Snorkel Treasure Hunt at Irie Safari

This event gave snorkelers a chance to test their treasure hunting skills and win some great prizes! The children competed in two age groups (8-11 and 12-16) in this event. Teams armed themselves with mask, snorkel, fins and a treasure hunters bags and searched the sandy bottom near Champagne for coloured stones tied to balloons.

Prizes awarded included: snorkelling sets (compliments 4-D Ag Center), Dive Certification courses (compliments DWA), free snorkeling (Irie Safari), MP3 players (Cable & Wireless), Gift Baskets (Springfield Trading Limited) and cases of soft drinks (Belfast Estates).

Jewellers International and Victorinox/Swiss Army Underwater Treasure Hunt!

The 2008 Underwater Treasure Hunt was held at East Carib Dive in Salisbury this year. It was a gorgeous Dominica day!

Fourteen divers competed in teams of two, by searching for rocks hidden in the sea. The goal was to find as many of the special Dive Fest rocks as possible within the 32 minute time-limit.

Congratulations to the winners:

1st Place: Team Serendipity – Karen & Jake each won a Victorinox/Swiss Army Dive Watch!

2nd Place: Team Fig Mi – Mathew & Ginger – each won a Geo Dive Computer by Oceanic!

3rd Place: Team Monty – Allen & Monty – each won a brand new Pioneer Dive Mask from Oceanic!

All participants in this year’s Treasure Hunt received a Victorinox/Swiss Army T-shirt AND a swiss Army knife!

Congratulations to all the participants, sponsors and organisers for putting on another great Dive Fest event.

Victorinox Swiss Army/Jewellers International UNDERWATER TREASURE HUNT – Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Sunday afternoon was another exciting event, the Underwater Treasure Hunt, hosted by Irie Safari at Champagne Beach.

International press was on hand to document this event -Greg from Scuba Radio (at right in photo) interviewed many participants. You can listen to the broadcast online on Saturday, July 14th from 3 to 5 pm EST (details on ScubaRadio.com).

The Rules…
The Underwater Treasure Hunt always starts with the “Reading of the Rules.” Here, the hunters are told what coloured rocks to search for & the value points of each colour, as well as the Do’s and Don’ts…. Don’t get separated from your buddy, don’t submerge again after time is called, don’t return with less than 500 PSI in your tank, don’t… well… You can get disqualified for any infraction!

Clearly the audience was attentive!

Gearing Up… and the search begins

Ah, the prizes…

All participants received Swiss Army Knives. That’s right, every on of the 22 participants went home with a brand new knife!

And the winners are….

• 1st Place: Leslie Yen & Andrea Felix – 2 Swiss Army Dive Watches
• 2nd Place: Karen Anderson & Jake Alishaw – Dinner for 2 at Ancient Capital Restaurant & 2 Ultra-Dry Snorkels from Oceanic
• 3rd Place: Liz & Dylan Madisetti – Lunch for 2 at Cocorico Cafe & 2 Masks from Irie Safari

Wild Card Prizes were also awarded: 2 cases of Kubuli, Overnight for 2 at Sunset Bay Club, and Dinner for 2 at Sunset Bay Club.

Jewellers International Presents Swiss Army Dive Watches to Winners: Leslie Yen & Andrea Fellix

Jewellers International Scuba Diving Treasure Hunt – Wednesday, July 12th 2006

This year’s underwater Treasure Hunt was held at Champagne Reef. Divers departed from Dive Dominica in Castle Comfort at 2 pm.

Starting from aboard Arienne, the 2-diver teams descended in the sandy shallows near Champagne Reef to search for special coloured stones hidden on the sandy bottom. The team to return to the boat with coloured stones totalling the most number of points within the 30-minute time limit would be crowned the winner.

Prizes were awarded to first, second and third-place finishers.

• 1st Place: Two Dive Watches from Jewellers International
• 2nd Place: Two Cable & Wireless Bags with an MP3 Player, b-Mobile t-shirt & a Top-Up.
• 3rd place: Dinner for 2 at the Fort Young Hotel and b-Mobile t-shirts.

Wild Card prizes included breakfast at Cartwheel Cafe, lunch at Cornerhouse Cafe, dinner at Green Flash Grill, a Corona Cooler containing 2 six-packs of Corona & t-shirts, and 2 bottles of Soca Rum. What great treasure!
Congratulations to the First Place Winners: Karen & Vince!

And congrats to all the treasure hunters who participated this year.
We hope to hear from some of you in person, right here on this blog.