CDG minimum age

[andybrooks]

Recently glancing at the BCRA online archives, I saw some papers concerning the relationship between CDG and ICDG, which included minutes of a 1964 CDG meeting. What got my attention was a note that CDG required a minimum age of 21 for diving members, for insurance reasons. My first cave dive was at Wookey Hole on January 3 1970 (hard to forget, as that was when John Parker and Brian Woodward first explored Wookey 20). This was obviously an “official” CDG dive, being at Wookey Hole, and presumably I was considered a “diving” member, as I went from 3 to 9 and back twice. However, I was 20 years old at the time.

So, did I slide through somehow, or was the age limit changed between 1964 and 1970? Is there an age limit today?

 

[amw]

To join a Section you must over 18 years of age.

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Historical, I would need to look at the past information. Maybe in the past it was inline with the age of majority in England being 21 changed to 18 by the Family Law Reform Act 1969.

Andrew

 

[andybrooks]

That sounds likely, thanks!

 

[mikem]

Voting age was also changed on 1st Jan 1970