The Official City of Sheffield Diving Club website

Welcome to the Official City of Sheffield Diving Club website.

The City of Sheffield Diving Club’s home is the world famous Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. Our aims are aligned with the British Diving Mission Statement:

•To ensure that everyone who wants to learn to dive has the opportunity;
•To ensure that everyone can achieve his or her personal goals;
•To ensure that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy diving as part of a healthy lifestyle
•To ensure that we achieve gold medal success

2009 COSDC Calendar Sale

2009 COSDC Calendars are on sale for £4. Please see Rachel Green, Linda Sylvester or Sheli Aldred to purchase one.

2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The City of Sheffield Diving Club is proud to announce that two Sheffield divers will represent Great Britain at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Ben Swain and Nicholas Robinson-Baker will compete in the Men’s 3m springboard synchronised event. Ben Swain will also compete individually in the Mens’ 3m Springboard event. Some synchro selections are still to be made. The FINA World Championships will take place in Rome on 18-25th July.

FINA USA GRAND PRIX 2009

Sheffield's syncrho pairings won two medals on the International diving stage at the prestigious USA Diving Grand Prix between the 7-9th May at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Monique Gladding & Megan Sylvester won their first silver medal of the year, with a fantastic performance in the Women's 10m Platform Synchronised event. Ben Swain and Nicholas Robinson-Baker added to their 2009 medal tally, by taking the silver medal in the Men's 3metre springboard synchronised event.

MILTON CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TITLE IN AACHEN

James Milton (City of Sheffield) stormed to gold in the men’s 10m Platform final. James is also the current European Junior Champion and he continued his run of good form into this meet with a total score of 417.65 points.

DIVING WORLD SERIES WINNERS

Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker took a total of three medals in the 2009 World Diving Series to finish overall winners of the Men’s 3m Synchronised event. The duo took bronze medals in the first and third legs of the World Series in Doha and Sheffield and gold in the final leg in Mexico. Read more in the news and results section.

TRAINING ALTERATIONS

Please check next months training alterations in the downloads section (left).

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is home to members of the British Diving Team, however lessons are available for people of all levels and abilities. For information on diving lessons please visit http://www.ponds-forge.co.uk/