On the opening day of competition at the FINA/NVC Diving World Series in Windsor it was Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow that impressed with silver in the 10m Synchro.
The pair put in one of their most consistent performances of the season and scored a total of 325.92 to take their silver medal.
Over the moon with what I think is the girls best performance ever !!! Go Girls !!! :))))) @toniacouch @SarahBarrow pic.twitter.com/q9mm5wOZiM
— Andy Banks (@andybanksdive) May 23, 2015
They made their intent clear with a score of 50.40 for their first required dive and as the competition moved into the optional rounds they had 100.20 points on the board.
The Commonwealth silver medallists scored in the 70s for their next three dives but saved the best for last when they scored 78.72 for their last dive (Back 2 ½ Somersaults 1 ½ Twists piked).
They finished just two points off gold and eight points ahead of the bronze position.
"We're really pleased with today," Couch said. "It's the first time in a long time we can say that all of our dives went well. I mean normally one or two could drop but today they were all there."
Barrow added: "We just keep getting better and better through the World Series. We started off not too well and we have gone back to trianing and worked really hard. It's good to see that paying off now."
In the 3m Synchro, Chris Mears and Jack Laugher finished just off the medals in fourth place with a score of 409.65. They were beaten to bronze by Patrick Hausding and Stephan Feck (Germany) who scored 409.83.
Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree finished in fifth place in their event with a score of 283.29 – five points off the bronze medal.