Oyster Diving are holding an Underwater Summer Games at 6pm on 14th July in London’s West End to raise money for Excellent Development (the charity behind WaterRelief) and The Scuba Trust that will be hosted by Dancing on Ice Winner, Vanessa Bauer.
The event will consist of lots of Olympic style scuba diving competitions including a 100m underwater sprint – no fins, 100m sprint – with fins, 200m underwater sprint, 1500m underwater distance swim, Slowest breather – how long can you make a 3ltr tank last, Underwater discus and Underwater Javelin. There will be 12 spaces available in each category and there is a £10 entry fee to participate. All profits raised will go to Excellent Development and The Scuba Trust. Winning divers will receive prizes kindly donated by Aqua Lung and TUSA
More about the charities involved…
Excellent Development is an international charity that helps people around the world living in drylands to build sand dams and grow enough food to feed and support their families. Sand dams have been used for thousands of years and they are a proven way of supplying communities with a lifelong stock of clean water, changing thousands of peoples lives.
The Scuba Trust helps those with disabilities to experience the wonders and freedom of scuba diving. The Scuba Trusts aim is to deliver a level playing field by arranging the appropriate training and obtaining the much-needed funding to subsidise applicants who, due to disability, encounter difficulty in finding suitable instruction and who may face a greater outlay for training and recreation diving after certification.