Southampton Diving Academy

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Come Alive And Dive

16/02/10 Southampton Diving Academy would like to invite you to the "Come Alive And Dive" competition for recreational divers, on Saturday 17th April 2010, at The Quays.

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Charity Jump

10/03/10 FOSDA have organised a charity jump from the diving boards on Saturday 20th March at 4pm. Money raised will go towards Sports Relief. If you are over 18 and would like to take part please see Terri Kingsley (Jordan's mum) who will be able to provide you with a sponsorship form. Sponsorship will be based on from how many metres up you jump from. If you don't plan on jumping please do come along and support this event.
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UKCC Level 1 Diving Coaching

04/03/10 The ASA/UKCC will be holding a Level 1 Diving Coaching course at The Quays over three weekends in March 2010.
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Free Diving Taster Sessions

26/02/10 Southampton City Council are pleased to offer free 30 minute taster sessions in the Easter holidays 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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FOSDA Quiz Evening

20/02/10 FOSDA invites you to join us in our Fun Quiz Evening on Saturday 6th March 2010 at James Street Church, St Marys.

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Gavin Brown Love To Dive

16/02/10 Southampton Diving Academy would like to invite you to the "Gavin Brown Love to Dive" competition for novice and recreational divers, on Saturday 20th February 2010, at The Quays. The timetable is now available.

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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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Competition Practice Sessions

09/02/10 We are offering extra practice sessions for children competing in the Gavin Brown Love To Dive and the Regional Skills competitions. Please click the link below to book a session.
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Novice and Recreational Training Camps

09/02/10 We are offering a one-day training camp on Thursday 18th February for novice and recreational divers.
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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.
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Gavin Brown

24/12/09 Lukasz Banasik has pleaded guilty to causing the death of Gavin Brown by dangerous driving. He will be sentenced on the 26th February 2010 at Southampton Crown Court.

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Dublin

5/12/09 Southampton Eyes Were Smiling in Ireland last weekend (14/15 November) when young local divers swept the board in their events at the Irish National Diving Championships.

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Southampton Invitational

8/11/09 Southampton was the centre of attention for British diving last weekend (24-26 October) when it hosted one of the biggest meets of the UK diving calendar. The annual three-day Southampton Invitational meet attracted some 170 competitors including many of the country's leading divers.

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Gavin Brown

1/11/09 A Polish man extradited back to Britain has been remanded in custody after appearing in court in connection with the death of Gavin Hustler-Brown in a road accident in 2007.

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FOSDA Summer Draw

20/10/09 The FOSDA Grand Summer Draw raised £2,239 which we will be donated towards prizes for the Southampton Invitational Competition. Thankyou to everyone who participated.
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Peter Waterfield Novices

13/10/09 Divers from across the south of England came to Southampton on Saturday 3rd October to compete in the Peter Waterfield Diving Competition.

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Articles

About Diving

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