PSAC Committee

The Committee

Chairman: Chairs club meetings. Attends monthly KBBC meetings and presents and promotes the views of the diving section. Annually, the Chairman proposes our financial requirements for the future to the KBBC Committee.

Chairman (Oct 2007 -

Social Member (2007)

Brigitte Dale-Pine

OW Instructor, Advanced Diver
PADI - DM

Brigitte joined PSAC as a very enthusiastic Dive Leader despite calls on her time from a young family and a highly demanding job. Memories of the Labuan wrecks and Sipadan from a previous posting to Miri has, fortunately, returned her to active diving and leader of the club.

Email: b.dale-pine@shell.com

5.00 am Kapalai 2007

Diving Officer: Responsible directly to the BSAC National Diving Officer and the Chairman for the diving safety of the club. Maintains club safety equipment in good order. Organises regular dives and appoints marshals. Arranges cross-over courses from PADI to BSAC.

Diving Officer (2009 -

Equipment Officer (2006 - 2009)

Evert Moes

BSAC Advanced Instructor (#3820)
BSAC Sport Mixed Gas (MSN 5)
BSAC Advanced Nitrox Instructor (NXI1088)
BSAC Gas Blender Instructor (MGI40)
BSAC Boathandling Instructor
BSAC Diver Coxswain

As soon Evert landed in Brunei he developed a passion for diving and joined PSAC straight away. It turned out that after visiting a number of exciting dive locations around SE Asia, wreck diving became his main area of interest. Above the water he fully enjoys all the bits and pieces of the diving equipment.

Toho Maru - May 2008

Email: psac.do@gmail.com

Treasurer: Liaises with KBBC Treasurer. Processes dive chits and refunds invoices; this is the financial lifeblood of the club. Prepare budgets. Prepares annual accounts for inspection.

Treasurerer (2010 -

Equipment/Boat Team (2010 -

Paul Saville

BSAC Diver

Secretary: Minutes Committee Meetings. Liaises with BSAC HQ for renewal of membership.

Secretary (2010 -

Tara Brothers

BSAC Sports Diver

Tara tried to learn to dive in Houston, Tx, USA, but decided it wasn't for her. After moving to Brunei and meeting many people who had been qualified through BSAC she decided to give it another go. After many patient lessons in mask clearing she finally qualified as Ocean diver in Feb. 2008. She has since finished her Sports Diver and is currently embarking on her Dive Leader. Tara has done ~100 dives throughout Brunei, Philippines, Malaysia and Australia.

Great Barrier Reef: , 2009

Environment Project Leader: Responsible for organising, conducting and reporting on the club's Environmental Project.

Current concerns and projects include:-

- continuing the successful 'Life beneath the Platforms Project'

- monitoring the establishment of the marine ecosystem on EGDP-01 (Egret)

- involvement in the 'rigs-to-reefs' project (disposal of redundant Ampa platforms)

- joining in the UBD (and other) reef research programmes

- monitoring the state of the Department of Fisheries 'pyramids'

Environment Officer (2009 -

Craig Grant

BSAC Sports Diver

Equipment/Boat Officer: Maintains dive gear and compressors in good order. Arranges periodic inspection or servicing of above. Maintains a supply of spare parts and lubricants.Arranges re-fuelling and checking of boat each week. Keeps boat in a ship-shape fashion (tickety-boo).

Equipment Officer (2006 -

Don Twaddle

Advance Diver

Advanced Instructor #2074

BSAC Diver Coxwain
BSAC Boat handling instructor
BSAC O2 Instructor
PSI Scuba Tank Inspector
ANDI Gas Blender

Originally certified in 1969 by LA County ( pre-curser to NAUI), I dived a lot in my late teens and early twenties, taking it up again in my mid thirties with BS-AC. Since then I have been involved in several BSAC clubs and have held every committee position. My main interests in diving are photography, instruction, and playing with boats and equipment

Ras Al Hamra beach: Oman

Equipment/Boat Team: Assists Equipment/Boat officer.

Equipment/Boat Team (2010 - Webmaster (2007 - Ryan Brothers BSAC Dive Leader, Diver Coxswain Ryan was certified in the winter of 1995 with ACUC in Nova Scotia, Canada. For his first open water dive he had to clean several inches of snow off his car before heading out to the dive site. Using only a rented 7mm wetsuit and his own natural insulation he braved the elements where the surface water temperature was -1° C, but after reaching depth it warmed up to a balmy +2° C. Ryan would just like to categorically state that he prefers diving in warm waters. Great Barrier Reef: 2009
Equipment/Boat Team (2010 - Ann Williams BSAC Diver
Equipment/Boat Team (2010 - Rachel Handford BSAC Diver
Equipment/Boat Team (2010 - Paul Strobech BSAC Diver

Training Officer: Arranges and runs BSAC courses. Organizes training expeditions.

Training Officer (2009 -

Thomas Kuehnel

BSAC Dive Leader;
BSAC Open Water Instructor
BSAC Diver Coxswain, O2 administrator
PSAI Advanced Nitrox, Advanced gas blending and CCR Megalodon (mod 1) diver

I started diving some 10 years ago in the dark cold waters of the Netherlands and Scotland where a dry suit, twin sets and a powerful torch are seen as "standard" equipment.

I kept the interest in dive gear technology and moved up to a rebreather which allows me to get close to underwater life without disturbing it. I enjoy wrecks, but only from the outside, steep wall dives and drifting along pristine reefs in mild currents. I will try to finish my Advanced diver course soon and plan to attend the advanced instructor course later this year.

Email: psac.to@gmail.com

KBBC aboard Naga Loncat: 2009

Social Member: Arranges and runs the club's social functions. This happens three or four times per year.

Social Member (2009 -

Environment Officer (2007 - 2009)

Hazel Allen

BSAC Sports Diver

Hazel has been a BSAC member longer than anybody in the club. Well on her way to becoming Dive Leader, she now has the chance to add and develop environmental projects to the club's portfolio.

Gannet, Oct 2007

Welfare Officer: Looks after the welfare of minors and minorities as defined by the BSAC.

Welfare Officer (2008 -

Astrid Felius

BSAC Sports Diver