SEPTEMBER 2007
Mauritius Telecom Sponsor Mugs ADSL

Mugs now has high-speed broadband internet at their club house courtersy of Mauritius Telecom. We are also running a secure wreless network allowing memebers to connect using thier own notebooks.

Members using this facility must obtain the network password from the bar.

SEPTEMBER 2007
MUG Launch New Website

Mugs have now launched their new web site and domain www.mug.mu.

Although live the site is contantly under construction and improvement. If you have any comments, suggestions or submissions please sned them to web@mug.mu.

Our aim is to make this the a complete information resource for all Mug members.

We are all very fond of the old site and its can still be accessed via this one.

AUGUST 2007
BSAC National Instructor to Visit Mauritius

Mug's have organized for a BSAC National Instructor to visit the club for two weeks in November. Sophie Renniewill be running a number of courses between October 28th and November 12th.

The courses thah are being run include:

BSAC Instructor Foundation Course
BSAC Oopen Water Instructor
BSAC Extended Range Diver
BSAC Gas Blender

A full course schedule will be posted here shortly

If any members want further information about the visit, the courses being run or would like to suggest any other courses please contact the Training Officer.

AUGUST 2007
Dive Clubs Become First To Twin

Mauritius Underwater Group BSAC 322 and Holborn BSAC 130 have officially twinned in a gesture of international friendship between divers. The central London based club met with MUG's President Cassamjee Buchoo at the beginning of the year to discuss how best to collaborate, and hit on the idea of being twinned. Cassamjee Buchoo explained the advantages of new initiative "As a BSAC branch based in Mauritius, we value our links with British diving. This new initiative should help strengthen those links through friendship, and exploring our common diving interests." "MUG has a number of ex-pat divers who may return to the UK and want to dive, and they are always welcome at Holborn. Our branch is planning a trip to Mauritius to dive with MUG and we're hoping to hold a joint underwater photography workshop." Added Mike Maloney, President of Holborn branch.

Two identical brass plaques celebrating the twinning have been created and will be displayed at the MUG clubhouse and at the Oasis pool in WC2, where Holborn meet. Both branches came into being in 1964 and have a strong history of exploration and achievement.

Mauritius Underwater Group was formed around the search for the HMS Sirius, a 5th Rate Frigate which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, and was sunk during the battle of Vieux Grand Port in Mauritius. The club carried out an archaeological survey of the wreck and has participated on several archaeological projects since then. HMS Sirius is still dived regularly by the club.

Holborn dive club's West End position made it a favourite with actors; previous celebrity members include Roger Moore and Kenneth Moore. The branch also organises the annual Wacky swimming Olympics competition for central London based clubs.

What does twinning mean?

Twinning is a formal statement of friendship and mutual interest. In practical terms it means that members of the two dive clubs are welcome to dive with, and be treated as members of each other's branch.

Visit www.holborndivers.co.uk