Amélie aiming for national competition success
Amélie Creer, who is a Year 9 pupil at the school, will be competing in the Advanced Category as a guest member of the Manchester Aquatics Centre Diving Squad at the Great Britain Diving Federation competition in Cheltenham this weekend.
The talented youngster will be performing six dives covering each of the four directions – forward, back, inward and reverse – in both the tuck and pike positions across the one metre and three-metre springboards as well as the five-metre platform, where Amélie will be doing a tricky arm-stand forward 1 ½ somersault in the tuck position.
This will be the first national competition Amélie has attended since February 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions relating to group gatherings and the event will feature some of the brightest prospects from across the country.
In addition to this prestigious event, Amélie will also be competing in the Welsh Diving League competition at Aberdare in South Wales, entering the Age Groups Category with the Bangor Diving Club.
Amélie is set to perform no fewer than 12 dives at the competition – six on the one-metre springboard and six on the three-metre springboard – covering the four directions in both the tuck and pike positions.
The competition in Cheltenham will give her some good experience with the more complicated dives ahead of the Aberdare competition, which is going to be challenging against excellent divers from Aberdare Comets Diving Club and the Llanelli Lightning Diving Club.
Amélie began her diving journey in 2017 and quickly excelled. She has competed at local, national and international levels in recent years and hopes to continue progressing on the boards and in the other sports at Rydal Penrhos.
Everyone at Rydal Penrhos would like to wish Amélie the very best of luck at both competitions. We hope you enjoy the experience and achieve success!