General News

Wow what a weekend we were soooooooooooooo busy, many congratulations to the following divers. New Open Water Divers. Sophie Robilliard,Oliver Tostevin,Alexander Robert,Stephanie Robert,and Joanne Robert. Peak Performance Specialty, Roger Wood.

Donkey Divers MD Steve Bougourd released the seized drainage valve in the children’s salt water bathing pool  today so the stone masons can retrieve the huge granite coins washed into the pool during the winter storms. The stone masons are doing a great job and hopefully the pool will be ready for the school summer holidays for all to enjoy 🙂  

The valve coupling

Great day yesterday, very well done to Nicole Le Billan,Mark Holmes and Lee Torrance on completing the swim assessment, CW1 and 2 of the PADI Open Water diver course.

Well done to Kevin Breton and Becky Hamilton now certified emergency first responders in Primary care CPR and Secondary first aid including AED use.

Congratulations to Kevin Breton on completing his EANx course with Donkey Divers, Guernsey’s number one dive school.

Now back from Sharm El Sheikh and a very successful IDC with Platinum PADI CD Steve prior and the lovely Janet Prior PADI IDC Staff Instructor. There were 4 candidates including Donkey Divers own, Nick Loveridge. The lovely Deane from Corsica, and I were IDC Staff Instructor candidates. I am pleased to say that thanks to Steve and Janet ( Prior Knowledge ) we were all successful, so onward and upwards I think. Nick also did five specialties Instructor ratings and I have added another two to my collection. We now have some new exciting specialties to add to the already extensive list offered on our web site. They are O2 provider, Multi level diver, and SMB specialty. I am now really looking forward to working with Nick, as Donkey Divers welcomes him on board as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. Our boat Great White has had a complete service ready for the 2014 season plus a few exciting extras for her. So all we need now is the viz to improve and the wind to go away so we can enjoy some good local diving.
Kind Regards
Steve Bougourd MD Donkey Divers.

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that certain services are being suspended for a few weeks as I am off to complete my Staffing and IDC certifications in Egypt… someone has to do it 😉

No kit hire will be available from now until March 10th and, of course, I’ll not be out diving until I get back.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused but this is great for Donkey Divers in general.

See you all soon.

Steve

First may I say a massive thank you to all running/walking with us on Sunday, there are 9 of us and you have raised £135 for Aid Reaching Children 🙂 I am very proud of you guys.

Weather for the run

Hi 12° RealFeel® 7° Precipitation 58%
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SSW 24 km/h
Gusts: 37 km/h

Cloudy; a morning shower in places followed by occasional rain and drizzle in the afternoon

Max UV Index: 0 (Low)
Thunderstorms: 20%
Precipitation: 2 mm
Rain: 2 mm
Snow: 0 CM
Ice: 0 mm
In total so far there are 496 Santa’s taking part WOW, as there are so many unfortunately they have ran out of Santa outfits 🙂 So please dress festive to be in the spirit of things. I have your race numbers and will bring them down to the meeting area with your Donkey Divers T shirts on Sunday 15-12-13 meet 11:00 Pembroke bay car park. If you are taking your car to the start area we may have to bus it back to Pembroke after we have all had a cup of coffee in town if you fancy.

See you on Sunday Ho Ho Ho
KR
Steve B