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Article in November 2004 Dive magazine page 20

Lowestoft BSAC 671 has received Awards for All funding for £4505. The grant is to be used for putting four members through the instructor training programme, six members through an O2 Administration course, the purchase of two sets of O2 Administration kits, two sets of pool equipment a PC projector and screen. "This was the clubs third application for funding, but it was well worth not giving up. It will give us the tools to provide a good grounding for new members coming through and allow us to train using modern up to date equipment", reports Glynn Conolly the clubs current president.

There was also a report in the Lowestoft Journal about the 2004 free try dive night which featured a picture of the club being presented with a cheque.

The club was lucky enough to receive a sports lottery grant of £4097 in the Autumn of 2000 after a lot of hard work, time and effort put in by our training officer Colin Goodley and his wife Gloria. The money was put to good use and we managed to get a great deal on 6 complete sets of scuba gear for training purposes.

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The Awards For All funding group requested that we give a demonstration of how we used the £4097 we received for training equipment in August 2000 and how this had benefited our organisation. This was done in the form of a display stand at the Marina Centre Great Yarmouth on the 6th of February 2002. The club had a video display as well as training manuals and a display of some of the actual equipment purchased with the grant. Since receiving the grant the clubs training ability has improved significantly, this coupled with one of the best pools for training in the area puts the club in a good position to offer diver training from Snorkel diver to Dive Leader under the BSAC. This equipment enables all trainees to learn on new and up to date equipment and eases the burden on members by not having to use their own equipment, while also giving trainees time to think about the equipment they will purchase for themselves.

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