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Been hibernating this winter? Well it's time to wake up, shake yourself into something that looks good and kick the season of with a party. All the details are below, it looks like a fantastic night!
We're moving up a gear now - the most amazing dive trip in the world is up and running, Working with (and raising funds for) the Marine Conservation Society is GO and, as well as training trips starting to put themselves together, John Cousins has offered to organise RIB trips as-and-when. It's a great time to be in the club - let's party!
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Party! Party! Party!
What a part it's going to be! We're going to:
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The Langley!
Nearest Tube : Covent Garden
Friday 28th March
Table booked for: 8pm - Meet in the Main Bar for drinks - Happy Hour 5pm-7pm
So if you would like to come along email Nickystating which menu choice you would like by: Monday 24th March.
£23.95 three courses or £19.95 for two courses
If you have any special requirements please let Nicky know.
Please Note: If you can not make it I need to have 48 hours notice if you fail to let me know you will be charged £10.
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Welcome To Hellfins
Welcome to Hellfins Dorn and Deborah!
Dorn Gibbons and Deborah Arnott have joined the happy crew this month. We're looking forward to getting to know you - in and out of the water!
Sipidan Trip
Although the official deadline is passed there is still a possibility you could get on the best dive trip in the world ever.
Best diving in the world, with a couple of stopovers in places most people only dream of visiting. You can read the full itinerary on the website and contact Ian to try and sneak on.
Training Update
Wednesday night pool sessions...
This Wednesday (19th) will be set a side as a session of fun and games, organised by our National Instructor Phil. Partly due to a large number of instructors being away skiing but partly, well, just for fun. Lots of enjoyable ways to practice skill and try things slightly out of the ordinary!
Please email me, Shona, (training@hellfins.com) by end of Tuesday to let me know if you’re planning on training on tanks each week. This will make pool session easier to organise, and hopefully mean lessons start promptly! (or let me know in the bar for the following week, but make sure I write it down!!)
If you’re coming along for snorkelling/swimming/tanks on off chance then there’s no need to mail.
Hope this doesn’t seem too demanding, but it will make my Wednesday nights run much more smoothly, and reduce my terror when people I’m not expecting turn up!
Sessions for non-trainees...
Also remember LAST WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH (26 March next one) is primarily for use by people not currently training, to brush-up, refresh skills or play on tanks. As above please let me know if you’re planning to come, and if you want any instructors to help with anything.
People who’re training are still welcome along, but priority of instructors / kit goes to the oldies. (btw no-one has actually turned up for one of these sessions yet, so trainees are in fairly good position to get kit!)
Ocean Diver lectures...
Can you let Maili know if you want to come along for any of these Ocean Diver
Lectures so I can give your name to the doormen. You will need to do all
of the lectures before you can get signed up for Ocean diver
Tues 25th March - starting at 5:45pm
- OT1 Introduction to our branch and Ocean Diver Training
- OT2 Diving equipment and signals
- OT3 The body and effects of diving
- OT4 Planning to go diving
Weds 26th March start 5:45pm,
- OT5 Going diving
- OT6 What happens if?
- OT7 Enjoying your diving
Resuscitation training
The club resusci-anne should be with us soon, so lifesaving skills for sports diver, dive leader and general can be done at the poolside once she’s here. Sorry chaps, this means no more CPR demos on live casualties!
Exams...
If you have completed all the relevant lectures for your course please let me know and I’ll arrange dates/supervisors/locations for exams. You will need to revise up on the notes you have prior to exam, as the pass mark is 80%!! Exams are generally max time 45mins, for 35 multiple choice questions.
Trips...
Volunteering to organise a trip is not as hard as it sounds! Unless you are an experienced diver your main responsibilities will be sorting accommodation (numbers etc available) and cars etc. ideally we’d team you up with instructor type to co-ordinate dive planning and other bits.
So please do volunteer, as otherwise the same few people end up organising all the trips, and going on them!!!
Practical Rescue Management...
There is Practical Rescue Management course running in London - Ham near Kingston.
If you are training to Dive Leader this course will cover off the Rescue Scenarios that you need to do - LT 4 and LS 2.
If you would like to go on the course, you need to send the following details:
Name
Address
Tel Number
BSAC Number
Diving Grade (you must be a Sports Diver)
To:
Roy Sherwin
10 Breton House
Abbey Street
London
SE1 3EF
He will then send you the course details etc. The course should cost around £25. He will ask for payment once you have received your info.
RIB Trips
As well as the RIB trips already planned John Cousins has kindly offered to put even more together.
He lives near to the RIB and if anyone wants to go and dive, one day, two days as and when, give him a call and he will see if he can get enough people togther.
We don't have to arrange things months in advance, we just need to make sure enough people are available and we are complying with club rules.
Peak holiday times are not a problem.
We can dive from Shell Bay or from Kimmeridge. Accommodation can be arranged.
Call John Cousins on 01929 555072 day, 01929 552215 eves, 07799 792011 mobile.
Our Scotish Friends
Pecten (the Shell club in Aberdeen) go back a long,long way.
They'de like to make it known we are welcome on their many Scottish trips, especially for one they are trying to fill a 3-4 last spaces to the Garvellachs (SW of Mull) for 17-19 May.
There's fab scenic diving to enjoy on the Porpoise Dive Boat owned by Dave Ainsley.
See what they're up to on their Expeditions page or browse their website.
Kit for Sale
John has a Viking dry suit for sale. Fit 5' 8" maybe 5' 10" if not built like me. Needs new latex seals otherwise in immaculate condition. Red and black with built in boots. £120.00
Call John Cousins on 01929 555072 day, 01929 552215 eves, 07799 792011 mobile.
Steve Hughs also has Some stuff to sell
7mm Northern Diver Semi-Dry.
2 Piece (long-johns and jacket)
Size Medium (approx 5'10)
Colour blue/black
Only used once in open-water
£100 (no offers)
Cressi Aqualight BCD
Colour - Blue/Yellow
Size - Medium
Integrated weight pockets
Soft backpack so perfect for travelling as it can rollup
It is only 3 months old and only used once in open water and a handful of
times in the pool - so it looks new, I paid just under £200 for it 3 months
ago and am asking £120 or reasonable offers.
Contact steve.hughes@citigroup.com , or call him on (020) 7
5082723 at Work or (07815) 151167 on the mobilie
Search Engine Fun
There's no doubt that a lot of our new members first find us on the web. So do a lot of other people too. Sometimes I look through our "referals" and I have to admit that, at times, I'm a little suprised.
We're a cool, sexy crew, so it's no suprise that going to google.com and typing "aya napa night clubs" ranks us number three.
And we're pretty broad minded, so maybe whoever went to search.msn.com and looked for "Threesomes in London" could have made an interesting new member - even if they did end up finding a stern article from the DO about how we "discourage threesomes while diving".
Sadly though, the poor browser who looked for "Spanking in Brighton" was misled - geographically at least - as we're all into neoprene! Now, where did i put that KY jelly...
If you typed something dodgy into a search engine one day and ended up joining a dive club, do let me know. I promise I won't tell a soul.