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Welcome to our competive squad!

Our competitive squad has a proud history of competing at regional and national level. As a club we attend around 15 events around the country each year; covering all ability levels, from novice and divers’ first experience of a competition, to our experienced divers competing at national level.

Divers who started their careers at Cambridge Dive Team have gone on to represent their country and win International and Olympic medals. It was wonderful to welcome Daniel Goodfellow back to our club in 2016 for tea and cake after his bronze medal synchro success at the Olympic games.

Ex CDT diver Dan Goodfellow cutting a commemorative cake

Two children doing strength and balance excercises

Our senior coaches Alice and Dan pride themselves on defining individual plans for each and every squad member according to their ambition. From “Novice” to “National Age Groups” and “Elite” there’s a squad that’s right for you with regular reviews and progression as you make progress.

Training is carried out through a combination of pool and dryland sessions, incorporating flexibility, agility and of course lots of strengthening and conditioning (you know you love it!)

Some of our divers join us having successfully completed our Learn To Dive programme while others come from other sports including gymnastics and trampolining.

So if you are an experienced diver looking to join a new competitive team read more to see our current squad structure. Alternatively, why not contact us to find out about our squads, training times and fees. Best of all why not arrange to come down on a squad training session and meet us in person!

Squads and Team Structure

At Cambridge Dive Team we offer a flexible squad structure to cater for all those at the competitive level. We are always looking for talented children in our Learn to Dive lessons, holiday camps and taster sessions who could be competitive divers. Children are selected to join our squads by the head coach if they possess the physical and mental attributes to become a competitive diver.

Squad	Description	Sessions
TID	TID divers work towards a full National Skills list and aim to compete at Regional Skills events.	2 pool sessions per week 2 dry sessions per week
Entry Squads	Divers in these squads are learning the fundamentals of diving and working towards a basic skills list. Divers in these groups will be invited to club skills competitions.	1 pool sessions per week 1 dry sessions per week
Novice Squads	Novice divers work towards a full skills list and aim to qualify for National Skills Finals	2 pool sessions per week 2 dry sessions per week
Development	Development divers have been identified as having the potential to become an Age Group or Elite diver. They work towards Age Group lists on all boards and aim to compete at Talent Games.	4 pool sessions per week 3 dry sessions per week
Age Group	Age Group divers are aiming to qualify for National Age Groups with a full list on 1m, 3m and platform.	6 pool sessions per week 3 dry sessions per week
Club Squad	Club Squad divers work towards basic Age Group lists. It is not compulsory to compete in this squad, however divers are invited to attend Senior Novice competitions and Club/Regional Age Group events where appropriate.	2 or 3 pool sessions per week 2 dry sessions per week
National	National divers are aiming to qualify for Junior Elites and qualify for the England Talent programme.

Fees

Fees are set on a sliding scale (from £28-£70) paid monthly, with training running continuously throughout the year. This monthly fee covers Swim England membership and all training costs, while competition entry fees are paid separately.

CDT has a proud history of supporting all members of our community. We aim to make our sport accessible to all irrespective of financial means. Through our hardship fund we try to help those in financial difficulties through items like reductions in training or competition entry fees. If you are already a member please contact your diving coach in the first instance, or e mail us at president@cambridgediving.org.uk to request a simple form on which you can apply confidentially.