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Project Aware Fund Raising Event Dive Club Meeting Club Members Benefits Next Dive Club Meeting Swimming Pool Sessions Course Diary Latest Qualifications UK Sea diving on club trips Guided Sea Dives

March 2012 Volume 7 Issue 2

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Project Aware Fund Raising Event

We are holding a fund raising event at the dive centre on Saturday the fifth of May, to help raise vital funds to help Project Aware in its mission to protect the worlds aquatic environment for future generations. This is a ticket only event! Tickets are now on sale at the dive centre priced Adults 6 Children 3 under 4 yrs old free

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Your Help is needed

In order to make this event a success we would like donations of any unwanted gifts and other items that can be used as raffle prizes or as items that can be sold in the auction. Any help would be appreciated as we have a target of 1,000 that we would like reach.

Club Events and Trips

Calendar

Club Trips for

2012

Dive Club Meeting

Interest in this years club trips with members reserving their places, which now leaves us with only limited available on some of the trips. We have also added some extra club trips so please check out the list of

Thursday 23h February 2012 Chaired By Mrs Alison Smallwood

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Club Trips for 2012, towards the end of this newsletter.

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If you are interested in joining us, on any trip which still has spaces available, please bring 10 per trip to make your reservation to either the next meeting, or drop it off at the dive shop.

Club Membership Fees

Any Outstanding Club Membership fees for 2012 are now due, please pay at the next club meeting or drop your 12 into the dive centre.

Next Dive Club Meeting

Thursday 29th March 2012 - 7.30pm onwards at the Ring O Bells, Church Street, Swinton, Rotherham, S64 8EG.

Club Members Benefits

With your club membership you can save many times the low 12 annual fee. Discount on the specialty of the month.

Now 1 off Air and Nitrox fills in our shop. Use of the swimming pool every other Sunday for 5, during the pool sessions, provided you have own equipment, 10 including full equipment hire.

Members discount on Items purchased in the Dream Divers Shop 10% Discount on regulator and cylinder servicing

Swimming Pool Sessions

At Chapeltown Swimming Pool
As Dive Club members, you can use the pool for only 5 per person, during our pool sessions, using your own kit, or just 10 per person including rental of full kit. So whether you just want to refresh your skills, have a piece of new kit to try out or just having that burning desire to get wet.

Call the dive centre to book your place.

Next Sessions

11 March 5:30pm to 7:30pm 25th March 5:30pm to 7:30pm 1st April 5:30pm to 7:30pm 22nd April 5:30pm to 7:30pm

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Course Diary

To help you plan your diving training we are now going to list the scheduled specialty and other courses, over the next few months.

Next Available PADI Open Water Diver Course

Are you interested in taking any of these courses?

Please contact the dive centre on 01709 525480 ASAP to book.

The classroom theory sessions can be arranged to suit students or you can study this section of the course online using PADI eLearning Materials. Confined Water Training Sessions at Chapeltown Pool: Dates TBA in March Open Water Sessions: TBA enquire at the dive centre

Specialty Courses
March
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

As you move beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level, you make five dives and have the opportunity to try some of scuba divings most rewarding and useful specialty activities, such as deep diving, multi level diving, wreck diving and much more. Dates: 17th at Capernwray and 24th at Stoney Cove Cost: 245

April
PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course

Gain the knowledge and training necessary to be safe and confident divers in and around wrecks. Dates: 28th and 29th at Stoney Cove Cost: 165 Dream Divers Club members special price of only 145

May
PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty Course

Spend time in and around water and sooner or later you will come across someone who has lost something underwater. The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is the course that will give you the skills and a better chance to locate this lost item, and the knowledge to get it to the surface. Dates: 12th and 13th at Capernwray Cost: 165 Dream Divers Club members special price of only 145

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June
PADI Rescue Diver Course

Challenging and rewarding, these are the most commonly used words that participants use to describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level. Dates: 20th May in the pool and 2nd June at Rother Valley Country Park Cost: 245

July
PADI Deep Diver Specialty Course

Gain valuable experience of diving between 18 and 40 metres, under the direct supervision of a professional PADI Instructor. Dates: 14th and 15th at Stoney Cove Cost: 165 Dream Divers Club members special price of only 145

Other Courses
In addition to the courses listed above we can arrange to run any additional specialty courses you are interested in taking. Also we are continuously running PADI Open Water Diver Courses, so if you have family or friends who want to learn to dive.

PADI Professional Courses

PADI Divemaster Internship

For any suitably qualified divers (minimum of PADI Rescue Diver) wishing to start their journey to becoming a qualified PADI Professional, we are looking for suitable candidates for our PADI Divemaster Internship program; if this is you contact John or Alison for full details. Dream Divers currently have several trainee Divemasters progressing through our internship program, at all stages from just starting all the way through to nearly qualifying as a PADI Divemaster and achieving the prestigious status of being a qualified PADI professional..
PADI Assistant Instructor Course

Tom and Mark Practicing their Divemaster Skills Photo:John D Smallwood

For qualified PADI Divemasters, wishing to take the next step to becoming a fully qualified scuba instructor, we will be starting our next Assistant Instructor course soon, so please contact John or Alison for full details.

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PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course

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For qualified PADI assistant instructors, wanting to advance to the next level and train to be full qualified PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors (OWSI), Please contact John, Alison or Mark for more information.
PADI Instructor Development Course

This course combines the Assistant instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor courses, taking you all the way from Divemaster level to been fully prepared to sit the PADI instructor exams. Please contact John, Alison or Mark for more information.

Latest Qualifications
New PADI Open Water and Dry Suit Speciality Divers at a chilly Capernwray
Huge congratulations to our students for completing the PADI Open Water Diver course & the PADI Dry Suit Specialty course at Capernwray over the weekend in a chilling 3 degrees water temperature

UK Sea diving on club trips

We dont mind planning club trip so we can all enjoy some of the great sea diving that the UK has to offer, but as qualified divers you need to be accountable for the following.
Have you practiced your basic diving skills lately?

Sea diving in UK waters can be sometimes challenging so before joining one of our club trips it is important that you have refreshed your basic scuba diving skills this is especially important if you havent dived in quite a while. So prior to the trip you must ensure that you come to an inland dive site, to practice your basic skills: Descending Ascending Buoyancy Navigation etc Dream Dives are regularly at Capernwray or Stoney Cove during weekends, and are quite often joined by club members practicing their diving skills, so if you need a buddy just ask at a club meeting, or in the dive shop I am sure you will find one. Additionally if you havent dived for over six month I would recommend doing a Scuba Review where you can practice and run through the basic dive skills under the expert guidance of a PADI Professional.
Kit configuration

It is also important that you know your own weighting, you all have log books and you should refer back to the weight you previously

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used. This is one of the reasons it is important to log each and every dive in your log book.

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If you have a new piece of Kit, a boat dive in the sea is not the place to try it out! Come to one of our regular pool sessions or visit one of the inland sites to test it first.
Fitness

On average you burn off 1000 calories scuba diving, so the level of fitness required is completely different to walking, biking etc... You need to be accountable for your own fitness.
Boat briefings

On the boat the skipper will usually give a briefing before each dive, listen and follow his instructions especially regarding safety and the deployment of DSMBs. They are experts in the local conditions and will give basic information about the dive site. If you and your buddy want guided dives please arrange this before the start of the club trip as they are subject to a PADI professional being available on the trip (See Guided Sea Dives), otherwise as qualified divers you and your buddy are free to plan and enjoy your dives exploring the dive site together within the limits of your training and experience.

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Guided Sea Dives

We are now offering guided sea dives for anyone who has not been on a boat before or been in the sea for the price of 25.00 per day for a PADI professional to take you diving. On our trips we will put the names of the Divemasters and Instructors who will be willing to take you on a guided dive and you pay the 25.00 to the Divemaster / instructor direct to contribute towards their trip cost. This will enable you to have peace of mind that you can conduct a buoyancy check and be shown all the fabulous critters underwater.

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Club Events and Trips Calendar

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If you have any other ideas for club trips for next year, please let us know at the next club meeting, so we can organise and book boats etc... This is because we need to book early to ensure that we can have access to the best boats at each destination. If you want to secure a place these trips you must bring 10 per trip to the meeting otherwise your name cannot be put down to reserve a place. Anyone who pays a deposit and revokes must pay for the trip in full if you do not find anyone to take your place as we have to book and pay for our boats in advance.

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Club Trips for 2012 June 2012

Location Dates Trip Details

PorthKerris - Cornwall
16th - 17th June

110.00 for 4 dives (2 Dives per Day) including lunch on the Cat Maximum 12 divers. Suitable for Advanced Open Water Divers and above.

Places Left

Full Pymouth
21st and 22nd

July 2012
Location Dates Trip Details

4 dives (2 Dives per Day) 90 for two days diving includes hot food and drinks on a hard boat with diver lift.

Places Left

2 places left St Abbs

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th August

August 2012
Location Dates Trip Details Places Left

Diving from a Hard-boat only 50 for 4 dives (2 dives per day). 4 places left

September 2012
Location Dates Trip Details Places Left

Anglesy
8th -9th September

100 for the trip on Large Rib with diver lift. Maximum 10 divers. Suitable for Advanced Open Water Divers and above. Full

October 2012
Location

Egypt TBC

Dates Depart around 13th October actual dates TBC. Trip Details

We are also planning to run several day trips to the Farne Islands during the Year.