Club Presentation Evening 2020
Club Presentation Evening 2020 : The greatest cure for a chilly, dark, January evening? A heap of medals, a smattering of trophies, a colour-field of flowers, and a drop of dancing. To a backdrop of (more…)
Southampton Diving Academy youngsters picked for Junior GB Team in Europe and Irish Team in South Korea and Ukraine.
Southampton Diving Academy youngsters picked for Junior GB Team in Europe and Irish Team in South Korea and Ukraine. : Whilst their diving pit has been closed for a two month refurbishment programme, 5 of Southampton’s Elite divers have been travelling around the south of England grabbing crucial training hours, (more…)
Sofia Cup 2019
Sofia Cup 2019 : July 2019; and a team of budding young divers have proudly represented the Southampton Diving Academy in the heat of the Bulgarian sunshine. Full report to follow. (more…)
Dresden International Youth 2018
Dresden International Youth 2018 : Dresden International Youth Diving Meet 2018 Two young divers from Southampton Diving Academy recently represented Team GB at the Dresden International Youth Diving Meet over in Germany, with a further (more…)

Southampton Invitational 2018

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Southampton Diving Academy opened the new competitive diving season to claim success; hosting its  17th Southampton Invitational competition, the team retained the team trophy once again. This three  day event attracts some of the best young divers in Great Britain and many really are stars of the  future, this year was no exception with 149 divers in attendance from 10 clubs across the nation.  In the Girls 16+ years Ella Anderson took a bronze in the Platform event and a silver in the 3m event  also making the final on the 1m with an eventual 5th place. In Boys 16+ Alex Walton made the podium  in all 3 events, taking bronze on the 1m, silver on the platform (scoring 7’s for his front 3.5  somersaults from the 10m) and gold on the 3m in a hard fought contest. SDA Girls 14/15 years were on good form. Four SDA girls made the finals on the 1m and it was  incredibly close. The top four were separated by just 0.7 points with Maya Kutty taking the silver  (missing out on the gold by 0.05) and Evie Johnson the bronze; Lauren Hallaselka in 4th and Tilly  Brown diving up an age group finishing in 5th.  Evie took a silver on the 3m with Maya making the  finals and finishing in 6th place. On the platform however Evie dominated the preliminaries and took a  well deserved gold in the finals to complete her set, with Maya finishing 4th, Victoria Low in 5th and  Tilly again making finals in 6th place. Over in the Boys 14/15 years, SDA were dominant throughout taking at least 2 medals on each board.  On the 1m, we had 4 SDA boys making finals, with Robbie Lee taking the gold, Leon Baker the silver,  Oliver Cazaly in 5th and Milo French in 6th. The 3m final saw 5 SDA boys making the finals and a clean  sweep on the podium. Nathan Bull taking the gold with some great diving, Leon taking his second  silver and Robbie the bronze. Milo took 5th place, and Oliver 6th. The Platform final was intense with  some huge scoring dives coming from Leon and Robbie, separated by only 0.6, Leon took the gold  and Robbie just being pipped to silver in spite of a massive score for his front 3.5 somersaults off the  (more…)

Talent Games 2018

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SDA Officially has talent. The 2018 Talent Games was held in Leeds,and was attended by over 50 young divers aged 11 years and under from diving clubs all across England (more…)

Southampton Invitational 2017

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16th Southampton Invitational Southampton Diving Academy opened the new competitive diving season to claim success; hosting its 16th Southampton Invitational competition, the team retained the team trophy once again. This (more…)