British Underwater Sports Association (BUSA) is the British affiliate of the Sports Committee of
Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques
Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) is an international federation that represents underwater activities in underwater sport and underwater sciences, and oversees an international system of recreational snorkel and scuba ...
(CMAS).
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It was created in 1997 to fill the vacancy on the CMAS Sport Committee for the ]United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
caused by the expulsion of the British Sub-Aqua Club
The British Sub-Aqua Club or BSAC has been recognised since 1954 by UK Sport as the national governing body of recreational diving in the United Kingdom.
The club was founded in 1953 and at its peak in the mid-1990s had over 50,000 members dec ...
from CMAS in order to ensure ongoing access to international competition offered by CMAS for British underwater sports
Underwater sports is a group of competitive sports using one or a combination of the following underwater diving techniques - breath-hold, snorkelling or scuba, usually including the use of equipment such as diving masks and fins. These sport ...
teams.
Its members include the British Finswimming Association, British Octopush Association
British Octopush Association (BOA) is the governing body for underwater hockey (also known as Octopush) in the United Kingdom (UK).
Organisation
The BOA is an organisation based on individual members rather than on clubs. It is managed by a comm ...
and British Spearfishing Association.
Its role is exclusively one of representation of British underwater sports at the international level. It does not have any recognition from the British government or the governments of the four constituent countries of the UK. BUSA members seeking government funding for sporting activities are required to obtain a letter of support from the National Governing Body
A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...
(NGB) for ''Sub Aqua'' in their country. These include the BSAC for the UK and England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs
The Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs (NIFSAC) is the National Governing Body (NGB) for ''Sub Aqua'' in Northern Ireland. ''Sub Aqua'' is a broad term encompassing both recreational underwater activities such as recreational diving and ...
for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
, the Scottish Sub Aqua Club
The Scottish Sub Aqua Club (ScotSAC) was founded in Glasgow in 1953. Today it is a company limited by guarantee with nearly 70 branches and 1200 members. ScotSAC instructors provide scuba diving training to branch members on an amateur basis ...
for Scotland
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and the Welsh Association of Sub Aqua Clubs
The Welsh Association of Sub Aqua Clubs ( cy, Cwmdeithas Clybiau Tanddwr Cymru) (WASAC) was the national governing body (NGB) for ''Sub Aqua'' in Wales until January 2016. ''Sub Aqua'' is a broad term encompassing both recreational underwater acti ...
for Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. However, in June 2013, UK Sport
UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom. It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.
It was created ...
and Sport England
Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded par ...
reportedly published their requirements for the acceptance of BUSA as the NGB for underwater sports in the UK.
See also
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References
External links
British Finswimming Association homepage
British Octopush Association homepage
British Spearfishing Association homepage
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Underwater sports organizations
Sports organisations of the United Kingdom
Sports organizations established in 1997
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom
Underwater sport in the United Kingdom
Diver organizations