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New Medical Form & 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 problem (except COVID-19)? Note โ€“ This is largely...

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Dive at Lundy This Summer – 50th Birthday Celebrations

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...

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National Diving Officer Update

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...

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SAA members prove they are the friendliest divers

SAA members prove they are the friendliest divers

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) &...

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SAA Covid 19 Guidance – Training in Swimming Pools

SAA Covid 19 Guidance – Training in Swimming Pools

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 areaโ€™s most likely to...

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Diving after Covid

Diving after Covid

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...

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Guidance Notes For A Safe Return To Diving

Guidance Notes For A Safe Return To Diving

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...

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AGM 2021

AGM 2021

Due to the on-going situation in respect of the Covid-19 pandemic, it would be against government guidance for us to hold the AGM planned for Saturday 10th April 2021. We have therefore rescheduled the meeting to Saturday 22nd May 2021.ย  This will be a "virtual"...

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UKDMC MEDICAL FORM

UKDMC MEDICAL FORM

As a result of a number of enquiries recently re the revised UKDMC Medical Form, please find below guidance notes re the completion of the form The UKDMC medical form is now in three parts. When completing the form the following should be observed: 1] Everyone...

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Getting Fit for Diving

Getting Fit for Diving

During lockdown, physical fitness for diving may have declined and we can all benefit from building up fitness and stamina prior to returning to the water after a break. The best physical preparation for an activity such as diving is to actually go diving or at least...

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๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง!!850 miles and 6 vehicles between them our challenge team are home.Massive congratulations to all the 17 people involved including our besties at Mansfield & District Scuba Diving Club Huge achievement for our club and something we've never done before.We've have just topped ยฃ3000!!! On the gofund.me page which is double what our target was for British Divers Marine Life Rescue Thank you so much to everyone that has donated so far.We are still keeping the page open little longer.Well done guys!! You should all be really proud ๐Ÿ‘https://gofund.me/ee1468ca ... See MoreSee Less
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๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ!!Our dive marshal is raring to go Seems a long time coming and can't believe we are 2 days away from taking on the Loch, Lake, Llyn 24hr dive challenge for British Divers Marine Life RescueWe will be joined by our friends over at Mansfield & District Scuba Diving Club and few locals will be helping us along the way.First stop Friday is picking up the van then lovely 6hr drive to Scotland for a good nights sleep.Then Saturday is challenge day!!Huge thank you to everyone that has donated so far....We have topped ยฃ2200 ๐Ÿฅณ Still time to donatehttps://gofund.me/ee1468ca ... See MoreSee Less
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Yesterday 3 guys traveled up from the isle of white. Plessey Radar SAA 538To conduct MankinLifts Well done for making the trip to Vobster quayThe weather was a bit unsettling Thunderstorms โ›ˆ๏ธ โšก๏ธ How ever the everyone completed the tasks in hand to excellent standard Well done guys look forward to see you on future adventures ... See MoreSee Less
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๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป!!With less than 6 weeks to go our members and Mansfield & District Scuba Diving Club had last logistics meeting tonight for our 24hr dive challenge.You'll know by now we're rasing money for British Divers Marine Life Rescue Excitement is starting but we need your help to make it a success....Please please please click on the link below, donate and share with all your friends ๐Ÿ™ https://gofund.me/ee1468ca ... See MoreSee Less
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The Sub-Aqua Association wishes you all a Happy New Year and safe diving for 2023 ... See MoreSee Less
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