THE COMMITEE
JOHN ADDISON
President
Founder Member, Diving 30 years. Number of dives:Â (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!
STEVE HOPPER
Chair
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.
ANDY SHENSTONE
Treasurer
Diving over 16 years. Number of dives: 1,000+ Qualification: Advanced Diver, Assistant Advanced Instructor, Full Face Mask, Open Water Instructor, Deeper Diver,Twinset / ADP instructor, Snorkel instructor and Diver Coxswain. I enjoy all types of diving with recent highlights being Croatia, Norway, the Outer Hebrides, the Scillies and the Azores. I am also the Chair of BSAC.
STEVE COLLINGWOOD
Diving Officer
Diving – 15 years with over 500 dives.
Qualification – Advanced Diver. CCR diver to 60m. Open water Instructor. Diver/Cox’n
I like all types of diving, reefs or wrecks. Best diving holiday was when I spent a whole week diving the HMS Hermes in Sri Lanka.
I have been spoilt, as I have done most of my diving in Cornwall and Devon!
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.
HELEN NIGHTINGALE
Secretary
Ocean Diver
IAN BROWN
Boat Officer
Dive Leader, Side Mount CCR, Trimix, and Diver Coxswain
DAVID SMITH
Social Secretary
Qualifications: Dive leader, Diver Coxswain, Twinset Diver, ADP. I’ve completed more than 145 dives. My very first dive was on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia back in 2005, although I didn’t start diving regularly until 2023. Since then, I’ve been actively involved in organising club dive trips—one of my favourites has to be Loch Fyne. I’m always looking for opportunities to develop my skills and grow within the club. To me, Vale Royal Sub Aqua Club is far more than just a club, it genuinely feels like a second family.
