News from the club
January 1st, 2020
The first dive of the New Year in Arlesey proved fruitful with Mid Herts Diver Alan Baldock (pictured left) and other divers from North Herts and Stevenage clubs finding and recovering a mobile phone, dropped overboard a dinghy in December. Great collaboration between the local dive clubs. Let's hope we continue with more fun and interesting dives in 2020.
December 30th, 2019
One of the social highlights of the year was the 2019 Christmas meal and Awards Presentation. This year, the meal was held at the French-themed gastro-pub The Waggoners at Digswell hill, Welwyn Garden City. The meal was well attended by members and families. We had an area of the Waggoners to ourselves on a couple of tables and the service was very prompt and the food tasty. Wine, beer and ...
December 18th, 2019
Following on from last week's Basic Life Support session, we had another very successful and well attended refresher for the AED, Automated External Defribullator. All bar our newest recruits had attended the AED SDC as part of Mid Herts Divers commitment to safety, to have all members currently proficient in Rescue Skills. The AED trainer was kindly on loan from Rod Reeves of Herts Lifesa...
December 11th, 2019
Mid Herts Divers club night at Hatfield Swim Centre saw a Basic Life Support refresher for members. The event was well attended and a good opportunity for members to brush up on these essential skills. Mark and Clive took us through the essentials of Basic Life Support, BLS using a couple of club resuscitation manikins for Cardiac Compressions and Rescue Breaths. Part the way through, the "Annie" ...
December 8th, 2019
Darius attended MHD for a try dive in early December. He was very keen to get back in the water following an unsatisfactory try dive elsewhere and his perseverance paid off. Following our usual try dive format we began in standing depth with kitting up and equipment familiarisation. Inflating BC and surface finning on backs was followed by descending, weight check and adjusting buoyancy to hover....
