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DSMB Training
Are you confident you can deploy a delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB) correctly ? Don’t be shy, worried (ashamed? ) if you can’t, er… even instructors sometimes get it wrong, but help is at hand
New Sports diver lectures
A new series of sports diver lectures begins on February 15th 2007 for six weeks.
Advanced Diver training in 2007
Thinking about moving on from your current Dive Leader grade…? Want to attend the Advance Diver theory lessons, but they’re not run in club?
O2 Admin Qualifications!
Well done to the following people who all obtained their Oxygen Administration qualifications…
Of TIEs PIEs & IFCs
Claire and I recently passed our PIE’s (Practical Instructor Exam) and are now OWI’s! (Open Water Instructors) At the suggestion of Dave Tresidder we wrote this piece to share some of our experiences and hopefully pave the way for some more club members to gain their very own TLA’s (Three Letter Acronym)!
Open Water training day
The next Open Water Training day will be taking place at Wraysbury on Sunday 17th September. Training will be available for both Ocean and Sports diver levels Spaces are limited, please see the club notice board to reserve your place. Thank you.
Training Day at Vobster
Having finally purchased a dry suit, this was my first opportunity to get some of my remaining Sports Diver drills ticked off in the UK. I was looking forward to it, especially as I had just splashed out on a cosy Weezle Extreme undersuit which felt like going diving in my duvet!
April Fools at Gildenburgh
This was the eight consecutive year at Gildenburgh, but for some it was their first and by coincidence it was April 1st so when I tell you the water temperature was 6-9 degrees Celsius, you can decide who the fools were!!!
Life saving with K&E
When asked if I would like to take part in the BSAC life saving award scheme, I thought, why not? You never know when you may need the skills you learn.
A tale from Wraysbury
It is the 4th March 2006, “Coldest day of the year” the weather reporter on Capital Radio confidently assures me as I race down the A3 on my way to Wraysbury for my first ever open water dive.