Marc LePoole Speedo Sting - Victoria (February 9-12, 2012)
BCs only Group 1 National Qualifier
NORTH SHORE DOLPHINS DIVERS ON THE PATH TO CANADIAN JR NATIONALS
At the 2012 Sting there were teams from Alberta, Manitoba and Washington State as well as BC's premier dive clubs. Most events had large numbers of competitors and some of Canada's best divers were there. As BC's only Group 1 National qualifier this meet is important for those divers trying to become qualified to compete at Canadian Jr Nationals.
What a weekend it was for the North Shore Dolphins! We had 11 divers qualified to compete at the Sting making the Dolphins the third largest team there.
5 of our divers obtained National qualifying scores; there were 5 Dolphin medals; and our divers had a total of 12 podium finishes!
In addition, Alison K earned top honors by beating the "Sting Standard" (also known as "getting Stung at the Sting"). Alison's gold medal score on the 1m board was 255 (well over the 240 Sting Standard for her event) and she was one of only eight divers to beat the standard at this year's Sting.
National qualifying scores were obtained by the following divers:
C Age 12/13 Years:
• Sam (Tower, 3m, 1m)
• Kaelyn (3m, 1m)
• Nick (3m, 1m)
D age 11 and Under:
• Alison (3m, 1m)
• Ellie (1m)
For more, check out our
Gallery and
Meets pages
Learn-To-Dive Instructor Beginners Course (February 17, 18 and 19)
Times:
Friday: 6pm-10pm
Saturday: 12-6pm
Sunday: 12-5pm 6pm
Location:
Vancouver Aquatic Centre
1055 Beach Ave. Vancouver
Must be 16 yrs of age
(to be fully certified)
For more information and to Register email:
jayne@bcdiving.ca
604-542-0386
If you want to get certified to teach the
Diving Plongeon Canada’s Learn-To-Dive Program, this course is for you. It is a great certification to help you get a job. Just bring a bathing suit, a couple of towels, a little nerve. There is classroom time and some springboard diving. This is a nationally certified course operated by BC Diving and allows you to teach all over Canada.
Instructor: Alana Prygiel
Provincial and National level diver, coach @ VAC, level 3 certified.
Cost: $175.00 includes manuals and handouts
(
pdf document here)
BC Diving Christmas Camp (Vancouver - December 28, 29, 30)
It was a strong Dolphins turn out at the 2011 BC Diving Christmas camp with Dolphins competitive divers Sophie, Sam, Nick, Morgan, Makayla, Kaelyn, Cristian, Celine and Alison in attendance. There was lots of dry land, divining, lectures, friends and even a fun meet. Sophie, Makayla and Celine wowed parents with their front fall-ins off 5m and straight jumps off the 10m while Sam was doing back somersault lay-out off 10m. Cristian learned inward 1.5 somersault on 3m and Alison did back 1.5 with 1/2 twist on 3m. Kaelyn and Alison were top Dolphins in the jumping contest and Kaelyn worked on her front 2.5 somersault on 3m. Nick did front arm-stand somersault on 5m (with some assistance by Stuart) and back 1.5 somersault with 1/2 twist on 3m. Our camp superstar though was Morgan, the youngest diver at camp and our newest team member, who did all the dry land and diving, learned jumps on 5m and did just about everything else despite the newness of it all! Best tip of the year - Bev telling all the divers to remember what the last thing the judges see and POINT THOSE TOES :-) Voted most fun this year was the rope swing and of course bubbles on the last day.
Special thanks go to Jayne and Bev from BC Diving for putting on such a great event which our divers look forward to every year! Also a big thank you to all the coaches who make this camp such a great learning experience: Brian, Grant, Alana, Keri, Bev and of course our own Kostya and Stuart.
For more, check out our
Gallery page
Shanghai Diving Team coming to Vancouver!
We have been informed by Boxi Liang that the Shanghai Diving Team will be in Vancouver on their way home from the Canada Cup on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 4:30 pm at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre.
All are invited to come and watch them train and meet them. Any diver that is already diving at the Aquatic Centre on Wednesday will still have their normal practice.
This is a good chance to see some of the best divers in the World perform.
BC Diving Christmas Camp is Coming - Dec 28, 29, 30
Registration for the 2011 Christmas camp is now on through BC Diving. This camp is a lot of fun for both pre-competitive and competitive divers. There is dry land, lectures, friends, great coaches and of course diving diving diving! Highlights include the dry land equipment, the bubbles for learning new dives and the Dolphins spending their holiday break together. Also working with some of the top coaches in the Province, including from our own Dolphins, is a big plus. Register before December 1 in order to get the early bird 10% discount. For more information check the BC Diving website here:
http://bcdiving.sportbc.com/ or
download your registration form here
Provincial Team Training Camp (November 11, 2011)
Dolphins team divers Alison, Nick, Sam and Rebecca were invited to participate in this year's Provincial Team training camp held in Victoria, BC. Attendance included divers such as 2011 women's Senior Nationals 1m Champ Emma Friesen, triple 2011 C Age National Champ Emily Schmidt and a host of other very talented divers, coaches and officials. Kostya's National divers from Fraser Valley, Kailee, Kurt and Julia also attended. The day was full of diving and dry land training and assessments led by coaches Tommy, Lisa, Bev, Grant, Alana and of course our very own Kostya. The divers all worked very hard and had a long day full of jumps, twists, flips and rips. Best of all, our divers got to meet their friends from other clubs and spend a fun day training together! Thanks to BC Diving and Boardworks for hosting such a super event.
For more, check out our
Gallery page.
Candy Cane Invtational - December 10
The first meet of the season is coming and you can link to the
meet package here. All divers in the club are welcome to participate so talk to your coach if you want to come out and join the Dolphins at a fun meet.
BC Diving Annual General Meeting and Athlete Training Session - November 4, 2011
BC Diving will host the Annual General Meeting at 12:00pm on Sunday, November 20, 2011. We will also be having Athlete Training and a Nutrition and Wellness Seminar. Please see the following Notice, Agenda for the Annual General Meeting and Agenda for the day.
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the
CANADIAN AMATEUR DIVING ASSOCIATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA SECTION
(commonly known and operating as BC Diving)
The Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday, November 20, 2011
at 12:00 pm at the White Rock Gymnastics & Diving Academy
114-15272 Croydon Dr., Surrey, BC V3S 0Z5
The Coaches' Meeting will commence at 9:30 am. The Annual General Meeting will start at 12:00 pm. We will also be hosting an
Athlete Training session from 11:30 am -1:00 pm. and a
Nutrition and Wellness Seminar for Athletes, Parents and Coaches from 1:30-3:00 pm. The link to the Agenda for the Annual General Meeting is set out below.
The business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting is set forth on the Agenda for the Annual General Meeting and will include the following:
1. Approval of the Minutes of the 2010 Annual General Meeting
2. Reports from the Directors and staff
3. Receipt and approval of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2011
4. Election of the Directors and Officers
5. Appointment of the Auditor.
If you would like to participate in the AGM via phone conferencing, please let Jayne McDonald know this one week in advance of the meeting. A phone number will be provided to you to call in.
Refreshments will be available.
Please see the following for the AGM Agenda, the Agenda for the Day, and the Nominating Committee Report.
AGM Agenda
Agenda for the Day
Nominating-Committee-report-20111.pdf
