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Early in March, some St Mary’s divers were involved in the annual Central Gauteng Aquatics Championships. This event is a qualifier for Junior and Senior South African Diving Nationals. This year’s Junior Nationals is a trial for the World Junior Diving Championships that will be held in the Ukraine, and Senior Nationals will be used as an Olympic Games trial.

Kerry-Leigh Morrison, Tannah Proudfoot, Zalika Methula, Keratile Manaka, Emma Campbell and Daniella van der Berg all competed in CGA championships.

Some of the results were as follows:
• Emma Campbell came 1st in U13 1m and 3m and came 2nd in synchronized diving.
• Daniella van der Berg came 2nd in the U13 synchronized diving
• Keratile Manaka was selected to dive in U16 Youth Nationals
• Zalika Methula came 1st in U16 1m, 3m, platform and synchronized diving. Hence winning the overall best diver in U16. She also dived in the women’s events coming 2nd on 1m and 3m. Zalika was selected to compete at both Junior and Senior Nationals
• Tannah Proudfoot came 3rd in the U18 platform event and 2nd in the women’s platform event. Tannah was selected to compete in both Junior and Senior Nationals
•Kerry-Leigh Morrison came 2nd in U18 1m, 3rd in women’s 3m, and 2nd in U18 and women’s synchronized diving. She was selected to compete at Junior and Senior Nationals

We would like to congratulate all the divers on their success at CGA Championships and we wish them all the best at the trials for World Junior Championships and Olympic Games.

KATE SHEPHERD
HEAD OF DIVING

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