIAL:

Here is a snapshot video from the last small comp we ran in the same pool & a link to the current rules as they were updated in January 2020.

THE GREAT TANIWHA CHALLENGE 2018 VIDEO

AIDA RULES

AIDA 2020 MEDICAL FORM – REQUIRED

COMPETITOR APPLICATION FORM

Closes November the 9th – limited to 32 competitors

IN LIST:

COMPETITOR		GRADE	CLUB
Emily Collings	UK	REC	Northland
Simon Holt	NZ	COMP	Auckland
Kat Mager	GER	COMP	Auckland
Brad James	NZ	COMP	Auckland
Nathanial Fairweather	NZ	COMP	Auckland
Gemma O’Brien	NZ	COMP	Northland
Pietro Aloisi	IT	REC	Northland
Laura McGuire	UK	COMP	Northland
Zaïa Gaëlle Chauvet	CAN	COMP	Northland

FEES:

$160 Comp Grade

$145 Rec Grade

We would like to foster a team spirit and will have THE POHUTU TROPHY an additional Club trophy up for grabs, calculated off the top combined 6 recorded dives from any one club. Along with overall medal placings & Certificates.

Refund’s will be made should anyone not be able to attend due to Covid-19 Level changes restricting travel. We will still plan to run the event as long as Northland is in Level 1 or 2, however if Judges cannot make it the results will unfortunately not be able to count towards the national titles or Official AIDA rankings.

ACCOMMODATION :

We have booked the te Toka Whakakotahi Marae – for the weekend from 7pm Friday onward. Accommodation is available to athletes at $10 per person – per night as an option with family and support personnel welcome to stay as well. Payment information will be sent through to athletes upon completing the online registration form.

FOLLOW:

Top times and Results will be posted to this FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE along with emails sent out to athletes.

For any further queries please feel free to email the organiser Gemma O’Brien at northlandfreediving@gmail.com or call 0220741178.