dream divers august 2010 dive club newsletter

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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

1 Support Our Project Aware

Weekend

3 PADI Specialty of the Month

4 July Club Meeting

Club Members Benefits

Swimming Pool Sessions

5 Club Trips

Seals a Plenty in the FarnesProposed Club Trips for 2011

6 Club Events and Trips

Calendar

August 2010Volume 5 Issue 8

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Support Our Project Aware Weekend

We are holding a fund raising event for Project Aware on Sat 14thAugust 2010.

Children’s Project Aware Session

The fun starts at 4pm for the children as Alison will be teaching thekids about all the great critters we see underwater and we will becolouring in special PADI Project Aware books, completing puzzles,etc.

This course is free and the kids will have great fun.If you want to book your child on this please callAlison on 07875 945794 or if you need any more infoabout the day don’t hesitate to call.

BBQ

At 5pm the BBQ starts and will go on until late.Please bring your own drinks and you must have purchased a ticket inadvance from the dive centre.

Adults £6.00Children 12 and under £3.00Children under 4 free.All money raised from the purchase of tickets will be putstraight into our Project Aware fund raising as all of ourfood is donated by Brake Brothers and Hopwells.

We will be drawing the raffle at 7.30 followed by an auction.

Please could anyone who has any unwanted gifts for xmas etc pleasebring them along to the dive centre so that we can auction them off for Project Aware.We have already had some great things donated so far and I am verygrateful to all of you who have participated so far, many thanks. Icannot wait !!!!!!!

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Raffle tickets will be on sale at the dive centre for £1.00 per strip and the prizes are as follows

1st Try Dives for Two People2nd Coffee Maker

3

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Bottle of Champagne4th Bottle of Bacardi

Project Aware Specialty Course

PADI’s Speciality of the month in September is Project Aware course however we are going torun this course in conjunction with our fund raising event.

The price of the course should be £75.00 however for club members we are going to do it atthe discounted price of £60.00 and donate £30.00 of the fee straight to our Project Awarefund raising.

On this course you will learn what role Project Aware take in protecting the worldwide aquaticecosystems, look at pertinent issues faced and also it will provide you with the information totake specific action to help and play your part in Project Aware.

You will learn some very interesting facts about the underwater world and the critters we loveto dive with time and time again.

You do receive a PADI PIC card for this course and it does count as a speciality towards the 5you need to be a master scuba diver.

The course is entirely classroom based with lasting around 4 hours. During which you will be

guaranteed to have lots of fun and eat some great cookies whilst learning.

Please contact Alison ASAP if you are interested and we can look at completing the courseanytime next week or on the morning of Saturday 14th August.

I have pledged to PADI Project Aware that we will raise £800.00 so this is our target to reach.Last year we raised an impressive £600.00 for the Lifeboats so come on guys I cannot do itwithout your support and I would just like to thank in advance all the people who have gotbehind this and supported us already with the sale of raffle tickets and donations.

Thank you very much..........

If anyone has any ideas how we can continue to raise money by holding events in the pool onSunday 15th August then please let me know ASAP.I was thinking of an egg and spoon relay race etc.Please contact me with your ideas.

Thanks Alison




This course can be credited towards

the PADI Master Scuba Diver

qualification, which is PADI's highest

recreational diving qualification

Contact the dive centre ASAPfor more details and to bookthis course

PADI Specialty of the Month

One of the most thrilling experiences when diving is as you are descending

down the line and all you can see is the blue of the ocean, then suddenlythis large dark shape starts to emerge bellow you and before you know it theabsolute slender and majesty of the wreck emerges before your very eyes.Now you start to explore the outside of the wreck, whilst exploring you seesother divers penetrating the wreck. But as a responsible diver you and yourbuddy are going to dive your plan; carry on your dive as you planned stickingto the outside of the wreck.

After the dive and you are both safely back on board the dive boat, you startto review the dive, both of you then decide to get suitable training, so youboth can fully experience, everything a wreck dive has to offer in the future.

Don’t let this happen to you!

Now is the time to do something about it, sign up for this month’s PADIspecialty of the month the PADI wreck diver course and gain the knowledgeand training necessary to be safe and confident divers in and around wrecks.This course consists of a classroom session and four dives spread over 2 days,during which the skills and techniques covered include:-

Planning

o Organisationo Procedureso Techniqueso Problems and Hazards of Wreck Diving

The Preparationo Use of Lightso Air Supplieso Special Equipmento Penetration Lines and Reels Etc.

Practice

o Navigationo Assessment

o Penetration Potentialo Line Layingo Limited Visibility Diving Techniqueso Emergency Procedures.

Number of Dives

Club MembersPrice

(during August)Normal Price

4 £135 £145

Wreck Diver Specialty

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Club Members BenefitsWith your club membership you can save many times the low £12 annual fee.

Discount on the Specialty of the month.

50p off Air and Nitrox fills in our shop.

Use of the swimming pool every other Sunday for £5, during

the pool sessions, provided you have own equipment. Discount on Items purchased in the Dream Divers Shop

10% Discount on regulator and cylinder servicing

As Dive Club members, you can use the pool for only £5 per person, during our pool

sessions, using your own kit, or just £15 per person including rental of full kit.So whether you just want to refresh your skills, have a piece of new kit to try out or just havingthat burning desire to get wet.

Call the dive centre to book your place.

Next Sessions

1st August 5:30pm to 7:30pm15th August 5:30pm to 7:30pm

29th August 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Swimming Pool SessionsAt Chapeltown Swimming Pool

July Club Meeting

The next club meeting will be on Thursday 26th July 20107.30pm onwards at the Ring O Bells, Chu rch Street, Swinton, Rotherh am, S64 8EG.

29 th July 2010

Chaired by Alison SmallwoodMany thanks to all the people that managed to attend this month’s club meeting we still had a goodturn out with over 25 members attending.

Planning has now started in earnest for our program of club trips for 2011; if you have and preferencefor when any trip is to take place please let us know. We are trying to arrange trips to a couple of new destinations.

We now have 64 members who have paid their subscription for 2010.

Dream Divers Club Membership Fees are only £12 per person for the full year and in order to take fulladvantage of the benefits and discounts available to members; you need to have paid your

membership fees in full.




Club Trips

Proposed Club Trips for 2011Club trips that have been proposing next year are

Brighton

Pembrokeshire St Abbs

Farnes

Malta or Cyprus in August

Egypt to Marsa Alam in October.

We are currently finalising these dates, with the dive boat ownersand these will be confirmed at the club meeting in August.

Playful Seals – Farne Islands

Photo: Alan Linford

Playful Seals – Farne Islands

Photo: Dave Kidd

Seals a Plenty in the FarnesWe had a great weekend, just gone diving in the Farne Islands.

Our first dive was Longstone end and we were accompanied by seals.

This was followed by Crumstone which again we had the pleasure of seals followed with a scorpion fish which was huge and lots of very biglobsters.

The second day was the best we startedwith Knife Stone and dropped into a gullyonly 3 metres deep and was surroundedby seals everywhere playing and pulling

on our fin tips.

One even hitched a ride on Dave Kidd’sback unknown to him.We then drifted onto a wreck oncethrough the gully which was superb.

Our final dive it was the reef west of StAndre. This is a great wreck with lots of plates to explore under. This dive isdefinitely one for the green force.

Lots to see all in all and the most seals Ihave ever had the pleasure to dive with.

Superb!!!!




August 2010Location Dream Divers Dive Shop / Chapeltown Swimming Pool

Dates 14th August - 15th August

Trip Details Project AWARE Weekend – loads of fun activities for the whole family.

October 2010

Location EyemouthDates Diving Sat 2nd and Sunday 3rd October

Trip Details We Have Now Charted and filled 2 Hard-boats for this trip, so due to the

excellent demand for this trip we have now chartered a third hard boat.

All boats should have diverlift, and Hot refreshment

Number of Dives 2 day diving , 2 dives per day

Max. N o. Divers 36

Price £60

Location Sharm El Shiek

Dates 21st October - 28th October

Trip Details Can anyone booked on this trip please attend August clubmeeting so we need can update your details to send toDivers International re:

How many dives you have

Equipment Required

If need Nitrox etc

Where you are staying

Price We have managed to arrange a fantastic 5 day, 10 dives, divepackage for our member for only €125 with Divers International,which is a massive saving of €100 on their usual dive packagepricing! Nitrox is only €10 extra for the five days

If you have any ideas for club trips for next year, please let us know at the next club meeting, so we canorganise and book boats etc...This is because we need to book early to ensure that we can have access to the best boats at each

destination.

Club Events and Trips Calendar

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Left

To avoid any disappointment and so we do not have to cancel any of our trips / boats it wouldbe greatly appreciated, if those who are seriously interested would kindly put their names

down on the list and pay a £10 deposit.

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