Bubbles Dive Centre in Marsalforn usually looks after the sea by diving for debris on every dive, but on the afternoon of Saturday, 26 July 2014, two members of their team will be completing a sponsored run around the island of Gozo in aid of Ocean Protection.

Sean Cooper, Divemaster and Luke Kidney, Divemaster Trainee, will be running over 42km (the equivalent of a marathon) starting at Marsalforn.  The route will take them through Xaghra, Nadur, Qala, Mgarr, Sannat, Munxar, San Lawrenz, Gharb and Zebbug, incorporating a total ascent of over 750 feet and they expect the run to take 5-6 hours.

Sean Cooper, 19 years old said “We’ve been in training since we arrived in Gozo at the start of the summer are a confident we will complete the run to raise as much money as possible for the protection of our oceans”.

Luke Kidney, whose 23rd birthday is on the day of the run, said “If we can raise awareness of marine conservation by doing this run then all the aches and pains that follow will be worth it”.

During the run, Sean and Luke will be followed by a Bubbles Dive Centre vehicle carrying supplies of water and much needed vocal encouragement.

David Hayler-Montague, owner of Bubbles Dive Centre said “Our dive centre is committed to improving the marine environment for everyone and this is a central theme of our training programmes and it is wonderful to see our team embrace this philosophy.  Their efforts are truly outstanding and we are very proud of them”.

If you would like to sponsor Sean and Luke please go to www.justgiving.com/lukeseanbubblesrun to make a donation or contact Bubbles Dive Centre at [email protected] or call on 2702 8299.  Any support that can be provided will be greatly appreciated and all donations will be given to Project AWARE - a registered non-profit organization, which encourages the world’s divers to protect our ocean planet – one dive at a time.