Media release for Southampton Diving Academy

Armada Cup

A team of 33 divers from Southampton Diving Academy traveled to Plymouth to compete in the Armada Cup Diving Competition and came back with a total of 15 medals and the team trophy. Competing against top clubs from all over Great Britain the team put in an outstanding performance to take the title with 451 points, 80 points ahead of their nearest rivals, the City of Leeds Diving Club. The team boasted 4 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals between them. Most successful diver on the team was Max Brick (14) who took 2 golds and a silver medal. Diving consistently well throughout the event and scoring personal best scores on all three boards, he particularly shone in the highboard event where he produced his best performance to date in competition with the hardest dive in his list, a back 1 ½ somersaults with 1 ½ twists. He also attracted scores of 8.5 and 9 with his reverse 2 ½ somersaults in the tucked position. Max was pushed into silver medal position on the 3m board by team mate Chris Mears (13), who was in outstanding form. Chris also took silver on highboard and just missed out on a medal on 1m, taking 4th place. The fourth gold medal came from Emily Alderman (15) in her highboard event. Continuing the excellent form that took her to Junior Europeans and Junior Worlds last year Emily has since been selected to join team mates Chris Mears and Max Brick to represent Great Britain in Aachen later this year. Other medalists were: Sam McSevich (10), Georgie Wingrove (11), Bethany Watts (11), Sam Knapp (12), Chris Farrow (15), Tom Owens (21) and Steve Appleby (16). Coach, Charly Tomkys, was delighted with the outcome. “It was a great event in every way,” she said. “The team performed well and demonstrated again the strength of the club at this, elite, level on the national scene. The divers also supported one another brilliantly and it was excellent experience for some of our younger ones who are just emerging as the stars of tomorrow.” Full results are as follows: 1m springboard Eleanor Fleming, 4th; Chloe Pook, 5th; Rosie Medlock, 11th; Eleanor Phillips, 13th; Portia Angove, 15th; Elizabeth Osborne, 17th; Danny Appleby, 4th; William Rigelsford, 5th; Sam Bass-Cooper, 6th; Alistair Khakoo, 7th; Lewys Oakley, 9th; Sam McSevich, 10th; Brendon Coe, 14th; Georgie Wingrove, 7th; Rachel Holland, 8th; Bethany Watts, 10th; Jessica Barnes, 11th; Robyn Allsopp, 17th; Ryan Strudwick, 7th; Sam Knapp, 8th; Stephen Lingard, 11th; Liam Dooley, 20th; Jamie Munday, 24th; Max Brick, gold; Chris Farrow, silver; Chris Mears, bronze; Fran Godfroy, 9th; Tom Owens, silver; Rob Appleby, 5th; Steve Appleby, 6th. 3m springboard Eleanor Phillips, 5th; Eleanor Fleming, 7th; Rosie Medlock, 10th; Chloe Pook, 13th; Portia Angove, 16th; Elizabeth Osborne, 19th; Sam McSevich, bronze; Lewys Oakley, 6th; Alistair Khakoo, 9th; Danny Appleby, 12th; William Rigelsford, 13th; Bethany Watts, silver; Rachel Holland, 7th; Georgie Wingrove, 8th; Jessica Barnes, 12th; Robyn Allsopp, 15th; Sam Knapp, 7th; Stephen Lingard, 11th; Ryan Strudwick, 15th; Liam Dooley, 23rd; Jamie Munday, 28th; Emily Alderman, 4th; Chris Mears, gold; Max Brick, silver; Chris Farrow, bronze; Fran Godfroy, 8th; Steve Appleby, bronze; Rob Appleby, 5th.   Platform Eleanor Fleming, 4th; Sarah White, 8th; Eleanor Phillips, 9th; Chloe Pook, 11th; Annabelle Harris, 12th; Elizabeth Osborne, 13th; Portia Angove, 14th; Rosie Medlock, 15th; Sam McSevich, bronze; William Rigelsford, 4th; Alistair Khakoo, 5th; Brendon Coe, 7th; Danny Appleby, 12th; Lewys Oakley, 13th; Sam Bass-Cooper, 14th; Georgie Wingrove, bronze; Bethany Watts, 5th; Rachel Holland, 6th; Jessica Barnes, 11th; Robyn Allsopp, 12th; Sam Knapp, bronze; Stephen Lingard, 8th; Ryan Strudwick, 14th; Liam Dooley, 21st; Jamie Munday, 24th; Emily Alderman, gold; Max Brick, gold; Chris Mears, silver; Chris Farrow, 6th, Fran Godfroy, 7th. Results >>

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For further details call Annie Clewlow, Chair of SDA on 07910 300232.