Stellar Divers

What an inspirational man, a real friend to our planet.

Our surface support is second to non 😉 more LSST Students enjoying their first taste of scuba Diving doing their PADI Discover Scuba Dives. No stopping them now 👌🏻 thank you as always to the fantastic dive team, Major, Siân & Sam. More fun next week with the next load of happy divers. Remember it’s a long Capernwray weekend this weekend, you are more than welcome to join us. Keep your hats on tight and wrap up warm, that wind is something else 💨

One of the many trips on offer for 2019! If you've not been to the Farnes you MUST go! We still have spaces on this trip :-) Ok so this week we say welcome to the PADI Divemaster course, Niel & Martin you will love the diver you become when you complete the DM Journey. Welcome Nat, Valerie, Neville & Josh to your PADI Discover Scuba dive experience, we can't wait to start your PADI Open Water Courses in 2019. Welcome also (there's more!!) Breon & Paul to your PADI Open Water ...course what a brilliant start. Well done Paul, George, Jamie, Charlie, Danny, Jade, Sam & Chris nearly there now!! Open Water awaits & so does your special Project AWARE edition open water certification card, they are so cool & you get to help look after the ocean as well!! Always a pleasure to see Isabel & Bella our latest PADI Seals having fun & well done James, Alex, Chris D & Sam getting put through the DM rescue scenarios & nailing it!! Always good to see Tim & Phil having some fun swim arounds and thank you to the one, the only, truly amazing dive team of Major, Mr D, Seasick, Ian, Chris, Siân, Petra, Helen, Dan H, Alice, Chrissy, Dredge, Karl, John, Clare. We are at Capernwray from Thursday until Sunday if you want to have a fun swim around with us, no pool on the 2nd so have a great week everyone Hotch & Vic.
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Our first bunch of LSST students completing their PADI Discover Scuba Dives, is it me or do these years just fly by?! Thank you Sian, Sam & Chris for being a gorgeous dive team. Same again next week :-)

We always love good news!!! Now everyone else needs to follow suit!

Agnes a rescued battery chicken with a knitted jumper!! Well never say we don't care about our planet!! Mother's knitting skills are well on par with our scuba skills!! Talking of which, we welcome Paul, Paul, Jamie, Charlie, Odette, George & Danny to your PADI Open Water course, a great start. Well done Neil, Sam, Jeremy & Chris, on to your next step now!! Capernwray beckons :-) Lovely to see our wonderful new PADI Seal Team member Bella especially as we say congratulations ...to our new Master Seal Leila, well done Joe & Sam, we look forward to more seal team fun in December. Fantastic to see our new Divemasters in training Sam, Martin, John, Clare & Alex getting put through their paces. Thank you to the as always awesome dive team of Ian, Siân, Seasick, Petra, Alice AIT, Dredge, Chrissy & Sam. There is no pool next Sunday so enjoy your lay in, have a great week everyone Hotch & Vic.
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We love big congratulations and today is no exception!! Welcome to the PADI Master Scuba Diver club Dave & Martin, a major achievement for two great people. Who doesn't love a Sunday pool, today we say welcome to Chantel who had a large smile after a fantastic Bubblemaker, and so it starts 🙂 Welcome also Niel & Craig we look forward to seeing you soon. Job well done Ed, Alex, Jeremy, Sam & Chris we will soon have you ready for your Open Water dives. Always lovely to see our S...eals Coen, Jake & Jaimi having loads of fun. Well done Martin, Alex, James & Sam H on your Divemaster skill circuit & welcome to your Divemaster course John & Clare, acing your DM Waterskills in one session is no small achievement. Thank you Ian, Chris, Petra, Dan H, Dredge, Helen, Alice, Margaret, Chris D & Karl for being a flipping awesome dive team! Have a great week everyone Hotch & Vic.
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We are so proud to be able to share the great news that we have just become a 100% Project AWARE Partner. Going forward a donation to Project AWARE of £10 will be made for EVERY diver certification that we process at Stellar Divers. Each certified diver will then receive a special Project AWARE livery PADI certification card to treasure.
You have all seen the news, plastic waste is everywhere, we need to make it stop!! Project AWARE are committed to this cause and to stoppin...g Shark extinction! Preserving & Protecting our Lakes, Seas & Oceans has to be a priority! At Stellar we have adopted and cleaned a local lake & dive site, a small start, but that's how it grows! We will do much more going forward BUT we need your help whether you dive or not. Help make a difference, it's so easy, small things do add up, they grow and soon become a major step forward! Things like to stop using single use plastics (bottles & straws), picking up the rubbish you find while diving, cutting and taking discarded fishing line away......the list is endless! We have mesh bags galore, take one when you dive next! I know our club members are passionate about this so if you want please like and share this post, please raise awareness of https://www.projectaware.org, and all of the good that's happening around the globe, let's all help make a difference.
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You just can't beat a good Capernwray weekend! Are you ready, are you set....ok so it's huge congratulations to Shelby, Scott, Dan, Ricky, Vicky & Mark on becoming PADI Open Water divers congratulations also to Kelly, Richard & Abbie on becoming PADI Advanced Open Water Divers then to Martin, Dave & Alex on becoming PADI Diver Propulsion specialists, Dan & Ricky on becoming PADI Dry Suit Divers & last but by no means least to Tom on becoming a PADI Wreck Diver. The vis was fa...ntastic, the company was awesome and the whole weekend was stunning! Lovely to see and share some lake & social time with Mick, Hayley, Nat, Russ, Eve, Ben, John & Riddock. Thank you to Chris, Petra, Chrissy & Dredge the awesome Dive Team, thank you also Mick, Clare & Ian on being great surface support. As always the weekend wouldn't be anywhere near as special if it wasn't for Ann, Neil & the Team at The King's Arms Hotel Burton in Kendal - LA6 1LR. We are back at Capers the first weekend in Dec and it's nearly booked up already so get your skates on if you fancy the last trip of 2018 with us. Have a great week, Hotch & Vic
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Please join us in wishing a massive congratulations to our new “Fantastic Four” PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors. What a fantastic, richly deserved & beautiful achievement. Siân, Seasick, Ian & Chris W you should be so proud, you smashed it with such high scores throughout. Thank you to Martin & Sharon from Above and below for awesome mentoring supported by Nana & Neil. And a humongous thank you to Erica from PADI. Now relax you four, but just remember Vic and I are now going to sit in our pyjamas on the pool side Sunday’s while you work :-)

Ok so where to start :-) Well the Farnes last week was amazing, it was the best seal action I have ever seen, they were wall to wall and so playful, thank you to Andrew at Sovereign Diving Ltd for making it a special week.
Then weekend brought us Sunday pool, so it's welcome John-Paul, Clare, Anne Marie, Sam & Chris to your PADI Open Water course, welcome also Chris, Sam, Keen & Finlay having great fun doing PADI Discover Scuba Dives. Well done our current crop of Open Water... students Nathan, Megan, Dan, Ricky, Scott, Mark, Vicky, Ed, Alex & Shelby, you are all looking so good. As always great to see seals on a Sunday, so well done Leila, Jake & Sam. Good to see Dave having a tune up too, thank you to our special guest João from H2O Lisbon Dive Club & to Major, Petra, Alice, H, Dredge, Sam & our new DM Clare for being a stunning dive team.
Wait for it, we're not finished; its huge congratulations to Ben, John & Tom on becoming PADI Deep divers at Stoney on Tuesday & just because they can! Ben & John for completing PADI Wreck specialities on Wednesday. Congratulations also to Hannah on becoming a PADI Advanced Open Water diver also at Sunney Stoney on Wed. Thank you to the awesome dive team of H & Siân.
Have a great week everyone, no pool this Sunday as it's the Instructor Exams at Blue Lagoon, here is wishing Chris W, Seasick, Siân & Ian all the very best, I'm sure they will smash it!! Have a great weekend everyone, Hotch & Vic
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A beautiful day at Seahouses diving with the fantastic Sovereign Diving Ltd time to see if the seals are as playful as they’ve been all week.

There is always something special about long weekends at Capernwray; is it the great company? the awesome hospitality at the Kings Arms? the warm welcome at Capernwray, the superb atmosphere? the great food? or maybe just it's just everything! well whatever it is, everyone leaves with a smile on their face :-)
OK here we go with celebrations......it's huge congratulations to Mike, Aušra, John, Jay, Alan, Paul & Caitlin on becoming PADI Open Water Divers, to Jess & Jay on bec...oming PADI Advanced Open Water Divers, to Terry, John & Tom on becoming PADI Rescue Divers & (wait for it!!!) to Josh, Martin & Alex on becoming awesome PADI Search & Recovery Speciality divers! Great to see Rachael, Tom, Dave, Geoff, Carl, Paul, Joe, Alex, Ben & Kel for some swim arounds & great to see Gretch, Kevin & Riddock joining us for the social! Thank you to Ian, Chris, MKL & Mark the (Very worn out!) Dive Team and as always Ann, Neil & Team at The King's Arms Hotel Burton in Kendal - LA6 1LR.
Plus while were working hard at Capernwray, congratulations to Mark, Chrissy, Karl, Chris & Sam on gaining their RYA Powerboat Level 2 qualifications at Girton Sailing Club have a great week everyone, we are at Girton on Wed/Sat & Sunday, plus pool Sunday morning if anyone fancies a swim around in good company, have a great week everyone, Hotch & Vic
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Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words; we will leave it to you to fill in the blanks :-) Keep an eye out for "The Sound of Mull Re Loaded Trip 2019" Enjoy.

MULL update to follow soon BUT first congratulations Spike & Helen our latest PADI Open Water divers and what a nice couple of days at Girton Sailing Club. Amongst others we welcome my old friend Nic to the pool, a brilliant Re Breather try dive, on to bubble free times!! Ok welcome also Scott, Mark, Vicky, Vicky & Megan to your PADI Open Water course, welcome also Clare, Chris & James, great PADI Discover Scuba Dives & we look forward to taking you forward to your PADI Open ...Water Course very soon. AND More welcomes to Simon, Johnathan & John, great to see you having a good time on your scuba tune up's, lovely as always to see our seals Coen, Leila, Isabel, Sam & Joseph having a great time. Nice to see Aaron, Colin & Neil having swim arounds and fantastic to see Jay & Allan preparing for next weekends Capernwray weekend. Thank you Major, Ian, Petra, Siân, Helen, Alice, Dredge, Chrissy, Mark & Sam for being the as always a fantastic dive team. Now remember there is no pool next Sunday, if you wish to join us for a bimble we will be at Capernwray next Fri/Sat & Sun. Until then have a great week everyone, Hotch & Vic.
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Right straight in we go!!! Congratulations to John, Martin, Alex & Clare on becoming Emergency First Responders on Saturday, expertly instructed by our new EFR instructor dream team Siân & Ian. Then there was the pool!! Welcome Paul, Jamie, Hannah & Daniel you looked great enjoying your PADI Discover scuba dives, we look forward to seeing you all again soon for a PADI Open Water course. Welcome also our new Seal's Sam, Joseph & Jaimi, and a perfect Master Seal session Jake, i...nner space conquered! Well done Will, Ricky, Dan, John, Shelby, Spike, Helen, Paul, Janice, Paul & Caitlin on your Open Water course, great skills people :-) Good to see Sally back & lovely to see Jason, Louise, Darren & Mr Smith having fun swimming around. Thank you to Major, Ian, Petra, Siân, Dredge, Chrissy, Helen, Alice, Dan C, Karl, Mark, Chris D & Sam you are as always an awesome dive team. We are at Stoney tomorrow & Girton on Wednesday if anyone fancies a bimble in good company. No pool next weekend as we are in Scotland....watch out for the pictures!!! Have a great week everyone Hotch & Vic.
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Sit back, watch & enjoy........

Let’s start with some "Congratulations" to Simon & Tracey on becoming PADI Navigation Specialists, Martin & Alex on becoming PADI Rescue Divers and Karl & James on becoming PADI Scuba Divers! Beautiful 🙂 And then to the pool.....Welcome Sally & Harry two perfect PADI Discover scuba dives, welcome also Tom a great tune up, see you soon for more fun. Welcome to your PADI Open Water Course Will, Dan, Ricky, Ed & Alex, you all looked superb. Well done Jay, Alan, Shelby, Spike, Helen, Aušra, Paul, Janice, Jade, John, Mike, Paul & Caitlin on your open water courses. Good to see Dan & Kevin for swim arounds. Thank you, Ian, H, Chrissy, Alice, Dan H, Sam, Karl, Mark Ink & Dredge for being the stunning dive team. Happy birthday to our Noodles today also 🙂 Have a great week everyone, Hotch & Vic

was at capers was not taking part with Stellar Divers this time but know Hotch and Victoria from other trips an events organized by them I Highly recommend them they are lovely fantastic couple nothing is too much trouble they will help you as best they can and train you to very high standards and the trips they organize are brilliant. Iam a disabled diver and Hotch will soon be training me to become a rebreather diver which you can not ask any better of this guy.

fantastic club if you wanna learn to dive these guys do a top job of teaching you and make it fun too top marks guys

Vic, Simon and their team are very professional and very friendly. We had great fun learning to dive with Stellar Divers. Thanks guys!

Top team & GREAT instructors! 1st class all round! Can't praise them all enough! Thank you for my Open Water Refferrel for Thailand! :-) See you when I get back! :-)

Top notch � thanks guys

Tim had his first dive towards his "open water" this morning & had a fabulous time, Hotch, Vicky & the team are all really friendly and helpful & he can't wait for his second dive, thanks to all. X

Thank you for my amazing morning really loved it and everyone is so friendly and welcoming :)

OutStanding



Had a great morning with the crew from stellar Dive, had my first try dive,



thanks to all the ladies that helped me gain confidence



i will be back soon

My partner and I just finished our open water dive course and cannot praise Hotch, Vic and the team at Stellar Divers enough. Helpful and friendly throughout, getting me and my partner through any issues we had in next to know time. Would thoroughly recommend to anyone looking to learn to dive or after meeting other divers.



Can't wait to start our advanced open water with you next month!

Imy had a fab time on her course. Fun and professional

If you want to learn to dive, don't look anywhere else. From my first attempts to drown myself in the pool to swimming blind on my wreck course Vic and Simon and the other instructors have been superb; patient, calm and great instruction. Met some fabulous people all passionate about diving. And, most of all, had really good fun!! Ron

I'm using my dads profile because I'm 10 and I'm not allowed to have Facebook yet.



I was really scared to try diving at first but from my first go Chris (seasick) made me feel really safe and I couldn't wait to do more. all the dives I've done have been so much fun every time I have come to the pool. Everybody has been really kind and have been so so supportive and I've enjoyed every second of it ! I want to say thank you to everyone especially

Hotch Vicky Sian Richard lance and Chris you lot are all awesome!



From the dad.



Couldn't recommend this club enough, absolutely fantastic team who put everything in to what they do. As a dad of a ten year old beginning her diving training, I'll be honest I hated the idea, but the whole team put my mind at rest immediately. I couldn't have asked for a better school or club to teach my little girl. My daughter will be coming to this club for years to come and will be progressing through her training with this fantastic team.thank you so much.

Hotch, vic and the team are great to train with would really recommend anyone to learn scuba diving with them. really helpful though whole experience.

Now todo advanced open water �

Hotch and the team are amazing! They got my very done quick, just for my Greek holiday! They were very professional and thorough. I felt very comfortable diving with them, despite the 1ft vis at Blue Lagoon on my first 3 open water dives...lol. Can't wait for the next course!

Had an absolutely amazing weekend in capernwray with my 12 year old son and his grandad. Vicky and Dan have both been amazing with him and we cannot thank you enough for the support and encouragement you have given

him. Jack is thrilled to have qualified this weekend. Thank you once again.



Garry says 'thank you for a fantastic weekend' (He's not on Facebook!!)

Had a great morning doing a discover scuba diving session with Helen, she was very patient and knowledgable on the subject, can’t wait for the next stage, thanks guys and see you soon.

Firstly big thanks to both Helen and Carl who were both great. Helen took the lead for most of our 'discover scuba diving experience' and was very friendly and professional. I bought this experience for the family as a Christmas present that we could all do together (Simon was kind enough to email a great looking voucher for each person which i could then wrap up), being a qualified diver myself i wanted the others to experience scuba in a safe environment as they were all unsure if they would like it. They all enjoyed the experience and felt very safe under Helens expert guidance. The basics being covered out of the pool with a gradual progression into the water with the equipment being thoroughly demonstrated and explained. The group moved on quickly to doing laps of the bottom of the pool gaining experience in buoyancy control as we went.

A great way for anyone who is unsure about SCUBA diving to experience this wonderful activity in a safe controlled environment.

Big thanks to Simon Hotch who is very friendly and a pleasure to deal with, and thanks for offering to let me dive at a reduced rate as a qualified diver even though i was prepared to pay full price to join in the experience with the others.

Id have no hesitation in recommending Stellar Divers.

Regards

James Robinson

Fantastic group made myself and son feel so welcome and at ease.

I would definitely recommend to anyone wishing to take there Padi course.

Christie and Imy absolutely loved the course and successfully completed on Sunday. Hotch and his team are excellent instructors and would not hesitate to recommend them

was at capers was not taking part with Stellar Divers this time but know Hotch and Victoria from other trips an events organized by them I Highly recommend them they are lovely fantastic couple nothing is too much trouble they will help you as best they can and train you to very high standards and the trips they organize are brilliant. Iam a disabled diver and Hotch will soon be training me to become a rebreather diver which you can not ask any better of this guy.

fantastic club if you wanna learn to dive these guys do a top job of teaching you and make it fun too top marks guys

Vic, Simon and their team are very professional and very friendly. We had great fun learning to dive with Stellar Divers. Thanks guys!

Top team & GREAT instructors! 1st class all round! Can't praise them all enough! Thank you for my Open Water Refferrel for Thailand! :-) See you when I get back! :-)

Top notch � thanks guys

Tim had his first dive towards his "open water" this morning & had a fabulous time, Hotch, Vicky & the team are all really friendly and helpful & he can't wait for his second dive, thanks to all. X

Thank you for my amazing morning really loved it and everyone is so friendly and welcoming :)

OutStanding



Had a great morning with the crew from stellar Dive, had my first try dive,



thanks to all the ladies that helped me gain confidence



i will be back soon

My partner and I just finished our open water dive course and cannot praise Hotch, Vic and the team at Stellar Divers enough. Helpful and friendly throughout, getting me and my partner through any issues we had in next to know time. Would thoroughly recommend to anyone looking to learn to dive or after meeting other divers.



Can't wait to start our advanced open water with you next month!

Imy had a fab time on her course. Fun and professional

If you want to learn to dive, don't look anywhere else. From my first attempts to drown myself in the pool to swimming blind on my wreck course Vic and Simon and the other instructors have been superb; patient, calm and great instruction. Met some fabulous people all passionate about diving. And, most of all, had really good fun!! Ron

I'm using my dads profile because I'm 10 and I'm not allowed to have Facebook yet.



I was really scared to try diving at first but from my first go Chris (seasick) made me feel really safe and I couldn't wait to do more. all the dives I've done have been so much fun every time I have come to the pool. Everybody has been really kind and have been so so supportive and I've enjoyed every second of it ! I want to say thank you to everyone especially

Hotch Vicky Sian Richard lance and Chris you lot are all awesome!



From the dad.



Couldn't recommend this club enough, absolutely fantastic team who put everything in to what they do. As a dad of a ten year old beginning her diving training, I'll be honest I hated the idea, but the whole team put my mind at rest immediately. I couldn't have asked for a better school or club to teach my little girl. My daughter will be coming to this club for years to come and will be progressing through her training with this fantastic team.thank you so much.

Hotch, vic and the team are great to train with would really recommend anyone to learn scuba diving with them. really helpful though whole experience.

Now todo advanced open water �

Hotch and the team are amazing! They got my very done quick, just for my Greek holiday! They were very professional and thorough. I felt very comfortable diving with them, despite the 1ft vis at Blue Lagoon on my first 3 open water dives...lol. Can't wait for the next course!

Had an absolutely amazing weekend in capernwray with my 12 year old son and his grandad. Vicky and Dan have both been amazing with him and we cannot thank you enough for the support and encouragement you have given

him. Jack is thrilled to have qualified this weekend. Thank you once again.



Garry says 'thank you for a fantastic weekend' (He's not on Facebook!!)

Had a great morning doing a discover scuba diving session with Helen, she was very patient and knowledgable on the subject, can’t wait for the next stage, thanks guys and see you soon.

Firstly big thanks to both Helen and Carl who were both great. Helen took the lead for most of our 'discover scuba diving experience' and was very friendly and professional. I bought this experience for the family as a Christmas present that we could all do together (Simon was kind enough to email a great looking voucher for each person which i could then wrap up), being a qualified diver myself i wanted the others to experience scuba in a safe environment as they were all unsure if they would like it. They all enjoyed the experience and felt very safe under Helens expert guidance. The basics being covered out of the pool with a gradual progression into the water with the equipment being thoroughly demonstrated and explained. The group moved on quickly to doing laps of the bottom of the pool gaining experience in buoyancy control as we went.

A great way for anyone who is unsure about SCUBA diving to experience this wonderful activity in a safe controlled environment.

Big thanks to Simon Hotch who is very friendly and a pleasure to deal with, and thanks for offering to let me dive at a reduced rate as a qualified diver even though i was prepared to pay full price to join in the experience with the others.

Id have no hesitation in recommending Stellar Divers.

Regards

James Robinson

Fantastic group made myself and son feel so welcome and at ease.

I would definitely recommend to anyone wishing to take there Padi course.

Christie and Imy absolutely loved the course and successfully completed on Sunday. Hotch and his team are excellent instructors and would not hesitate to recommend them