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New Dive Leader! |
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Written by Ted Weeks
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Calne Divers offers it's congratulations to Scott Barker, the latest person to qualify for Dive Leader. A Dive Leader is someone who has the skill and experience to lead dives, and is allowed to take Open Water Divers out. The DL course is very difficult, and involves assessment on rescue skills such as lifting other divers, as well as requiring experience of leading dives. Of course there is the written examination as well, which is particularly hard at this level.
Scott has been diving with Calne Divers for just over a year now, having started with us from scratch. Scott now has almost 90 logged dives amounting to almost 55 hours of underwater time. He has dived both in UK waters and abroad, on the club holiday to Turkey, and has dived almost all types of site, such as wreck, reef and drift.
Jamie King also qualified as a Dive Leader not long ago, having started at the club at the same time as Scott, and we look forward to both Scott and Jamie being able to assist with our next intake of trainees. Congratulations once again! |
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Learn to dive with us, I did! |
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Written by Jamie King
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After deciding I wanted to take up diving, I found Calne Divers. I had looked at various options, and I know I chose the right one! I have made some great friends, and done lots of diving, nearly 100 dives in my first year, and a dive trip to Turkey. I have, with a great deal of help and encoragement from the club 'elders', managed to qualify as a 'dive leader', this is the SAA equivelent to PADI's 'rescue diver'. When you consider to qualify as a rescue dive with PADI can cost around £1000, I have managed to qualify as dive leader for less than £300, which includes membership to the club and the SAA. It also means I can dive to 50m (10m deeper than PADI)!
All in all I'm very pleased with my first year at Calne Divers, it's a top clup, with top people, and with top instructors that will spend lots of time with you.
So come and join us for a dive, we welcome everyone, if you want to learn and have never dived before, or if you are experienced and just looking for like minded people to dive with.
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Halloween/Firework Night |
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Written by Stephanie Brazier
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 Saturday 1st November was our Halloween and Fireworks night. Katie and Lucy dressed up as witches, with the head of the coven being Steph. Trev excelled himself again to the delight of all the children and adults and turned up as the unofficial club mascot, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS. The photos are not to be missed and will be uploaded to our Social Gallery soon.
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Turkey 2009 |
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Written by Jamie King
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After a long flight and a bumpy drive, we arrived in darkness at the villa. Come morning, a beautiful blue sky awaited us, and it was race to the pool! Plenty of beer was drank, bbq's and even a split chin was endured by one of the younger members. Oh, and on occasion, we even put on some of that scuba stuff and chucked ourselves off the back of a boat. The water was warm and clear, a pleasant change from a January dive in Vobster!!
Our guides, Besim and Selami, were wonderful and knew all the nooks and crannys to find the best sea life. Octopus, squid, barracuda, and some of us that did an extra dive even saw a turtle (sorry steph)! The guys with children found a waterpark and had a great day, a few went on a pony trek, and the biker faction even hired some mopeds. A big thanks to all the guys at the European Diving Centre in Fethyie. |
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Calne Divers Reaches its First Birthday |
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Written by John Hunt
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Believe it or not, Calne Divers has reached it’s first birthday! The club was formed on January 25th 2008 by Jon, John Ted and Steph. At the time we had no idea quite how successful it was going to be. We were all formerly members of Calne Sub Aqua club and had become increasingly disgruntled with the way the club had been run. When we left we were amazed that more than half of the club followed us. We immediately decided that the club was going to be run on a totally democratic basis and set about drafting a constitution and a grievance policy, as we felt that these items were very important.
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Try-Dive Evenings |
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Written by Trevor Whitney
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Following the fantastic success of the first beginners training course, Calne Divers is once again opening it's doors to new members who wish to learn the art of Diving. A try-dive session is fully booked already for 25th September 2009, and it has been decided to run a second session the week after, on 2nd October 2009. Anyone interested in learning to dive in UK waters is welcome to attend, however preference on the night will be given to those who have contacted us in advance. If you wish to take part, please contact us using the form on the Contact Us page. There will be a small fee of £10 per diver for the try-dive, which is to cover Air, Pool Time and Insurance. Participants will be asked to complete a short medical form. There will, of course, be no pressure to continue training with Calne Divers. |
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