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Still a few places at
the Great Escape
Beat boredom in the Easter break
at Greendown School in Grange
Park by taking part in a sports
week run by an experienced PE
teacher and responsible leaders.
It will be based around team
sports and learning through com-
petition. Children aged 9 to 13 will
take part in sports such as football,
netball, hockey, tennis, badmin-
ton, volleyball, gymnastics, round-
ers, cricket, athletics, dance, Dan-
ish long ball and tug of war.
The course runs from 2 to 6 April,
9.30am to 3pm and costs £55.
Application forms are available
from the school, tel: 874224 or mail
Chris Dobbs for more information:
[email protected]

Celebrating fifty
years of diving
Swindon’s Sub Aqua Club has
come a long way since the days
when members wore woolly jump-
ers to keep warm underwater.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary
this month, the club now boasts an
impressive array of equipment,
and has plans to build a new club
house at South Marston.
Founder member, John Hamil-
ton, called the first official meeting
of the club at Milton Road Baths in
April 1957. After a few months of
training, enough members quali-
fied as 3rd Class Divers to offi-
cially form the branch and by the
end of 1957, there were 37 mem-
bers.
John is proud to have achieved
his vision of a strong branch in
Swindon, seventy miles from the
nearest coastline.
There are currently 60 members
regularly diving at locations such
as Stoney Cove, Lyme Regis and
Plymouth. They are buying land
at Swindon Supermarine to build
a new club house which they hope
will include a training pool.
“It’s quite another world away
from telephones and other distrac-
tions,” said John. “There’s so much
to see, especially round Cornwall
where there are hundreds of
wrecks.”
A message from Prince Charles,
president of the British Sub Aqua
Club, was read out at a celebration
dinner held at the De Vere Hotel
on 4 March.
Reg Valentine, former director
general of the BS-AC was guest of
honour. Former member, Graham
Brown and his wife June travelled
from Canada to be amongst 140
guests at the celebrations.
To arrange a trial dive at Milton
Road contact John on 782628 or
Paul Wright on 721694.
www.swindive.co.uk
www.toomers.co.uk

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