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Taking a dive In April the Ridgeway Diving Club invited readers to 'have a go' at scuba diving in the Link
Centre pool. They asked us if we would like to try it out as well.
Club member Lesley Rutherford, all was well, we started a second blowing bubbles in appreciation.
who lives in Grange Park, was as- swim down the pool, this time try- On our third trip, it was horse
signed to look after me and without ing out the inflatable jacket which is racing. Keeping their air hoses con-
too much waiting around we got fed with air from the tank. It's quite nected in their mouths, they had
down to the business of finding out difficult to control your buoyancy taken off their jackets and were
what the equipment does and what with the jacket slightly inflated. riding their air tanks through the
I should expect underwater. Breathe in and you start rising, water.
Theclub has spare equipment and breathe out and you sink to the bot- All too soon the half hour was up
borrows gear from other members tom. and it was time to extract oneself
when newcomers are being shown At the end of the pool, two expe- from the kit. The Ridgeway Divers
the ropes. Six others were having a rienced divers were puttingon quite can't promise an underwater theat-
go that evening. a performance - quite literally an rical performance when you visit,
The first thing Lesley talked about underwaterballet. Splits,plies,mirn- but you'll get an idea what scuba
was safety, the signals to use under- ing different characters, rolling diving is all about. Give Lesley
waterand the various safetydevices around, accompanied by slow hand Rutherford a call on 876164 to ar-
on the air tank. Then it was into the claps from others watching and range a dive.
water. First it was a wrestling match
with a couple of enormous plastic
flippers. You need to wear a tee shirt
to protect your skin from the rub-
Not quite the Link Centre pool!
bing of the the inflatable jacket to (' Wests ide
which the air tank and web of hoses like. Wearing the equipment out of
is attached. Standing by the side of the water feels completely unnatu-
the pool, Lesley helped me on with ral. In the water, there's no problem < Sports
the jacket and once strapped in, she and we started a slow swim up the
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helped me take a few steps. My pool, Lesley watching me intently ENAGE
whole centre of gravity had moved for signs of panic. Show Village Centre,Shaw
backwards by two feet and I was in The physics of light refraction in
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