September Dive Boat Schedule

The September dive boat schedule is available online. Plenty of dives going on with 2 dives a day every weekend, so why not make the most of it. Click here to go to the dive schedule.

Special Event - An evening with some of the team from the BBC series "Oceans - 11 September 2009

We have brought you some great guests in the past including TV personality Monty Halls and underwater film cameraman, Mike Pitts. Well next month on a similar TV them were bringing you some of the personalities from the BBC series "Oceans".

Tooni Mahto and Lucy Blue (shown in the photo above taken from the BBC website) were two of the presenters on the recent BBC "Oceans" series. The programme took a year to film and went around the globe to explore the underwater world. Tooni was the marine biologist for the programme while Lucy, a lecturer from Southampton university, was the marine archaeologist. Both of them have kindly offered to give a one-off presentation on the making of the series, as Tooni put it to me "a bit of a behind the scenes look at the programme".

The event is taking place on 11 September at the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea at 7.00 pm. The cost will be just £15 (£10 to club members) and this includes a meal. All proceeds are going to go to charity. After the event there will be the opportunity to have a bit of a social with other dive clubs in the area, as well as meet the presenters. You can find out more about the presenters and the series by going to the website on http://www.bbc.co.uk/oceans

For anyone with a vague interest in diving, marine biology, marine archaeology or the marine environment in general, this is a unique opportunity, and I am sure that it will be great fun as well. If you would like to go, the tickets are available from Triton Scuba. Telephone 02392 838773. Payment by cash or cheque only please. Closing date to buy tickets is 7th September and we expect this to be a popular event so get your tickets early.

Triton Supports Southsea Fire Station

Once again we had our pool out, this time we "teamed up" with the Southsea Fire Station to support their open day. We put the pool up during the week and even at 27,000 litres it didn't take the guys long to fill. It was then left for a couple of days with the heater on so it was a lovely and warm 28 degrees. Even though the pool was undercover we were still hoping for some good weather and we were fortunate on that one. There were some big crowds out and the pool was a great attraction. In total we did 38 try dives in the 6 hours the show was open and charging £3 a go, we raised a fantastic amount of £114 for the fire station charity fund. We think that was pretty good.

Summer Ball Raffle

Forgot to mention in the last post that we had a very successful raffle on the night of the ball and raised £535. Top prize of the top of the range Fourth Element undersuit was won by Julie Western (in picture) - actually it was won by Paul Western but apparently Julie is having it! Second prize was an Oceanic 3-piece wetsuit, there was also a range of Estee Lauder products (well done to Luke for winning that one!), champagne and meals in local restaurants. Many thanks to everyone who donated pries and to the guests for supporting the raffle so generously.

An Absolute Corker

The summer ball at the weekend was an absolute corker - probably one of the best we have had. I have to say the Queens Hotel did us proud with the food - excellent all round, and the rain stayed away which meant that the other "entertainment" could also go on and it allowed people to use the garden. We have put on some "surprise" activities as well as the usual disco - a bucking bronco and some chubby chicks suits - a bit like sumo suits but different. After the initial "you won't get me on there" comments it soon changed and was even difficult to get people off! Everyone entered nto the spirit of things. There was some collateral damage - Big Gary ripped his trousers and Woody made a mess of his dress shirt, but it was still a cracking night. Next big function is 11 September so don't forget to grab your tickets.

August Boat Schedule

The August boat schedule is out and it includes some dives around the Solent as well as in Portland during the club weekend. Loads going on and all at discounted prices for club members. Click here to view the schedule.

Cowes Fireworks

We had 2 full boats for this year's Cowes Fireworks display. We all met up in Old Portsmouth and then had a high speed trip over to Cowes, where we watched the Sea Vixen display. The bubbly came out and then it was a chug up the river to the Folly Inn, where we had tables booked for dinner after which we had the treat of a Red Arrows display. Finally we chugged back down river to find a lovely spot close to the spectacular fireworks before heading back to Portsmouth. Everyone agreed it was a fantastic trip out - well worth doing and something we will book in for next years programme as well.