| Open Water Confined Dive 1 | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onWednesday, February 28, 2007 8:18 AM | |
| Phil, Mark, Karen and Declan did their first pool session with Cathy and Chris for there Open Water Course.Congratulations! Tim, Mark, Nick worked on there rescue course in the pool tonight with Nick and Luke. |  | |
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| IANTD Equipment Setup | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onTuesday, February 27, 2007 8:17 AM | |
| | IANTD tecnical equipment set up session with Chris Dalby, prior to his upcoming course in Oban. Alex showed him some tricks of the trade to streamline and configure his single recreational equipment into a technical rig in just a few hours. | | |
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| DSAT TEC At Stoney Cove | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onMonday, February 26, 2007 8:16 AM | |
| | Nick and Cathy completed the first dives of their DSAT TEC Deep diver programme at Stoney Cove in Leicestershire. | | |
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| PADI Enriched Air Nitrox | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onSaturday, February 24, 2007 8:15 AM | |
| | Well done to Mark, Nick and Dave who worked their way through the PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver course. This is the PADI Specialty of the Month for February, so all three guys have been entered into a draw to win next months Specialty of the Month course materials. They will also be entered into a prize draw at the end of the year to win a trip for two to Egypt. | | |
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| DSAT Tec Deep | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onFriday, February 23, 2007 8:14 AM | |
| DSAT Tec Deep program started today. Cathy and Nick are both really excited about the opportunity of developing their own personal diving limits with twinsets and two stage decompressions cylinders only part of the new equipment they will be using, we wish you the best of luck. Alex was helping Luke prepare for his IANTD Advanced Recreational Trimix course by orientating him to his equipment and running through some skills and drills. Matt and Emma joined us to practice some skills in the 5m pool. They are both booked onto the Drysuit and Nitrox Specialties in March. Thanks to Mark and Vanessa who were helping out on shore cover. This consists of more than just ensuring people are logged air in and air out of the water. It usually involves getting a little wet helping people in and out of the water, helping with equipment issues and generaly supporting the rest of the instructional team. | | |
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| Discover Scuba Diving | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onWednesday, February 21, 2007 8:13 AM | |
| | This evenings Discover Scuba Diving session went really well, with both Bethan and Graeme looking really comfortable in the water. They have taken up the challenge and are signing up to PADI Open Water diver course so they can go diving when they go to Malta in April. Congratulations guys. | | |
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| PADI Instructor Exam Success! | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onFriday, February 16, 2007 9:56 AM | |
| Congratulations to Mike and Chris who have worked really hard over the last two days at their PADI Instructor Exam.
The guys did well passing with flying colours through their pool and open water work. We would like to congratulate you both on the effort you have put in over the past few weeks and the Diving Leisure Leeds team are going to continue supporting you through your continuing instructor development. Keep up the good work. | | |
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| Lots Of Great News! | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onWednesday, February 14, 2007 9:54 AM | |
| Kathy came along for her first Discover Scuba Diving session at Tong Recreation Centre. After a little apprehension at the start, the session progressed really well. With Chris and Alex guiding her through this session, Kathy has now decided to take up the Open Water Challenge. Well done Kathy.
Not to be out done, but young Declan, who after several sessions, this time Underwater Kung Foo Fighting with TDM Luke, has also taken up the challenge, signing up to his Junior Open Water diver course. Matt & Emma came along for their first pool session with us, after a very cold entry into UK diving with their 4 degree dive at Blue Lagoon on Saturday..... in 8mm wetsuits, I feel cold at the thought of it. Thankfully they have now signed up to their PADI Drysuit Specialty program, here's to keeping warm guys.... | | |
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| OWSI Success!! | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onSunday, February 11, 2007 9:53 AM | |
| Congratulations to Mike Fell and Chris Dalby who have just completed the OWSI Course here at Diving Leisure Leeds.
The water was cold at Capernwray, so I hear, ha ha ha. But the guys worked hard and got through the program with flying colours. They even learnt to tie knots underwater with their eyes shut, quite impressive Mr Baggins.... | | |
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| Confined Water Presentations | | DLL Blog
| By Alex Varnals onSaturday, February 10, 2007 9:52 AM | |
| Back in the pool at Tong Recreation Centre, the guys finished off their confined water presentations, practiced some more rescue skills and reviewed some more skills from their skill circuits.... Keep going guys, nearly there.
We have also thawed out Matt and Emma, after their first UK dive with Luke, in 4 degree centigrade water, in 8mm wetsuits. They managed a whopping 12 minutes before they crawled out a shade of blue..... Drysuit weather me thinks!!! | | |
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