Hellfins October NewsletterIn this issue:
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGHellfins Sub-Aqua Club is full of keen, skilful divers and is a branch with bags of potential. On October 30th we will be holding our AGM which will appoint a new committee. They will be responsible for guiding the club through next year. If you have an interest in being part of that committee please put yourself forward to Allan (allan.hesse@ukpia.com). The most important quality is enthusiasm. If you've got it flaunt it! Current committee will be delighted to advise on how to get involved and what (if any) special skills are needed for specific posts. The AGM will be held in the function room of Bar Med on 30th October at 8pm. There'll be free food! Here's a map. The current posts and incumbents are in the club section as well as a complete definition of roles and responsibilities visit. The posts up for grabs are:
At the AGM it is also customary to hand out a few awards. It is up to you to vote as to who you think is most deserving. Feel free to make up your own awards. The more awards the better! If you make up a new award, you also have to make up a prize, but you don't have to stand up and hand it over - so don't feel inhibited! The current awards are as follows -
Plus whatever other awards you can come up with. Please e-mail Nicky (nicky@hellfins.com) with your nominations - The closing date for sending your choice is October 18th. Don't forget this years AGM is being held on Wednesday 30th at BAR MED in the function room. The Bar will be open and food will laid on. Please let Nicky (nicky@hellfins.com) know if you are going to attend so she knows how many people we are catering for. BRASS MONKEY DIVING: OBAN, 14TH - 16TH DECEMBERIf you're well 'ard and fancy a weekends diving in the Sound of Mull on board the Jane R. Flying up Fri evening 13th Dec, returning Mon afternoon 16th Dec Diving Sat 14th & Sun 15th Dec.. For Sports Divers and above with plenty of UK experience. Cost approx £200, incl flights. To reserve your place send a cheque deposit of £100 payable to Mike Wilkinson at: 71 Dyke Drive Orpington Kent BR5 4LY Tel 077 207 17069 T-SHIRTS ARE ON SALE NOW!Nicky was at the club last week with a big box of stylish scuba-wear. If you ordered a T-Shirt, catch up with her soon. If you haven't got one yet (and you should - they're cool!) drop Nicky a line, or order on-line at in the shop Brand New: Tank Stickers, £1 a go. Make sure you get the right cylinder next time you fill with a fab Hellfins Tank Sticker. PAINTBALL!If you want to go on the paintballing trip, let Nicky know now: nicky@hellfins.com. Full details in the Diary. DIVE SHOW AT THE NECLooking for an end of season bargain? Something you meant to buy all year? Don't forget the NEC dive show next weekend! Details at from Divernet.com. WRITING COMPETITIONDive magazine are running a competition and it makes sense we should enter. You can find a full explanation of the copy and rules on their web site. They are looking for a 450-500 words describing a single dive site and there are some great prizes on offer. Entries go to sidlothian@hotmail.com, or just e-mail a URL from something you've done before. I'll put together the package with any photos we've got (or send me some), the GPS, directions etc. MEDES - IT WAS GOODFull story with photos at in the Features section. Big thanks to Mike, Chris, Mary, Nigel and Spring for providing training as we went along and congratulations to Cleggy on getting his Sports Diver signed off with an afternoon dragging me up the beach. Big thanks too to Bob, Eleanor and Jo for being such great company down in the apartment (Everyone else got the pool but, hey, we got the view!) Absolutely HUGE thanks to Kerry for organising it all. It was the best trip of the year and I loved every minute. Some favourite quotes from the holiday: "Ye dinni need all that weet! Tik three keelos off..." - Frank, our Geordie host, who felt everyone was over-weighted (and annoyingly was mostly right) "You get novices like that sometimes" - Mike, having spent an entire dive leader training dive completely ignoring me, poking the coral, pinching Mary and deliberately screwing up absolutely everything. "It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!" - Mike and some other people (can't remember who) in the karioke bar "Could I have a table for twenty please?" - Claire, pretty much every night "Is that my Kowalski?" - Confusion on the boat as everyone had just bought the same torch (with slight variations of colour and size) "Now that's a steak" - Ian, on seeing Cleggy serve the huge rib of beef he cooked on the barbecue "Show me the way to go home..." - Sung (loudly) by Bob and Eleanor one night walking home after a particularly "hearty" meal KIT FOR SALEJo knows someone with some kit to sell. Apparently they are willing to accept offers on the blokes stuff. Contact Jo (Joanna.E.Crook@opc.shell.com) or deal direct with Brighton SAC DO Nigel Baker on 01273 414024 (early eve & w/ends) or (nigel.abaker@virgin.net).
NEXT YEAR'S DIVING - LET'S PLAN...The annual dive planning meeting will be on November 20th. Next year looks like it will be pretty busy, so this is the time to book a slot in the diary for the trip you were planning. Anyone can organise a trip. It's easy. If you want to go somewhere, and want to take some friends come along and reserve that spot! If it's all a bit speculative, pencil in something now and firm it up later. If you haven't organised a trip before, don't be shy. All the existing members will be happy to offer advice and there are phone numbers and useful links in the briefcase. ADIOS .CO.UKSince we moved over to hellfins.com we kept on hellfins.co.uk for a year to make sure everyone had the new address. It cost a little bit of money and now we've let that one go. All of the search engines are up to date, and I _think_ everyone knows. If you can't find the site, look on your t-shirt! |