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The following individuals will serve three-terms.
A1: Manufacturing
Jenna Meistrell, Body Glove (elected 2021)
A2: Diver Certification and Training Agencies
,Jenna Meistrell worked for PADI as a marketing intern prior to her graduation from the University of San Diego, USA. She is currently the Brand Manager for Body Glove and Marquee Brands.
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The candidate would join the current Marketing Team to help expand and develop the company’s online capabilities to support their continued growth.
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Message from the organisers:
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“At the present moment in time, we cannot reliably gauge whether a trade fair can be implemented in January 2021.
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Ray Clark relaxing during a surface interval in the Red Sea. Ray understood the importance of getting divers fun diving, and Adventure Divers ran many trips both in the UK and aboard, to help divers consolidate their skills.
,Ray Clark loved diving out of Swanage, Dorset
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The PADI International team pictured in Bristol in approximately 1995.
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Another student, James Belcher, wrote "I met Ray through the Adventure Divers shop. Dave, my dive buddy, and I would often book onto dives organised by Ray and Adventure Divers. I did a few dives out of Swanage with Ray on the club rib.
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Some of the Adventure Divers Diving Society members pictured before heading off on a UK dive trip. Image Credit: Tayden Lewis Clark
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Ray and Cathy Clark on their wedding day
Ray Clark is survived by his third wife, Cathy, and his daughter Tasha.
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This review comes on the coat tails of the other virtual dive show, Scuba.Digital, which we attended a few weeks prior and the conclusions are just about the same; The conference component in which attendees can listen into a range of webinar-styl
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I was greatly saddened by the loss of Lad Handelman, who passed away as a result of a heart attack on the evening of October 26, 2020.
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Lad giving the high-five at aquaCORPS fifth-anniversary party at Tek.95 in San Francisco, CA. Photo from aquaCORPS archives.
,By the end of the call, Laddie agreed to get involved and help the community in its adoption of mixed gas technology. He also agreed to join the aquaCORPS advisory board. That began our thirty-year friendship.
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These guidelines are subject to change, so please refer to the government website for the latest guidance.
,The British Diving Safety Group (BDSG) was formed in 2002 to promote safe diving practices amongst the British sport diving community. It is chaired by the RNLI.
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Now CMAS—the World Underwater Federation—has decided to endorse the 2020 Diver Medical Screening system.
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“It is with the greatest sadness that I report the passing of our friend and HDS USA Advisory Board member, Lad Handelman, who passed away on Monday October 26, 2020", stated Leslie Leaney.
, ,"As a pioneering abalone diver, Lad later co founded Cal Dive, and Oceaneering, earning him a unique and prominent place in the world's diving history.
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The award recognises an individual who has enthusiastically contributed to the European diving community and it was named in honour of
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During the event, I sat in on several great presentations, and it was a valuable learning experience setting up, preparing and taking part in the exhibit.
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Dean has worked in the UK scuba diving industry for almost two decades.
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Dean Martin was delighted to meet a fellow temperate-water diver. Prince Charles dived the Tudor Warship, the Mary Rose wreck.
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In his introduction, William Cline writes:
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John Lamb was one of the unsung heroes of the diving industry. Mark Powell, Technical educator / author
John Lamb’s name is synonymous with oxygen. He literally wrote the book on it.
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,Sensors, like sharks, have suffered from some bad PR. Rosemary E Lunn
,I have lost not only a boss, but a great mentor and a friend. Ryan Swaine, Vandagraph
Ryan Swaine at a UK Dive Show in 2014. He was in excellent form considering he was very jet lagged. Ryan's job with Viamed / Vandagraph meant he would regularly travel abroad for work.
,,John and I have been friends, partners and soul mates since we met in our school days 64 years ago. Jean Lamb, Vandagraph
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John and Jean Lamb with Steve Nixon at EUROTEK's pre-dinner drinks reception
It is only fitting that I leave the last words to John S Lamb.
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Covid-19 tests showing results in 15 to 30 minutes are set to roll out worldwide, potentially saving thousands of lives and decelerating the pandemic in poor and rich countries alike.
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