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Celebrations and Awards from Mares & SSI at GO Diving Show
Mares celebrate their 70th Anniversary and SSI give out awards on the trade day of Go Diving Show
At the end of the trade day at the GO Diving show at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, the team from Mares and SSI celebrated 70 years of Mares and also handed out awards for SSI dive centres and instructors. Those gathered around the stand watched on, with a well earned beer, watched on as Richard Corner congratulated SSI members for their hard work and achievements in 2018.
SSI Dive Centre Awards
The SSI Dive Centre Awards went to…
- Overall Students – 1st place Dive Newquay
- Pro Development – 1st place Divemaster Scuba
- XR development – 1st place Divemaster Scuba
- Freediving development – 1st place Porthkerris Divers
- Junior Diver development – 1st place Dive Newquay
- Newcomer award – Bespoke Diving Adventures
SSI Pro Awards
The SSI Pro Awards went to…
- Student Development – 1st place Mark Duncombe
- Pro development – 1st place James Taylor
SSI Master Diver Challenge
The SSI Master Diver Challenge wins a full set of Mares scuba diving equipment and is also entered into the 2019 Grand Prize. The winner is…Alex Tetley
A special award was given to Martin Sampson from Anglesey Divers. He received the SSI Platinum Pro 5000 award defined as the world’s most elite water explorers. The list of card holders is a “Who’s Who” of diving, containing the more prominent dive professionals. Well done Martin!
For more information about SSI visit their website by clicking here.
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Dive Worldwide Announces Bite-Back as its Charity of the Year
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
Gear News
Scubapro Free Octopus Promotion 2024
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
Get a free S270 OCTOPUS with purchase of these combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with D420
MK25 EVO Din mit S620Ti-X
Get a free R105 OCTOPUS with purchase of the following combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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