The Royal Oak
The Royal Oak The clubs founding member, Graeme Campbell, took part and helped organise a remarkable expedition to the Orkneys in order to film and record the wreck of the Royal Oak. Later in the year he will be giving us a talk and a viewing of the video that was produced at the time.…
International Women’s day – 8th March
International Women’s day – 8th March Not your normal club news but I thought it worth writing about. When we think of divers and innovators in diving the classic names are Jacques Cousteau, Hans Hass, Bob Hollis, Jean-Michel Cousteau, John Cronin, Ralph Erickson to name but a few. It is very rare that the list…
BSAC recognition
BSAC recognition We are proud to have received official recognition of our 50th anniversary from BSAC. BSAC have formally recognised our club reaching 50 years old. Originally formed as Sale sub aqua in 1973 (by Graeme Campbell) the name changed to fit with the changes in boundaries brought in by Greater Manchester and we became…
TSAC 50th anniversary dive
TSAC 50th anniversary dive This is the first of our 50th anniversary celebration events. Having got in contact with the founder member of our club we discovered that our first official logged dive was at, what is now an inland dive centre, Eccleston Delph (Eccleston Delph – Home – Eccleston Delph (thedelph.com)). The original dive…
Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh Originally we planned to dive Aqaba but as Easy Jet cancelled the flights we looked further south and chose to return to the steady favourite of Sharm El Sheikh. Six divers in total (five experienced and one relatively new diver). We arrived at the hotel late at night and were pleasantly surprised…
Capernwray – the Ted Tandy
Capernwray – The Ted Tandy Sadly the training dive for the weekend had to be cancelled but we decided to head up and check of a couple of dives on the Fifty@50 list and also to look over the new attraction, the Ted Tandy, a former barrow pilot boat, named after the hundreds of hours…
TSAC AGM 2023
TSAC AGM 2023 Agenda Dissolution of the 2022 Committee and election of 2023 Branch Officers – Paul Tweedale Position Nominee Proposed By Seconded By Elected Chairperson Paula Garbett Nick Haigh Debbie Carrier Paula Garbett Diving Officer Steve Bettison Richard Scarsbrook Dave Godson Steve Bettison Treasurer Ben Flanagan Paul Tweedale Lisa Kean Ben Flanagan Secretary Paul…
Mexico – ‘1 DOWN’
Mexico – ‘1 DOWN’ To celebrate our 50th anniversary we have set ourselves several targets based on the theme of 50. One of the whole club challenges is the ‘50 DOWN’, challenge. Over the year we are aiming to record the location of any dives completed and record 50 different sites/areas. Hopefully we will have…
Lifesaver training
Lifesaver training One of the great strengths of our club is the training provided for members. A variety of courses are offered by the team of instructors lead by our DO (Steve Bettison) and our TO (Steve Gresty). This years we have planned the Ocean Diver, Sports Diver, Dive Leader and Advanced Diver courses. In…
TSAC’s 50th Anniversary event list
TSAC’s 50th Anniversary event list Listed below are all the events for the 50th Anniversary year. Please make sure you put them in your diary/on your fridge/in your calendar and try to attend as many as possible. DIVE CHALLENGE – Year long This is a yearlong challenge and starts on January 1st. It is an…
Annual Christmas dive and meal
Annual Christmas dive and meal The annual call had been sent out for divers and socialisers for the annual club Christmas dive and meal on the 28th December. As usual Steve (our DO) had booked the Cornerhouse pub for lunch only to find out that it had closed it’s doors, so a hasty phone round…
Loch Long, a day out
Loch Long, a day out A question to start: What do you do when given an occasional day’s holiday to go Christmas shopping? Answer: Grab the opportunity with both hands and go diving, and where better than Loch Long? Loch Long is just North of Helensburgh on the West of Scotland an offers unparalleled diving…
