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Bicester Divers newly qualified snorkelling instructor

snokel-instructorsnorkel-session-1As the new Snorkelling Instructor for 2010 I would just like to say that I am really looking forward to hopefully taking on a few new members through snorkelling and parents joining as dive or social members.

On the weekend of the 13 and 14 February I carried out a snorkelling instructor course at Radley Sports Centre in Abingdon.

Over the first part of the weekend we learnt to become a Snorkel Diver which involved learning the basic skills through theory and practical work which included fitting equipment, finning techniques, snorkel use, mask clearing, entries and exits into the pool and surface dives.

That evening I had to prepare a practical lecture on surface dives for 10 minutes (thank you to Colin for the loan of the slate!)

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 21:23 ) Read more...
 

What Signal's This

Continuing our programme of events, March saw the review of hand signals and some embarrassed faces when Lorna pitted some experienced divers against some newer divers in a 'Give Us a Clue' charades style game in which team members had to mime signals and their teams name the message.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 August 2009 20:42 ) Read more...
 

Alan's Night of Knots

The 1st "Activity Night" was a big success. Thank you to all those that managed to attend and make it the best turnout we've had at our new location in Ambrosden.

A huge thank you needs to go to Alan for presenting a fun, informative and practical session, demonstrating a few simple and useful knots that we should all know.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 13 January 2009 23:28 ) Read more...
 

Activity Night - 1st Mondays of the Month

Starting in January 2009 we'll be holding an activity night on the 1st Monday of the month (where possible). Most of the activities will try to focus on some aspect of scuba-diving, but we'll also be organising other fun evenings too. The current programme of event include: Knots, The Sea Search project, hand signals, and navigation. If any club members have suggestions for other subjects they'd like to see covered please forward them to Steve, Alan or Lorna.

The 1st Activity night will be Knots and will be on Monday 12th January 2009

Please support the club and try and make it along. "The more the merrier" as they say.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 January 2009 20:48 )
 

2009 Dates for your diary

2008 was not a great year for club dives, with many having to be cancelled or rescheduled due to poor weather conditions. Hopefully the gods will be good to us in 2009 and bring sunshine and flat calm seas. A provisional list of dives for 2009 has now been drawn up.>

Dive Trips 2009

Date Location Grade Diver Places Organiser
April (TBA) Stoney Cove Trainee ? Colin Murray
2nd - 4th May '09 Lundy Sports Diver 6 Rod Hogg
16th - 17 May '09 Portsmouth Ocean Diver 12 Geoff Vernon
23rd - 30th May '09 l'Estartit Ocean Diver 12 Alan English
13th - 14th June '09 West Bay Sports Diver 12 Steve Prior
18th - 19th July '09 Portsmouth Sports Diver 12 Geoff Vernon
August - Any offers '09
19th - 20th September '09 Plymouth Ocean Diver 12 Alan English

Trip details will be posted in the calendar as and when they become available. Remember to check back regularly.

Our thanks to all the trip organisers for their hard work.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 January 2009 19:33 )
 
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