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New South Wales Open Wrap Up

DIVERS OF PENZA COME UP WITH GOODS IN SYDNEY Two young divers who represented Australia at last year’s World Junior Diving Championships in Russia have come away with winning doubles at the NSW Championships on the weekend.

State Opens Championships continue this weekend

DOMESTIC FOCUS SHIFTS TO NSW The domestic Australian diving focus shifts to Sydney this weekend, with the NSW Open and Aged Championsips. With several of Australia’s elite-level divers off on International duty, the door is open for some of the country’s younger divers to make their mark in the sport.

Quality diving quartet head overseas

Two-time Olympian Melissa Wu heads a strong Australian quartet on its way to Beijing for the opening round of the FINA Diving World Series this weekend. Joining Wu on Monday's flight to China will be fellow Olympian Anabelle Smith, Commonwealth Games silver medalist Maddison Keeney, and world junior champion, Lara Tarvit.

Victorian Open Wrap Up

KEHAGIAS SHOWS HE’S READY FOR NEXT STEP Hopper’s Crossing teenager Joshua Kehagias showed he is ready to step to the next level in his diving career with two solid results at the Victorian Open on the weekend. The Victorian 17-year old won both the...

Queensland Open Wrap Up

TARVIT MAKES IT THREE FROM THREE Brisbane teenager Lara Tarvit continued her perfect start to 2015 on the weekend at the Queensland Open, winning her third platform title in as many events. 18-year-old Tarvit finished more than 60 points ahead of...

2015 State Open Championships Begin

SMALL BUT QUALITY FIELDS FOR QUEENSLAND THIS WEEKEND An Olympic silver medalist and a Commonwealth Games gold medalist headline a small but talented field for the Queensland Open titles this weekend, the first of the State titles in what promises to...

2015 ADGP, Brisbane - Day Two

Olympian Anabelle Smith has bounced back to her best form, winning the final of the 3-metre springboard at the Australian Grand Prix event in Brisbane today. The London Olympian and two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medalist finished ahea...

2015 ADGP, Brisbane - Day One

Queensland's Lara Tarvit has made it back-to-back platform titles at the Australian Diving Grand Prix, following her victory on the Gold Coast last weekend with another win today in Brisbane. There were also encouraging signs for Olympic silver ...

2015 ADGP, Gold Coast - Day Two

SHEEHAN GETS OFF TO A WINNING START IN 2015 Queensland schoolgirl Georgia Sheehan, the youngest competitor on Australia's Commonwealth Games team last year, has made a winning start to her 2015 campaign at the Gold Coast Diving Grand P...

2015 ADGP, Gold Coast - Day One

TARVIT HOLDS OUT BROBEN ON RETURN FROM INJURY TO WIN GOLD World junior gold medalist Lara Tarvit has come from behind to win gold over Olympic silver medalist Brittany Broben in the final of the women's platform event at the Diving Grand Prix on...

New DA Anti-Doping Policy, effective 1 January 2015

IMPORTANT! Please note that Diving Australia has a new Anti-Doping Policy, effective from 1 January 2015. A copy of this can be found here. This policy reflects recent changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code, the Féd&e...

Merry Christmas from Diving Australia

The Board & Staff of Diving Australia would like to thank everyone for their support throughout 2014. We would like to wish you & your families a safe Christmas & Happy New Year. See you all in 2015!   Please note the DA Of...

Australian Open Championships - Day 4

MILLS UPSTAGES MORE FANCIED RIVALS IN ADELAIDE South Australian diver Samantha Mills has caused a major upset at the Australian Open diving championships, upstaging her more fancied rivals to win the 3-metre springboard final. All eyes were on th...

Australian Open Championships - Day 3

CONNOR BRINGS UP DIVING DOUBLE IN ADELAIDE Victorian James Connor has won his second Australian diving title in as many days, securing the 3-metre final at the South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre. The 19-year-old won the 1-metre title on ...

Australian Open Championships - Day 2

RED LETTER DAY FOR CONNOR IN ADELAIDE London Olympian James Connor showed he is close to his best with an outstanding display of diving on the second day of the Australian Open Championships in Adelaide. Connor showed the benefit of a stint divin...

Australian Open Championships - Day 1

Perth teenager Maddison Keeney has put the disappointment of this year's Commonwealth Games behind her to win the 1-metre title on the opening day of the Australian Open Championships in Adelaide. 18-year-old Keeney beat a star-studded field, wh...

2014/15 Australian Open Championships

GOLD MEDALISTS HEAD STRONG DIVING FIELD Commonwealth Games gold medalists Esther Qin and Domonic Bedggood head a strong field of divers competing at this week’s Australian Open Championships in Adelaide. Qin, who dived superbly to win the 3...