SOUTHEND DIVING NEWSLETTER May 2017 No.8 It has been a busy month for competitions with all dive squads in action. First to compete were the Elite Squad at the Life Centre in Plymouth, along with 5 divers from the National Age Group Squad competing in their first British Junior Elite Competition. Next to compete were divers from the Skills groups and also some TID divers who were having their first experience of competition. This was the Shipley Novices at Bradford Esprit. The last competition saw the Age Group Squad competing in the ASA East Region Age Groups at the home pool, Garon Park. Credit goes to all the divers who have done them- WANTED Southend Diving urgently need someone to take on the role of Kit Manager for the Club. You would be required to collate all the kit orders and deal with KUKRI on the Club s behalf. If you think you would like to take on this position or if you have a friend that could share the job with you, please contact Louise Lano, any of the Committee, or inform your child s coach. SOUTHEND DIVING A.G.M. The Annual General Meeting for the Diving Club will be held in July (date to be confirmed). If you feel that you would like to be on this committee and have a say in how the Club is run, please inform any member of the Committee or Coaching staff of your wish. It doesn't take up a lot of time, gets you involved and gives you a voice. Without a Committee the Club cannot work, so please give it a thought and get involved! CHAIRMAN: Bob Swift SECRETARY: Bill Clark TREASURER: Dale Spiby CHIEF COACH: Shan Veasey COMMITTEE: Carmel Hudson, Louise Lano, John McCrae Get well wishes go to Ewan Russell. Ewan was injured in the dry gym in March, but is now on the road to recovery. We look forward to seeing him back at the pool and hope it will not be too long before he is back training. NEWSLETTER The next edition of the newsletter will not be until July as I am taking a holiday in June. If anybody has any news, reports, adverts, items of kit that they wish to sell or anything that you feel could be added to the newsletter, please let Louise Lano know and she will forward them on. THE EDITOR
G.B. ELITE JUNIOR DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS LIFE CENTRE PLYMOUTH The Plymouth Life Centre was the venue for the G.B. Elite Junior Diving Championships from 9 th 12 th April. 8 divers from Southend Diving competed at this event., including the three divers from the Elite Squad: Lewis Irons, Tyler Humphreys, Connor Van Dal and 5 divers from the National Age Group Squad:- Amie Hudson, Marney Easen, Jessie Millham, Max Lano & Hayden Rayment. The first event of the competition saw Amie and Marney in the 3m 14/18yrs Synchro event. The Southend pair took Silver in this event beating the London Aquatics girls by less than half a point, with just 3 teams competing. On the first day of individual competition Connor took 2 nd place in the heat in the 3m Group A event and in the final secured a creditable Bronze medal. Tyler and Max followed in the 3m Group B event with Tyler gaining a 3 rd place which he converted to a 2 nd and Silver medal in the final. Max came 15 th. Hayden up next on 1m Group C and finished in 13 th place. The girls were next to compete and Jessie dived well to take the 6 th final position and retained this position in the final. Marney in the Group B platform finished 9 th. Tuesdays events commenced with Connor and Lewis on 1m in Group A. Lewis finished in 9 th position with Connor going into the final in 2 nd place and finished in 5 th position. Group B 1m saw Max and Tyler in action again, with Max narrowly missing the final in 7 th place and Tyler going into the final in 6 th and increased his position to finish 5 th. In the Group A 3m event Amie just missed out on a final position by finishing in 7 th place. Marney up next in Group B 3m and dived extremely well and took 1 st place in the prelim. In the final of this event she took the 5 th place. The Group C platform event saw Jessie in action and she finished 9 th. Hayden, the only Southend boy to compete on platform, was next on the platform in Group C and finished in 17 th place. Final day of competition and Amie was first to dive in Group A 1m and finished her competition in 15 th. Group B 1m saw Marney take 6 th place in the heat and she retained this position in the final. Jessie s last event was on 3m in Group C and she finished in 8 th place. The final prelim event saw Hayden compete on 3m and dived to 13 th place. Really good performances from all the divers, especially the National Age Group divers competing at the Elites for the first time. Great diving by Lewis after his recent wrist injury. Coaches Bill and Charles were pleased with the efforts from all the divers at this competition. Well done team! RESULTS 1m 3m Platform Amie Hudson 265.25 15 th 340.65 7 th Marney Easen 264.45 6 th 324.45 1 st 259.00 9 th 263.15 6 th Final 301.50 5 th Final Jessie Millham 257.70 6 th 261.55 8 th 231.35 9 th 246.70 6 t h Final Lewis Irons 370.85 9 th Connor Van Dal 424.50 2 nd 493.30 2 nd 397.95 5 th Final 462.30 3 rd Final Tyler Humphreys 334.75 6 th 416.80 3 rd 363.50 5 th Final 427.05 2 nd Final Max Lano 325.60 7 th 309.35 15 th Hayden Rayment 254.65 13 th 294.70 13 th 247.15 17th Amie Hudson & Marney Easen Synchro 214.59 2 nd
Jessie Millham Amie Hudson & Marney Easen
SHIPLEY NOVICES BRADFORDESPRIT 29TH & 30TH APRIL 15 divers from Southend made the trip up north to take part in the Shipley Novices 2017 diving competition. Teams from across the country were there to compete for the top honours and Southend came away with a horde of medals and a 3 rd place finish in the team trophy. First up for the team was Adam Jones who was the lone representative for the club in the boys group B event he put in a consistent performance to finish in 8 th place with a score of 161.75. Southend had 3 divers in the huge girls group D competition with 43 divers taking part, all 3 put in a great performance to finish in the top half of the table. Lilly Elson and Abby Rust were both competing their new dives 401c (inward dive tuck) and 201c (back dive tuck) for the first time and finished in 17 th place (139.55) and 14th (140.65) respectively, Luana Bull was the top placed finisher of the trio scoring 148.35 points to finish in 8 th position. Alice Bilton was competing in the group E (8-9yrs) event for the first time and did some great dives to finish in 9 th place with a score of 125.90. Finley Ledger was competing in the boys event of the same age, where in his first away competition he finished on a brilliant score of 138.50 to place 7 th. Southend were busy again in the boy s group D event. With Matthew Lewis, Joshua Williams and Connor Lano all taking part. In what was a hotly contested event all boys dived brilliantly to score 8s and 9s from the judges on poolside. Matthew finished in 20 th (125.80) Joshua in 14 th (131.90) and Connor narrowly missed out on the medals finishing in 4 th place with a score of 148.75. Olivia Capon led from the front in the girls C event, she performed a high quality list of dives to top the podium and bring home the gold medal. It was a clean sweep for Southend in the girls group B event, Lexie Bushnell performed a brilliant 5231d (Backwards 1 and ½ somersaults ½ twist) to bring home the gold with a score of 217.20. She was joined on the podium by team mate Ceri Ewing, who after scoring 8s on her 105c (forward 2 and a ½ somersaults) finished in second place with a score of 208.90, very close behind was Jessica Burt who dived consistently throughout the competition scoring 207.50 to claim 3 rd place. Evie Rasch dived well throughout the event despite illness and just missed out on the medals finishing in 4 th place with a score of 201.05. Amber Pellici finished in 9 th place with a score of 164.15 after some brilliant 201c (back dive tucks) and line ups. Brilliant results for the Southend Divers, congratulations to you all, and well done to the coaches Shan & Grace for all the hard work in getting the divers to such a high standard.
ASA EAST REGION AGE GROUP COMPETITION 6 TH & 7 TH MAY 2017 The ASA East Region Age Group Competition took place at Garon Park with Southend Diving the host club. 16 Divers were competing for the honours with some competing in Age Groups for the first time. The events commenced with the Girls C/D 1m. Competing in the Group C category were Ruby Day, Kiera Jones and Evie Ledger, with Brooke Cullen competing in Group D. Evie finished in 4 th place, closely followed by Ruby in 5 th position and Kiera was placed 11 th. The Group D had 3 divers, 2 of which were competing as guests, so Brooke claimed the top position. The Boys Group A/B were next to dive and Sam Mansfield finished in 2 nd place in Group A. An excellent result in Group B with Vincent Cook taking the Gold. The girls in the platform event all dived together Groups A D. Great diving from Tigi Whitehouse and she took the Silver medal, India Joseph-Meddle finished in 5 th position. The results from Group B and more great diving saw Sasha Brook claim the Gold medal. Nadia Todor-Ward finished a creditable 4 th, Lexie Bushnell 8 th, Ceri Ewing 9 th and Evie Rasch 11th.. Very well done to the girls newly competing in Age Groups. The Group C Girls saw Evie Ledger dive to Bronze medal position with Ruby Day 7 th and Kiera Jones 8 th. Once again with just Brooke Cullen in the Group D she again claimed the Gold medal. The next event was the first of the day for the Boys C/D group on 3m. In Group D Todd Geggus and John Wylie were competing for Southend Diving. The Gold medal went to Todd and Silver to John. Great dives from both boys. The final event for the first day of competition was the Girls A/B 1m. Competing for Southend Diving in Group A were Tigi & India. It was Gold and Silver for Southend with India taking the Gold and a Silver for Tigi. Group B saw Nadia, Lexie, Sasha, Ceri & Evie Rasch all diving. Excellent diving from all girls with Sasha leading the way with Bronze, Nadia 4 th, Ceri 6 th, Lexie 8 th and Evie 11 th. The first day over with considerable success for Southend Diving with the hope of much more to come on the Sunday.
All assembled for Sunday events, which commenced with the Boys Group C/D 1m. Todd and John in action again in Group D. Todd started the day well making it a double Gold for him with John taking the Bronze medal. Next to compete were the Girls A/B on 3m. Tigi and India again competing for the honours in Group A. Tigi was the victor taking Gold with India in Silver position. The Group B girls on 3m followed with plenty of Southend interest. Sasha lead the way claiming 3 rd position, Lexie 4 th, Nadia 5 th, Ceri 6 th and Evie Rasch 9 th. The Boys were next to dive on Platform, once again Groups A-D competing together. Sam diving in Group A and took the Silver. Group B were represented by Vincent and in this event he claimed his 2 nd Gold medal of the meet. The last group with Southend divers was Group D and saw Todd & John competing in their final event. Todd dived extremely well to take his 3 rd Gold medal of the meet and to be East Region Champion on all 3 boards. John finished a great weekend for him by claiming the Bronze his 3 rd medal of the weekend. The 3m event for the girls followed for C/D Groups. A closely fought event with Evie finishing 5 th, Ruby 7 th and Kiera 11 th. Brooke gained her 3 rd Gold for the weekend in Group D, unopposed in her age group. The final event of the weekend was the Boys A/B 1m. Sam took the honour of a Gold medal in Group A, with Vincent finishing off a brilliant weekend taking the Gold in Group B, making him a Triple Gold Champion on all three boards. Hudson Lawrence competed in his first event after returning from injury and dived well to take the Silver close behind Vinnie. A brilliant weekend for Southend Diving with 13 Golds, 7 Silver and 5 Bronze medals. The event ran smoothly and thanks go to everybody that gave their time to help with the running of the competition. This could not be staged without their help and support. THANK YOU AND VERY WELL DONE TO ALL THE SOUTHEND DIVERS AND TO SHAN, BILL AND GRACE, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THE DIVERS DID YOU PROUD!
ASA EAST REGION AGE GROUP COMPETITION RESULTS GIRLS 1M 3M PLATFORM Group A (8 dives) India Todor-Ward 234.40 1st 213.10 2nd 172.75 4th Tigi Whitehouse 227.75 2nd 263.50 1st 251.70 2nd Group B (7 dives) Sasha Brook 213.75 3rd 221.25 3rd 217.10 1st Nadia Todor-Ward 207.20 4th 208.90 5th 179.25 4th Ceri Ewing 202.75 6th 207.75 6th 152.60 9th Lexie Bushnell 193.90 8th 209.55 4th 153.25 8th Evie Rasch 168.90 11th 195.05 9th 140.60 11th Group C (6 dives) Evie Ledger 167.95 4th 162.20 5th 172.35 3rd Ruby Day 158.90 5th 156.40 7th 151.85 7th Kiera Jones 124.80 11th 138.30 11th 146.40 8th Group D (5 dives) Brooke Cullen 132.30 1st 127.65 1st 112.80 1st BOYS 1M 3M PLATFORM Group A (8 dives) Sam Mansfield 283.05 1st 278.65 2nd 239.45 2nd Group B (7 dives) Vincent Cook 250.05 1st 264.40 1st 225.70 1st Hudson Lawrence 249.75 2nd Group D (5 dives) Todd Geggus 158.05 1st 171.60 1st 153.35 1st John Wylie 119.45 3rd 131.85 2nd 120.05 3rd NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS 6TH 9TH JULY PONDS FORGE SHEFFIELD Southend Diving would like to wish very good luck to all the divers that will be competing in the National Age Group Championships in July. A really talented group of divers competing, go and do yourselves and your club proud! NATIONAL SKILLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 22ND 23RD JULY LONDON AQUATIC CENTRE STRATFORD Good luck also to all the divers competing in the National Skills Championships at the London Aquatic Centre in July.