Last year we had a competition in Italy organized together by AIDA and CMAS, but in fact they were two parallel but still entirely separate competitions. This time there is a competition organized together by AIDA and FFESSM (the French branch of CMAS) in Marseille. And unlike in Italy, here, the freedivers will compete together - they just need to announce under which federation they want to be compete, and the respective rules will be applied. Judges for both federations will be present (thanks to a agreement between AIDA and FFESSM, French judges can referee under both sets of rules).
The competition takes place on 6th and 7th of June. You can find more details at Freedive Central: Marseille Indoor :: Freedive Central
Unfortunately, currently the competition does not have ranking status. Although planned long time ago, it was later canceled because of refused swimming pool access, the organizers found a new pool now, but since the time is already rather advanced, they did not manage to find yet the second needed international AIDA E judge for receiving the AIDA ranking status. If you are a an international AIDA E judge, and would like to help out, please contact Greg Piazzola at the address given on the above linked page.
Anyway, I am looking forward to this common AIDA / FFESSM competition - it will be certainly a big fun. Although FFESSM is not equal to CMAS (in fact there are some disputes between them too), it is a very nice idea, and hopefully can help with approaching both camps.
See you in Marseille!
Ivo
The competition takes place on 6th and 7th of June. You can find more details at Freedive Central: Marseille Indoor :: Freedive Central
Unfortunately, currently the competition does not have ranking status. Although planned long time ago, it was later canceled because of refused swimming pool access, the organizers found a new pool now, but since the time is already rather advanced, they did not manage to find yet the second needed international AIDA E judge for receiving the AIDA ranking status. If you are a an international AIDA E judge, and would like to help out, please contact Greg Piazzola at the address given on the above linked page.
Anyway, I am looking forward to this common AIDA / FFESSM competition - it will be certainly a big fun. Although FFESSM is not equal to CMAS (in fact there are some disputes between them too), it is a very nice idea, and hopefully can help with approaching both camps.
See you in Marseille!
Ivo