DIVE DIVE DIVE
May 2013 Edition
FEATURING
The Club bids farewell to
Marc and Dan.
The new committee is elected
Welcome to New Coach Lottie
County Competition Results
Local Cops “Have a Go”
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Welcome to the new edition of DIVE DIVE DIVE, the official newsletter of
the Cambridge Dive Team. The newsletter is back after a short break and has
a new look. Dive Dive Dive will keep you up to date with what‟s going on in
the club, news, events, fundraising, competition results, features and much
more.
Good Bye and Good Luck to Marc and Dan
The Club will bid a sad farewell to two of its familiar faces as they both head
off to Plymouth for the next stages in their careers. Coach Marc Holdsworth
has been successful in getting a coaches position and Dan Goodfellow is
moving there to continue his training and work to achieve his dream of
getting a place in the 2016 Olympic Squad.
Read more inside.
New Look DIVE DIVE DIVE
Many many thanks to Janet Trewin for all of her hard work with Dive Dive
Dive and for her memorable publications however Janet has handed on the
baton and as the newly elected PR Officer, it falls to me to try to fill the huge
void left by Janet‟s departure and to publish the newsletter. The newsletter
will be published bi-monthly and keep you updated on club news,
competition results, events and features.
Please drop me a line with any news, photos, funny stories, articles, items you
would like to see covered and I will do my best. Let me have your feedback,
good, bad or otherwise - at the end of the day it is the newsletter of the club
and needs to cover as much as possible and represent as many of you as
possible. Contact details are at the back of the newsletter.
NEW DIVE COACH RECRUITED
Lottie Thompson has been recruited as Marc‟s replacement and starts at the
Club in early June. Lottie comes to CDT from Southend Diving Club. We look
forward to welcoming her to the club.
Top - Dan and Marc
Bottom – Dan in his signed T-Shirt saying goodbye.
Learn more about Lottie in the next edition.
Thank you to Sygma Security Systems
for their continued sponsorships and
support to the club.
DANIEL - GOOD BYE AND GOOD LUCK
Daniel has been with club for eight years having joined up as a mere novice at the
age of eight. Since then he has gone on to achieve tremendous success and put the
club in the national spotlight. This is a huge step for Dan as he is in his GCSE year
and will be moving to Plymouth College to finish his studies in ten subjects he is
currently undertaking. Dan could have waited until after his exams but to give
himself the best chance of achieving his 2016 goal he took the decision to go now.
Plymouth College is no stranger to diving excellence having hosted the like of
Tom Daley and has strong links with the Plymouth Dive Club. Dan will increase
his training from six times a week to ten with the college offering extra support to
students in order to cope with their heavy training schedule. All being well, Dan
will then go on to complete his 'A' levels there as well.
Speaking to Dan, he is leaving with fond memories of the club that got him
started in his diving career. Dan said "I will miss the club and I am very grateful
for all of the support that the club has given me. I would like to say a massive
thank you to the coaches and to Sharyn and the committee for everything that
they have done for me. To the many friends I have in the club I will keep in touch
and look forward to catching up at competitions. This is a wonderful opportunity
for me but I will miss the club where it all started for me, I hope I go on to do the
club proud"
SHARYN REFLECTS ON DANIEL’S TIME WITH CDT
“It will be very sad to see Daniel go – but on a positive note we will watch and encourage his progress in Plymouth. When
Dan and his twin brother, Matthew, first came to the Club it was obvious that were both talented divers. Matthew went on to
win National honours at novice level but decided against moving on to Age Groups. Dan was more competitive and grabbed
the chance to push himself. He has worked extremely hard over 8 years to achieve his amazing results.
Watching Dan develop both as a diver and as a person has been very special. He has been as ambassador for CDT,
winning many sports awards and always acknowledging the club. He, with Lucy Cliff, were the first „home grown‟ junior
internationals. Now Dan has added senior international to that list. I know I speak on behalf of the whole club when I say we
will miss him loads – but he has to come back and see us – often”
Last Sunday saw a farewell picnic for Dan and Marc at
Cherry Hinton Park. After a competitive game of rounders
(using Aaron‟s creative and ever changing rule book) a
farewell human pyramid was created (pictured).
Later at the pool there was not a dry eye in the house as
people said their farewells to Dan and presented him with a
signed club t-shirt.
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Marc has been coaching at the club for four years and will be sad to
go but talking to him it is clear that he has given the matter a huge
amount of thought and it has not been an easy decision.
Marc started his diving career at the Bradford Esprit Diving Club
before joined Leeds Diving Club at the age of 14. Marc has
represented Great Britain and was National Champion on several
occasions. Marc started coaching at the age of 15 and began to realise
that if he was not to achieve his dream of reaching the Olympics then
through coaching he may be able to coach and support others so they
could get there. Marc is passionate about performance and wants all
of the divers that he coaches to achieve their very best. Marc is the
SHARYN REFLECTS ON
MARC’S TIME AT CDT.
first to acknowledge that he can be slightly brutal in his critique of a
Marc joined us in July 2009 – but he
was a difficult catch. CDT prides itself
on choosing not only the best coaches,
but those that will fit into the
Cambridge „mould‟. Unbelievably, Marc
was reluctant to join us - unsure if it was
the right career move for him. After a
good deal of talking and arm twisting we
persuaded him to leave Sunderland to
join us - thank goodness. It was difficult
initially but now he speaks English
(almost) things have improved! The first
thing I noticed about Marc is his bubbly
smiley personality. It seems that
whatever I have thrown at him or
moaned about, he has still managed to
smile or laugh his way out of the
situation. The second thing – that voice,
how does he manage to shout so loud?!
that this is essential in getting a diver to achieve their full potential
He has been devoted to Cambridge Dive
Team and proud to wear the shirt - even
without ironing it! We are certainly
going to miss him. I think it has been a
brilliant mix between Marc and Sam,
and the divers have benefitted
enormously by their different
approaches.
Our loss is British Diving‟s gain and I
am pleased that we have provided the
platform (no pun intended) for him to
progress his career. I wish him every
success – and said that he has to come
back and see us. There are some plans
to do something special on his return
visit – watch this space.
diver and will readily admit that he says it as it is, but he believes
and to maybe one day to become an Olympic diver.
Joining the Olympic Coaching Team in Plymouth presents a massive
opportunity for Marc, allowing him to work with top class divers and
coaches. Marc is going to miss the divers in the club, many of whom
have only ever known him as their coach. Marc said "I wish I could
take all of my divers with me, I will miss them. I am delighted that I
am going to continue to be able to work with Daniel but there are
many others who I would love to take. I will always put my divers
first and do so very much want them to perform to their full
potential".
Marc wants to thank everyone at the club for the support that they
have given him but in particular Sam for bringing him to Cambridge
in the first place by letting him know of the vacancy and then for his
continued help and support whilst he has been here.
Speaking of his successor Lottie, Mark wishes her well and
hope she enjoys it as much as he has.
Life on poolside won't quite be the same without Marc and
Dan but I am sure neither will be a stranger to the club.
GOOD-BYE DAN AND MARC
Comments from Head Coach – Sam
"Over the last 3 years the Cambridge Dive Team has gone from strength to strength and this
can be highlighted in the fact that in 2011 Cambridge had its first 2 Junior European qualifiers
and both the Boys and Girls under 15 British Platform Champions in Daniel Goodfellow and
Lucy Cliff. When you consider we are only a 5m venue this is an outstanding achievement.
Since then, Daniel has gone on to become one of Britain's most talented young divers and I
wish him all the best in chasing his Olympic dreams. With hard work and dedication, combined
with a little fun, I'm sure he will be sending me a front row ticket to Rio in a few years time.
The success of Daniel and the club has a huge amount to do with Marc. He is a fantastic coach
and will be sorely missed. His relationship with the kids is brilliant and his dedication to make
every diver the best they can be is second to none. Although he has gone, I'm pretty sure we
will still hear him laughing and screaming on poolside every now and again all the way from
down south! It is an end of an era but with the talented youngsters on the brink of success the
future looks bright for the Cambridge Dive Team and fingers crossed we will have many more
Daniel Goodfellows to come."
Comments from Coach – Aaron
“I am sad to see both Dan and Marc go but delighted that they are both going on to progress,
Marc as an Olympic Coach and Dan to achieve his dream of becoming an Olympic Diver.
Since I started diving with Dan, he has shown he has real talent and I wish him well at
Plymouth. Marc is been a superb coach at the club and we are sorry to see him go but wish
him well and I want to thank him for all of the support he has given to many of us during his
time with CDT. Good luck guys..!!
COUNTY NOVICE AND
SPRINGBOARD
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013
Cambridge Dive Team swept the board at the County
Diving Championships. Francis Webb and Jessie Curtis
were gold medalists in the County Novice
Championships, whilst Emma Watson and Sebastian
Jaunzens were each double winners in the Women‟s and
Men‟s 1m and 3m springboard championships.
With 34 divers competing across 6 events the crowds
enjoyed some very intense and closely fought
competitions
Competing in the County A event were several divers
hoping to achieve some good results before heading off
to the National Finals at the start of May. Throughout
the competition the lead changed hands several times
and at one point the top 8 divers were only separated by
10 points. The competition finished with excitement
with the lead again changing from diver to diver before
Frances Webb performed an outstanding back fall
straight to clinch the title. Her final score was 276.3,
with Joshua Starmer finishing second with 268.25, and
Alicia Offin taking the bronze with 263.6 points.
The County B competition is set up for those divers
working their way up to National Skill level and is a good
platform for the divers to build from. Many of the divers
in this event were competing for the very first time so
nerves were abundant amongst the young divers. Using
a mixture of jumps, line ups and dives this sets the
foundation for building talented divers of the future.
Points appeared hard to come by in the early rounds but
once the divers had settled the competition became full
of excitement. Holly Seiler (only aged 7) overcame a
very nervous attempt at the back fall straight from the
1m to receive the biggest cheer of the night but the
competition was eventually won by Jessie Curtis with a
points total of 256.30. Toby Chapman narrowly took the
silver with 231.35 just ahead of Nathaniel Darler with
229.45
In the Men‟s events, Sebastian Jaunzens took both the
1m and 3m titles edging out the younger Ben Cutmore
and Daniel Murphy who finished in second and third
respectively. Sebastian performed the most complex list
of dives scoring highly from the judges. Showing
promise were Dominic Jaunzens and Oliver Cook who
made the step up to be eligible for the men‟s event.
Emma Watson wowed the crowds with her style and
grace as she claimed both the 1m and 3m titles in the
Women‟s springboard events. Challenging hard behind
her were Lucy Hughes and Annie Thomas. First blood
went to Lucy Hughes in the 1m event finishing with a
total of 156.5 and Annie a total of 140.5. Annie took
revenge in the 3m event and out-scored Lucy by over 20
points.
The competitions were a huge success and fun was had
by all. The results and more importantly the dives being
performed suggest diving is a growing sport in the
county and the Cambridge Dive Team are a dominating
force.
Women‟s 3
metre (left to
right): Annie
Thomas,
Emma
Watson, Lucy
Hughes, with
coach, Marc
Holdsworth
Mens 1metre
(left to right):
Ben Cutmore,
Sebastian
Jaunzens,
Daniel
Murphy, with
coach, Marc
Holdsworth
Novice A (left to
right): Alicia Offin,
Frances Webb,
Joshua Starmer
Novice B (left to
right): Nathaniel
Darler, Jessie
Curtis, Toby
Chapman
Cambridge Dive Club Committee 2013
Chairman
Richard Bowers
Secretary
Allan Jaunzens
Treasurer / Admin Officer
Sharyn Bord
Membership Secretary
Championship / Competition
Officer
Swim 21 Officers
Welfare Officer
Divers Representative
Masters Representative
Social and Fund Raising
Officer
Website Officer
PR Officer
Club Kit Officer
Executive Members
Caption Contest
The person who
gives us the best
caption to go with
this photo of Marc in
his new Fireman
Sam chair wins a
large bag of Haribo
Gummy Bears.
Annie Webb and Sarah
Fawcett
Amanda Parrett
Sharyn Bord and Sarah
Fawcett
Petra Tucker
(to be notified)
(to be notified)
Theresa Curtis
Answers to:
Richard Bowers
Chris Mead
Karen Cutmore
Caroline Murphy, Nicola
McLean & Agnes Suryama
[email protected]
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COPS “HAVE A GO” AT DIVING
Back in April, 18 Cambridgeshire Cops hung up their
handcuffs and tried their hand at diving. Under the
supportive coaching of Sam (as highlighted in the picture)
there were belly flops, face plants, back slaps, bombs and it
had to be said, if you looked hard enough, there were one
or two half decent dives. Thanks to Sam for his support the cops had a great time and at £10 for an hour coaching,
club funds were boosted too.
If you think you can gather a group of 18 family, friends or
colleagues and might be interested in a “Have a Go”
session then get in touch with Theresa Curtis or any of the
committee.
Get in Touch
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Please contact me at [email protected]