A thirty strong team of Plymouth divers spent four days of their half term competing in the Pilkington Estates Armada Cup held at the Plymouth Life Centre. In its 24th year it was a chance for the eighteen contending teams to showcase the talent each club has on offer. The event attracted teams from throughout […]
Last week a ten strong British diving team competed in the Eight Nations Youth Diving Meet in Turin. The two day competition gave the 14-18 year old springboard divers the opportunity to compete against athletes from France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Amelie Underwood from Plymouth Diving, who is coached by Sally Freeman […]
This weekend all eyes were on the Plymouth Life Centre where it hosted the South West Regional Skills diving competition. Plymouth Diving sponsored by Pilkington Estate were extremely well represented at the event from debutant divers aged 8 to the eldest member in the young squad aged 14 all hoping to emulate Plymouth Diving greats […]
The British Junior Elite Championship, a pivotal competition on the performance pathway, invites the top junior divers from across the nation to the prestigious event. Plymouth Diving sent a team of ten, who showcased their talent, hard work, and dedication at this year’s championship, a four-day event held at Sandwell Aquatics Centre, home of the […]
Back On Board! The Plymouth Life Centre hosted the Great Britain Diving Federation Spring Masters last weekend. The two day event proved to be popular with several divers from Plymouth who all dived in the 16-29 year old category. In their heyday all of them represented Plymouth Diving at either Age Group or Elite National […]
The end of April proved to be busy with competitions for three Plymouth divers. Our junior divers Amelie Underwood and Ollie Heath headed off to Dresden in Germany for the 11th Youth International Meet. Sally Freeman also from Plymouth Diving joined them as the Head Coach for the meet. Group A1 divers Underwood and Heath […]
Plymouth Diving supported by Pilkington Estates and Plymouth Active took a strong team of 17 divers to compete at the Southeast Regional Age Group event in Southampton. The event provides the opportunity for the Age Group divers to test themselves against divers from across the south and southeast and try to meet the qualification standard […]
Pilkington Estate sponsored Plymouth Diving were once again in action, but this time 22 of the youngest members of the club travelled to Royal Tunbridge Wells to take part in South East Regionals. Supported by Plymouth Active Leisure, coaches Cody Powell-Tuckett and Lucy Gutierrez-Freeman had the task of overseeing 12 dives from each of the […]
Plymouth’s Euan McCabe and coach Sally Freeman have just returned from the European Aquatics Championships held in Belgrade, with 107 athletes competing from 26 countries. The results of the 14-day meet confirmed that the Great Britain team are a force to be reckoned with after placing at the top of the diving medal table and […]
Last week around 170 athletes from across 20 teams headed to Sandwell Aquatics Centre for the Swim England Diving National Age Group Championships. Plymouth Diving sent a worthy team of fifteen talented participants. It is an achievement in itself just to qualify for this competition and divers work hard all year to take part. Attending […]
