The  Committee

He is predominately a wreck diver and a gadget / equipment freak, and he now had 18 months experience with his Buddy Inspiration Rebreather. As well as diving he has lot of other hobbies, including motor cycling, radio controlled helicopters, shooting and photography, both still and video.

Ian admits to having three 3 motto's:

1. Buy cheap - Buy twice
2. Potential - Commitment = Nothing
3. He who dies with the most toys wins.

I joined Hazel Grove in 1976 and have done all my training with them. I enjoy all types of diving. I have been equipment officer (10 years) and DO (1 year). I like messing with boats and I help with training new members.

Hi, I joined the club in 2002 to escape a two week old marriage and a very demanding wife. I am a Dive Leader now and dive most weekends, anywhere and anytime. I'm looking forward to my first stint on the committee and hope to organise some spectacular diving throughout the year. If you've got any good diving locations or  fancy a dive give me a ring.

Hi,
I took up diving in 2004 and enjoy all aspects of the sport especially wreck diving.
I have recently qualified as Dive Leader and I’m now involved with training new members.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding the club.

Mark or "'orrible" as he is affectionately known by his friends, has been with HGSAC since September 2001 and is an active Advanced Diver. He is also an IANTD trimix diver and has IANTD gas blender, BSAC Diver cox’n, Oxygen admin. And advanced nitrox qualification. He is also on the first steps to becoming an OWI
He took up diving because he was turning into a fat and lazy alcoholic and desperately needed a hobby that would bring him closer to nature and further away from the clinic. This didn’t work!

Since taking up diving he has met many friends with whom he can communicate on the same wavelength, he is particularly close to a bike riding fish that lives under the third rock on the left just close to an old transit van near the bottom of a “large disused quarry” in north Wales.

I first became a member of the dive club at the age of 13 when i completed the snorkelling course.  I then went on to do scuba diving at 14 and have been a member of the dive club for 7 years now.  I decided to help with the snorkelling training towards the end of 2006 as i feel it is a great way to build confidence in the water and allows you to have more fun when on holiday which is what i enjoyed the most.  We have now done several training courses for all ages and are able to train at an individuals pace and competence.  Many people find that once they master the basics they are able to pick up other aspects very quickly and everyone has gone on to complete the course, some even carrying on to train in scuba diving.

"As the clubs Dive Planning officer I try to organise a number of dive trips throughout the year around the UK. I also encourage other members to organise trips, helping them where needed."

I sort of fell into diving in 2001 when I was 14. I had just done the snorkelling course that the club was offering at the time and I was told that the club had just decided that you could start diving training at the age of 14. I jumped at the chance but I think my parents quickly regretted it financially.

Now I've been diving for 6 years and I still love it (even in the UK!) In that time I've progressed to being a Dive Leader and have taken over running the snorkelling course where I started. Hopefully I'll get round to doing a bit more of my instructor training as well.

Being a member of the diving club brings about hundreds of opportunities and there a very few people who don't love it all as much as I do.