Christmas Gala

For the first time in 7 years (since leaving Central Pool in 2017) we have held our annual Christmas gala to close off 2024 with the involvement of 80 junior divers. The day also saw the welcome return of past divers including Olympic gold medallist Chris Mears and the presentation of the Swim England Diving Club of the Year to Club President Anne Green Jessel and coaches both past and present in recognition of its awarding to us all.

The gala was a wonderful opportunity for divers new and established to showcase their skills at Rivermead Leisure Centre in front of family and friends with dives being judged by coaches and certificates and medals awarded. The club used the gala to take the opportunity to raise funds through raffle sales for an array of fabulous prizes donated by club members and community businesses:

Quattro Italian Restaurant Caversham
The Crown Inn Playhatch
Siren Brewery
Double Barrell Brewery
Annabel Sews
Loic’s Deli in Crowthorne

The interval saw a display from many of our divers from past years and current squad divers closed the day with a display of dives with progressing difficulty to Christmas music culminating with a 5m flight and javelin.

We were pleased to support Josh McIntyre as photographer at the gala. He and his colleague took a wonderful selection of photographers some of which we have included.