Nicola Chattaway

Club Chair Person & Membership Sec.

BSAC  Dive Leader
I began diving in 2008 and have enjoyed many memorable dives, trips and adventures with the club in the UK and abroad. Observing the Marine life and the beautiful colours is a joy and privilege.

Andy Douch

Diving Officer

I started diving after having a try dive on holiday in Corfu

I then joined North Dorset in 1998 qualifying as club diver 2000 and then progressing to sports diver in the same year diving on a 12lt cylinder and then 15lt with 3lt bailout

I progressed to Dive Leader in 2002 then qualified as nitrox diver in the same year

In 2007 I became a Club Instructor and then Open Water Instructor the same year

2008 I became a trimix diver with Jack Ingle as instructor having moved to twinset and stages to be able to reach deeper wrecks

2015 saw me switch from open circuit to ccr Inspiration Rebreather qualifying with Andy Hathaway

Then 2020 I qualified as mixed gas diluent diver or Mod 2 on Inspiration with Mark Powell as instructor

Finally in 2023 I became a qualified skipper under 16.5 metres unrestricted with sea fish industry

Jules Carter

Training Officer & Welfare Officer

BSAC Advanced Diver & Open Water Instructor

I was a reluctant trainee but 20 years after taking my try dive you can't keep me out of the water!! Now an Advanced Diver and Open Water Instructor, I mainly enjoy looking for critters and see life below the surface as my underwater garden.

Mike Miller

Secretary

Diving since 2011, starting out with PADI training up to Advanced Open Water. Has completed the BSAC crossover course to Sport Diver and then Dive Leader with motivation to become an instructor. Dived in Tanzania, UK, Lanzarote, Eastern and Western Australia. Dabbles in underwater photography and enjoys diving wrecks. 

Giles Adams

Treasurer and Equipment Officer

BSAC Advanced diver

Giles has been with the club longer than he cares to remember.

Manages the club compressor and his own RIB the Black Pig (his hero being Captain Horatio Pugwash) and he generally responsible for the maintenance and distibution of club kit.

Likes RIB & wreck diving ( he says that these are normally separate entities!) Also enjoys diving with sharks and underwater photography. Other attributes: Pugnacious, Optimistic, Swashbuckling^{(ed: really??)} and Convivial.