Nights away permits

As many of you will recall we discussed the need for a few more of us to hold nights away permits at the 2009 AGM. Scouting POR states that that at least one person attending a weekend away where there are under 18 year olds present should hold a nights away permit. There are only one or two members of the unit currently holding such a permit which could in the future create a problem whereby we might struggle to have a permit holder available to go on a weekend away.

In order that more unit members can be accredited with holding a nights away permit, we have arranged for Steve Pope from the Leicestershire caving unit (known to Simon Pilsworth) to come along to LSSAU on Thursday 28 October commencing at 8.00pm to do a talk/ workshop with as many of us as we wish regarding nights away permits. Following this he will make submissions to county for permits to be issued.

It would be great if we could have as many as possible attending so maximising the benefit of Steve coming over so giving us maximum flexibility and coverage for those attending future weekends away.

Cheers Geoff

Executive meeting 23rd Sept

An Executive meeting will be held on this coming Thursday 23rd Sept 8pm at
the leisure centre.

Splash Camp 2010

Hi Everyone

We appear to have cruised through yet another Splash Camp with ease –
however as we all know these things don't just happen so a big thank you to
Simon for making sure we all turned up and thank you to everyone for turning
up and making sure it all happened.  Everyones efforts from teaching to
fetching and returning kit are all greatly appreciated.

Thank you
Marg

Photos can be seen in the gallery section.

Weymouth/ Portland dive weekend 24, 25 26 September 2010

Good morning one and all.


Given that we are getting close to the date when we have to crystallise numbers, I am seeking confirmation of those who would like to go.

At present I have firm commitment from Tim Beaver, Sam Watts, Mark Hartburn and Jack Walker.

Please therefore could I ask for anyone else who is interested to confirm such interest and for the four above to confirm that they remain interested.
Thanks

Geoff

This is to let you know that subject to interest, we have added an additional dive weekend to the calendar.

We had a cracking weekend in Weymouth earlier in the year and found the facilities in Portland harbour to be excellent.

Portland harbour offers some interesting wreck and scenic diving opportunities in waters of up to 20m that due to the shelter offered by the harbour, should be suitable for diving almost irrespective of the weather.

We have a number of newly qualified ocean divers and this weekend is offered as an ideal opportunity for them to extend their diving experience in sheltered open water.

Enquiries have been made as to the availability of nearby scout hut in Chickerell where we stayed in last time.

If you are interested in going, please will you let me know as soon as you can as I will need to firm up on the accommodation. It would be helpful if you let me know either way so that I know you received information regarding the weekend.

I would ask Andy Dunsworth to mention it to Wayne Potter, given you live close together.

I don’t have email addresses for some of the recently qualified ocean divers and so would ask Matt and Jim in particular to forward this email to anyone they see that I have missed. The same applies to the rest of you, if I have missed anyone, please could you let them know/ copy this email to them.

Thanks
Geoff

To All Members - Splash Camp Help 18th & 19th Sept

Hi All

It is that time again where we have Splash Camp on the horizon & I want to start getting a list of helpers together, help of any kind is required from poolside helping people getting kitted up to full on scuba try dives......

Date - Sept 18th & 19th Sept

Location - Roundhill Community College, 997 Melton Rd, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 8GQ‎

Times - To be confirmed but I think if it is the same as last year it will be a sat afternoon & sun morning sessions.

If you can help that is great let me know and I will put you down on my list and if you require a lift over to the pool this can be arranged closer to the event.

Kind Regards

Simon Paul Askham - LSSAU - Snorkel Instructor

Leicestershire Scouts Sub Aqua Unit - www.ScubaScouts.co.uk

Try Dive price increase

As of Sept 2010 we have made the decision to increase the price of try dives from £5 to £8 for members of scouting & £10 for none scout members.

This is due to our overheads increasing, we often make a loss on pool & classroom hire.....

We still think this is a bargain for a try dive with the best Scout sub aqua unit in the world!

Important News - Change of location

Important News:

As of the 19th Aug we will no longer be meeting at the school classroom, we will now be using a room at the pool leisure centre! The time for the classroom session will still be 8-9!