HOLBORN 130 BRITISH SUB-AQUA CLUB 2001 SEASON

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Horsea Dive Centre : 16th March

Marshall: Simon Perse: Concrete quay

Horsea Lake
Water temperature not actually too bad (around 9 degrees) - although this was seriously cold on the forehead when acting as a casualty and being given AV.

Depth: 6, Time: 20	Nic Weeks	Mark Reddick	LS1
Depth: 6, Time: 20	Jos Matthews	Spencer Polley	LS1
Depth: 6, Time: 20	Simon Perse	Karen Durham-Diggins	DL rescue practise
Depth: 6, Time: 20	Nic Weeks	Mark Reddick	Spencer Polley	DL rescue practise
Depth: 6, Time: 15	Simon Perse	Karen Durham-Diggins	DL rescue practise

Weymouth : Easter

Marshall: Dave Fletcher: Holborn Diver
Cold, bad vis. The usual Easter fun!

13th April 2001 : Lulworth Cove
plus rescue practice inside the cove itself

Depth: 11, Time: 20	Dave Fletcher (40%)	Jeremy Carne	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 11, Time: 20	Nic Weeks (36%)	John Deadman	Cleo Juan
Depth: 11, Time: 20	Gail Downey	Paul Fingleton
Depth: 11, Time: 25	Jerry Gull	Steve Taylor

14th April 2001 : Portland Harbour wall

Depth: 10, Time: 24	Dave Fletcher (40%)	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne	AAS rescue excercise
Depth: 10, Time: 20	Gail Downey	Paul Fingleton
Depth: 10, Time: 20	Nic Weeks (36%)	John Deadman
Depth: 10, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Cleo Juan

15th April 2001 : HMS Hood

Depth: 12, Time: 25	Nic Weeks (36%)	John Deadman	The famous Not The Hood dive, in which Nick failed to find a Battleship in 15m with a rope tied to it
Depth: 10, Time: 25	Jos Matthews (36%)	Cleo Juan
Depth: 15, Time: 26	Chrissy Rogers	Dave Fletcher (27%)	Chrissy lead the dive as an exercise
Depth: 15, Time: 25	Simon Perse (36%)	Gail Downey	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 18, Time: 36	Jerry Gull	Steve Taylor

16th April 2001 : The Dredger outside the harbour near the Hood

Depth: 10, Time: 25	Dave Fletcher (27%)	Cleo Juan
Depth: 10, Time: 35	Nic Weeks (36%)	Chrissy Rogers	Jeremy Carne	SD CBL and reg-sharing exercises
Depth: 10, Time: 25	Gail Downey	Paul Fingleton
Depth: 10, Time: 25	Jerry Gull	Steve Taylor

Weymouth : 28/29th April

Marshall: Dave Fletcher: Skin Deep. Skipper: Ian Taylor

28th April 2001 : HMS Hood

Depth: 16, Time: 35 (1)	Andy Goldby	Jo Goldby
Depth: 17, Time: 44 (1)	Colin Manders	Steve Taylor (rb)	Problem with the Inspiraton caused Steve to abort initally, but he was able to fix it.
Depth: 16, Time: 35 (1)	Spencer Polley	Dave Fletcher (32%)	Simon Perse	Spen leading DF as a sport diver, Simon assessing.
Depth: 17, Time: 45 (1)	Billy Croker	John Cassidy
Depth: 16, Time: 40 (1)	Cheryl Ashman	Maike Heining

29th April 2001 : HMS Landrail
The Landrail was a corvette, used as a gunnery target, and sunk while under tow just after the war. Upright, missing the deckhouses, but some teak decking still in place. Slack as for the M2

Depth: 33, Time: 35 (10)	Andy Goldby	Jo Goldby	A decent Lobster (male) brought up by this pair.
Depth: 32, Time: 44 (10)	Colin Manders	Steve Taylor (rb)
Depth: 31, Time: 35 (13)	Dave Fletcher (24%)	Spencer Polley
Depth: 32, Time: 45 (15)	Billy Croker	John Cassidy
Depth: 33, Time: 40 (12)	Cheryl Ashman	Maike Heining

Plymouth : First Spring Bank Holiday

Marshall: Jos Matthews: Holborn Diver
A great deal of club and sports diver training was done on this trip.

5th May 2001 : Penlea Point

Depth: 11, Time: 33 (2)	Simon Perse (36%)	Mark Reddick
Depth: 8, Time: 20 (1)	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 9, Time: 25 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	Jon Poulton	Dan Clarke

5th May 2001 : Mewstone

Depth: 16, Time: 30	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 20, Time: 42 (1)	Simon Perse (36%)	Dan Clarke	Mark Reddick
Depth: 15.6, Time: 20 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	John Deadman	Felix Gamon

6th May 2001 : James Eagan-Layne

Depth: 19, Time: 30 (1)	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 16, Time: 16	Simon Perse (36%)	Jon Poulton	Richard Anderson
Depth: 15, Time: 32 (1)	Mark Reddick	Dan Clarke
Depth: 19, Time: 28 (2)	Jos Matthews (36%)	John Deadman	Felix Gamon

6th May 2001 : Mewstone

Depth: 14, Time: 29	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 12.5, Time: 25	Simon Perse (36%)	Jon Poulton	Richard Anderson
Depth: 15, Time: 32	Mark Reddick	Dan Clarke
Depth: 11, Time: 35	Jos Matthews (36%)	John Deadman	Felix Gamon

7th May 2001 : Shagstone and the Tinker Shoal

Depth: 14, Time: 30 (1)	Nic Weeks (36%)	Emma Kirk	James Lawrence
Depth: 12, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Jon Poulton	Richard Anderson
Depth: 14, Time: 32 (1)	Mark Reddick	John Deadman
Depth: 11, Time: 30 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	Dan Clarke	Felix Gamon

Littlehampton : Second Spring Bank Holiday

Marshall: Anna Pascoe: Holborn Diver
Generally very poor u/w visibility all over the area on this week-end.

26th May 2001 : Mulberry Harbour
High-water slack. Visibility rubbish - plankton.

Depth: 12, Time: 36	Dave Fletcher (28%)	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 12.5, Time: 39	Jerry Gull	Mark Reddick
Depth: 11, Time: 50	Simon Perse (36%)	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 12, Time: 32	Anna Pascoe	Karen Durham-Diggins	Steve Milner

26th May 2001 : West Winter Knoll Reef
Marks not accurate (no reef). Drift. Visibility poor. Only 2 pairs put in because of poor surface visibility.

Depth: 13.5, Time: 29	Simon Perse (36%)	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 14, Time: 35	Jerry Gull	Mark Reddick

27th May 2001 : Kingmere Rocks
This was going to be the Shirala, but Nick could not find it. A fast drift just after high water. Three pairs found the reef, one did not.

Depth: 16, Time: 44	Simon Perse (36%)	Jeremy Carne
Depth: 15.5, Time: 43	Anna Pascoe	Chrissy Rogers
Depth: 16, Time: 39	Steve Milner	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 17, Time: 28	Jerry Gull	Mark Reddick	Not the Kingmere Rocks, unfortunately

Littlehampton : 10th June 2001

Marshall: Simon Perse: Holborn Diver
Dive leader training day.

Kingmere Rocks

Depth: 16, Time: 20	Jos Matthews (36%)	Karen Durham-Diggins	Diver leader rescue assessment (AAS)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Spencer Polley	Diver leader rescue assessment (AAS)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Mark Reddick	Diver leader rescue assessment (AAS)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Jos Matthews (36%)	Karen Durham-Diggins	Diver leader rescue assessment (CBL)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Spencer Polley	Diver leader rescue assessment (CBL)
Depth: 16, Time: 20	Simon Perse (36%)	Mark Reddick	Diver leader rescue assessment (CBL)

East Beach, Selsey
DL beach landing assessment, and leading a club diver.

Depth: 4, Time: 20	Karen Durham-Diggins	Jos Matthews (36%)	Leading a club diver
Depth: 4, Time: 20	Spencer Polley	Dave Fletcher (36%)	Leading a club diver
Depth: 4, Time: 20	Mark Reddick	Simon Perse (36%)	Leading a club diver

Littlehampton : 16/17th June 2001

Marshall: Simon Perse: Holborn Diver
16th lost to bad weather. Marine life identification dive.

17th June : Mixon Hole
Outstanding vis: better than 10m. Lots of Lobster at the bottom of the Hole.

Depth: 19, Time: 31 (1)	Jos Matthews (36%)	Simon Perse (36%)	Dave Fletcher (28%)
Depth: 24, Time: 32 (1)	Mike Maloney	Jan Maloney

Mulberry Harbour

Depth: 9, Time: 21

Jos Matthews (36%)

Simon Perse (36%)

Littlehampton : 23rd June 2001

Marshall: Jos Matthews: Holborn Diver
Sport diver training in a bit of a rough old sea. 3 out of 6 divers sea-sick, but dived anyway. Bravo!

Kingmere Rocks

Depth: 14, Time: 20 (1)	Simon Perse (36%)	Felix Gamon	Sport-diver AAS rescue
Depth: 14, Time: 20 (1)	Dave Fletcher (28%)	Dan Clarke	John Deadman	Sport-diver AAS rescue

Baltimore, Co. Cork, Eire : 15th-21st July 2001

Marshall: Steve Milner: Red Dragon. Skipper: Gene Macarthy
A week in South-West Ireland, repeating last years successful trip

15th July : Alondre
Very broken up wreck (sunk 1916), with its bows hard up on Kedge Rocks in 6m. Anchor Chain in a gully leads out to broken frames, then a huge cranckshaft and engine casing with valve parts in 16m. Boilers are deeper, and appear to have rolled there from original position forwards, to their current position in 20m. Wreckage ends at about 25m.

Depth: 16, Time: 37

Dave Fletcher (28%)

Ros Lowrie

Several P. Quadrilineata, Squat Lobster, Thorogobius epihippus, and