On Sunday 24th May a team of 7 Albatross divers travelled to compete at The London Skills Level 2 Competition in Ruislip. The team consisted of divers Henry Middleton, Lottie Gosling, Jasmine McCallum, Freya Nelis, Milly Orgill, William Frewin, Isabel Holloway with coaches Matt Pipe, Bernie Bicknell and Chris Beal.
Competing on the first day of the event in Girls Group B against 37 other divers were Lottie, Jasmine, and Freya. Jasmine had a steady competition, finishing in 12th place with her best dive being a back dive tuck from the 3m board. Lottie had a competent event scoring well on her reverse dive tuck from the 3m board and finishing in 19th place. Freya also had a very good competition, her first at this level. Freya was close all the way through scoring well over 30 points each for her inward one and a half somersaults tuck and forward one and a half somersaults from the 1m board and eventually earning herself a Silver medal.
Henry was our only representative in the Boys Age Group B. Henry he had a very strong competition consistently scoring 6`s and 7`s for his dives off the 1 and 3m boards and finishing the contest with a very creditable Silver medal. Next to compete was Isabel in the Girls Group D. Diving steadily although a little bit nervous but doing well with her back straight line up from the 3m board. Isabel finished in 7th place.
In the Girls Group C, Millie was representing Albatross at this level for the first time. Giving a good account and scoring 8`s from the judges for her back straight line up from the 3m board Millie finished in 16th place. William in the Boys Group C had a good competition doing well in all of his dives. His best dive being his inward dive tuck from the 1m board. In a close contest William finished in 7th place.
