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Change to Midweek Pool Sessions

by Mathew Harrison|on May 20, 2012 |in Notices, Training Notices

As no doubt you are all aware, I have been concerned with the fall in numbers at the Monday evening pool session at Ashfield school for a while now and no matter what we try to do, or what we try to organise, we struggle to boost attendance!

So, having asked members why they don’t attend the Monday session, one of the main reasons is the day. A lot of you said that the two sessions were too close together and that the Monday night was too close to the weekend, unfortunately, it was the ancient Egyptians who invented the 365 day calendar and Monday has been close to Saturday since the Romans named them!!!!, if only they’d have called Monday Wednesday instead, we could have had a midweek session on a Monday!

Anyway I digress, having scoured the shire for more midweek friendly pool time (believe me, it would be easier looking for a needle at the bottom of Stoney than trying to secure an hours worth of pool time, it’s so over subscribed you wouldn’t believe), we have had a breakthrough, only a small breakthrough but a breakthrough all the same !

As from this week, the pool session will be on Tuesday evenings from 7.45-8.45pm, as I said it’s only a small breakthrough but it’s closer to Wednesday than Monday will ever be.

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JUBILEE PROMOTION

by Mathew Harrison|on May 16, 2012 |in Social Events |tagged |Leave a comment
When: Sat Jun 2, 2012

Where: THE IDLEWELLS SHOPPING CENTRE, SUTTON
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Howdy, YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU!!!!!!! I know it's short notice but we are looking for volunteers to help out on Saturday 2nd June on a club stand in the Idlewells Shopping Centre, Sutton, as part of the jubilee celebrations. It's a great opportunity to advertise and market the club, we will also be collecting for the RNLI at the same time. Please get involved and donate a bit of time (an hour or two each would be enough if we all pitch in!) Anyone that has any ideas as to how to make the most of our stand, please make yourself heard! As I said at the begining of this email, we don't have long to organise our selves so please come back to me ASAP if you can help out. Ta.
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Raffle 2012

by Mansfield 735 BSAC|on May 3, 2012 |in Notices |Leave a comment

Dear All

The search for raffle prizes for this years Christmas raffle has started in earnest

Please find attached a letter requesting prizes, now here comes your part, the challenge is for every member to try and provide one prize, no prize to large or small

Just to kick off I’ve already got the following:

1. 4 day dive pack for 2 people with Elite diving in Sharm el Sheik

2. A selection of freebies from Camel Dive

3. 2x £50 vouchers for use against a holiday with Blue o’Two

So please give it a go, and let me know how you get on

Nearly forgot, the raffle will benefit two charities, the RNLI and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland air ambulance

Any questions please let me know, and good luck

Thanks

Ronnie

Your funding officer

pdf icon735 raffle letter 2012.pdf

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stoney cove and swithland quarry

by Mansfield 735 BSAC|on April 29, 2012 |in Expedition Notices |tagged , |Leave a comment
When: Wed May 2, 2012 5am to 8am  UTC

Where: Stoney cove
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Hi all, here are some dates over the next few weeks, where some of us will be at Stoney, this wednesday night 2nd may, sunday 6th of may,Wednesday night 16th of may. Also we will be trying a new dive site on the 16th of June (Swithland quarry) however this is only open to dive leaders and above as it is 50m deep with no shallows. If you can make any of these dates can you let me or Andy H know as soon as you can so we can plan the dives out, please can you make the effort guys and gals, as it would be good to get a few of us in the water together, ready for the long hot summer and dive trips coming up. For more info or questions get in touch or even better ask me at the pool sessions. See you all soon. Steve. Training officer Mansfield 735 BSAC
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EFES night out

by Mathew Harrison|on April 2, 2012 |in Social Events |tagged |Leave a comment
When: Sat Apr 21, 2012 8pm to 11:30pm  UTC

Where: EFES restaurant, Sutton
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Howdy, Helen is organising a night at EFES Turkish restaurant on Outram Street, Sutton. If you have never been I can assure you that we are always made welcome, the foods good and so is the Raki! Everyone is invited and the more that go the better it'll be, so please contact Helen as soon as possible if you want to go by email at: helenhclare@aol.com see you all there!
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stoney cove

by Mansfield 735 BSAC|on March 12, 2012 |in Expedition Notices |tagged , |Leave a comment
When: Sat Mar 24, 2012

Where: STONEY COVE
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Howdy, Calling all Plymouth divers, I need you ALL to attend as many Stoney sessions between now and the trip as possible and to this end I would like to see everyone there on Saturday 24th March. We will be finalising buddy pairs and going through what will be required for the trip. Ronnie, I realise you are in Skye over this weekend along with Adam, so it would be good if you two became buddy pairs for the trip to plymouth, so get some dives in up north! Please let me know if you can't make it, however, I did ask you previously for any dates you weren't available, so theres no excuse really!!
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Training Calendar 2012-03-08 10:35:45

by Mansfield 735 BSAC|on March 8, 2012 |in Training Notices |tagged , |Leave a comment
When: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:30am to 2pm  UTC

Where: Stoney cove
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Sports diver training/ general diving
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Diving Officer

by Andrew Harrison|on March 2, 2012 |in Notices |tagged ,

Hi all

Some of you may be aware that I have been appointed to the prestigious role of Diving Officer(D.O), which I am more than happy to take on. The role of the D.O is mainly to oversee all the diving and training in the club to make sure it is carried out to safe standards and within the guidelines of the BSAC. Cheesy Steve will still be doing the role of Training Officer.

That said it would be impossible for me to be on every dive trip and be in attendance every time training is being carried out. So from that, this is what I would like from the following:

  • Divers, please make sure you plan the dive and dive the plan, dive within your capabilities, be safe and enjoy yourself.
  • Dive Managers, as they are called now days, please report your trips before they happen and after to say all safe and well by either email, phone call or text. If I am not available then report to Training Officer. Also please ensure log sheets are filled in and completed. Let me have them next time you see me.
  • Instructors, please inform Steve or me of any training that is taking place. Assistant Instructors, please be reminded that no instruction should take place without a qualified instructor present. I know this may sound a bit anal, but as a club and as individuals have a duty of care to everyone  we dive with, whether or not they are club members.

Please feel free to contact me at any time for a chat or a gripe or whatever, I will try to be as helpful as possible and be their to listen, but as some of you are aware I tend to tell it like it is, so please don’t be offended if I tell you something you don’t want to hear. All that said I think we should carry on the trend to be happy and safe club, with no serious incidents AT ALL.

So have a fantastic time diving, and other all the other stuff that comes with it Look out for each other, WE are a club and a team and all in it together.

Yours

Andy Harrison

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Skill Development Courses

by Andrew Harrison|on March 2, 2012 |in Training Notices |tagged , , , , |Leave a comment

Now then , its been noticed that some of us are a bit rusty when it comes to rescue breaths and oxygen admin. So we will be running an oxygen admin SDC and refresher training. This is open to all members,no matter what your level. For those who have not yet done one of these jobbys, then basically it’s a great day of lectures and O2 training and if you pass a log book sticker and a strong handshake, well done.

We are also running rescue scenarios at the pool on Mondays for the next few weeks, it would be good to see more people getting involved, its really good fun, lot better than Corry. Moving on from that we will be running a Practical Rescue management SDC which is another full day of lectures and open water scenarios.

Both of these courses are designed to give you an insight into what to do in a real emergency, god forbid, so it really makes sense to get involved.

Please get in touch with Andy Harrison or Steve Cheesmond if you’re interested in either so we can sort numbers and dates. Also I would appreciate some help so instructors please put yourselves forward.

I know I will be flooded with requests so first come first serve.

Happy Diving

Andy Harrison

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get boat ready

by Mathew Harrison|on March 2, 2012 |in Social Events |tagged |Leave a comment
When: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10am to 4pm  UTC

Where: Sutton sailing club
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: we need to get Mansfield diver ready for the diving season so we need boat handlers and budding boat handlers to help prepare her for the season please contact Andy Harrison to arrange
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