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3rd July

Mark has arranged with the staff at Vobster to sink a 19 foot boat in the dive quarry. A metal plaque bearing the club's name, date of sinking and the club's website URL has been made up. The boat will be painted in the club’s colours and the plaque attached and then it will be taken to the quarry where it will be sunk at 12 metres, near to the aircraft that is currently there. The date has been provisionally set for Sunday 27th July. The schedule will be a morning dive followed by a BBQ and then the sinking and a second dive later in the afternoon. This should be an interesting day and it is hoped that there will be a good club turnout.

A DVD of the recent trip to Hurghada is now available. The cost is £5 (or £6 inc. postage). Anyone wanting a copy can catch me at the pool or e-mail me here:  and I will put a copy in the post.

The recent trip to Hurghada was a resounding success with all having a great week's diving and relaxation. In all there were 23 people on the boat, either diving or snorkelling, with the majority being club members. The diving was very easy and shallow which was suitable for all, especially the junior members who were all newly, or about to be, OW qualified. You can see some of the photographs of the trip here: 

Phil Green has been extremely busy organising hardboat diving weekends for later this year and next year. The response to has been very good indeed and several of these trips are now fully booked. Further information and contact details are on the UK Diving page: 

There will be unscheduled diving most weekends at Lyme Regis and at inland dive centres Vobster and Stoney Cove. These dives will be weather dependant and so final decisions will be made mid week prior to the forthcoming weekend. It is recommended that you keep in touch with the diving Officer and Rep to check what diving is planned and to confirm with them your intention to attend.

Finally, I would like to encourage all club members to submit reports, photographs or video footage of any dives trips you make. Reports don't have to be editions of War and Peace, just a few sentences or paragraphs of the highlights of your day or trip, accompanied by photos if possible, are all that is required. I will format them and post them here on the club website for all to enjoy. Without your support we won't have anything to show, so keep the e-mails coming in.

Please send all media to me here: 
Safe diving y'all, 

Steve

 

The Divezone PADI 5 star Dive Centre

After the closure of Aqualeisure last year Wiltshire was left without any PADI 5 star dive centre. That has now changed with the opening of The Divezone, a new PADI 5 star dive centre based in Melksham. The new shop is staffed by enthusiastic divers and is managed by Colin Eadie. Their address is Unit G21, Avonside Enterprise Park, Meksham, Wiltshire, SN12 8BS. Click here for directions: 

Here is their recent press release: 

The dive centre can be contacted on tel: 01225 791440, mob: 07977 484103, or email:  Click here for the Divezone website: 

 

Christmas dives and lunch photographs.

View the photographs of the 2007 Christmas dives and lunch at Stoney Cove: 

 

Pool sessions and clubroom meetings

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

Please note that 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
Click here for a map: 

Pool cancellations

Please note that there will not be a pool or clubroom session on the following dates:

  • Wednesday 27th August 2008
  • Wednesday 24th September 2008
  • Wednesday 24th December 2008
  • Wednesday 31st December 2008

 

 
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