Scuba Santas

Scuba Diving Dressed As Santa Claus For Charity

- Sunday, 18th December 2011 - NDAC, Chepstow

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3 weeks until Scuba Santas 2011 – Newsletter

The November 2011 Scuba Santas newsletter is out, in this newsletter we cover:

  • Diving goodies
    • Our free goody bag
    • Dive raffle
    • Dive auction
  • How to donate to the RNLI via Scuba Santas
    • On the day
    • Justgiving
    • Text Message
    • Sponsorship forms
  • Make it a diving weekend to remember
    • Saturday night dive
    • Low cost environmentally friendly wigwams
  • What’s happening between now and 18th December

To see the newsletter please click the following link: 3 weeks until Scuba Santas 2011

 

 

Scuba Santas is an annual World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 5th annual event in 2011 will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.


Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

 

Scuba Santas October 2011 Newsletter

Welcome to the start of Scuba Santas 2011, our latest newsletter covers the following:

  • Scuba Santas returns!
  • Extreme Underwater Ironing – more world records!
  • Have the RNLI helped you?

To view the newsletter please click here: Scuba Santas October 2011 Newsletter

We hope you’re all looking forward to the 2011 event!

Safe diving, Lloyd.

18th December 2011 from 9am, National Diving and Activity Centre, nr. Chepstow

Scuba Santas January 2011 Newsletter

Wow, what another great event! Thank you to everyone that attended!

Unfortunately due to lots of last minute cancellations due to colds and flu we didn’t quite make a new record, but we were very close, just 27 divers short of the mark! We’ve raised a good amout for the RNLI so far with donations still coming in (our current total is approx £3,500!).

This year saw the introduction of our first corporate sponsors divelife.co.uk in Manchester who provided all divers with the great reusable shopping bag. They seemed to go down a treat with everyone and we’ll be expanding our sponsorship for the 2011 event. Our thanks go todivelife.co.uk.

In this newsletter there’s a few things to cover:

  • Scuba Santas raffle prize winners
  • 2010 event summary
  • Extreme Underwater Ironing – more world records!
  • Next years event

We hope you had a great time at Scuba Santas 2010, and hope to see you all at the 2011 event. If you have any photos of video to share please get in touch with us (info@scuba-santas.co.uk).

Wishing you a happy and safe 2011, Lloyd.
18th December 2011 from 9am, National Diving and Activity Centre, nr. Chepstow

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Scuba Santas raffle prize winners
The Scuba Santas 2010 raffle prize draw has now taken place. We had a total of 24 prizes to give away from the following companies: aquapac, divesigns.com, Scimitar diving (Weymouth), and Blueotwo.

The winners are as follows:
£25 gift voucher from divesigns.com:

  • Rick Ayrton, Bristol of Clifton SAC

£50 holiday voucher from blueotwo:

  • Simon Rees, Bristol of Subaquaholics

Weekend’s diving for two with Scimitar diving, Weymouth

  • Sarah Edney, Caerphilly

Waterproof mobile phone cases from Aquapac

  • Jon Wilkinson , Frome of Frome BSAC 1639
  • David Drew , Warminster of Scuba Blue
  • Nige Thacker , Chippenham
  • Greg Parker , Bristol of Subaquaholics, Bristol
  • Tony B , Midsomer Norton of Norad Basc
  • mark piper , Salisbury of Euphoria diving
  • Eamonn Coffey , Dunstable of Chiltern Divers 1590
  • Robert Wareham , Bradford-on-avon
  • Helen Shaw , Chippenham
  • keith morris , Salisbury
  • Nora Holford , Reading of The Diving Club, Reading
  • Paul Minto , Thame of Oxford BSAC
  • Huw Rees , Neath
  • chris stevens , Oxford of Oxford BSAC
  • Chris Giles , Exwick of Exeter BSAC
  • Stuart Last , Bristol of AWSAC
  • Derek Davis , Tipton, West Midlands of Dudley Dolphin
  • Richard Ward , Reading of Reading Diving Club
  • Matt Head , Aldershot of University of Surrey SAC
  • Dick Allen , Bristol of AWSAC

Well done to all of the winners, I’ll be passing your details on to the various sponsors who will arrange to get your prize sent out (as appropriate). We look forward to seeing you all at Scuba Santas 2011!

Scuba Santas 2010 raffle winners
Scuba Santas 2010 Summary
Scuba Santas 2010 was a great event, its a shame about the record but the most important is that everyone had a great dive!

Donations are still coming in, we’ve raised about £3,500 so far. If you’ve still got funds to send in please do so as soon as possible (all cheques to be made payable to RNLI). Alternatively please make the donation via our justgiving page.

Please send us a comments on our website, twitter, or facebook to let us know what you thought. Its always great to hear feedback on the event!

To see some photos please see: Scuba Santas 2010 Photos
For some video please see our NEW youtube channel: Scuba Santas on youtube

There’s been several changes with scuba santas over the year. The most obvious are our great new graphics created by metalfury design (please let us know what you think!). We at Scuba Santas absolutely love them and will be getting the website updated soon to match the quality of our new logos. We’ve also been pushing for more corporate sponsorship, the goody bags this year went down very well and we’re looking to expand the range of give-aways for 2011. Dive companies benefit from being linked to a great charitable event and at the same time get their brand advertised by some very happy Scuba Santas!

We really hope that you enjoyed the 2010 event. Thank you to everyone that attended, planned to attend, or were involved in the event in any way, you make it what it is!

Please see the following link for a full event summary:

Scuba Santas 2010 event summary
Extreme Underwater Ironing
If, after Scuba Santas 2010, you’ve still got a fever for getting involved in world record attempts, you want to raise more money for some great charities, or you want to get involved in another fun crazy dive then I’ve got just the event for you….

After a year long break ‘extreme underwater ironing’ is back for another record attempt. After stealing the ironing record away from the Australians two years ago its time to extend the record even further and raise money for charity at the same time.

This year’s charities are:

  • Scuba Trust
  • RNLI
  • Families of the fallen

The event will take place on the 3rd April 2011 at the National Diving and Activity Centre, Chepstow. For more information please click the following link….

Extreme Underwater Ironing
Scuba Santas 2011
You probably wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but Scuba Santas 2011 is already in planning! We’re in discussions with several large dive companies about corporate sponsorship and more raffle prizes!

After 4 years of being at Vobster Quay we have decided to move the event to the National Diving and Activity Centre, Chepstow. Moving the event will provide the team with additional resources, help the event grow, and help to raise plenty of funds for the RNLI whilst still being the most fun dive you can do in the UK*.

This years event will be held on 18th December 2011 at NDAC, Chepstow

Thank you for all your support over the last few years, we looking forward to seeing you at the 2011 event. Keep checking the website, facebook, and twitter for further updates!

You can let us know you intend to come along early by registering on our facebook event page. Full registration will open later in the year.

* At least we hope that true? Please let us know, info@scuba-santas.co.uk

Scuba Santas

Scuba Santas on youtube!

Want to see what its like to be there on the day itself?

Scuba Santas now have their own Youtube video channel. Take a look and let us know any comments you have or whether you’ve spotted yourself in a video!

If you’ve got footage of the event you’d like to share, please get in contact with us on info@scuba-santas.co.uk to so we can upload and share with the world!

See you at Scuba Santas 2011 event, 18th December 2011, NDAC, nr Chepstow!

Scuba Santas is a unique World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 2011 event will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

Scuba Santas December 2010 Newsletter

To see the scuba santas december 2010 newsletter please click on the following link: Scuba Santas December 2010 Newsletter.

Our last newsletter before the latest world record breaking charity event, and our last newsletter of 2010. We look forward to the event and wish everyone a safe and happy christmas 2010!

Scuba Santas is a unique World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santasis http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 2010 event will be held at Vobster Quay where we will hope to break last year’s record of 158 divers, and raise funds for the RNLI.

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter: Scuba Santas on Twitter

Scuba Santas November 2010 Newsletter

Hello everyone!

The time of Christmas fast approaches (much faster than I’m comfortable with!). There’s been loads of work going on with Scuba Santas behind the scenes so much that the keen eye’d of you guys will have noticed there was no October newsletter!

The first big change is that we’ve got a whole new set of Scuba Santas images. These will be going up slowly across all the scuba santas locations. Once everything is in place we’ll officially launch it and give thank yous to everyone involved. Please get in touch with us and let us know what you think!

Secondly prizes are starting to roll in for the event. The two big ones to mention are Aquapac who have donated over £400 worth of waterproof mobile phone cases, and the excellent Scimitar Diving in Portland who have donated an entire weekends diving with air/nitrox thrown in for two lucky divers!

If you know of any companies would like to support the event please give them our contact details and point them towards our sponsorship packages, its all going to a very good cause! http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk/324/324/

We’ve also got our event poster available on the website, please download and place it everywhere divers are likely to see it, spread the word and help make a great event even bigger and better! http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk/events/2010-event/sponsorship-forms-and-event-poster/

The sponsorship form is very near completion, in the meantime its possible to make a donation via our justgiving page. http://www.justgiving.com/scubasantas2010.

T-shirts: A quick poll, would you like a scuba santas polo t-shirt to celebrate attending the event? We’re looking at getting these produced, cost would be between £10-£15 with all profits going to the RNLI. Good quality polo shirts with the scuba santas logo, showing your support for the event and the RNLI long after christmas is over. If you’d be interested please register your interest via info@scuba-santas.co.uk. If there is sufficient interest we’ll get some made up to display on the day and then take orders from attendees!

We’d also like to thank the Trowbridge branch of the RNLI who will be at the event to lend a hand a provide information on the excellent work that the RNLI perform all around the UK coast line.

Lastly, don’t forget to register for the event at http://event.scuba-santas.co.uk. We’re looking forward to breaking our world record for the 4th year running at Vobster Quay on the 19th December 2010!

Phew, that’s enough for this month…

Merry Christmas one and all, please keep in touch!

Lloyd

Scuba Santas Organiser

http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/scubasantas

http://www.twitter.com/scubasantas

PS Can’t get enough of breaking scuba world records? Keep a close eye out for Extreme Underwater Ironing 2 being held at the NDAC on the 3rd April 2011. Another chance to break the record set here two years previous! Keep a close eye on the NDAC website for more details. http://www.ndac.co.uk.

Newsletter September 2010

Ho-ho-ho everyone,

August was another busy month for Scuba Santas. Main activities were a visit to the South West Dive Show to talk to various companies and a big push to get the corporate sponsorship packages finalised and sent out.

The corporate sponsorship packages are in order to get some mementos of the day for all divers and to help business get their products out to a bigger audience – and also to show what nice people they are!.

By growing the event we raise more money for the RNLI so please help in any way you can! If you are aware of a company that would be willing to help with sponsorship please forward their contact details to info@scuba-santas.co.uk.

Registration for the event is steadily growing @ http://event.scuba-santas.co.uk/. Remember registration is the only way to guarantee that you’ll get event mementos!*

We’re still a few months out, in fact the site tells me its 107 days, but its looking great for the 19th December @ Vobster Quay!

Don’t be afraid to get in touch!

Merry Christmas and safe diving,

Lloyd Watkin
Scuba Santas Organiser

* Corporate sponsorship required though :)

Newsletter August 2010

Hi everyone,
A quick update as we’re still a good while away. We currently have 20 divers registered for Scuba Santas 2010 via the site twitter, or via the website. Merry Christmas, Lloyd Scuba Santas Organiser” target=”_blank”>http://event.scuba-santas.co.uk, which for this far out is a good number (remember we need to beat 158 for a new WORLD RECORD!).
Registration for the event is not required but it certainly makes our administration much easier on the day. On top of that it will help the event gain more corporate sponsorship if we can demonstrate a good attendance.
The best place for event news is either via the website http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk, or via our twitter feed http://www.twitter.com/scubasantas. Please link to us via your website!
This year we’re hoping to get some momentos of the day starting with t-shirts, this is dependent on getting corporate sponsorship. Emails will be going out to businesses soon and I’ll pass the email to attendees also so they can all spread the word.
The target for sponsorship is £15,000 for crew training @ the RNLI. Given the growth from previous years this is entirely possible. Our justgiving page is up at http://www.justgiving.com/scubasantas2010, and we’ll get some sponsorship forms out fairly soon.
In the mean time do not hesitate to get in touch via facebook, twitter, or via the website.
Merry Christmas,
Lloyd
Scuba Santas Organiser

Scuba Santas in BSAC Talk Newsletter

Scuba Santas are featured in this months BSAC talk newsletter. This newsletter goes out to all BSAC membership around the world!

To see Scuba Santas in BSACs newsletter please click here: Scuba Santas in BSAC talk

Scuba Santas is a unique World record holding event held each year and organised by members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 2009 event will be hold at Vobster Quayand will feature a world record breaking 100+ divers. Please contact us for more information.

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter: Scuba Santas on Twitter

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