Kristina Pedder meets York Sub Aqua Club , revitalised after a fundraising push and now blooming with a renewed appetite for club life
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York Sub-Aqua Club
Kristina Pedder meets York Sub Aqua Club , revitalised after a fundraising push and now blooming with a renewed appetite for club life
PHOTO : ANDREW ARMSTRONG
LOCATION : North Yorkshire MEMBERSHIP FEE : £ 150 plus BSAC
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Enjoying the Farne Islands
Need some funds for your club ? York Sub Aqua Club did , so they dived enthusiastically into the Sport England Movement Fund and , with some help from famous Yorkshire brands and other friends , they got their online fundraising matched pound for pound . The compressor is no longer struggling to breathe and the club has a new lease of life .
When was the club formed ?
In 1957 , four years after BSAC was founded , we became BSAC branch number 50 , emerging from the York Underwater Research Group . Since then , our members have been diving for fun or more serious reasons , embarking on many search and recovery and marine conservation projects over the years , both locally and abroad . In the early days , health and safety rules were mere whispers , drowned out by the divers ’ passion for the underwater world .
The club was awarded the very first BSAC Heinke Trophy in 1958 . The trophy is still awarded every year to recognise the significant contribution of a club and its members to the growth and development of scuba diving .
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PHOTO : AARON COOK
Tell us about your members today .
We have a membership of around 40 and have been growing this in the last few years . We are 13 trainees , six Ocean Divers , 11 Sports Divers , five Dive Leaders and five Advanced Divers . In years gone by , we had as few as 25 members ; now we hope to keep on growing .