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Vobster Santas 2013



HOW TO GET INVOLVED!

Getting involved in Vobster Santas is easy! Here's what you'll need to do:
  • Register your participation using the sign up form at the bottom of this page
  • Decide how you'd like to raise sponsorship - either via direct sponsorship or via the Vobster Santas JustGiving page
  • Promote your involvement in lots of imaginative ways - get as many people to sponsor you as possible!
  • Buy a Santa suit - don't forget to cut a hole in the arm for your drysuit dump valve!
  • Turn up on the day and join hundreds of other Santa divers as they take the plunge!

Festive fundraising fun!

Ho Ho Ho! The continuing success of our annual Scuba Diving Santas splash-in from its humble beginnings here at Vobster has inspired us to carry on with our traditional Christmas dive this year.

We are not alone either - a quick trawl of the global diving community reveals Santa diving events in Crete, Key Largo and Santa Cruz Island to name but three. We think you'll find Vobster a little more convienient though. This years event is pencilled in for Sunday 15th December 2013 so get that date in your diary today!


Once again, we're aiming to raise some serious money for the RNLI by getting as many sponsored divers dressed in their finest Santa outfits onsite and in the water as we can. Every single day the brave men & women of the RNLI put their own lives at risk to ensure the safety and well being of all those that use and enjoy the seas around the UK.
In 2012 the RNLI will begin to roll-out new, innovative inshore and all-weather lifejackets. However, as a lifeboat service that receives no UK Government funding, they cannot do this without the generous support of people like you. We're aiming to raise over £5000 for the RNLI but we need your help - funds raised by Vobster Santas will be ringfenced to purchase new lifejackets for the volunteers crews.

Each and every Santa diver will be invited to seek sponsorship for their endeavours through either individual sponsorship or via JustGiving. To help your fundraising activities, we've created an event poster you can download here. Before you start your fundraising, please take a few moments to register...


Sign me up!

Whatever method of sponsorship you choose, it's important that you register your participation with us. Please use the form below to register yourself for Vobster Santas 2013...

Your Name:
Age:
Email:
Mobile:
Postcode:

House No:

Get Sponsored!


We're doing our bit too - for every £1 that you raise, Vobster Quay will match it up to a maximum of an additional £1500!
 Vobster Santas is all about having fun but it's important to remember that it's also all in a very good cause - we're seeking to raise as much money as possible in aid of the RNLI. We activitely encourage all our Santa divers to do their bit by raising money for the event. You can do so by one of two methods:
  • Direct Sponsorship - Simply download the Vobster Santas 2013 Sponsorship Form and then pester your friends, family and work colleagues to sponsor you for the event. It really is that easy!
  • JustGiving - Take all the hassle out of fund raising by simply pointing your friends, family and anyone else that you know to the Vobster Santas JustGiving page. They'll be able to donate online and will even be able to take advantage of GiftAid. We'll be setting up the Vobster Santas 2013 page in November.

Download Event Posters

To help with your fundraising efforts, we've created a series of posters that you can download and print off to help promote your sponsorship efforts...

VOBSTER SANTAS EVENT POSTER
Drum up interest amongst members of your dive club or school with this full colour A4 poster.

LINK: Download PDF
JUSTGIVING SPONSOR POSTER
Encourage your friends and work mates to sponsor you online via JustGiving with this full colour A4 poster.

LINK: Download PDF
DIRECT SPONSOR POSTER
Encourage your friends and work mates to sponsor you via direct sponsorship with this full colour A4 poster.

LINK: Download PDF
SPONSORSHIP FORM
If you plan to collect sponsorship yourself then make life easy with this convenient full colour A4 form.

LINK: Download PDF


WIN! Fabulous Prizes

We'll be raising additional money for the RNLI by raffling off some great prizes at Vobster Santas - every sponsored Diving Santa that attends the event will automatically be entered into the prize draw but additional tickets are available to buy from the Vobster Shop for just £1.00.

Prizes for our 2013 event are still being finalised but here's a taster of what lucky prize draw winners walked away with at last year's event...
  • VRx OLED Dive Computer - Dive computers don't get much more state of the art than the fabulous VRx OLED from VR Technology. Boasting an ultra-bright OLED colour screen, the VRx is the only computer you'll ever need! It supports gas switchable air, nitrox and trimix and both open and closed circuit modes. Worth £1140, one lucky raffle ticket holder is going to have a very good Christmas!
  • Fourth Element Cyclone Jacket - Stay totally dry post-dive with this stylish Cyclone all-weather jacket from Fourth Element. Worth £135, Cyclone jacket uses XWP3 (extreme weather protection) three layer fabric to provide the perfect solution to what we like to call 'Dive Weather'.
  • Santi Warming Vest - Santi Warming Vests are an excellent way of increasing the thermal layer underneath your drysuit without reducing movement or adding too much weight. Thanks to Santi UK, we've a 200gm model worth £109 to give away.
  • Princeton Tec Torches - Thanks to our friends at Hydrotech, we've got two fabulous Princeton Tec torches up for grabs - the superb Princeton Tec 400 and the Princeton Tec Shockwave LED Bright. Perfect for UK diving, they're as bright as they are cool!
  • Oceanic Goody Bags - Twenty lucky raffle ticket holders will pick up a very special goody bag put together by those nice people at Oceanic UK. Contained within you'll find a Sidemount diving DVD, an Oceanic cap and a Lavacore drinks cooler.
  • Sidemount Training Day - Win a training day learning all about sidemount diving with renowned cave diver Martin Robson.
  • DPV Training Day - Get to grips with a super-cool DPV (diver propulsion vehicle) under the watchful guidance of GUE technical instructor, John Kendall. It's a rush!
  • Miflex Goody Bag - Manufacturers of the super flexible and super tough Miflex range of diving hoses, Miflex UK have donated a goody bag chock-full of their superb products.
  • CCR Rebreather Try Dive - Go bubble-free on a Sentinel closed circuit rebreather under the guidance of IANTD instructor, Tim Clements. Get a taster of how rebreathers work and the benefits that they deliver.
  • Treasure of the Golden Grape - We've got a signed copy of acclaimed wreck historian Selwyn Williams' new book just waiting to be snapped up by one lucky raffle ticket holder. Discover the secrets of one of Chesil Beach's most fascinating wrecks.
  • Scapa Flow Print - One very lucky raffle ticket holder will be taking home a limited-edition signed print from renowned underwater photographer Simon Brown. Worth £150, the print shows a diver near the stern of the Karlsruhe.
  • Vobster Memberships - Save money on every visit with a Vobster Quay membership. We'll be giving away a handfull of memberships to lucky raffle ticket holders, each worth £35.
  • And more! - We're still badgering supporters for more great prizes so look out for more prize annoucements coming soon!











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