Club History

The SunCoast Reef Rovers were formed in February of 1997 with Elaine Brosnan serving as President, Bill Willson as Vice-President, and Fred Hind as the initial Treasurer.  The first three formation meetings were held in a local dive shop in Venice before moving to our permanent location in Nokomis.  The Reef Rovers were the first organization to contract for regular use of the Nokomis Community Center.

The purpose for creating this organization was to bring together possible dive buddies and promote local and semi-local diving opportunities.  Numerous divers indicated a lack of available time or resources to participate in extended dive trips.  Our club endeavors to provide a calendar of regular weekend dive opportunities at reasonable expense.

In May of 1999, the SunCoast Reef Rovers completed their first dive trip outside the USA with a week long excursion to Bonaire off the coast of Venezuela.  While continuing to promote local diving, the club will also organize one or two extended trips for members who are interested.

The club members express their appreciation to the 2007 club officers and chairman: 

President ------------------------------------------ George Borton
Vice President ----------------------------------- Bruce Spain
Treasurer ------------------------------------------ Helen Metzka
Secretary ------------------------------------------ Bill Willson
Director-At-Large ------------------------------- April Hess
Dive Committee --------------------------------- Greg Nelson
Social Committee -------------------------------Teri Richardson
Newsletter/Web Editor -------------------------Bill Willson