Enjoying the Welsh coast
Cardigan Sub Aqua Club
LOCATION : Ceredigion , West Wales
MEMBERSHIP FEE : £ 11 /£ 5.50 per month ( full , youth / student )
CONTACT : X Alan 07970 462 332 or Angharad 07875 853 136
Cardigan Sub Aqua Club in West Wales is bilingual , offering training in both Welsh and English . The club has a healthy membership , a sizeable and well-qualified instructor team and two boats . Interview by Kristina Pedder
When was the club formed ?
The first meeting was at Cardigan Pool in April 1976 , instigated by Nigel Williams , Wyn ‘ Chips ’ Jones and Goff Evans : Nigel was a teacher ; Wyn was a bit of a fisherman ( he had a boat ); and Goff a postman , who ended up working in the diving industry . John Quinney also got involved and he had a compressor that could charge cylinders up to 180 bar . The pool was packed , the meeting was a resounding success , and the club – the proud owner of two cylinders and two regulators ; no instructors , no money – was born . Amazingly , from these small beginnings , our club has survived and thrived .
30 Club photo from 1976