BRADFORD ESPRIT INVESTS IN THE FUTURE
Following its nomination for Club of the Year 2017 at the recent Bradford Sports Awards the diving the club has gone from strength to strength by undertaking its continued investment programme to modernise its diving pool and make significant improvements to the clubs equipment and apparatus. Last year the club benefited from the acquisition of […]
HOLLY WAXMAN WINS YOUNG FEMALE SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR AT BRADFORD SPORTS AWARDS
Holly Waxman revealed that she was surprised to win the young female sportsperson award. The 15-year-old diver from Baildon said: “I wasn’t really expecting it because there’s so many good people in the same category, but I’m really happy.” The teenager, who was fourth at the Junior European Diving Championships in Norway and won gold and silver […]
CITY OF BRADFORD ESPRIT DIVER HOLLY WAXMAN SHINES IN PRE COMMONWEALTH GOLD COAST QUALIFIER
City of Bradford Esprit diver Holly Waxman and some of England’s top divers are hoping to stake a claim for a place on the Commonwealth team following last weekend’s British Championships in Plymouth. The winners of the individual 1m, 3m and 10m events in Plymouth will put themselves at the front of the queue for […]
YOUNG DIVERS MEET WORLD CHAMP
FIVE talented divers from the Bradford Esprit Diving club met Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley after representing the North-East region at the English Schools Swimming Association National Diving Championships. The competition was held at the London Aquatics Centre last month (December) and World Champion diver Daley presented medals to Bradford Esprit’s Holly Waxman, 15, and […]
BIG WEEKEND – BRADFORD DIVERS TURN IT ON AT THE OLYMPIC POOL
On a snowy weekend in December we saw some of our divers compete at the English Schools Championships at the London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Abbie Hindle, Dominique Hinchcliffe, Holly Waxman, Koben O’Driscoll and Joseph Nicol were selected to represent the North East following their performances in competitions during the course of […]
BIG WEEKEND – DIVERS AT SANTA SKILLS SHINE IN SHEFFIELD
The weekend of 9 December was a busy weekend of competitions for COBE divers and parents alike. Our younger divers headed to Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield with our excellent coaches Sophie Mawson and Ben Patrick, to participate in the festive Santa Skills competition. In front of a large audience Olivia and Matilda […]
COBE TRIO MIX IT UP AT SCOTTISH OPEN
During December COBE elite divers Joseph Nicol, Koben O’Driscoll and Holly Waxman performed in the Scottish National Diving Championships at the Commonwealth Games Pool in Edinburgh. The competition included some of the UK’s best divers and provided a fabulous opportunity for the trio to see how they stack-up against the best. Holly had a great […]
HOLLY CROWNED TOP JUNIOR AS COBE MAKE SPLASH IN DUBLIN
BRADFORD Esprit Diving Club enjoyed a successful Irish Open Championships. A team of 17 divers travelled to the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin to represent Bradford in an open competition for all abilities from novice, age group, elite juniors and seniors. The club’s success was clearly demonstrated by both personal bests and numerous medals within […]
MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCES AT THE IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP IN DUBLIN
Bradford Esprit Diving Club enjoyed a successful Irish Open Championships. Our team of 17 divers travelled to the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin to represent Bradford in an open competition for all abilities from novice, age group, elite juniors and seniors. It was a fantastic tournament with our divers securing both personal bests and numerous […]
LOCAL BOY COMES BACK FOR MORE – DAVE COWEN RETURNS
During November, following a competitive recruitment process it was announced that Dave Cowen has been appointed to the position of Assistant Diving Coach on a permanent basis. David is well known to the club having himself represented the COBE as a competitive diver and previously having had responsibility for coaching some of our youngsters. It […]