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Sport Diver Theory Lectures starts in March
The Sport Diver theory schedule has been posted to the club calendar. The first lecture starts on 26th March
Dive Leader Theory – Fast Track
For those wanting to progress their Dive Leader theory qualification, I am recommending the following skill development courses:
Oxygen Administration Award
7th February, Crawley 21st February, London 8th November, Crawley 14th November, London
This course will sign-off the following from Dive Leader theory syllabus:
DT2 Basic Life Support DT3 Oxygen & Diving Incidents DT4 [...]
Mark Mumford: Underwater Photography Talk and Slide-show
Whether you take photos under water already and want to improve your technique or you’re interested in getting your camera ‘wet’ then join keen underwater photographer, Mark Mumford, for this talk at the club-house on Thursday 12th February 2009 at 21.00.
Mark has been photographing since 1994, initially with a Sea and Sea Motormarine, then with [...]
Boat Handling SDC
Dave Tresidder arranged for the Boat Handling SDC to be run at Kingston & Elmbridge. This handily meant that 15 of us could do the course with the theory lessons held over several Thursday nights at the club with group split into two for a day’s practical session each.
The theory lessons began with basic boat [...]
Boat handling training
Several members, myself included, had an exhilarating time at the weekend undertaking the practical part of the boat handling course – My thanks to Dave Tresidder for helping to put this together for the club.
It is my hope that the members who took advantage of this course will, over the year, take advantage of the [...]
Anchor Chain Update
On May 22nd 2006 I posted an article entitled ‘Kingston BSAC lift 500+ kilo find!’ in which I re-told the story of the club divers who located and lifted 324ft (99m) of bronze anchor chain weighing 1,000 lbs (454kg) and an anchor made of manganese steel weighing 200 lbs (91kg) from a depth of 90ft [...]
RIB diving this season
At the AGM there was a committment to increase the amount of RIB diving in the club, including the purchase of an additional RIB. There has been a lot of activity recently to prepare for the coming season and I’m pleased to announce a fantastic program of an astonishing 54 dates starting on the 4th April until [...]
Annual Club trip to Plymouth May 23-25
It’s time to sign up for the ‘not to be missed’ Annual Club trip to Plymouth. We will be staying in the luxurious Mountbatten Hotel right next to the marina. We have two great hardboats, The Maid Maggie2 skippered by Glen Lindsay and The Seeker by Steve Wright.
This is a terrific bank holiday trip, it’s late [...]
Dive Trip, Lyme Regis 5/6 September 2009
Hi
Jon Rapley has this year entrusted me to maintain his long standing relationship with Lyme Regis!. I have put up a dive notice at the club. We will once again be chartering the Blue Turtle skippered by Doug Lanfear. I’ve been on this trip twice before and it’s always been a great weekend. The dive will be [...]