Summer Newsletter


Limited Company
Confirmation has been received from the club’s solicitor that Athlone Sub Aqua Club is now incorporated as a limited company.

Clubhouse Development
Orders have been placed for new clubhouse furniture and computer equipment. It is expected that these items will be in place within the next four to six weeks

Club Clothing
The new range of clothing is still available from Alpha 1 print. They supply a large selection of Garments in many colours. They are located in Blyry Industrial Estate. Just drop in or give them a call on 0906417051 to place your order or check out their prices.

Club Monthly Meetings
The attendance levels at the Club monthly meetings have been extremely poor over the year so far. So far the March, April and July meetings have not taken place due to not having enough people to make a quorum. The club needs as much input as possible to help in its running and the more members that share their views and opinions the better it is for the Club as a whole. So if YOU want to ensure the club continues to succeed then please come down to the clubhouse on the first Wednesday of every Month at 8pm. There will be no meeting in August due to the club holiday so the next club monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday the 3rd of September.

Text Messaging
At this stage all members should be getting text messages from the club. If you are not receiving texts and are a fully paid up member then contact the secretary Cian Hynes and he will check the phone database for you.

Safety Cover
A big thanks to all who have helped out in all the recent raft race in Ballinasloe, the Debra Ireland swim in Coosan, the rowing regatta in Coosan point, all the Triathlone swim practices over the last few weeks and of course the Triathlone. All these events could not take place without Athlone Sub Aqua Club and all the members who took part. These events place the club in full view of the public and help us keep a good profile for all our fundraising events. Indeed we have received a huge amount of thanks from all organisations that run these events. Again thanks to all.

Congratulations
Well done to Colm O Reily and Kieran Kelly on passing their Cox'n test and to Michael Toohey and Dominik Kirf on passing their club diver recently.

Clubhouse Keys
Members should be aware that the locks of the clubhouse have been changed.
It was decided at club monthly meeting on June 4th, to update and replace all clubhouse keys. This is taking place due to the need for increased security around the clubhouse. A lot of money has been spent in the recent past and in order to protect that investment all keys will be replaced.
There have been a large number of keys given out to members over the last 5 years and unfortunately there is no complete record of who has keys and who has not. Pauric Hynes is collecting all old keys.
Keys are available from Pauric Hynes. Each key will cost 15 euros and are only available to Fully paid up members of Club diver level or above. If a member leaves the club or their membership lapses for longer than a season then the key must be returned, the 15euro fee will be refunded

Clubhouse Barrier
The use of the clubhouse barrier has again become a matter of concern in recent times. It has been repeatedly left open by members, which is allowing non-members to access the clubhouse. It has caused the slipway to be blocked up by non-members and non-members cars parked on the clubhouse grounds.So please, if you are entering the clubhouse, even for just a few minutes, close the barrier down behind you. If you are last out of the clubhouse then close and lock the barrier as you leave. Hopefully we can eliminate the amount of non-members using the clubhouse as a car park and blocking up the slipway.

Dive Fees
As all members know, the club agreed a policy of prepaying for all dives before each member commences diving at the AGM in November 2007. However some members have dived without yet making this payment. Members who haven’t yet paid will be stopped from diving at the club weekends away. The DO has a record of all dives done so far this season so members who have dived are encouraged to pay this fee as soon as possible to avoid the possibility of being stopped from diving on their weekends away. Students are exempt.

Dive Program
Below is the dive program for the next few months. As always these venues can be changed due to weather and availability of Diving Officers.

July 19th - 20th Inishboffin
July 26th - 27th Killary
Aug 2nd - 4th Ballinskelligs
Aug 5th - 7th Allihies
Aug 8th - 10th Baltimore
Aug 16th - 17th Skerd Rocks Roundstone
Aug 23rd - 24th Achill Island
Aug 27th - 30th Isle of Man
Aug 31st Kilkee
Sep 6th - 7th Doolin
Sept 13th - 14th Kilmore Quay
Sept 20th - 21 Stags of Broadhaven
Sept 27th - 28th Kilkee
Oct 4th - 5th Kilkee
Oct 11th - 12th Teelin
Oct 18th - 19th Strangford Lough
Oct 25th - 27th Not Decided yet

Any queries on the above dive program contact Diving Officer Colm O Reily

Rgds

Cian

Club Holiday 2008

Hi all

The club holiday this year will start on the 2nd of August the bank holiday weekend in Ballinskelligs, mid week in allihies and finish in Baltimore for the 9th. I have provisionally booked two dives for that day with Aqua adventure dive centre at a cost of 65 per diver. The first dive been the U260 and the second yet to be decided the tide will be perfect this day for this dive. I need names of people interested in doing these dives and money up front before i confirm the booking. All divers must have membership and dive fees fully paid up. I cannot accept names or money unless this is done. Also all divers must be active and dived up to the depth of 40m at the time of the dive. Unfortunately there can be no refund for anyone not dived up or not active at the time of the dive.

Please reply if interested and i will need money and names before Friday.

Colm O' Reilly
Diving Officer

For anymore details contact Colm on 086 1019131

Cian