Social Events

 16th March 2015  by Richard Booth Over 70 past, present Tyneside members and other guests attended the Gun Rocks presentation evening at the Ravensworth Arms. Indeed a number of attendee’s had travelled considerable distances for the event with Nic and Linda Ashmore driving up from Weymouth and Andy Hunt from the Isle of Wight. The […]

17th December 2012 by Richard Booth For the final club night of 2012 the Tyneside 114 committee were determined to make it a little bit of a special event. The evening kicked off at Dunston pool at 7:00pm with the reintroduction of Octopush (underwater hockey) to Tyneside 114. Dave Robson had arranged for local Octopush

Beamish Hall 24th November 2012 by Richard Booth Members of Tyneside 114 assembled in the splendor of the surroundings of Beamish Hall to celebrate another successful years diving. With one or two notable absences (the Hunts were ‘in the air’ on their return journey back from New Zealand), the party assembled for drinks before making

A dinner to celebrate our 50th Anniversary was held at the Beamish Hall Hotel on Saturday 19th November 2011. A presentation was made to Dave Robson as the longest serving member of the branch with some 40 years to his credit.  Our Diving Officer received a happy shark.  Are we sure it’s happy?  Well yes

This year’s reunion of ex-Tyneside members again took place at the Bridge Hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne.  As in previous years, the event continues to prove popular with an excellent turnout of current and former members. This year we were joined by Bryan Donnelly who had travelled over from Australia . Another first time attendee

This year’s annual dinner took place in the grand surroundings of Beamish Hall. Twenty two club members and family assembled for drinks prior to sitting down to the three-course dinner. Dress was formal black tie. The food proved to be of a high standard. After dinner entertainment was provided by Richard Booth who gave an

No real excuse was needed for another club social night out at the Fujiyama Japanese restaurant in Newcastle. Organised by Jane Egglestone, the assembled party opted for the set buffet menu. Seated around the metal ‘cooking table’ we were entertained by the antics of our host chef…  …with the usual display of dramatic fireballs rising

This years Xmas Dinner took place at the Causy Arch Inn near Stanley . Organised yet again by Jane Egglestone with her usual super efficiency, 18 members and guests sat down for dinner. The varied menu included a choice of either duck, chicken, lamb, trout or roast beef all served in the most generous of

With John Potts away in Australia the responsibility for organising the annual Tyneside reunion for ex and current members was handed over to Bob Johnson. Most of the usual suspects still managed to attend despite John’s absence, thanks to Bob’s hard organisational efforts.  With 2010 being the 40 th anniversary of the Clubs involvement in

A total of twenty seven members of Tyneside 114 and Durham City Divers turned up for the ‘Indian meal’ at the Himalaya Restaurant in Birtley. In the run up to the event it had been difficult to confirm numbers due to the number of people falling by the wayside due to the current flu epidemic.