National Age Group Diving Championships – Ponds Forge, Sheffield

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Divers from Southampton Diving Academy recently attended the 2014 National Age Group Championships. As a country-wide event it brings together all the top divers at this level to compete for National titles.

11 year old Angus Kerr was SDA’s most successful diver of the weekend. On the first day of competition most of the team paired up for the synchro event.  Angus, who had enjoyed winning the National 9-13 Year Boys Synchro title with his SDA teammate Brandon Foster in 2013, this year, teamed up with a diver from another club having lost Foster to the Elite level of diving.  Angus proved his versatility by, once again, coming away with the gold medal and retaining the title with his partner – winning the event on the very last dive.

After his initial gold medal win, Angus proceeded to battle it out against his synchro partner for the top spots in the individual events. Despite the lower tariff dives, which means his scores are multiplied by a lower amount, he secured the Silver on Platform and the Gold on 1m Springboard by demonstrating his attention to detail on every dive, his most successful dive was an Inward one and half somersaults piked (403b) on 5m platform which scored 50.40 points.

The SDA team also enjoyed several top six placings in this high standard competition.  Young Evie Johnson, who has just started in the sport from the TID programme achieved an amazing 5^th place in the girls 11+under platform event. Rhys Crookes, diving in the boys 12/13 years has been working on several new dives on all three boards this season and executed them with confidence at this competition, securing him fourth position on a three boards, just missing out on the medals.  Thomas Graham was SDA’s only contender in the boys 16/18 years and secured 4^th place in his platform event and 5^th place in his 1m springboard event. Diving consistently in the boys 14/15 years platform event saw Scott Palmer achieve a 6^th placing in his platform event.  Synchro partners Jade Brindley and Emily Adams, Thomas Graham and Scott Palmer and Rhys Crookes and Tyler Lane were also placed top six in their respective Synchro events.

This National event sees the divers having to compete on all three boards and with most of the divers taking part in the Synchro event this year; they competed on all four days. The team responded to the challenge and it was pleasing that so many divers achieving Personal Bests and showing team spirit in the synchro event.

Full Results

Boys 8-13 1m Springboard Synchro

1^st Angus Kerr and Tyler Humphreys,  6^th Rhys Crookes and Tyler Lane,  8^th Dylan Lakeman-Brown and Thomas Bailey

Boys 14/18 3m Springboard Synchro 

5^th Thomas Graham and Scott Palmer

Girls 8-13 1m Springboard Synchro 

5^th Jade Brindley and Emily Adams, 8^th Jessica Bennett and Lauren Bailey

Girls 8/11 Years 1m Springboard 

21^st Evelyna Johnson

Boys 8/11 Years 1m Springboard  

1^st Angus Kerr

Girls 12/13 Years 1m Springboard 

11^th Jessica Bennett, 18^th Jade Brindley, 23^rd Serena Torpey, 26^th Chantelle Bekett, 27^th Emily Adams, 29^th Lauren Bailey

Boys 12/13 Years 1m Springboard  

4^th Rhys Crookes, 7^th Tyler Lane, 10^th Thomas Bailey, 13^th Cameron Gammage, 19^th Dylan Lakeman-Brown.

Girls 14/15 Years 1m Springboard 

16^th Katie McArthur, 25^th Nicole Van-Hoof

Boys 14/15 Years 1m Springboard  

11^th Elliot Moorhouse, 12^th Robbie Brodie, 15^th Scott Palmer, 16^th William Osborne

Boys 16/18 Years 1m Springboard 

5^th Thomas Graham

Girls 8/11 Years 3m Springboard  

21^st Evelyna Johnson

Boys 8/11 Years 3m Springboard  

5^th Angus Kerr

Girls 12/13 Years 3m Springboard  

14^th Jessica Bennett, 20^th  Serena Torpey, 23^rd  Jade Brindley,  24^th Emily Adams , 28^th Lauren Bailey

Boys 12/13 Years 3m Springboard  

4^th Rhys Crookes, 7^th Tyler Lane, 8^th Cameron Gammage, 14^th Dylan Lakeman-Brown, 15^th Thomas Bailey

Girls 14/15 Years 3m Springboard  

19^th Katie McArthur, 21^st  Nicole Van-Hoof

Boys 14/15 Years 3m Springboard 

8^th Scott Palmer 10^th Elliot Moorhouse, 14^th William Osborne

Boys 16/18 Years 3m Springboard 

9^th Thomas Graham

Girls 8/11 Years 5m Platform   

5th Evelyna Johnson

Boys 8/11 Years 5m Platform  

2^nd Angus Kerr

Girls 12/13 Years Platform

10^th Jessica Bennett, 12^th Jade Brindley, 16^th Emily Adams, 18^th Lauren Bailey, 19^th Serena Torpey.

Boys 12/13 Years Platform

4^th Rhys Crookes, 9^th Cameron Gammage, 12^th Thomas Bailey, =15^th Tyler Lane,  =15^th Dylan Lakeman-Brown,

Girls 14/15 Years Platform  

12^th Katie Mc Arthur

Boys 14/15 Years Platform  

6^th Scott Palmer, 8^th William Osborne

Boys 16/18 Years Platform

4^th Thomas Graham