Club AGM date

The club's Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday March 21st at 8pm at the Ridgeway pool in the upstairs room. Membership fees remain the same as for last year and there will be a £5 discount for renewal payments made before 1st April.
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After the AGM there will be a free drink for everyone at the Ironhorse pub in Wroughton.

 

JP completes his 1000th dive

John Parmiter recently completed his 1000th dive which took place at Ras Mohammed National Park, Red Sea with the Oonas Dive Club of Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh. Congratulations John and well done.

Read the press release here: 
Photographs of the dive and presentation: 
JP's article on the Sport Diver website: 
JP's article on the Divernet website: 
The Oonas Dive Club website: 


There will also be an article in the next issue of Diver magazine.

 

LIDS 2012

The LIDS will be held at the Excel centre in London on the weekend of 31st March and 1st April. Ticket prices have gone up
Details here: 
Purchase tickets: 

 

RIB handling day

There will be RIB handling experience day on 13th May. This will be free to club members. The day will consist of general boat handling skills, GPS navigation, wreck location, diver pick up and launch and recovery of the boats. This day will be dedicated to boat skills not diving, you will need your dry suit and a floatation device. Contact Dave Hall for further details: email icon

 

Lundy dive trip

The club recently dived Lundy Island which was a very succesful trip.
Read Tony's report here:  
View Tony's photographs: 

 

Nitrox analyser

The club now has a Nitrox analyser available to club members. There isn't any charge but if you lose or damage it then you buy a new one. Anyone using the analyser must hold a Nitrox certification. Contact Phil Green on 07867 900278.

 

Club RIBs and diving

The club is committed to accommodating divers of all levels of experience, from beginners through to instructors. To that end we have scheduled in several extra RIB diving days this year aimed at the newly qualified and those wanting some easy diving in UK waters. Please take a look at this years schedule and if any dates take your fancy then please contact the RIB owners directly:

Mark on 07836 596164
Dave on 07774 607743
Mike on 07595 539591


The diving schedules can be found here: 
View the calendar here: 

 

Contact & Feedback form

A contact and feedback form has now been added to this site.
Click here to access the form: 

 

Footware at poolside

Just a reminder that outdoor footware is not permitted around the poolside. Only barefoot or diving boots are allowed.

 

Scilly trip report

Read Laura Crowley's report from the Scilly Isles, June 2010: Read the report here

 

Use of mats/rafts in pool

There have been a number of instances in the pool recently of people (mainly children) using the large coloured floats/rafts that are to be found around the poolside area in the pool. The use of these floats/rafts has been causing inconvenience to swimmers and divers, preventing them from swimming and practising diving skills.

These items are the property of the Ridgeway Leisure Centre and we do not have permission to use them. Therefore, these items are not to be used by club members, families or guests.

 

Pool times

The club's weekly pool session and clubroom meeting take place at the Ridgeway Leisure centre in Wroughton on Wednesday evenings.
The time schedule is:

Arrive and unload kit - 19:45
Pool session - 20:00 to 22:00
Clubroom social - 20:00 to 22:00

We have use of the pool and the clubroom for the full two hours.
The address of the leisure centre is: Inverary Road, Wroughton, SN4 9DJ
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Regulator servicing, cylinder testing & O2 testing.

JC Scuba is now an authorised dealer for regulator servicing and repairs. They can also perform cylinder testing and O2 testing. Seahorse Dive Club members will get a discount on equipment servicing on production of their club membership card.


For full details of makes of equipment supported visit the JC Scuba website: 


Contact JC Scuba on 01793 727238.

 

Air fills

Frank Macbeth can provide air fills at £2 per cylinder. Cylinders must be in test from an approved IDEST testing station. Frank reserves the right to refuse to fill any cylinder that does not meet with IDEST standards.

Contact Frank on 07866 361 898.

 

Pool cancellations

There will not be pool or club sessions on the following dates:

No cancellations at present.