Weekly News Letter - 17th July 2009
Sports Diver Lecture
SD3 - Equipment and Techniques, will be 8.30 at the pool. Please contact Iain to confirm your attendance.
Pool session for Ocean Divers
There will be a pool session will be for Ocean Divers at 8.30 at York Hall. Please contact Iain to confirm your attendance so he can ensure an instructor is available.
Poole
We had a successful dive in Poole despite some bad weather we had a great time diving an old wreck full of congers and lunching on very fresh fish. Mr forgetful award to the unnamed diver who managed to do a giant stride entry without his fins on.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Darren for qualifying as an Ocean Diver.
Missing Equipment
Rob is missing a small yellow and black Macmahon reel that he lent out, believed at Stoney Cove at the beginning of May. Can you please return it if you have it. Please remember it is important to return all borrowed kit, in good condition, ASAP.
Summer BBQ cancelled
The BBQ - which was scheduled for the 21st of August, has been cancelled for this year so as not to clash with any dive trips.
A post dive season evening event will be announced shortly.
Weekly News Letter - 9th July 2009
Dover
There are a few open places for Dover on the 19th july £40 for the Sunday. You will need to be a sports diver.
Cylinders from Poole
If you're diving on club cylinders this weekend - please do all that you can to get them back to the pool on Monday, trainees need them just as much as you do!
Chat Mailing List
A few weeks back I mentioned the Chat mailing list - this is where we will chat about diving in general (hence the name), post questions, share stories excitedly and the rest.
To kick-start the list, you have all been subscribed to it, as will all new members. If you only want to receive the newsletter and announcements - please feel free to unsubscribe from 'Chat' with the link below. If you wish to remove yourself from this list (News), please use the second link.
http://hackneydiving.org/mailman/listinfo/chat_hackneydiving.org
http://hackneydiving.org/mailman/listinfo/news_hackneydiving.org
Just look for the form at the bottom of the page that says
"To unsubscribe from _____, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options enter your subscription email address: "
If you have any trouble just drop me a line and I'll sort it for you.
Weekly News Letter - 3rd July 2009
Spaces available on Dive trips!
3 spaces for Poole on the 11th/12th July £80 for the weekend - sports diver
4 places for Dover on the 19th july £40 for the Sunday - sports diver
4 places for Weymouth 1/2 August £80 for the weekend - sports diver
8 places for the Farnes 21-23rd Aug £120 for 3 days - ocean diver
also OCEAN DIVERS would you like to have a fun day diving under Brighton pier as featured in this months Diver mag? A bunch of us did it a few weeks back and there's loads of sea life to look at, not very deep, close to shore and apart from getting there it would be free! I'll organise a day trip if there's enough interest. OR Swanage - further away but again a brilliant pier and a lovely shallow wreck called the Fleur de Lis teeming with fish OR Eastbourne which you can often join as a pair without booking the whole boat.
Sports Diver Lecture
The next Sports Diver Lecture will be at 20:30 on Monday the 6th of July, at the Creche, York Hall. The lecture is SD2: DIVER RESCUE and it will be given by Julie.
Training Officer
While Jo is away on holiday for the next 4 weeks (we're not jealous - honestly!), Iain will be taking over training.
New Members
A big warm HSAC welcome to Garry Pamplin and Harriet Taylor. We look forward to diving with you!
Weekly News Letter - 28th June 2009
Apologies everyone, Evan is in Glastonbury (hope it's not too wet :D ) so i've taken over this week - only with training news!!
Lectures this week
The lecture this week will be Ocean Diver Lecture 2. It will be given by Matt, shadowed by Iain in the pool spectator area at 8.30.
Ocean Diver Exam
If anyone would like to take the Ocean Diver exam tomorrow (Darren?) then please confirm. The idea is to sit it in the pool spectator area at 8.30. Please bring pen, calculator and dive tables.
Pool Diving
Please let me know if you are planning on going in the pool on monday and require an instructor - sports diver drills? skill recap? etc
Open Water Training weekend
15-16th August. Please let me know ASAP (ideally before my holiday) if you would like to attend this training weekend so i can start recruiting instructors.
My Holiday!
I'm going to be away from July 5th - August 2nd. So please let me know of anything training related before I go!!
Committee Meeting
Tomorrow at Wills' office at 7pm.
Thanks! See you tomorrow night.
Jo. (07791 568 828)
Weekly News Letter - 12th June 2009
New Sports Divers!
Congrats to Will and Clyde on passing their Sports Diver last weekend.
Farnes Trip
Well done to Rob for organising a fantastic trip out to the Farnes -- friendly seals, a great wreck, good weather, good beer and good company. The weekend could not have been better.
New Oceans and Sports diver courses
New Ocean and Sports diver courses are about to start so contact Jo if you want to sign up for them. In particular if you've very nearly finished your Ocean Diver course you might want to start attending Sport Diver lectures anyway. (And if you haven't yet passed the Sport Diver exam then you might want to re attend to refresh your memory).
Email Jo so that she can get an idea of numbers.
Open Water Training Weekend
The next open water training weekend is planned for 15/16 august. Please email Jo if you are interested.
Twitter!
Okay - I know many of you are groaning right now - but if you ARE a twitter fan - you'll be pleased to know that the website is now pulling in all tweets with the keyword #hsacdive onto the front page. Take a look - there is a pretty active discussion about a wreck in the Farnes.
Next years dives in France
Anne is planning a Normandy trip next year. The options are either a two day trip with a night in France or a six day trip joining the boat in France which sounds fab! see below
Joining the boat in France: Courceulles, Port en Bessin, St Vaast la Hogue, or Cherbourgh:
6 Day Diving Holidays, Diving the D Day wrecks of France in the Baie De Seine. All trips are based on 10 divers for space & comfort - £395 per person (plus accommodation & food)
Anne needs to know if there is enough interest to book this as a long diving trip - think of the gastronomic experience as well as the historic diving. Most wrecks are about 30 m so for sports and above. Last month the diver mag had a feature on these wrecks. Please email Anne.
Weekly News Letter - 5th June 2009
Final Ocean Diver Lecture
The final Ocean Diver lecture will be held on Monday the 18th - this will not be rerun until the next Ocean Diver course. Please confirm with Jo that you can attend.
Cylinders
Those who have loaned club cylinders, please return them as soon as possible. These cylinders are needed for pool sessions and are vital for all our dive trips, as many members do not have their own. Please return them on Monday, full of air (it reduces your rental fee!).
Weekly News Letter - 29th May 2009
Ocean Diver Lecture
Your final lecture will be at York Hall in the Creche on Monday the 1st of June at 19:30. The lecture, "Enjoying Your Diving", will be given by Richard. Please text Joanna to confirm your attendance.
Sports Diver Exams
Tom will be sitting his Sports Diver exam on Monday - if you would like to do the same, please text Joanna.
Training weekend
Please could those of you attending the training this weekend bring back cylinders on Monday so those going to the Farnes can pick them up. Hope it goes well - the weather is looking good!
New mailing list - Chat
There has been some discussion about the amount of 'noise' on the news mailing list. Some of you want to be involved in all the discussions within the club, and others only want the newsletters.
To the end, I've created a new mailing list called Chat. This list will be for anyone to post to about anything diving or club related. From now on the News mailing list will be reserved for the Newsletter and special notices.
It would be great to have a chatty, useful list, so if you'd like to take part in these discussions, please subscribe at the link below.
http://hackneydiving.org/mailman/listinfo/chat_hackneydiving.org
I've taken the liberty of adding everyone on the instructors and committee mailing lists, please use the above link if you would like to unsubscribe.
Weekly News Letter - 21st May 2009
Bank Holiday
There are no lectures or pool session today (Monday the 25th) due to the bank holiday. I hope you all have a great day!
Congratulations
A big well done to Matt Humphrey on qualifying as a Dive Leader. Wrecks of the world - LOOK OUT!
Congratulations Liz Ellston on qualifying as a Sports Diver!
Annual Summer BBQ
The Annual HSAC Summer BBQ will be at 8 Skipworth Road on the 1st of August. Please note it down on you calendar - it would be great to see you there!
2010 Dive to Normandy
We've been talking in the pub of a long weekend diving on WW2 wrecks in Normandy, Anne is keen to book this for next year and would like to know if enough members would be interested in this trip. Please email myself or Anne.
Weekly News Letter - 12th May 2009
Air fill money
Ah yes, filthy lucre. It is however vital when it comes to keeping our cylinders filled with air (never mind the time that people give up to fill them).
So please make sure you pay your £3 when you use a club cylinder in the pool. Very soon you'll be asked to pay when you take the cylinder from the storeroom, but until then, please make an effort to pay for the fill.
Equipment hire
On a similar note - please make sure you pay for any club equipment you use for dive trips or training days. It's easy to assume that it's being accounted for by someone else, but as you know, everyone in the club is busy and Monday nights are very hectic. It's important to note that this money goes straight back into maintenance and buying new equipment.
So if you are using or have used club equipment for a trip, please discuss paying for the rental with Will, Liz or Ian. If they are not around, speak to any committee member you can find. Details on fees can be found at the bottom of this page : http://www.hackneydiving.org/training
Weekly News Letter - 7th May 2009
Pool Session
Could anyone requiring an instructor in the pool on Monday please email or text Joanna Kelly before Monday afternoon.
DiveFest
DiveFest is coming soon - from the afternoon of the 15th till the 17th. There are two spaces left if anyone is interested. Drop me a line is you are.
http://www.divefest.co.uk/
ScubaText
We're about to try a free text services to notify club members of training, dive updates etc. We will do our best to avoid "spam" by only sending messages relevant to you; about dives, training or courses that you are attending (for example about when your next lecture is or weather updates and schedule changes for dives).
We will not send messages to the entire club with this service - the newsletter will continue to serve that purpose. We will also not send messages
If you would like to review the service - visit www.scubatext.co.uk
If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to be excluded from the service, please drop me an email.
You should receive an invite in your phone in 10 days, if you do not wish to use the service, just ignore it or let me know before then.
Stoney Cove Training Day
A good training weekend was had last weekend with several new members doing their first dives with the club. Congratulations everyone!
