Driffield & District Divers was formed in 1984, as an off shoot from a club based in Filey. Here's more details on how it all came about!
When experienced divers Fred Peeke, Ian Hearne and Brian Wheeldon decided to form their own diving club nearly 20 years ago, they believed that there was sufficient local interest in diving for a club to become well established.
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(the governing body for all independent diving clubs), formed
a committee of 12 to run it, and started offering regular
club nights at Driffield swimming pool.
A year later, the club had found its own purpose build clubhouse
in Bridge Street in Driffield, to house equipment like the
compressor to fill the dive tanks. It is also the place
where the regular Tuesday night club meetings were held
- and still are to this day!
Through the years, the club has continued to offer its own
in-house training programme so that novices could learn
to dive in a safe and structured way.
Normally, this training is carried out through the winter
at Driffield Pool, but the closure of the facility midway
through the season in the Autumn of 2002 caused the club
a slight problem!
Traditional snorkel on New Year's Day
As an alternative, the club used Hornsea pool and managed
to get everything completed.
The bulk of the club's activity is during the summer months
when the visibility and clarity of the water off the East
Yorkshire coast is at its best. There are thousands of boat
wrecks off the coast, and the thrill of diving them is discovering
treasures from yesteryear. It is also great to dive straight
off the coast, and explore inshore areas off Flamborough
and Filey. There is an abundance of marine life to admire.
The club celebrated its 600th meeting on Tuesday May
27th 2002 - and will be 20 years old in 2004!
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