Plymouth Diving

ALL DIVERS TRAINING AT 11.30 OR 12.30 IN DIVE 3, 4, WEENIES AND NOVICE, ARE STILL TRAINING BUT IN THE DRY GYM!

PLEASE BRING YOUR TRACKSUIT, SHORTS, T-SHIRT ETC READY FOR DRY TRAINING!

TO ALL DIVERS INVOLVED IN THIS WEEKENDS COMPETITION ON SATURDAY, THE WARM-UP IS NOW AT 11AM WITH EVENTS STARTING AT 11.45AM. TRAINING AT 11 IS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS C PLATFORM, GIRLS AND BOYS GROUP D 1M AND GIRLS AND BOYS B 3M. THEREFORE GROUP A DIVERS NEED ONLY BE HERE FOR 2PM ONWARDS. TRAINING FOR THE LATER EVENTS WILL BE AT APPROXIMATELY 3PM BUT MAY BE SOONER, SO PLEASE GET HERE FOR NO LATER THAN 2PM. AS EVER, VOLUNTEERS FOR DIVE RECORDER AND ANYONE WANTING TO SHADOW RECORD ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!

The June school holiday is fast approaching and we have some great activities lined up for you….

Tuesday 5th June – Mini Camp – 9am -12 noon

Ages 5-8    suitable for Weenies, Dive 3 & 4 and TID               £15

Wednesday 6th June – Development Day – 10am – 4pm

Minimum age 8             £25

10am registration – 10-11.30am - dry training – 11.30-12.30 – pool

12.30-13.30pm – lunch – 13.30-14.30pm – dry gym and 14.30-16pm – pool!

Thursday 7th June – Skills Clinic – 09.30-11.30am

Minimum age 5 – limited to Diving 3 & 4 and TID & Weeny groups

£10

9.30 registration followed by dry gym to work on specific skills then into the pool until 11.30am – if a diver passes the relevant skill Fito will let their lesson teacher know!

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Following her triple gold bonanza at the Elite Junior Championships in Plymouth, Shanice Lobb from Plymouth Diving embarked on her very first Great Britain team appointment in Dresden last week.

She had qualified on all three boards and started with disappointment on the 1 metre where she dropped out of contention with her last dive, menaing two GB girls got ahead of her in the race for places at the Junior European Championships in July in Austria.

However, she settled into some great form in the platform event, with a stunning back twister from 10 metre to wow the judges scoring 8-8.5′s across the board. This put her in second place going into the final and more importantly, a score of 327 points, a cool 27 points over the qualifying standard for Austria.

Once in the final, she cleaned up some of the mistakes made earlier and amassesd a stunning 357 points and a gold medal – 35 points ahead of her nearest rival, Sarah White also of GB. This secured her place on the Austria team and her next aim is to dive well again and battle for the European Championship title! Good Luck Shanice!

Also diving in Dresden, was Matthew Dixon, who had qualified for the team despite being two years out of the age group only aged 12. He started his Great Britain International career with his first dive on the 7.5 metre platform scoring 8.5′s and 9′s – not a bad start! He made the final of the platform event fnishing in a brilliant 8th place but was the third placed British diver so was not allowed to dive in the final. He also dived well in the 1 metre competition where he was up against 32 other 14-15 year old boys and finished in 13th – 0.3 outside of the final! What a fantastic way to mark your first representation for your country! Well done Matt!

HI EVERYONE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO CHAPERONES FOR THE SKILLS FINALS IN SOUTHAMPTON FRIDAY 4TH MAY TILL SUNDAY 6TH MAY.

CAN ALL DIVERS WHO COMPETED IN TROWBRIDGE PLEASE BRING IN THEIR £8 ENTRY FEE PAYABLE TO PLYMOUTH DIVING COMPETITION ACCOUNT.

THANKS

Following their fantastic results from the recent Elite Junior Championships in Plymouth, cousins Shanice and Matthew have both qualified for the Dresden International 27-29 April, where they will compete for Great Britain!

Shanice qualified 4th best in the country overall and earned herself three chances to qualify for the Junior European Championships in July, because of her three qualifying standards in Plymouth. She will now need to make her European standard to make the GB team for Austria – the venue for the Junior European Championships.

Matthew is also travelling to Dresden but is unable to qualify for the Junior European Championships due to his young age – reminiscent of Tom and the 2006 Commonwealth Games – but he will go up against 14 and 15 year olds in Dresden to see how he fairs – he already beat most of the boys in that category from Great Britain to earn his Dresden spot. All this and he only celebrates his 12th birthday this week!

PLYMOUTH DIVING ASSERTED ITSELF IN THE NEW LIFE CENTRE BY WINNING THREE GOLD MEDALS – AND THEREFORE THREE BRITISH CHAMPIONS – ON THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION AT THE BRITISH GAS JUNIOR ELITE DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS!

FIRST UP WAS SHANICE LOBB WHO DIDN’T PUT A FOOT WRONG ALL DAY TO WIN THE GIRLS 14/15 YEARS 1 METRE SPRINGBOARD AND MAKE A QUALIFYING STANDARD FOR THE DRESDEN INTERNATIONAL!

NEXT WAS TOM DALEY WHO WAS ALWAYS HOT FAVOURITE AND DIDN’T DISAPPOINT THE HUGE CROWD THAT TURNED OUT – WINNING THE BOYS 16-18 YEARS PLATFORM!

AND THEN CAME MATTHEW DIXON WHO TOOK CHARGE OF HIS BOYS 12/13 YEARS 1M SPRINGBOARD WINNING HIS PRELIMINARY AND HIS FINAL IN STYLE!

YESTERDAYS SYNCHRO EVENTS BROUGHT TWO MEDALS…. MATT DIXON DIVING WITH A NEW PARTNER FROM BRADFORD, WILL HALLAM, TOOK GOLD IN THE BOYS 9-13 YEARS 3M SYNCHRO.

SHANICE LOBB AND KAYLEIGH SINCLAIR TOOK SILVER, AN AGONISING 0.6 FROM GOLD, IN THE GIRLS 14-18 YEARS 3M SYNCHRO. BOTH GIRLS ARE YET TO HAVE THEIR 14TH BIRTHDAY SO THIS IS A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR THEM!

THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL MEDAL COUNT TO 5 ON DAY TWO!

The Junior British Championships start today …. Plymouth divers are in action

16.00pm Start Time

Boys 9-13 years 3m synchro………… Matthew Dixon diving with his partner from Bradford William Hallam

Girls 14-18 years 3m synchro…….. Shanice Lobb and Kayleigh Sinclair

Follow the action on www.diverecorder.co.uk or come down to the pool, limited tickets available on the door!

Click here for the event schedule.

Plymouth Diving are proud to host the first big event at the Plymouth Life Centre – the British Gas Elite Junior Diving Championships next week from Wednesday 4th April until Saturday 7th April.

All diving classes and squads will NOT take place on these days – you have not been charged for these – but can I suggest you enquire about tickets to come and watch – contact (Enable Javascript to see the email address)

The Plymouth divers involved are:

Matthew Dixon (9-13 years), Blaise Fice (9-13 years), Kayleigh Sinclair (14-15 years), Shanice Lobb (14-15 years), Jenny Bunsell (14-15 years), Danny Bates (16-18 years), Ashley Hendrick (16-18 years) and Tom Daley (16-18 years).

GOOD LUCK TEAM!!

Still based on Mayflower Drive, the new centre will now deliver the ever successful Plymouth Diving Training Scheme where divers can join the programme as a beginner diver in the Diving 1 class and work through levels Diving 2-4 where they can join the Plymouth Diving Club. These diving classes are joined through Everyone Active at the reception at the Life Centre.

Following on from Diving 4, or by fast-track, divers can be invited to join one of the training squads – Weenies, Novice, Age Group, D, C, B & A squads. This is done through a recommendation from the previous teacher.

Every year a Schools Talent Search is conducted where new divers are selected and invited to join a Talent Squad. Divers may also be invited to join this group from Diving 1-4 at the discretion of the Diving Manager at the Life Centre.

1:1 and 2:1 lessons can be booked by email, 2 days before the class and are taken on a first come first served basis. These lessons are available Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri and Sat.

Parents are invited to join the Friends of Plymouth Divers group to be a part of raising money to offset costs for travelling to competitions.