THE COMMITEE

JOHN ADDISON

President

Founder Member, Diving 30 years. Number of dives: (Who's counting?)
Qualifications: Advanced Diver. Best Dive: The Falls of Lora, Scotland Worst dive: Stoney Cove in February (Freezing cold in a wetsuit.) Happy days!

DAVE WHITE

Chair

Experienced dive leader and diver coxswai (and a great chef!)

STEVE HOPPER

Diving Officer

Diving:Can't remember that long ago! Number of dives: Not enough!  Qualification: Advanced Diver. Favourite dive sites: The Red Sea and Maldives. Best UK dive: Maen Melt, Porth Ysgaden and Plymouth.

DAN SMITH

Equipment Officer

I started ocean diver training the beginning of 2018, since then progressed to sports diver beginning of last year, my favourite dive was tortola, in the British Virgin Islands! I seriously regret not learning to dive 30 years ago but have fell in love with scuba diving since!

ANDY SHENSTONE

Treasurer

Diving over 10 years. Number of dives: 500+  Qualification: Advanced Diver, Full Face Mask, Open Water Instructor and Diver Coxswain.  I enjoy all types of diving with recent highlights being Norway, the Outer Hebrides, The Scillies, The Azores and Kenya.

KAREN GILLER

Welfare and Membership

I Joined the club in September 2017 after a try dive on holiday and I’ve never looked back. Currently I’m a qualified Sports Diver having done 40 dives and looking forward to continue to develop my skills with the club. Best dive site was wreck diving in Plymouth where I encountered an angler fish.

STELLA CHAPMAN

Honoury Secretary

Qualifications: Dive Leader and Open Water Instructor. I have been diving for 20 years and have loved just about every minute I have spent underwater from my Try Dive to the four dives I did in Mexico  in January this year.Favourite dive: With the seals off the Farne Islands.  Favourite sites: Eyemouth and Plymouth.

MARK SANDBACH

General Member

Member of the Branch for over 25 years. Number of dives 600+.  Qualifications:Dive Leader and Diver Coxswain.  Favourite Dive Sites: Loch Fyne and Rhoscolyn.

JANE HOPPER

Social Secretary

Non-diving member of the club for a number of years who has always been the first to assist with helping at soclal occasions and has now taken it on as a Committee Member.