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Ocean Diver Dive ClubNEWSLETTER

Issue Number 47Month AprilYear 2015

It is April, the traditional startto the UK summer divingseason but, just like thechangeable spring weather,April in the dive club also

brings with it change.At the Annual General

Meeting of the club (whichsounds really posh and exciting

to me, but in reality is justanother night in the pub) wehad a bit of a change roundwith your committee. Afterfive years of doing the

secretary job for the club,which really meant makingsure Matt looked after themoney properly, Jen has

decided to step down and takea well earned break. Matt too

has handed over theresponsibility of the clubfinances and can now

concentrate on running theclub properly. Sadly Becki toohas stepped down from thecommittee, also after five

years of organising trips, and

organising us! Both Becki andJen were instrumental in

helping to set up the club andwill be missed on the

committee, but I hope theywill stick around and be divingwith us for many more years

to come.But it is not all doom andgloom because to fill theirshoes (and good luck withthat!) Paul Pryke, Ivan

Cunningham and Jackie Wyliehave stepped up and will be

taking over. Jackie is going tobe taking over as treasurer

from Matt and you can emailher at

[email protected] Pryke has been press

ganged into running the divetrips for this year, with thehelp of the rest of the

committee of course, and youcan reach him at

[email protected] is taking over Becki’s

role on the committee as an

ISSUE NUMBER | MONTH | YEAR

n AGM stuff

n This Month

n April Diving

n Upcoming events

n Coming THIS year… trips!

n School stuff

n And finally….

ordinary member and willbe helping with setting uptrips along with the otherordinary members; Stratis,

Rob McSorley andLawrence (still our longestDivemaster trainee ever!!)

Ocean Diver Dive Club

mailto:[email protected]




Ocean Diver CommitteeExecutive Committee

Member 2014/2015 Role 2015/2016 Role

Matt Wright Treasurer Chairman

Jen Wright Secretary

Paul Davies Dive Coordinator Secretary

Jackie Wylie Treasurer

Paul Pryke Dive Coordinator

Committee Ordinary MembersIvan Cunningham Robert McSorley

Stratis Karatzas Lawrence Gauntlett



A really big thank you to allthose of you who turned upto the meeting and ratifiedall these changes. I knowthat to some this all seems abit pointless to just gettogether and do a few dives.However, when we startedthe club we wanted it to berun fairly and also to makesure that there was neverany doubt as to where themoney was going and whowas benefitting. That meantthat we felt we had to have

a committee of somesort,which of course meansmore work for thecommittee members but ithink it is clear that thesystem does work well andwe are getting some reallygood deals on dive tripsfor the club. And whoknows, with a bit oflottery funding maybe wecan have our own clubboat and air compressorone day!Jackie? Please?

March was a good monthfor diving, with easteregg hunts at Nemes withRob, Paul and Becki, afun filled rescue course,and a sneaky midweekdive to the Cove withSpencer and myself.As you can see from thephotos the rescue coursewas the usual mixture offun and frolics in theglorious spring sun,interspersed with somemore serious acting andrescueing!



As I have alreadymentioned, the rescue

course at the start of themonth went off with much

chaos and marriment,some panic and disaster,some controlled thoughtand careful planning, and

even some fantastic aimingand vindictive throwing...I would like to say a big

thank you to everyone whocame along to help out.

For those of you who havealready done the course

you will appreciate this themost. The more peoplethat come and help with

the different scenarios, get

into the role playing andacting and help bring therescue scenes to life (ordeath!) The better the

training is for those doingthe course and of coursethe more fun it is for

everyone.So a huge well done and

round of applause for Paul‘Totally in control’ Pryke,Rob ‘Sicknote’ McSorley,Chris ‘Throw rope’ Dixonand Kerri ‘So, should iactually get in the water

now?’ Hosking, who haveall successfully passed the

Rescue Course and are now

fully capable of reactingpromptly, safely and

efficiently to someonein distress, providedthey are calling for a

pizza of somedescription! I will

probably be runninganother Rescue courselater this year to helprefresh everybody’s

skills that may have gotrusty over the summer,

as well as giving thenew rescue divers

chance to have somemore practice with firstaid and diver rescues.




Dont forget that it is thenew club year, for allthose of you who havenot yet paid your club

fees, you have to pay nowplease or you will lose allthose lovely club benefits.The easiest way to pay isvia a bank transfer to theclub bank account, but

please put your name andthe reason for payment inif you can, or drop Jackiean email letting her knowyou have paid so that shecan verify that the moneyhas successfully gone [email protected]

The club bank accountdetails are:

NatWest BankSort code: 60-24-77Account No. 19361092

The cost is £40 forindividual members or £30

each for familymembership.

For this small amount youget:

Free use of the pool on clubsessions.

Free use of schoolequipment if it is not in use

already by students.A nice discount of 10% at

Amphibian Sports.

Priority booking on all clubtrips, which of course areheavily discounted already.Discounts on course prices

with the school.And....

a free beanie hat for newmembers!

You will also need to fill inyour membership

application and club liabilityrelease form. You can eitherhand this in to Paul at theclub meeting, or post it to:

Ocean DiverAttn. Stratis Karatzas

130 Gipsy HillLondon

SE19 1PL




Yay we are off this weekend, more details next month. Hoping to dive theAeolian Sky, the M2 or St Dunstan amongst others.

Fingers crossed for great weather, awesome visibility and for Matt toactually see the M2!!

Only a couple of weeks to go now until my favorite trip of this year. Wehave passed our remaining spaces back to Brian now to try and fill the

boat but i believe there are still a few spaces remaining. If you want to goplease let me know ASAP

Back down to see Steve in Plymouth for some fantastic wreck dives on the Scylla,James Egan Layne and many many more! Plymouth is one of those places that you cango dive no matter what the weather throws at us. Suitable for all divers advanced openwater trained and above.Cost to club members: ONLY £160 Each

Paul is already starting to look into trips for next year, please dont missthe next club meetings as he will be putting some ideas forward for theclub to consider. If there are any dive destinations you want him to

consider then please contact him and have a [email protected]




We are maintaining our specialty of the month themethis month with the deep course and fun weekender onthe 18th and 19th of April. If you fancy a weekend offun at Chepstow then do please come along for either

both days or just pop down for one day and have a few fun dives with the club.We are also going to be doing some night dives over the next few weeks if anyone fancies doingthe night dive specialty. A must for the Red Sea, or even the UK! Porthkerris in Cornwall gave

me one of the best night dives i have ever had, although the sight of a rather tipsy Dave and Deltrying to help people up the beach after the dive may have had something to do with that!Hopefully we will get back to Porthkerris soon for some more awesome beach diving and bigspotty fish hunting.... No not the one in the photo, the rather bigger one that is somewhat

elusive despite its size!Let me know if you fancy joining us on the night dive or the deep dive next weekend.

[email protected]

We are running open water courses throughout April and May as well and also have Matt andSteve joining Lawrence on his DM course.... So lots of diving happening now!




To all those divers whopassed courses this month,from discover scuba diverslike Zac, Ewan, Corinne,

Anthea, Josh and Shad all the way to Rescue Divers like ‘Sicknote’,‘Throwrope’, ‘In control’ and ... Of course not forgetting the ‘dry one’,Kerri... A huge well done to you all. A really fun month of diving with theschool this month and a great start to the summer season for all of you.

We hope to see you all underwater really soon for some relaxing fun diving,unless you are a divemaster in training of course...!

[email protected]




But if you cant make it we really hope to see youat the next club meeting or in the pool, or thepub after, for drinks and a chat!

Happy Diving, from all of the committee!

Hope to see you diving this month!

The next club meeting is Tuesday 5th May at theWhyteleafe Tavern. Meet in the bar for a drinkfrom 8.00pm then in the meeting room (bringyour drinks with you!) for 8.30pm

Hope to see you there for a catch up!

The next club meeting

We are back in the pool on Saturday May 9th from16.00 to 18.00Back at Oakhyrst Grange School!!Don’t forget it is free for members and only £5.00for non members, so why not come down and havea splash and a catch up with the rest of the club.

The next pool session

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