Welcome to the March 2004 Newsletter
Published 7th March 2004
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20th March 2004 - Club Room! Time for the 2004 AGM - be there - it's YOUR Club!
The Club is now well established, and we must carry on recruiting, expanding and seeking new adventures... Bring along your ideas and concerns... it's an open forum evening... take up a position on the Committee... Call before the day to indicate your interest in standing for the Committee, and find out more about the various posts... This is the most active SCUBA Club in the area.... NEW for 2004: Digital Photographic Membership Cards, Membership Tags to wear when diving, New arrangements for Students, New arrangements for visitors, New Membership rates, and MORE! ------------------------------------------------------ DIVING - by Hard Boat The first Hardboat Day will be 31st May 2004 We have also now booked a Hardboat Weekend! SEPTEMBER: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th our Club only We propose making this a long weekend - with RIB diving Friday and Monday BOOKINGS NEEDED NOW TO SECURE THESE DATES AND: June 12th/13th Spaces available August 7th/8th Spaces available 9th/10th October - whole boat available to Club. YOU MUST ACT NOW TO RESERVE PLACES! DIVING - by RIB We will start diving again soon.. just waiting for the weather to ease up a little down at the coast. Both ribs are nearly ready to go... see the Diveplan Page, Tuesday dives at Stonet Cove are also available on demand.. Call Mark to discuss. If you need a day of "easy" dives to get back into the swing of it... let Mark Horton know! SOCIAL Skittles night at the White Hart - will be booked after the AGM ! £5.00 icluding skittles and buffet. Dave Hall is on:
01793 - 861399............... |
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"The Club" does what it can to organise dive holidays to exotic places... BUT even with 50 active members it is hard to get more than a few together at one time... As someone who has tried several times to do this, with about 50% success... I ask you all to consider this... PLAN the time off work well in advance, let's all look at our diaries and select a week in. say, October, even before we know where we are going! If we have 15 people willing to travel we can then search for good destinations and deals. We can set a Budget to suit us all... Many of you look for a "Divers Only" break in Feb/March and a "Family Holiday" later in the year. We have to note that taking children out of school is now much more difficult.. and travelling at half term increases budgets.. |
TRAVEL SECTION
By Mike Scott |
The Club cannot resolve these issues. I feel the club must concentrate on divers only trips when planning... Family can always come along if the destination is suitable! At the first "Holiday Meeting" of 2003 we were joined by only 10 members of the Club... and they wanted to go to: Scilly Isles (4) Red Sea (2) Ireland (2) Scapa Flow (3) Vancouver (3) Anywhere at all (6). Yes I know there's more than 10 votes there... some of us will go almost anywhere.... BUT there is no specific single destination that EVERYONE wants to go to! |
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Marsa Alam Going 22nd April 2004 for one wek, prebooked shore dives (10 @ 2 per day). Top quality shore diving is assured. Pristine Reefs - a photographer's delight! |
Let US Help YOU! Are you planning a trip? Do you want more Club Members to join you? Tell us! We will e-mail the details and advertise the trip in the Newsletter... Here are 2 examples of trips already underway... |
New Zealand Feb '05 Still under development but six going at present. Mike Scott Co-ordinating. This will be 10 to 14 days trip including flying time. |
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Support Your Club, your fellow Members, your sport.... You have worked hard to get Certified.. reap the benefits by enjoying your diving, and lots of it! |
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You have joined a Club that must rely on member's efforts and YOU CAN tip the balance, help others, and have fun too! |
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Information: The Committee Meets in the 2nd week of every month. Put your ideas forward in good time... please! See the committee list by using the link at the foot of the page: |
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REQUIRED ADMINISTRATION ACTION: 2004 If you have not already completed your liability release for 2004, download this form, complete it, hand in to a Committee Member BEFORE you make your first Club Day dive!.Liability Release |
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BOAT NEWS BOTH RIBs will soon be ready to roll so feel free to contact the operators. Go to the Diveplan Page.... from the link below...
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 We can now offer a range of Poloshirts, Fleeces, and Caps with the club logo tactfully embroidered on them... Contact Malcolm Cole for prices and the chance to order. They really are very GOOD! We are about to change supplier BUT place your orders NOW!!! We expect to see more items from a new supplier, with the same quality - of course.... |
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FOR SALE |
Seahorse Dive Club Members Diving Equipment FOR SALE | ||||||||||||
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Is your gear ready for the season? Are YOU ready for the season? A pool refresher is not just for Novices! The Diving Season will start before you realise... |
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White Horse
are able to offer the PADI "Bubblemaker" SCUBA experience to anyone who has
reached 8 years of age... Family members especially welcome! Junior Open Water
starts at 10 years (but only if they are strong
enough). The Bubblemaker experience includes a Certificate for each diver.. An excellent memento of an exciting and totally different experience for a Junior Person. |
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SITE LINKS TO MORE DETAILED INFORMATION
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Contributions are always welcome send them here: "divermikeuk@tisali.co.uk". Please send pics as jpegs or gifs <90kB, and the writing as .txt or .doc... If you have something NOW, just click here and attach everything: News Input
..............Mark Horton is
on: 01793 - 731843
..be glad when the Summer comes!
