Twin Set Course Successes!

Triton recently started offering a new PADI distinctive speciality - Twin Set Diver. This weekend the first five students qualified. After a session or two in the pool, we set off to Horsea this morning and did the open water element of the course. All five of us thought that the course was a fantastic introduction to twin-set diving. It is not a technical course (so no decompression theory to go into), what it does do is introduce the ideas of having redundancy in dive kit, equipment configuration and thinking more about what we actually need to complete a dive in terms of gas consumption. All in all it was thoroughly enjoyable.....and yes.....the kit is a little heavy (slighter built girls especially) but its not unmanageable and in the water feels great. I think the photo says it all in terms of climbing out afterwards BUT as one of the weakest (pathetic) people in the club - hey I managed it so if its something that appeals then please contact us. We are running it at the same discounted price to club members for the next course. Well done to everybody that passed.

Spring Ball

It was another fun packed evening at the Queens Hotel on 24th March with the dive club's spring ball. Yes, the re-named Valentine ball was a great success. As usual it was a bit of a "classy do" with Jazz band "Out of the Blue" entertaining us during dinner, followed by dancing for the rest of the evening. Having missed the Christmas function Kevan was once again terrorizing the dance floor and took an unfair advantage of the fact that there were a few new members who had not been dragged up to tango previously. The raffle raised £500 and many thanks to David Reed for the donation of the iPod, Oceanic for the wetsuit, and to everyone else who either donated prizes or bought tickets. Please remember that there is no club night in April, so the next time we meet will be 3 May. And dont forget that spaces for the Summer Ball are going quickly so if you want to go let us know.

Finally, I have posted some of the photos from the night on the gallery, but thought I might let this one on the right go for a caption competition. Any thoughts to me in the dive centre please.

Here's one to start off with ..... do you think they call this Kara"toe"ke ?

£100 off Ladies BCD

Oceanic Isla's Ladies BCD £100 off RRP. While stocks last.
Available in: small, medium, large.

We are now an official Atomic dealership!

Atomic now presents the strongest and most indestructible two-lens mask ever. So durable it has a lifetime warranty against frame breakage and so good it is the last mask you will ever need to buy. The strength comes from a patented internal SubFrame which provides incredible strength as well as eliminating the bulky external frame.

Available in a range of colours with the option of prescription lenses.

Pop in to the shop to view what must be the smartest mask in town!

PADI Twin Set Speciality Courses Coming Up

The first of our twin set courses are now planned. A bit short notice I'm afraid. These first courses are only open to club members. Details are:
Course 1 - Pool orientation 28 March, Open Water dives 31 March
Course 2 - Pool orientation 29 March, Open Water dives 1 April
If you want to book on one of the courses let me know as soon as possible. Spaces are limited.

I'm baaaccck!!!!!

For those of you that haven't popped into the shop over the last couple of weeks I'm back in the shop.

I'll be taking over much of the running and organising of trips, courses and the dive centre so watch this space and also the newsletter for up and coming events.

Dive Show Weekend and Course Successes

It has been a busy weekend in the shop with loads of people popping in for drinks, food and a chat and taking advantage of great discounts on kit.

Also 4 students finished their Open Water course, 4 completed their Advanced, 2 did their dry suit and another 2 qualified as Nitrox divers. Congratulations to you all!

Drysuit Success

Seven students enjoyed some glorious sunshine at Horsea lake this weekend while taking their drysuit speciality course. This was the second course of the year put on for club members at a discounted rate and it was great to see so many members making the most of the opportunity.

Club Members benefit from workshops

It is only the beginning of March and we have already run 2 club members workshops. Members took advantage of the low cost workshops covering equipment maintenance and care, and buoyancy. 3 members went on the qualify for the Equipment Speciality certification and another 4 members went on to qualify for the PADI PPB certification. During the season we will be running more of these popular workshops including rescue skills and the use of SMBs so keep your eyes peeled.

Another Cracking Club Night

March 1st saw 66 club members and several guests turn up for the monthly club meeting at the Coast Bar in the Royal Beach hotel. It was another good night with some great food and an opportunity have a couple of swift ones! The raffle raised £96 for charity and many thanks to everyone who donated prizes or bought raffle tickets. There were one or two new club members there as well as some of the regulars..... and "you know who" was there. We have not seen her for a while, but thought it was appropriate to post the latest photographic offering of the "Mystery Woman" .......... enjoy

PADI TWINSET SPECIALITY COURSE NOW AVAILABLE

Those of you who have always fancied diving with twin sets but never really wanted to go down the whole teckie route now have a great alternative here at Triton. We are now offering a PADI Twinset Diver distinctive speciality course. The course includes a pool orientation session and two open water dives using twin sets. For more details and to book onto one of the courses call the dive centre.

Belize starting to fill up

The Belize trip is filling up quite quickly. If you want to go, please let me know as soon as possible. We have sourced flights that do not require an overnight stop in the US so we leave on 3 September and arrive the same day. Once deposits are in the final payment is not required until mid August.

New Recommendations for Cylinder Valve Testing

IDEST have recently published some recommendations regarding the periodic servicing of cylinder valves. We have placed the details in the servicing news section of the website. Click here for more details.

Holiday Information 2007

Information for 3 of the packages we have planned for 2007 have been posted into the holidays section of the website. This includes details for Spain (13-16 April) and Belize (3 - 15 September). Click here to go to the holiday section.

Newsletters in the Members Area

Newsletters for December and January are in the members area. Not quite sure why we forgot about the December one - sorry about that.

Rumours of Course Director Going Over to the Dark Side

There have been some rumors of a course director under taking BSAC training in Horsea lake. This is catagorically denied. Said course director was off duty at the time.

Move Over Brad.........

Here comes Murrell.....

Some of you may have seen a BBC programme about Buster Crabb on the beeb the other night. You know the guy, good looking dashing hero type, tries to sort out the baddies, disappears into the murky depths never to be seen again. Loads of conspiracy theories and blatant lies from both sides. Some of the filming was actually done in the Solent and not from a british navy vessel but from our old mate Pete Street’s boat Trojan. But who was the equally dashing divemaster dressed in black and acting his heart out in the corner. None other than our own Chris Murrell. It was not quite up to RADA standards darling and he's not yet asked whether he should get an agent, and I note he's not been nominated for an oscar. But hey, it's early days. So when you next watch it on the inevitable series of repeats – watch for that fleeting moment of fame.

For those of you who might get him confused with Brad, here are some photos for comparison, uncanny huh?

Spring Ball Nearly Full

The Spring Ball is on 24 March and at the moment we have had 112 provisional bookings, so we suspect it is going to be over subscribed. There is a choice menu and we need payment as soon as possible so we can send you the options sheet. If you want to go and have not let us know yet, get in quick.

Another Cracking Club Night

In spite of howling gales outside, the January club night was extremely well attended with 86 people turning up. The food was superb and the raffle of unwanted Christmas Presents (which included 1/2 bottle of rum and an age discrimination handbook) raised £186 for charity. Not bad for a normal club night! Thanks to everyone for donating money and prizes. I will remind you again nearer the time, but please note that the next club night is on 1 February.

Another one goes to "The Dark Side"

Many congratulations to Felipe Meza, our club member from Chile, who recently passed his CCR course on the Evolution. Felipe, on a tour with the Chilean Navy and here for a couple of years, had previously qualified on the Mk16 but decided to move on to the Evolution for pleasure diving.