President
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Charis WaltonEmergency Mobile: 07901728250
Email: sub.aqua@ed.ac.uk Diver Grade: Sports Diver Instructor Grade: Assistant Diving Instructor EUSAC's resident goth and Black Velvet enthusiast, find me at the pub most Fridays or in the sea most Sundays. I joined EUSAC as a PADI Crossover in September 2017, having fairly limited experience diving (and only in warm waters) but have found a group of highly passionate individuals willing to offer time, advice and resources to those who need them. Through the club, I completed my Sports Diver training and O2 Administration course and I am now working towards my Dive Leader and instructor qualifications. I was on the 2018/19 committee as the first (combined) Membership and Social Secretary, overseeing our greatest influx of Ocean Divers in memory, as well as some really special social events. I hope to continue the momentum of the club into the 2019/20 year! |
Diving Officers
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Paul MillerDiver Grade: Advanced Diver / Hypoxic Trimix CCR Diver
Instructor Grade: Advanced Open Water Instructor, Assistant Instructor Trainer My focus is to expand the diving that the club does whilst making it more inclusive for all levels of divers. I particularly enjoy the challenge of running trips to more remote places and exploring new sites. Scotland has some of the most spectacular diving in the world and I want to encourage EUSAC to go on adventures. The DO is responsible for the safety of all diving activities in branch, including training, trip running, boats and kit. If you want to go diving let me know, most likely I will want to join you. I'll leave you with a quote: "I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it" - Ariana Grande (on Paul Miller), 2019. |
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Cara Nicholson (Assistant Diving Officer)Email: s1440984@gmail.com
Diver Grade: Dive Leader / Advanced Diver (in training) Instructor Grade: Open Water Instructor Hello everyone, it's committee all-star and resident club mum here! I joined EUSAC in 2014, having only done a few warm water holiday dives previously. By continuing my training with EUSAC I've gained mad skills and a love of wrecks, not to mention countless friends. This is my fifth (!) year on the committee, having previously taken on treasurer and training officer. I've also just finished two amazing years as President, in which I'm proud to say the club grew massively and had it's most successful year in memory. As an instructor I'm lucky enough to share my passion for diving, so they couldn't get rid of me that easily! As aDO I am responsible for overseeing fun diving trips within the UK, as well as advanced training for experienced divers (DL/AD)! I'm aiming to get the club doing some much more adventurous diving and winning some shiny trophies and grants! Contact me if you'd like any help running day or weekend trips, or you'd like to go adventuring! "Diving with Cara is clearly the ultimate diving experience" - Biddy, 2018. |
Treasurer
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Sophie DawsonEmail: treasurer.eusac@gmail.com
Diver Grade: Sports Diver I have been a member of EUSAC since Sept 2018, and sea urchin enthusiast ever since. My diving experience extends to Scotland and Malta, though with my snazzy new drysuit the possibilities are endless. Cold water diving has got to be one of the most satisfying things I've ever done, so I'd especially encourage those who have never dived before to take it up. As treasurer I regularly flex my internet banking prowess, and excitingly EUSAC are currently expanding our resources with two compressors, so that the club may become more gaseous than ever. If you have any questions concerning the monetary aspects of EUSAC, feel free to email. |
Membership and Social Secretaries
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Alex Philip Email: s1750558@ed.ac.uk
Diver Grade: Sports Diver I joined EUSAC in September 2017, having never dived before but knew I liked fishies so wanted to get involved. I loved Ocean Diver and am in the process of becoming a Sports Diver with an aim for increasing my experience a lot this year. As membership secretary, I deal with people looking to join us and communicate with BSAC so if you have any questions just pop me an email. Also as social secretary alongside Billy we'll organise some awesome events including our annual, famous Burn's night as well as weekly visits to the pub. |
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Billy Minns Email: s1835732@ed.ac.uk
Diver Grade: Sports Diver Instructor Grade: Assistant Diving Instructor Until joining EUSAC in September 2018, most of my diving experience had been in quarries and the sea around Weymouth, which was pretty pointless in comparison to everything I've done since joining the club! Including, but not limited to, the Scapa Flow trip in February - some of the most fantastic wreck diving around. As Membership Secretary, I'll help with paperwork, talking to BSAC and harassing you for membership payments BUT as Social Secretary is where we're going to get crazy. Expect paint-balling, pub crawls and fancy dress in the months to come. I won this position with my deep respect for the sesh and amazing ability to quote Eminem, so in the immortal words of the Rap God: "Will the real Slum Shandy please stand up?" |
Training Officers
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Ella PennyEmail : s1704881@ed.ac.uk
Diver grade: Sports Diver I joined EUSAC in September having never even been snorkelling let alone diving! After my first dive November, where I was lucky enough to see an octopus (in Scotland!), I caught the diving bug. I’m currently training to be a Sports Diver and have loved learning other skills such as Oxygen First Aid Administration. I’m hoping to run more skills development courses like this in the coming year including boat handling, marine life identification and underwater photography. I can’t wait to help train the next generation of divers as well as welcome lots of crossovers who already have some diving experience. Drop me a message if you have any questions |
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Georgia GreavesEmail: s1427806@sms.ed.ac.uk
Diver Grade: Ocean Diver (soon to be Sports Diver) I completed my SSI Open Water a few years ago, before crossing over into BSAC this autumn. Braving the Scottish waters was new and thrilling - looking forward to moving onto Sports Diver in Semester 2! I was Expeditions Officer last semester - my responsibilities included trip planning and organisation. I am now Training Officer and am responsible for training up newbies, crossing-over not-so-newbies and forcing seasoned diving extraordinaires to help out. I was also voted third flirtiest in the club so watch out! Ellen MacRaeEmail: ellenkmacrae@gmail.com
Diver Grade: Sports Diver I started off diving with PADI (gasp) in the summer of 2017 when I was mapping out coral reefs for a month in Malaysia. I have since seen the light (and the cold waters of Scotland) and joined EUSAC in September 2018. I'm looking forward to getting more involved with the running of the society and organising the OD and SD training - I'm a sucker for a good spreadsheet. Training doesn't stop when the semester does - we're making sure training can happen all year round! I love diving to see the squishy things and the beautiful soft corals we get here in Scotland but I am yet to dive with the seals so that is my next goal. |
Expeditions Officer
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Biddy HydeEmail: s1702680@ed.ac.uk
Diver Grade: sports diver I joined the club in 2018, after diving once on holiday and haven't stopped diving since. I did my ocean diver training with the club and I'm currently in training to be a sports diver. While in Scapa this year I got to dive with a seal! And I'm looking forward to seeing more amazing wildlife next year while increasing my rapidly expanding shell collection. As expedition officer, my job is to plan trips to wherever the club wants to go, from day trips in St Abbs, to weekends in the Hebrides, to weeks in the Red Sea. If you have any trip inspiration ideas email me or message me on Facebook and if you want to go on the trips join the club! |
Equipment Officers
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Finn Crossley-JonesEmail: finnecj@gmail.com
Diver Grade: Sports Diver Instructor Grade: Assistant Diving Instructor I joined the club two years ago as a PADI crossover having only dived in warm water. I have loved braving the cold waters (its really not that bad!) and have been amazed by the amount of marine life to see around Scotland! I was equipment officer last year and loved it so much I'm back for another year! If you need any help with equipment or the boats or find anything that need fixing then please send me an email or a message on facebook. |
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Fundraising, Alumni, Publicity and Sponsorship (FAPS) Officer
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Duncan Mathewson
Email: rduncanmathewson4th@gmail.com Diver Grade: Sports Diver I defected from PADI and joined EUSAC in September 2018, having done most of my diving in the waters of the Florida Keys. I love wreck diving, and have been able to pursue that interest with the club, both in Scotland and in Malta. Currently in the process of becoming a Sports Diver, and I’m looking forward to doing more diving in Scotland, especially on wrecks! It’s my job to help raise funds, keep alumni informed of what the club is doing, and find sponsors for the club. If you have any ideas in mind, or happen to be really, really good at counterfeiting bank notes, shoot me an email, or catch me in the pub, and we can discuss them over pints. |
General Committee Members |
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Aaron DonaldsonEmail: aaron.donaldson00@gmail.com
Diver Grade: Ocean Diver/Sports Diver Trainee As a general committee member, I'm Bitch Boy #1 for whatever anyone needs help with (this applies to non-committee members too, so shoot me an email if you need a hand with anything). I learnt to dive in 2012 in Tobago with PADI (booooooo!), completing my Advanced Open Water qualification the following year (which I'm still salty about paying £600 for). Luckily for me, the Sports Diver course I'm currently on with EUSAC is nowhere near that price, so my wallet can rest easy! I regret not really being an active member of the club until going on the 2019 Malta trip but now they're stuck with me and I've even managed to dab my way into the committee. See you at the pub! Tom EdwickEmail: tc.edwick@gmail.com
Diver Grade: Sports Diver (in training) I got my PADI Open Water qualification in sunny Tenerife a few years ago, so of course I decided I wanted to freeze my toes off diving in Scotland! I joined the club in 2018 and I am currently training to get my BSAC Sports Diver Qualification. Scotland has some of the best diving anywhere (there's a reason we brave these cold waters) and this club is full of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Come and join our scuba family! As a general committee member I am here to help out wherever needed, so if you have a question don't be afraid to send it my way. I also run the club meme page, which is apparently vital to our way of life- we need it more than Dan needs a 15L cylinder if he wants to dive for more that four minutes. Bernadette ButfieldEmail: b.butfield@hotmail.com
Diver Grade: Dive Leader Instructor Grade: Assistant Open Water Instructor I have been diving since 2013, mostly in my home county of Cornwall, where I first started learning to dive with BSAC. Since then have been fortunate enough to dive elsewhere around the world, including Australia, Indonesia and the Maldives, but I can safely say that cold water diving in the UK remains to be my favourite! I joined the club in 2018, after starting my postgraduate degree at Edinburgh and have loved every second of it. I currently write the club’s monthly newsletter and help with training as an assistant instructor. I am looking forward to taking the instructor exams and begin training to become a BSAC Advanced Diver over the next year. I love wildlife, underwater photography and am a massive shark enthusiast, so if you see one let me know! Warning: don’t get me started on the topic of sharks unless genuinely interested. As a general committee member and assistant instructor, I am happy to help wherever I can, so drop me an email or Facebook message if you have any questions (topics regarding sharks will be responded to quicker). |
