NEWHAVEN SCUBA CENTRE

RIB DIVES - APRIL 2012 - TOP KNOTS

2012-03-06T13:12:00.006Z

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sunday 1st April Wreck Dive Meet @ 10.30 Adv £30
Sunday 1st April Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
Good Friday 6th April Wreck Dive (Pottery) Meet @ 08.45 Adv £35
Good Friday 6th April Drift Duive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10
Good Friday 6th April Wreck Dive (Nyon) Meet @ 16.00 Adv £30
Saturday 7th April Wreck Dive (Lalen Mendi) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £30
Saturday 7th April Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
Sunday 8th April Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 10.15 Adv £25
Sunday 8th April Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10
Easter Monday 9th April Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10
Easter Monday 9th April Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 11.00 Adv £25
Saturday 14th April Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 10.00 Adv £30
Saturday 14th April Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
Sunday 15th April Drift Dive Meet @ 08.30 O/W £10
Sunday 15th April Wreck Dive (Mohlenpris) Meet @ 11.30 Adv £35
Saturday 21st April Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £30
Saturday 21st April Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10
Sunday 22nd April Wreck Dive (Vasco) Meet @ 10.15 Adv £25
Sunday 22nd April Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
Saturday 28th April Wreck Dive (Nyon) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £30
Saturday 28th April Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 13.30 Adv £25
Sunday 29th April Wreck Dive (Seven Seas) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £30
Sunday 29th April Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 15.00 Adv £20

*PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH DIVER HAS THEIR OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER*

RIB DIVES - MARCH 2012 - TOP KNOTS

2012-02-21T13:38:00.004Z

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Saturday 3rd March Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 10.30 Adv £30

Sunday 4th March Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10

Sunday 4th March Wreck Dive (Inger) Meet @ 12.00 Adv £30

Saturday 10th March Wreck Dive (Lalen Mendi) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £30

Sunday 11th March Wreck Dive Meet @ 05.30 Adv £25

Sunday 11th March Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 10.15 Adv £25

Saturday 17th March Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 11.00 Adv £25

Sunday 18th March Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £25

Saturday 24th March Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25

Sunday 25th March Wreck Dive (Blanefield) Meet @ 11.00 Adv £30

Saturday 31st March Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £30

*PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH DIVER HAS THEIR OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER*

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2012

2012-02-14T14:20:00.003Z

Meeting Title: Club meeting
Date & time: Friday 10th February 2012
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: The Hope Inn - Newhaven
Attendees(22): Richard H, Sara, Angie, Fraser, Richard G, Ashley P, Alan W, Glenn, Sue,
Phil D, Andy B, Paul V, Pete Liddiard, Derek M, Chas H, David P, Gavin S, Neil A, Lyn & Keith, Zoe Wood, Suzie Borenius
Apologies from:
Next Meeting: Friday 23rd March 2012
Minutes Taken: Angie

1. Apologies for absent received from:-
Membership is due @ next meeting for April 1st 2012
Pool club night to be held on Friday 9th March 2012 @ Roedean Girls School - £10 for non club members.

2. CONGRATULATIONS TO NICK PARSONS

We would all like to congratulate Nick back on to the Team on passing his Instructor update for those that didn’t know.

3. PENZANCE DIVE FESTIVAL – 4TH MAY - 7TH MAY 2012

Trip is now full.
(Travel down on Friday to Penzance, camping @ Trevair Touring Park or if you prefer you can book a B&B)
£40.00 for 2 Dives (additional dives will be available at an extra cost)
Non divers welcomed

4. SCAPA FLOW – 16TH – 24TH JUNE 2012

Trip is now full.
Flights are now booked.

WWI and WWII Wrecks
7 Day trip to Scapa on the Radiant Queen Charters boat
(see www.rqcharters.co.uk)
Staying at Divers Lodge – A large (5 X Bedrooms, 4 x Bathrooms) self catering house only 60 meters from the boat.
£775 per person based on 12
We will be holding a separate meeting for those going in the near future

5. RED SEA LIVE ABOARD – NOVEMBER 9th 2012

THIS TRIP IS FULLY BOOKED

This trip will be going North on the MV Gelen 5* luxury live aboard and is now full. Deposits are now required to secure your space. Possibly a second trip will be organised.

6. NSC AIRBOURNE DIVE FESTIVAL AUGUST 4TH 2012 – AUGUST 11TH 2012

These dive trips are to co-incide with the Eastbourne Air Show.

7. SUGGESTIONS FOR JULY 2012

Preferrably local .. i.e. Shoreham, Brighton, Selsey, Littlehampton, Bognor, Worthing!

8. SWANAGE DIVE TRIP - SEPTEMBER

1 X Weeks Accomodation and 10 dives £195.00
12 people needed to make this trip go ahead

9. XMAS PARTY OR XMAS MEAL DECEMBER 2012

Could you please let us know what you would prefer to do for our xmas get together this year.

10. DIVE REPORTS & PHOTOS NEEDED

Wanted more reports please of your Diving adventures and Holidays, including Photo’s if you have them.
Please send them to Angie, at the dive centre so she can add them onto the blog and facebook network so that we can all hear about what a great dive or trip you had.

11. BDMLR – COURSE

Anyone interested in this course then please contact the centre – so that we can start to organise this. We need minimum of 6.

12. TRIPS ALSO BEING LOOKED AT FOR 2013

Could you all please bring in any ideas that you may have for next years diving or if there is anywhere in particular that you would love to dive then please let us know.

Truk Lagoon –(speak to Richard or Glenn for details if interested)
Thailand – (March/April – Angies Wedding)
Isle of Mann
Lundy
The Azores

13. SEASEARCH OBSERVATION

Anyone who wants to help in the seasearch study can grab a form from the office.

14. NEXT MEETING………………………………

Friday 23rd March 2012
@ The Hope Inn
7.30pm

SUUNTO 2012 - TRADE IN OFFER

2012-02-08T15:51:00.005Z

Trade in your old dive computer for a Suunto D4i with USB and get £100.00 off

Suunto D4i - £395.00

Trade In - £295.00

Or if you prefer trade in your old computer for the Suunto Vyper Air with USB.

Vyper Air - £429.00

Trade In - £329.00

Contact the Dive Centre or Glenn for more details.

CLUB POOL NIGHT @ ROEDEAN GIRLS SCHOOL - FRIDAY 9TH MARCH 2012

2012-02-08T15:19:00.004Z

Next Club Members pool night is:-
Friday 9th March 2012 @ 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Please call the dive centre to have your name added to the list as there are limited spaces.

Non Club Members can attend at the cost of £10 and once again can you please call the dive centre to have you name added to the list.

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2012

2012-02-08T15:16:00.003Z

A quick reminder about Club Meeting -

This Friday 10th February 2012
The Hope Inn
Fort Road
Newhaven
@ 7.30pm

Everyone welcome members, non-members, divers and non-divers

RIB DIVES - FEBRUARY 2012 - TOP KNOTS

2012-01-31T13:33:00.005Z

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Saturday 4th February Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10

Saturday 4th February Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 13.00 Adv £30

Sunday 5th February Wreck Dive (Lancer) Meet @ 07.15 Adv £20

Sunday 5th February Wreck Dive (Lalen Mendi) Meet @ 13.30 Adv £30

Saturday 11th February Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 10.30 Adv £30

Sunday 12th February Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 11.30 Adv £25

Saturday 18th February Wreck Dive (Inger) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £30

Sunday 19th February Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10

Sunday 19th February Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 13.30 Adv £25

Saturday 25th February Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 10.30 Adv £30

Sunday 26th February Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 11.00 Adv £30

*PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH DIVER HAS THEIR OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER*

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - JAUARY 2012

2012-01-31T12:15:00.016Z

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements:-

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING (DSD)

Ian Mitchell

ADVANCED OPEN WATER (ADVENTURE DIVER)

Eleanor Chilcott

Emma Goubert

RESCUE DIVER

David Phillips

Rhys Phillips

DEEP DIVER SPECIALITY

Paul Vincent

EFR - REFRESHER

Philip Greenwood

Mick Austen

Andrew Brotherton

ENRICHED AIR DIVER 40%

Michael Austen

TEC REC GAS BLENDER

Mark Hayley

Ashley Phinbow

Sam Greenway

Well done to all the above.

CLUB POOL NIGHT @ ROEDEAN - FRIDAY 27TH JANUARY 2012

2012-01-17T12:43:00.006Z

Club night for all club members - Friday 27th January 2012 @ 7.00pm - 9.00pm.
Please call the dive centre to have your name added to the list as there are limited spaces.

Non club members can attend for the cost of £10.00 (once again please call the dive centre to have your name added to the list).

RIB DIVES JANUARY 2012 - TOP KNOTS

2012-01-03T12:51:00.005Z

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*
Saturday 7th January Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £20
Saturday 7th January Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10
Sunday 8th January Wreck Dive (Lalen Mendi) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £ 30
Saturday 14th January Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 12.00 Adv £25
Sunday 15th January Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 07.30 Adv £25
Sunday 15th January Drift Dive Meet @ 11.00 O/W £10
Saturday 21st January Wreck Dive (Lancer) Meet @ 07.30 Adv £20
Saturday 21st January Drift Dive Meet @ 11.00 O/W £10
Sunday 22nd January Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £30
Saturday 28th January Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet@ 11.30 Adv £30
Sunday 29th January Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 12.15 Adv £25
*PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH DIVER HAS THEIR OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER*

LONDON DIVE LECTURES 2012

2011-12-13T12:44:00.014Z

The Great Barrier Reef, Rotting Fish, Cornish Fishermen

& Spanish Caves are some of the delights at the

'London Dive Lectures 2012'

For the 2012 'London Dive Lectures' we are bringing back two of our ever-popular speakers to the Royal Geographical Society. This event, run by The London Diving Chamber, will once again be awakening your imagination, taking you to the edges of exploration and entertaining you all.

This year we are delighted to have record-breaking cave diver, Rick Stanton and BBC presenter, Monty Halls speaking.

The 'London Dive Lectures' are held in support of Scuba Trust - a charity devoted to giving people with physical disabilities an equal opportunity to experience the pleasure and excitement of scuba diving and the underwater world.

Entrance will be free, but please help us fill those Scuba Trust buckets on the night and let's make sure we beat last year's fantastic donation.

To register, please click on the following link or call the dive centre and we will register for you.

http://www.londondivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=events&page=4

Date: - Friday 10th February 2012
Time: - 6.30pm (doors open at 6pm)
Location: - The Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS - DECEMBER 2011

2011-12-06T11:49:00.016Z

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements:-

OPEN WATER

Steven Doughty

Graham Wright

Zoe Wood

RESCUE DIVER

Wayne Smith

EFR PRIMARY & SECONDARY WITH CARE FOR CHILDREN & AED

Wayne Smith

David Faulkner-Bryant

DRIFT DIVER SPECIALITY

Neil Arnott

Jenny Smith

NIGHT DIVER SPECIALITY

Neil Arnott

Jenny Scotland

Alan Ward

Ian Cottenham

DEEP DIVER SPECIALITY

Neil Arnott

WRECK DIVER SPECIALITY

Neil Arnott

Jenny Scotland

Ian Cottenham

DRY SUIT SPECIALITY

Simon Cornford

Andrew Johnston

ENRICHED AIR 40%

Andrew Johnston

Simon Cornford

UNDERWATER NAVIGATOR

Ian Cottenham

Well done to all the above and congratulations

CLUB MEETING FRIDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2012

2011-11-30T16:08:00.000Z

The next club meeting is to be held on Friday 3rd February 2012. Everyone is welcome to come (members and non-club members) This will be the first meeting of the 2012 season and we would like lots of input from you all on trips you would like us to do.

LOCATION: THE HOPE INN, NEWHAVEN

TIME: 7.30PM

ICE SKATING BRIGHTON PAVILLION – SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER

2011-11-30T16:04:00.000Z

We are planning an evening of ice skating @ The Royal Pavillion Brighton on Saturday 10th December 2011 @ 8.00pm. If you would like to join us call the dive centre before 6th December as we will be booking spaces on that date.

Costs are:-

Adults £13.00

Children £8.50

Come along and join in the festive fun….

THE ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE MUSEUM – SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2012

2011-11-30T16:03:00.000Z

We are planning a trip to The Royal Navy Submarine Museum on Saturday 11th February 2012. If you are interested in coming please could you put your name down on the sheet in the shop or call the dive centre.

Costs are:-

Adult tickets £9.00

Children tickets £6.30

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS – NOVEMBER 2011

2011-11-30T15:45:00.000Z

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements:-

SCUBA DIVER

Jan Hopkins

OPEN WATER

Stuart O’Neill
Dylan Wright
Nick Burger
Zoey Burger
Charlotte Burger
Michel Burger

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Sue Andrews

DEEP DIVER SPECIALITY

David Phillips
Jenny Scotland
Ian Cottenham
Clint Ticehurst
Alan Ward
Dominic Taylor
Sam Greenway
Charles Humphries

DRIFT DIVER SPECIALITY

David Phillips
Samantha Greenway
Sue Andrews
Clint Ticehurst
Charles Humphries
Dominic Taylor

NIGHT DIVER SPECIALITY

David Phillips
Samantha Greenway
Sue Andrews
Clint Ticehurst
Charles Humphries
Dominic Taylor

WRECK DIVER SPECIALITY

Samantha Greenway
David Phillips
Clint Ticehurst
Charles Humphries
Dominic Taylor

UNDERWATER NATURALIST SPECIALITY

Samantha Greenway
Sue Andrews
Clint Ticehurst
Dominic Taylor

BOAT DIVER SPECIALITY

Sue Andrews
Samantha Greenway
Clint Ticehurst
Dominic Taylor

Once again, well done to everyone on your achievements.

RIB DIVES – DECEMBER 2011 TOP KNOTS

2011-11-29T13:24:00.002Z

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sat 3rd Dec Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £30

Sat 3rd Dec Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10

Sun 4th Dec Wreck Dive (Lalen Mendi) Meet @ 10.00 Adv £30

Sun 4th Dec Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10

Sat 10th Dec Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £30

Sat 10th Dec Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10

Sun 11th Dec Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £30

Sun 11th Dec Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10

Sat 17th Dec Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 07.45 Adv £25

Sat 17th Dec Drift Dive Meet @ 11.00 O/W £10

Sun 18th Dec Wreck Dive (Blanefield) Adv £30

Sun 18th Dec Drift Dive Meet @ 11.00 O/W £10

Sat 24th Dec Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £20

BOXING DAY DIVE Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.30 Adv £25

Tues 27th Dec Wreck Dive (Inger) Meet @ 10.00 Adv £30

Sat 31st Dec Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 07.45 Adv £25

Sat 31st Dec Drift Dive Meet @ 11.00 O/W £10

NEW YEAR DAY DIVE Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

*PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH DIVER HAS THEIR OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER*

GET WELL SOON STEVE

2011-11-13T12:49:00.004Z

After a severe bad problem, Steve Winsor has now had surgery and is on the mend. All your friends and buddies from Newhave Scuba Centre would like to wish Steve a healthy and speedy recovery and look forward to seeing you next year at the dive centre and diving again ..............

CLUB MEMBERS POOL NIGHT - FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2011

2011-11-13T12:44:00.004Z

Hooray.................. After intensive repairs, Roedean pool is now open and we have booked our club pool night for Friday 2nd December 2011 - please call the office if you are attending. This will be open for non-club members (for a small fee) which we will let you know nearer the time, providing we are not fully booked .....

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - OCTOBER 2011

2011-10-31T14:03:00.014Z

We would like to congratulation the following on this months achievements:-

OPEN WATER

Emma Larby

Colin Page

Ellie Burrows

RESCUE

Oliver Bailly

40% NITROX SPECIALITY

Robert Pearce

Rhys Phillips

David Phillips

Ashley Phinbow

Paul Vincent

EMERGENCY OXYGEN PROVIDER

Michael Austen

Oliver Bailly

Jenny Scotland

David Phillips

Rhys Phillips

Angela Thompson

EMERGENCY OXYGEN PROVIDER INSTRUCTOR

Glenn Hawkins

Mark Hayley

Angela Thompson

Well done to all those listed above.

RIB DIVES - NOVEMBER 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-10-25T13:51:00.007+01:00

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Saturday 5th November Drift Dive Meet @ 08.00 O/W £10
Saturday 5th November Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 11.15 Adv £25
Sunday 6th November Drift Dive Meet @ 08.00 O/W £10
Sunday 6th November Wreck Dive (Inger) Meet @ 12.15 Adv £30
Saturday 12th November - NO BOAT DIVING - RED SEA
Saturday 12th November - NO BOAT DIVING - RED SEA
Sunday 13th November - NO BOAT DIVING - RED SEA
Sunday 13th November - NO BOAT DIVING - RED SEA
Saturday 19th November -NO BOAT DIVING - RED SEA
Saturday 19th November - NO BOAT DIVING - RED SEA
Sunday 20th November Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £30
Sunday 20th November Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10
Saturday 26th November Wreck Dive (Clodmoor) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £20
Saturday 26th November Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10
Sunday 27th November Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25
Sunday 27th November Drift Dive (7nth Sister) Meet @ 12.00 O/W £15

*PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH DIVER HAS THEIR OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER*

CHRISTMAS DINNER MENU - GINO'S DECEMBER 2011

2011-10-19T15:38:00.008+01:00

GINO'S CHRISTMAS MENU 2011 £22.00 (including tip)

STARTERS

Smoked Salmon Pate

Prosciutto & Mozzarella

Warm Goats Cheese Salad

Vegetable Soup

MAIN COURSE

Traditional Roast Turkey

Tagliatelle San Marco

Salmone Con Gamberetti & Cipolina

Mushroom Ravioli

DESSERTS

Christmas Pudding

Pannetonne

Raspberry Sorbet

Cappucino Cheesecake

For full details of menu - see board in shop.

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS - SEPTEMBER 2011

2011-09-30T13:05:00.011+01:00

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements:-

OPEN WATER

Helen Edmonds

Emma Sanders

Douglas Taylor

Alison Lockwood

Lyn Andrews

Joseph Ford

Vanessa Cammell

Jack Kelly

Shaun Kelly

Robin Lusted

Paul Candy

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Craig Lindfield-Butler

Gavin Searle

EFR PRIMARY/SECONDARY WITH CARE FOR CHILDREN & AED

David Phillips

Oliver Bailly

Rhys Phillips

Well done to all the above.

CHRISTMAS PARTY @ GINO'S SEAFORD - FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2011

2011-09-20T17:31:00.005+01:00

This years Christmas Party is to be held at:-

Gino's

Claremont Road

Seaford

@ 7.30 pm

Friday 9th December 2011

Please can you place your name down on the form in the shop with your £10 deposit if you would like to join us.

RIB DIVES - OCTOBER 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-09-20T16:34:00.005+01:00

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*
Saturday 1st October - AWAY WEYMOUTH

Sunday 2nd October - AWAY WEYMOUTH

Saturday 8th October - Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 07.00 Adv £25

Saturday 8th October - Drift Dive (7nth Sister) Meet @ 11.00 O/W £15

Sunday 9th October - Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 07.45 Adv £30

Sunday 9th October - Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10

Saturday 15th October - Drift Dive Meet @ 07.30 O/W £10

Saturday 15th October - Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Adv £25

Sunday 16th October - Drift Dive (7nth Sister) Meet @ 08.00 O/W £15

Sunday 16th October - Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 11.15 Adv £30

Saturday 22nd October - Drift Dive Meet @ 08.30 O/W £10

Saturday 22nd October - Wreck Dive (Inger) Meet @ 12.00 Adv £30

Sunday 23rd October - Drift Dive (7nth Sister) Meet @ 08.30 O/W £15

Sunday 23rd October - Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 13.15 Adv £20

Saturday 29th October - Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 10.45 Adv £25

Saturday 29th October - Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10

Sunday 30th October - Wreck Dive (Millgate) Meet @ 10.30 Adv £25

Plus Halloween Dive tbc

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - AUGUST 2011

2011-08-31T12:48:00.016+01:00

We would like to congratulate the following on this months achievements:-

OPEN WATER

Craig Lindfield-Butler

Sue Andrews

Eddie Eardley

Nadine Jones

Lauren Clough

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Theo Sofoulakis

Stuart Rawlinson

Zoe McCaig

EFR PRIMARY & SECONDARY WITH AED

Katie Brook

RESCUE DIVER

James Griffiths

NIGHT DIVER SPECIALITY

Ira Vinnicombe

TEC 40

Sue Turner

Richard Garrett

Congratulations to all the above - well done.

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2011

2011-08-30T16:40:00.002+01:00

There will be a club meeting this Friday 2nd September 2011 for all those who want to come
to be held at the:-

HOPE INN @ 7.30PM

Everyone welcome members and non-members.

RIB DIVES - TOP KNOTS - SEPTEMBER 2011

2011-08-18T15:43:00.005+01:00

*NB ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*
Tuesday 30th August Wreck Dive (Millgate) Meet @ 17.30 Adv £25
Wednesday 31st August Wreck Dive (Lancer) Meet @ 18.00 Adv £20
Saturday 3rd September Wreck Dive (Lalen Mendi) Meet @ 07.30 Adv £30
Saturday 3rd September Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 13.00 Adv £20
Sunday 4th September Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £30
Sunday 4th September Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 13.30 Adv £30
Wednesday 7th September Wreck Dive (Clodmoor) Meet @ 18.00 Adv £20
Saturday 10th September Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25
Saturday 10th September Drift Dive Meet @ 14.00 O/Water £10
Sunday 11th September Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 08.30 Adv £30
Tuesday 13th September Wreck Dive (Inverclyde) Meet @ 17.00 Adv £20
Wednesday 14th September Drift Dive Meet @ 17.30 O/Water £10
Saturday 17th September Wreck Dive (Lancer) Meet @ 07.00 Adv £20
Saturday 17th September Wreck Dive (Blanefield) Meet @ 11.30 Adv £30
Sunday 18th September Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 07.00 Adv £30
Sunday 18th September Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/Water £10
Wednesday 21st September Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 15.30 Adv £20
Saturday 24th September Drift Dive Meet @ 09.30 O/Water £10
Saturday 24th September Wreck Dive (Mohlenpris) Meet @ 13.30 Adv £35
Sunday 25th September Wreck Dive (Clodmoor) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £20
Sunday 25th September Wreck Dive (The Ashford) Meet @ 14.30 Adv £30
*PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH DIVER HAS THEIR OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER*

SCUBAPRO NEW PRODUCT VIDEOS

2011-08-11T16:29:00.003+01:00

Click on the following links below for Scubapro's new product videos.

X-Force BC.
http://scubapro.vline.tv/download/Montage_Gilet_EN.wmv

Everdry 4 Drysuit
http://scubapro.vline.tv/download/Montage_Combinaison_EN.wmv

They will also be featuring these videos on their Facebook site, and on their web site.

RIB DIVE - TOP KNOTS - THURSDAY 11TH AUGUST 2011

2011-08-03T17:30:00.004+01:00

NB - EXTRA DIVE

Thursday 11th August 2011 - Wreck Dive Meet at 8.30 Adv £25

Call the dive centre to get yourself on..

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - JULY 2011

2011-07-31T14:40:00.015+01:00

We would like to congratulate the following on this months achievemnets.

OPEN WATER

Oscar Borenius

Georgia Borenius

Sue Borenius

Harriett Latham-Cork

Andrew May

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Barrie Gillespie

EFR REFRESHER

Sara Bowring

EFR PRIMARY & SECONDARY WITH AED

James Griffiths

RESCUE DIVER

Clint Ticehurst

Nivaldo Petry Filho

David Faulkner-Bryant

NIGHT DIVE SPECIALITY - SATURDAY 20TH AUGUST 2011

2011-07-29T16:52:00.006+01:00

Venue:- Brighton Marina Dive Site

Time:- 7pm

Cert:- O/Water

Cost:- £130.00 (including Night Diver Speciality Manual)

If you are interested in doing the Night Diver Speciality please call the Dive Centre to book your space. This speciality will consist of 3 x Dives and each diver will need a Torch, and a back up Torch, SMB & Reel, Dive Computer or Watch.

KERNOW DIVE REPORT - BY SARA

2011-07-15T18:07:00.014+01:00

Thursday 9th June 2011
Diving gear, Camping gear, Clothes all checked packed in to car and of we go to Penzance for a long week-end of diving. Five and a half hours later and arrived at Penzance campsite. Sun is shining tent is up and time to relax with a good book while I wait for Richard, Sue, Glenn and Fraser to arrive with “Top Knots”.
Everyone arrived through the day, Sharon, Anne-Marie, Chas and Paul and wife Pat with what can only be described as a mansion for a tent!
Now when I said everything checked and packed in to the car, I can’t say the same for Richard!! Got the tent so let’s get that up, un-load the boat ready to launch but first let’s have a cup of tea....Where’s the cooker! Oops left it at home, ok not a problem can use Sara’s (12 people to one cooker and one tent awning is always cosy!! I’m not doing the washing up)
Car unpacked boat ready to go, Richard asks “Where’s my red holdall with wash stuff and all my clothes” it’s not in the tent, “is it in the car?” NO.
At this point I have to tell you that this is not the first camping trip that Richard has forgot something last time it was the air bed and light, then the time before that was the cooker again, so it’s kind of a reoccurring memory lose.
Shopping trip done and clean underpants sorted, we went to Penzance Harbour to launch the boat, only to find that there was a Fun Fair in the main harbour car park and no access to the slip for a boat the size of “Top Knots” luckily we had a back up and went 5 minutes round the corner to a very quaint Newlyn Harbour. Dinner was at the First and Last Inn at Lands End, as by now we were joined by Richard G(Blondie), Clive, Andrew with his wife Nicola, Mark and his dad John.
Friday 10th June 2011
During the night our Coventry friend Digger had arrived in his passion wagon.
Early start as Richard, Sue and Glenn were skippering the boat and in order for all 14 divers to get 4 dives in over the next 2 days it meant the boat was going out 3 times.
1st Dive was to the wreck of The Conqueror.
2nd Dive was to the wreck of The Alice-Marie
3rd Dive was back to the wreck of The Conqueror for all those that didn’t dive this morning as we were joined now by Andy and Samantha, Dennis and his wife Gill, Steve and his wife Chrissie.
Dives were great, visibility was around 3 to 5 metres and 16 degrees in the water, during the morning it rained but by the afternoon the sun was out and shinning down on us. Everyone was having a great time, although no basking sharks yet. The tank run was done in afternoon thanks to Mark & Anne Marie, so all ready for tomorrows diving which was the main event of the weekend The Runnel Stone. Back to the campsite to relax and refresh before dinner, we ate at the First and Last Inn again at Lands End as it is a big enough pub to cater for all of us.
Saturday 11th June 2011
1st Dive was to the wreck The Lincoln
2nd Dive was to The Runnel Stone
3rd Dive was back to The Runnel Stone for the ones that didn’t go the 1st time.
The sun was out and Glen and Richard G took the boat out to the 1st dive this morning which was a very early 7am start. They had a great time and even saw a seal playing in the bay right near them on The Lincoln.
Just before the 2nd dive left the harbour we wanted to thank Richard for all his time and effort in getting the boat down to Penzance, arranging with Glenn that all the divers got in their dives as we were meant to have 2 boats for the week-end, also Richard was not 100% and was waiting an operation. Sue gave the speech and a very heartfelt thank you to Richard, and to show our thanks we all produced and gave him a juicy Plum (referring to the size and name the doctors gave him).A quick boat ride round towards Lands End for the Runnel Stone dive and we were greeted by quite a few boats all diving this very big location, There are several wrecks all lying on top of one another at this dive site with anemones that come in all the bright fluorescent colours you can think off. This dive site has to go in into one of divers top 10 dive sites in the UK.
The 3rd group went out again to The Runnel Stone and the sea was flat calm and no other dive boats or divers around, had the dive site all to themselves.
Arriving back at the harbour to meet everyone coming back off the dive and help them off with their kit, all off a sudden just behind the boat was a seal, he stayed and played in the harbour just long enough to watch and get a few photos before disappearing, fantastic.
This evening we were booked into the restaurant part of the Last and First Inn, so we all squashed into cars again for the quick journey to Lands End. No diving tomorrow (Sunday) as weather was turning for the worse and it had already started to rain for the evening.
On the way back to the campsite getting back in the cars in the rain, Paul managed to close the car door on his wife Pat’s fingers, to which she was very calm and politely asked Paul to open the car door, to which he said “ Do I have to it’s raining” poor Pat. Still can’t believe how calm she was.
Sunday 12th June 2011
We all went to the cafe for a late breakfast before some of us packed up our beds and tents and headed home.
After all the goodbyes were done the ones left decided to go out for the day to Lands End and to St Ives, so Richard cleared out the car and now we had a 7 seat tractor for the day.
Tractor was a very appt name for this group as on the journey came various animal noises, reactions and smelly bottoms! Which was now know as “Flip flop” due to someone (no names mentioned Zak’s mum) Passed wind in front of Richard who said “What was that, so Sara said “It was my flip flop squeaking”.
Today was more like a narked diver’s day out with a bit of blonde moment thrown in and stop licking the windows in the back!
Glen drove Richard, Sue, Sara, Andy, Sam, Fraser and Zak to a very windy Lands End although it was just as windy in the back of the car with Zak deciding to remind us of what we have been feeding him all week-end phew wee.
We had a short visit and gift shop at lands end then on to St Ives which if you have ever been is a nightmare to get in to but found a parking spot and headed to the beach for lunch, after a short walk we get to a pastry and ice cream shop, so we all get out food and sit on the bench overlooking the sea.
We decided to eat at Sennen cove Pub that evening as there was only a few of us left now.
Monday morning we decided to pull the boat and start packing up for home as the weather was turning again in the afternoon and putting a wet tent away is never fun, so we all packed up and headed home Monday afternoon.
This was again another successful diving and camping trip, with special thanks to everyone that came and made it a fantastic week-end, with a lot of laughter.
Big thanks to Richard, Sue and Glen for driving the “tractor” and the boat. Also a big thank you to the divers that buddy up with our newer members and helped bring on their diving experience, you know who you are.
Look forward to seeing you all and more on the next trip.
For more info on these dive site look up on internet or Dive South Cornwall.
Report by Sara.

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 15TH JULY

2011-07-14T12:32:00.003+01:00

Just a quick reminder to everyone that there is a club meeting on:-

FRIDAY 15TH JULY
@ THE HOPE INN
FORT ROAD
NEWHAVEN
7.30PM

Everyone is welcomed - divers and non-divers.

Hope to see you there ........

RIB DIVES – AUGUST 2011 – TOP KNOTS

2011-07-12T15:26:00.010+01:00

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Wednesday 3rd August – Drift Dive Meet @ 17.00 O/W £10
Saturday 6th August - Wreck Dive (Vasco) Meet @ 08.30 Adv £25
Saturday 6th August - Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10
Saturday 6th August - Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 14.45 Adv £20
Sunday 7th August - Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25
Sunday 7th August – Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
Sunday 7th August – Wreck Dive (Clodmoor) Meet @ 15.30 Adv £20
Wednesday 10th August – Drift Dive Meet @ 17.00 O/W £10
Friday 12th August – Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 16.00 Adv £25
Saturday 13th August – Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £30
Saturday 13th August – Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10
Saturday 13th August – Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 16.30 Adv £25
Sunday 14th August – Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 09.45 Adv £25
Sunday 14th August – Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10
Sunday 14th August – Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 17.00 Adv £25
Monday 15th August – Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Meet @ 17.30 Adv £25
Saturday 20th August – Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 07.30 Adv £20
Saturday 20th August – Drift Dive Meet @ 10.30 O/W £10
Saturday 20th August – Wreck Dive (Inger) Meet @ 13.00 Adv £25
Sunday 21st August – Wreck Dive (Mohlenpris) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25
Sunday 21st August – Wreck Dive (Blanefield) Meet @ 13.30 Adv £25
Monday 22nd August – Wreck Dive (Lancer) Meet @ 16.30 Adv £20
Tuesday 23rd August – Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 16.00 Adv £25
Wednesday 24th August – Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 17.30 Adv £25
Saturday 27th August – Wreck Dive (TBC) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £TBC
Saturday 27th August – Wreck Dive (TBC) Meet @ 15.00 Adv £TBC
Sunday 28th August – Wreck Dive (TBC) Meet @ 08.30 Adv £TBC
Sunday 28th August – Wreck Dive (TBC) Meet @ 16.00 Adv £TBC
Monday 29th August – Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25
Monday 29th August – Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - JUNE 2011

2011-07-01T14:40:00.005+01:00

We would like to congratulate the following on this months achievements:-

OPEN WATER

Gavin Searle

Elizabeth Marogna

Stuart Rawlinson

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Andrew Schartenberg

Sam Greenway

EFR AND CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH AED

Nivaldo Petry Filho

Nick Smith

RESCUE DIVER

Nick Smith

Well done to all the above

KERNOW DIVE FESTIVAL - MARK HAYLEYS VIDEO

2011-07-01T14:30:00.003+01:00

THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT

2011-06-29T12:27:00.004+01:00

Come and get yourselves involved - place your name on the board in the shop.

Visit their website: http://gwr.scubaclick.com/

SCUBAPRO'S NEW X-FORCE VIDEO

2011-06-29T12:20:00.005+01:00

Click on the link below to see the new X-Force video from Scubapro:-

http://scubapro.vline.tv/download/Montage_Gilet_EN.wmv

RIB DIVES - JULY 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-06-28T12:26:00.004+01:00

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*
Saturday 2nd July Wreck Dive (Vasco) Meet @ 10.00 Adv £25
Saturday 2nd July Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
Sunday 3rd July Wreck Dive (Lancer) Meet @ 06.45 Adv £20
Sunday 3rd July Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 10.45 Adv £25
Sunday 3rd July Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10
Saturday 9th July Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 10.00 Adv £30
Saturday 9th July Drift Dive Meet @ 15.30 O/W £10
Sunday 10th July Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Meet @ 11.00 Adv £25
Sunday 10th July Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10
Saturday 16th July Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet@ 10.00 Adv £30
Saturday 16th July Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
Saturday 16th July Wreck Dive (Inger) Meet @ 17.15 Adv £25
Sunday 17th July Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 06.15 Adv £25
Sunday 17th July Wreck Dive (Blanefield) Meet @ 10.45 Adv £25
Saturday 23rd July Wreck Dive (Mohlenpris) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £30
Saturday 23rd July Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10
Saturday 23rd July Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Meet @ 14.30 Adv £25
Sunday 24th July Wreck Dive (Nyon) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £30
Sunday 24th July Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10
Saturday 30th July Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £25
Saturday 30th July Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £25
Sunday 31st July Wreck Dive (Celtic) Meet @ 09.45 Adv £25
Sunday 31st July Drift Dive Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10
*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - SARA

2011-06-17T17:22:00.004+01:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARA

FROM ALL YOUR BUDDIES

@ NEWHAVEN SCUBA CENTRE

CLUB NIGHT @ ROEDEAN GIRLS SCHOOL - FRIDAY 24TH JUNE 2011 @ 7.00PM

2011-06-17T13:00:00.002+01:00

We have booked Roedean Girls School Pool for:-

FRIDAY 24TH JUNE
@ 7.00PM

Club members are free
Non club members to pay a small fee

Call the dive centre and get yourselves booked in.

MERIDIAN NEWS ARTICLE ON SINKONE4SUSSEX PROJECT

2011-06-16T13:00:00.004+01:00

Click on the link below for the news article on the sinkone4sussex project.

http://www.itv.com/meridian-east/sink-that-ship31522/

SINKONE4SUSSEX

2011-06-15T13:39:00.008+01:00

Click on the following link for the article in the Argus:-
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9080749.Developer_wants_to_sink_warship_off_Peacehaven_coast_to_create_diving_attraction/

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 3RD JUNE 2011 - THE HOPE INN 7.30PM

2011-06-15T13:22:00.003+01:00

Meeting Title: Club meeting
Date & time: Friday 3rd June 2011
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: The Hope Inn - Newhaven
Attendees(23): Richard H, Sara, Jamie, Angie, Brad F, Jacqui F, Allison, Steve P, Fraser, Glenn, Sue, Richard G, Alan Mc, Phil D, Andy B, Mark H, Anne-Marie, Sam G, Andrew S, Lorna, Chris, Dennis, Paul V.
Apologies from: Margarett, Chas
Next Meeting: Friday 15th July 2011
Minutes Taken by: Angie

Apologies for absent received from:- Margarett, Chas Membership is due for those who haven’t joined yet. Pool club night to be held on Friday 24th June @ Roedean Girls School - £5 for non club members. Membership cards are ready for those who have joined – if you have not collected them – they are in the office.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARK HAYLEY
We would all like to congratulate Mark on passing his I.E. for those that didn’t know.

KERNOW DIVE FESTIVAL – 10TH-12TH JUNE 2011 Trip is now full.
(Travel down on Friday to Penzance, camping @ Cardinney Camp Site or if you prefer you can book a B&B)
£80.00 for 4 Dives (additional dives will be available at an extra cost)
Non divers welcomed

LYME REGIS WEEKEND – 10TH/11TH SEPTEMBER 2011
There are still 4 spaces available.
This is diving on the hard boat Miss Pattie.
Camping @ www.hookfarm-uplyme.co.uk or B&B
(you will be responsible for booking your own pitch tel: 01297442801)
Diving with Miss Pattie Hard Boat – cost of charter is £850 for 4 dives (www.lymeregisdivecharter.co.uk )
We need minimum of 8 Divers = £110 each or
12 Divers = £71
You will require 2 x Tanks as Miss Pattie will not be returning to shore in between dives .
Non Divers welcome.

RED SEA LIVE ABOARD – NOVEMBER 4TH 2011
This trip will be going North on the MV Gelen 5* luxury live aboard.
We have 10 people interested so far – we need 2 more people then this trip will go ahead.

LIFEBOAT ANNUAL SUMMER FETE – 2ND JULY 2011
The lifeboat annual fete will be held @ Riverside, Newhaven.
If you can spare some time - come along and support them.

PADI PROJECT AWARE GOLF DAY MONDAY 8TH AUGUST
As usual we have entered 2 x teams this year.
If you want to join in the fun and come along for the meal which includes auction and raffle – then let either Glenn or Angie know a.s.a.p.

HELP FOR HEROES DAY @ THE UNDERWATER STUDIOS 24TH OR 25TH SEPTEMBER 2011
We need a team of 4 divers – if you are interested then can you let Angie or Glenn know a.s.a.p. so that we can enter a team.
Also sponsor forms are in the office

NEMO 33 & BRUGES CHRISTMAS MARKET (DATE TBC)
Early December - going by Eurostar

SCAPA FLOW – 16TH – 24TH JUNE 2012
WWI and WWII Wrecks
7 Day trip to Scapa on the Radiant Queen Charters boat (see www.rqcharters.co.uk)
Staying at Divers Lodge – A large (5 X Bedrooms, 4 x Bathrooms) self catering house only 60 meters from the boat.
approx £750 per person based on 12
TRIP IS NOW FULL

BRIGHTON MARINA HELP NEEDED
Glenn needs help in erecting the underwater platform which has broken – we have the materials now just need the man power – volunteers please

DIVE REPORTS & PHOTOS NEEDED
Wanted more reports please of your Diving adventures and Holidays, including Photo’s if you have them.
Please send them to Angie, Sue or Sara at the dive centre so they can add them onto the blog and facebook network so that we can all hear about what a great dive or trip you had.

BDMLR – COURSE
Anyone interested in this course then please contact the centre – so that we can start to organise this.
We need minimum of 6

DAY TRIPS TO SHOREHAM & LITTLEHAMPTON
We will be planning some day trips to Littlehampton and Shoreham later in the year – dates and times to be confirmed nearer the time.

TRIPS ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR 2012 ARE:-
(Could you all please bring in any ideas that you may have for next years diving or if there is anywhere in particular that you would love to dive then please let us know.)
Isle of Man (September)
Lundy Island
The Azores
Red Sea
Antarctic Ice Diving
Maldives
Mexico
Stoney Cove
Kernow
Littlehampton
Swanage Pier
(2013 Thailand)

SEASEARCH OBSERVATION
Anyone who wants to help in the seasearch study can grab a form from the office.

NEXT MEETING………………………………
Friday 15th July 2011
@ The Hope Inn
7.30pm
Everyone

THE UNDERWATER GUN RUN IN AID OF HELP THE HERO'S @ THE UNDERWATER STUDIO'S 24TH & 25TH SEPTEMBER 2011

2011-06-15T12:40:00.008+01:00

We need to get a team of 4 x divers who will be willing to take up this challenge.

We are only allowed to enter one team so get your names down on the form in the shop - then we will then put your names in a hat a pick the team.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

A team of 4 divers are to move steel cannon around a fixed course in the fastest time possible.

Lift bags are to be used to lift the cannon over a series of obstacles.

There are 4 obstacles that require the cannon to be lifted over.

2 obstacles that require the cannon to be disassembled to allow the cannon through.

And finally 1 obstacle that requires the cannon to be taken through positioned at approx 3m off the bottom of the pool.

Time is added for faults with the overall time being the actual time taken plus the time faults added.

The winners are the team with the fastest time.

During the challenge each member of the team must take the same route as the cannon if divers do not replicate the canon time penalties will be added.

The weight of the canon will be provided and each team will be responsible for rigging and lifting the cannon with there own lift bags.

There will be a maximum time limit for the run any teams who do not complete the run in the maximum time will have a time penalty added.

Course layout to be confirmed detailed prior to start.

Each team will be briefed prior to them entering the water.

It is envisaged that we will be able to accommodate a maximum of 25 teams per day over the 2 days.

The entrance fee per team is £50.00 with all this money going to HELP THE HERO'S (which Newhaven Scuba Centre will be paying) so all we need from you are some serious participants.

This event will be streamed live over the internet and hope to have television coverage of this event.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - MAY 2011

2011-05-31T14:19:00.010+01:00

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements:-

OPEN WATER

Toby Balcikonis

Matthew Rhodes

Darren Page

John McCallum

Tara McCallum

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

David Faulkner-Bryant

Oliver Bailly

EFR PRIMARY & SECONDARY WITH AED

Clint Ticehurst

MASTER SCUBA DIVER

Sophie Brook

(OWSI) OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR

Mark Hayley

Well done everyone .......

RIB DIVES - JUNE 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-05-24T14:28:00.003+01:00

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*
Wednesday 1st June Wreck Dive Meet @ 16.30 Adv £25
Saturday 4th June Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10
Saturday 4th June Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £25
Sunday 5th June Wreck Dive (Mohlenpris) Meet @ 07.00 Adv £25
Sunday 5th June Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 11.45 Adv £25
Saturday 18th June Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10
Saturday 18th June Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 11.00 Adv £30
Sunday 19th June Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 07.00 Adv £25
Sunday 19th June Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Meet @ 12.00 Adv £25
Wednesday 22nd June Drift Dive Meet @ 17.30 O/W £10
Saturday 25th June Drift Dive Meet @ 08.00 O/W £10
Saturday 25th June Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 10.30 Adv £30
Sunday 26th June Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10
Sunday 26th June Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 12.00 Adv £25
Wednesday 29th June Wreck Dive Meet @ 16.00 Adv £25
*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARK HAYLEY

2011-05-10T12:34:00.007+01:00

We would all like to congratulate Mark on passing his IE and becoming an Open Water Instructor.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS – APRIL 2011

2011-05-03T14:08:00.005+01:00

We would like to congratulate the following on this months achievements

OPEN WATER

Andrew Schartenberg

Hannah Sutton-Stacey

Jack Celikoz

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Mat Frow

EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE INSTRUCTOR

Mark Hayley

Angie Thompson

I.D.C.

Mark Hayley

BBC2'S NEW SERIES, BRITAIN'S SECRET SEAS, IS SET TO BE AIRED ON PRIME TIME BBC2 FROM THE 8TH MAY 2011

2011-04-20T15:19:00.007+01:00

OPEN WATER COURSE - SUNDAY 17TH APRIL 2011

2011-04-19T14:57:00.003+01:00

SPORT DIVER MAGAZINE PHOTO COMPETITION

2011-04-19T11:32:00.006+01:00

We would like to congratulate Sara on winning the photo competion with Sport Diver with her dog fish photo from Lyme Regis.

Well done Sara.

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 15TH APRIL 2011

2011-04-18T16:27:00.006+01:00

Attendees(17) Angie, Sue, Richard, Jaqui, Brad, Ally, Sara, Alan, Debbie, Tim, Richard G, Stuart, Chas, Sharon, Claudia, Louisa, John (Apologies:- Phil D, Glenn, Fraser, Margarett, Mark H)

1. CLUB MEMBERSHIP IS NOW DUE FOR THE YEAR 1ST APRIL 2011 – 31ST MARCH 2012 FORMS ARE IN THE SHOP ……. If you have paid and not received your card yet – please call into the dive centre to collect it.

2. CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR THE UNDER 17’S OR IF STILL IN FULL TIME EDUCATION WAS DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. The committee members have agreed that if a member is under the age of 17 or still in full time education that a reduction for Club membership will be applied. THE REDUCED PRICE WILL BE £40.00

3. MARINA Glenn has had a meeting with Phil Godfrey, Marina Manager from Premier Marinas to which they discussed how to identify divers that are diving our Brighton Marina Dive Site without permission. They have decided that security will now check if you have permission to dive the site by asking each diver for their marina pass. So please ensure that you have your membership card with you if you are diving at the marina. If you do not have a membership then call into the office for a temporary card – the cost for non-members is £10.

4. WEYMOUTH/PORTLAND WEEKEND 7TH – 8TH MAY 2011 This trip is now full. For those that are going, there will be a meeting at the Dive Centre on Friday 29th April 2011 @ 14.00 Please ensure that you can make it or call the dive centre to let us know if you can’t – this is so that we can then update you with the schedule for the weekend

5. FRIDAY 29TH APRIL 2011 – BBQ We are hoping to have our 1st BBQ of the season on this date. (Something to do with a royal wedding). This will be weather dependant.

6. KERNOW DIVE FESTIVAL – 11TH – 12TH JUNE 2011 Only 3 x Spaces left. Also can you let the dive centre know if you are camping or staying in a B/B – we need to know numbers a.s.a.p.

7. RED SEA LIVE ABOARD 3rd July 2011 – Lots of spaces still available, could you please let us know if you are interested.

8. LYME REGIS WEEKEND – 10TH – 11TH SEPTEMBER 2011 Still 8 x Spaces left This is diving on the Miss Pattie (Hard Boat) with either camping or B/B the choice is yours.

9. NEMO 33 & BELGIUM CHRISTMAS MARKET (LATE NOVEMBER EARLY DECEMBER) Details to follow ..

10. SCAPA FLOW – 16TH – 24TH JUNE 2012 This trip is now FULL. For those that are going we need to now make up your deposit to £200 – (extra £50.00 from everyone on the trip) as we now have to pay our final balance for the deposit by 28th April 2011.

11. BDMLR COURSE (TO BE ARRANGED) If anyone is interested please put your names down on the form in the shop – need at least 6 people.

12. LITTLEHAMPTON/SHOREHAM DAY TRIPS We have had lots of interests in planning day trips a short distance along the coast. If there are any wreck in particular that you would like to dive then lets us know and we will see if we are able to do them. As soon as we have dates we will let you all know

13. CLUB POOL NIGHT IS FRIDAY 13TH MAY @ ROEDEAN GIRLS SCHOOL. This is for club members only. *no exceptions

14. TRIPS ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR 2012 – 2013 MAY INCLUDE:- Azores – (with Manta Rays, Whales & Dolphins) Isle of Man – (with seals & Basking Sharks) Lundy – (with seals) Farne Island – (with seals) Red Sea Mexico – (Cave Diving) Maldives Antartic Ice Diving Some different UK sites for 2012 – (Due to the Olympics taking place in Weymouth/Portland)

15. NEXT CLUB MEETING To be held @ The Hope Inn, Fort Road, Newhaven on:- Friday 3rd June 2011 7.30pm

16. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Richard Garrett is planning a trip for “The Sardinne Run” either 2012 or 2013 – if you are interested in this trip could you let Richard Garrett know. Richard Garrett

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 15TH APRIL 2011

2011-04-15T10:24:00.003+01:00

Club meeting this Friday 15th April 2011. Everyone welcome members and non-members. The Hope Inn Fort Road Newhaven @ 7.30pm We would love to see you all there as we have lots of trips and activities planned for this year and 2012.

RIB DIVES - APRIL 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-04-13T16:25:00.008+01:00

EXTRA DIVE ADDED FOR SUNDAY 17TH APRIL 2011

Sunday 17th April Local Wreck Dive Meet @ 16.00 AOW £20

RIB DIVES - MAY 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-04-11T13:43:00.017+01:00

Saturday 14th May Wreck Dive (Mohlenpris) Meet @ 13.00 Adv £30

Sunday 15th May Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 07.45 Adv £25

Sunday 15th May Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10

Wednesday 18th May Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 17.30 Adv £20

Saturday 21st May Drift Dive Meet @ 09.30 O/W £10

Saturday 21st May Wreck Dive (T R Thompson) Meet @ 12.00 Adv £25

Sunday 22nd May Wreck Dive (Millgate) Meet @ 07.45 Adv £20

Sunday 22nd May Wreck Dive (The Waterford) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £25

Saturday 28th May Drift Dive Meet @ 09.30 O/W £10

Saturday 28th May Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 13.00 Adv £25

Sunday 29th May Wreck Dive (Clodmoor) Meet @ 07.30 Adv £20

Sunday 29th May Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 14.00 Adv £25

Monday 30th May Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Monday 30th May Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 14.30 Adv £25

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

RIB DIVE 7TH APRIL 2011 - SS STEAM TRAWLER

2011-04-08T13:30:00.008+01:00

Photo's by SARA BOWRING A great days diving with at least 6m viz.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - MARCH 2011

2011-03-31T12:33:00.007+01:00

We would like to congratulate the following on this months achievements:-

OPEN WATER

Natasha Vaughan-Jones

RESCUE

Alan Ward

Charles Humphries

EFR PRIMARY & SECONDARY WITH AED

Alan Ward

Charles Humphries

ENRICHED AIR (40%) NITROX

Robert Hall

FRIDAY'S SKIVE DIVE - 25TH MARCH 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-03-23T15:28:00.003Z

Meet @ 12.00 or (11.00am for pre-dive lunch)

Ropes off: 13.30 - Off Shore Wreck

Dive Time: 14.30 - H/W 14.55

Cost: £25

RIB DIVES APRIL 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-03-15T13:29:00.008Z

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sat 2nd April Wreck Dive (TR Thompson) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £25

Sun 3rd April Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25

Sat 9th April Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10

Sat 9th April Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £25

Sun 10th April Wreck Dive (Ashford) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sat 16th April Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sat 16th April Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10

Sun 17th April Wreck Dive (Local) Meet @ 08.30 Adv £20

Good Friday 22nd April Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 07.30 Adv £25

Good Friday 22nd April Wreck Dive (Inverclyde) Meet @ 12.00 O/W £20

Sat 23rd April Wreck Dive (George Sutton) Meet @ 07.45 Adv £25

Sat 23rd April Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10

Sun 24th April Wreck Dive (Unknown 259) Meet @ 08.30 Adv £25

Sun 24th April Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10

Easter Mon 25th April Wreck Dive (Waterford) Meet @ 09.45 Adv £25

Fri 29th April Drift Dive Meet @ 10.00 O/W £10

Fri 29th April Wreck Dive (Mira) Meet @ 14.00 Adv £25

Sat 30th April Wreck Dive (Braunton) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sat 30th April Drift Dive Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10

Sun 1st May Wreck Dive (Fortuna) Meet @ 08.30 Adv £25

Sun 1st May Drift Dive Meet@ 13.00 O/W £10

Mon 2nd May Wreck Dive (Brisbane) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £20

Mon 2nd May Drift Dive Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

CLUB MEMBERSHIP - NOW DUE

2011-03-01T15:53:00.007Z

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick reminder that Club Membership is due at the end of this month for the Season of 1st April 2011 - 31st March 2012

Memberships that are available are:-
Singles
Couples
Family

Benefits will include:-

50% off Air Fills
25% off Nitrox Fills
10% off Shop Puchases (except Othree Dry Suits)
Reduced rate kit hire £20 per day for members or £15 if diving off our Rib —normally £40 per day for non-members
Text of events, rib dives etc on Mondays (Non-members will not receive this text until wednesday eve) this will give our members first refusal of spaces available on the Rib and trips
Free use of Brighton Marina Dive Site (Except Sunday Mornings before 1pm unless booked prior) - If you require a key fob for parking and showers there will be a £10 refundable deposit to pay
Once a month pool night—for members only

Membership application forms are available in the shop/office

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - FEBRUARY 2011

2011-03-01T12:07:00.000Z

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements

OPEN WATER

Kimberley Powell
Jonathan Twigg

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Alan Hall

Well done to the above on your achievements.

RIB DIVES MARCH 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-02-22T13:57:00.005Z

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sat 5th March 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 09.00 Adv £25

Sun 6th March 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25

Sat 12th March 2011 Local Drift Dive Meet @ 10.00 O/W £10

Sun 13th March 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sat 19th March 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sun 20th March 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.30 Adv £25

Sat 26th March 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sun 27th March 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 09.45 Adv £25

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2011

2011-02-09T12:12:00.008Z

Club meeting: Friday 4th February 2011

Location: The Hope Inn - Newhaven

Attendees(24): Richard H, Stuart, Sara, Jamie, Angie, Brad F, Jacqui F, , Allison, David G, Steve P, Fraser, Glenn, Sue, Richard G, Alan, Derek, Phil D, Andrew W, Roger, John Fitz, James, Mathew, Mark, Rob Hall

Apologies from: Margarett, Chas, Paul Vincent

Next Meeting: Friday 15th April 2011

CLUB COMMITTEE

Chair Person – Sue Turner
Sectretary/Treasurer – Angie Thompson
Member – Richard Garrett
Member – Mark Hayley - Temp
Member – Sara Bowring - Temp

Memberships are now due for season April 2011 – March 2012
NON DIVING ACTIVITIES:-

Film Night – Saturday 12th Feb 2011 – Sanctum 3D
(Meet 8pm Katerina – Show starts 9.30pm)
Ice Skating @ Guildford – Saturday 26th Feb 2011
Paint Ball @ Bullswood – Saturday 5th March 2011
BIG SCUBA SHOW – OLYMPIA – 18TH/19TH FEBRUARY 2011
GIBRALTAR DIVING TRIP – 2ND-7TH APRIL 2011

Price for 5 days, including flight, hotel and diving package Approx: £550.00 – Deposit of £150.00 to secure trip
WEYMOUTH/PORTLAND WEEKEND – 7TH/8TH MAY 2011

Camping or B/B & Diving with Top Knots
4 x Dives £70 excluding camping or B/B
£30 deposit required to book your place.
Non divers welcomed
KERNOW DIVE FESTIVAL – 10TH-12TH JUNE 2011

Deposit of £30 required to secure your place
Still a few spaces left
(Travel down on Friday to Penzance, camping @ Cardinney Camp Site or if you prefer you can book a B&B)
£80.00 for 4 Dives (additional dives will be available at an extra cost)
Non divers welcomed
RED SEA LIVE ABOARD – 8TH – 15TH JULY 2011

1 x Week Live Aboard on the MY Gelen Luxury 5* Yacht
All Inclusive
Going North
LYME REGIS WEEKEND – 10TH – 11TH SEPTEMBER 2011

Camping @ www.hookfarm-uplyme.co.uk or B&B
(you will be responsible for booking your own pitch tel: 01297442801)
Diving with Miss Pattie Hard Boat – cost of charter is £850 for 4 dives (www.lymeregisdivecharter.co.uk )
We need minimum of 8 Divers = £110 each or
12 Divers = £71
You will require 2 x Tanks as Miss Pattie will not be returning to shore in between dives .
Non Divers welcome.
RED SEA LIVE ABOARD – NOVEMBER 2011 (DATE TBC)

1 x Week live aboard – Northern Wrecks
NEMO 33 & BRUGES CHRISTMAS MARKET (DATE TBC)

Early December - going by Eurostar
SCAPA FLOW – 16TH – 24TH JUNE 2012

WWI and WWII Wrecks
7 Day trip to Scapa on the Jeane Laine Charter boat (see www.jeanelaine.co.uk)
Staying at The Ferry Inn (see www.ferryinn.com)
Price approx £750 per person based on 12
Depost £150 to secure your space and trip
DIVE REPORTS & PHOTOS NEEDED

Wanted more reports please of your Diving adventures and Holidays, including Photo’s if you have them.
Please send them to Angie, Sue or Sara at the dive centre so they can add them onto the blog and facebook network so that we can all hear about what a great dive or trip you had.
BDMLR – COURSE

Anyone interested in this course then please contact the centre – so that we can start to organise this.
We need minimum of 6
DAY TRIPS TO SHOREHAM & LITTLEHAMPTON

We will be planning some day trips to Littlehampton and Shoreham later in the year – dates and times to be confirmed nearer the time.
TRIPS ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR 2012 ARE:-

Could you all please bring in any ideas that you may have for next years diving or if there is anywhere in particular that you would love to dive then please let us know.

Lundy Island
Isle of Man
Red Sea
Caribbean
Antarctic Ice Diving
Maldives
Mexico
Stoney Cove
Kernow
Lyme Regis
Littlehampton
Swanage Pier
PRESENTATION EVENING

We are hoping that NAS will be coming in to speak to us about a project that they are working on and would like us to be involved with. We will let you know nearer the time of times and dates etc
OUT OF SEASON EVENTS

Ice Skating
Paintball
Go Ape
Themed meals
Air Kick
Dry Ski-ing
Ten Pin Bowling
Adventure Parks
Concerts

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 4TH FEBRUARY

2011-02-01T12:18:00.005Z

Club meeting this Friday 4th February. Everyone welcome, member and non-members.

The Hope Inn
Fort Road
Newhaven

@ 7.30pm

We would love to see you all there - as we have lots of trips and events arranged for this season and next.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - JANUARY 2011

2011-01-31T14:12:00.007Z

We would like to congratulate the following:-

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Katie Brook
Paul Vincent
Christopher Laurence
Robert Pearce

Well done to the above on this months achievements.

RIB DIVES FEBRUARY 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-01-21T12:46:00.003Z

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sat 5th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 10.00 Adv £25

Sun 6th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 10.30 Adv £25

Sat 12th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 10.00 Adv £25

Sun 13th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 11.30 Adv £25

Sat 19th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 09.00 Adv £25

Sun 20th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25

Sat 26th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 09.00 Adv £25

Sun 27th February 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 10.30 Adv £25

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

VIDEOS OF THE UNDERWATER SCULPTURE BY JASON TAYLOR

2011-01-06T16:49:00.002Z

Click on the link below:-

http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/film/film.htm

UNDERWATER SCULPTURE BY JASON TAYLOR

2011-01-06T16:37:00.002Z

La Evolución Silenciosa (The Silent Evolution)
400 life-size figures.

Underwater sculpture park

Grenada is now home to a unique exhibition - the Caribbean's first sculpture gallery located entirely under the sea.
The gallery is the brainchild of British-born sculpture, Jason Taylor.
He took over a year to create the underwater "park".

Underwater Sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor

They look a little like relics from an ancient civilisation, lost beneath the waves thousands of years ago. But the eerie underwater sculptures off the Caribbean island of Grenada are in fact the work of Jason Taylor, a British artist.
The works were made using wire, steel and concrete before being anchored to the seabed. "The sculptures will be an ever changing exhibition as nature colonises the surface, and the sea and tidal movement shapes the texture," said Taylor, 33.
"In the longer term, the sculpture park aims to encourage local artists and to provide a canvas for them to express themselves and to commemorate Grenadian history and folklore."
The underwater gallery, which depicts Grenadian people and their history, is spread around the island's Moliniere Bay.
"The aim of the sculpture park is to create a unique space which highlights environmental processes and celebrates local culture," said Taylor, who graduated from Camberwell College of Arts, London, and is a qualified diving instructor.
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"This unique project will provide an unparalleled opportunity to explore a dynamic seascape and to appreciate the island's beauty and diversity.
"It creates a whole new perspective on the world," he said. "Objects appear 25 per cent larger and closer, colours are changed as light is absorbed differently by the water."
One of the most unusual sculptures is The Lost Correspondent, which sits 23ft below the surface. It consists of a figure at a desk with a typewriter and documents the rapid change in communications. About 16ft down, another work, Vicissitudes, uses 30 life-size moulds taken of children aged between 10 and 14. It symbolises the cycle of life.
Another piece, the 4ft sculpture of Sienna, based on a character from a short story by Jacob Ross, a Grenadian author, is designed to allow currents to pass through it, providing a structure for filter feeding organisms to colonise.

NEW YEARS DAY DIVE - THE ASHFORD - TOP KNOTS

2011-01-04T15:26:00.004Z

The Brave Ones ! .....

RIB DIVE 27TH DECEMBER 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-01-04T15:20:00.003Z

The dive that didn't quite happen...........

RIB DIVES JANUARY 2011 - TOP KNOTS

2011-01-04T14:39:00.005Z

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sat 8th January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 10.45 Adv £25

Sun 9th January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 11.30 Adv £25

Sat 15th January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 11.00 Adv £25

Sun 16th January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 12.00 Adv £25

Sat 22nd January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 10.00 Adv £25

Sun 23rd January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 11.00 Adv £25

Sat 29th January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 11.00 Adv £25

Sun 30th January 2011 Drift Dive Meet @ 09.30 O/W £10

Sun 30th January 2011 Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 12.30 Adv £25

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - DECEMBER 2010

2010-12-31T12:11:00.007Z

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements:-

DEEP SPECIALITY

Clive Garrett
Sara Bowring
Chris Hamilton

DIGITAL UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY

Sara Bowring

NATURALIST SPECIALITY

Sara Bowring
Chris Hamilton

BOAT SPECIALITY

Sara Bowring
Chris Hamilton

WRECK SPECIALITY

Sara Bowring
Chris Hamilton
Clive Garrett

NIGHT SPECIALITY

Clive Garrett
Chris Hamilton

MASTER SCUBA DIVER

Sara Bowring

THE BIG SCUBA SHOW - OLYMPIA 19TH/20TH FEBRUARY 2011

2010-12-21T16:16:00.004Z

We would like to introduce you to The Big Scuba Show - a brand new show bringing together the very best in diving with everything from top trade stands and diving destinations to workshops, leading speakers, interactive entertainment and activities.

The Show is taking place at Olympia in London and promises to be an un-missable event for diving enthusiasts, those who want to try diving and everyone in between.

For more information please visit www.thebigscubashow.com

* We do have some VIP tickets for this event in the office - which we are giving out on a first come basis.*

LYME REGIS WEEKEND -10TH & 11TH SEPTEMBER 2011

2010-12-21T13:47:00.009Z

Lyme Regis Diving & Camping Weekend - September 10th / 11th 2011 with (Hard Boat) Miss Pattie - www.lymeregisdivecharter.co.uk/ .

The cost of the Charter will be split into the amount of divers - so the more divers we get the cheaper it will become. You will need 2 x Tanks.

For those wishing to camp - we will be using the campsite at Hook Farm - http://www.hookfarm-uplyme.co.uk/ and you will be responsible for booking your own pitch.

Deposit of £30 required to secure your space.

KERNOW DIVE FESTIVAL, PENZANCE- 11TH - 12TH JUNE 2011

2010-12-21T13:46:00.006Z

Kernow dive festival - Penzance on 11th / 12th June 2011

£80 for 4 Dives (additional dives will be available at an extra cost) plus camping fees.

£30 deposit required to secure your space.

Balance to be paid 1st May 2011.

WEYMOUTH/PORTLAND WEEKEND - 7TH & 8TH MAY 2011

2010-12-21T13:44:00.004Z

Camping & Diving with Top Knots (Non divers welcome)

2 x Dives on Saturday & 2 X Dives on Sunday.

£70 excluding Camping - £30 Deposit to book and secure your space.

CHRISTMAS PARTY - GINO'S DECEMBER 16TH 2010

2010-12-21T13:36:00.004Z

A few photo's taken from this years Christmas Party @ Gino's

FOR SALE - 2ND HAND CONSOLES

2010-12-21T13:32:00.002Z

We have 4 ex-school consoles for sale.

2 X Scubapro
2 X Suunto

£40 each

PADI TEC REC EVENT - PORTLAND

2010-12-08T13:59:00.005Z

The day we took ‘the children’ to Portland

It was an early start, with snow on the ground & a big chill in the air. All ‘the children’ (Glenn, Sara & Chris) were safely strapped in the back of the Range Rover. As with most children they misbehaved nearly all the way to Portland, they were even worse after a coffee or two at the services, forget E numbers!

We arrived in plenty of time to enjoy an Aqua Cafe breakfast & at last another sensible adult arrived in the guise of Richard Garrett. It was a short walk back to the Osprey Leisure Centre, where the PADI Tec Rec day was being hosted. Companies displaying their products & services were, PADI (of course), O’Three, Poseidon, Halcyon, Hollis, Xplor, Technology in Depth, Suunto, Scubapro & Custom Divers were meant to be there but due to technical & snow issues they were unable to attend.

The highlight of the day for me was catching up with Vicky & Martin. Vicky used to work for Margarett in my early days of diving, she now is employed at PADI International & I was Martin’s first certification after he became an instructor when I completed my Open Water……memories, after lots of chatter & hugs it was time for one of the two lectures we attended, re-breathers - the safety & pre-dive checks, then the second was Wreck to Reef – about the intention to purposely sink a Navy vessel . There were many other lectures but unfortunately the small room was very hot & lunch was calling, children do whinge when they are hungry!

So off to the Cove Inn on Chesil Beach, no divers in the water….too dam cold! With the children’s bellies full, here was hoping that they’d fall asleep & a quiet ride home, no such luck. Just as noisy & misbehaving on the way home too, if you don’t behave next time, Mummy & Daddy won’t take you out again!!!. Seriously though guys (Glenn, Sara, Chris, Richard H & Richard G), it was a great day out & we had much fun & laughter.

RIB DIVES - TOP KNOTS DECEMBER 2010

2010-12-07T12:19:00.007Z

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sat 11th December Wreck Dive Meet @12.00 Adv £20

Sun 12th December Wreck Dive Meet @ 12.00 Adv £20

Sat 18th December - Drift Dive Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10

Sat 18th December - Local Wreck Dive Meet @ 13.00 Adv £20

Sun 19th December - Local Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.00 Adv £20

Sun 19th December - Drift Dive Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10

Boxing Day Dive - Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 12.00 Adv £25 - (Hot mince pies & hot toddy on return)

Mon 27th Dec - Drift Dive Meet @ 11.00 O/W £10

Tues 28th Dec - Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

New Years Day Dive - Off Shore Wreck Dive Meet @ 12.00 Adv £25

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS - NOVEMBER 2010

2010-11-30T14:01:00.003Z

Congratulations to the following on this months achievements

OPEN WATER

Jo Gurney
David Watling
Emma Norris
Alan Hall

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

James Dixon

ENRICHED AIR (NITROX) DIVER

Chris Hamilton (40%)
Jamies Meads (40%)

NIGHT DIVER SPECIALITY

Dave Greenwood

DEEP DIVER SPECIALITY

Jo Spencer
Andrew Brotherton

WRECK DIVER SPECIALITY

Andrew Brotherton
Jo Spencer

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR

Andrew Brotherton

Well done to all the above on this months achievements.

TORCH - MINI Q 40 - STOCK CLEARANCE

2010-11-30T10:57:00.005Z

Mini Q40 Xenon

* Rubber sheath molded over bezel to reduce glare and improve impact resistance

* Works well as a photographers spotting light. Fits Sea & Sea, Ultralight and other camera mounting adapters

* Tough, non-corroding ABS and polycarbonate plastic construction.

* Includes mask strap.

* Waterproof to 500 feet.

RRP:- £ 26.95 - OUR PRICE:- £ 19.69

CHRISTMAS DINNER - THURSDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2010

2010-11-10T15:20:00.004Z

Hi Everyone,

Please note that the Christmas meal is now fully booked and if you haven't paid your deposit you will not be able to go unless we have any cancellations.

HALLOWEEN DIVE - SUNDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2010

2010-11-03T14:05:00.007Z

HALLOWEEN DIVE - SUNDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2010

REPORT WRITTEN BY CHRIS HAMILTON

Our highlight of the weekend was a themed dive, past the hours of darkness into the dark and murky waters of Newhaven breakwater. As it was Halloween it seemed only fair to dress up as weird and gruesome creatures and go for a dip. The winner was without a doubt Sue, who came head to toe in some awful grotesque outfit……..and then got changed into her costume. The dive itself was great and the opportunity to see some nocturnal underwater life was relished by all including the crab that Jamie tried bottle feeding fruit shoot to!!! Conditions were great for the dive and everyone enjoyed their spooky 30 minutes of underwater horror. The excitement didn’t stop there however, Richard showed everyone what a top class skipper he is by coming to the rescue of a lobster trawler with a fouled prop dangerously close to rocks. He managed to tow it all the way back to Newhaven Harbour without as much of a bead of sweat appearing upon his salt drenched brow! Well done Richard (we’ll leave the size of the boat to everyone’s imagination to save embarrassment.) Thanks to everyone for a great day of diving and Richard and Glenn for the beer afterwards.

NET CLEARING DIVE ON THE CITY OF BRISBANE - SUNDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2010

2010-11-03T13:57:00.015Z

Sunday 31st October 2010 – NET CLEARING
REPORT WRITTEN BY CHRIS HAMILTON

A fairly warm bright Sunday morning saw members of Newhaven Scuba Centre set off into moderate seas for some fun diving with a fairly serious purpose. As any diver will tell you wrecks are a pleasure to dive offering glimpses of some amazing underwater life and a view into the past - with ships of all shapes and sizes, some in good condition others in poor, practically open for viewing. Unfortunately not everyone shares our passion for these sites and they are also used and abused by trawlers who take advantage of the amount of fish that live within the wrecks by running their nets over them. Now as common sense would tell anyone wrecks have pointy bits and most weigh more than the average fishing boat trawler so when they get caught up they generally dump the nets onto the wreck where they are left to cause all sorts of damage to fish life, lobsters and in certain circumstances the odd dopey diver. It was with this in mind that a team of daring and courageous divers boarded top knots (skippered by Richard) and MacD (skippered by Steve as Alan was way too busy sunning himself somewhere) and dived the City Of Brisbane with the intention of clearing as much rope and net as possible.

It was an awesome dive and everyone had fun (except Brad but that’s our little secret) and lots of netting and rope was cleared enabling lobsters everywhere to sleep soundly for at least a few more nights. Well done to everyone for making it a success and we look forward to the next one.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS OCTOBER 2010

2010-10-31T13:49:00.014Z

We would like to congratulate the following on this months achievements

OPEN WATER

Paul Vincent
Freddie Lulham
Jodie Lucas
Alistair Loft

ADVANCED

Benjamin Hogan
Clive Garrett
Martin Davies
Robert Hall

RESCUE DIVER

Chris Hamilton
Jamie Meads
Rafael Paniccia

EFR WITH CARE FOR CHILDREN & AED

Chris Hamilton
Jamie Meads

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR

Angie Thompson

Well done everyone

THE NEW LOOK SCUBA VAN

2010-10-28T17:16:00.006+01:00

CLUB MEETING - FRIDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2010

2010-10-27T14:05:00.009+01:00

Newhaven Scuba Centre
Meeting Minutes

Meeting Title:- Club meeting
Date & time:- Friday 22nd October 2010
Duration:- 2 Hours
Location:- The Hope Inn - Newhaven
Attendees (21)
Richard H, Stuart, Alan, Sara, Jamie, Chris, Angie, Steve W, Steve P, Lorna, Leah, Fraser, Glenn, Sue, Richard G, Alan, Paul V, Ian S, Derek, Phil, Rob Hall

Next Meeting:- T.B.A.

Minutes Taken:- Angie

1. CLUB COMMITTEE

Results of the club committee voting was given out:-

Chair Person – Sue Turner
Sectretary/Treasurer – Angie Thompson
Member – Chris Hamilton
Member – Richard Garrett
Member – Leah Strong

Membership cards are ready for those who have joined

2. Halloween Dive – Sunday 31st October @ Dusk (4.30ish)

Fancy dress must be worn

You will receive a special certificate for your log books

3. Bonfire Night

We are hoping to have a little bonfire (environment friendly bonfire) in the car park behind the dive centre 8pm – with Jacket spuds and marshmallow sticks – if you are coming then can you please bring a box of fireworks.

4. Scubapro Equipment Advisor Course – Wednesday 17th November 2010 - The Dive Centre @ 6.15pm

This is an invite only event for all trainee Divemasters and above – to learn all about the Scubapro Equipment we have in the shop to sell

5. Red Sea Live Aboard was discussed (still a few spaces left).

Red Sea Meeting to be held on the Monday 8th November (for those of you that are lucky enough to be going) @ N.S.C. – 6.30pm

6. TOP KNOTS & MACD – NET CLEARING DIVES

Richard and Alan will be taking divers over the winter months to clear the thousand of nets that the fishermen have deposited on our wrecks – these dives will be f.o.c. as part of an on-going concern for divers and the aquatic life. Please make sure that if you are going that you have a knife, goody bag and lifting bag. Also camera’s to document the clearance operation.

The first Net Clearing Dive is on Sunday 31st October – meeting time 9.00am

7. PADI TEC REC XPLOR EVENT – SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2010

This is a free event and will only cost your travel.
(We will organise spaces in cars nearer the time

Cars that are going are:-
Glenn
Richard H
Sara B
Alan
Steve

They will be leaving the dive centre around 6.30am

8. Christmas Dinner 2010.

This is at Gino’s Restaurant – Seaford on Thursday 16th December 2010 @ 7.30pm – Cost will be £20 per person with a £10 deposit,
Menu is displayed in the dive centre and also on the blog. Only 5 spaces left

9. New years Day Dive with Richard- Top Knots

We still believe this is the best way to start a Year.
Put your names down on the form in the shop

Special certificate for your log books

10. Dive Reports & Photo’s for Newsletter.

Wanted more reports please of your Diving adventures and Holidays, including Photos if you have them.
Please send them to Angie or Sue or Sara at the dive centre so they can add them onto the blog and facebook network so that we can all hear about what a great dive you have had.

11. TRIP TO LONDON HYPERBARIC CHAMBER

We are organising a trip to the London Hyperbaric Chamber for sometime in February/March 2011 – if interested put your name down on the sheet in the shop – we will let you know the date as soon as this is booked

12. RISK ASSESMENTS/ INDUCTION TRAINING

Could all Training Dms and above please make sure that you have signed all the relevant paperwork for the office

13. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS

Glenn wants to start giving out a questionnaire to all students that come through the dive centre with regards to staff and the person who has the most points at the end of the year will receive a prize.

14. BUOYANCY CLINIC – DESIGN AN UNDERWATER COURSE FOR THE DIAMOND REEF SYSTEM

This is for everyone to get involved with – we need you to design a course for the marina so that we can hold buoyancy clinics .
Your design will need to include picking up weights – doing puzzles and going through the hoops at different depths (diamond reef system). If you haven’t seen this before pop into the dive centre where we can show you roughly what you need to do.

15. WINTER MONTH COURSES

Glenn will be running Updates for EFR over the winter plus the Padi DSAT Gas Blender Course and the Padi Oxygen Provider Course – PLEASE SHOW INTERESTS – SO THAT DATES CAN BE CONFIRMED.

16. PRESENTATION EVENINGS

We are hoping that NAS will be coming in to speak to us about a project that they are working on and would like us to be involved with.

17. NEXT YEAR – DIVING TRIPS

Could you all please bring in any ideas that you may have for next years diving or if there is anywhere in particular that you would love to dive then please let us know.

We are looking at running a live aboard in the Maldives – your interests and feedback are requested.
Nemo 33
Stoney Cove
Kernow
Lyme Regis
Weymouth/Portland
Littlehampton
Swanage Pier
Ramsgate

OUT OF SEASON EVENTS

Ice Skating
Paintball
Go Ape
Themed meals
Air Kick
Dry Ski-ing
Ten Pin Bowling
Adventure Parks
Concerts

SCUBAPRO PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT ADVISOR/SALES COURSE - INVITES ONLY

2010-10-21T12:53:00.010+01:00

PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT ADVISOR COURSE

WEDNESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

THE DIVE CENTRE

@ 6.15PM

This course is for trainee DM's and above - invites have gone out via our text system so please do not turn up unless you have had an invite.

RIB DIVES - TOP KNOTS NOVEMBER 2010

2010-10-21T12:16:00.014+01:00

*NB ALL DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTING*

Sat 6th Nov Off Shore Wreck Dive - Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sat 6th Nov Drift Dive (Seventh Sister) - Meet @ 12.00 O/W £15

Sun 7th Nov Local Wreck Dive - Meet @ 09.00 Adv £20

Sun 7th Nov Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) - Meet @ 13.00 O/W £10

Sat 13th Nov Off Shore Wreck Dive - Meet @ 07.45 Adv £25

Sat 13th Nov Drift Dive (Seventh Sister) - Meet @ 12.00 O/W £15

Sun 14th Nov Off Shore Wreck Dive - Meet @ 08.30 Adv £25

Sun 14th Nov Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) - Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10

Sat 20th Nov Local Wreck Dive - Meet @ 08.00 Adv £20

Sat 20th Nov Drift Dive (Seventh Sister) - Meet @ 11.00 O/W £15

Sun 21st Nov Off Shore Wreck Dive - Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25

Sun 21st Nov Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) - Meet @ 12.30 O/W £10

Sat 27th Nov Off Shore Wreck Dive - Meet @ 07.00 Adv £25

Sat 27th Nov Local Wreck Dive - Meet @ 12.00 Adv £20

Sun 28th Nov Off Shore Wreck Dive - Meet @ 07.30 Adv £25

Sun 28th Nov Drift Dive (Seventh Sister) - Meet @ 12.00 O/W £15

*PLEASE NOTE EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, DIVE COMPUTER OR WATCH - THESE CAN BE HIRED OR PURCHASED AT THE DIVE CENTRE.*

THANK YOU RECEIVED FROM FRASER HAY - LONDON SCUBA

2010-10-15T15:35:00.001+01:00

Fraser said...
I would like to thank Richard and Glen for being so welcoming to us and for making our first UK sea dive such a success. Richard was superb in the choppy conditions helping us in and out. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and made better by the fact that Glen came with us as guide. Looking forward to the next one - London Scuba Club bunch.

NEW STOCK - BRAIDED FLEXI HOSES

2010-10-08T13:31:00.003+01:00

We are now stocking the new lightweight braided flexi hoses RRP £19.95

STOCK CLEARANCE ON TORCHES - THIS MONTH ONLY

2010-10-07T14:16:00.020+01:00

TORCHES ON OFFER ARE:-

C4 NON RECHARGEABLE (X1)

RRP £56.95

SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £50.00 (plus discount if club member)

C4 RECHARGEABLE (X3)

RRP £118.95

SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £90.00 (plus discount if club member)

SL6 (X2)

RRP £46.95

SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £39.95

SL4 (X1)

RRP £37.95

SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £32.00

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS SEPTEMBER 2010

2010-10-02T14:41:00.001+01:00

We would like to congratulate the following on this months achievements

OPEN WATER

Martin Wells
Katie Wells
Robert Wells
Clive Garrett
James Pearce
James Dixon
Robert Hall

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Chris Scott-Smith
Chris Hamilton
Rhys Phillips

EFR - PRIMARY & SECONDARY WITH AED

Rafael Paniccia

Well done everyone!

RESULTS FROM VOTING FOR CLUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS

2010-10-01T15:41:00.003+01:00

We can now confirm that we have counted all the votes and the results are as follows:-

CHAIR PERSON - Sue Turner
TREASURER/SECTRETARY - Angie Thompson
COMMITTEE MEMBER - Richard Garrett
COMMITTEE MEMBER - Chris Hamilton
COMMITTEE MEMBER - Leah Strong

Thank you to all of you that voted.

CLUB MEETING HELD FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2010

2010-09-28T15:13:00.006+01:00

Club meeting
Friday 24th September 2010
The Hope Inn - Newhaven

Attendees - (27)

Glenn, Angie, Sue, Richard, Jaqui, Brad, Leah, Ally, Sara, Alan, Steve, Andrew, Richard G, Stuart, Charlie, Chris, Emma, Lorna, Dave, Mathew, Elizabeth, Chas, Bob, Katie, Martin, Sharon & Raquel

(Apologies for absent were received from:- Phil D, Jamie M, Andrew W, Chris H, Derek)

NEWHAVEN SCUBA CLUB

Glenn has now decided that he will have a Club with committee and has appointed Sue as Club Chairman and Angie as Treasurer/Secretary – this left 3 spaces for committee members.

We passed out voting papers so that everyone could vote for who they wanted on the committee:-

Richard G
Mick Austen
Sara Bowring
Ally Stewart
Andrew Brotherton
Leah Strong
Jamie Meads
Chris Hamilton
Stuart Hill

(voting has now been closed and will be counted on Friday 1st October – names will be put onto the blog and through the text system).

Membership application forms and Brochures were given out to everyone with prices for the remainder of this year and the prices to join for next year.

Red Sea Live Aboard was discussed (still a few spaces left).

There is to be a Red Sea Meeting to be held on the Monday 8th November (for those of you that are going) @ N.S.C. – 6.30pm

We will be giving out a questionaire to run on live aboards regarding:-Cleanliness, food, air, crew etc – to which we will give an average of the amount paid to the staff for tips – if money left then this will go towards your meal on the last day.

PADI TEC REC XPLOR EVENT – SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2010

This is a free event and will only cost your travel.
(We will organise spaces in cars nearer the time)

Christmas Dinner 2010

This is at Gino’s Restaurant – Seaford on Thursday 16th December 2010 @ 7.30pm – Cost will be £20 per person with a £10 deposit.
Menu is displayed in the dive centre and also on the blog.

New years Day Dive with Richard Top Knots

We still believe this is the best way to start a Year. So come into the shop and put your names down on the form.

Dive Reports & Photo’s for Blog and Facebook Network

Wanted more reports please of your Diving adventures and Holidays, including Photos if you have them.
Please send them to Angie or Sue or Sara at the dive centre so they can add them onto the blog and facebook network so that we can all hear about what a great dive trip you have had.

INTERESTS – FOR HALLOWEEN DIVE ON SUNDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2010

We discussed briefly about doing a Halloween dive – could you please let Angie or Sue know if you want to take part in this dive or place your name down on the form.

TRIP TO LONDON HYPERBARIC CHAMBER

We are organising a trip to the London Hyperbaric Chamber for sometime in February/March 2011 – if interested put your name down on the sheet in the shop – we will let you know the date as soon as this is booked

QUESTIONNAIR E FOR STUDENTS

Glenn wants to start giving out a questionnaire to all students that come through the dive centre with regards to staff. The person who has the most points at the end of the year will receive a prize.

BUOYANCY CLINIC – DESIGN AN UNDERWATER COURSE FOR THE DIAMOND REEF SYSTEM

This is for everyone to get involved with – we need you to design a course for the marina so that we can hold buoyancy clinics .

Your design will need to include picking up weights – doing puzzles and going through the hoops at different depths (diamond reef system). If you haven’t seen this before pop into the dive centre where we can show you roughly what you need to do.

WINTER MONTH COURSES

Glenn will be running Updates for EFR over the winter plus the Padi DSAT Gas Blender Course and the Padi Oxygen Provider Course –
PLEASE SHOW INTERESTS – SO THAT DATES CAN BE CONFIRMED

PRESENTATION EVENINGS

We are hoping that NAS will be coming in to speak to us about a project that they are working on and would like us to be involved with.
We will be arranging an evening with Scubapro for the “Equipment Adviser Course” for all trainee DM’s and above to learn about the equipment that they are selling.

NEXT YEAR – DIVING TRIPS

Could you all please bring in any ideas that you may have for next years diving or if there is anywhere in particular that you would love to dive then please let us know.

We are looking at running a live aboard in the Maldives – your interests and feedback are requested.

NEXT CLUB MEETING

To be held on Friday 22nd October 2010

MAG 4 - MASKS

2010-09-23T14:57:00.002+01:00

Please note that we now stock all of the colours.

MENU FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER @ GINO'S

2010-09-23T14:35:00.018+01:00

Below is Gino's Christmas Menu for 2010:-

STARTERS

AVOCADO & CRAYFISH SALAD - (Ripe avocado & crayfish tails in Marie Rose Sauce)

VEGETALI GRATINATI- (Roasted aubergine, courgette, peppers, mushrooms & cherry tomatoes topped with bechamel sauce & parmesan, baked until golden)

SPICY PARSNIP & GINGER SOUP served with crusty bread

DUCK & ORANGE PATE served with rocket & crunchy toast

MAIN COURSE

TRADITIONAL ROAST TURKEY - (Roast turkey and stuffing served with vegetables)

POLPETTONE DELLA NONNA - (Ground scottish beef flavoured with garlic, onions, parmesan & herbs then baked. Served sliced with a creamy sauce of wild mushrooms, garlic & white wine).

PESCE SOADA ROSMARINO - (Fillet of sword fish pan fried with cherry tomatoes, rosemary, white wine, baby capers & garlic).

SPINACH & RICOTTA CANNELLONI AL FORNO - (Egg pasta filled with spinach & ricotta coated with tomato sauce & bechamel, topped with parmesan & gratined).

DESSERTS

CHRISTMAS PUDDING

MINCE PIE WITH BRANDY SAUCE

PANNETONNE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE & ICE CREAM

PASSION FRUIT & MANGO SORBET

TIRAMISU