Star Diving Club Guildford

Competition Write-ups

Swim England Diving National Skills Finals 2025

Congratulations to our team of six divers who competed at the National Skills Finals, marking the close of the English competition programme for another season.

This year’s meet was hosted for the second year running by the East Region at Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre in Southend-on-Sea.

The morning session of day one kicked off with Lucy competing in D1 Female (10), finishing 18th on 234.75. In the afternoon, Barnabas won the D2 Open (11) event on a final score of 287.55. In the last session of the day, James came fifth on 172.00 in the A Open (16/18) 1m.

Day two started with James competing in his second event of the weekend – A Open 3m – scoring 194.00 and finishing fourth. In the C1 Female (12) event that followed, Elodie clinched the bronze on 302.05. In the C2 Female (13) event Sophie came fifth on 292.70. Willa competed in the last session of the meet, coming eighth on 299.55 in the B Female (14/15) event.

More than 200 competitors took part over two days, including guests from Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

The detailed results are available here.

Havering Cormorants Invitational 2025

Well done to our team of eight divers who travelled to Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre in Hornchurch, east London, to compete at the Havering Cormorants Invitational.
There were medals aplenty, with all our divers making it to the podium after their events. Half of our team here were representing the club externally for the first time.

In session one (event 4), Una took the bronze on 81.00, Freyja silver on 82.50 and Isabella the gold on 84.50 in girls' Group E (8/9 years). In girls' Group D (10/11) Lily claimed gold on 84.00. In the next session (event 3), Oliver scored 94.20 and took gold in the boys' Group B (14/15 years). In session three (event 2) Elsa won the girls’ Group A (16/18 years). In the final session of the day (event 1), Ava claimed silver on 93.70 in the girls' Group A (16/18 years) and George took silver on 99.75 in the boys' Group D (10/11 years).

The results are available here.

Swim England Diving National Age Groups 2025

Congratulations to our squad of nine divers who competed at the four-day Swim England National Age Group Championships. Held for the second year running at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in the West Midlands, this is England’s blue ribbon annual competition for female and open divers, aged nine to 18, competing in 1m, 3m, platform and synchro events.
Our team size here was the biggest to date, with one more diver than 2024. Four divers in this year's squad had moved up to compete at age-group level for the first time.

Amy-Jules competed first on day one. In the A Female (16/18) 3m event, she ranked 11th on 247.30. In the simultaneous B Female (14/15) 1m event, Sophia placed 10th on 209.80. In C Open (12/13) platform, Cai came eighth= on 173.05. In the A/B Female (14/18) 3m synchro event at the back end of the day, Sophia and AJ paired up and finished fifth on 178.71.

Cai and Oliver competed first on day two, in the C Open 3m event. Oliver came eighth on 173.90 and Cai in sixth on 180.40. In the parallel B Female platform event, Sophia claimed the gold on 200.10. Leo competed next in B Open (14/15) 3m, finishing fourth on 246.05. In the simultaneous C Female (12/13) 1m event, Lucia placed 16th on 151.75, Florence ninth on 161.60, Emily eighth on 162.10 and Lily fifth on 171.80.

Day three began with Sophia competing in the B Female 3m event, and AJ in the parallel A Female 1m event. Sophia took the silver on 246.20, while AJ placed seventh on 252.90. In the C Open 1m event that followed, Oliver placed 11th on 159.50 and Cai took a bronze on 186.55. In B Open platform, Leo claimed an equal silver on 220.10. In the concurrent C Female 3m event, Lily came 13th on 179.85, Lucia 12th on 182.10, Emily 10th on 183.30 and Florence fourth on 193.05.

In the first session of day four, Leo won the B Open 1m event on 239.10. Diving parallel in the C Female platform event, Florence was 15th on 161.15, Lucia 11th on 168.60 and Lily fourth on 193.75. In the final event of the meet, Lily and Florence teamed up for the C/D (9/13) 1m synchro, finishing fourth on 143.19 - a quarter of a point splitting them and the next two pairs above.

With more than half the team finishing top six in at least one of their events, the final medal count here was two golds, two silvers and one bronze.

Missed any of the action? Watch the event streams again here on YouTube. The detailed results are available here.

South East Region Skills 2025

Well done to our team of seven divers who competed at the South East Region skills competition.
This year’s meet was held across two days at Tunbridge Wells, providing divers with one last chance to try to qualify for the National Skills Finals.
On day one, Lucy took the regional bronze on 233.65 in the D1 Female (10) event. In D2 Open (11), George won the South East gold on 249.55, missing the national qualification standard by less than a half a point.
Lara competed first on day two, in C2 Female (13), significantly upping her performance on the previous two regional qualifiers. Scoring 282.95, she took the South East bronze here and also reached the national qualification standard.

In the B Female (14/15) event, Willa scored 266.25 and claimed the South East silver. In B Open, Eddison placed fourth on 235.80.

In A Female (16/18), Mable claimed regional gold on 1m, scoring 155.55, and took silver on 3m on 170.65. In A Open, James won gold in both the 1m and 3m events, scoring 176.70 and 200.30 respectively.

The detailed results are available here.

South East Region Age Groups 2025

Congratulations to Emily, Amy-Jules, Lucia and Oliver who competed at the South East Region age groups.

The competition, held across two days at the Quays in Southampton during the early May bank holiday, was the last regional opportunity for our divers to compete ahead of the National Age Group Championships in the West Midlands, in June.
All four divers competed in parallel events in the opening session here on day one. AJ won the South East gold in the A Female (16/18) 3m on 233.75. In the simultaneous Group C (12/13) 1m events, Oliver claimed the regional gold in the Open on 151.15. In the Female category, Lucia was the South East runner-up on 167.65 and Emily took regional bronze on 151.90.
The four returned to compete in the third and final session of the day. AJ scored 216.50 in the A Female 1m event, claiming the regional bronze. In the parallel Group C 3m events, Oliver took the South East bronze in the Open category on 148.90. In Female, Emily claimed the regional bronze on 164.55 and Lucia ranked just above to take the regional silver on 177.10.
Lucia was back competing in session one of day two. In the C Female platform event, she claimed the South East bronze on 149.85.
The detailed results are available here.

Bergen Open 2025

Well done to Sophia and Leo, our two divers who flew with a squad from Southampton Diving Academy to compete at the 23rd Bergen Open.
The meet was held across four days at the AdO Arena, the national centre for diving and swimming in Norway.
On day one, Sophia competed first in the B Girls (14/15) 1m event. In a field of 27 divers she came 12th on 227.05.
In the B Boys (14/15) 3m event later in the day, Leo ranked seventh on 298.30 among a total of 22 divers.
The next day Sophia competed in the B Girls 3m, coming ninth on 256.10 in an event of 29 competitors.
On day three, Sophia ranked sixth out of 19 divers in the B Girls platform on 248.95. Meanwhile, Leo scored 282.60 and finished fifth in a field of 15 divers in the B Boys platform event.
The competition included divers from Austria, Finland, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and even New Zealand. From the UK, City of Sheffield DC also had a couple of divers at the meet.
Events were run as straight finals and the World Aquatics age group and senior conditions were used throughout. Thanks to the team at Southampton for inviting us to join them on this trip to northerm Europe.
Missed any of the action? Catch up with the event streams here on YouTube.

East Region Age Groups 2025

Congratulations to our team of nine divers who competed as ‘guests’ at this year’s East Region age groups. The two-day meet in Southend was the first of two regional opportunities for some of our divers to compete in the run-up to the National Age Group Championships, in late June. Two-thirds of our team medalled here, with a third moving up and testing themselves at age-group level for the first time.

Competing first on day one were Florence, Lily, Lucia and Emily in the C Female (12/13) 1m event. Florence took gold on 179.30, Lily was fifth on 158.05, Lucia sixth on 156.40 and Emily eighth on 154.05.
In the combined 3m events that followed, Leo came first in B Open (14/15) on 275.60. In C Open (12/13), Cai won on 190.75 and Oliver was runner-up on 184.95.
Amy-Jules and Sophia competed next on platform. In A Female (16/18), AJ came third on 200.65 and Sophia won the B Female (14/15) event on 191.75. In C Female platform, Florence took the silver on 186.55, Lily was fourth on 169.30 and Lucia fifth on 165.75. In A Female 1m, AJ came fifth with a score of 230.80. Wrapping up the first day, Sophia claimed a silver in the B Female 1m event on 211.30.
Day two began with a combined 1m session, where Leo claimed gold in B Open on 222.40. In C Open, Cai won the event on 190.75 (the same score as his 3m event the day before) and Oliver took silver on 152.70. In the C Female 3m event that followed, Lily was runner-up scoring 173.65, Florence took bronze on 172.20, Lucia fourth on 163.70 and Emily sixth on 159.05.
Leo and Cai dived next on platform. Leo won B Open on 226.85 and Cai won C Open on 171.90. In the A Female 3m event, AJ scored 243.20 and ended fourth. In the last event of the weekend, B Female 3m, Sophia won the event on 236.75.
All told, it was a successful weekend for our squad in Southend with a final haul of two bronze, five silver and nine gold medals. All bar one of the divers reached the national performance standard in at least one of their events.
The detailed results are available here.

East Region Skills 2025

Well done to our squad of 12 divers who competed at this year’s East Region skills competition in Southend.

This was the second opportunity for our divers to be able to practise and assess their performance, improve on the previous qualifier and try to qualify for the National Skills Finals to be held in July, in Southend.

More than half the team made their qualification standard here, with three divers collecting ‘guest’ medals afterwards.

In A Female (16/18), Mable was ‘guest’ sixth on 1m and 3m, scoring 149.55 and 151.90 respectively. In A Open (16/18), James came ‘guest’ fourth in the 1m event on 176.45 and claimed ‘guest’ gold in the 3m event on 212.15.

Moving up this year into B Female (14/15), Martha was ‘guest’ fifth on 289.85 and Willa ‘guest’ seventh on 285.80 – both reaching the qualification standard. In B Open (14/15), Eddison came ‘guest’ fourth on 254.50 – a 10-point increase on his performance at London skills.
In D Open (10/11), Barnabas made the most significant improvement on the previous qualifier – by a massive 30 points – scoring 290.55 and taking a ‘guest’ silver. George, who was competing at his first regional skills qualifier, placed ‘guest’ 13th on 229.90. In the D Female (10/11) event Lucy was ‘guest’ 11th on 250.90.
In C Female (12/13), Lara came ‘guest’ 16th on 251.60 and Elodie made it just inside the qualification standard, scoring 270.70 in ‘guest’ sixth. Sophie missed out on a bronze by less than half a point, finishing ‘guest’ fourth on 271.35. Meanwhile Emily topped the podium claiming ‘guest’ gold on 292.20.

The detailed results are available here.

London Region Skills 2025
Congratulations to our team of 10 divers who competed at the London Region skills competition at the London Aquatics Centre.
This was the first regional opportunity of the year for our divers to gauge their performance and try to qualify for the National Skills Finals in the summer.
More than half our team hit their qualification standard here, with three divers medalling and four stepping up to regional level for the first time.
Eddison, James and Mable competed first. In B Open (14/15), Eddison ranked ‘guest’ seventh on 244.90. In A Open (16/18), James claimed ‘guest’ gold on 185.05 in the 3m event and ‘guest’ silver in the 1m event on 196.15. In the A Female (16/18) 3m event Mable came ‘guest’ eighth on 153.55.
Elodie, Lara, Sophie and Emily competed in session two. In C1 Female (12), Elodie was ‘guest’ ninth on 269.30 – less than a point away from the C Female national qualification standard. In C2 Female (13), Lara scored 263.80 in ‘guest’ 11th, Sophie was ‘guest’ fourth on 279.60 and Emily claimed the ‘guest’ silver on 290.20.
In session three, Barnabas won the 'guest' gold in the D2 Open (11) event on 260.00. In D1 Female (10), Pollyanna was ‘guest’ fifth on 266.50 while Lucy finished just behind her in ‘guest’ sixth on 264.10.

More precious competition experience lies ahead for the divers at the East Region skills qualifier in Southend.

The detailed results are available here.

Armada Cup 2025
Well done to our squad of six divers who competed at this year's Armada Cup competition.
Hosted by Plymouth Diving at the Plymouth Life Centre, this well-established four-day open club meet features events for age group and elite junior divers.
The top six from the morning, lunchtime and afternoon prelims went through to the finals at the back end of each day. A few of the smaller events were run as straight finals.

On day one, Cai got the team off to a steady start in the C Open (12/13) 3m prelim by qualifying fifth on 177.45. He went on to finish sixth in the final on 88.05. In the B Open (14/15) 3m, Leo came third in the prelim on 252.80 and took the bronze in the final on 113.45. Meanwhile, Sophia placed seventh in the B Female (14/15) 1m prelim on 206.65.
Leo competed first on day two, in the B Open 1m, coming eighth in the prelim on 207.80. In the C Female (12/13) 1m prelim, Florence was 18th on 160.95 and Lily eighth on 174.75. In the B Female platform, Sophia qualified first in the prelim on 201.00 and was runner-up in the final on 110.00 – just 0.70 of a point behind the winner.
On day three Florence and Lily competed first, in the C Female platform prelim. Florence came seventh on 168.55 and Lily qualified in fourth on 173.20. In the final she placed fifth on 88.10. In the B Open platform, Leo qualified first in the prelim on 236.40 and went on to win the final on 128.85. In the C Open 1m event, Cai was fifth in the prelim on 180.05 and took the bronze in the final on 95.50. In the B Female 3m, Sophia qualified fifth on 208.30 in the prelim and came fourth in the final on 95.60.
On the final day, in the Elite Junior A Girls (16/18) 1m prelim, Tegan placed 11th on 281.55 – exceeding the 270-point entry standard for this event at the Aquatics GB Elite Junior Diving Championships in April. In the C Female 3m prelim, Lily was 14th on 152.95 and Florence seventh on 167.35. In the C Open platform, Cai qualified fifth in the prelim on 177.20 and finished sixth in the final on 87.55.

The detailed results are available here.

Surrey Skills 2025
Congratulations to our team of 13 divers who got the new calendar year competition programme underway with some great performances and results at the Surrey County ASA Diving Skills Competition at Guildford Spectrum.

A few of our divers here have only just moved up to squad level and were representing the club ‘externally’ for the first time.

Lucy got the team off to a solid start in the first session by winning the D Female (10/11) event on 148.80.

In session two, George won the Surrey gold in D Open (10/11) on 123.80. Meanwhile, it was gold for Emily and silver for Lara in the C Female (12/13) event, scoring 154.00 and 144.20 respectively.

In session three, Dillon won gold in the C Open (12/13) on 134.10. In the B Female (14/15) event, Jamie won the Surrey gold on 134.10 (the same score as Dillon) and Louisa claimed the Surrey silver on 118.55.

In the final session, Eddison won the B Open (14/15) on 127.40 and Dafi took the Surrey silver on 118.60. In the A Female (16/18) event, Ava won the Surrey gold on 128.90, Riley the Surrey silver on 120.80 and Elsa narrowly behind her claiming the Surrey bronze on 119.40. Max won the A Open (16/18) event on 116.30.

Any idea who from the team got the highest 'raw score' in the competition (three judges' scores added together, before being multiplied by the degree of difficulty)? Emily scored 25.00 for her pike jump with armswing from poolside and Lara scored 25.00 for her plain header from poolside.

More than 80 divers took part this year, with friendly competition from outside the county from 'guests' Amersham Swimming Club, Havering Cormorants Diving Club, Luton Diving Club, Maidstone Diving Team and Tunbridge Wells Diving Club.

The detailed results are available here.

Santa Skills 2024

Ease the strain, go by train! And that is exactly what our team did for this year's commute up to Yorkshire to Santa Skills. This festive-themed competition, hosted by City of Sheffield Diving Club at Ponds Forge, attracted more than 235 competitors from clubs around England and Scotland.

Santa Skills is run as a circuit-style meet, with divers competing a total of either six, eight or nine rounds across various heights (depending on the event). Due to its popularity and large entry numbers, all the events this year were held as straight finals to avoid a late finish.

Awards were presented to the top six in each event, and more than two-thirds of our team medalled here.

Pollyanna and Lucy competed first in E Girls (8/9). Pollyanna took the bronze on 226.65 and Lucy was fifth on 222.30. In C Girls (12/13), the second largest event, Louisa came 19th= on 212.20, Martha eighth on 232.05 and Emily a point above her in seventh on 233.05. Sophie placed fifth on 241.55, Willa claimed silver on 244.55 and Lucia won the event on 246.30.

Mable came 14th in B Girls (14/15) on 202.50, and James took the silver in the A Open (16/18) on 229.65. In D Girls (10/11), the biggest event with 44 competitors, Elodie claimed the gold on 250.05. In the final session, D Open (10/11), Oliver came away with bronze on 233.05 - less than a point splitting him and the runner-up - and Barnabas was sixth on 218.05.

So who from our team got the best raw score here? Oliver scored an insurpassable 30 points - and a £10 cash prize - for his forward tuck to pike roll from 3m. That was followed by Elodie and Sophie, who scored 27½ points apiece for their forward fall straight on 3m.

Thanks to Lottie, Debbie and Howard for volunteering their time to be our chaperones on this occasion.

The detailed results are available here.

ESSA National Diving Championships 2024

Well done to Lily who won the senior female title at the English Schools’ Swimming Association National Diving Championships.
The competition, staged this year for the first time at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in the West Midlands, attracted more than 135 pupils from schools around the country.
Lily had secured her place on the 24-strong South East team after a win at the ESSA South East Division Selection Trials in Reading, in October.
The sixth-former, who attends George Abbot in Guildford, has represented the South East at this prestigious national school competition a number of times before. In London in 2022, she won the senior girls’ event for the first time. In 2018 she came fifth in the junior girls. As a primary pupil, she claimed silver in 2017 and was equal sixth in 2016.

Missed any of the action? Watch the event streams again here on YouTube. The detailed results are available here.

Winter Club Competition 2024

Thanks to everyone who took part and supported the winter club competition at the end of November – our main fundraising event of the year.

There was a good turnout across four hours of pool time, with a total of 82 divers competing across seven events.

For many newcomers in our programme this was their first ever competition. The meet included an event for our adult divers. Parents and divers in the first couple of sessions were also treated to dive shows from some of our development and age-group squad divers.
Any idea who got the best ‘raw score’ in the competition – in other words, the highest points when all three judges’ awards are added together (before being multiplied by the degree of difficulty)?
In the Intermediate event, Sienna scored a massive 27.00 points for her falling dive from 3m.
Any idea who got the 'highest scoring' dive of the competition – in other words, the highest points when all three judges’ awards are added together and then multiplied by the degree of difficulty?
In Adults, Helen scored 39.00 for her back dive ½ twist straight from 3m and 38.95 for her back dive straight from 3m. Those were followed by James, in Squads (B+), who scored 38.50 for his inward 1½ somersaults with tuck from 1m.

Big thanks again to everyone for their support, particularly Louise and Lottie who volunteered their time throughout the afternoon to man the fundraising table.

The detailed results and a selection of photos from the meet are available here.

London Legacy Open 2024

Congratulations to Sophia, Leo, Caitlin and Tegan who competed at the third London Legacy Open at the London Aquatics Centre in Stratford.
The 1m events here ran as straight finals, and the 3m and platform events had preliminaries with the top eight progressing to the finals.

On day one, Sophia came fourth in the C Girls (9/13) 1m on 253.10.

Leo competed first on day two, coming 12th in the B Boys (14/15) 3m prelim on 298.75. In the C Girls platform, Sophia qualified second in the prelim on 253.35 and went on to take gold in the final with a score of 270.40.
Day three started with Caitlin and Tegan competing in the A Girls (16/18) 1m. Tegan was 14th on 277.35 and Caitlin 23rd on 249.30. In the B Boys platform event that ran concurrently, Leo qualified eighth in the prelim on 317.80 and finished eighth in the final on 301.90. In the C Girls 3m prelim, Sophia qualified eighth in the prelim on 270.30 and finished sixth in the final on 262.60.

A mention should also be given to Lily, who now represents Southend Diving competitively. Diving up in the women's events, she was seventh on 1m on 196.85. On 3m, she qualified seventh in the prelim (168.45) and came seventh in the final (197.60). On platform, she qualified first on 232.20 and was runner-up in the final on 221.95.

World Aquatics age group and senior conditions were used throughout the meet (except C Girls).

The detailed results are available here.

Peter Waterfield Novices 2024

Well done to our team of 12 divers who competed at the Peter Waterfield Novices at the Quays in Southampton.

The format involved eight to 13-year-olds competing 12 rounds over three stations (poolside, 1m and 3m), and 14 to 16-year-olds diving 10 rounds across two stations (1m and 3m).

Two-thirds of our team here ranked in the top six of their event, collecting well earned medals afterwards.

In the first session Lucy came sixth on 265.25 in E Girls (8/9). In session two, Elodie was ‘guest’ fourth in D Girls (10/11) on 289.95. In D Open (10/11), Oliver won the event on 270.90 and Barnabas was ‘guest’ third on 260.05.

In session three, it was gold, silver and bronze respectively for Willa (307.40), Lucia (290.60) and Martha (286.50) in C Girls (12/13). Further along the pecking order Sophie came 12th on 268.10, Lara 14th on 265.15 and Emily 18th on 260.95.

In the final session, Mable came ninth on 280.70 in B+ Girls (14/16) and James won the B+ Open (14/16) on 327.05.

More than 110 divers from seven clubs across the southern half of the country took part at this year's meet.

The detailed results are available here.

Swim England Talent Games 2024
Congratulations to Cai and Lily, our two divers who competed at this year's Swim England Talent Games.
The competition, held at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds, serves as a selection event for the Swim England Diving Youth Development Squad (previously Team Z).
Divers aged 11 years and under at calendar year end compete across a variety of dry-land and pool-based activities over two days.
Dry land took place on day one, comprising four areas of testing: physical, acrobatic (dry board), drills and come-outs, and mobility and stability.
The pool element was held on day two, with the divers assessed on a range of skills, line-ups and dives from the 1m and 3m springboards and 3m and 5m platforms. Cai scored 89.58 in dry land, 214.50 in the pool and 161.08 overall. Meanwhile Lily scored 90.75 in dry land, first in the pool on 255.50 and was fifth overall on 175.92.

The results here are calculated differently to a ‘normal’ diving competition. A maximum of 197 points are up for grabs in dry land and 140 points in the pool. The overall total is not a combination of the overall score from dry land and pool. Each skill has an individual weighting that contributes to the overall combined score.

VIPs at this year’s meet included Team GB’s Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding, 3m synchro bronze medallists at the summer Olympics in Paris.

Southampton Invitational 2024

Well done to our team of seven divers who competed at this year’s three-day Southampton Invitational at the Quays. This is an age group competition where the organisers allow elite junior divers to also compete as guests.

The top six from the morning and lunchtime prelims – plus some guests – go through to the afternoon finals comprising three rounds of optionals.

Leo competed first on day one, making it through the B Open (14/15) platform prelim in second on 228.60. He went on to win the final on 122.85.
Sophia and Florence dived next in the C Girls (12/13) 3m prelim, coming first (185.10) and eighth (164.65) respectively. Sophia took the silver in the final on 105.60. Competing in a parallel event, Tegan qualified in first place in the A Girls (16/18) platform prelim (249.65) and was runner-up in the final on 106.55. Leo had a second event on day one: the B Open 1m. He came fifth in the prelim on 228.35 and was fourth in the final on 116.20.
Day two began with Eva and Tegan competing first in the A Girls (16/18) 1m. In the prelim, they came eighth (223.35) and ninth (221.75) respectively. Leo dived next in the B Open 3m, coming fourth in the prelim on 243.65 and took silver in the final on 125.10. Sophia and Florence were up next in the C Girls 1m prelim. Sophia qualified in third on 173.85 and Florence was 13th on 161.25. Sophia went on to finish fifth in the final on 96.50.
Amy-Jules and Scarlet were first out of the blocks on the last day. In the B Girls 3m prelim, they came 13th (212.65) and 20th (194.30) respectively. Diving parallel in the C Girls platform prelim, Sophia qualified in first on 205.00 and Florence in sixth on 164.10. In the final, Sophia won the event on 109.60 and Florence was fifth on 86.30. Well done to everyone for some great diving across the three days.
The detailed results are available here.