On the weekend of 18-19 July a team of 8 Albatross divers travelled to compete at The National Skills Level 2 Finals at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. The national event had attracted a record number of with over 250 divers competing.
The a number of Albatross divers this was their first National event. Competing for Albatross was Billy Minns, Henry Middleton, William Frewin, Freya Nelis, Lottie Gosling, Jasmine McCallum, Milly Orgill and Isabel Holloway along with coaches Bernie Bicknell, Matt Pipe and Chris Beal.
On day one Milly competed in the girls age group C1, she gave a good performance in her first national competition scoring well on her line ups from the 3 metre board. She finished in 18th place.
In the boys C2 William also a newcomer to national finals had a good event scoring well on his inward tuck dive off the 1 metre board. William finished the competition in 7th place.
The final event of day one was the girls B+, Albatross had three divers in this group. Jasmine gave her usual steady performance and finishing in 26th place. Lottie had a good competition scoring well off her back tuck dive from the 3 metre board to finish in 19th place. Freya competing in her first national event continued to dive although she was feeling unwell. after a strong start illness took its toll and she eventually finished in 27th place.
On day two first to compete for Albatross was Isabel also in her first major diving competition in the girls D2 group. Isabel dived steadily, overcoming nerves to do well with her back straight line up from the 3 metre board. Isabel finished in 21st place.
The final event of the weekend was the Boys B+. Albatross had 2 divers in this event Billy and Henry. Billy gave a good account, scoring consistently and finished in 8th place. Henry scored well on all his dives especially his reverse dive off 3 metre and finished the contest in 6th place.
