It was another nerve racking weekend and finger nails were chewed at an alarming rate! But at the end of it, all 5 of our Instructor Candidates did extremely well at the Peterborough IE. There were a few exams nerves initially and it showed, with 3 candidates needing to swot up on the Saturday evening having narrowly missed the pass mark in one of the 5 exams. Unfortunately Nigel narrowly missed the pass mark on 2 exams (as he put it he had a "brain fart") and will be having another bash next month. However, all of them had the confidence to put that to one side and they were off to do their presentations, before heading to the pool. Scores throughout the day on the practical skills were extremly high. On day two we were up early to drive to "Gildy". The first thing was to get over the make up exams - no problem this time around - and then do 
rescue assessments. Chris decided that he would forget to count to 5 or 6 and decided that 25 seconds was the new interval for rescue breathing!!!! Numbnuts! However, eventually that was all finished successfully and it was time for the Open Water Assessments. All 5 candidates sailed through, with the lowest score being a 4.4 and plenty of 5.0 scores scattered around. It has been a hard slog and all the candidates have worked hard so our congratulations to all of them. It is also a big well done to Zara, who as you know works for us in the Dive Centre ...... and so still has a job!!!
Last night's Halloween party was a huge success with around 100 club members turning up in some fantastic cotumes (Ian, I'm not referring to your sheet!). There was blood, bad makeup and even worse wigs galore not to mention some very scary dancing. Photos from last night can be found in the gallery and I'm sure some more will find their way onto facebook. Thank you to everyone that helped to decorate the venue, your efforts are very much appreciated.