How do i do my Sports Diver?

[Ibbo]

Hi ive just passed my Ocean Diver and would like to do my Sports Diver, how do i do this? ill be based near Dorset from August but im in Harrogate at the mo. any advice?

[JamesW]

Are you in the army ??

[Ibbo]

Yea, well at the mo im at the AFC(army foundation college) but pass out in 7 week to Blandford (signals) for phase 2

[Jester]

Are you a member of a club or a "BSAC Direct" member?

From my experience being a BSAC Direct member means that you can walk into any club, pay their club membership fees and get trained.

[David Walker]

Two options:

Find a BSAC school, who will take your money and teach you Sports Diver usually with a few evenings or weekends or something.

Find a BSAC club, who you can dive with, learn from, and who will do your Sports Diver often partly during normal diving, rather than doing it as an intensive course. And with a club, after you've done SD you can continue to dive with them, and then you've got ready-made buddies.

No idea whats around in your area, a look around the bsac.com website should help you find some schools, or bsac.org has the club lists.

David

[JamesW]

Hi there's a BSAC branch at Blandford camp the civi PTI called Taff has something to do with the club, he is now a BSAC OWI so wait till you get there then give him a shout. I done my Padi Divemaster with him a few years ago so send him my regards.
Theres also a branch at Bovington the Tank camp the PTI wo2 runs that one but I don't know his name.
Best of luck
James

[Casanunder]

Or IPSAC (Isle of Purbeck SAC); they dive around the South Dorset coast.

http://www.ipsacdivers.co.uk/

Some friends of mine have dived with the club for a couple of years and I'm in the process of joining there myself.

[Paul Oliver]

There are also clubs up the road at Warminster and Tidworth.

They used to run courses out of Bulford as well, all levels so SD may be an option there.

Blandford - A pretty damn good location for sooo much diving :)

Of course you may well be rather busy doing other courses for your trade for the near future.

[amy-ward]

I did my OD tadpole weekend with him (Bovington). Malcolm Strickland is the guy that we were put in contact with.


Hi there's a BSAC branch at Blandford camp the civi PTI called Taff has something to do with the club, he is now a BSAC OWI so wait till you get there then give him a shout. I done my Padi Divemaster with him a few years ago so send him my regards.
Theres also a branch at Bovington the Tank camp the PTI wo2 runs that one but I don't know his name.
Best of luck
James