D.O.D's Report

Kevin MacFarlane

Curragh SAC Dive Officers Annual Report October '05

Dive Trips

March - Killary - 6 dives,
April – Hook - 2 dives
May - Belmullet – 4 dives,
June – Achill- 5 dives
June - Inisbofin – 13 dives
July - Pol o Tomas - 5 dives
July & August Burton Port – 6 official dives although a total of 30 dives were recorded during this period
September - Kilkee – 3 dives

A total of 44 official dives on away trips (not including the extra 24 dives available as part of Burtonport.

There are also other foreign dive trips being undertaken by club members to many exotic locations.

Dublin Bay diving.

Up to 23rd August an additional to the previous mentioned away dive trips it should be noted that there have been approximately 36 recorded dives carried out in Dublin Bay with a mixture between both boat and shore diving (and night diving).

It should also be noted that there have been dives in Dublin Bay that have not been logged (not for any malicious reason, mainly boat dives where divers have not returned to the club house – the '06 committee should review the way that Dive logs are completed.

Incidents

No major incidents, one reported case of “missing snorkeller” resolved by prompt action of the accompanying divers.

Certifications

Trainee One Star Certs: 6 (Tom, Carina, John McLaren, Colm Lyons, Garrett Devitt, Eugene McLoughlin, Ronan Murphy)

Club Diver : 4 (Kevin St. John, Karen Kelleher, Eugene McLoughlan & Paula O’Riordan). There are other One star divers who are very close to being ready to doing there Club diver tests.

Diver Medic : 3 (Kevin St. John, Orna McCarthy & Paula O’Riordan)

Rescue Diver: 3 (Orna McCarthy, Paula O’Riordan, Gerry O’Dowd)

Leading Diver: 3 (Jean Kelleher, Alan O’Dowd and Mark Seavers)

Coxn’s : 2 (Jean Kelleher, Gerry O’Dowd)

Fetac Cox'n Instructors: 5 (Shane Tyrrell, Niall Stapelton, Siobhan McGlinchey, Steve Mulhall & Kevin MacFarlane)

Mon 2 Examiners: 2 Roisin McArdle & Kevin MacFarlane

A variety of other courses have been carried out over the year (Rescue & Cox'n being the most common).

Thanks

The D.O. wishes to thank all members of the committee for their support over the last year.

I would also like to thank all of the instructors who gave so generously of their spare time in the training of the members of this club and their willingness to carry out the testing of other (non-Curragh) CMAS club members (allowing the reciprocal testing of our club members). Niall, Shane & Steve in particular.

I would like to thank the DoD’s that turned up and did their bit on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays (including Briany’s night dives).

Thanks to Peader & Neill B for organising the Boffin, Achill, Burtonport, & Kilkee trips and John for the Hook trip.

And last but not least thanks should be given to those unsung members who tow boats & compressors, clean club houses, collect parts for boats during working hours etc. These are essential tasks and without other people providing a helping hand, the dives just wouldn’t happen at all.

I will not be standing for the position of Dive Officer for the '06 season.

Yours in diving

Kevin MacFarlane D.O Curragh SAC

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