Who's Who?
Dave S - Club Chairman and Trainee Branch Instructor / Master Diver
Dave started to learn to dive along with his daughter Charlotte in 2009, quickly rising to become Master Diver in 2013. He enjoys searching out marine life and has dived in Egypt, Malta and Lanzarote as well as various locations in the UK.
Favourite Dive Site: Ras Muhammad (Egypt)
Favourite Dive Site: Ras Muhammad (Egypt)
David B - Branch Instructor and B.D.O / Master Diver
David started diving in Thailand on Koh Samui in 2003, sure that despite being in his 50's he was "Never too old to learn". After 5 days of very good and thorough training, his first open water dive happened at Sail Rock and from then on he was hooked, as they say. After that came a period of being a warm-water, holiday diver in Rhodes, the Canary Islands, Malta and Kenya.
David joined ScotSAC and Penrith Divers in late 2008 and from then on started to learn to dive in a dry suit in the cold, dark waters of the English Lakes. He attained Sports Diver level in the first 12 months, finished Master Diver training in March 2012 and qualified as Branch Instructor in early 2014.
In between diving at home, David has dived in Mombasa, Egypt, Zanzibar, Santorini, the Maldives, Turkey and more of the Canary Islands and has now completed over 500 dives.
Favourite Dive Site: The Aquarium (Zanzibar)
Chloe - Club Secretary / Branch Diver
Chloe learnt about Penrith Divers from the flurry of newspaper articles in 2017 and brought her dad along to find out more. She has embraced the cold waters of the Lake District but is looking forward to her first trip to warmer climes later in the year along with upgrading to Sports Diver soon.
Favourite Dive Site: Loch Fyne
Favourite Dive Site: Loch Fyne
Janet - Club Treasurer / Sports Diver
Janet started diving in 2014, determined to find some joy in the cold, dark waters of the English Lakes. Her highlight so far came when these waters were exchanged for the warm, wildlife-filled ocean in Lanzarote which she enjoyed so much that it was almost impossible to get her out when the time was up!
She has completed around 50 dives but still doesn't really like the cold.
Favourite Dive Site: Puerto Del Carmen (Lanzarote)
She has completed around 50 dives but still doesn't really like the cold.
Favourite Dive Site: Puerto Del Carmen (Lanzarote)
Katie - Training Officer, Web Administrator, Equipment Officer and Trainee Branch Instructor / Master Diver
Katie first learned to dive with BSAC whilst on holiday on Ascension Island in 2008 and came home thinking "Use it or lose it!". The transition from 30 degree South Atlantic water to 4 degrees in Ullswater was a challenge but mostly great fun and second only to the challenge of fitting some underwater time in around the demands of two teenagers.
Katie has been a member of ScotSAC and Penrith Divers since then and has clocked up around 250 dives so far, in the UK, Canary Isles, Malta and Egypt.
Favourite Dive Site: Ras Ghazlani (Egypt)
Richard G - Branch Instructor and Child Protection Officer / Sports Diver
Richard began diving in 1998, becoming both Sports Diver and Branch Instructor in 2000. He has dived in Egypt, New Zealand, Malta, the Canary Islands, the Balearics and Jordan and has racked up around 400 dives.
Favourite Dive Site: Poor Knights Island (New Zealand)
Steve - Compressor Officer and Trainee Branch Instructor / Master Diver
Steve started diving in 2014 and attacked his training with gusto, becoming both Branch and Sports diver in 2015 and then Master diver the following year. He is keen to help others on the same path as he enjoys it so much and has clocked up about 250 dives in the Canary Islands, Malta and the Caribbean as well as the UK.
Favourite Dive Site: Hawse Point, Crummock Water
Favourite Dive Site: Hawse Point, Crummock Water
Alan - Branch Instructor / Master Diver
Alan learned to dive with PADI in Egypt in 2005, confidant that learning the basics would be OK as he was only going to be a warm water diver!
However, he soon found that even 4 or 5 holidays a year doesn't give you anywhere near as much experience as diving in the Lake District.
Alan joined ScotSAC and Penrith Divers in 2007, passing his Sports Diver qualification in 2009 and becoming a Master Diver in 2013 followed swiftly by a Branch Instructor qualification in 2014. He has dived in Egypt, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Turkey, Malta, Thailand and Cyprus.
Favourite Dive Site: Egypt and Cyprus
However, he soon found that even 4 or 5 holidays a year doesn't give you anywhere near as much experience as diving in the Lake District.
Alan joined ScotSAC and Penrith Divers in 2007, passing his Sports Diver qualification in 2009 and becoming a Master Diver in 2013 followed swiftly by a Branch Instructor qualification in 2014. He has dived in Egypt, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Turkey, Malta, Thailand and Cyprus.
Favourite Dive Site: Egypt and Cyprus
Rob - Branch Instructor / Master Diver
Rob became interested in diving while watching Gordon Burton, a founder member of Penrith club, working on boat moorings on Ullswater.
He joined ScotSAC in 2000 and became a member of Penrith Branch, passing his Sports Diver by November 2001.
Some time after that he traveled extensivley, diving in the Maldives, Thailand and Tunisia as well as holiday diving in Cuba, Turkey, Malta, Gozo, the Canary Islands and Egypt several times.
He qualified as a Master Diver in September 2008, followed swiftly by becoming a Branch Instructor in March 2009 and B.D.O in April of the same year, a post which he held for 7 years.
Rob enjoys passing on the knowledge and skills that enable others to participate in diving safely.
He gets regular calls from the Ullswater Steamer company to help find keys and wallets that are dropped from their piers and has also been involved in searches.
He has completed over 1,000 dives.
Favourite Dive Site: the Maldive Islands.
He joined ScotSAC in 2000 and became a member of Penrith Branch, passing his Sports Diver by November 2001.
Some time after that he traveled extensivley, diving in the Maldives, Thailand and Tunisia as well as holiday diving in Cuba, Turkey, Malta, Gozo, the Canary Islands and Egypt several times.
He qualified as a Master Diver in September 2008, followed swiftly by becoming a Branch Instructor in March 2009 and B.D.O in April of the same year, a post which he held for 7 years.
Rob enjoys passing on the knowledge and skills that enable others to participate in diving safely.
He gets regular calls from the Ullswater Steamer company to help find keys and wallets that are dropped from their piers and has also been involved in searches.
He has completed over 1,000 dives.
Favourite Dive Site: the Maldive Islands.
Charlotte - Trainee Branch Instructor / Master Diver
Charlotte started learning to dive in 2009 along with her dad Dave and became a Master Diver in 2013. She is a PADI Dive Master too following a stay in Egypt in 2014 and has also dived in Malta as well as different parts of the UK.
Favourite Dive Site: Ullswater (UK)
Favourite Dive Site: Ullswater (UK)