The Try Dive Sessions will be starting again in February

We will be holding a Try Dive session on Wednesday 27th February 2013.

If you are interested in coming along, download, print and fill out the Try Dive Medical Disclaimer HERE. It'll save time on the night!

Please ensure you read the form carefully, as if you suffer from any of the conditions listed you may need to seek medical advice.

Don't forget, if you're under 18, you'll need it signed by a parent or guardian.

Need directions? Click here!

A few times a year the club hosts a 'TRY DIVE' which offers members of the local community to try out scuba diving in a safe, friendly, pool environment.*

An instructor will take you through the basic SCUBA skills, and for the more adventurous (or if you've dived before), the instructor may show you some more advanced skills.

Interested?

The format of the evening is very simple -

• Come along to the Club House at 7pm on the evening of the try dive.
• Bring some pool wear, usually swimming trunks or shorts and a t-shirt or rash vest (a t-shirt or rash vest will prevent the equipment rubbing on your shoulders), and a towel.
• At the club you will receive a brief introduction from our Diving Officer and then our Training Officer will give a brief presentation about the equipment.
• This usually takes no more then 20 minutes, and then it is off to the pool, where a well trained group of club members will organise the equipment, and answer any questions you may have.
• After that its time for the main event! You will don your SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) equipment and your instructor will take you for your first underwater experience, all in complete safety.

After that, its a quick trip back to the club, where we have a short debriefing and hopefully you will put your name down to complete our Ocean Diver Course, the first step on your scuba diving career, and a qualification that will allow you to dive the world over!

The Try-Dive costs just £10!

If you can't make it on the night but still want to learn to dive, please contact us using the details on the website contact page, as we can be flexible about arranging sessions at later dates.

Happy Diving!

*Please note: If you are under 18 you will need your parent or guardian to sign the consent form before the try dive.

Last week we held our diving section AGM, and after the usual interesting committee reports and election of committee members, we got onto the serious business of the Diving Awards.

Five awards are given to our members each year: The shield to recognise Outstanding Contribution to the club; the Sports Diver award for the member who has shown commitment and/or improvement to diving; "The Nut" or perseverance award for the person putting the most effort into improvement; the Best Logbook award for... er, the best logbook, and most importantly in most people's eyes, The Flange - awarded for biggest **** up. (Replace **** with word rhyming with "Mock".)

This year the Outstanding Contribution award was presented to Gerald Owen for his commitment to training in the club.
The Sports Diver award was presented to Jacques Pulling for his diving over the past year.
The "Nut" was presented to Julie Pulling for her commitment to improving her diving.
The award for Best Logbook was presented to Adrian Williams for his excellent online logbook (blogbook?) which you can check out HERE.

Mysteriously, the Flange was missing and not awarded. Fear not, we will find it and it will be awarded at a later date.

Congratulations to Jacques, Julie, Gerald and Adrian!