Category: Diving

A nine-strong British team of junior divers will head to the Brazilian seaside city of Rio de Janeiro for the World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships from 24 November – 1 December 2024. Included is Aberdeen Diving Club athlete Noah Penman, who was a double medallist at the summer’s European Junior Diving Championships. The Anna Sless-coached… Continue reading Penman headed to World Juniors

Following an eight year absence from an individual Olympic final, Grace Reid put herself in the top 10 competitors in the Women’s 3m Springboard at the end of a thrilling three days of competition. After navigating through the highs and lows and prelims and semi-finals, Grace (Dive London) had secured a concrete placing in the… Continue reading Reid secures Olympic Top 10 finish

For the second time in her 14-year senior career, Grace Reid will appear in an individual Olympic final, after qualifying for tomorrow’s Women’s 3m Springboard Olympic final this morning. Exercising the demons of the Tokyo Olympics, where Grace failed to qualify for the same final, the Dive London athlete will look to secure her highest… Continue reading Grace Reid qualifies for 3m Olympic final

Grace Reid is without doubt one of the most experienced divers on the British team and for the multi-international medallist, Paris will be her third consecutive Olympic Games. Edinburgh-born Grace, under the tutelage of coach Jen Leeming at Edinburgh Diving Club, first propelled herself onto the international stage when she was selected for the 2010… Continue reading Olympics Preview: Grace Reid

Scottish divers were part of an extremely successful Aquatics GB group which competed at the European Junior Diving Championships last week in Rzeszow, Poland. Whilst Noah Penman (Aberdeen Diving Club) took two medals on the international stage last season, he went one better this year, with a sensational silver medal in the Boys A 1m… Continue reading Scots divers secure European Junior silverware in Poland

Following four days of action at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Scottish Divers brought their programmes to a close, in their wake a weekend of positive results and learning opportunities. Ellen Gillespie and Clara Kerr battled two other pairings in the Women’s 3m Synchro to take home a bronze medal back to Scotland, making their debut… Continue reading Scots wrap up productive weekend of diving down south

Grace Reid delivered a spectacular display of springboard diving for the Sandwell crowd at the Aquatics GB Diving Championships, eventually finishing second in a fierce battle with Yasmin Harper of Sheffield Diving Club. Grace began her evening on course for success, with an increase in her score from prelims in her Inward 2 ½ Somersaults… Continue reading Reid delivers springboard silver in Sandwell

On the first full day of diving at the Aquatics GB Diving Championships, Scots took to the environment at Sandwell with assured confidence, with various selections and personal goals on the line. James Heatly bounced back from a challenging 3m Springboard prelim yesterday to deliver a more competitive performance in a super-stacked field. James placed… Continue reading Scots settle into GB diving action in Birmingham