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September 2001
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The Sunstar Sub Aqua Newsletter
Qualifications Ahoy!
Welcome to September’s Subscript.
This has turned into quite a short issue compared to
those of late. This seems down to a slight quietening
on the diving front but a good burst of activity on the
training side likely to finish the year on quite a high
note.
Raj Mistry (Training Officer) and Tracey Skirrow
(Diving Officer) both report excellent progress in
training and quite a few full club qualifications gained.
Well done to all concerned, both trainees and trainers!
Sharon Buckingham has provided details on some up
and coming social events – including Barn Dance,
Friends & Family Try-Dive and the Dive Show. Please
make an effort to attend as these are always good fun
and an excellent way to meet and stay in touch with
club members, even if you’ve had a break from diving.
Karen Gould is trying to plan a trip to Menorca. This
is off the beaten track for the club, but sounds like a
nice location. Please think about joining Karen.
Paul Thomas has provided a nice article (especially for
the newer divers) on the reasons and benefits of Nitrox
diving.
Finally we have a trip report from Craig Snowling on
his first sea dive experience. Apologies to Craig as this
should have gone in last month, but slipped through
the content net.
Unfortunately there are no new club photos this
month, so for those of you who missed the news
articles, I thought I’d just show “Barney” – the 3ft1”,
60yr old, Lobster Monster – the biggest in Europe,
almost getting cooked in a London restaurant recently
and probably the star of a future Godzilla or Jaws
sequel. I’m sure we’ve glimpsed Barney’s bigger
brothers off Weybourne! So keep your eyes open new
trainees!
Alex Edwards
Club Communications Officer
Email me at:
comms@sunstar.org.uk
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Front Page..........................................1
Training Up.........................................2
Future Expeditions .............................4
Sunstar Bazaar...................................4
Local Diving Roundup ........................5
“My First Sea Dive at Weybourne” .....5
“Introduction to Mixed Gas Diving” .....5
Future Social Events ..........................6
Barn Dance Booking Form (cut out) ...7
Future Expeditions .............................9
Latest Club Calendar........................10
Photo : “Free Barney!” 3ft1, 60yrs old and uncooked!
Photo from BBC -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1514000/1514630.stm
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Raj Mistry
I missed the boat on the last issue as
I didn’t have time to provide an
update to Alex so here is a couple of
months worth of train successes and
new.
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Congratulation and well done to the
those listed below for gaining the
following qualifications:
Snorkeller
Holley Tonge
Charlotte Saucede
Club Diver
Mark Smyth
Craig Snowling
Not bad as you get a second mention.
Sport Diver
Suzy Thompson
Drew Thompson
Duncan Jay
Christian Walker
Dive Leader
Paul Beaumont
Rob Spray
Peter Onion
Also thanks to all of the instructors
who have put in a lot of effort behind
the scenes to helping these club
members gain their qualifications.
You efforts are much appreciated.
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Club Diver (CD)
Most of our remaining Club Diver
students are nearing completion of
their open water training and a final
burst of activity should get them
clear. Sarah, Shane and Dom have
either got the assessment left to do
or have yet to do the SMB use. The
later should not take long and could
be done at Alton or as part of a drift
dive. If you can get out on one of the
club trips in the near future then try
and get on one. Fiona and Shaun are
not far behind and although they
started their open water training
much later than the rest have
already caught up.
Sport Diver (SD)
The following people have gone
through the Sport diver training
(pool and lectures) and all but one
has passed the SD exam. The person
who has not passed will be re-sitting
the exam in the next couple of
weeks.
Our current SD trainees are:
Mark Smyth
Craig Snowling
Fiona Simpson Shaun Brame
Dom Nash
Shane Bradford
Jacki Gillis
Tracey has suggested a date for
doing a blitz on the open water
training on the 15 and 16
September. IF instructors are able to
help please let Tracey know. This
weekend is currently the same as
the Farnes trip so at least one
instructor and some of the students
will be away. However that should
not stop others from progressing.
Dive Leader (DL)
The remaining DL students are
progressing training with some
waiting to the rescue and lift dives.
Andy Auchterlonie is waiting to do
the PRM course to complete his DL
training, Susie Young is also waiting
to do the PRM course and has one of
the open water dives (leading an SD)
to cover. It should be possible to do
this during the Oban trip to get this
out of the way. Alex Edwards, Mike
Elliott and Zimran Choudhary are
progressing their remaining open
water dives and should be looking to
complete these by the end of
September. Zimran has made good
progress and will buddy up with
Paul Thomas who has recently
joined the club. Paul was an AD but
has not dived for a long time so has
agreed to re-visit the open water
training to “bring it all back to him”.
Advanced Diver (AD)
There are several people currently
progressing through their DL
training who have nearly completed
the required number of SDC’s to
gain their AD qualification. The
completion of the remaining SDC is
not the end of it though. There is
still and assessment for shore and
boat marshalling to carry out and an
exam (yes, there’s always and exam)
to complete. However those of you
who are close should be considering
attendance on the appropriate SDC
that are currently being organised
(See below) and then look to progress
on the marshalling/exam.
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Assistant Club Instructor
(ACI)
Duncan Jay has applied for the ACI
course this year so we should get
another instructor to help with pool
training and lectures shortly. I
would recommend this course as it
will help you improve your diving
skills. Instructing is also a very good
way of keeping your skills up to date
as it is quite easy to forget what you
have learned when you are not
diving. Of course if you are not
interested in instructing then
regular diving is the other way to
keep your skills fresh.
Club Instructor
The preparations for the CIE have
now been running for several weeks
and thanks go to Dave Lock for
running these.
Paul Beaumont, Barry Manning,
Alex Edwards, Rob Spray and
Zimran Chowdhary as well as some
additional people form other clubs
have been put through their paces by
Dave.
Open Water Instructor
(OWI)
In the last article there was a
mistake on the number of AOWIs.
Sharon Hart is not currently active
with the club and has gone abroad to
help with an Operation Raleigh type
expedition.
Also Andy Mordecai has recently
indicate that he will be out of action
whilst he gets a hip problem sorted.
Students please note that you need
to contact an OWI or Assistant OWI
if you require open water training.
Advanced Instructors (AI)
A few of us are awaiting information
on when the next AI course is likely
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to be run. I will let you know more
when I have firm dates.
Skill Development Courses
Tracey has set a date for the Dive
Planning and Marshalling SDC in
October. The lectures will run over
the week of the 22 to 26 October
(more detail to be supplied) and the
weekend of the 27/28 will be used for
the practical exercises at Portland.
Only one day is required for the
practical exercises so we will use the
second day to get some diving in to
make the trip worth while.
Snorkel Training
Dave Tonge has finished training for
the current crop of snorkellers.
Holley Tonge and Charlotte Saucede
have completed their first stage of
training. Loraine Quinton a friend of
Holley’s (I think) has had to drop
out. Snorkel training can be useful
on it’s own or be used as an
introduction to SCUBA training,
especially for the young students.
That’s all for now.
Raj
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Tracey Skirrow
Contact
mermaid@octosys.co.uk
Training Successes
So far this year we have managed to
qualify 2 Club Divers (Mark Smyth
and Craig Snowling), 4 Sport Divers
(Chris Walker, Duncan jay, Drew
Thompson and Suzy Thompson) and
3 Dive Leaders (Rob Spray, Paul
Beaumont and Peter Onion).
Congratulations. As there is loads of
training going on at the moment, I
know that we will soon have loads
more people to congratulate.
Dive Planning and
Marshalling Course
I am delighted to announce that we
will be running a Dive Planning and
Marshalling Course.
It will be held at Adastral Park and
in Portland over the week of 22nd ~
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of October. The lectures will be
given in the evenings during the
week at Adastral Park, and then we
will make our way down to Portland
to do the practical sessions, which
will take one day only. I suggest that
we get ourselves organised to do
another day's diving over the
weekend to make the journey
worthwhile.
The cost will be in the region of 60
pounds per person, this includes all
diving costs. You will also need to
pay for accommodation and
transport, although the transport
should be fairly cheap if we use the
minibus. It will be difficult to give an
exact price until we have paid out
the for the cost of transporting the
boat, so I will calculate the exact
total during the course.
The minimum entry level for this
course is Dive Leader. Places are
limited, and I expect demand to be
high for this course, so rush to give
me all of your money now!
I need a deposit of 25 pounds by 10th
of September from all those who are
interested. Please make cheques
payable to Sunstar Sub-aqua. You
can post them to me or hand them to
me at the pub on a Monday night.
Dive Leader and Advanced
Diver Training
Please would everybody who is
thinking of doing Dive Leader or
Advanced Diver training next year
contact me so I have a rough idea of
numbers. That way I can ensure that
we run the appropriate lectures or
arrange SDC's for you. I can also
work out how many instructors I
need to bully into helping with the
training.
New Qualifications
Please can everybody who has
recently gained a qualification or
done an SDC provide me with a
photocopy of the relevant page from
their qualification record book to put
into the club records. One very good
reason doing this is that if you lose
your qualification record book, and
the club has a copy it is easy to
provide you with a new one. If we
don't have a copy, then it may not be
possible for us to stamp up your
book. BSAC keeps track of First
Class Diver awards, but not of any
other grade. If you don't copy of your
book and then lose it, you have
effectively lost your qualification. So
hand those copies over - you know it
makes sense!!!
Winter Skill Development
Courses
I am currently sorting out dates for
some Skill Development Courses to
be run over the winter. Skill
Development Courses generally last
for one or two days, and are great
fun and you will pick up lots of tips
and information. Many of the
courses count towards Dive Leader
and Advanced Diver qualifications.
We aim to make the courses as
cheap as possible, although the cost
will vary depending upon the
number of people attending the
course and the type of course.
Typically the cost will be in the
region of 20 – 25 pounds although
Boat Handling, Dive Planning and
Marshalling and Combined Nitrox
will be in the region of 50 - 70
pounds as they are two day courses.
These are the courses I'm proposing
to run:
Date
Course
Entry Level
October 22 - 27
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Dive Planning &
Marshalling
Dive Leader
November???
O2 Admin
Club Diver
December???
Equipment Care
Club Diver
January???
First Aid
Club Diver
February???
Boat Handling
Any
March???
Outboard Engine
Maintenance
Any (+ boat handling)
April???
Combined Nitrox
Course
Sport Diver + 20 dives
May???
Chartwork and Pos
Fixing
Any
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Dave Lock, BSAC Regional Coach
I attended a committee meeting last
week, so here's the bits that affect
us:
Do we want a signing out sheet?
Some staff members think this is a
good idea, as do I. I have to feed
back at the next meeting so could I
have your views please?
If there's any incidents or near
misses could you log them with
the centre please. This is in
addition to telling me.
SMBs should be reeled in on ascent
to show the position of the divers
clearly.
I've found a few people straying out
of the diving area and reminded
them where the area is. This does
not seem to be people belonging to
clubs but individuals who have been
"professionally trained"!!
The line marking the diving area has
been cut and a section removed.
Andy Saunders and I replaced it but
I find this very disappointing
behaviour. If anyone has any
information please let me know.
I need someone to take the lead
building the platform, any
volunteers?
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Chairman
Mick Morley
Diving Officer
Tracey Skirrow
Training Officer
Raj Mistry
Secretary
Mike Saucede
Treasurer
Paul Beaumont
Expeditions Officer
Robert Spray
Communications
Officer
Alex Edwards
Boat Officer
Peter Onion
Equipment Officer
Andrew
Auchterlonie
Records Officer
Duncan Jay
New Members Rep
Drew Thompson
Social Secretary
Sharon
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By Karen
Gould
This an excellent opportunity to get
in some cheap, early season diving
and enjoy Menorca whilst it is still
fairly quiet. Here is a quote from my
contact in Menorca:-
Not only will you enjoy the great
diving we have here, but you can
enjoy Menorca 'out of season' where
the emphasis is on peace and
relaxation, the perfect escape from
the horrible British winter weather!
There are also lots of interesting
places to visit 'on land', ranging from
the breathtaking views from
Menorca's highest point, Monte Toro
to the mysterious archaeological
sights scattered all around the
island.
If you want to go diving and have
some fun, let me know, we'll take
care of the rest.
http://www.crystalseas-
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It will be great to experience some
completely different diving from the
Red Sea and explore the Island a bit
too.
Let's be adventurous and try
somewhere new? (After all, Sunstar’s
enjoyed Sardinia and Gozo, which
were both cheap and different)
What could be a better break away?
Why not bring those non-diving
partners too?
Contact Karen if you are interested.
Karen.Gould@BTInternet.com
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GPS and Digital
Compass
Garmin 75 GPS Handheld, Can show
metres/Km or feet/miles Plotter, on-
track or digital display 8-channel
receiver (multiTrac8TM), external
antenna Prepared for Differential
correction (RTCM) Send and receive
NMEA 0180,0182,0183 Log track
data external connection for power
and data flow 5-10m accuracy
waterproof Remote Alarm Trac Back
function
5 years old - with 12volt & battery
power, mounting bracket, carry case,
manuals. (still in original box)
GPS: ~£70 ONO
Digital Compass: ~£40 ONO
Tracey Skirrow’s Friend
mermaid@octosys.co.uk
24/6/2001
Multiple Items
Pool fins scubapro yellow/grey size 6/7
(38/39) £10
Dry suit ladies slim,7mm neoprene
Northern Diver, feet size~6,
(measurement on request)Navy body
light blue pockets/arms etc.
Requires in&out valves as has never
been used thus £50 (valves would be
~£60 fitted @ Dive line etc.)
Christian work 01474 785543 home
01728 723053
27/6/2001
Ladies Semi-Dry Wetsuit
Ladies semi-dry 7mm wetsuit.
Hydrotech small/medium fits size 12
or size 10/12, but not size 12/14!
Offers?
Karen Gould
Karen.Gould@btinternet.com
3/6/01
Two BCD’s
1 Sea Quest XL 45lb lift, Blue &
Black
1 Sea Peks L Yellow & Black inc Air
Bottle
£100 each
Craig Snowling -
craigsnowling@aol.com
12/6/2001
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Tracey Skirrow, Diving Officer
We have run several local diving
trips during the last few months. We
did two days worth of diving from
Southwold at the end of June, the
most memorable part of this for me
was that fact that John and Frances
Cook managed to lose a thousand
tons of wreck! Then we had two trips
from Weybourne in North Norfolk,
the first run by John Cook and the
second by myself. On the second
weekend, we took both of the club
boats and managed to ge 35 dives
done over the weekend. Finally, over
the Bank Holiday weekend we took
Starfish up to Sea Palling and
managed a couple more dives from
there, before we were forced to give
up due to engine problems. All of
these trips have been great fun and
brought in some money for the club.
Many thanks to all of the people who
have helped arrange trips, collect
money, get the boat ready and
especially those who have helped to
wash the boat down afterwards
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Saturday 7
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July
With much anticipation and
eagerness Saturday finally came, I
couldn’t wait for my first sea dive
after hearing so much about the
wrecks at Weybourne from other
people. I needed to do a sea dive to
get my Club Diver qualification.
Unfortunately everything did not go
to plan, on our camp site (Kelling
heath) the new arrivals next to us
decided to have a party which went
on until quite late so for the first
morning of my sea dive I overslept –
not a good start, by the time I had
arrived at the beach everybody had
the boat in the water and was
waiting for me, I kitted up and swam
out to the boat – Lesson number 1.
Always make sure that your weights
are secure on your belt I didn’t and
as I was passing my belt up to john
one of the weights fell off. By now I
am starting to think this was going
to be a bad trip, anyway we made
our way out to the paddle steamer 9
miles off shore, with me asking
questions about the boat – how does
this work, what does this do? And so
on. When we found the spot to drop
the marker buoy we did so and then
started to look for the wreck, after a
few minutes John found the wreck
and Rob prepared the anchor and
shot line, once we had hooked onto
the wreck it was decided that
Frances and I would be the first pair
down to the wreck, as I got kitted up
with the boat bobbing up and down I
promptly threw up over the side of
the boat – Lesson number 2 I did not
take any seasickness tablets and
look what happened. Because I was
feeling so bad I decided to forgo the
first dive of the day. Rob and Dawn
when down to the paddle steamer
and came up saying what an
excellent dive it had been.
We then made our way back to shore
so a dive could be made on the
Rosalie by now I was feeling much
better and looking forward to the
dive, once we kitted up (with a
borrowed weight belt) Francis went
in first and I followed, once we were
down onto the wreck the first thing
that struck me was how beautiful
the wreck was with all the white sea
anemones all over it, it reminded me
of a white Xmas. One thing I had not
anticipated was the current Francis
kept close and at times was holding
my hand to make sure we did not
drift apart. The most magical
moment was when an eel swam right
in front of us, for my first sea dive
this is one I shall not forget in a
hurry.
Once back on shore we had a break
whilst waiting for the next slack
water so the Rosalie could be dived
again, when the time was right we
kitted up for the swim back to the
boat, me with the borrowed weight
belt from John, with John and Rob
in the boat it was my turn to get in
and you can guess what happened
next whilst passing John’s weight
belt back to John I dropped it to the
water never to be seen again with
me cursing to myself and John
seemingly calm but probably
wanting to throttle this stupid
trainee I finned up into the boat with
the words ‘your not the first and
probably won’t be the last’ ringing in
my ears we set off back to the
Rosalie, with nobody forthcoming to
loan me a third weight belt I sat out
the last dive and waited for Rob and
Dawn to return to the boat.
Apart from the weight belt problems
this was a fantastic dive for me and I
cannot thank John, Frances, Rob
and Dawn for putting up with this
trainee with a passion for weight
belts.
Craig ‘Weight Belt’ Snowling.
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Articles and jottings from club
members on advancing skill and
imparting experience.
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Paul Thomas
The BSAC recently confirmed its
support for the use of rebreathers in
club diving. This is provided, of
course, that the diver is adequately
trained and skilled in their use.
Rebreathers are the ultimate in
oxygen enriched diving but in my
experience there remains
considerable, and quite unnecessary,
mystique attached to the use of both
enriched air nitrox and all mixed gas
diving.
I am sure we will see an increasing
use of rebreather enriched trimix
diving in shallower waters, since a 3-
litre oxygen cylinder at 232 bar
contains 696 litres and enough
oxygen for a 7 hour dive! In practice
human physiology (oxygen toxicity,
decompression and cold) and the life
of the carbon dioxide scrubber limit
the duration of any rebreather dive
but as with all diving the real bogey
is Nitrogen. Nitrogen absorption, or
on-gassing, is the cause of the two
major problems when diving, first
the need to allow for decompression
and second, inert gas narcosis.
There are good physiological reasons
for all divers to use an Oxygen
enriched breathing gas. This is
because the rate of inert gas transfer
is determined by the pressure
gradients of the various gases within
body tissue compartments and the
same gases brought from the lungs.
When 100% oxygen is breathed as it
contains no Nitrogen no Nitrogen is
absorbed. Unfortunately pure
Oxygen cannot be used for diving as
it is toxic when it’s partial pressures
greatly exceeds 1 bar. A happy
medium can be obtained with
enriched air nitrox where the partial
pressure of oxygen at the target
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depth is set at 1.4 bar as
recommended by BSAC.
At a minimum nitrox increases the
margins of safety or it can be
employed to reduce decompression
penalties. For example, the popular
"Pro-planner" software gives a total
decompression penalty of 19 minutes
for a 20-minute dive to 40 M on air
alone, with the first stop at 12
metres. If Nitrox 28% is used for the
actual dive this gives a safe pp O
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1.4 bar ((40/10+1) x 0.28), the first
stop is at 9 meters and 80% oxygen
can be used for decompression. The
total decompression penalty is
reduced to a much more acceptable
eight minutes.
Another great advantage of nitrox
diving is less fatigue following a dive
(this is argued by some - I definitely
feel better). Although, in theory,
Oxygen should be more narcotic
than Nitrogen, most divers discount
oxygen as a cause of narcosis in
which case a dive to 30 metres on
Nitrox 36 has approximately the
same narcotic effects as a dive to 24
metres on air. (Equivalent Narcotic
Depth in “Trimix-speak”).
There are disadvantages too. The
diver must track O
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and use a little maths to
ensure he has the right gas for the
target depth. Consequently all nitrox
cylinders MUST be labelled with the
mix they contain but mistakes can
and do occur so it is essential to test
the final mix immediately before
every dive. In addition the nitrox
diver’s kit must be cleaned and fit
for oxygen service. Oxygen itself also
costs a little more than air but we
are lucky to have a nitrox pumping
station locally as this cost is
insignificant when one adds up the
true costs of any dive and in my
opinion it is money well spent as
more run time is spent on the wreck
and less on the shot line!
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Come and Join us stripping the
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a Barn Dance on Saturday 13th
October 2001 at Martlesham
Community Centre, Martlesham.
Dancing, hot foods, bar and
raffle! Who could ask for more!!!
Choice of food to include
Chicken/chips, Fish/Chips or Veggie-
burger/chips - £6.00 per person. - to
include Dance and Food. Last year
was a great success – Don’t miss it
this year.
Booking forms (to include numbers -
choice of meal etc) will be available
from the Social Mafia from Monday
evenings at the pool and also in this
newsletter.
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It that time of year – Time to visit
the Dive Show and purchase those
bits of diving gear you have had your
eye on for some time, visit the
holiday stands and see what is
available, where and how much. An
enjoyable day out for all. Old and
new members.
Hoping to get a trip together for the
Dive Show at the N.E.C. in
Birmingham on Sunday 14th
October (Day after the Barn Dance) -
Tickets for the Show £7 before the
day and £9.50 on the day - plus
transport.
N.K.N. - Need to Know Numbers so I
can book transport and order the
tickets in advance - I hope to get a
mini-bus plus our mini-bus if we
have enough people interested, this
should enable us to have plenty of
room for people and all your diving
purchases - we hope! But I N.K.N.
as early as possible please.
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This is to be held on Monday 24
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September at the pool. As
mentioned in the previous
newsletter this is a chance to bring
friends and families to HAVE-A-GO
and see for themselves what it is like
under water.
Brian is organising some underwater
attractions and we would like to
know from you all who would be able
to help with the try-divers on
poolside and in the water, who has
any spare equipment, i.e. fins, masks
etc which we could borrow and if you
would be available to help Brian get
the activities organised on the night.
It can be a fun evening but we need
your help please.
Feel free to ring me on 01473 623817
in the evenings, email me on
Shazza0@btinternet.com
or come
and chat to me or Brian at the pool
or pub on Monday evenings.
Looking forward to your help in
making these events successful.
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I am sorry to say that due to other
commitments I am unable to
continue as Social Secretary after
the coming AGM. It has been a busy
but very, very enjoyable two years.
If anyone would be interested in
becoming Social Secretary or would
like more info before committing
themselves please contact me. Also
it doesn’t mean you have to
organising everything yourself.
Without the help of Frances and
Deborah a number of these events
would not have been so successful.
My thanks to them both. I couldn’t
have done it without their help!
Sharon Bucking – Social Secretary
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Sub
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Subscript is issued monthly, with
initial copies handed out on the first
Monday of the month at the Lord
Nelson Pub, Nr Crown Pools,
Ipswich. Remaining copies are then
posted out to members. Back issues
of subscript can be obtained from the
club website at
www.sunstar.org.uk/subscript
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If you’ve been up to something
interesting or would like to publicise
something related to the club, please
contact Alex Edwards on the details
below.
Content would be appreciated as an
email or Word document to ease
editing. Pictures are a bonus and
add to any published articles. If you
include pictures in the Word
document, please also send the
pictures separately in case they need
to be processed to print better etc.
Email
comms@sunstar.org.uk
Phone
07740 145236 (mobile)
Mail
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Join
Us!
Do you like what you've seen in this
newsletter? If so, please consider
joining our friendly, active club -
believe us, this only represents a
fraction of what the club gets up to!
We have lots of enthusiastic
members and lots of club
equipment, boats and vehicles for
all kinds of diving.
We have several schemes you could
join under - varying from complete
beginner to first-class diver. New
Trainees normally pay £207 for the
year (including training), whereas
experienced divers pay £118 p.a.
Please contact Mike Saucede, club
secretary for Membership forms
and the exact payment details on
01473 645736 or
info@sunstar.org.uk
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You can also find out more
information on the club's web-site
at
www.sunstar.org.uk
or pop down
to meet us at the Lord Nelson Pub,
Ipswich on Monday nights.
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