Hi all,

Feel free to email me (sharkyrjp@yahoo.co.uk), any dive reports, event info / reports etc and I’ll include in the newsletter or it can be emailed to news@hsd1223.org.uk where I can access it.

Cheers
Diver Dicky

Dive report

Er there hasn’t been any, something to do with winter and cold.

Other news

Try Dives- There’s been a couple of group try dives which have taken place in the autumn / winter and as before the assistance is appreciated – a big thanks to all the club members that gave their time in preparing the kit, taking the try divers in the pool and putting the kit back. The treasurer was spotted doing a jig because of the numbers in the pool especially at this quiet time of year.

Xmas Party – Friday 9 December 2005 at the Railway Pub, Hornchurch.

Even though there was a last minute panic about whether there would be enough people going – it seems most people enjoyed the evening.
Thanks to Ian for organising the hall, band, music and lights etc….
Thanks to John Julie and Alan for organising tickets, money etc….
Thanks to Craig for entertaining us with his dancing….at least that’s what he called it…..
Thanks to Selena and Ian for arranging the food…..er what food? what do you mean I thought it was for Saturday night? Yes apparently there was a mix up on what night our ‘do’ was and there was a hasty buttering of bread to ensure a spread was put on other than the jellied eels!
Thanks to me and my lovely assistant for doing the raffle selling tickets – I managed to get rid of some of my unwanted boot sale stuff. Well done Dr Dick for winning the star prize the dvd player and of course congratulations to Steve’s Michelle for winning Craig for 2 hours of her choosing….so nice of him to volunteer his time like that….

Future events

There’s not a lot to mention at the moment except that there are more try dives looming so put these dates in your PDA’s, diaries, sat nav’s
We have a group of scouts from Elm Park coming down to the pool on 15 & 22 January and 5 & 12 February.

Dive dates for 2006 so far
Fri 7th April Littlehampton (Michelle Mary?)
Sat 20th May Littlehampton (Michelle Mary?)
Sat 24th – Sun 25th June Lyme Regis (Blue Turtle)
Fri 21st – Sun 23rd July Plymouth (Same as last year – Fury? )
Sat 12th – Sun 13th Aug Weymouth (The Big Yellow thing)

There is also a possibly of going to others – Dover ?

A Dive Joke

A group of Havering BSAC Divers are on a dive charter boat off the coast of Plymouth which runs into a terrible storm. Rain wind and huge waves pound the boat. They are miles from land – it’s like a scene from Perfect Storm.

The divers are quiet but are getting a bit scared. They are sure the boat is going to sink as they cannot raise the coastguard and that they are all going to die. At the height of the storm one of the young women Selena jumps up and exclaims ‘I can’t take this anymore! I can’t just sit here and drown like an animal. If I am going to die let me die feeling like a woman. Is there anyone here man enough to make me feel like a woman?’

John R – one of the divers stands up – a tall handsome, muscular man. He smiles and starts to walk towards Selena. As he approaches her, he takes off his shirt. She sees his bulging muscles – already she is glad for her decision. He stands in front of her, his torso naked, hardly flinching from the pounding of the sea, wind and rain and says to her – ‘here take this shirt and iron it!’

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