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In the June 2010 issue of HULLO.Members work on the club boat and give the trailer a lick of paint. In the May 2010 issue of HULLO.The April/May Farne islands trip and judging by the photographs it was a good one. Also Tony Hodge takes "The Rough With The Smooth" in his Farnes article. Disabled and you want to dive?Don't let a disability stop you having a go. One of our instructors (Tony Hodge) is Diving Disability Awareness trained. You can find out more here on this link Project LongbentonChris Storey's short video of the recent club dive on the Longbenton. Anybody on the dive want to contribute their story just send me some words - or photos. Andy Dowsland, BSAC Inspiration CCR instructor, reports on his CCR Instructor Workshop experience.Andy Dowsland's article on the BSAC Inspiration Rebreather Workshop which he and Brian Smith attended has made it onto the BSAC Talk June 2009 news under 'more technical instructors wanted'. I found it interesting and well worth a read. You will find it here on this link. BSAC Goes Hard Hat Diving by Gavin JonesThe Diver Training College in York run a day in which divers can experience what it was like to dive in the pioneering days of commercial diving wearing the full standard kit. Also included in the day is a trip down to 50 metres in a decompression chamber. Story by Gavin Jones. Real Diving Stories.If you want to find out what divers really get up to then take a look at our list of articles and stories. You will find contributions from divers of all levels covering a large and diverse range of subjects. To make things easy to find you can use the site search facility to the right on this page. Have fun! Whats happening in the BSAC world?A good way to stay in tune would be to explore the links (on the right) under BSAC On The Net. on a regular basis. You will fine an enormous amount of useful information including BSAC news and the Regional and National skills development course programmes. You may also like to try the search facility at the top of the column to the right. This provides you with a tool to discover what is in the other 116 pages of this site. The Early Days. Diving photographs and a bit more.
Some photographs taken by Warren Stevenson in the late 1950's / early 60's have been added to the "Oldies" gallery. Warren along with Reg Thompson, Brian "Chick" Verity, Garth Daddy and a few others is a founder member of the "Hull Frogmans Club", the club to which our club owes its roots. These guys dived with modified gas regulators and any old cylinder they could find! There is more to come on this subject. |
Last update: 24th June2010
Club Meetings are held on Tuesdays at 09:00pm in the King William IV in Cottingham. Map here Pool Sessions are held at South Hunsley School on Tuesday evenings starting at 7pm until 8pm, Pool location here Note that the pool is closed for the summer and will reopen in November. Diver Of the Year Award. Awarded to Andy Dowsland
Message for divers from Maritime Coastguard Agency If you dive off our coast then this important message from Paul Chapman (Diving Liaison Officer) is for YOU. Please read it. |