Wally Clark has been awarded the Jeff Cook memorial trophy at the 2007 British Diving Championships in Manchester last weekend.

The experienced coach sadly passed away in October 2006 Ashton Hockham-Marshall, Wally’s current diver received the award on his behalf in recognition of Wally’s dedication to the diving world. He had worked within the sport for 40 years and passed on his experience to many divers and coaches including Junior Olympic Programme Manager Kim White.

Wally was founder and chief coach of Merton School of Diving and Trampolining, he started teaching swimming and diving in 1939 and carried on his career for 40 years.

In 1982 he started serving on the ASA National Diving Committee and made it onto the European governing body’s list of judges and became GB selector.

Also receiving an award at the British Diving Championships was Callum Johnstone (16). He won young diver of the year for his achievements throughout 2006, including a silver at the European Junior Championships.

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