Application for 2019 AIDA Depth World Championship
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Nice University Club NUC is affiliated Freediving Association www.aida-wc2019.com France with AIDA France under the number 022 Application for 2019 AIDA No depth world championship competition fees for athletes Application proposed by Claude Chapuis, Guillaume Néry, Julien Alias, Joseph Strazzanti and their team Claude Chapuis Guillaume Néry Julien Alias Joseph Strazzanti Villefranche-sur-Mer - Côte d’Azur - France September 7 to 14 - 2019 THE «NUC» Nice University Club 1990 NUC has organized freediving courses for students since 1990 in the Rade of 1996 Villefranche-sur-Mer. http://villefranche-sur-mer.fr Since the 1st AIDA freediving world championship in 1996, we have organized many competitions and many records with well-known divers such as Loic Leferme, Pierre Frolla, and Guillaume Néry. 2000 We also organized the AIDA world cup in 2000, the 1st AIDA WC (CWT) in 2005, and the team WC in 2012. These events are not the result of one man, or only one small freediving club, but has always relied on teamwork; everybody knows that teamwork has no limit. 2005 2012 NUC has much support in our application for 2019 The «Conseil Départemental des Alpes-Maritimes» is the historical partner of the NUC since 1996 in all importants events https://www.departement06.fr/. It is an administration which manages many things in the Alpes-Maritimes. There are many components. One of them is "le plan voile et dispositifs mer which means globally "sailing support and sea operations". One man has supported us since 1996 : Joseph Strazzanti, sailing support and sea operations Charles -Ange GINESY responsible of the Conseil Départemental des Alpes- Departmental Council Maritimes. President The municipality of Villefranche-sur-Mer has always supported freediving. The beautiful sheltered harbor at the head of the bay, the citadel, and the old town represent a beautiful setting for a freediving event. One of the interests of the bay of Villefranche is that it is both sheltered and deep. Christophe Trojani, Mayor of Villefranche - sur - Mer and his team have helped freedivers for many years. C.TROJANI Mayor Video of Villefranche-sur-Mer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue= 105&v=TbAUXoyHzkE Tourism office ; http://www.tourisme-villefranche-sur- mer.com/en/welcome2/ THE PLACE General view : Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer The Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer ACCOMODATION AND FOOD Like in 2005 and 2012, we would like to set up a circus tent 100m far from the hotel «Pierre et Vacances» to allow everybody to come by foot to the event committees and to the meals. Breakfast would be taken at the hotel in rooms. For the moment (12 months before the event) we have the following plan : 140 beds have been pre reserved at the Hotel-Residence «Pierre et Vacances» in Villefranche sur Mer and the Hotel Patricia. GPS coordinates of the diving site General view of 2012 SAFETY Below is the main equipment and safety Video with Diveye for the official ropes and measures we will have. for the training meaning 2 Diveye. In case of emergency, a semi counter ballast Strict control of the announced perf in system allowing a rising speed of the official relation with the athlete's logbook rope at 2m/s. A back up system will be documenting the depths achieved in the last represented by a groups of 4 «cable pullers» weeks. 2 Sonar devices to track the athlete and 2 scuba divers will be present too. 8 during the descent, and 2 for the training Safety divers (2 groups of 4) for the official ropes. ropes in addition with other safety freedivers The firemen station is at 3’ by boat, the for warm-up lines (2 per warm-up lines in hospital with an hyperbaric chamber is at addition with a supervisor for each rope). 8 15'. safety freedivers for the training ropes in addition : 20 experienced safety freedivers. O2 will be available in the water at 6m for deep athletes, a scuba O2 certification will 2 emergency specialist doctors with their be asked during the registration step (or the attached teams (2 persons specialized in day of the arrival) to note which athletes emergency), 4 professional firemen to help have the right to use such equipment. each of them, 2 oxygen therapy equipment, Without certification, athletes will have the VH, emergency equipment for cardiac arrest, possibility to be «helped» in case of a 2 evacuation boats able to reach the fireman «problem» during recovery by breathing 02 PC on the port of Nice in 3’. in the doctor's boat with a mask (O2 normobaric). 0 Training of the safety team in 2012 PROPOSED SCHEDULE (Program subject to change depending on enrollment, weather conditions and other factors) SEPTEMBER 3 : Training SEPTEMBER 4 : Training SEPTEMBER 5 : Training SEPTEMBER 6 : Training SEPTEMBER 7 : Welcome day - registration and opening ceremony SEPTEMBER 8 : Competition CNF Men & Training SEPTEMBER 9 : Competition CNF Women & Training SEPTEMBER 10 : Competition FIM Men & Training SEPTEMBER 11 : Competition FIM Women & Training SEPTEMBER 12 : Competition CWT Men & Training SEPTEMBER 13 : Competition CWT Women - Closing ceremony SEPTEMBER 14 : Departure MEDIAS We plan for 2019 the same media plan than 2012. See the link below. You’ll find the 2012 WC event movie, and the present press, radios and TV media. https://aida-wc2019.com/2012-wc-report/ AVERAGE CONDITIONS IN THE BAY OF VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER IN SEPTEMBER WATER TEMPERATURE : Surface 24 - 26°C / Thermocline around 30m : 20°C AIR TEMPERATURE : 25 - 27°C CURRENT : Null VISIBILITY : 20 - 25m Contact for this application : Claude Chapuis NUC Subaquatique [email protected] + (33) 7 86 04 44 49 Skype pseudo : tarivamounch FEW WORDS After that AIDA assembly members will have chosen the organizer for 2019, if we are elected, we’ll of course give more details about everything. We’ll also put this competition under the banner of the sustainable development and the protection of the sea like in 2012. .