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Blake Aldridge's Charity Jump

2/7/09 Olympic diver, Blake Aldridge, executed the biggest dive of his life when he made a solo jump from 12,000 feet for charity last weekend.

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Junior National Elite

26/06/09 A team of 16 divers from Southampton Diving Academy took to the boards in Sheffield to take part in the Junior Elite Nationals the last week of May. They returned in triumph to the Quays Swimming and Diving Complex with an impressive 25 medals between them.

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Rachel Holland

22/06/09 14 year old Rachel Holland has just been selected to go to the Junior European Championships in Budapest, Hungary the first weekend of July. She has been chosen to compete in the girls aged 14/15 platform event.

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Southampton Schools

22/6/09 Children from more than forty schools across the Southampton region competed on Saturday in the annual Southampton Schools Diving Competition at The Quays Swimming & Diving Complex.

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FOSDA Summer Draw

17/06/09 FOSDA are promoting a Grand Summer Draw with cash prizes, which will be sponsored by "One Touch" Facilities and Solutions. We are hoping to raise £7,000 for the Southampton Invitational to provide prize money to attract top competitors to the event.
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National Skills Finals

9/06/09 Southampton divers gained amazing results in a two-day Nationals Skills final in Leeds. Twenty-two divers from The Quay's swimming and diving complex competed at the John Charles Centre for Sports showing great results on springboard and proved they are still one of the top diving clubs in the Country.

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St Albans Dive In

9/06/09 A team of thirteen divers from Southampton Diving Academy travelled to the 'St Albans Dive In' competition on 9th May and it proved to be a successful outing.

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Georgie Wingrove

9/06/09 Thirteen year old springboard and highboard diver, Georgie Wingrove, has been selected to represent Great Britain at this year's Junior European Championships to be held the first week of July in Budapest, Hungary.

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Professional Coach Level 3 Course

3/06/08 The ASA are offering a Professional Coach Level 3 course.

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Free Diving Taster Sessions

3/06/09 Southampton Diving Academy are pleased to offer free 30 minute taster sessions in July for children aged 6 - 13 years, and separate sessions for teenagers aged 14 - 17. For more information please click the links below.

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Max Brick

3/06/09 Southampton Diving sensation Max Brick and partner Tom Daley have added another medal to their collection, clinching a Silver in the 10m synchronised event at the Fina Grand Prix event in Fort Lauderdale.

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G-Star Championships

3/06/09 A team of 20 divers from Southampton Diving Academy travelled to Leeds to compete in the G-Star Championships and came back with 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.

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FOSDA Summer Draw

20/05/09 Last Saturday the FOSDA Grand Summer Draw was opened and the new progress monitor that can be found at the bottom of the Quays stairs was unveiled. Blake Aldridge gave a speech on how this all came about.
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Novice and Recreational Training Camps

16/05/09 Over the half term holiday we are able to offer half or full day training camps for novice and recreational divers.
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Come Alive and Dive

7/5/09 The results of the "Come Alive & Dive" Competition on Saturday 25th April 2009 are available by clicking the links below.
Simple Results
Detailed Results

UKCC Level 1 Diving Coaching

7/05/09 There will be a Level 1 Diving Coaching course, and a Level 1 Teaching Aquatics Course held at Reading from 25th - 31st May 2009.
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Cirque Du Soleil Auditions

23/04/09 Cirque Du Soleil are holding auditions for gymnasts, trampolinists and divers in London, July 2009, for upcoming shows.
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Summer Term Lessons

22/04/09 Weekday lessons for the first half of the Summer Term will commence during the week beginning Monday 20th April.
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Online Diving TV Channel

18/04/09 Please see the link below to the new FINA Diving World Series online tv channel, which is currently showing action from this weekend's event in Sheffield.
www.finadivingsheffield.tv

Olympic Diving Masterclasses

11/04/09 SDA are offering Masterclasses with Olympic finalist Blake Aldridge on Thursday 16th April - a chance to pick up some tips from a real expert! Each session lasts for 30 minutes with a maximum of 4 divers and costs £10.80. Please contact Annie Clewlow if you are not sure what level class you should book.
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Gavin Brown Love To Dive

25/3/09 Members of Southampton Diving Academy were victorious on their own turf when they took the team trophy at the recent "Gavin Brown Love to Dive" competition.

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Armada Cup

6/3/09 A team of 31 divers from Southampton Diving Academy traveled to Plymouth to compete in the Armada Diving Cup Competition and came back with a total of 11 medals and joint winners of the team trophy with hosts Plymouth Diving.

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Channel 4 Documentary Update

3/02/09 Channel 4's documentary series "Destination 2012" will be featuring coverage of the British ASA Championships from Sheffield, on Sunday morning at 8.00am.
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British and English Diving Nationals

25/2/09 Twelve members of Southampton Diving Academy made a significant impact at the British and English National Championships at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield from 5th to 7th February 2009.

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Silver for Max Brick

3/2/09 Max Brick was unable to compete in the synchronised 10 metre event at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival with Chris Mears as planned, owing to Chris's sudden illness, and paired up instead with James Milton from Sheffield to take SILVER - the first medal a diver from Southampton has ever won at this event. Fantastic Max and well done!

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Channel 4 Documentary

3/02/09 Channel 4 are running a documentary on Sunday mornings "Destination 2012". As part of this Lindsey Fraser, Senior Diving Coach for Southampton Diving Academy will be teaching sprinter Iwan Thomas how to dive over the next three months. The first session was shown on Sunday and can be viewed in Channel 4 Catchup www.channel4.com/video/brandless-catchup.jsp?vodBrand=destination-2012. The diving section is 40 minutes into the clip. Further lessons will be shown each Sunday morning.

Australian Youth Olympic Festival

15/1/09 You can follow the progress of Southampton divers Chris Mears and Max Brick, and the rest of Team GB at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival on these websites:

British Olympic Association
BBC
BBC 2012 RSS Feed

Kit Manager

2/1/09 Alistair Baker has taken over the role of Kit Manager from Judith. Please email him with kit orders at alistair@thebakershouse.co.uk. More details are available on the SDA Team Kit page in the Members Section.

County Workforce Co-ordinator

24/12/08 An exciting opportunity has arisen to fulfil the role of county workforce co-ordinator for Hampshire County ASA. This voluntary position will work closely with the Swimming Development Officer to support both the county wide workforce and those working specifically within local clubs.
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Please contact Lee Spindlow, the Partnership Swimming Development Officer at Sport Hampshire & IOW, for more information on 01962 845163 or lee.spindlow@hants.gov.uk

Olympians visit Alder Hey

12/12/08 Several Olympians, including Blake Aldridge, hailed Alder Hey's young patients as heroes when they made a special Christmas visit to the children's hospital.

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Southampton Invitational Video

30/11/08 You can see video footage of the Men's Platform event from this year's Southampton Invitational competition by clicking the link below.

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English Schools

28/11/08 Members of Southampton Diving Academy filled all eight places in the top team at the English National Schools final held in Hereford at the weekend.

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Irish Nationals

17/11/08 Two teams of divers travelled from Southampton to compete at the Irish National Championships in Dublin at the weekend.

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Southampton Invitational

16/11/08 Elite divers from all over Great Britain gathered at the Quays Swimming and Diving Complex for the Southampton Invitational Competition, a three day event involving 13 clubs and 125 competitors.

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Competitions for 2009

16/10/08 Attached below is a list of competitions in which Southampton Diving Academy is intending to participate next year. The dates shown are an indication only, as they are from this year, and may be different in 2009.

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Peter Waterfield Novices

7/10/08 Twelve novice divers from Southampton Diving Academy made qualifying standards that will take them to a National Competition in 2009 at the weekend.

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Mini Monkeys

28/9/08 Southampton Diving Academy are offering an opportunity for 4 – 6 year olds to train with Olympic Diving Coach, Lindsey Fraser and her team starting in October 2008.

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Olympic Welcome Home

2/9/08 Southampton Diving Academy took the opportunity to welcome its Olympic heroes home at a party held at the Testwood Hotel, Totton yesterday.

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National Skills Finals

3/8/08 Southampton Diving Academy's Novice Squad was out in force at the National Skills Final in Plymouth in July.

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Olympics

7/7/08 There are various websites where you can follow our divers preparing for the Olympics through watching video diaries etc. Pete and Blake are on www.teamgb.com: go to Aquatics and then search for them by name. Also Blake is on www.teambandq.com and www.apogeecorp.com.

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Olympic Games 2008

You can see good luck messages left for our GB Divers on the British Swimming website. Go to British Swimming website, and click on the Good Luck messages tab.
Lindsey's Photos
Lindsey's Olympic Diary
www.olympic.org

A Personal History

The first chapter of Alan Alderman's Personal History of Diving in Southampton can be downloaded below.
Click here

Commonwealth Games

Southampton Diving Academy was represented by five divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Read more >>

Calling all former Southampton divers and officials!

Any old divers, parents or friends of the of Southampton Diving Club, City of Southampton S.C. (Diving Section), Alton and Andover Diving Clubs to contact either Judith Bartlett or Alan Alderman to get in touch to organise a re-union or similar. Alan's phone number is 02380 445 631.