Pub Diving - A game inspired and devised by UPSAC
 

This is a University of Portsmouth Sub Aqua Club (UPSAC) drinking game which was invented some time ago by Giles Eccleston and developed and refined by Laura Coombs and Luke Kierman. The Game first introduced into the club on 18th of April 2008. It was designed as an alternative to Pub Golf, diving attire on the pub crawl is optional and can add to the fun, especially when wearing fins.


The General Dive Plan!
 
At the start of the evening each person is given a qualification card, this will have the pub route on, a copy of the rules and a list of dives. Each dive has a selection of drinks listed, these are the drinks you must choose from to complete that dive. Next to each type of dive there are 2 boxes for you get signed by your buddy (as with a log book). The first box is for the first time you complete that dive, and it must be completed with an instructor or experienced diver, to get new and old members of the club talking to as many people as possible. The second box is for the second time you complete that dive and this can be completed with anyone of any level.


The Rules 

  • You must have a buddy for every drink/dive.
  • You and your buddy must drink the same drink.
  • You can’t complete all dives with the same buddy.
  • You can complete as many dives as you like in one pub, but a surface interval between dives is advised.
  • First time you complete each dive it must be completed with a Sports diver or higher.
  • The second time you do a dive it can be with anyone of any level.

The Dives  

  • Tropical Dive: Reef, Cocktails, Bacardi breezer.
  • Ice Dive: Fosters Ice, Smirnoff Ice, Carlsburg Ice Etc
  • Night Dive: A dark drink i.e. Guinness, Black Sambuca, Dark Rum
  • Wreck Dive: A Shot
  • Decompression Dive: A Pint followed by a shot
  • Low Visibility Dive: Anything you can’t see through i.e. Baileys,

Extended Rules 

To add to the complication, there are a few more rules for instructors.

If you are an instructor and you are diving with another instructor then you must drop your shot into your pint for a decompression dive. (choose your shot carefully!!)

About UPSAC - (University Of Portsmouth Sub Aqua Club)
 
We have been affiliated with the Students Union for over 30 years and have grown and exceed an annual membership of 100 divers. We run training programs starting at entry level for complete beginners through to nationally qualified Instructors.

With this wealth of experience and heritage we offer training with BSAC (the British Sub Aqua Club) using our own Instructors, most of who, actually began their diving career and qualified within this very club. As a thank you all the instructors give up their time for free to teach and as such we are able to offer hugely reduced training costs and pass these saving onto you, the students.

UPSAC CLUB HOT LINE

02392 361 869

The club social hotline is a recorded message updated regularly with the weekend pubs we will be meeting in.
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