General

We have at least three ribs that we can use for the club Ginger Tom skippered by Steve Hacker, Flat Calm skippered by Ernie Martinez, and Trevor Wiltshire also has Tigress based at Portland, contact him at Aquaturtle.

Membership
Membership fees are paid in April. Membership fees are due by 30 April 2008. Membership fees have increased this year for the first time in 4 years. Fees will be £35.00, guest swimmers/snorkellers fee will be £3.00 per session, guest divers will be £5.00 (regular divers may get a discount). Non-diving partners will remain at £15.00 for the year. A membership list is being compiled and should be available at the end of June. Next year's prices will be reviewed later in the year.

Training
We get a lot of requests from people asking about scuba training. The club does not do training itself, however, there are a number of members who are qualified to teach. In the first instance, please contact John Hammond or Trevor Wiltshire.

Zoo Aquaria Cleaning
Attention all local scuba divers (open water or equivalent qualified):
Bristol Zoo which has an aquarium comprising 5 tanks plus a seal enclosure and a Penguin enclosure that need constant cleaning every fortnight. We need scuba divers to help maintain the commitment Bristol Scuba Club has made to the Zoo for 14 years. If you would like to help out, and dive with giant Pacau, or even penguins, contact John Hammond. See the Home page, John or someone at the pool for meeting dates. Cleaning takes place on Sundays, meeting at the Zoo by 10:30am. Scuba kit can be provided but contact John in advance. BSAC, PADI, or NAUI qualifications, it makes no difference - water is water. Other than your air, THIS IS A FREE ACTIVITY!

Wednesday Club
Wednesday Club dives can take place any working day, Monday to Friday. The name was coined as the first few dives were always on a Wednesday. For those of you who are fortunate enough to be able to get time off work mid-week there will be diving trips arranged for Chesil, Portland, Babbacombe, Brixham etc. Please note that payment will be required in advance of each dive. Usually, 6 divers or more are required to put on a dive.

The next dive will be announced on the Hot News page.

If you would like more information, please contact John Hammond, or see John, Andy or Steve at the pool.

Merchandise
Once again we are pleased to offer a selection of sweatshirts, hoodies, baseball caps and Tshirts for sale embroidered with the Bristol Scuba Club logo.
For more details contact the head of our sales team, Jeanette Hacker on 0117 9613862.