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 [...]
Warships will be sunk to create dive site
A flotilla of decommissioned Royal Navy warships is to be scuttled off the South Coast as part of an ambitions plan to create the world’s biggest artificial dive site.
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An unconventional Dive briefing
This year’s club dive holiday to the Red Sea saw our club occupying two livaboards for the Northern wrecks and reefs safari: “Whirlwind” and “Typhoon”. This image was taken from the whiteboard on the Whirlwind’ — It has to be one of the more unconventional briefings that we saw during the week!
One ‘s’, two ‘ds’!
Congratulations to the newly married Mr & Mrs Tresidder (one ’s’, two ‘ds’), who tied the knot on Saturday 24th March 2007 at Nutfield Priory.
The bride looked beautiful and Dave, who was very nearly pipped at the post by a rival called Graham(!), looked suitably smart and dapper. The wedding was followed by a [...]
Diving the SETT (Submarine Escape training Tank)
Gren and I were lucky enough to fill some gaps on a University of Surrey trip to dive the SETT on Sunday 19th March 2006.
Saving the Egan Layne
Many people will have dived on the James Egan Layne but few may be aware that it was threatened with closure to divers in 1976.
Chill-out in Dahab
While everyone else was experiencing sub-zero temperatures in the UK, we were lucky enough to be enjoying a relaxed and chilled week diving in Dahab, Egypt.
2004 Annual
This album is in many ways a supplement to our award-winning 2003 edition. It forms our entry for this years Heinke award, and shows how the members have continued to invest their time and effort to ensure that, amongst SCUBA diving clubs, we are still second to none.
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