Chestnut Sunday – 8th May
Thank you to those who helped at Chestnut Sunday in Bushy Park last weekend. The club had a stand at the event and took along Britvic to further our aim of attracting new members. A number of people left their contact details, which we be following up and there will be a free Try Dive [...]
Congratulations New Boat Handlers
Congratulations to Kirstie Mitchell, Iain Richardson and Jim Molyneux who all completed their Boat Handling course on Sunday 27th March. The practical introduction to boat handling was held at Newhaven using the club boat Sea King on a day that was far too calm to get any bad weather handling experience. All are now keen to [...]
Committee Meetings 2011
The dates of all Committee meetings for this year are:
27th January, 3rd March, 14th April, 19th May, 14th July, 29th September, 20th October and 3rd November.
The Annual General meeting is 24th November.
If a member has an item of business for discussion at any committee meeting, please contact Branch Secretary, Jonathan Markwell.
Rib work day 27Nov
On Saturday we were able to get a lot of maintenance work done on Seaking and Britvic. I would like to thank the following who gave up their morning on a bitterly cold day to help get so much work done:
Mariusz Izydorek, Dorothea Klinge, Dave Tresidder, Gren Hamlyn, Rob Lea, Alan Fox
New Divers Cox’s
Congratulations to Alan Fox and Jon Webb who recently passed their diver cox exam in challenging conditions at Newhaven.
This is a great qualification which allows you to actively participate in running dive trips on the club ribs, Seaking and Britvic.
If you’re interested in boat handling and becoming a diver cox please contact Dean Mitchell (Boats [...]
Help with membership numbers
Dear Fellow Members
We are hoping you can help. A healthy membership is key to the future financial stability of the branch. In simple terms, the more members we have the cheaper it is for all of us and the more fun we can have doing all the different activities we enjoy as a branch.
The most [...]
No pool access on 16th December 2010
Please note that there will be no pool access on the 16th December 2010
Member nominations for 2010 Trophies
Nominations are invited from members for the following Trophies, to be awarded at either the AGM or Dinner & Dance:
Best Trainee – for the trainee who has gained, or improved, their skills in the past year;
Crawley Cup – the heaviest crustacean caught in 2010 – must be verified with evidence of the weight!;
Lady Diver – [...]
Agenda items for next Committee meeting, Thursday 14th October
The next Committee Meeting will be held this Thursday, 14th October. If a member has any item to be raised at Committee please advise the Branch Secretary, Jonathan Markwell via email to jmarkwell01@sky.com.
Thanks to all who contributed to the work day
A dedicated group got to the clubhouse early last Saturday to smash some hardcore and spread concrete to form the base for a new “patio” area at the bar end of the club house.
Under the watchful eye of Marc Stubbs we prepared the base before the concrete mixer arrived and disgorged its load of readymix, [...]