The auditorium of the Centro Cultural de Mazarrón last Saturday hosted the awards ceremony of the II Regional Championship "Cazafotosub" in the form of apnea that has developed in the Bay of Mazarrón.
The event was attended by the Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, President of the Federation of Underwater Activities in the Region of Murcia (FASRM), Jesus Cano Belchí, the mayor of Coastal Services, Miguel M ª García, and the councilors of Tourism, Maria Celeste Soria, and Social Policy, Maria Martinez.
By viewing a video in which they were showing the pictures of the participants, announced the winners of the regional competition that has the particularity that the photos made divers conducting a voluntary suspension of breathing in the water while traveling long distances or descend to great depths.
The first prize in the competition went to Francisco Javier Giménez, second prize went to Antonio Guerrero and Raul Galindo got third.
FASRM President, Jesus Cano, thanked "the support of the City Council and Mayor Mazarrón, who have made it possible that we could carry out this meeting."
Then another video was projected on the development of Regional Championship "Fotosub" whose first manga has also been disputed waters of the Bay of Mazarrón, in addition to the Cabo de Palos.
In this case, scuba divers are oxygen and bottles, using a model and underwater cameras with high quality images that capture powerful.
These were projected at a final video through which it was announced that the winners have been Juan Ángel Cano and Martha Quesada.
In second place was a tie between couples composed by Miguel Angel García, Nuria Palao, on one hand, and Jose Antonio Oliver and José Luis Alcaide, on the other.
The Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, said that "we are making a strong bid for our seabed and have to thank the diving centers Bay FASRM as to the great work being carried out."
To the mayor "will continue supporting these activities, it is a specific initiative that is aimed at a very specific tourism interests us attract".
In this line, "it remains to be celebrating the most important bet these quotes promoted by the council as Open International Underwater Photography" Mazarrón Bay ".
This new competition, to be held from 12 to 15 September the municipality to attract the best experts in this type of photography, with eight prizes totaling 16,000 euros.
Open winner will receive 6,000 euros, while there will also be a second and third prize endowed with 3,000 and 1,500 euros respectively.
There are also 4 smaller prizes endowed with 1,000 euros each and a fifth of 1,500 euros which will take the diver to take the picture more representative of the seabed of the Bay of Mazarrón.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón