Golden Lion Sub Aqua Club is based in Mold and promotes scuba diving and snorkelling with training every Wednesday, frequent dive days in the UK, and multiple stay away trips each year both in the UK and abroad. We are able to arrange training in both snorkelling and diving for people from novice divers who have never been in the water before, all the way through to dive leaders.
The club was originally formed in 1977. At that time it was based in the Golden Lion Public House in Wrexham and was registered with the Sub Aqua Association (SAA) as Club 310. Club members served on the SAA National Executive Committee and their National Diving Officer was an associated member who regularly instructed club members including one individual who is still a member today
In 1986 the club won the Golden Club Award (equivalent to BSAC’s Heinke Trophy), which was presented by Sharon Davies, Britain’s Olympic Swimmer. The prize was a Club Diving Holiday to Oban.
The club originally trained in Wrexham Pool, but when Wrexham Pool was closed for refurbishment in the late 1990s, and after trying various locations, the club settled in Mold Leisure Centre.
Approached by a local dive school “Frogsborn”, the club moved to accept and train BSAC members as club number B2198 and until 2015 continued to offer membership and training with the SAA in addition to that of BSAC. At the end of 2015 it was decided to drop our SAA membership as remaining members were in the main BSAC divers and SAA divers who remained crossed over to BSAC; we could re-establish our SAA link if requested.
Club members have dived in every continent except the Antarctic and continue to dive throughout Wales, Britain and the World. Previous members studied the Nautical Archaeological Society exams and dived historic wrecks appearing on National TV and were quoted in the Sunday Times for our safety support of International Canoeing Events.
Club members support the RNLI, Archaeological, Sea Search and the Marine Conservation Societies, as well as various other charitable events.