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SDA Newsletter

22/7/10 Southampton Diving Academy's newsletter for July 2010 can be read here.

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Talent Identification Scheme

08/07/10 Southampton Diving are looking for children aged 6 – 11 years who show an aptitude for competitive diving. Children will be assessed by undertaking a series of simple exercises, led by one of our qualified coaches. We are looking for children who are up for a challenge, well co-ordinated and flexible. They also need to have a competitive streak. See below for more information and application form:

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Summer Holiday Training Camps

08/07/10 During the summer holidays, We are pleased to offer a variety of training camps for all levels of divers. More information and application forms are attached below:

Upto level 1 of ASA badge scheme >>
Novice and Recreational >>
Age group >>

UKCC Level 1 Diving Coaching

25/06/10 The ASA/UKCC will be holding a Level 1 Diving Coaching course at Southampton in July and August 2010.
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Registration Form >>

Free Diving Taster Sessions

25/06/10 Southampton City Council are pleased to offer free 30 minute taster sessions during July for children aged 6 - 13 years, and separate sessions for teenagers aged 14 - 17. For more information please click the links below.

6 - 13 years >>
14 - 17 years >>

NAG: Info for Visiting Clubs

15/06/10 There are 6 cruise ships in port the weekend of the NAG Finals and the nearby hotels are almost full. Please check the link below for current availablility of hotel rooms and information about local restaurants.

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World Cup

15/06/10 Four divers from Southampton Diving Academy gave impressive performances for Great Britain at the Diving World Cup in Changzhou, China, in the first week of June.

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G-Star Championships

30/05/10 A team of 29 divers from Southampton Diving Academy travelled to Leeds to compete in the G-Star Championships and came back with 2 Gold, 7 Silver, 7 Bronze medals and the overall Team Trophy.

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Quays Newsletter

4/5/10 The Diving newsletter from the Quays for April 2010 can be read here.

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Come Alive And Dive

6/05/10 The press release and results of the "Come Alive And Dive" competition for recreational divers held on Saturday 17th April 2010 at The Quays are now available:

Press Release >>
Simple Results >>
Detailed Results >>
Team Scores >>

Gavin Brown's killer jailed

17/03/10 Lukasz Banasik has been jailed for five years after pleading guilty to causing Gavin's death by dangerous driving in Southampton in April 2007.

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Gavin Brown Love To Dive

17/03/10 The results from the "Gavin Brown Love to Dive" competition on Saturday 20th February 2010 are available below.

Simple Results >>
Detailed Results >>
Team Points >>

Peter Waterfield wins British Cup

09/02/10 Southampton divers took an impressive medal haul at the British Diving Cup in Sheffield last weekend held from 5th - 7th February. Taking golds in all three of his events, Peter Waterfield led the team with an impressive return to top level competition in his favourite discipline where he took the title in the individual platform event over 40 points ahead of the World Champion.
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Spring Term Lessons

05/02/10 Weekday lessons for the second half of the Spring Term will commence during the week beginning Monday 22nd February. There will also be crash courses and one-off practice sessions during the half term holiday.
Read more (Ages 6 - 13) >>
Application Form (Ages 6 - 13) >>

Archived News Items >>

Articles

About Diving

A brief introduction to the sport of diving by Lindsey Fraser.
Click here

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.