Diving

Open Nationals and Olympic Diving Trials

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Open Nationals and Olympic Trials in Adelaide as a technical official (judge and referee).

The championships showcased the best of Australian Diving with divers, officials and volunteers working to present the very best in Diving. It was a privilege to witness the most elite divers in Australia competing for Olympic representation.

Pymble had several representatives at the Championships including myself as a Level 6 Technical Official, alumni Brittney O’Brien (Pymble alumni 2016) and Kennedy Cooper (Pymble alumni 2021) and newly appointed Head Coach of Diving, Kurtis Matthews.

Congratulations to all competitors, it was an exceptional experience to watch the best in Australia. This included now five-time Olympian Melissa Wu, a coach and presenter at Pymble, Brittney O’Brien (Pymble alumni 2016) who narrowly missed Olympic selection, Kennedy Cooper (Pymble alumni 2021) who continues to dive with the greatest of skill and Kurtis Mathews, our own incoming Pymble Head Diving coach, whose incredible diving placed him as Men’s 3m competitor on the Australian Olympic Diving Team. We will be cheering you on!

NSW Interclub

Congratulations to our junior divers who competed on Friday 15 June and Saturday 16 June at the final interclub for this competitive season. All divers gave of their best.

Congratulations on the following results:

State Skills Water 11/u

Amelie Berg (Year 5) – 4th water skills and 4th Overall including the Dryland Skills.

11 & u Springboard

Zara Ware (Year 5) – 1st

Jasmine Smith (Year 4) – 2nd (qualified for 11 and under nationals)

Emma Ware (Year 4) – 3rd

Pathways 4

Emma Ware (Year 4) – 2nd

Nouvelle Nicholson (Year 5) – 3rd