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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...

Position Vacant: Diving Coach, Term 1 - Caulfield Grammar School

At Caulfield Grammar School our vision is "to enable quality learning every day in every experience for every learner for life" and our Sports program is an integral component to achieving this. As a member of the Associated Public Schools...

DA Nominations Committee

Diving Australia is now calling for expressions of interest from suitably qualified people to join our newly instituted Nominations Committee. The Nominations Committee will be charged with, amongst other things, assisting the DA Board in matters rela...

Diving Australia unveils new Logo

Diving Australia have developed a new look with a new logo being unveiled today. This new look has been developed after consulting with a number of stakeholders and we are really pleased with the end result. The symbol took its inspiration from a dive...

Australian weightlifter Kirsten Wu passed away

*Article Credit: Paul Coffa, General Secretary OWF. Extracted from   www.iwf.net It is with great sorrow that I inform you that 21 year old Kirsten Wu from Brisbane Australia, 2010 Oceania Youth Champion, Australian representative at the ...

Colonial First State Sports Boost Program

GEORGIA SHEEHAN AND LARA TARVIT FEATURED IN COLONIAL FIRST STATE SPORTS BOOST FACEBOOK PROGRAM World Junior Champions Georgia Sheehan and Lara Tarvit have been chosen to take part in the Colonial First State Sports Boost program. Both Georgia and La...

FINA Singapore & Malaysian Grands Prix

AUSTRALIAN TEAM ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE A small but talented Australian diving team, headed by Commonwealth Games gold medalist Domonic Bedggood, has arrived in Singapore ahead of this weekend’s FINA Diving Grand Prix. The three-member team of...

Racism. It Stops With Me.

Diving Australia is proud to have joined forces with some of Australia’s leading businesses, sporting bodies and NGO’s to support the “Racism. It stops with me” campaign. Our organisation has committed to preventing racism by...

World Junior Championships - Day 6

SHEEHAN WINS SECOND GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA AT JUNIOR WORLD DIVING Queensland's Georgia Sheehan, who two months ago was Australia's youngest competitor at the Commonwealth Games, has won gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Penza, Rus...

World Junior Championships - Day 5

TARVIT WINS GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA Lara Tarvit has won gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Penza, Russia. 17-year-old Tarvit left it to her final dive in the 10-metre platform final to snatch the lead, giving Australia it’s first g...

World Junior Championships - Day 4

SYNCHRO TEAM ADDS SILVER TO JUNIORS MEDAL COLLECTION Australia’s 3-metre synchro team of Naomi Gowlett and Georgia Sheehan have come tantalizingly close to winning gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Penza. The Queensland schoo...

World Junior Championships - Day 3

TODD MAKES IT BRONZE NUMBER THREE FOR AUSTRALIA Two years after setting himself a goal of competing at this year’s World Junior Championships, South Australian diver Ross Todd is today celebrating winning a bronze medal. Todd snuck into the...

World Junior Championships - Day 2

KEENEY ADDS TO AUSTRALIAN MEDAL TALLY Australia has won a second bronze medal at the FINA Junior Diving World Championships in Russia, with Perth teenager Maddison Keeney finishing third in the 1-metre springboard. The bronze follows a silver and...