News

DWA Office Closed - 20/7 - 31/7

The Diving WA Office will be closed from Wednesday 20th July to Sunday 31st July 2016. If your matter is urgent please contact Kim Hynynen-Furler, Diving WA Coach Development Manager on kim.hf@wadiving.com.au or 0409 380 955. Regards, Steven Rose CEO Diving WA

TERM 3 IS UNDERWAY

It might be cold and wet outside, and the dive tower might be undergoing refurbishment, but Diving is still running during Term 3!

WA shines at 2016 Australian Elite Junior Championships

The WA team of NEPP and WAIS divers put together some great performances over the weekend at the 2016 Australian Elite Junior Championships in Adelaide. Their performances were consistent throughout the event and saw the team come away with two Gold, four Silver and two Bronze.

HBF Stadium Dive Tower Refurbishment underway

The planned Dive Tower refurbishment at HBF Stadium is now underway. Two days in and the scaffolding is still being erected before work can take place. See attached photos of the progress. Keep up to date on how the work is going via the website and Diving WA Facebook page.

UPDATE - July Holiday Splash Program

Due to low numbers for Week 1 (6th-8th July) of the July Holiday Splash, the program will not be going ahead this week. Registrations for Week 2 (13th-15th July) of the program are still open and this week will be going ahead. To register for Week 2, please go to the Event page

Maddi chats with 6PR

Peter Bell from 6PR chatted with Maddison Keeney on Tuesday afternoon to discuss her Rio aspirations.

Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith

Diving Australia YouTube Video - A chat with Maddi Keeney and Anabelle Smith after their win in the women's 3-metre synchro final at the Australian Open and Rio qualifiers

A chat with Maddison Keeney

Diving Australia YouTube Video - A chat with Australian diver Maddison Keeney after her semi-finals of the three metres at the Australian Open and Rio qualification event

A chat with Nikita Hains

Diving Australia YouTube Video - 16-year-old Nikita Hains (WA) is one of the exciting young divers of the future competing at the Australian Open and Rio qualifiers in Melbourne.

WAIS Feature Story - Helm Shares Vision to Produce Champions

When a World and dual Commonwealth Games champion, plus Olympic silver and bronze medallist, says he’s a perfectionist, you can take it on merit that it’s not exaggeration. For WAIS diving coach Matthew Helm, the task now ahead of him, is devising a program that he hopes can achieve elite success for a stable of talented Western Australian athletes.

Clean sweep for Irvine

Tamara Irvine has claimed a clean sweep at the weekends 2016 Diving WA State Junior Elites at HBF Stadium, taking out the Junior A Girls 1m, 3m and Platform events.