The Committee, 2010

Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones. Chairman.

In the fifties I became a keen Snorkeller mainly in the North sea and inland rivers. This was without a wet suit just wearing woolen garments to keep warm. I later progressed to a homemade aqualung. The contraption was comprised of a demand valve made from a Calor Gas valve and pressure cylinder from a War Department surplus store.

My time in the Armed forces in the 1960's took me to Singapore and Hong Kong where the free use of diving equipment and the wonderful dive sites there really got me into diving.

It was in the 1970's when I joined the BSAC, Hull Branch and I have enjoyed an active membership ever since.  Over the years I have been the Diving Officer for four years and training officer for ten. Since 1981 I have run Hull Snorkel Cub and this is part of the reason why I was awarded the M.B.E. in 1998.

I've dived many different UK and international sites but always enjoy the Flamborough area. It really takes some beating for a local site.

Andy Moss

Andy Moss

Andy Moss. Vice Chairman.









Elaine Caizecques

Elaine Caizecques

Elaine Caizecques. Treasurer








 

Janet Collins

Janet Collins

Janet Collins. Secretary.











Tony Hodge

Tony Hodge

Tony Hodge. Diving Officer.

On 1st of March 1993 I exited a very cold Stoney Cove and completed my PADI Open Water qualification. The following month I was off to Egypt to dive in the Red Sea with my brother who was working in Cairo at the time.

16 months later, whilst on holiday in Cornwall my brother and I hired some dive equipment from Porthkerris Diving. We had just completed a 'weight-check' dive and were staggering through the slight surf and up the pebble beach. WOW- total euphoria and Cuttlefish as well!!!

This dive totally exceeded our expectations and for me was a life enhancing experience and that magic moment which introduced me to the delights of UK diving, probably some of the best in the world when it comes to variety and challenge. I wish to share the thrill of the sport with others and hence became an Instructor, then club Training Officer and now Diving Officer. My reward is seeing the same thrills on the face of trainees when finishing their first dive. I now own a small RIB which I share with my son and dive buddy, Joe.

I believe that every dive is a good dive; even when it is zero viz or things go horribly wrong. All these events add to your experience and you should never stop learning.

I am an Advanced Diver and Open Water Instructor and can be contacted on 079000 34952 or preferably on e-mail hodget@bp.com

Chris Butters

Chris Butters

Chris Butters. Training Officer and Entertainments Officer.










Andy Dowsland

Andy Dowsland. Compressor Officer

I started diving in The University of Edinburgh club (EUSAC) back in 1992 and clearly remember my first dive in Loch long in November in a semi-dry suit. This led to many memorable trips, mainly to the West coast of Scotland and I’ve been hooked ever since. Whilst in Edinburgh I was on the committee as equipment officer.

Since then work and further study has taken me around the country and I’ve also dived in various places in the world such as Cyprus, The Red Sea, Australia, NewZealand and Thialand. I have been a member of three other BSAC clubs; Pickering (North Yorkshire), Southampton and Bristol. This has given me a wealth of experience in diving and how different clubs function. To date I have done over 780 dives, am an Advanced Diver, Assistant Advanced Instructor and Trimix Inspiration Rebreather diver. I hold instructor qualifications in: Boat handling, Oxygen administration, Nitrox, Open Circuit Sports Mixed gas and Explorer mixed gas and most recently Classic Inspiration Rebreather. As far as diving goes I do anything fun and interesting from teaching, playing about in the shallows and known sites, to Technical deep Trimix Rebreather dives on exciting recently found wrecks.

Simon Moir

Simon Moir. Boat Officer.










Sarah Clinch

Sarah Clinch

Sarah Clinch. Conservation Officer.











Brian Smith

Brian Smith. Projects Officer.

I joined Hull BSAC. in 1979. I have achieved OWI/Nitrox Instructor level and my goal is to get to Trimix Instructor. I am an Advanced diver with Trimix certification. I have stood for many years as Compressor officer and, although I handed the job over to Simon Moir during my time as Diving Officer, I am again back in the role and happy to be there.

The club has changed much over the years going from dives off Flamborough head week after week to diving wrecks & scenic dives all over the world at greatly varying depths. I am pleased to be part of that.

Trimix diving is now my greatest passion in life, I have often asked myself why I need to do it?  The simple answer is because it feels good. I am not a particularly religious person, but the deeper I go the more I feel at peace and the more I feel a presence of something greater than man. If I could live in the sea all the time I would, but unfortunately I need to come out to fill my tanks.

Craig Plant

Craig Plant. Records Officer.











Simon Precious

Simon Precious

Simon Precious. Equipment Officer.