Beuchat MFF Boat Spearfishing Competition - General Chat

[fabrizioviper]

Hi skip can you please send me a personal message with the mobile number of simong? in order to clarify this with him please.

[skip]

SimonG - 77726725 or 99894006

[EmicMalta]

Well done to all the staff. Really well organized. Even thanks to Beachaven to offer us his service.

Even sea-traffic was a bit high and infect was worried about the teams swimming at Selmun.

[baghira]

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Wow spearos
Nice Team Spirit
We are one big family

[ramio]

Well done to the winners and all those who participated. Another well done to all those involved in the organisation of the event, and a big thanks to the sponsors of the wonderfull  prizes and trophies, and to Beachhaven for letting us use the premises.

Being from outside the sport, since I'm into boat fishing, I couldn't but admire the unity and spirit that was present amongst all the teams. Well done to all again.

[Granitu]

aaaaaa seems you had some fun.... shame i could not attend i was dealing with the last exam for this semester

[Gazzetta]

Well done to all those involved, organizers, sponsonrs, competitors etc !!!

Chis 

[Granitu]

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Wow spearos
Nice Team Spirit
We are one big family

i didn't understand it

[skip]

Unfortunately Baghira and Seahunter were unable to participate as it seems none of the others were willing to drop them off somewhere with their boat which is very disappointing and far from comarderie/forum spirit. It's still not clear with whom they had agreed to be getting a lift from beforehand, as ideally these things are sorted out in advance and not on the day.

I wish to inform everyone that should this ever happen again regardless of who it is the competition will be cancelled on the spot ....this is NOT what the forum is all about - we're supposed to be a community helping each other out. I don't expect that a 2nd team comes with you to your spots but they can be dropped off somewhere close and picked up again at the end.

Whilst ideally everyone has their own boat in such a competition there are going to be times when assistance is needed and there were certainly some boats that could have helped, as much as there was another boat already helping and some that couldn't physically fit any other people, something could have still been done. Whilst also acknowledging that this was a competition and so the competitive side of people comes out in full force, the team that didn't have a ride could have still been dropped off at the begining and picked up at the end.

There was also an unforunate break down in communication which contributed to this incident because I was available with my boat on the sea for any problems but it seems that Baghira and Seahunter were not made aware of this in the morning as I would have happily taken them to a spot and picked them up for the finish.

As with any competition there are certainly lessons to be learnt for us the organisers to avoid such occurances from happening....it was a great day but left me extremely angry when I was made aware of the situation by the evening and found out what had gone on. What people do in competitions organised by others is up to them, but everyone has to pull their weight when there are people left stranded due to mitigating circumstances.

[skip]

We got a fantastic line up of prizes from the competition sponsor Beuchat Malta (The Dive Warehouse) and an additional sponsorship from H20 Only who provided water for all the competitors, and Beachaven kindly allowed us to use their facilities for the finish and to present the prizes - A Big Thank You to Them all.

A big thank you also to BG who took the photo's at Beachaven and helped organise the prizes and table layout along with SimonG's other half (Sarah), and to Ramio who came down to help I would also like to thank Acciola who took the pictures on the water.

[shanook]

Well done to all. Sorry couldnt make it as had fuel problems with shanook. All ok as it was just the filters, but by the time i cleared it was already 1.15.
Prosit to winners and all those who took part.

[Simon G]

I would like to apoligize to baghira and sea hunter who unfortunatly where left stranded due to a breakdown in communication. I would have hoped that someone would have at least offered to drop them off or taken them to the holding area at sea.

I unfortunatly was not there when they left as i was giving skip a lift to his boat and by the time i returned to pick up another team they where gone. Sadly had a simple phone call been made before the team left the pier well before the competition started, things would have been sorted out.

[Buddhagrass]

I really enjoyed the competition but really felt sorry after wards when I got to know about my friends Baghira and Seahunter not being able to find a pickup. I hope next time we'll be able to communicate more. Unfortunately my left Omer Ice fin broke in half just around 1hr30min after the competition started. Still waiting for a reply from Aquatica about how we are going to proceed.

[EmicMalta]

As I told you, I just seen your reply in the forum. With us was impossible due that already we where in 3. As when they told us that you had started from land then we agreed to see you at beacheven

[ctclaude]

Hi All,

I'm Claude from Beuchat.  First of all i thank all the participants of the competition and the organisers who made a good job of the event.  I was very glad to sponsor the event and am ready to support again in the future.  I hope that you all had a good time - pity for the guys left stranded - and that the winning teams enjoyed the prizes.  Should any of you need any information on beuchat equipment we would be very willing to answer your questions and you can always contact the Beuchat team - Edward and Giovanni who know and dive with our products.  We have our retail outlets in Valletta - Expo, 20 St John Str. Valletta and Gzira - Aquamarina, 48 Gzira Rd, Gzira.  Thank you once again

Claude