Diving

Pymble Diving – Australian Age National Diving Recap

During the holiday break, nine Pymble students across Years 4 to 12 represented Diving NSW at the 2023 Australian Age Nationals held in Sydney from Thursday 13 April to Sunday 16 April. The week was exciting and successful with our Pymble students walking away with five medals, great experiences, and new achievements. Led by their Diving Captain, Nikola Puhl (Year 12), the team had the opportunity to compete in both the springboard and platform fields, in events with up to 40 competitors, and gain and strengthen friendships across both the NSW team and other states.

It was exciting to have such a large and diverse team of Pymble divers compete, with this team bound to grow and improve as we get back in the pool and set some new goals for the 2023 NSW Diving season.

In addition to diving, we had the pleasure of Charlotte Allen (Year 12) singing a flawless acoustic rendition of the National anthem for the Opening Ceremony from the 7m platform.

Beyond the experiences and opportunities this competition offered all the divers, it was incredible to walk away with such inspiring results. A special congratulations to Amélie Rahme (Year 5), who won gold and was the National Champion in the 11 and under 3m springboard event, and Zara Ware (Year 4) who placed 3rd and received a bronze medal in the 11 and under 1m springboard event.

Finally, congratulations to Méa Shires (Year 9) who had an outstanding Championships medalling in all three of her individual events, taking silver in the 14/15 Girls 1m springboard and platform events, and bronze in her 3m springboard event. This resulted in Méa being awarded the overall 14/15-year National Champion diver as well as being selected as one of four NSW representatives in the State team challenge. Congratulations Méa!

For a number of our Junior divers, this was their very first Nationals. It was an outstanding achievement to qualify for these Championships and to be representing NSW.

Congratulations to all our National Age competitors on such a successful Championships.

Nikola Puhl (Year 12)

Angela Xenofontos (Year 9)

Méa Shires (Year 9)

Abby Smith (Year 9)

Leila Rich (Year 8)

Addison Woods (Year 8)

Amélie Rahme (Year 5)

Zara Ware (Year 4)

Amélie Berg (Year 4)

The National Championships would not have been possible without the support and guidance of our fantastic coaching team Maddi, Rylee and Mrs Lang and, of course, all of our Pymble Diving parents.

PSSA Diving – Wednesday 5 April 2023

What a spectacular culmination to the school term for our youngest diving superstars.

On Wednesday 5 April the PSSA Championships and School Sport Australia Trials were held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

The PSSA Championships and School Sport Australia Trials are held at a State level for schools from all school associations and the top three divers compete in an exciting and uplifting day of competition.

Congratulations to the following Pymble divers who qualified for this event by placing at IPSHA and CIS to compete at PSSA and for the following fantastic results.

8 Year Girls Springboard

1st – Emma Ware (Year 2)

3rd – Audrey Conn (Year 2)

9 Year Girls Springboard

2nd – Amélie Berg (Year 3)

10 Year Girls Springboard

1st Zara Ware – (Year 4) – Qualified for School Sport Australia

2nd Emily Long – (Year 4) – Qualified for School Sport Australia

11 Year Girls Springboard

2nd Amélie Rahme – Year 5 – Qualified for School Sport Australia

Congratulations to Amélie, Zara and Emily who also qualified for the NSW team for SSA Nationals in Sydney in August. This event is the pinnacle of the Schools Pathway and a huge achievement to qualify for this team. Congratulations on this outstanding result.

Well done and we are all looking forward to what the future will bring to all our divers.

Secondary CIS Diving Team

Congratulations to the following Secondary students who qualified at IGSA in March for the CIS team trials to compete on Tuesday 2 May. IGSA presents a very high standard of diving and to qualify for this team is incredibly competitive.

Well done to our Pymble divers!

Nikola Puhl (Year 12)

Méa Shires (Year 9)

Angela Xenofontos (Year 9)

Addison Woods (Year 8)

Sasha Dubrovina (Year 7)

Eleanor Ramsay (Year 7)

To all divers, well done on a fantastic first term of diving and we look forward to 2nd term that commences this week.