Cambridge Dive Team took a squad of five divers to Southampton for the club’s annual invitational event. The competition takes place over three days, with a range of age-group and elite diving being showcased.
The first day saw multiple Cambridge divers competing for top-spot finishes – the first of which was Dominic Williams in the Boys group B platform event. Dominic performed well in the preliminary to secure himself a spot in the final that afternoon. However, prior to this he had a further prelim event to compete in alongside team mate Ben Matthams, both showcasing their skills on the 1m springboard to secure spots in the final. Dominic and Ben went onto perform beautifully in the 1m final, claiming fourth and third respectively. However, Dominic wasn’t quite finished for the day and dived again in the 1m final, holding his ground from the prelim to earn himself a silver medal.
Day two saw another good day of diving from the team. First up was Charles in the Boys C 1m event where he put in some good dives, narrowly missing out again on a finals spot in 7th place.
Ryan was up next in Boys D 3m, performing some solid dives to secure a finals spot, this time going through in 3rd place. Using this as motivation and spurring them on, Ben and Dominic competed in their last preliminary event of the weekend, both diving well to gain themselves spots in the final. Tobi was also competing in the Girls C 1m event at the same time as the boys, maintaining composure to take herself through to the finals.
The final preliminary of the day was the boys C platform event in which Charles Tibbatts dived well to secure his first final of the weekend. This was gearing-up to be a busy evening of finals for the Cambridge divers!
Opening the finals for Cambridge on the Sunday was Ryan who stormed ahead of his competitors to jump two places in the final, claiming the gold medal!
The next final was the boys B 3m event in which both Dominic and Ben performed some great dives. Dominic placed 3rd overall whilst Ben pushed ahead to win the gold medal. Tobi was up next in the girls group C 1m, placing 4th overall while Charles was the last final of the day placing 6th overall.
The third and final day saw two events in which Cambridge had competitors; the Girls C platform and the Boys D platform. Both Tobi and Ryan dived well to secure themselves a third final of the weekend – an impressive achievement in its-self. Tobi placed 5th overall while Ryan placed third securing himself a third medal of the weekend.
