Many people ask what we stand for or who we feel we are -
I feel that the following sums up Divecrew in two words and is in fact at the very centre or soul of Divecrew
Dear Collin
I just wanted to thank you and your instructors for very thorough and consistent approaches to teaching and learning whilst I have undertaken my PADI Open Water Course. I feel very lucky that I could undertake the first part of the course locally, top up with some one to one sessions, and then by participating in one of your excellent holidays – complete my learning in very pleasant, warm surroundings and with good company.
Our course group was mixed bunch – people and ages – yet I think you got the best out of each of us. Even when afraid – and it can be a bit scary at times – everyone was supportive and encouraging – so that I could become proficient. I won’t hesitate to recommend the team to anyone who wants to learn to dive. I think I’m hooked! Now Wraysbury is calling – so when can I book onto the Dry Suit course?
Thanks again – to Terry, Neil, Jan, Duncan & co – and of course to you
with best wishes
Karen Carline
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Just to thank the crew and Tina in particular for helping with our dive review.
Pleased to say we completed two dive’s at Pollenca in Mallorca
Last week and posted PADIE documents today
Boys are keen to continue and want to dive in the UK Now
Regards Ian Grimster
Collin,
Thank you for organising the final dives for my advanced with Martin. As you may know already, the water temperature was a cool 3ºC, however, I was quite happy with that, as it proved to me that I will enjoy diving in the cold UK winter, as well as in sunnier climes. Martin allowed me to keep the knowledge reviews for me to take copies before handing them over to you, so I will drop them all off this week along with a couple of passport size photo’s to enable you to finalise the paperwork.
I would just like to say that Martin was great on the day, a very attentive knowledgeable instructor as well as a thoroughly nice guy. He gave me some great advice which I will take on board and am sure will make me a far better diver. I now plan to practice & hone the skills I have been taught over these past months by regular UK diving, so to that end, I will be in contact to book as many of the club weekend dives that you have listed on the website.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time diving with Divecrew and that has solely been due to the friendly & supportive nature of the people I have met thus far. I very much intend to continue increasing my diving experiences with Divecrew. My next equipment purchase will be a DSMB, when I drop off the reviews I will have a look at what you have available and would suggest.
See you soon.
Kind regards,
Julio Lema
Sysmek Ltd
Some great Buoyancy from Julio
Tags: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
From: Stuart Dale [mailto:stuart.m.dale@googlemail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:17 PM
To: Ivor Bradley (Europe)
Subject: Hi!
Ivor,
Just wanted to drop a quick line to you after getting back from a fantastic week’s diving in Marsa Alam.
I got a few comments along the lines of “you must have had a really strict instructor!” – do accolades for instructors get any better than that 
Many thanks for all your help in getting going with diving, hope to see you around soon.
Best regards
Stuart
Hi Collin,
Many thanks for such a well organized session last night from the guys- I passed too!
See you soon, maybe in for some last minute shopping before we go to the Maldives!
Take care
Sx
Tags: PADI Scuba Review
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HI Colin
Just a quick note to say thank you for arranging the ppb course had a really good time with a really good crew
I and Jake would like to add a special thank you martin for sticking with Jake and not giving up while Jake was having trouble equalizing and thanks to everyone for helping me with my equipment (Invalid) that I was
Look forward to the next one
Cheers
Paul
I will Bring the kit back ASAP
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Tags: peak performance Bouyancy
Hi Collin,
Thanks for organising to send my new tank to Stoney Cove, very much appreciated. As you know this was my first experience at Stoney Cove and it was a great day, John was excellent on the day, he was very informative, obviously knows the site extremely well and we had two very good dives with lots to see, I look forward to diving with him again at another UK site.
Kind regards,
Julio Lema
Sysmek Ltd
Morning Tina & Colin
Just wanted to thank you to both of you and John for all your help, encouragement and most of all patience over the last couple of weekends, though I’m sure you could have quite happily strangle me !!!!
Last night was a bit of a light bulb moment and things were so much easier when my feet weren’t trying to come to the surface before my head.
I’m now far more confident about the open water dives and dare I say looking forward to it .
Again thanks for all your help
See you soon
Kaye
Hi Collin,
Just a quick note to say a huge thank you for all your help over the past few weeks. I am thrilled to now be PADI qualified and if I can ever get over the frostbite, I may even dive again in the UK! …Who am I kidding…I will more then likely become an ‘over seas’ diver – I’m sure there is some in-house terminology for such wimps!
The instructors were superb. All were professionally competent and personally likable which offers the best combination all round. They have left me feeling very comfortable about diving on our holidays, and given their emphasis on safety, I feel I could manage most hairy situations should they arise!
I am sending you in a passport pic (hideous but a must!) – its for my PADI card as the one I had yesterday was too small,
Cheerio
Ali
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Terry
Stopped by but as you were not around I thought I’d drop you a note.
Just to say thanks for your training and your input into our dive training. Mitch and I had a great time in El Gouna and our instructor there was most complementary about our level of training and skill.
We passed the open water section without any problem and he specifically asked us to pass on his comments as to the high standard we had reached.
We really enjoyed the time with Emperor Divers and would recommend them for their relaxed but very professional approach, we felt as confident with them as we had with Divecrew.
The Movenpick Hotel was also very comfortable and the staff were very helpful and capable.
Unfortunately Josh had quite serious stomach problems out there and needed hospital treatment but we were very pleased with the support and treatment from both the hotel, Emperor, Regaldive and the local hospital, they all did everything they could to help and he recovered well.
All in all a nice part of Egypt to visit with the marine life and the people being the highlights
Again, thanks for your input
regards
Chris and Mitch Gebbie
Hi Colin,
I would like to thank you for the fantastic weekend in Wraysbury, the Divecrew trainers Ivor, Tim, Steve, Katherine , George and of course our ground support. They were all great.
Looking forward to the next great weekend.
–
Kind Regards
Adam Adamowicz
Hi Collin,
On Sunday I completed the last of my confined water dives with Martin Weddell as my instructor and he said that I should send my feedback as a student to you, so here it is. I found Martin to be a brilliant instructor, I was quite nervous before my first lesson, but he remained calm and relaxed which helped me to do the same. He was clear with instructions and helped me with tasks I found challenging (such as taking my mask off under water). Martin did a great job teaching me and overall I found all of the other instructors that I met on the course to be friendly and encouraging. I really enjoyed learning to dive and can’t wait to continue!
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Kaul
Tags: PADI Open Water Referral
Hi Collin
Pete and I both wanted to say a big thank you to all who helped us complete the navigation course this week. We both had a really good time and learnt a lot, one of the best courses we have done.
I would particularly like to say how good Katherine was as a TDM, she was my buddy for both days, she was was always very calm and instilled confidence.
best wishes
Vee
Tags: padi navigation speciality
Hi Collin, thanks again to Divecrew for a great weekend. Despite the poor visibility John & I achieved our goals, to make our first UK dives and for John to combat his diving reservations after his panic attack in Borneo.
Martin was the key to our success this weekend; he is patient and a professional dive instructor. Martin encourages self awareness and encourages you to believe in your ability to achieve the tasks; he does this by being supportive, encouraging and never being negative. For instance, for John following his negative experience in Borneo actually getting in the water again for the purpose of scuba diving was a ‘big deal’. John is very stubborn and if he decides not to do something there is no changing his mind! However, for Martin to interact with John bearing in mind we had only had a brief meeting in Borneo and a few emails after is proof of his capabilities as a dive instructor and as a person.
We are looking forward to further activities with DiveCrew; we are limited due to our responsibilities with our animals, but be assured we would choose DiveCrew without a doubt for any courses, holidays or just diving days.
I must not forget Katherine who dived with us on Saturday at Wraysbury, please thank her for her help and wish her luck with her training. She was also very supportive and a lovely girl who will no doubt achieve her goals.
My only complaint Collin is the ‘water was too b******cold’ – who ever persuaded us to dive UK, we always maintained that we would be warm water divers. John says the only time he goes to a lake is to fish it not to swim in it!!!
I think Martin has mentioned it to you already, please put us down for the Marsa trip 2012.
Once again many thanks to DiveCrew, you have a great team and everyone we met over the weekend associated with the club were friendly and welcoming.
Best Regards
Jane & John Meale.
Tags: padi Dry Suit Specialty, PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course
Thank you so much for a lovely E-mail! We are back and we have passed! So pleased!!!
Please do send us the info on Marsa Alam as we would be very interested-how kind of you to invite us!
Just want to say on behalf of both of us thank you Martin for all of your help and guidance, you are a great teacher and we couldn’t have done it without you!!! We would be delighted to dive with you again in the future!
Many thanks
Kelly Chilton
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Collin,
Just a quick note to let you know how fantastic Tim, Terry, Penny, Mark and Emma were last weekend.
Tim – very clear, concise and definite with his instructions and demonstrations. Friendly and relaxed manner… Made what could have been a stressful weekend a lot more fun than expected.
Terry – fun as always. Excellent feedback to students whether positive or negative.
Penny – very friendly and reassuring. Played the panicked diver very well indeed!
Mark – very realistic with the scenarios, fantastic pointers and feedback from him.
Emma – really lovely lass. Approachable, friendly and made us feel at ease straight away.
I really was nervous about the course, but realise now I shouldn’t have been. By far most rewarding course I’ve done so far… I’m still buzzing and can’t wait to continue our training!
Credit to you Collin… You have a fantastic team and I’m so pleased to be a part of divecrew!
Mel X
Tags: PADI Rescue Diver
Hi Collin,
Thought John might like some feedback on Sunday’s course. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and Mike says after making such a mess on his Open Water Course in Egypt on buoyancy he’s now got his confidence back so thank you.
We’ll be back next Sunday practising some more, we returned your call yesterday and spoke to Terry (I think) and organised it with him.
Jan
Tags: peak performance Bouyancy
Hi Colin,
Gemma and I really enjoyed the open water course and Martin has been a great instructor. I particularly wanted to say thank you to Jan and Mary too, they were so supportive and helpful. Gemma has needed some extra hand holding, especially yesterday in the pool when the dry suit was posing some issues. Mary was great with her.
So thank you to Martin, Jan and Mary, what a great team!
Irene
Tags: PADI Open Water Referral
Good day Colin
Just wanted to say thanks to the guys for the training – not only was it made fun, it was done professionally too. When Laura couldn’t equalise at one stage probably because of the hood, it all got a bit much for her, and she was treated so well and considerately, and she completed the session in the end (i believe with Steve). Thank you.
It was cold and perhaps not the best time to be hanging around under water getting even colder, but we got there.
i am interested in more experiences but i felt the ppb course would be better once i had my own gear ?
Training means alot of hanging around and that is a cold thing to do when the water is only 8/9 degrees. I am not going to be able to make the fist course in January due to business travel, but would like to do it at some stage.
Ivor made a very valid comment – although we have passed the test, we are lacking experience. In the new year, i want to get a few more regular dives in and would be interested in going anywhere with anyone that is prepared to have 2 inexperienced divers come along (Laura & myself).
with kind regards Simon
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hello Collin
- Course: we are happy we did the course as we believe it has improved our diving skills and with practice, we will continue to improve our buoyancy.
- Instructor: We wouldn’t have done the course with Divecrew if Martin wouldn’t have been the instructor. We find very easy to work with him… .hopefully it is reciprocal! 
and we think he is very good at teaching and keeping us focused making it fun at the same time. During the course as always, he made sure we understood what he wanted us to achieve and he explained all steps before getting into the water which made the experience enjoyable. Martin is also a good listener, which is key in training / teaching and he is interested in the students’ experience rather than just going through the motions
News Page: We have had a look at your entry for our PPB course and the photos look great. We think your website is fantastic, I am sure it takes a lot of effort to update all the photos from everyone and write captions! Thank you for putting an entry about us! It feels great.
Vobster: the e-mail from Martin detailing where Vobster was and their facilities was great. Because he told us where we would be diving, we checked that against the map we had from you so when we got there, we had an idea of how it looked. Great information as always from Martin. It shows he is thinking about things from the student’s point of view. Thank you
Cristina and Phil
Tags: PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course
Hi Colin,
Thanks for your email. Myself and John had a great experience at the weekend and although it was very challenging and demanding at times it brought with it great rewards and a sense of achievement that will no doubt live with us for a long time.
Please say thank you to everybody involved from Divecrew for their patients and professionalism throughout. Geoff and all the team really encouraged and supported all the students and, for me personally, gave me belief i could overcome my struggle with confidence, particularly on the first day. For that i shall always be grateful. It was a great thing to do and we hope the start of a long and exciting diving career!
To Jo, Michelle, Steve, the 2 Marks, Chris, James, anyone else i’ve missed and last but not least to Geoff (what a fantastic teacher he is!) – I thank you all and hope to see you again in the future.
We will give the PPB course a miss but thanks for the offer. We start our adventures (as qualified SCUBA divers!) in January in Australia and depending on how that goes we hope to return to Divecrew for the Advanced Open Water Course, probably in Spring/Summer next year. Please continue to send us information on courses and dates though so we can plan around them.
We will send you the knowledge reviews for the Dry Suit Speciality in the coming days when we get chance to complete them along with our donations for Project Aware UK.
Bye for now and best regards,
Dave Simmons.
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hello,
Great course thanks, Terry and crew where excellent….and the tea making skills second to none! haha
IIt would be difficult for me to collect as I work in London and don’t finish until 6-7pm, I did want to pop down to the social on Tuesday but I think I will be busy doing my holiday prep and finding someone to feed the cat n fish..I spose I could feed the cat to the fish or the fish to the cat!.
Anyway thanks for your help and I look forward to the info.
Danny (A possible PADI diver)
Just wanted to say thank you to Terry, Matt & Jan for a great weekend and to say the guys were excellent in the way they approached and carried out the training.
We all progress at different levels and they pitched it just right with plenty of humor and laughs along the way, which made it easier.
I felt very safe in their hands and will certainly recommend Dive Centre to anybody I know that is thinking of learning to dive.
I am off to Spain next week and hoping to put into practice what I have learnt.
Many thanks to everybody at the dive centre.
Regards
Steve Ellis
Director
S Ellis Consulting Ltd
Dear Martin,
Thank you for this message and let me say that it was a pleasure to do the weekend course with you.
Personally I found it hard and not what I would call an “enjoyable” weekend in the sense of the word, but it wasn’t as cold nor wet as I thought. However you gave us a lot of support .. especially considering all my questions and having had to repeat the CESA twice. Thank you Martin.
I have nice memories of the weekend and a sense of achievement, mainly because I know you wouldn’t have let us get away with anything and I praise your professionalism and your enthusiasm.
I thought your hand signals were fabulous which when I think about it, is one of the key things under water. Yours were very clear and paused. I also thought you controlled the group under water fantastically aided by the very good Alan, Mark and Emma.
I am very happy with having done the course with you at Wraysbury, you are confident and firm but also a good personality to get us all as a group going and enjoying the experience – thank you for your continued patient with me and hope to dive again with you
Regards, Cristina
Hi Collin
Elliot and I had a great time and we are delighted to be qualified divers with a dry suit speciality. Our thanks go especially to Martin for his great teaching skills and patience which enabled us to meet the course requirements Also thanks to Alan, Emma and Mark for their excellent support and direction (down and up!).
We will bring in our Dry Suit knowledge reviews this week in order to complete the Dry Suit documentation and also pay the air fill charge.
A peak performance buoyancy course is definitely something we would like to do in future but probably not until next year as I am completing a module for my MSc course in mid-November and there is a load of pre-reading to do before then.
See you later this week.
Regards
David & Elliot
P.S. Martin, thanks for the photos.
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Colin
Thank you for sending these to me so quickly I shall forward them to Spain and take a pack with me
I was very pleased to have completed the course and am grateful for you and Tim for fitting in my course ( and accommodating last night) prior to my visit to Spain next week.
I enjoyed the course and thought your organisation was v professional and friendly. All the Divers I met in the pools were helpful and friendly and would encourage me to consider coming on the holidays with you all
I must give a special mention re Tim whom I thought was an outstanding teacher. Very patient and a good demonstrator and also had it not been for him encouraging me to continue on the Sunday I would not have completed the course so do pass on my thanks to him.
Thank you for your leaflet ( good marketing!) and I will be in touch on my return from Spain ( assuming all goes well there!!) to at least do a Splash Back if not more.
Thanks again
Christine Birtles
Tags: PADI Open Water Referral
Hi Terry,
Hope you got home ok this morning!
Thank you so much for making sure we had a fantastic holiday in Dahab! We both really enjoyed ourselves and felt we really made the most of the people around us to help learn and develop our skills… as you said we are divers now!!!!
You mentioned that you would let me know if you would be in the shop this weekend as we’d like to pop in and chat with you about courses we should book ourselves onto. We’d both like a clear plan of the courses we should be doing with a view to achieving Rescue Diver or Master Scuba Diver status in the next 12 months.
Also, don’t forget to pencil us in for Marsa next May but only provisionally at this point… need to look at the finances and check we can take the time off work before committing.
Finally, don’t forget to put a D4 cable to one side for me to buy… I really need to start downloading my dives to my PC!
Thanks again! Look forward to hearing from you.
Mel x
Tags: Dahab
Dear Collin
Great feeling to get through the confined water element – though we were both v.tired on Sunday night
Many thanks and regards to Terry, Mark, Jason and Ann
Neil & Juliette Craggs
Tags: PADI Open Water Referral
Hi Collin,
I had a very enjoyable day and am indeed interested in joining you on some club events.
Let me have a look at your schedule and consult my diary and get back to you.
Thanks for a great day,
Matt.
Tags: PADI Drysuit Speciality Course
Hi Collin,
Just wanted to drop you a quick e-mail to say thanks from Dad and I for sorting out our PADI open water. The instruction we received over the 3 days from Penny and Ivor was fantastic, we had a great time and feel very prepared to dive on holiday now.
If possible could you send the receipt for my part of the open water and I can try and get some money back from my Army Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme.
Thanks Again,
Joe
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Collin,
Many thanks to both instructors (Jo and Ivor) and all the guys that helped to get me through the course.
Hope to see you soon.
Regards
Steve Tuttle
C&WW – Surrey CC Account, BAU Project Team
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Please thank Terry and Mark and Nicky and Jason for all their hard work over the weekend. What a superb course with Terry’s and Mark’s teaching as superb as ever.
I shall come and see you on my return from Holiday in a week to sort out my MSD application (Scary I never imagined I would reach that ) and thanks to Mark and Terry’s encouragement I will wish to discuss the possibility of starting my next year to become a DM .
Once again many thanks to all your team
Stuart
Tags: PADI Rescue Diver
Hi Collin,
Apologies for the late reply, Baillie really enjoyed his first experience of diving, and hasn’t shut up about it since!… I was really impressed with the whole operation and would not hesitate to recommend Divecrew to anybody wishing to try/take up the sport. please pass on my thanks and regards to your team, who really are a credit to you and the ‘company’.
as far as taking Baz’s scuba further via the junior open water programme, i will definitely be in touch.
thanks again, and look forward to speaking to you shortly.
regards
Dean
Tags: discover scuba diving, Mark Leach
An excellent course and Tina, Terry and the team were great. Really enjoyed it. Please thank everyone for making the weekend such a great time.
Mike
Tags: PADI Rescue Diver
Hi Collin
Thank you for organising the Dahab trip – it was the most awesome week I have ever had!!
The boat trip was a fantastic extra and we did our 50th dive on the beautiful Thistlegorm early in the morning. We had the wreck all to ourselves for the first dive…very special…and only ¾ of the way through the second dive, once we had explored all the eerie holds, did we start to spot some other divers swimming around so we were very lucky.
Thanks for letting us use the camera – Craig used it most of the time and it looks like he managed to get some good shots. Will take a look on the laptop tonight! I think we will have to get one.
The Deep Speciality was amazing – especially being at 40m in The Canyon…wow it’s beautiful down there. So peaceful. Thanks to Penny and to Neil for being amazing and for taking us through it all with such ease.
Looking forward to telling you all about it soon – I’m going to be talking about this experience for a long time!
Cheers
Lucy
Tags: Dahab
Hi Colin,
Just to say a huge thank you for the fantastic event – it really was wonderful and all the children had a complete blast! I was very impressed with Jo and her teaching and of course it was lovely that there were other members there to help out too – poolside and in the water.
I would like Isaac to complete his Padi certificate, but I am unsure how practical this will be over the summer and he has exams in September, so focus will be on that. However, if you could send some dates and we might be able to fit it in on the odd Sunday afternoon.
Again, my sincere thanks go to all the team, it was a very special day for the children and you all helped make it a memorable one.
kind regards,
Janing Shenoy
Tags: discover scuba diving
Hi Martin. I think you know the Hurghada trip was my first warm water diving holiday and for me it was an experience verging on a life changing event! It also enabled me to sharpen up my diving technique and identify small deficiencies in my preparation and kit that I intend to rectify before my next holiday – so next time I should be fully sorted from day 1. I am already Nitrox certified and will purchase a Nitrox enabled dive computer in good time. I imagine you have by now viewed the holiday DVD we purchased from ‘cam man’ – I thought it was rather good and it is going down well with my family and work colleagues too – so money well spent! I will be interested to hear about holiday arrangements for next year as and when details firm up. Bye for now and thanks for your help on the holiday. Regards, Andrew.
Hi Martin
Thanks for the kind comments about our skills and the photos. It was great to go on the trip with you and thanks for being such a calm, patient instructor and a great buddy! I wasn’t sure how I would get on and knew that some of it would be challenging, but you gave me a lot of confidence and it was a joy to find my skills increasing as the week went on. The final dive, gliding over the coral garden, really summed it all up. I guess I’m hooked on diving now! It was also good fun to share the learning curve with Tony and Cherry so maybe we can give ourselves a new challenge next year.
I’m definitely interested in a trip next year so please let me know about any plans. It would also be good to do the nitrox course before that, so perhaps I should liaise with Tony and Cherry and we can arrange a date with you to do that.
If you have a moment it would be good to get a disc of your photos – would help me get to grips with all the fish we saw. Of course i won’t be passing any of them off as my own….
I’ll be popping in to Divecrew this Saturday to hand back some gear so will give Collin lots of feedback . Thanks again for a great trip,
take care, best wishes
Claire
Tags: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Terry,
Amber and I just wanted to say thank you for our enjoyable try dive at Crowthorne last week.
I’m not a big fan of the water but had a good time; Amber woul dhvae stayed in the pool all night if she’d had a chance.
I’m not sure we’ll ever be PADI ready, but I’m sure that Amber will be coming back for another go sometime!
Pass on our thanks to Neil & John, they were brilliant instructors.
regards,
Jon & Amber
Tags: discover scuba diving, padi, try dives
Hi,
You guys taught me to dive 12 years ago and I cannot thank you enough for getting me into what is now a passion. As much as I’d like to help I now live and work in Dorset and I doubt this would be helpful.
Best wishes,
Reg
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Colin,
I enjoyed the presentation last night – having not yet experienced UK coastal diving it was very interesting and apologies to the lady presenting forgotten her name but I thought she was very good and made it very interesting.
The dry suit course run by Mark on the Saturday was excellent. I was very impressed at the attention to detail at every stage with respect to safety etc. Full site reviews, dive briefing and de-briefing talking through every stage of what took place on the dive. It certainly filled me with the assurance and confidence to pursue further training with DiveCrew!
Likewise with Mark at Vobster, whilst I was not on a training course it did not stop Mark from being extremely helpful and gave me plenty of advice on use of the drysuit, rigging my equipment, and assisted me with some skills practice for example removal of mask & replace during the dive!
Finally – yes I would like to join the trip to the Mulberry. I will print out complete and send the booking form back tomorrow.
Regards,
Peter.
Hello Terry,
Thank you for another great day on Saturday – in addition to the dry suit, I learnt a lot of different things and thoroughly enjoyed myself!
Please also thank Ann and Michelle for me – their patience and time in helping to support us during the course was very much appreciated – they made a great team!
Best Wishes,
Nerina
Hello Terry,
I just wanted to say a big thank you to you, Nicky, Jan, Geoff, Anne and Neil for making last weekend at Wraysbury a success – your enthusiasm for diving is clear and certainly motivated my soul – I had an absolutely brilliant time!
Knowing that people had given up their own time to spend the weekend teaching a group of students is something special – I really appreciate everyone for doing that.
Thank you all once again – I shall no doubt see you for one of the other courses soon!
Best Wishes,
Nerina
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Just wanted to pass on my appreciation for all your help with regards the IE last weekend. It was apparent very early on that all six Divecrew candidates were exceptionally well prepared for the event, thanks to your thoroughness and enthusiasm throughout the entire IDC.
As you know I experienced some moments of self-doubt during the course and found it rather more difficult than I was expecting at times. I never felt though that I had to struggle on alone as both yourself and Penny were always able to provide the necessary support and encouragement.
The whole course was great fun and the group’s camaraderie going into the IE was amazing. I’m very glad to have been part of it and also to have been able to contribute personally to your continued 100% pass rate.
I’m looking forward to being part of the ‘blue crew’ and helping Divecrew continue its success story.
All the best
Tim
Tags: OWSI
Hi Collin,
Huge THANK YOU to both you and Penny for all your help and support throughout the IDC and the IE. The course was absolutely superb – I thoroughly enjoyed all of the sessions – and felt really well prepared when we got to the IE, despite the stress level! I think the workshops for the key skills especially helped, and I hope they will also be a real benefit when teaching. Also, I really appreciated Penny’s help on the CESA and rescue skills.
Oh, and the added extras (Easter eggs, personalised mugs, celebrations with champagne and Chinese food, and service with a smile at the IE!) were just the icing on the cake.
I feel really lucky to have been able to complete my training with Divecrew, and especially with such an amazing group, so thanks also to Tina, Geoff, Tim, Mark and Duncan for making it so much fun. I was really proud to be wearing the Divecrew blue at the IE, and I can’t wait to put it all into practice now.
Thanks again,
Jo
Tags: OWSI, PADI Assistant Instructor Course, padi instructor course
Hi Collin
Firstly I would like to say a huge thank you to yourself and Penny for all of your help and assistance throughout the IDC and IE.
I have no doubt at all that without the ”Professional Enthusiasm” of Divecrew the whole experience would not have been the same, and who knows what the results might have been.
It was an absolute pleasure working with you through the stresses and strains of the IDC and IE weekend and in fact it was also great fun. Not something I would have expected to say at the beginning of the course. This enthusiasm was also reflected by the fantastic team spirit that built throughout the course culminating in that Formula 1 moment when Mark passed his Physics exam. I am sure that all IDC candidates benefit from such spirit, but from my personal point of view I couldn’t have wished for a better team than Tina, Jo, Mark, Tim and Duncan.
As you know I started on my diving journey with Divecrew back in 2002 with Open Water at Horsea Island and never thought for one moment that I would travel so far down the PADI road and, if it hadn’t been for Terry’s constant encouragement (read nagging), I would probably have stopped at Rescue Diver. I am so pleased that I didn’t.
I am really looking forward to both continuing my diving education, and working with Divecrew to hopefully give a little back to enable future divers to enjoy the experiences that I have had.
Once again, a huge thank you to all of the Divecrew team.
As requested attached are my IDC working sheets and templates I hope that they are of use to you.
Could you also ask Penny if it would be possible for me to get copies of all of the pictures that she took during the IDC to enable me to put together a couple of albums of my own.
See you all soon.
Regards
Geoff
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Hi Collin,
My son Oscar and I completed our Scuba Diver and Open water diver
certificates respectively at the weekend. I just wanted to email and say
that the team of instuctors Terry, Ivor, George, Jo and Mark were all
superb. Oscar found some aspects of the course very difficult and I know was
quite a challenge for the instructors but he was determined he worked hard
and persevered and thay all persevered with him showing great patience and
skill. He had a real crisis of confidence on the Sunday morning but all the
Divecrew team rallied round and saw him through it. I also had a my own
crisis getting very very cold at one point and Jo and Mark in particular
looked after me brilliantly.
We are both thrilled to have got through and Oscar is especially pleased
with himself and is keen to get on with some more diving. We are off to the
Bahamas at the end of May (so keen am I to avoid any more hypothernic
episodes!) and already have some diving arranged with friends out there,
but we would be keen to do some more diving with Divecrew over the school
summer holidays if possible.
With best wishes
Sharon
Sharon Elliott MSc, BA (Hons), RCNT, RGN
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Hi Collin,
Thank you for spending time with me last night to go through the formal induction process for the TDM programme. Everything made sense and whilst it will take time to let all the information become second nature, I’m really looking forward to the whole experience!
See you in the shop and in the pool as often as I can.
Simon.
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Hi Collin
Just wanted to say thanks for a great weekend – it’s been great fun even though I was surprised at how it was a lot more stressful than I thought it would be!
Tim Wyles
Hi Collin
Many thanks for a very informative and fun weekend.
Geoff Ridden
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Hi Collin
Just wanted to say thanks for a great weekend – it’s been great fun even though I was surprised at how it was a lot more stressful than I thought it would be!
Tim Wyles
Hi Collin
Many thanks for a very informative and fun weekend.
Geoff Ridden
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Hi Collin
A fabulous presentation last night for the Photography Specialty, I enjoyed it thoroughly. It would certainly seem that none of your suggestions to improve my photos were wasted as I was very surprised at the results from the pool session that followed. Interesting that only a few simple changes can make such a big difference. Thank you.
Regards
John
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Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note to thank Terry for letting me turn up at such short notice for Monday’s Nitrox course.
I called on the offchance that I could join a course running later in the day and was really amazed that you had the crew-kit to hand and that Terry would let his class increase in size at short notice.
I started diving in 1988 and enjoyed it so much that I took every class going until I took my IDE and Medic First Aid Instructor exam in 1992. I never did get the time to train more than a few people, but I still love diving. Terry is obviously a real enthusiast and the rest of the class, who he knew and must have trained before have been bitten too.
I feel very happy to practise my new skill safely, that those he trained are also proficient and that finding your facility is something it has taken far too long to do.
Please pass on my thanks to Terry, who also pointed out that you can get me back into active membership instead of my current non-teaching status! I feel an EFR, EFRI and refresher coming on!!
All the best,
John
OWSI 61721
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Collin and team
I would just like to say a big thank you for today, you made my first experience of snorkeling great. The last time I tried to do it I could not even get my head near the water.
Thank you once again
Happy Christmas to you all
Jacqueline
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Collin and team
I would just like to say a big thank you for today, you made my first experience of snorkeling great. The last time I tried to do it I could not even get my head near the water.
Thank you once again
Happy Christmas to you all
Jacqueline
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Hope you like the latest Kuredu activity …. Bike Diving!!
A belated thank you for organising the trip to Maldives. A lovely spot and thanks to Kate for suggesting the O resort upgrade, a good move.
Jennie and Roger Neill
Tags: Dive in the Maldives, holidays
Hi Penny,
I just wanted to pass on my thanks to everyone at Dive Crew who have supported me throughout my Open Water course, particular thanks must go to Tina who was my buddy for much of the course, and of course Terry who led the course. I couldn’t have done it without the support of both of them.
To anyone who is thinking about doing the Open Water course, I would thoroughly recommend doing it over the 5 weeks as it’s a lot of information to take in at once and it allows you to go away, mull it over and then come back with any questions!.
My next logged dives will be on the Great Barrier Reef in a couple of weeks time, then I’m hoping to swim with seals in the Farne Isles and then possibly dive in Egpyt with one of the Dive Crew holidays. I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be planning these things if it wasn’t for Tina and Terry and the support and training that they have given me.
Thank you both for your help, and I hope to bring back some cool photos from the Great Barrier Reef.
Kindest regards,
Felicity
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
I wanted to pass on my thanks to all involved at Divecrew for their enthusiastic professionalism when helping out on my Divemaster course.
It has been by far the most enjoyable and engaging course I have taken and has really benefited me, during what has been a rather testing time over the past few months.
I would especially like to thank Terry for admirably performing his duties as mentor; his patience when explaining the technical bits, his willingness and ability to answer my frequent questions.
Thanks too to Barry, Martin, Stuart, Ivor and Nicky who allowed me to assist on their various courses and whose assessments contributed to my success.
Special thanks however go to Penny whose continued nagging and culinary wizardry ensured that I remained both focussed on the course, and well fed! What more does a guy need?!?
It feels good to be part of the team. Now… where’s that green shirt?
Tim
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Thanks for sorting out the open water course at such short notice, I had a real blast, so big thanks to everyone involved, I really appreciate it.
Rgds,
-Russ
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Hi Collin,
A quick email to let you know that this weekend’s Rescue course was absolutely brilliant.
Big thanks must go to Nicky for leading the instruction and also Terry, Tina, Yan and John for once again giving up their time to make the course so enjoyable and very special indeed.
As always, please make sure those fine folks who ran and assisted on the course are made aware of my immense appreciation all round.
See you soon.
Simon.
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Hi Collin,
A quick email to let you know that this weekend’s Rescue course was absolutely brilliant.
Big thanks must go to Nicky for leading the instruction and also Terry, Tina, Yan and John for once again giving up their time to make the course so enjoyable and very special indeed.
As always, please make sure those fine folks who ran and assisted on the course are made aware of my immense appreciation all round.
See you soon.
Simon.
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Just to let you know I have passed the Confined water and Knowledge parts of the course, so need to book for the Open Water dives
To let you know that Martin was a superb instructor, he went through all the skills in great details and helped me on the parts I was struggling with
Can I also say a big thanks to, I believe it was Tim, who was also “instructing” as part of his Divemasters course, he gave me great confidence
If at all possible I would really like to do my Open Water Dives with both of them
Thanks
Kind regards.
Peter Vince
Business Development Director
Tags: PADI Open Water Diver
Hi Collin,
Thank you very much for your time and effort that you put into the IDC last week. I appreciate the feedback you have given me and I’ll certainly will try and put it into practise. I also looked up the depleted air / out of air swim and the standards specifically state that the air must be switched off until the alternate air source is acquired (good lesson learnt yesterday). I will certainly make sure I do it going forward.
Thanks again
Ivor
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Hi Collin
Had a fantastic weekend!!
Elizabeth Jones
We had a great time on the Advanced Open Water at Portland at the weekend, the course was excellent and the social side (especially the beach barbecue on Saturday night and harbour barbeque on Sunday lunch!) Can you please pass on our thanks to Jason, Ashley, Sam and Ian for making it a great experience.
Best Rgds
Mike
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Hi Colin,
It was a great weekend.
Cheers, Chris
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Hi Penny
Could I please book Ian in for the Peak Performance Buoyancy Course that Ashley recommended?
I’d also like to thank everyone that helped Ian through the Open Water course at Wraysbury last weekend, particularly Ashley and Alan – Ian had a lovely time and we are very proud of him. Many thanks to you all.
Sarah
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I wanted to give you some feedback on Martin Weddell who I thought was excellent. In the classroom, he had a fantastic way of listening, understanding and helping which made the final test much easier to understand. In the pool, he and Neil were also brilliant. They were both patient and took time to explain the required competencies before going in and then clearly demonstrated these in the pool. The time in the water flew by and it was a great learning experience. I would have no hesitation in recommending Dive Crew to others wanting to learn to dive.
I look forward to receiving the paperwork shortly.
Many thanks
Matt Clarke
Director
Tags: PADI Open Water Referral
Hi Collin and Penny,
Hope you both had an awesome time in Bonaire! Have you taken some lovely pictures?
We had a great time doing the pool sessions with Stuart and Michelle who were both really friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. Hovering was my favourite…
Lucy.
Tags: PADI Open Water Course, PADI Open Water Referral
I’m still reeling from the shock of having got my Open Water Diver qualification – I think Terry is too! But just wanted to say thanks to Terry for putting us all at ease and being such good fun – oh, and a good instructor (must say that or he’ll ask for his money back), to Chris for being so clear and thorough in his pre- and post-dive briefings (I was just going to put ‘in his briefs’ but thought that might be misinterpreted…..) and to Dan, Mark, Debbie and Nicky for giving their time, patience and enthusiasm (I asked Nicky if they were all masochists or real enthusiasts and she replied that sometimes she wasn’t too sure ……). Anyway, you’re all heroes in my eyes because somehow, and against all odds, you got me through my Open Water Diver. So many thanks and hope the experience hasn’t left any of you scarred – mentally or physically.
Many thanks (for the warm under suit and tape – nearly asphyxiated but didn’t get wet) and best wishes,
Marcia
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Tags: PADI Open Water Course
I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone who helped me become a TDM. The list of thanks is long, but a special mention should go to Terry, Penny and yourself, along with Tina and Steve and Neil. A snail could have qualified faster than me, but then life does get in the way, so I must also thank Jason, Martin, Ginny, Alan, James and Elliot for their help over the last 3 years.
It has been a challenging experience but above all a positive and rewarding qualification to have attained. So this high maintenance diver is now planning his assault on the AI programme!
Thanks and regards
David Edwards
Tags: PADI Divemaster
Hi Penny,
I just wanted to express my thanks for an excellent experience with your team in Farnborough last night. The guys who gave us our try dive were very professional, friendly, patient and helpful which made it a great night for us. My partner ended up being totally fine with it and didn’t have any kind of claustrophobia with the equipment.
We are heading out to Florida in a couple of weeks and will likely do another try dive there, and depending on how that goes we may well be back in touch to book up the course.
Thanks again
Phil
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Hi Collin,
I wanted to say thank you to you and your team for all your help on Sunday, it was a demanding day but I really enjoyed it. I’m sorry not to have written earlier, however I have been forced to take some time off as the pain I was experiencing was as a result of an ear infection.
Please can you pass on my thanks to your team they were brilliant – Penny especially in giving up her time, I really appreciated it and was so lucky that you were in the pool that day otherwise I would not have been able to complete the course. Please can you also thank Kelly as on the 1st Sunday I was struggling with the mask clear and she was very patient and went through it with me a couple of times to be sure I had it right. She will be a fab instructor!!
Alison Benz
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Thanks for sending the referral paper work for use when we are in Egypt.
We both enjoyed the program and would like to thank Nina & Tim for the sessions over the last week. We found the program friendly & professional and we feel well prepared to continue our dives next week. Hopefully we will complete the open water program & get the chance to do some more diving with your team later in the year.
Thanks
David & Daniel
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Just wanted to say thank you to Divecrew for the Open Water Referral course that you did for my daughter Francesca back in January. She really enjoyed it, and we had a great time in Sharm El Sheikh over half-term where she completed the open water dives very happily. She just received her Junior OW card from PADI.
The rest of us also moved on from Open Water to Adventure Diver, but ran out of holiday before we could complete the 5 dives needed for Advanced OW. (We did Underwater Naturalist, Drift Diver and Deep Diver – I think that we will aim to finish it off with Underwater Navigation and Wreck Diver early this summer, and I hope that we can do this with Divecrew.)
By the way, when are you next running a Dry Suit course? We probably ought to get that sorted out before doing anything else here in the UK, but we obviously missed the March course. Anything planned for April or May?
All the best,
Jeremy
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Just wanted to say thank you to all at Divecrew for getting me through the open water course and i am sure you will see my new results for the written exam 96% which was better .Thanks again it was a great course and cannot wait to keep going.
In regards to the project aware course I wondered if there is one scheduled near Amersham.
Also would like some info on the advanced open water course.
Thanks again
Lee Whippey
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Penny.
I understand our session at Amersham went very well. Thanks to all concerned in making it so enjoyable. Sadly I was not there this year, but I am sure we will organise a future session.
Many thanks.
Regards, Andy Amersham Explorer Scouts.
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Penny,
I would just like to thank Divecrew for the trial session last Sunday afternoon. Both Mark and Ashley were very welcoming and good instructors.
Regards
Alberto Stec
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Just watched the Divecrew video on the website…its excellent. Thought I’d tell you!
Julia
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Dear Martin,
Thank you so much for your very encouraging e-mail. As I’m sure you have guessed by now that Lottie is so taken with all things water, so much so that we do actually think that she would like to make some sort of career around water/diving etc. So who knows – watch this space! At 13 things have a habit of changing.
Anyway thanks again – we have been very impressed with the care and tuition she has received so far and suffice to say that it has been money well spent and a reasonable cost.
Take care and maybe see you again.
Regards
Nick, Angela & Lottie Cousens
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I found the PADI open water course very enjoyable and worthwhile.
The instructors Terry, Ivor and Jo were really informative and helpful which made you feel comfortable and relaxed.
I would recommend this course to anyone thinking of diving.
I will definitely be considering booking future courses with Divecrew.
Thanks
Jane Heppleston
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Collin, just had a quick look at the website and saw the great news, well done!
I have to say having had a little experience of different course directors, I would back you all the way. Having been on some the development courses that you have led, I enjoyed them – you make it fun, I could relate to what you were teaching because of the way you delivered it, I liked your professionalism and high standards.
Good luck with the programme, PADI and many other divers will benefit greatly when you become a Course Director.
Best regards
Martin
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Thank you so much for Saturday night. Roger and I both had a good time. Its got to be the best one yet – it’ll be hard to beat for next year!
Kind regards
Barbara Kinsella
Just wanted to say thank you again for organising such a good Xmas Party, Malcolm and I had a really great time, as I think did everyone else.
It must have been hard work for you both but it was a great night – roll on next year!!!
Gill
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Thanks Collin. Despite the cold it was good fun (well I can say that now!). Please can you pass on my thanks to our instructors and helpers?
Thanks again,
Clare.
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Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Thanks Collin, we had a great time over there, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and the diving too! Well done you for a successful holiday arrangement.
Steve Tilbury
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Dear Collin
Many thanks for your congratulations. As was the case with my pool sessions (with Terry) I was very impressed with the standard of tuition (Tim) and the ever helpful divecrew assistants who joined us for the Wraysbury open water session. You really have some excellent folk working with you Collin, but I’m sure you know that already.
I will be calling up to discuss the Peak Performance course – am certainly interested to continue to expand my skills and experience with Divecrew.
best regards
Nigel
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
From the first day of the Open water Course I have been told that the Rescue Diver course was the best speciality. Well it was tremendous but I am afraid it was eclipsed last weekend by the Wreck Speciality. James dropping out at the last minute because of the injury to his elbow didn’t bode well for the weekend but once the course was underway I have to say I was like a school kid – so excited and challenged. The viz on the Countess was awful and when Martin and I reached the bottom of the shot line we both thought ‘what wreck, where?’ but slowly we became acclimatised. I have to say the weekend was made by Andrew Rampton ably assisted by Tim Flockhart. I was buddied with Andrew for most of the course and Dive 1 on the second day rates as probably the best dive I have undertaken in UK waters. After doing some work on deploying and swimming a line on the outside of the wreck we just swam slowly over and around the wreck looking at detail. It was really enjoyable and time just slowed, air consumption went down and hovering just inches over the deck was tremendous.
I learned so much, not just when we were on the wreck but on the dive boat and during briefings and de-briefings. Great company but penetrating the wreck was awesome, I had absolute confidence in Andrew’s abilities and going into the hold in a silt out was unbelievable, but a deep breathe and then onwards. I had absolute confidence in Andrew’s abilities and it was rewarded with what for me was a great achievement of swimming through nil viz and getting out safely and then doing it all again this time with me in the lead – great. While Martin did his penetration I went on a great swim around the wreck with Tim.
Well hovering with light and reel is another challenge I have passed – hovering and writing on a slate needs some work – I think it is the low quality pencils, or an underwater Blackberry might be good!
People knock specialities but I have to say I wouldn’t want to penetrate a wreck without the experience of being taught by experts.”
Richard
Hi Collin,
Really enjoyed the weekend course, both Andy and Tim were great to dive with – excellent knowledge and experience. Got a lot out of the course technically and personally.
Martin
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Colin
I wanted to say how much I enjoyed the course and really appreciated all the effort and patience shown by Tim, Ivor, Jo and Richard.
David
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The deep dive course was brilliant over the weekend. I learned more than I thought I would! And the team was great as always – Mark deserves special credit for having such a good sense of humour and making great tea!!
Jo Cranford
Hi Collin
Just wanted to say thanks for organising the Deep Dive Training weekend at Stony Cove over the weekend. Terry, Mark, Kelly and Ian were really helpful and made the weekend.
The diving was very good and suitably challenging in places. I am now a proud owner of another PADI specialism and am looking forward to better dive times ahead. Diving with my ‘livewire’ buddy Jo was great, and made all the more of a laugh, as we became the diving ‘paparazzi’ of Stoney for the weekend. We were banned from using our cameras on subsequent dives which, in hindsight was a wise move ! A special mention must be made to Terry who took the time to remind me what I had learnt in the past but had forgotten. Thanks
David Edwards
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Hi Colin
Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the course. Instructors and helpers were great. Many thanks for everything.
Let me know if any other courses pop up. Kind regards.
Paulo Teixeira
Please pass my thanks along to all those involved in the OW certification course on 13/14th Sept at Wraysbury, Ian and Terry provided great instruction and Jo, Ivor, Richard and Al were very helpful in providing “Totally Dive Mad” assistance! Their levels of professionalism, enthusiasm and ability were a credit to all and helped make the course very enjoyable (the weather helped as well for a change).
I will be in contact to make further training arrangements and to continue my journey toward Master Scuba Diver status.
Regards
Paul French
Colin,
Thank you for your help with my drysuit, I would have been very cold without you!!
Please pass my thanks on to the TDM’s, and to Ian and terry for putting up with us for the weekend
Regards,
Helena x
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Dear Divecrew
I would just like to take this time to thank all team that helped with my rescues course on the 5 -7th Sep.I had a great time.
A extra thanks for Alan and Ivor who were a great help and very confident and reassuring in the water. They gave me the confidence to do want was needed, knowing that if I had a problem they would be there to help.I was also very surprised to learn that Alan and Ivor had only just been TDMs and that this was there first Rescue course, there came across as very experienced. So thanks again to them.
I am looking forward to being able to work with them, as I feel I can learn a lot from them.
Thanks Tina Sparkes
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Hi Penny
Haven’t had a chance to drop in with Cara since we got back from Sharm but I wanted to let you know how she got on. Cara passed her open water on her first day in Sharm – so thank you for your support when she did her referral. They decided that the combination of her scuba diver certification from last year and her referral done by you meant that she only had to do 2 dives to complete her open water. She did both of these off the House Reef which was middle garden on day one and was then set for the holiday
Cara then went on to do a lot of diving during the holiday:- she managed to dive Far/Fiddle Garden, middle garden, Ras Mohammed and Tiran a couple of times. On Tiran one of her dive instructors was so confident in her diving that he took her to hang in the blue off the back of Jackson reef for hammerheads! The highlight of her trip was seeing a hammerhead pass within 1.5 metres of her and her dive guide – wicked – she got closest out of the whole group and was so excited.She racked up quite a lot of dives for a newly certified OW diver. According to her a dive computer is the next essential holiday item. According to me a babysitter is required so I can do a few deeper dives! I did escape for a couple of days including a trip to did the Thistlegorm which was fab.
So thanks for getting her through the referral program We had a great time diving together.
thanks
Jackie
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Hi Collin, just wanted to thank you for the support and time you put in to the IDC (especially it being your birthday). I enjoyed the course immensely and got a lot out of the experience.
I have just finished presenting an all day Nike Group Marketing Course to middle managers……… It started with this is what I going to tell you, I then told what I was going to tell them with anecdotal stories and then told them what I had told them with….. “so in summary we have looked at” —- read the slide objectives again………. I even managed to weave in a sales opportunity for a holiday in July to Marsa Alam and one/two possible takers to do open water finishing their open water dives on a Dive Crew holiday!!!! Thought you would like to know the training is not wasted..
Thanks again Collin I do appreciate the professionalism, effort and fun you inject into my diving development.
Best regards
Martin
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Please pass on my thanks to Penny, Rob and all the others who have helped make this course so much fun!
Thanks
Poppy
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Firstly just to say I had a fantastic time on the Rescue Course at the weekend – understand now why so many people say it’s the best (and most challenging) course they’ve done. Please pass on my thanks to Terry, Jennie, Chris and Kelly – I thought they did an outstanding job all weekend – and some very convincing acting. We were really lucky with the weather too.
Jo Cranford
What a course! Your guys were great as always.
Michelle Holmes
I really enjoyed the course over the weekend, it was physically tough and mentally demanding but I feel I learnt a lot from the experience.
Thanks again
Nick Bland
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Steve here from sunset divers, Gran Canaria.
Just a quick line to let you know that we have just had 2 of your open water students here to complete their open water dives, Howard and Andrew Denny.
I would like to congratulate you on the training they have received from yourselves, and the presentation of their paperwork, the lads did great and now have open water status, if all referred students came to us with this level of professionalism it would make things much easier.
If we can be of any assistance in the future please contact me many thanks again
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Just want to drop you a quick note and say thank-you for the two diving session you & your team did for us recently. I have had really good feedback some of which I have copied below. Thanks again for being so patient with collection of forms! I will hopefully look at booking in some more session later in the year.
Regards Kate
Just wanted to say a big thank you for organising the Diving Trial
Charlotte and I had a great time, She went to sleep with the biggest grin on her face
Hugely enjoyable!
Fantastic experience and really good instructors – would go again
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Just want to drop you a quick note and say thank-you for the two diving session you & your team did for us recently. I have had really good feedback some of which I have copied below. Thanks again for being so patient with collection of forms! I will hopefully look at booking in some more session later in the year.
Regards Kate
Just wanted to say a big thank you for organising the Diving Trial
Charlotte and I had a great time, She went to sleep with the biggest grin on her face
Hugely enjoyable!
Fantastic experience and really good instructors – would go again
Tags: try dives
Had a fantastic time over the weekend, great course, great tuition from Terry, Penny and I can’t wait to book a decent deeper wreck dive now
Damon
I just wanted to send you a quick message to thank you for arranging the deep speciality course last weekend. I had a fantastic weekend, both in and out of the water. Terry’s instruction was, as ever, both enthusiastic and informative. He certainly gave us a lot to think about, but at the same time made the dives very enjoyable. Thanks too to Penny, James and Richard for their kind assistance during the course. I know that it would not have been possible without them.
Everyone involved was a real credit to Divecrew.
Thanks again. Mark Nunn
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We penned a letter that we would like to send up to Penny thanking Divecrew and Jason’s team for the excellent instruction, theory practical’s, shore side and in-water welfare.
Much thanks to Jason, what a top man. Thanks to Neal (Action man), Simon and assistants Dave and Dan… Really great team and made us all feel comfortable, especially as visibility was measured in cm!
There is much to be said for training with such a credible organisation “Divecrew” and PADI. We witnessed some hellish bad practices and health and safety issues from other attending schools whilst at Horsea. It cemented the best practices and the value of process and following an approved plan. To this end we are excited about extending our experience skills and accreditations with Divecrew. (Saving the pennies as we speak). Looking to buy kit this summer, with our own regulators, dive computers and BCD’s…. will pop in the shop again and review our shopping basket with you shortly.
Will definitely be at the social this evening.
Very best regards
Karl and Rayne.
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
The session was first class; your guys were excellent, I imagine we spent nearly and hour underwater and learnt a tremendous amount in the process, so thanks to everyone. Best regards David Irwin
Tags: try dives
Thanks to you and the Divecrew team for organising an enjoyable day out at the NDC, Chepstow last Sunday. As usual Rowland guided the dives with aplomb, ensuring everyone was safe, briefed and prepared. I could have watched Wimbledon and Silverstone at home, but decided to go to 26m instead, which was much more fun. Its was the other divers in the group that made it a special day, with everyone still chilled and chatting long after others had gone home.
A great day!
Thanks and regards David Edwards Big River Solutions
Tags: UK Diving
I just wanted to e-mail you and say how much I enjoyed the EFR course yesterday, Jason is a very good instructor, and the course was delivered professionally, methodically, but with great humour, I would have no hesitation in recommending the course and Jason as an instructor to friends and colleagues alike
Ian A
Tags: EFR
Penny, Collin
I have now completed 9 dives since qualifying as an Open Water diver last September with Divecrew (including the qualifying dives), with a total of 6 and a half hours bottom time. I have recently been lucky enough to dive in Kaua’i, Hawaii and Cyprus and on both occasions the dive leaders commented that I was a very good diver from the way I conducted myself. I thought that I would pass this on to yourselves as this can only be due to the excellent tuition I received while training to be an Open Water diver with Divecrew.
So please can you pass on my enthusiastic thanks to my tutors Terry Sands (classroom), Barry Willcox (confined water), and Andy Collins (open water dives) who were all very patient and made the learning enjoyable. There were a few points when I wondered if I was going to make it through the course (the breathing from a free-flowing regulator being one of these!) but I made it and now have developed a love of swimming through caverns!
Many thanks
Georgina Tomkins (nee Ashley)
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Collin,
Just a quick note to say thank you for the excellent EFR instructors course which I completed last weekend. I really enjoyed the experience – I’ve been a first aider for most of my working life but never thought I would go down the lines of actually teaching it. With the diversity of the EFR program it gives the lay instructor a lot of scope to work with which I think is a really good thing and helps EFR to stand ahead of the “crowd”. I’m now working on my family and friends to see if they would like a first aid course ;o)
Alan
Tags: EFR instructor
Hi Collin,
I really enjoyed the Project aware/Coral conservation courses last night, gives you a lot to think about!
Mia
Hi Collin,
Thanks for last night….it was really interesting but also shocking when you realise how much damage mankind is doing to the planet. You can only hope that by educating people through courses like Project Aware, that we can start to make a difference. Everyone in my office has been given a few facts today to try and make them think a bit, so hopefully it’ll help a little.
Vicky
Tags: PADI Coral Conservation Speciality, padi project aware
Just managed to watch the video clip today and thought it was very professional and informative. It would really motivate me to do one of the courses if I hadn’t already and I am now really excited about my open water dives at the end of June at Horsea Island. What comes across very clearly in the video is that diving isn’t difficult and is a lot of fun – something almost everyone can do. Well done!
Many thanks
Rayne
Just received and reviewed the promo.
Great job. Being my field of business, media production and editing it is a fantastic “short” that promotes advertises and demonstrates clearly and concisely the benefits and enjoyment that can be gained through SCUBA.
A great promotional tool and one that puts Dive Crew in great stead to wave a proud flag for your organisation and affiliation to PADI.
Soon to take my 4 open water qualifiers in Horsea Island this June with our instructor Jason…. just watching the video makes me eager to wish the days away to enjoy and advance my skills.
Best regards to the team, see you all soon.
Karl Williams
Tags: you tube
Thanks for a great weekend. Terry was a great instructor and has the patience of a saint!! I think we all found him and the course to be awesome!! Olly and I are really looking forward to the trip to Horsea Island now and are even discussing Diving being the focus of all our annual beach holidays! I think we are already hooked!
Thanks again and look forward to seeing you soon,
Amanda & Olly.
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Just a quick line to say how enjoyable the full face mask workshop was last Thursday.
Andrew was a superb trainer, clearly explaining the differences in full face mask diving, demonstrating all the necessary techniques and putting me totally at ease. The experience felt very natural and in many ways, easier than a normal mask / regulator combo. I would recommend that all divers give this a go. I hope that the work shop becomes popular enough to allow Andrew the chance to set up a full speciality course with PADI.
Please pass on my thanks to Andrew for a very informative and enjoyable workshop.
Regards
Alan Hoare
Tags: full face mask, Full Face Mask Workshop
Hello Collin
It’s very hard to believe, but I managed to get through it. Terry was absolutely fantastic and was such a kind and patient. He kept me going and encouraged me all the way through. I was so tired towards the end of module 4 and if it wasn’t for Terry I think I might just have given up. Having a private day was definitely the right way for me to do it – there was no pressure, which made all the difference. I was so excited after passing module 1 and clearing my mask I rang Simon. He’s thrilled…
Caroline W
Tags: PADI Open Water Referral
Dear Penny
Please pass our thanks on the Andy and the team. We had a great introduction on Friday. Andy was very calm, professional and easy to learn from. We are now pondering whether to do a course.
All best wishes
Grahame
Tags: try dives
Hi Collin,
Really enjoyed this weekend at Horsea ( Bloody cold ), roland,lisa,simon and dave were all really helpful and made good a dull and windy weekend.
I would like to book the peak Performance course, and also could you confirm that the dry suit course is all in for £100.
Many thanks
Stewart
Read more about the Open Water course at Horsea!
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Collin
I just want to drop a line to say how great your Instructors are and that you really do have a fantastic bunch of people as Instructors/Assistant Instructors/Dive Masters.
Yesterday’s diving conditions were miserable! All the pleasure divers one way or another had their own issues to contend with & Andy was just so patient and great with all of us:-) We all agreed the diving conditions were not great, but we all put on a brave smile & had a fantastic time, out of the water if not in!!
Thanks for organising these trips and having nice, genuine people on board.
Kind regards
Michelle
Tags: UK Diving
Good Morning
Just a quick note to thank your brilliant team for getting Paul and I through the Open Water course. We were at Horsea last weekend with Barry, Kelly, Mark & Martin and they were just great – patient, professional & fun. It cannot be easy to get a bunch of novices through the two days without losing the will to live – but they did it! Please do pass on our thanks
Best regards Jan & Paul Roberts
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
I just would like to say a big thank you to Stuart for the great time my son, Matthew, had on Sunday at Montem. I know it has only been a few months since Matt’s last dive but the session proved to be invaluable in helping him shake off the cobwebs. We’re both really looking forward to our trip now.
Many thanks once again.
Kind regards
David
Tags: PADI Scuba Review
Hi Penny and Colin,
Pleaser say thanks to Nina, John and Neil for their time, patience and enthusiasm yesterday to turn what started as a terrifying day into fun….I will be there next week!!
Kind regards
MJ
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Colin,
Just a quick note to say thanks for Open Water Course at Horsea this weekend. Great Instructors (Ashley and Rob) made Claire and I really excited about the whole weekend with their professional yet relaxed teaching, even though the water was FREEZING !! Big thank you to Kelly, Mark and Alan for giving up their time and looking after us in the water. Both got the bug big time now and cant wait for the advanced course on 8th March. Thanks again.
Davey and Claire.
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Colin
Firstly, let me thank you for a fantastic evening at the Project AWARE speciality. It was also an added bonus to do the coral conservation speciality in the same programme. I’ve been looking forward to it ever since I received the superb manual back in November 07. It was certainly worth the wait! I believe the course should be of interest to all divers, and would also be a great way to tempt non divers in to discovering the delights of the aquatic world. Who knows, perhaps they will try a dive because of tacking it. It was also good to receive additional information and handouts on the night. This really added to the course. The new coral presentation looks fantastic – it’s cleared up a lot of the comments we made last night and adds a great deal of info into the life cycle of coral. Once again, thanks for a great night. Regards.
Alan Hoare
Tags: PADI Coral Conservation Speciality, padi project aware
We would just like to thank you for a great Digital Photography course. We both really enjoyed both the theory and practical side and can now take good photographs with confidence. What a difference from the “point & shoot” approach where the pictures were often too green or blue and lacked proper focus. The pool session was really good fun, it’s nice to practice on something that doesn’t move before being let loose with a camera for real on holiday shortly. We are looking forward to comparing our results in the near future. This is a course that we would both recommend to anyone who wants to get the best out of their underwater camera. There is always something new to learn!
Thank you once again for yet another great Divecrew course.
Caz & Alan
Read more about the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course, and if you’re interested in doing the course yourself, get in touch!
Tags: PADI Digital Underwater Photography Course
Collin just wanted to thank you for a challenging but very rewarding Assistant Instructor course, we all felt that we learnt so much, helping to make us better divers! Having started to learn how to dive with Divecrew on my open water five years ago, every certification since (Advanced, Rescue, Divemaster, Wreck, Equipment, Nitrox, etc) has been with yourselves, there’s only one place where I want to continue my diving education. Divecrew has got it right; high standards, a great instruction and support team which creates a learning environment that is both challenging and fun. Dive on!!!
Regards
Martin
Tags: PADI Assistant Instructor Course
‘A brilliant weekend of diving at Vobster on the Navigation Course – Jason ably assisted by Chris and Simon made sure that we had a very challenging, yet highly enjoyable time. The visibility was so good you could see the surface from the Jonquil at 17.5 metres. Learnt a lot, great diving and Jim and I nailed our courses when we each navigated a set course. Big thank you to Jason and the team for the way they ran the course – absolutely brilliant!
Richard
Tags: PADI Underwater Navigation Speciality
What can I say? FABULOUS HOLIDAY!! But as we braced ourselves against temps of 3 degrees, snow and a power cut, not to mention emergency medical on call for the last 48h, I ask myself – was it all a dream??
Thank you both very much indeed for making our Bonaire dream come true and for being such buddies in every sense of the word. If by any chance any of this leaks out onto the Divecrew website surely surfers will think this has been solicited – no way! I challenge anybody to have a good time in Bonaire under your care and mentorship, or for that matter any other dive destination you may care to take us to.
With many happy memories and thanks again,
Kind regards
Max & Clare Pitcher
Read more about the Bonaire Trip in 2007 in our news pages! If you would like to join us for a future trip, check out our Diving Holidays page…
Tags: Diving in Bonaire
A very big thank you to all at Divecrew involved in making last night’s try-dive a great time; all Scouts thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I was most impressed with the guy’s instruction and won’t hesitate to use you again in the future – when I get round to it I’ll have a go myself.
Best regards
John Pain Mountbatten Scout Troop 1st Knaphill Woking
Tags: try dives
Could you please pass on a big thank you to Mark for his informative and interesting Equipment Speciality training? It was good to see the hands-on approach to repairs and maintenance after reading some of the theory in various PADI course books.
Thanks once again,
Caz
Tags: PADI Equipment speciality
Just a quick email to say thank you for organising the Advanced Course this weekend, we had a Fab time and can’t wait until our next dive weekend.
Can you also pass our thanks on to Jason and the AI’s who were very professional and helpful and made it so fun, everyone agreed that it was a really great weekend.
Best regards,
Catherine
Tags: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Just a quick email to say thank you for organising the Advanced Course this weekend, we had a Fab time and can’t wait until our next dive weekend.
Can you also pass our thanks on to Jason and the AI’s who were very professional and helpful and made it so fun, everyone agreed that it was a really great weekend.
Best regards,
Catherine
Tags: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
I would like to thanks yourself and Penny at the dive centre for your help but also on behalf of the team express our thanks for the guys at the weekend,Jason,Marni,Mark,Richard & Chris they are a credit to your dive school and for what the P in PADI stands for, it was not just my imagination but I felt more in touch with what I should be doing (please dont confuse that with being confident in everything i was doing) due totally to the Proffessional ,consistant and thoughtful way the team comunicated to us, we (in my opinion )as a dive school stood out as more organised than others around us.
I know it may seem gushy but I will and already have recommended you and your team to others.
Thanks again
Alan
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
The equipment Speciality was great – how didn’t I know so much about my kit?
I did think the course was great and really interesting
I now have to come in with my shopping list for this and that valve. So thanks for suggesting the course I agree that every Dive Master should do it.
See you soon
Richard
Tags: PADI Equipment speciality
Hi Collin
Just a short note to say Thank You for organising the Advanced Course this weekend in Portland. Despite the challenging conditions (like 1m viz!) Norman and I really enjoyed it and we feel we have improved a great deal in such a short time. Could you please pass on our thanks to Jen, Mark, Adrian, Duncan and of course Terry who all helped to make it a great weekend. Their tuition and advice was spot on as usual.
Many Thanks
Richard
Tags: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Hi Colin,
Great to see you last night and good that it was on a night when we had all just passed our OW written exam! It’s been a great course so far and all of the guys that have helped us out during the course have been fantastic.
Many thanks
Stuart Lambert
Mobile Manager
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Collin
I’d just like to say a big thanks to yourself and the instructors who took me through the Open Water qualification. With their confidence and teaching, it made the skills easier to accomplish and at the end of it all I started to enjoy being in 2m viz water!
Kind regards
Georgina
Hi Collin and all at Divecrew.
Just wanted to drop you a line, to say a big thanks. THANKS as you know I have just passed my open water course at Horsea, and what a great time I had.
I would also like to thank my instructor for his patients, understanding and professional attitude throughout the course, and all the back up crew that give up there time to help.
Once again thanks.
regards mark. H
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
I enjoyed the day as it was a good place to practice buoyancy control (being shallow doesn’t give much leeway for getting it wrong). Both my dive profiles are looking better already; only 3 little warnings blips of going up too quickly [140%] and my computer is set on the cautious side anyway! Also, I was nicely surprised at the amount of fish which were happy to let us be in their presence without darting off somewhere.
Thanks to Mark Leach for his guide duties and I was lucky enough to buddy him for the day.
Cheers … Jon
Tags: Diving Swanage Pier, UK Diving
Hi Collin,
I just thought I would let you know what a fantastic time Alan and I had on the Wreck Speciality Course this weekend in Portland. We thoroughly enjoyed every dive and found out first hand how exciting and fascinating wreck penetration is. Barry gets a big ten out of ten for his professionalism, infectious enthusiasm for wreck diving and for giving us all plenty of safe and sensible advice and techniques for diving wrecks. The Countess of Erne is a very good choice of dive site for the course. There are plenty of interesting features and a good selection of marine wildlife. We all saw the resident triggerfish over the course of the weekend and I even saw a small squid on dive 1.
Reg, the skipper on the dive boat, made us feel very welcome and helped to ensure that my first experience of boat diving was a very enjoyable experience. His friendly banter and hot chocolate after every dive made a welcome addition to the weekend. A big thank you to all involved, this is one of the best courses that we have been on so far.
Caz & Alan
Tags: PADI Wreck Diver Course
Hello Collin,
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the recent Wreck Diving course. It was a lot of learning AND a lot of fun. Please pass my thanks to our instructor Ian and to Stefan and Neal who were of great help.
Best regards
André
Find out more about the PADI Wreck Diver course – or just check out our news page from this weekend in Portland for photos!
Tags: PADI Wreck Diver Course
Hi Collin,
Just a quick note to say thanks for the Project Aware Specialty Course and the Beach Cleanup day on Chesil beach. We both thoroughly enjoyed the weekend. Both myself and Caz are very interested in aquatic environmental issues and this course brought us a lot of knowledge and skills.
Combining this course with the Beach Cleanup gave the course the additional edge of “Diving with a purpose” – that being to clean up the beach both above water and below it. From what we’ve learnt we will pass this message on to other divers to help support Project AWARE and to become AWARE divers themselves.
Please pass on our thanks to Mia for the Specialty part of the course.
Best wishes
Alan & Caz
Tags: padi project aware, Project Aware Beach cleanup
Collin
Thought I would let you know that I have now completed the Scuba Diving course and received my certification in Cyprus. Can you please “thank everyone” who helped with my training, can’t remember all their names and although it was a little difficult for me, I think maybe a confidence thing, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I will most certainly mention you if I come across anyone wanting to learn how to Scuba dive. Kind regards and best wishes.
Jan Baxter
Dear Penny and Colin,
Just to let you know Ryan passed his Junior Open Water Dive Certificate out in Sharm El Sheikh a few weeks ago.
The Official PADI Card arrived today through the post and he is trilled to bits ( Some achievement at the age of 12)
So just to say a huge thanks to every one who guided him through at Slough pool/centre especially Colin and Terry.
I will send a photo to you next week and a copy of his pass certicate for your files and he would love to see himself on your webpage in the near future.
Thanks again for everything and we look forward to seeing you soon next year when Connor is 10.
Happy diving
Sally Mitchell
Tags: PADI Open Water Referral
Hello Collin.
I am writing to you to thank you and your team for the fantastic open water course that I have just completed.
I found Divecrew using the search facility on the PADI website. I am always wary of contacting a company for the first time in this way, as there is no way of knowing what the people or quality of service is like. However, I can genuinely say that on this occasion I do not feel that I could have done any better.
Penny was very helpful with my enquiries and bookings, and your welcome meeting left me feeling very excited about the course. I couldn’t wait to get started!
Terry’s classroom lessons were both interesting and informative, giving me a sound knowledge of the theory side of diving.
Barry’s pool lessons then built on that knowledge, again in a very professional and enthusiastic way. Thanks too to Ian, Stefan and Jim for their help in the pool.
I will confess to feeling a few nerves when arriving at Horsea for the open water dives, however, Tim and Ginny’s enthusiasm soon left me feeling at ease. The dives were conducted in a very professional way, but were a lot of fun at the same time. Kelly was a great help, as was Adrian, who kindly took time out to do shore cover for us.
Last, but by no means least, I would like to say a huge thank you to Alan and Caz. They were there helping out throughout the course, from the classroom and pool sessions right through to the open water dives! Nothing was too much effort, and the course would not have been the same without them!
I would not hesitate to recommend Divecrew to anyone in the future.
Thanks again to everybody, and I have no doubt that I will be seeing you all again soon, both at the socials and in the water!
Kind regards
Mark Nunn
Collin,
Pleas pass on my thanks to the whole team involved in the course.
Class room: Terry, Alan & Kaz Pool:-Barry, Ian, Stefan, Alan, Kaz and 2 other TDM’s sorry boys forgot your names. Horsea Island: Tim, Ginny, Kelly, Kaz, Alan, and Adrian
All made the whole experience very enjoyable, in a professional way. Please pass a big thanks to the TDM’s for giving there time to assist, they were always on hand with advise and assistance “Thanks guy’s all of you”. Barry:- Thanks for the pool work/skills, Ian and your efforts made the dives at Horsea much easier.
Thanks again to you all, I had a great time.
Rgds Andy
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hello Collin.
I am writing to you to thank you and your team for the fantastic open water course that I have just completed.
I found Divecrew using the search facility on the PADI website. I am always wary of contacting a company for the first time in this way, as there is no way of knowing what the people or quality of service is like. However, I can genuinely say that on this occasion I do not feel that I could have done any better.
Penny was very helpful with my enquiries and bookings, and your welcome meeting left me feeling very excited about the course. I couldn’t wait to get started!
Terry’s classroom lessons were both interesting and informative, giving me a sound knowledge of the theory side of diving.
Barry’s pool lessons then built on that knowledge, again in a very professional and enthusiastic way. Thanks too to Ian, Stefan and Jim for their help in the pool.
I will confess to feeling a few nerves when arriving at Horsea for the open water dives, however, Tim and Ginny’s enthusiasm soon left me feeling at ease. The dives were conducted in a very professional way, but were a lot of fun at the same time. Kelly was a great help, as was Adrian, who kindly took time out to do shore cover for us.
Last, but by no means least, I would like to say a huge thank you to Alan and Caz. They were there helping out throughout the course, from the classroom and pool sessions right through to the open water dives! Nothing was too much effort, and the course would not have been the same without them!
I would not hesitate to recommend Divecrew to anyone in the future.
Thanks again to everybody, and I have no doubt that I will be seeing you all again soon, both at the socials and in the water!
Kind regards
Mark Nunn
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Penny and Collin,
I just wanted to say thank you for the quality of the Open Water course you and your team provided me with earlier in the year. I’ve just got back from Mauritius and only managed to squeeze 4 dives into 2 weeks of lounging on the beech, but the confidence your instructors instilled in me greatly helped when rolling off the side of the boat for the fist time in very very choppy seas.
Many thanks again, hope to see you at a social event soon.
Rebecca Taylor
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
I spent a wonderful weekend in delightful company and I am thrilled to now hold an Advanced Open Water Qualification! What a pleasure it was to dive with so many gentlemen divers from Divecrew over the weekend who assisted me with my rather ungainly entries to and exits from the water at Chesil Beach. There is a definite skill in that but it is worth it for the dives!! Many thanks to Jason for organising all the dives (particularly the two where we actually had good visibility on Chesil Beach) and making the weekend such fun, and also to Mark, John and Dave for assisting so well. It was also a pleasure to meet and dive with my fellow students, Sarah, Kerry, John and Nick. I wish them all every success in their continued diving experiences.
From Joyce
Just to say a big thank you for a great advanced weekend in Portland, I had a great time and the all the dives were fantastic with Chesil Beach being a highlight for me. Please pass on my thanks to Jason, Mark and all the guys who made the weekend such a success and looked after me!
Once again a big thank you and hope to see you all again soon!
Nick
Tags: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Dear Penny and Collin
I just thought I would write to say how impressed I am with Divecrew’s PADI Open Water course I attended this last weekend at Horsea. With two instructors and three Dive Masters assisting for a class size of five students I was genuinely pleased with the level of attention given. The equipment was first rate and the focus on practicing again and again kitting up correctly and being safe was excellent. Nina, who lead the class, was clear, helpful, polite and patient in equal measure (!), and Polly, Sam, Richard, Jim and Rowland were all marvelously helpful. The whole event was exhausting but exhilarating too and upon qualifying, ultimately rewarding.
Thank you very much again Best wishes.
Brian O’Sullivan MBA
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
It was a fantastic day, both Mia & Marine where excellent Many thanks for organising these day trips.
Michelle
Lots more photos are on our Lulworth Cove news page!
Tags: UK Diving
Dear Colin and Penny,
On behalf of both Felicity and myself, I’d just like to say a big thank you to one and all who helped us complete our open water course this weekend at Horsea Island.
A special thank you to our instructor Terry who made the dive instructions as clear as can be, but also a big thank you to Mia, Martin, Kelly, Steve, Richard and special thank you to Jennie for buddying with Felicity on both days. Their dedication and professionalism is a credit to you, making this an informative yet fun weekend.
We both hope to see you all very soon in the water. David and Felicity
Just wanted to say a big thank you to all involved in helping us to pass our Open Water dives on the 18th and 19th August. It was a drab, cold, miserable two days for getting changed outside, but Terry (Top man) and the TDM’s pulled together to make it an enjoyable event at Horsea, even if we couldn’t see beyond a metre!! No doubt it will make diving in clearer waters in future easier and more enjoyable. I would say its a great way to learn as it pushes you further than perhaps crystal clear tropics does…..
Thanks again, I’ll hopefully see you all again sometime soon, but that depends on the visibility!!
Cheers
Andy and Phil
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
I have always wanted to have a go at scuba diving and that’s exactly what you have helped me achieve .I have learnt a lot, and would love to do some more. I have seen people go diving and I have always wanted to try. You have helped my dream come true
I had a lot of fun playing the games underwater. I would rate my dive try 10/10.
Tags: try dives
Hi Collin
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the weekend at Horsea.
Terry is a great instructor and whilst the course was challenging at times, it was highly enjoyable.
Thanks also to Trainee Dive masters Rob and Kelly who were really helpful and played victim admirably, despite Kelly nearly being dropped on her head!!
Thanks once again.
Sue Coffey and Fellow Rescue Buddy Mark Lovelock
Tags: PADI Rescue Diver
hi Colin
well…I scraped through…just…with Andy (who was very thorough I have to say which is fantastic)…I didn’t find it easy in the murky Horsea but well came together in the end….roll on clear blue waters for me I think…
Chris.
In addition I want to extend my thanks to everyone involved in allowing me to pass my open water. I had a great time in pool, classroom and in the murky water of Horsea thanks to the great work and infinite patience of my instructors and their unpaid assistants, and of course it wouldn’t have been possible without the rest of you lot at divecrew, so thanks all.
Pete Giddings.
Tags: PADI Open Water Course
Hi Penny,
Thank You so much for helping to make Ian’s birthday weekend a great one.
The banner and cake were brilliant and he was so surprised by it.
Once again, many thanks, we both really enjoyed the weekend.
Take care
Sam
Tags: PADI Deep Diver Course
Collin
Last night was good
Once again really enjoyed last night and I think we all realised what a BIG job we have taken on.
One thing I do know is that the two I know James, and Steve and me will do the best possible job for you and the Dive Crew that we can. James and Steve are buzzing
Richard
Tags: PADI Divemaster
Collin
Last night was good
Once again really enjoyed last night and I think we all realised what a BIG job we have taken on.
One thing I do know is that the two I know James, and Steve and me will do the best possible job for you and the Dive Crew that we can. James and Steve are buzzing
Richard
Tags: PADI Divemaster
Hi Penny,
Thank you for a great time last Sunday on our PPB, we all really enjoyed it and talked about it all the way home (that is, until Emma and Nick both fell fast asleep for over an hour – must have been the early start!) Can’t wait to get back in the water! Best Rgds
Mike
Tags: PADI Peak Perfomance Buoyancy
Thanks very much for the weekend, I really enjoyed, especially the second day when things came together and went right. Good company, I very much appreciated your support and guidance and of course I had my ‘buddy’ at my side throughout the two days which helps. So once again thanks very much I really enjoyed the weekend, but not the sodding weather – I hope Paul has dried out he did a brilliant job for us over the two days. I thought Andy was great, I like his style and he cares, which I think is so important for anyone who instructs in any occupations. See you Tuesday – Christine has now agreed to dive in the UK with James and I.
Richard Cullen
Thanks for the words of congratulation.
I have to say that on first entering the water I nearly wimped out there and then – suffering mildly from claustrophobia it was about my worst nightmare! Andy and his colleagues were more than helpful, so please do thank them profusely. Still don’t quite know how they persuaded me to dive in 6 metres depth of soup, but there we are …
Paul Couzens
Tags: PADI Open Water Course, UK Diving
Dear Penny,
Apologies for taking a while for sending an e-mail, but just wanted to let you know that the deep diving weekend was great, had a really good time, and thought the teaching experience was above expectations!! Thought Andy was fantastic too, please pass on my thanks and regards when you see him again.
Regards,
Neil Saywell.
Tags: PADI Deep Diver Course
I just wanted to contact you to say a huge thank you for showing our son and his best friend a great time yesterday. The Try Dive was his friend’s birthday present and they had both been looking forward to it all week. Although they were very excited they were also a little nervous as both of them are only just 8! Your instructors were incredibly friendly, helpful and professional. They put them both at ease and the boys haven’t shut up talking about it since we got home – they did both sleep really well last night though!
Thanks again for a fantastic afternoon
Kim Baines
Have had a fantastic couple of weeks in the pool with Ginny and Andy.
Many thanks
Chris. Belton…plus soon I’d like to talk thru the holiday options!
Tags: try dives
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