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The The 5th 5th Club Punta FuF<br />
Cliff Diving Invitationa<br />
In a bid to<br />
attract a wider<br />
international<br />
field of divers to<br />
the Challenge,<br />
the maximum<br />
dive height is<br />
restricted to<br />
20 meters, in<br />
line with other<br />
international<br />
competitions.<br />
Words by<br />
BARRY<br />
DAWSON<br />
Photographs<br />
as credited<br />
AThe Philippine Diving team together with<br />
a coterie of cliff divers from Germany,<br />
Australia and Switzerland joined the 5th Club Punta<br />
Fuego and Rider Cliff Diving Invitational Challenge;<br />
hardly the most articulately named event. After<br />
the erection of a diving platform large enough to<br />
land a small plane, this exciting diving competition<br />
took place at the Punta Del Sol Peninsula premises<br />
of Club Punta Fuego in Nasugbu, Batangas on<br />
Saturday April 2.<br />
To keep the many spectators both entertained and<br />
interested, organizers held an Open Water swimming<br />
challenge to complement the diving activities.<br />
Swimmers, some as young as 8 years old, competed<br />
in a variety of races, such as individual 300m, 600m,<br />
1, 2 and 3k swims, buddy-buddy and relay contests.<br />
By including the open water swimming on the same<br />
day as the cliff diving it was hoped to encourage<br />
more young swimmers to enjoy water sports in the<br />
Philippines.<br />
Mikel Arriet Arruiz, General Manager of Club Punta<br />
Fuego, told us they are hosting some of the world’s<br />
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