2024 TSAC Committee – an introduction
These are the new committee members for 2024.
From left to right.
Back Row
Jack Irlam (Membership secretary), Sarah O’Neill (Treasurer), Joe Willis (TO), Simon Read (IO/Social secretary)
Front Row
Alf Draper (DO),Paul Tweedale (Secretary), Paula Garbett (Chair), Lisa Kean (TO)
Below is an introduction to each member of the committee, a few notes about their diving experience and interests.
CHAIR
Paula Garbett
| Qualification | Advanced/Club instructor |
| Time diving/with TSAC | Diving 36 years, TSAC 6 years, |
| Favourite dive area | Farnes |
| Best dive | USS Liberty, Bali |
| Favourite type of diving | Any |
| Dream dive | Diving with Whale sharks |
| What made you start diving? | Fancied the instructor, ended up marrying him |
SECRETARY
Paul Tweedale
| Qualification | Dive Leader |
| Time diving | 18 years |
| Favourite dive area | Fjordland, New Zealand (but not been to the Galapagos islands) |
| Best dive | Fjords in Norway |
| Favourite type of diving | Anywhere (increasingly in warm water) |
| Dream dive | Galapagos |
| What made you start diving? | A new challenge approaching retirement and talking to a colleague at work |
MEMBERS SECRETARY
Jack Irlam
| Qualification | Trainee Ocean Diver |
| Time diving/with TSAC | 10 months |
| Favourite dive area | Don’t know yet |
| Best dive | Don’t know yet |
| Favourite type of diving | WW2 wrecks |
| Dream dive | Whale sharks, Scapa Flow, Red Sea, Roman ruins |
| What made you start diving? |
TREASURER
Sarah O’Neill
| Qualification | Advanced |
| Time diving/with TSAC | 38 years |
| Favourite dive area | West coast of Ireland, Isle of Scilly, Plymouth, St Abbs |
| Best dive | Hand Deeps – Plymouth, The Gully’s – St Abbs |
| Favourite type of diving | Scenic |
| Dream dive | Above |
| What made you start diving? | Jacques Cousteau |
DIVE OFFICER
Alf Draper
| Qualification | Advanced Open Water Instructor |
| Time diving/with TSAC | 30+ years, TSAC 3 years |
| Favourite dive area | Oban, Red Sea |
| Best dive | Thistlegorm, Indonesia |
| Favourite type of diving | Any |
| Dream dive | Yongala wreck & reef |
| What made you start diving? | Hans & Lottie Haas |
TRAINING OFFICERS
Lisa Kean
| Qualification | Sports Diver & Assistant Instructor |
| Time diving/with TSAC | 2.5 years |
| Favourite dive area | Lanzarote |
| Best dive | First sea dive in St Abbs and seeing a comb jellyfish |
| Favourite type of diving | Everything |
| Dream dive | A dive with good vis, lots to see and a fun team |
| What made you start diving? | I did a try dive and came out of the dive speechless. I came home signed up and completed 20 years later. |
Joe Willis
| Qualification | Sports Diver |
| Time diving/with TSAC | 2.5 years |
| Favourite dive area | Thailand |
| Best dive | Thailand |
| Favourite type of diving | Wreck diving |
| Dream dive | Wreck diving in Malta |
| What made you start diving? | A friend brought me along |
INFORMATION OFFICER/SOCIAL SECRETARY
Simon Read
| Qualification | DL, OWI |
| Time diving/with TSAC | 25 years, 19 years |
| Favourite dive area | Scotland |
| Best dive | Silfra, Iceland |
| Favourite type of diving | Any |
| Dream dive | With a Blue Whale shark in the middle of the ocean |
| What made you start diving? | Snorkelling in Cyprus and Malta & Jacques Cousteau |
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