| New RIB purchased for Club use
Our last arrival.
A Redbay 145HP Diesel 6.5 Meter RIB.
with Jimmy Lyons, one of the Club Founder Members.
Date: 19.08.08.
Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua Assistant Dive Officer, Keith Farrell has recently qualified as a BSAC Trimix Insturctor.
Since obtaining his First Class Diver qualification, we now congratulate Keith on this latest achievement.
Keith is the first BSAC Trimix Instructor in Ireland.
On 03.06.08 A BSAC Extended Course will commence. For additional info, please call Keith on 07764814512.
Date: 19.08.08
Due to the decision of the PSNI to disband the Police Diving Unit, it was decided at a meeting on 16th June 07 to purchase a new 7.5 Meter 325hp Inboard Diesel RIB. This purpose built, enviromentally friendly, state of the art craft will greatly assist the Search & Recovery Unit, a division within the Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua, in carrying out search & recovery missions, in the local and surrounding waters of the Newry & Moune Area. To date we have received great support from the local people and businesses in the area and their assistance has been greatly appreciated in this latest venture. It is hoped that we will obtain funding from Newry & Mourne Council.
There was a very suscessful fund raising event in Newry Golf Inn on Friday 12th October 07. This event was greatly supported by the local people, local businesses, as well as Newry & Mourne Council. The event had a four course meal and dancing into the early hours. Prior to the event taking place, our Chairman, Gerry Brown gave a speech that spoke from the heart and touched on matters that were dear to those who had in the past attended Search & Recovery missions. During the event, there was a very suscessful auction and raffle, where a huge amount was raised towards the funding of our new vessel. The enjoyment continued into the eary hours and a great time was had by all that atended.....See local media for details.
We would like to thank everybody who was involved with making the function possible as well as those who supported us, by attending. Thank you.
Watch this space for details of our next fund raiser or call Philomena on 00353872324699 or Peter on 07836774694...or Tommy 07801089010
........NEWS FLASH....NEWS FLASH......... THE ORDER FOR A NEW 7.5 METRE RIB AT AN APPRXOXIMATE COST OF £50k WAS PLACED WITH REDBAY BOATS LTD ON FRIDAY 28.09.07.....DELIVERY TO BE ADVISED ............A NEWS UPDATE WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY...................
"Please help us to help others".
Nitrox Compressor purchase
 At a meeting of the Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua Club on the evening of 20.10.05, it was unanimously agreed that the club would purchase a purposely designed Nitrox Compressor at a cost of $10k. This was a very brave undertaking as all of the funding would be from individual club members.
In what one could only call a united show of solidarity, there was a unanimous vote to purchase the Nitrox compressor.
Although putting the club under severe financial strain, due to the high interest and demand it was decided that the purchase be made. The purchase of the Nitrox compressor will not only make the individuals who use the higher enriched Oxygen content mix in their cylinders, less prone to the bends" but allow less time on decompression. This will be of signficant safety to recently trained divers, where on occassion their loss of boyency can lead to hospitalisation or on occassion a fatality.
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