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ULSAC expedition article in SCUBA magazine

SCUBA magazine has published an article written by ULSAC members Eric 'Spunky' Lucas and Mark 'Junior' Lewis. Looking back at the 2011 Summer expedition to Guernsey, they delve into all aspects of the trip and generally brag about how brilliant it was. Recommended reading!

Guernsey 2011 Expedition report

In the summer of 2011, ULSAC and Crawley Divers went on a joint expedition to the Channel Island of Guersney, and over two weeks carried out lots of really incredible diving. The expedition report is now available and is a fantastic resource to find out more about the planning, diving, and general amazing-ness of the trip. You can find it here.

Bovi 2010 and 2011

A chance to look back at highlights from the past two years' Easter training courtesy of these terrific videos from Ross McLeod. Just follow the links to 2011 or 2010.

ULSAC achievements recognised

In 2010, ULSAC had the second highest number of advanced divers of all university branches of BSAC. In recognition, the club has been awarded a shiny new certificate! Congratulations to the whole club.

ULU Laurels 2011

ULSAC is pleased to congratulate a number of our members who won awards at the ULU Laurels 2011 ceremony:

Honourary Life Membership Award for his many years of outstanding and exceptional service to ULSAC

Dave Pearce

Laurel for her notable service in the organisation and administration of ULSAC.

Vanessa Woolhead

Society Shield for their outstanding achievement and contribution to ULSAC.

Megan Creese-Smith
Clare Davies
Erik Rijkhorst

These members have shown complete dedication to ULSAC and have been justly rewarded for their efforts. The whole club should be proud that the commitment of our members is always noted by ULU at this annual event.

ULSAC in DIVE magazine!

Check out this month's DIVE magazine for an article written by our very own Nathan Long.
The article beautifully discusses the hugely successful trip to the South of France in 2009 and highlights just how easy and cost-effective it is for a club to run a trip to the Mediterranean.

Head to page 95 of the May 2011 issue of DIVE magazine for the full write-up now!!

Britain's Secret Seas

BBC2's Britain's Secret Seas is a stunning new series (due to be broadcast from 8th May at 8pm) that uncovers the dramatic, inspiring and at times surprising marine environment that surrounds the British Isles.

Over four weeks presenter and BSAC scuba diver Paul Rose, marine biologist Tooni Mahto and archaeologist Frank Pope reveal that the seas around Britain are as every bit as colourful and extraordinary as the oceans around the world.

From seals, dolphins and basking sharks to reefs, wrecks, fascinating history and curious night-time predators - our small island is home to a vast array of underwater treasures just waiting to be discovered.

Britain's Secret Seas will broadcast on BBC2 at 8pm from Sunday, 8th May 2011.

ULSAC in the early days

To see what ULSAC diving was like in 1961, take a look at this wonderful video that Geoff Stone, the founder secretary of ULSAC recently uploaded....

Fascinating to see how the technology has developed since those early days of diving but the antics all remain pretty similar!

Annual Dinner 2010

ULSAC's annual dinner was held on the 13th November at the Euston Square Hotel.

It was a fun filled evening of dinner, dancing and raffles. Plus of course the usual game of Roxeanne!

Congratulations to everyone who won raffle prizes and many thanks to our sponsors for supplying some great prizes:

Tony Backhurst - £200 off diving holiday
O'Neill - boots and gloves
Discovery Divers - a day's free diving
Collins & Chambers - assorted goodies

Many thanks to Vanessa for putting in so much hard work and making it such an enjoyable evening.

If you have any photos from the event please contact the Webmasters.

Dive Fest 2010

Similarly to last year, ULSAC attended Dive Fest at Pentewan Sands in Cornwall and were well and truly the life and soul of the party!

Click here to see a sample of Loc's photos from the weekend. ULSAC have been asked to play a much bigger part at Dive Fest 2011 so keep your eyes peeled for more news.

Newsletter gets revamped!

The new ULSAC Newsletter Blog has been unveiled at last. The blog will take the place of the old PDF newsletters- hopefully allowing it to be updated more regularly and be more interactive (as people can make comments!).

You can access the Newsletter from the link on the left hand side of the website as normal or from this link.

If you'd like to write an article, kit or dive review, preview, poem etc... (as per the old newsletter) then please fire it through to the Newsletter Editor

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Your Seas Your Voice

Do you know of a place that needs protecting? Let the Marine Conservation Society know at www.yourseasyourvoice.com. This website allows you to nominate an area you feel should become an MPA, or select from one of 73 MCS-recommended MPAs dotted around the UK coast.

Information will be used to demonstrate the social support for MPAs to UK governments, which are planning MPA networks to be established by 2012.

Every vote counts, please get online and vote.