Surrey Schools, 1m Age Groups and 1m Championships

Divers from 14 schools across the county competed at this year's Surrey Schools Diving Championships at Guildford Spectrum. Six guest divers from schools in Kent and Hampshire also took part.

Lily Chandler won the primary girls with Lyra claiming silver and Caitlin the bronze. Mia, Annabella and Tegan came fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Archie was runner-up in the primary boys and George took the bronze. Alex and Leo finished fourth and sixth respectively. Scarlett won gold in the junior girls and Lily Cole was runner-up. Johannes topped off the meet by winning the intermediate boys.

Star was the dominant county club in the Surrey County ASA 1m Age Groups and 1m Championships - also winning the Jimmy Aldous Trophy for accumulative team points in the age groups.

Annabella won the E girls. In the D girls, Caitlin won gold, Lyra the silver and Mia a bronze. Tegan was not far behind in fourth. The C girls was won by Lily Chandler while Natalia claimed silver and Lily Cole the bronze. Kotryna, Scarlett, Amy and Ayisha came fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh respectively. Johannes won the B boys.

In the 1m Championships, Lily Chandler won the female junior and senior events while Natalia was runner-up in the junior. Patrick claimed gold in the male junior and senior events with silver in both to Johannes.

The detailed results are available here.

Gavin Brown Love To Dive

Well done to the 14 divers who represented at this year's Gavin Brown Love To Dive competition in Southampton.

Red Bull cliff diver Blake Aldridge popped in to present some of the medals and also judged some of the events.

Annabella won the E Girls ahead of the runner-up by less than a point.

George, Thomas and Leo dived well to finish 8th, 10th and 14th respectively in the D Boys.

Najany medalled in sixth place and Andina, Tegan and Mia came 12th, 15th and 17th respectively in the D Girls.

In the C Boys, Alex Casemore dived consistenty to win bronze while team-mate Alex Cookson finished eighth.

Amy claimed silver in the C Girls and Lily medalled in sixth. Her forward roll from 3m impressed the judging panel who awarded it two 9s and a 10.

Anya dived steadily throughout and medalled in sixth place in the B Girls.

Cole finished seventh in the B Boys, missing out on a medal by less than half a point.

The detailed results are available here.

Surrey Skills

Congratulations to the team of 12 divers who competed at this year's Surrey County ASA Diving Skills Competition at Guildford Spectrum.

Everyone put in a great effort and we came away as the top - and only - Surrey diving club here for another year.

Annabella Higgins was crowned E Girls champion for the second year running, scoring an 'excellent' 10 from one of the judges for her V-sit hold.

The D Girls was won by Andina Fernandez White, while sister Najany claimed silver and Katie Pye, whose first time it was competing at Surrey Skills, the bronze. Mia Barnes and Tegan Fookes also dived well, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. George Taylor won the D Boys and the silver went to Leo Bontempo. Amy Smith won the C Girls, nearly 10 points ahead of her nearest rival. Ayisha Durbar and Arabella Wilson dived consistently well to win silver and bronze respectively. Alex Cookson won gold in the C Boys.

The detailed results are available here.

Santa Skills

Star took a team of 17 divers to Sheffield for Santa Skills. It was the first away trip for most of the divers and they performed brilliantly. We got at least one diver into the final of every event we entered and came away with 8 medals. Mia Barnes smashed the mini E girls event to take Gold and Tegan Fookes was hot on her heels getting Silver. Anna Merlini put in some fantastic dives to finish with Silver in girls B. Caitlin Maytham and Lyra Guise Tucker finished 4th and 6th and Archie Johnson 5th in the girls and boys D events. Our other finalists were Kotryna Davidenas and Amy Smith who took 4th and 5th in girls C. Louisa Mackie, Ayisha Durbar and Lily Cole all finished in the top 10, while Andina Fernandez White, Tessa Fenwick and Najany Fernandez White finished in the top half of a huge girls D event and there were promising performanced from Leo Bontempo, Arabella Wilson and Katie Pye.