SCUBAHUB
University clubs see membership surge
THE 2026 FRESHERS FAIR SEASON HAS seen a bumper number of universities signing up for support from BSAC.
Every year, BSAC’ s university clubs receive support to help them recruit new members over the freshers’ season. And within the first few weeks of the new academic year, 35 university clubs had already signed up for their freshers support packs from BSAC HQ.
All the hard work promoting scuba and snorkelling to the new fresher students at their university has now started to pay off.
As a result, 472 new BSAC university club members were recruited at fresher fairs during September and early October- 100 new members ahead of the new member total this time last year. Many of these new members are already progressing with their Ocean Diver or Sports Diver training.
BSAC has also supported our university clubs with grant applications, working with their student unions, completing risk assessments and delivering training.
BSAC offers a wealth of information and new member recruitment support for university clubs- more information can be found online at bsac. com / uniclubsupport or contact mandyh @ bsac. com T. 0151 350 6256
The fun of fine finning – now a BSAC workshop
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BSAC HAS JUST LAUNCHED ITS NEW Propulsion Workshop- the latest Skill Development Course to support BSAC members looking to refine their diving techniques.
From trainee Ocean Divers all the way to First Class Diver, the new Propulsion skills workshop is aimed at all levels who want to improve their finning. The workshop also forms part of the modular Sports Mixed Gas suite of courses that include Twin-set( or
Sidemount), Accelerated Decompression Procedures and Deeper Diving.
Designed to be delivered within BSAC clubs, the new Propulsion workshop covers a wide range of finning techniques and when to use them. The fin kicks are split into power kicks, kicks to reduce the wash from your fins and control kicks for fine positioning. The workshop even covers the pull-and-glide technique for when a fin kick would completely silt out your dive.