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NEWS FLASH!Croy-Tech Secures Lottery Funding
In March 2008 Croy-tech was awarded a grant of £7,483 by the Lottery Fund
under the Awards for All grant scheme. The money has paid for a new engine for the club boat and other vital safety equipment.Croy-Tech is a friendly dive club with a membership of 30
strong. The Club was founded in the mid 60’s, and draws its membership from Croydon and surrounding areas. The club
is community based and has a varied membership of keen divers of all ages and levels of qualification and experience.
The Club has a regular training programme and a number of new young members are currently going through
training. Membership numbers have also been boosted by a number of experienced divers who have recently joined us. The Club
is always ready to welcome new members whether they are new to the sport or whether they are experienced divers.The Lottery grant has enabled the club to purchase a new state
of the art, fuel efficient engine to replace the old gas guzzler that had done over 10 years faithful service taking Club
members to many great Sussex and UK dive sites. The greater fuel economy of the new engine will enable
the Club to give discounts on the cost of a days diving to younger members.Ashley Talbot, an experienced diver with a great deal of technical
knowledge regarding boats and diving, instigated the Awards for All application. (Ashley was also instrumental in securing
our previous Lottery grant 10 years ago that enabled the Club to purchase the Club rigid inflatable boat (RIB), berthed at
Brighton Marina.)The 20 page form was duly completed and the form and supporting information was collated
by the Club secretary Shirley Painter and the finalised application checked by 3 members of the committee, including
Chairman Daniel Golberg and Diving & Training Officer Ian Fry. We were all delighted when we heard that our efforts had been
rewarded and that Awards for All had confirmed a grant of £7,483.00, the full sum we had applied for. We are very appreciative
of the advice and assistance we received from the Awards for All people, and for the grant of course!
This is a great boost for the Club and we look forward to some great diving during the 2009 season. Come and join us in 2009 Telephone our Training Officer - Ian Fry on either number
below for further details. 07788 190520 Weekdays or 07970 531920 Evenings or Weekends
For further information regarding Awards For All, Click here to find out more
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