Friday, 11 February 2022
Last year was the most successful year for our elite divers at Luton Diving Club, Inspire: Luton Sports Village.
Following on from Luton Diving Clubs ongoing success, and excellent results, we are very excited to announce that Inspire has now been awarded Talent Development Centre Status - one of only seven centres in the country!
Coaches Stephen and Kirsteen, are very proud to have achieved such fantastic results. They together, will continue to lead coaching and deliver England camps to both divers and coaches locally and nationally as part of this new status.
Active Luton Diving Club now have eight divers on GB and England Squads. These are:
· Amy Rollinson - Team J (GB)
· Max Hill - Team Y (England)
· Jorden Fisher Eames
· Skye Fisher Eames
· Oscar Kane
· Olivia Sykes
· Hannah Brockie
· Lyra Guise Tucker - Team Z (England)
Last year, Amy Rollinson competed at Junior European and Junior World level for GB making the finals in both her 1m and 3m event, leaving with a bronze medal on 1m and 5th place finish on 3m.
The junior diving team also celebrated many successes in 2021, and came away with six gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Elite Junior Nationals (this is a top level national event) finishing 2nd ranked for GB which was the most successful Elites ever for Luton Diving Club!
At the England Talent Games (national event for divers aged 11 and under) which puts the divers through a series of physical and technical tests, the team did brilliantly finishing with six gold, three silver and three bronze medals with all four of the divers coming away with a medal in each event.
Luton Diving Club also took the girls team title for the 3rd year in a row! Olivia Skyes finished as top ranked diver of the whole event and was invited to join the England Talent Team Z squad joining our seven other divers on the GB and England programmes.
It’s been an amazing year for our divers, and we are very optimistic for the year ahead – bring on 2022!
If you would like to give diving a go, why not try a FREE 30 minute taster session. Just email Stephen and Kirsteen at diving@activeluton.co.uk to enquire or find out more here.