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Stourport Divers

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Company description Stourport-On-Severn Divers (our full title) was founded in 1979 and is a small friendly dive club based at Stourport On Severn, near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire, we are also known as S.O.S.Divers or Stourport Divers.
Stourport Divers is a ``non-profit making club`` consisting of around fifty members who enjoy the sport of SCUBA Diving.
The club offers, SCUBA Dive courses (12 to adult), Try-a-Dives (12 to adult) and Snorkle courses (8 to adult), with all training regulated by The SAA (Sub Aqua Association)
With free training and free loan of SCUBA equipment to all new members Stourport Divers is probably the cheapest way to learn to dive.
We own this beautiful 5.5 metre fully equipped dive rib boat
the club arrange dive trips throughout the summer months using our boat to dive many locations around the uk coast. Pleasure and training day trips to inland dive sites are also arranged throughout the year and during the winter months we organize dive holidays to warmer countries like Egypt, Malta and Cyprus Ect,
SCUBA DIVING is a challenging and exciting sport that can be enjoyed in the UK and abroad through out the year
DIVING ABROAD, if you are thinking of a future holiday scuba diving abroad, forget spending 10 hours in a hot and sticky class room burning up your valuable leisure time while on an expensive holiday, let Stourport Divers teach you to dive in your spare time (even through the winter months) so that you can be ready qualified before you go.
YOUR OWN PACE, as we have found people learn at different rates you will be free to learn as much or as little as you wish in the time that you are a member of Stourport Divers, i.e. you are free to fast trak or learn at your own pace, there is no pressure to learn in a pre set amount of time,
YOUR BEST INTERESTS, the main reason to learn with an SAA club like Stourport Divers has to be that we only have your best interests at heart and won’t push you to do anything your not ready for,
So, here are
the 10 very good reasons to choose Stourport Divers
1, You are free to learn this exciting new sport at your own pace and can take the time to absorb the technical info,
2, Your training will usually be on a “one-on-one” basis and we have both male and female instructors
3, All training is done in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere plus an option of a or afterwards
4, You can utilize club equipment (free of charge) as you go through your basic training and after your qualified use of the club boat for dive trips,
5, You will have a wide bunch of buddies to go diving with plus You will make a lot of new friends as there is a good social side of the club with events arranged throughout the year
6, You will have access to associated subsidised courses supplied by the S.A.A. like boat handling, VHF radio, under water photography, 1st aid ect.
7, Club dive trips and holidays in the UK and abroad are organized throughout the year, divers families are more than welcome to come along,
8, Because Stourport Divers is a “not for profit” club run by volunteers, learning to dive with a club is cheaper, your club membership fees only go towards running the club and maintaining the equipment that you use as a member,
9, If you wish, you can become involved in helping to run the club and/or become a scuba diving instructor yourself !!!
10, Don`t waste half your valuable holiday time in a hot & sticky classroom when you can learn to dive in your spare time through the winter months and be ready qualified for the summer.
Location description: Our History
In 1979 five friends, all of who shared a passionate interest in the sport of Scuba Diving decided to form a club. Of these five, two had dived with other clubs, two had snorkelled and wanted to move on to diving and one (George Tombs) just wanted to learn to snorkel. From this modest wish George went on to become club Treasurer and then later became club Chairman and retained that position for many years. Sadly George is no longer with us but the enthusiasm that he brought to the club is a legacy left behind and an inspiration to us all.
Soon after formation the club (full title, Stourport On Severn Divers) started to hire the pool at Stourport in order to train anyone interested in diving. In those early days the club could not afford a boat and indeed with a weekly income of £10 from pool fees and a weekly expenditure of £9.18 for pool hire the idea of boat ownership seemed just a distant dream.
The first open water club dive was held during Easter 1980. This was a dive on the wreck of the “Louis Shead” at Thurlestone in Devon. Dry suits were rare indeed in those days with wet suits being the order of the day for those hardy souls.
1980 was also the year that the club boasted its first women members, Kerry Elford joined, shortly to be followed by members Dave and Joan Lees. Dave was another one who just wanted to ’have a go at snorkelling’ and was later to become a prime mover within the club.
Dave and Joan were soon followed by Mike Burley who joined in 1981, Little could Mike suspect when being badgered into joining by Dave that he would go on to become not only club Secretary and later Chairman but also (in 1989) the SAA Regional Rep.
In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the club developed an active marine life section with identification and habitats being the main points of interest. Family weekend camping expeditions were organized to Shell Island Stackpole Quay and Weymouth. These were highly successful and popular events.
In 1992, Joan Lees who was at that time the club’s Marine Life Officer was awarded the prestigious S.A.A. George Arnold trophy for her services to marine life and conservation. As a result of the activities of this section, the club as a whole has become more orientated towards conservation and pollution matters.
In 1998 the unreliable twin 40hp outboards on the R.I.B. were replaced with a 100hp Yamaha four stroke, in 2001 Mike Burley was rewarded with a gold award for his long services to our governing body, The Sub Aqua Association and in 2000 a new 40hp outboard was purchased for the Chinook,
In 2002 the club was awarded a lottery grant of £3500 to purchase much needed basic SCUBA equipment to allow the club to offer all new members free loan of equipment as they go through their basic pool training and thus helping the club continues with its active SCUBA & snorkel training programs.
In 2004 the club celebrates its 25th year!

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SAA club based in Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire. Offers dive trips and training.

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Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) London, Edinbourg, Lisboa
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