Young divers set to take on Europe

21 Jun 2018

Fourteen talented young divers will be taking on the best in Europe later this month.

British Diving has selected its rising stars to compete in the European Junior Championships in Helsinki from June 25th to July 1st.

In a busy schedule for the junior squad this year they have already picked up medals in Dresden, Plymouth and Norway.

The full squad is:

Oliver Crompton          1m, 3m, 3m Synchro (A Boys)

Anthony Harding         1m, 3m, 3m Synchro, team event (A Boys)

Aidan Heslop               10m, 10m Synchro, Team event (A Boys)

Lucas Thomson        10m, 10m Synchro and team event (A Boys)

Phoebe Banks             10m and 10m Synchro (A Girls)

Emily Martin                10m and 10m synchro (A Girls)

Maria Papworth           3m and 3m Synchro (A Girls)

Victoria Vincent           1m, 3m Synchro, Team event (A Girls)

Holly Waxman             1m, 3m, (A Girls)

Ben Cutmore               3m, 10m and Team event (B Boys)

Tyler Humphries          1m, 3m and Team event (B Boys)

Joseph Pashley           10m (B Boys)

Callie Eaglestone        1m, 3m (B Girls)

Josie Zillig                   3m and 10m (B Girls)

Team Leader Julian Bellan said: “2018 is the busiest competition programme in the four year cycle, midway between Olympic Games.

“This year our junior divers have a number of major competitions with the European Juniors coming up first in Helsinki, but only four weeks later the World Juniors in Kiev and then the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aries. “

“With a number of junior divers progressing up into Team ‘A’ and ‘B’ the Euro Juniors gives an excellent opportunity to blood new and emerging diving talent. It is an exciting time for our teams and a great opportunity to show the depth that we have developed in recent years.” 

The championships will take place City of Helsinki and Mäkelänrinne Swimming Centre in Finland.