Meet Our Committee
The activities of the competitive club are managed by the committee members of Cambridge Dive Team, elected into posts at the annual general meeting held each year. They work in their spare time to help the club run smoothly and make CDT a successful diving centre. They also support the running of the separate community Learn to Dive programme.
A short summary of committee roles is set out in Committee Roles and Duties. Further information can be obtained by e mail request to chair@cambridgediving.org.uk
Sharyn Bord
Club President
Sharyn retired from competitive diving to become volunteer Head Coach of the diving section of the City of Cambridge Swimming Club. When the new Parkside Pools opened with dedicated diving facilities Sharyn raised funds to initiate a professional programme, and in 2004 founded the Cambridge Dive Team with its first full time paid Head Coach, James Etherington. Sharyn steered the Club through its first ten years as Administrator and Treasurer before taking on the President’s role. She is a judge, referee, County diving secretary and a member of the East Region Technical Diving Committee. As President she aims to use her experience to provide leadership and offer advice on club, county and regional issues, to represent the club and to provide support to coaches and other club officers.
Away from the pool and paperwork Sharyn enjoys walking, the fresh air of skiing and the peace and calm of scuba diving and also likes to pretend to be fit (unfortunately not true! – Sharyn). She has been involved in diving for a very long time.
Allan Jaunzens
Chair
The chair is responsible for the overall running of the club. The role involves managing meetings and any disputes as well as making sure the club is secure financially and complies with legal requirements about how it is run.
Gemma Gordon
Secretary
The secretary is responsible for club correspondence, taking and recording minutes of Club meetings and providing notification to members of the AGM. Most of the communication with the wider membership is done by the administrator.
Daria Kujawska
Treasurer
The treasurer is responsible for financial accounting and control for both Dive Team and Learn to Dive. They must also prepare budget reports and for audits. The Club Treasurer is a paid position appointed by the club and the role has no voting rights.
John Monks
Masters Representative
This role involves presenting the masters divers’ views at committee meetings, whose needs are often different to those of the younger divers. The masters training squads within CDT are for members over the age of sixteen who want to learn how to dive and compete as national masters events.
Daisy Halls
Divers' Representative
The divers’ representative communicates the views of the Cambridge Dive Team squad divers to the committee.
David Bord
Championship Officer
The championship officer’s role is to organise the club’s annual competition calendar with the head coaches as well as ensuring correct personnel are available for chaperoned trips. They also organise officials, medals and trophies for club events.
Sharyn Bord and Alice Clarke
Workforce Officers
The workforce officer aids in co-ordinating the recruitment and organisation of volunteers within the club
Josh Williams
Committee Members
Additional committee members are to be elected, their roles being to assist in the general running of the club. They should also represent the views of the divers and parents / carers to the committee.
Non-Executive Members
Non-executive members assist in the general running of the Club, supporting in all different areas as of when and needed and representing the views of divers and parents to the committee. They do not need to attend committee meetings but are more than welcome to do so. The below roles fall under this non-executive membership.
Christine Tibbatts
Club Kit Officer
The club kit officer organises, publicises, sells and orders club kit. They also oversee the maintenance of stock levels and manage the kit budget. Any orders of kit should be placed directly through the online club shop
Jonathan Halls
Website Officer
The web site officer’s role is to set up and maintain the club web site. They control notices placed on the site and update content as received from the committee members.
Seb Jaunzens
Public Relations Officer
The public relations officer organises ways of promoting the profile of the Club. This, for example, is done through creating media reports for local news reporters, with recent developments in creating a new club banner for poolside. They also liaise with the club coaches to keep the Club’s pool noticeboard up to date with news and events.
Catriona Wright
Swimmark Officer
SwimMark is Swim England’s accreditation system which ensures that approved clubs are well run and comply with the up to date guidelines, good governance and the latest legislation. The SwimMark officer’s role, very broadly, is to organise and oversee the audit and action planning of the SwimMark process within the club.
This post is currently vacant
Social and Fundraising Officer
The social and fundraising officer’s role is to organise and advertise social events to the club’s membership. They also look into ways of fund raising for the club; e.g through sponsorship and club events.
Further to the above roles, the appointed positions below are to adhere to the ASA’s club management policies and assist with the running of the Club.
Karen Halls
Welfare Officer
The welfare officer is responsible for the implementation of good practice and child protection policies within the Club. They are also responsible for safeguarding child welfare and controlling the DBS checks for all relevant staff. Karen can be contacted via welfare@cambridgediving.org.uk
Susie O'Connor
Membership Office and Administrator
The membership officer is to record details of all members, distribute and collect ASA registration forms, and submit an annual return to the ASA.