UK's First GUE Facility

*Rich Walker* · June 29th, 2009, 01:51 PM

I'm very pleased to announce that the UK now has an official GUE Facility.

Underwater Explorers in Portland has recently been awarded the status of GUE Dive Centre.

This reflects the long standing relationship that UE has had with the GUE community, and will be used to promote the broader goals of GUE, along with the usual GUE educational programme. You can read more about the facility programme here: GUE Facilities | Global Underwater Explorers

Expect to see GUE training, official GUE projects, presentations and social events, all available for you as a diver to participate, contribute and enjoy!

If you need more in formation, then just give UE a call or an email and they will be happy to help you.

I hope to see some of you there soon!

Rich
GUE UK Training Director

adrian.brown · June 29th, 2009, 02:04 PM

Congratulations to Dave and Liisa Wallace, Nina, Ben and the GUE instructors for all thier hard work and becoming the first U.K GUE facility and hopefully we may see more of these established throughout the U.K, from personal experience they have a very good setup for training and education at Underwater Explorers.

wilbo · June 29th, 2009, 02:07 PM

Indeed.. Congratulations to Dave, Liisa, Nina and Ben.. Very well done.

**neilh** · June 29th, 2009, 02:15 PM

Congratulations, well deserved

***EBT*** · June 29th, 2009, 02:51 PM

Nice to see some happy news. Whos the instructor, not some poncy northern export I hope?

wilbo · June 29th, 2009, 03:43 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by EBT)

Nice to see some happy news. Whos the instructor, not some poncy northern export I hope?

thats a bitch of a drive to work every day..

Liisa · June 30th, 2009, 02:25 PM

Thank you for all the nice comments. Ever since Underwater Explorers hosted the very first UK GUE course in 2003 (on which I was a student) we have tried to support GUE both within the UK and globally, either by financial sponsorship or by fostering dialogue with the UK diving community.

We're very pleased to have become a GUE facility and I hope that this will enable more people to see what GUE has to offer and to decide for themselves whether it's for them.

On a personal note, with close to 2000 dives in a quarter-century of diving, having trained with half a dozen agencies I can say that GUE courses have been the most interesting, challenging and fun, and have delivered the best learning and value for money. After each course I am ever more enthused about diving, I simply love the lack of hassle on dives, and I start looking forward to the next level of training...

...and in fact I'm presently placing another ream of paper in the printer for my Cave 2 course reading (it's handy that I have a few months to get through them..)

Regards
Liisa

June 29th, 2009, 01:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rich Walker(Offline) GUE Instructor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sheffield Posts: 406	I'm very pleased to announce that the UK now has an official GUE Facility. Underwater Explorers in Portland has recently been awarded the status of GUE Dive Centre. This reflects the long standing relationship that UE has had with the GUE community, and will be used to promote the broader goals of GUE, along with the usual GUE educational programme. You can read more about the facility programme here: GUE Facilities \| Global Underwater Explorers Expect to see GUE training, official GUE projects, presentations and social events, all available for you as a diver to participate, contribute and enjoy! If you need more in formation, then just give UE a call or an email and they will be happy to help you. I hope to see some of you there soon! Rich GUE UK Training Director __________________ Education, Equipment, Experience GUE training with Rich Walker

June 29th, 2009, 02:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
adrian.brown(Offline) U.K's first XK1 owner :) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Somerset. United Kingdom Posts: 602	Congratulations to Dave and Liisa Wallace, Nina, Ben and the GUE instructors for all thier hard work and becoming the first U.K GUE facility and hopefully we may see more of these established throughout the U.K, from personal experience they have a very good setup for training and education at Underwater Explorers. __________________ Im not ginger im sandy gold Last edited by adrian.brown; June 29th, 2009 at 02:07 PM..

June 29th, 2009, 02:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
wilbo(Offline) Senior Chimp Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,562	Indeed.. Congratulations to Dave, Liisa, Nina and Ben.. Very well done. __________________ Cheers! Wilbo DIR explorers: DIR Yorkshire Divers: YorkshireDivers One of the Foxturd chimps

June 29th, 2009, 03:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
wilbo(Offline) Senior Chimp Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,562	Quote: (Originally Posted by EBT) Nice to see some happy news. Whos the instructor, not some poncy northern export I hope? thats a bitch of a drive to work every day.. __________________ Cheers! Wilbo DIR explorers: DIR Yorkshire Divers: YorkshireDivers One of the Foxturd chimps

June 30th, 2009, 02:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
Liisa(Offline) New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dorset - Europe's premier diving destination (allegedly...) Posts: 54	Thank you for all the nice comments. Ever since Underwater Explorers hosted the very first UK GUE course in 2003 (on which I was a student) we have tried to support GUE both within the UK and globally, either by financial sponsorship or by fostering dialogue with the UK diving community. We're very pleased to have become a GUE facility and I hope that this will enable more people to see what GUE has to offer and to decide for themselves whether it's for them. On a personal note, with close to 2000 dives in a quarter-century of diving, having trained with half a dozen agencies I can say that GUE courses have been the most interesting, challenging and fun, and have delivered the best learning and value for money. After each course I am ever more enthused about diving, I simply love the lack of hassle on dives, and I start looking forward to the next level of training... ...and in fact I'm presently placing another ream of paper in the printer for my Cave 2 course reading (it's handy that I have a few months to get through them..) Regards Liisa __________________ Silent Planet Halcyon, Ursuit, Deep Sea Supply, Eurocylinder, XS Scuba distributor for UK and Eire Millennium Divers Dorset's greatest diving club

June 29th, 2009, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
neilh(Offline) Wreck Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Barnsley, UK Posts: 2,667	Congratulations, well deserved

June 29th, 2009, 02:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
*EBT*(Offline) Just another crouton... Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 527	Nice to see some happy news. Whos the instructor, not some poncy northern export I hope?