About us...
After three years of freelance instructing, husband and wife team Bryan and Helen Bond formed Northampton Scuba School in December 2000 based at the KG Business Centre in Northampton. In July 2002 we were awarded the status of PADI Dive Centre and in 2004 we became a PADI 5 Star Centre, upgrading to a 5 star Instructor Centre in January 2005. Since starting, the school has issued over 3,000 certifications covering all levels from new divers to PADI Staff Instructors. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and flexible approach whilst maintaining the highest standards.
We are particularly proud of our dive team, most of whom learnt to dive with us and then continued through the PADI system to become professional divers and work with us at the school. Within the team we have 8 Instructors, 5 Assistant Instructors and 5 Divemasters with 3 Divemasters currently in training:
We are particularly proud of our dive team, most of whom learnt to dive with us and then continued through the PADI system to become professional divers and work with us at the school. Within the team we have 8 Instructors, 5 Assistant Instructors and 5 Divemasters with 3 Divemasters currently in training:
Name: Bryan Bond
Dive Qualification: Master Instructor
Diving since: April 1995
No of dives: 4,000+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Wrecks at Scapa Flow
Favourite place to dive overseas: Cayman Islands
Name: Helen Bond
Dive Qualification: Master Instructor
Diving since: April 1995
No of dives: 4,000+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Isles of Scilly
Favourite place to dive overseas: Little Cayman Bloody Bay Wall
Name: Dash
Dive Qualification: Dive Shop Dog
Diving since: 2014
No of dives: Paddle when it's cold, swim after ducks when it's warm
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Abington Park
Name: Clive Albon
Dive Qualification: PADI Platinum Course Director, DSAT Tec Deep Instructor Trainer
Diving Since: 1988
Number of Dives: 5,000+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Ardglass, NI
Favourite place to dive in the World: Inland Sea, Gozo
Name: Dennis Arnold
Dive Qualification: Divemaster
Diving since: 2008
No of dives: 200+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Chepstow and Stoney Cove
Favourite place to dive overseas: Egypt
Name: Katie Bainbridge
Dive Qualification: Divemaster
Diving since: 2003
No of dives: 400+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Isles of Scilly
Favourite place to dive overseas: Brothers Islands in the Red Sea
Name: Keith Barrow
Dive Qualification: Assistant Instructor
Diving since: July 2009
No of dives: 185
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Scillies
Favourite place to dive overseas: Red Sea
Name: Roy Chase
Dive Qualification: Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Diving since: 2003
No of dives: 550+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Plymouth
Favourite place to dive overseas: Bonaire
Name: Dennis Cook
Dive Qualification: Divemaster
Diving since: 2010
No of dives: 90
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Portsmouth
Favourite place to dive overseas: Egypt
Name: Ruth Harrison
Dive Qualification: Divemaster
Diving since: 2005
No of dives: 130
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Not fussed where i dive
Favourite place to dive overseas: Not fussed where i dive
Name: Adam Heast
Dive Qualification: Open Water Scuba Instructor
Diving since: 2007
No of dives: 200+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Anywhere
Favourite place to dive overseas: Egypt / Maldives
Name: Roland Hedden
Dive Qualification: Assistant Instructor
Diving since: 2002
No of dives: 700+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Scapa Flow or Isles of Scilly (50/50!)
Favourite place to dive overseas: Maldives (South Egyptian Red Sea is a close second)
Name: Gary Houghton
Dive qualification: Divemaster
Diving since: 2013
No of dives: 120
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Stoney Cove
Favourite place to dive overseas: Maldives
Name: Richard Hunt
Dive Qualification: Open Water Scuba Instructor, Drysuit Speciality Instructor
Diving since: 1999
No of dives: over 1000
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Scilly Isles and Scapa Flow
Favourite place to dive overseas: My one Holiday in Egypt!!
Name: Jonathan Lyall
Dive Qualification: Staff Instructor
Diving since: 2005
No of dives: 500+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Bishops Rock, Scillies
Favourite place to dive overseas: Wreck of the Yongala, Townsville, Australia
Name: Jayne Metcalfe
Dive Qualification: Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Diving since: 2007
No of dives: 500+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Diving with seals in the Scilly’s
Favourite place to dive overseas: Dhonkalo Thila (Manta Alley) and Eriyadhu Beyru (Whale Sharks) both in the Maldives
Name: Martyn Stanley
Dive Qualification: Assistant Instructor
Diving since: Feb 2005 (try dive) Qualified August 2005
No of dives: 350+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Stoney as I havent been to the seaside yet
Favourite place to dive overseas: Has to be October 2010 at the Brothers in the Red Sea with the shark encounters
Name: Carolyn Thorne
Dive Qualification: Assistant Instructor, Digital Underwater Photography Instructor
Diving since: 2004
No of Dives: 410
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Isles of Scilly
Favourite place to dive overseas: Maldives
Name: Jon Thorne
Dive Qualification: Assistant Instructor, Digital Underwater Scuba Instructor
Diving since: 2004
No of dives: 450
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Isles of Scilly
Favourite place to dive overseas: Maldives
Name: Russ Vann
Dive qualification: Master Scuba Diver Trainer / Tec Instructor
Diving since: 2003
No of dives: 500+
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Portsmouth
Favourite place to dive overseas: Fiji
Name: James Webb
Dive qualification: Divemaster in Training
Diving since: 2013
No of dives: 100
Favourite place to dive in the UK: Farnes
Favourite place to dive overseas: Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed, Egypt
To get in touch with us:
Email - info@northamptonscubaschool.co.uk
Tel - School - 01604 785251 Shop - 01604 755888
Through the "Contact us" page or find us on Facebook
Email - info@northamptonscubaschool.co.uk
Tel - School - 01604 785251 Shop - 01604 755888
Through the "Contact us" page or find us on Facebook
