tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60651942523154488242021-10-05T11:04:30.270+10:30News and events of the Adelaide University Scuba Diving Club (AUSC). Local dives are organised every weekend, as well as extended trips to the South Coast and Yorke Peninsula.Adelaide University Scuba Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588786968498698426noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065194252315448824.post-73176050279340328922019-02-25T16:19:00.000+10:302019-07-08T20:09:45.067+09:30

ADELAIDE WHITE POINTERS IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! This July 2019, the 11th CMAS Underwater Rugby World Championships will take place in Graz, Austria. Charlotte Jordans, who established underwater rugby in Adelaide as well as the Adelaide White Pointers and team mates Angela Dodd and Katherine Heldt, who now lives in Port Lincoln, have been selected for the women's national team.

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THE WHITE POINTERS ARE HOSTING NATIONALS IN ADELAIDE NEXT WEEKEND!  So if you haven't yet heard about this amazing sport yet... keep reading! UNDERWATER RUGBY AND THE ADELAIDE WHITE POINTERS Ludwig von Bermuda - sound familiar? If you are an Underwater Rugby fanatic, then it should! It was 1961 when Bermuda came up with the idea of an 'underwater ball game', and proceeded to invent, for some

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Following Thursday evenings AGM we would like to introduce and welcome the new AU Scuba Diving Club committee and Adelaide White Pointers subcommittee for 2018. President - David Warren Vice President - Tim Brown Treasurer - Matt Westlake Secretary - Nino Bartolovic Equipment Officer - Emily Ahren Boating Officer - Marc Phillis Information Officer - Meg Feeney General Member - Steven Saffi

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Hi all, Adelaide University Scuba Diving Club’s AGM is scheduled for Thursday 8/03/2018. The agenda, proxy forms, and officer reports are available on AUSC’s website under Meetings. This documentation is currently available to members only, and include: Agenda Rev0; Proxy Form A; Proxy Form B; and Information Officer’s Report Rev0. The club is required to vote in a new Committee for

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UNDERWATER RUGBY NATIONALS 2018! Adelaide University Scuba Club, the Adelaide White Pointers and Underwater Rugby Australia invite you to Adelaide for Underwater Rugby Nationals 2018. We promise two full days of Underwater Rugby with an awesome awards ceremony and after party on the Sunday night. WHEN?  The event will be a THREE DAY event starting Friday 25th of May and finishing up Sunday

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Hi all, From our final round of applicants for AU Sport grant training allocations, we congratulate the following members: Marc Phillis - Oxygen provider; James Young - First aid; Nino Bartolovic - Seamanship and VHF radio; and Zijing Du - First aid. Just a reminder to all our members who have received training grant assistance, that they must complete their no training no later than 11/11/

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Here's our latest UWR competition news! The Adelaide White Pointers team of the Adelaide University Scuba Diving Club and the wider Australian underwater rugby (UWR) community spent the weekend of 23-24 September in Sydney for the 2017 nODEX tournament. Excitingly, this was the first Australian UWR tournament to have several competitive women’s teams Yaahoo! The Adelaide White Pointers

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Hi all, We have a small amount of budget remaining for those members who would like to extend their skills in first aid, oxygen provider, seamanship, or VHF radio. This is the final chance to complete training for 2017, and should be done in the next month. If you are interested in applying, can you complete an application form (as per the form on the Website's Training page) by Thursday 19/10/

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Hi everyone, Adelaide White Pointers hosted the first of five training camps that will determine selection of the Women’s Underwater Rugby National Team.  With the financial support from the Adelaide City Council and assistance of inter- and intra-state volunteers, each day over the weekend (August 26-27) consisted of 4-5 hours of pool-training at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre and additional

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Hi all, In AUSC Committee news, we have a vacancy for Secretary that we are hoping to fill. The Secretary’s primary role is helping to organise meetings and document minutes. The Secretary has also been fulfilling the membership portfolio, and so is a first contact for any new members and membership queries. The rest of the Committee can help with any questions while you find your feet. If you

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Hi all, Following the opening and review of applications for AU Sport training and personal development, the AUSC Committee would like to congratulate the following members: First Aid Francesco Patrizi; James Redden; Matt Westlake; and Steven Saffi; Oxygen Provider Francesco Patrizi; James Redden; and Matt Westlake. Seamanship Alicia Strous; Francesco Patrizi; James Redden; Marc Phillis

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Qualified boat handler Mark Sutcliffe uses his boat handling and radio skills Hi all, With thanks to Adelaide University Sport, AUSC has funding for members to develop their skills for the benefit of AUSC. The following courses are included: First aid courses (up to $600); Seamanship - boat handling (up to $500); Oxygen provider (up to $500); VHF radio certification (up to $720); and

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The underwater rugby team, Adelaide White Pointers, recently sent some players to compete in Perth in the UWR National Championships 2017.  The event took place over three days (26 to 28 May) with nine teams from around Australia competing. Three players from Adelaide White Pointers were in attendance with one player from Auckland and nine from Canberra who joined to make a hybrid team,

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Hi all, Thanks to everyone who attended the AGM on Thursday 16/03/2017. It is with great pleasure to announce your new AUSC Committee for 2017-2018: President: Modra Paulson; Vice President: Drew Jeffree; Secretary/Membership: Kirsty Jeffree; Treasurer: Matthew Westlake; Boating Officer: Steven Saffi; Equipment Officer: Francesco Patrizi; Information Officer: David Warren; and General Member

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Trip member participants: David, Philip, Drew, Jess, Kira, Nicky, Belinda, Matt, and Shayla. Where to start… what a weekend!! With the promise of not so great weather and not too many divers on the spreadsheet the original plan for boat diving around the peninsula was scratched in favour of easier jetty dives around our base camp of Coboowie Research Station. Anxious to get our feet wet the

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“Hi my name is Tom Moon. I have played rugby union all my life and after 8 years of playing in London I migrated to Australia where I was lucky enough to play for the state and club rugby for another 6 years. Unfortunately several years ago my back finally gave way and I was forced into early retirement. Hugely missing a team sport, I've been looking for something to keep the weight off

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Do you want to try out Underwater Rugby and learn more about this amazing 3D sport? Join our first ever Underwater Rugby Beginners Program commencing Wednesday the 1st of March 2017.  This five week course will cover everything from the rules of the game and how to use snorkelling equipment, all the way through to advanced tactics and strategies.Each week will involve a combination of skills and

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Hi all, Adelaide University Scuba Diving Club’s AGM is scheduled for Thursday 16/03/2017. The agenda, proxy forms, and officer reports are available on AUSC’s website under Meetings. This documentation is currently available to members only, and include: Agenda Rev0; Proxy Form A; Proxy Form B; President’s Report Rev0; Membership Report Rev0; Treasurer’s

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The Victorian Seadragon's Underwater Rugby Team hosted a training camp specifically for women during January 2017 - a first for Australia! Our coach Charlotte Jordans designed the program and taught skills like ball handling, scoring, and the need for determination and fierceness if women are to become stronger players as individuals. Juan Cardenas assisted in teaching half the group since

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Melbourne 17th – 18th September 2016 Written by Miro Pliszco The Adelaide White Pointers sent a team to the Underwater Rugby National Championships in Melbourne. There was a lot of preparation for the event, with individual focus on fitness and breath hold. Two of our players achieved 66m underwater swims (with fins) with everyone improving markedly. Team strategies were planned in detail

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John Robb and The Norma. Beautiful day on and under the water. Launched out of North Haven with Gail Jackman, Jenny Cunningham, Mark Sutcliffe, Steven Saffi, and Kirsty Jeffree and Drew NJ. A long drive to the John Robb, but it was a great day and Vitamin Sea is quiet enough and stable enough to allow excited conversation on our way to the little-dived John Robb. Took us a few minutes to find it

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Fantastic day on the water today! A full boat, fun people, terrific conditions, great dive site, visiting dolphins and what's the collective noun for a heap of Port Jackson sharks? Mark Sutcliffe, Kirsty Jeffree and Drew, Georgia Hogg, Ange Dodd, Wayne Leifert, Michael McDonald and Steven Saffi. Nice, fast run in Vitamin Sea to Aldings Pinnacles. Chose a chunk of reef at random and followed the

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Danielle Bailetti Four divers headed out to “The Barge” on sunny Sunday morning 27th Nov 2016. The enthusiastic dive group consisted of David Warren (President and skipper for the day), Wayne Leifert, Danielle Bailetti and Janana Wijesuriya. We all met at the club rooms at 9am, then headed down to the VERY busy West Beach boat ramp, which attracted a large contingence of boaties, it was

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Hi all, Over the last few months, the club has updated several policies, and can be accessed by the Documents section from the website. The main policy that may be of interest to our scuba diver members is the Experienced Dive Site Policy Rev1. Changes have been made to align to diving certification depth limits to SA dive sites, and ensure the policy conforms. Previously, the policy used 22 m

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