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The UK Female Dynamic No Fins (DNF) Freediving record is broken.
Freediver Rebecca Coales broke the current female DNF record at the Total Fitness centre in Walkden, North Manchester on the 31st July, 2013 at 10.05pm.
For those new to Freediving, DNF is swimming as far as you can horizontally in a swimming pool without the aid of fins.
The record had previously been held since 2007 continuously by Liv Philip. Rebecca, with a very comfortable dive, beat the 116m that was on the board and pushed the distance to 120m, which is well within her Personal best (PB), in a dive time of 2’24 minutes.
Rebecca is a founder member of the Bristol No Tanx Freedivers group where she trains with friends. She is a relative newcomer to the competition circuit, only starting to explore her potential in the last 6 months, starting with a no-fins clinic, and mono fin clinic with Steve Millard of the Apneists UK group www.learn2freedive.com , based in the North of the UK. Recently she earned the right to represent her country in the World Freediving Pool Championships, and with this new record it has placed her firmly on the map. Rebecca runs the http://www.omdiver.co.uk/ Yoga website and courses which is the perfect cross training for Freedivers.
The video of the dive can be found here:
http://www.freedivingcompetition.com/female-dnf-record-rebecca-coales.html
Some pictures and a more complete story can be found here www.freedivingcompetition.com. Record attempts can be organised for those wishing to gain National records in the UK.
Thanks to the dream team who came and supported the event.
Athlete: Rebecca Coales
Organiser: Steve Millard
Judge: Gary Lowe
Judge: David Tranfield
Judges Assistant: Fiona Cahill
Safety Diver: James Cluskey
Safety Diver: Steve Millard
Videographer / Photographer: Sean Peters http://www.sppv.net/
Surface Coach: John Moorcroft
Medic: Dr P. Taylor
Thank you to the management and staff of Total Fitness Walkden for hosting the event and their continued support of UK Freediving athletes and students. Please visit http://www.totalfitness.co.uk/ for more details to join the gym.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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