by Irene Sartorius | Apr 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the island of Lundy in the Outer Bristol Channel is 50 years old this year. The MPA began its existence as a voluntary marine nature reserve in 1972, following an agreement with local fishermen to desist from scallop dredging and...
by Irene Sartorius | Feb 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
New Medical Form and Guidance for Diving after Covid-19 The revised medical form has made some small changes to three of the questions, these are: Q5ย Collapsed lung, pneumothorax or other lung injury? Now reads: Collapsed lung, pneumothorax or any other lung injury or...
by Irene Sartorius | Sep 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Following a call from a very distressed young man who had lost a watch which was of huge sentimental value I asked our members via facebook and our newsletter if any of our members could help Following this 2 of our members Lee Poxon (SAA SW/West regional rep) &...
by Irene Sartorius | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Now that pools are returning to pre covid-19 operating, albeit with some local restrictions, clubs will be looking at how this impacts on their pool sessions. The first thing, if not already done, is to review your pool operating procedures. The areaโs most likely to...
by Irene Sartorius | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
As we start to return to diving I know that some of you will have suffered Covid at one level or another. Questions about when can I return to diving have been raised and I feel that now is probably a good time to direct those involved to the UKDMC score card. This...
by Steve Orange | Apr 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the UK governments start to layout the road map out of lockdown we can start to look at how we best return to diving. Each country in the UK has its own path which you can view by visiting the government website :- https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus.ย With dive centres...
