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2023 Fish Award

Paul Whybro The Fish Award has been made annually since 2012 in memory of the late Mike Jeanmaire or ‘Fish’ who served as CDG Chairman for 30 years. It is awarded to those who [...]

2022 Fish Award

Colin Hayward Colin is the epitome of a Fish award winner if you look at the requirements: “This is awarded annually to a member who has made a significant contribution to the CDG. Whilst [...]

2021 Fish Award

Dany Bradshaw British cave divers have achieved truly great things and since 1946 have organised ourselves under the banner of the CDG, which provides the framework for our activities. An organisation like ours does [...]

2020 Fish Award

Helen Farr The Fish Award has been made annually since 2012 in memory of the late Mike Jeanmaire or 'Fish' who served as CDG Chairman for 30 years. It is awarded to those who [...]

CDG AGM 2021

After recent events, the Welsh Section are delighted to invite you to 75th AGM and Anniversary Dinner in South Wales at The Manor Hotel, Crickhowell on 11th of September 2021. To celebrate this anniversary, [...]

2012 Fish Award

John Buxton

2019 Fish Award

Rob Murgatroyd The Fish Award has been made annually since 2012 in memory of the late Mike Jeanmaire or 'Fish' who served as CDG Chairman for 30 years. I want to say two things [...]

2018 Fish Award

David Brock At the 2018 AGM the Fish Award was given to David Brock. David has served the CDG as Secretary for many years, and in that time he has expertly guided the Group [...]

2017 Fish Award

David Ryall When I received the award last year I wondered who should get it next. I was torn between two members who have both used their ambassadorial skills and diplomacy to the Group's [...]

2016 Fish Award

Duncan Price The Fish Award for 2016 was presented to Duncan Price at the 2016 AGM. Duncan joined the CDG in the mid-1980s and seems to have stayed. I have known Duncan since he [...]

2015 Fish Award

Andrew Ward The Fish Award for 2015 was given to Andrew Ward Andy Ward joined the Cave Diving Group on 28th April 1985 when he was elected to Welsh Section. His first recorded cave [...]

2014 Fish Award

Clive Westlake It gives me immense pleasure to announce that Clive Westlake is to receive the Fish Award at this year's annual dinner. Clive is well known to most CDG members; few people in [...]

2013 Fish Award

John Cordingley The 2013 recipient of the Fish Award is John Cordingley. John Buxton’s reasons for his recommending John Cordingley for the award are outlined below: In my view John Cordingley is one of [...]

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Cave Diving British Style

There are some things that we would tell anyone thinking of going cave-diving in the UK - things we think they should know...

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The Learning Curve

An experienced cave diver is 39 times more likely to survive a dive than his counterpart from 26 years ago. Unfortunately this improvement in diver safety has not been matched for inexperienced divers.

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Access to UK Cave Diving Sites

Negotiating access to caves can be a drawn out and delicate process. This article explains what can be involved in gaining (and keeping) access to UK cave diving sites.