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Welcome to the first every issue of the Vobster Quay members newsletter
- our regular bulletin designed to keep our visitors up to speed with
what's happening at Vobster Quay. We hope you'll find this newsletter
useful and we welcome your feedback - if you've got any bright ideas or
suggestions on how we could improve it, we want to hear from you...
Best wishes
Tim Clements, Site Manager
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AIR AMBULANCE FUNDRAISING SUCCESS!
£500 raised for worthy cause
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Divers from across the country turned up at Vobster Quay on the 23rd
September to do their bit to raise money for the Dorset & Somerset
Air Ambulance Service. After a day of fundraising fun culminating in a
grand raffle, divers managed to raise an impressive total of £500 for
this very worthy cause! More...
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FREE SURFACE INTERVAL TALKS
Experts to give free talks
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Off-gassing makes no allowance for bad weather - but what better way to
spend your surface interval than by listening to fascinating talks give
by some of the world's most experienced and knowledgeable divers! We're
arranging talks on everything from record-breaking deep dives, cave and
deep wreck expeditions, conservation and even the science of keeping
warm this winter!
We're finalising an exciting programme for the winter months including
- in no particular order - Phil Short, Mark Ellyatt, Richard Stevenson,
Fourth Element, The Shark Trust, The Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society and the Marine Conservation Society. We kick off with Jim Standing from Fourth Element on October 21st who will be revealing the secrets of how to keep warm as the water temperature drops.
More...
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MARK ELLYATT REVEALS ALL!
Ocean Gladiator at Vobster
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Look out for pioneering deep-diver Mark Ellyatt
who will be delivering a series of talks at Vobster Quay on the 27th
& the 28th October. On the first day, Mark will be discussing his
dives on the wreck of HMS Victoria (with video footage filmed at 150m)
whilst decompression theory and his record-breaking dive to 313m will
be the subject of choice on Sunday. Mark will also be on hand to sign
copies of his book which is available from the Vobster shop. More...
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EVEN MORE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS!
Bigger retail discounts for members
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Has your Vobster Quay membership elapsed? If it has then now's the time
to rejoin - with discounted entry, free reserved parking at weekends
and some very generous discounts up for grabs, there's never been a
better time to renew your membership!
To make the membership package that bit more attractive, we've
increased the discount on retail purchases for Quay members - instead
of the usual 5%, members will now get 10% off any purchase! Look out
too for special pricing on air, nitrox and trimix fills exclusively for
members! Watch this space, as they say... More...
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GO TECHNICAL WITH PHIL SHORT
IANTD training at Vobster Quay
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The IANTD Advanced Recreational Trimix course in November is now fully
booked, but we will be running this again in the New Year. As an
incentive to delve into the benefits of technical training, we've
teamed up with IANTD Instructor Trainer Phil Short and Delta P -
developers of the sensational VR3 mixed gas dive computer - to deliver
what we believe is a package of exceptional value.
The four-day course costs £275 - this price also includes a heap of
sugar-coated benefits including a free years membership to Vobster Quay
and the chance to buy a VR3 Open Circuit Trimix computer at the very
competitive price of £650! For any diver interested in diving a twinset
beyond recreational limits, this course is a must... More...
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RETAIL THERAPY WITH DELTA-P
New dealership announcement
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The more observant amongst you may have noticed that there has been a
facelift in the shop! As well as a lick of paint, we're also planning
to introduce some very exciting promotions over the coming months...
The first of these is for anyone wishing to get into technical diving.
We've just become dealers for DeltaP technologies - makers of the
excellent VR3 and VR2 dive computers, Ourobouros Closed Circuit
Rebreather and the new Universal Rebreather Monitor (URM) head up
display system for Inspiration & KISS rebreathers. More...
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Vobster Quay Diving Centre, Upper Vobster, Mells, Somerset BA14 0LZ
Tel: 01373 814666 Fax: 01373 814678
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NIGHT DIVING
Our monthly night dives have proved to be very popular this year with
lots of members discovering how relaxing a post-work dive can be. We're
planning to keep them going throughout the autumn and winter months so
make sure you scribble the first Thursday of every month in your
diaries!
NOTE - Our next night dive is on the 4th October
NEW PLATFORMS
As part of our programme of continual site improvements, regular
visitors may have noticed some chances of late. Lurking beneath the
waters, you'll find not one but two new platforms - one located at
paddling-depth for easy access to the water near the slipway and
another at 6m out the front of the quayside.
WINTER WARMER...
Planning to visit Vobster over the winter months? Look out for a
revamped indoor seating area to ward off the winter chills and keep you
entertained with inspiring diving videos!
SUBMARINE VIDEO
Ever wondered what it would be like to go for a dive in Vobster's
resident submarine, Morzh? Thanks to the wonders of streaming video
wizardy, visitors to the Vobster Quay website can now discover the
thrill of a dive in Morzh for themselves.
Click on this link to view the Morzh submarine video...
WELCOME ABOARD...
We'd like to welcome Harriet to the Vobster team. Harriet will be
taking on the catering duties so remember to say hello next time you
order a bacon bap!
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