The 2012 NSW Country Diving Championships held in Lightning Ridge on the weekend has been a resounding success.  The divers from all around NSW and QLD competed to the best of their ability and many of them qualifying for the 2012 Australian Age and Elite Junior Diving Championships.   There were outstanding performances by Liam Connelly from Hunter United Diving Academy taking out the best 5 dives of the meet and Hunter United Diving Academy also taking out the Country Club of the meet, closely followed by Lightning Ridge Diving Club. 

The most outstanding performances by Lightning Ridge divers were that of Rory Cheal  in the 12/13 1metre and Sean White in the 11/U 1metre, who were the first divers from the region to qualify for the Australian Age Diving Championships to be held in Adelaide in April 2012. Some of the other Lightning Ridge divers narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Australian Age titles; however there will be more opportunities for the divers to qualify at the State titles in Newcastle in March.  The Lightning Ridge divers have improved in leaps and bounds over the past couple of months with the assistance of Allan Bull Diving NSW Coaching Director and the eager new local coaches to be ready for the country championships. That in itself is an amazing accomplishment and the club should be very proud of its achievements – it has a very bright future!   

The 2012 Diving NSW Country Championships in Lightning Ridge will be the first Diving NSW event held at the new aquatic cnetre. Thanks to the Major Sponsors Walgett Shire Council and the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club. Thanks also to the many Event Sponsors. The Championships in Lightning Ridge is sure to be a great success with over fifty competitors entered with the support of sponsors, the host club and all attending it is sure to be a fantastic meet. One that should not be missed. There will be many competitors from throughout the state and Queensland, and their families have never been to Lightning Ridge and it is anticipated that most of them will take the opportunity to do some sightseeing and relax in the town’s wonderful friendly atmosphere. Their visit to Lightning Ridge will no doubt be enjoyable and memorable as will the 2012 Country Diving Championships. Clink on the following link to download program:Program 2012 Country Championships

Thanks to the Canberra Diving Academy for hosting the 2011 Geoff Montgomery Memorial Championships. It was a great weekend of diving with the host club winning the Geoff Montgomery Memorial Trophy. Many divers achieved the personal bests and reached National qualifying scores and for some it was the experience of their first competition. With over 50 divers for the weekend it made for some very exciting events, which included some challenging weather conditions.
Saturday night saw a host of families turn out at the Forrest Hotel for dinner social function. This was a wonderful night of socialising meeting and mixing with new and old firends.
For a full break down of results be sure to see the next edition of Board Talk. In the meantime the raw score results are now available under Downloads on the main menu.

The Diving NSW 2011 NSW State Open Championships will be held on Saturday/Sunday 5/6 November at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The competition will commence at 10.00am each day and will include Olympians Matthew Mitcham, Melissa Wu, Alexandra Croak and Scott Robertson striving for qualifying points for the up coming Australian Open Championships. The Australian Open Championships are the first leg in qualifications for the 2012 London Olympic Games.There will also be on display some fine young elite divers attemping to qualify for their Australian Open Championships. These include: Genevieve de la Motte, Nancy Wang, Louise Poole, Brittany O'Brien, Elizabeth Macarounas, Liam Dummer, Nick Jeffree and Dean Ross just to name a few.
Good Luck to all competitors!