Successful meet for Scots in Ontario

Scottish swimmers returned from Canada with 11 individual medals from the Ontario Junior International Meet, alongside a very pleased National Coach in Alan Lynn. Of perhaps even greater significance was the number of records broken over the course of the three days, including British Junior Records for Archie Goodburn in the 100m breaststroke (59.91) and… Continue reading Successful meet for Scots in Ontario

Disappointment as Reid and Torrance miss out on medal in Women’s 3m synchro

Grace Reid and Katherine Torrance narrowly missed out on a medal in the Women’s 3m synchronised springboard final on the last day of competition of the 2018 European Championships at the Royal Commonwealth Pool. The British pair looked solid for most of the event but were closely followed by the Italian and Russian partnerships throughout.… Continue reading Disappointment as Reid and Torrance miss out on medal in Women’s 3m synchro

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Frank Jordan B.E.M.

Frank Jordan, Honorary President of Menzieshill Whitehall Swimming and Water Polo Club has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Swimming and Water Polo.  Frank is also a life member of his club, the midland district and Scottish Swimming. Eighty-five year old Frank has been involved in swimming… Continue reading Frank Jordan B.E.M.

Heatly and McArthur satisfied with diving performances

The Diving competition of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games continued at the Optus Aquatics Centre this evening with James Heatly and Gemma McArthur in action in the finals of the 3m springboard and 10m platform respectively. Heatly fought hard to land all his dives and after a superb Reverse 1½ Somersaults 3½ Twists Pike, which… Continue reading Heatly and McArthur satisfied with diving performances

Grace Reid and Tom Daley secure silver in Beijing World Series event

Grace Reid and Tom Daley made a near-perfect start to the competitive season, claiming silver in the first Fina Diving World Series event of 2018 in Beijing. The British duo clinched second place in the Mixed 3m Synchro with their final dive, earning their highest score of 73.47 for their forward 3.5 somersaults pike to leapfrog the Canadians… Continue reading Grace Reid and Tom Daley secure silver in Beijing World Series event

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Grace Reid and Tom Daley among line-up of champions at #ScottishDiving18

Olympic, World and European champions will be descending on Edinburgh for the 2018 Scottish National & Open Diving Championships, which kicks off on Thursday November 29 at the Royal Commonwealth Pool. Scottish heroine Grace Reid is one of the headline acts following her history-making success at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and then at the… Continue reading Grace Reid and Tom Daley among line-up of champions at #ScottishDiving18

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