Plymouth Diving

British Diving Championships 2019
2019-05-31 08:00 - 2019-06-02 17:00 UTC
British Diving Championships 2019 Review
A team of 9 divers from Plymouth have just returned from competing at the British Diving Championships held in Edinburgh, where they were up against some formidable competitors. It is a tough competition and the biggest domestic diving event of the year.
Kayleigh Sinclair qualified for the women’s 1m and 3m final; finishing 6th overall on both boards. Shanice Lobb qualified for the women’s 10m event also finishing in 6th position. Cody Powell-Tuckett was short of less than 10 points to qualify for the final and finished in 12th on the 10m board.
In the women’s 3m synchro competition Sinclair and teammate Summer Radcliffe won the bronze medal. Euan McCabe and Robbie Lee (from Southampton) also claimed the bronze medal in the men’s section.
The women’s 10m synchro saw Emily Martin and Phoebe Banks (from Leeds) win the gold – continuing their successful pairing. They also won gold earlier this year on the Fina Grand Prix circuit in California. Not to be outdone, Matthew Dixon and Noah Williams (from London) also secured the gold for the men.
All of the men from Plymouth qualified for the 10m final. McCabe and Aidan Heslop unfortunately had to withdraw from the final. Alfie Brown just missed out on a podium spot in 4th. Dixon gained the bronze in an intense final, full of amazing dives.
The divers train at the Plymouth Life Centre and are either coached by Alex Rochas, Sally Freeman or Claire Burton.

Drake Trophy and Mini Skills 2019
2019-05-11
Drake Trophy 2019 Review
The Drake Trophy recently took place at the Plymouth Life Centre. It consisted of a two part competition – Mini Skills and South West Regional Skills.
The Mini Skills section was full of Plymouth divers on the podium. Harry Westbury won the gold medal, Isla Applin the silver and Mila Griffiths the bronze in group F. In group E, Sophie Eaton earned the gold and Elsie Boylin the bronze. Noah Underwood secured the gold, Hanna Srokosz the silver and Sienna Williams the bronze in group D. This was the first competition for some of the young 25 Plymouth divers who took part in this event and a great experience for them.
The South West Regional Skills competition is a qualifier in order to compete at the National Skills competition, which will take place at the Plymouth Life Centre on 6th – 7th July. In group E, William Heath gained the gold medal, Oscar Westbury the silver and Dylan Philpott the bronze and all qualified with a score in excess of 240 points. Freya White took the gold medal for the girls.
Group D saw a total of 13 Plymouth divers qualify with a score of over 255 points and did not leave any podium positions free for any other clubs. Lily Walker won the gold, Lexi Davies the silver and Eva Lang the bronze for the girls. The boys saw Jake Harrison-Bennetton win gold, Evan Walker the silver and Alex Whittaker the bronze. The other divers to qualify were Rose McCabe, Erin Healey, Sophie Millmore, George Prior, Amelie Moor, Phoebie Pickering and Freddy Parnell.
Alex Snell grabbed the gold medal for the boys in group C. The girls had a close fought category with only 3.45 points between the 1st and 4th position. They engulfed the podium with Harlie Stringer bagging the gold, Tilly Tassart the silver, Ella-Poppy Cornish the bronze and Polly Evans in 4th position. Madeleine Elliott and Ben Hall also qualified to take part in July with a score of over 270 points.
All of the young, up and coming divers are either coached by Tonia Couch, Fito Gutierrez, Ashley Hendrick or Ryan Wills.

Dresden
2019-04-25 08:00 - 2019-04-28 17:00
Dresden 2019 Review
Euan McCabe gave a truly outstanding performance at the Dresden Youth International Meet recently in Germany. Diving in the group B platform event, he topped the podium to win gold. This was the first time Euan had competed for GBR and it could not have been more impressive.
Although Euan finished in 3rd position in the preliminary round, he was in last position out of 12 going into the final; due to the way in which only the points from the first 4 dives are carried forward. The 13 year old Plymouth diver was unperturbed and with guidance from his experienced coach Sally Freeman he conquered any nerves to deliver a consistent and remarkable round of dives, which proved to be unbeatable. He was the only diver in his group to break the 400 point barrier finishing nearly 16 points ahead of the Russian runner up.
Euan first competed in 2012 and has been building towards diving for GBR ever since, after showing early potential. With the support of his parents (Anna and Darren) he trains in excess of 15 hours a week at the Plymouth Life Centre.

Junior Elites 2019
2019-04-11 08:00 - 2019-04-14 17:00
Plymouth Divers Delight at Junior Elites
A team of 12 divers from Plymouth have just returned from competing at Junior Elites in Sheffield against the best young divers in the country. The four day event saw the club bring home a hoard of 9 medals.
Finishing 2nd in the preliminary round, Cody Powell-Tuckett piled on the pressure to take the top podium positon, winning gold in the platform event for group A girls.
Aidan Heslop and Tommy Davis for group A boys qualified for the 1m final; both just missed out on medals placing 4th and 6th respectively. Aidan had better luck in the 3m event winning bronze, and silver in a thrilling platform event. To complete the full set of medals Aidan also won gold in the 14 – 18 year old 3m synchro competition with his partner Oliver Crompton from Leeds. In the same event Euan McCabe won the bronze with partner Harrison Hartley from Sheffield. Connor West and Tommy Davis came 6th. All partnerships competed for the first time together.
After qualifying for the group B 1m final, Euan McCabe placed 6th. The 3m event saw Euan bag the bronze. In a very exciting final (with spectacular diving from all) Euan proved to be unbeatable and won the gold on platform.
Zach Anderson won silver in the group C 3m event. In the 9 – 13 year old 3m synchro event, Zach with his partner Todd Geggus from Southend were at the top of the podium claiming the gold.
Other divers who took part and represented Plymouth Diving were Frances Burdett, Summer Radcliffe, Katie Martin, Alfie Brown, Josh Freeman and Josh Gibbs. The divers in this team are coached by Sally Freeman, Claire Burton, Fito Gutierrez or Ashley Hendrick at Plymouth Life Centre.

Fina Grand Prix 2019
2019-04-04 08:00 - 2019-04-07 17:00 | Calgary , Canada
Fina Grand Prix 2019 Review
Plymouth Diving is proud to report that our very own Matthew Dixon and Emily Martin (a recent addition to the club) medalled at the Fina Diving Grand Prix in Calgary, Canada and Mission Viejo, U.S.A.; whilst representing GBR.
Matthew won a bronze medal in the 10m platform event, which saw a total of 28 divers compete in the preliminary round. Not to be outdone, Emily also scooped a bronze medal in the 10m synchro event alongside teammate Phoebe Banks from Leeds. Matthew then went on to win silver, competing with Scarlett Mew Jensen from London in their first 3m mixed synchro event.
From Calgary the pair moved on to Mission Viejo, U.S.A. Matthew improved on his bronze medal in Calgary to take the silver medal in the 10m platform event – only 8.45 points behind the top spot.
Emily and Phoebe also stepped up their podium position from bronze in Calgary to gold in California!
Both Matthew and Emily are coached by Alex Rochas at the Life Centre in Plymouth.

G Star 2019
2019-03-14 08:00 - 2019-03-17 17:00
G-Star 2019 Review
A small team of 5 divers; Tommy Davis, Maria Marasescu, Zach Anderson, Oliver Heath and Theo Stevens represented Plymouth Diving at the G-Star competition held in Leeds last weekend.
Day 1 saw Oliver take the Silver and Theo the Bronze on the 1m springboard in the Under 11’s. Tommy came 6th in the Men’s 1m springboard category against a very tough group of competitors.
The following day saw Theo and Oliver make the finals for the platform event coming 4th and 5th. Zach took the Silver medal in the Under 13’s, 3 metre springboard.
On the final day Oliver was back in top form – winning Gold in the 3m springboard event and Theo taking the 6th position. Zach just missed out on the top spot by 1.5 points winning Silver on the 1m springboard.
Despite Maria not medalling she achieved personal best scores on the 1m and 3m springboard.
Thanks to Ashley Hendrick who coached the divers for the weekend, the team finished in 4th place out of 15 – an incredible achievement for only 5 of them!

Armada Cup 2019
2019-02-16 08:00 - 2019-02-19 17:00
Armada Cup 2019 Review
A total of 43 Plymouth divers were out in force at the Plymouth Life Centre last weekend, competing in the prestigious 20th Armada Cup, sponsored by Need-A-Cab? Twelve other diving clubs from around the country attended, making a grand total of over 165 competitors.
Day 1 saw Scarlett Colbourne and Amelie Underwood win gold in the girls under 13, 1m synchro event. Katie Martin and Ellie Pearce won the silver medal. Zach Anderson and his partner Todd Geggus from Southend won gold for the boys.
In the girls 14-18, 3m synchro category Kayleigh Sinclair and Summer Radcliffe won gold and are proving to be a very successful pairing. Cody Powell-Tuckett and Frances Burdett took the bronze. Josh Gibbs and Curtis Yuen for the boys narrowly missed out on a medal, placing 4th in their first competition together.
The second day was packed full of events. Scarlett Colbourne won gold in the individual 5m event with synchro partner Amelie Underwood winning bronze in the girls E/D group. In the 3m event the girls swapped positions with Amelie winning gold and Scarlett winning bronze. The boys in the same group competed on 5m with Ollie Heath claiming the gold, whilst Theo Stevens won bronze and Harry Denham placing 4th.
Ellie Pearce and Maia Pearson just missed out on the final for the 1m girls C group in 7th and 8th position. Katie Martin placed 6th on the 1m board and 4th on the 3m board. Zach Anderson won bronze in the platform event in the boys C group.
In group B, Summer Radcliffe finished in 5th position on the 1m board competing against 36 other girls. Euan McCabe won bronze and Josh Freeman placed 5th in the 1m boys B group.
The women’s 3m event saw Kayleigh Sinclair win gold and Emily Martin win bronze. Matthew Dixon; Commonwealth medallist, recent National Cup platform runner up, Devon and Cornwall Young Sports Personality of the Year was on form. He claimed gold on the 3m board for the men with Connor West winning the silver medal and Curtis Yuen placing 6th. Josh Gibbs narrowly missed a place in the final by 0.05 points!
The High Dive workshop and competition was sponsored by Adrenalin Quarry. Gary Hunt the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion made a guest appearance. Aidan Helsop won the competition; he became the youngest diver to ever compete in a Red Bull Cliff Diving Series last year, at the tender age of 16. Team mates Euan McCabe, Connor West and Josh Freeman completed the top four positions for the boys. Not to be outdone, Plymouth girls Frances Burdett, Scarlett Colbourne and Lucy Gutierrez-Freeman made it a one, two, three for the club.
Day 3 was another busy one. Scarlett Colbourne picked up her fifth medal – this time silver on 1m in the girls E/D group with team mate Yvie Tucker in 4th position. Ollie Heath won his second gold on the 3m board with Theo Stevens also claiming his second bronze. Jake Harrison-Bennetton was 4th and Harry Denham 5th.
Katie Martin placed 5th on platform in a tough group of C girls. Zach Anderson triumphed in the 3m boys C group, winning gold after competing against 28 other divers.
In group B, Summer Radcliffe won the silver medal on the 3m board once again competing against a large group of 34 other girls. Euan McCabe won gold on platform for the boys with a very convincing victory. Josh Freeman won the bronze medal after a high scoring final dive.
Kayleigh Sinclair added to her medal collection winning a third gold in the women’s 1m with Cody Powell-Tuckett also winning her second bronze. The podium for the men’s 1m event was full of Plymouth divers with Matthew Dixon 1st, Aidan Heslop 2nd, Tommy Davis 3rd and Connor West in 6th position.
The Team Event saw Alfie Brown, Summer Radcliffe and Zach Anderson win gold. The other Plymouth team consisting of Cody Powell-Tuckett, Josh Freeman and Ollie Heath placed 4th.
On the final day group E/D boys were back in action on the 1m board with Theo Stevens winning gold, Ollie Heath winning bronze and Harry Denham in 4th and Jake Harrison-Bennetton in 5th.
Zach Anderson after battling through the preliminaries went on to win gold in the 1m boys C group. Ben Kearton, after a 4 month break from diving finished in 9th but less than 5 points from qualifying for the final.
In group B boys, Euan McCabe won his second gold in the 3m event with Josh Freeman placing 4th.
Following on from her success at the National Cup, Shanice Lobb won the women’s platform competition putting a frustrating 18 months of injuries behind her. Less than 5 points behind Shanice was Cody Powell-Tuckett winning the silver and Emily Martin was in 4th. Once again the podium was packed with Plymouth divers for the men’s platform event with Matthew Dixon, Alfie Brown, Aidan Heslop and Connor West taking the top 4 positions.
Other Plymouth divers competing were Eva Lang, Rose McCabe, Lily Walker, Polly Evans, Harlie Stringer, Phoebe White, Oscar Hart, Jack Kinsman-Moore, Aiden Lamerton, Alex Snell, Archie Waines, Abby Fishleigh, Evie McCabe, Maria Marasescu and Kate Saxby. Some of these divers were competing at this level for the first time, others breaking their personal best scores. Every team member’s performance contributed to Plymouth Diving winning the Armada Cup Best Club Trophy by a clear 423 points.
Plymouth Diving would like to thank Need-A-Cab, Everyone Active, Plymouth City Council and Ashfords for their support as without this it would not be possible to run this event and showcase the talent that the club has produced.
