Dive Calgary of Calgary, Alberta

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Competition Schedule and Summary Results
2006 - 2007 Qualifying Point Standards
2006 - 2007 Junior Qualification
2006 - 2007 DPC Handbook and Rule Book On-line
Current News

: Competition Schedule and Summary Results :

We will post summary results of all events as soon as available, highlighting each Dive Calgary athlete's performance in each event. To see how much each diver has improved, you can compare scores from year to year. Mainly competition results from dive meets in which Dive Calgary athletes are competing will be posted here.

2007 Date	Competition	Location	2002 - 2003 Results	2003 - 2004 Results	2004 - 2005 Results	2005 - 2006 Results	2006 - 2007 Results	2007-2008 Results
	WSCG Training Camp Trials & Sr. National Qualifier	Calgary	Day 1	Day 1		All Results	All Results
			Day 2	Day 2
			Day 3	Day 3
Dec 7-10	CAMO Invitational	Montreal	Day 1	Women's	1 meter	All Results	All Results
			Day 2		3 meter
			Day 3	Men's	platform
Jan 11-14	Winter Senior Nationals	Quebec City	1 meter	1 meter	All Results	All Results	All Results
			3 meter	3 meter
			platform	platform
Jan 26-28	Polar Bear Invitational	Winnipeg	Day 1	Day 1	Boys	All Results	All Results
			Day 2	Day 2	Girls
			Day 3	Day 3
February 8-11	The Sting/Marc LePoole Invitational	Victoria	1 meter	1 meter		Group 1 Results	All Results
			3 meter	3 meter
			platform	platform
	All Star Invitational	Orlando	1 meter	1 meter
			3 meter	3 meter
			platform	platform
March 9-11	AB Winter Provincials/WCSG Trials	Calgary	Day 1	1 meter	All Results	Day 1	All Results
			Day 2	3 meter		Day 2
			Day 3	platform		Day 3
March 18-April 1	FINA World Aquatic Championships	Melbourne					all results
April 13-15	Grand Prix and Pan Am Trials	Vancouver					all results
	Alberta Winter Games			"A" class
		"B" class
May 4-6	Canada Cup	Montreal	Men's	Men's	All Results		all results
			Women's	Women's
May 18-20	Alberta Summer Provincials	Calgary	Day 1	1 meter	All Results	All Results	all results
			Day 2	3 meter
			Day 3	platform
June 8-10	Western Canadian Championships	Regina	Day 1	1 meter	All Results	All Results	all results
			Day 2	3 meter
			Day 3	platform
June 8-10	Spanish Grand Prix	Madrid					results
June 15-17	Italian Grand Prix	Rome					results
June 22-24	German Grand Prix	Rostock, Germany					results
July 11-15	Summer Sr. and Jr. Nationals	Montreal		1 meter	All Results	All Results	junior senior
				Day 2
August 8-11	Western Canadian Summer Games	Edmonton
	Speedo Junior National Championships	TBA	1 meter	1 meter	Detailed Results Summary Results	All Results
			3 meter	3 meter
			platform	platform

July 25- 28th	Pan Am Games	Rio de Janeiro					results

	Junior World Championships	TBA		1 meter
				3 meter
				platform
November 1-4	Pan Am junior Championships	San Juan Puerto Rico					all results

: 2006 - 2007 Qualifying Point Standards :

Alberta Provincial Records - Click here to check out provincial records. Lots of Dive Calgary representation!

Senior Point Standards	1 meter	3 meter	Platform
Women	210	235	220
Men	260	275	270

Synchro Point Standards	3 meter	Platform
Women	190	190
Men	245	245

Age Group (Junior) Point Standards	1 meter	3 meter	Platform

Group A - Girls	355	380	300
Group A - Boys	345	365	315

Group B - Girls	300	315	245
Group B - Boys	280	290	265

Group C - Girls	245	255	225
Group C - Boys	230	240	225

Group D - Girls	190	205	175
Group D - Boys	190	200	175
Point standards in parentheses refer to Open Event Standards.

: 2006 - 2007 Junior Qualification :

To enter an event at the 2006 Speedo Junior National Diving Championships, Dive Calgary divers must have qualified on the basis of one or more of the following criteria:

Any diver who placed in the final session and who met the point standard of any Senior National Championships from the previous season is exempt from qualification for that event; or
Any diver who has twice met the current season's age group point standard for that event at the designated competitions below held during the twelve months. At least one of the qualifying scores on each event must be obtained from events in Group 1.
Age Group "A" and "B" divers must meet the qualification standards using their full list in an age group event (Options-only lists and open event qualifications are no longer considered for qualifying).

Group 1

The Sting (February)
Quebec Provincials (March)
The Polar Bear Classic (March)
Western Canadian Championships (April)
Summer Alberta Provincials (May)
John Dickinson Invitational (May)
Quebec Provincials (June)

Group 2

Quebec Provincials (December)
BC Winter Provincials (March)
Alberta Winter Provincials - Calgary (March)
Forest City Invitational (March)
Quebec Provincials (April)
BC Summer Provincials (May)
Summit Meet (June)
Ontario Provincial Championships (June)

: News :

Alberta Winter Provincials, Calgary, March 9-11, 2007 - Dive Calgary is gearing up to host the 2007 AB Winter Age Group and Senior Provincials in March. Unleash the Artist will be on hand once again taking photos of the event. Special advanced thanks to our hospitality sponsors - Panago Pizza and Spolumbos for their continued support. Click here or the Dive Calgary logo below for meet package.

Marc Le Poole Sting Invitational, Victoria - Complete results here

Dive CalgaryTeam Brings Home Polar Bear Trophy - Athletes competing this past weekend in Winnipeg came home with more than personal bests, some ribbons and medals - they won the competition! Congratulations to Jess, Cody, Brandon, Hailey, Devon, Elizabeth, Caitlin, Derek, Lauren, Chad, Alex and Savannah! Results can be viewed on our results page.

Blythe Hartley of Calgary earns three gold medals at World Championship Trials/Canadian Winter Sr. Nationals this weekend and her 22nd career national title. Blythe placed 1st in both 1m and 3m springboard events as well as 1st with partner Emilie Heymans in the 3m synchro event.

More great performances by the Calgary team included Mandy Moran placing 2nd on the 1m and 5th on the 3m, Jessalyn Almond placing 12th on the Women's 1m springboard and 18th on the 3m, and Hailey Casper, competing in her first Sr. National competition, made the 3m final and placed 12th. She finished up 15th on the 1m.

Cody Kolodziejzyk had a strong performance on the 1m springboard and finished the final in 11th place, 16th on 3m. Brandon Makinson, also competing at his first Sr. National competition, finished in 14th on the Men's 1m. Congratulations to all the divers. For complete results, click here.

AB Provincial Team - Elizabeth and Cody were recently named to the 2007 AB Provincial Team. They join Kim, Hailey and Jessalyn who qualified for the team at the AB Winter Provincials in 2006. These athletes will be attending a training camp in Veracruz, MX in late February. Congratulations to all of our Provincial Team athletes!

WCSG Training Camp Trials & Sr. National Qualifier - Congratulations to Hailey, Cody, Jess , Brandon, Devon and Coach Igor on qualifying for the Western Canadian Summer Games Training Camp, which will be held in conjunction with the Provincial Team training camp in Veracruz.

World Championship Trials and Winter Sr. Nationals - run January 11-14 in Quebec City. Good luck to Blythe, Mandy, Jess, Hailey, Cody and Brandon. Click here for the schedule, live video and results.

WSCG Training Camp Trials & Sr. National Qualifier - Sunday, December 3rd, Click here for registration package. Registrations are due in Friday, November 24th.

CAMO 2006 Invitational - Jessalyn, Cody, Brandon, Hailey, Caitlin and Elizabeth are off to Montreal to compete December 7-10. Click here for meet package and results

2006-2007 DC Board of Directors - Welcome new Board members Carol Fredericks, Joanne Neddo and Ron Platt. Congratulations to Helen Kolodziejzyk who has taken on a new role as President. Thank you to Judy Hobbs for all her work as President the past two years.

Blythe Hartley - AFC's Athlete of the Year - Congratulations to Blythe on her achievement as the Aquatic Federation of Canada's Athlete of the Year. Click for article

Katie Girgulis and Igor Paskov - Were recently both named to the 2006-2007 Canadian Jr. National Team. Congratulations - we are so very proud of you both!

Scott Cranham - Diving Canada recently announced Scott's new position with them - Junior Elite Development Director. Congratulations Scott!

Christmas Training
Dec. 23, 24, 25 All diving cancelled
Dec. 26-Dec.30 Check with your coach
Dec.31 and Jan 01 All diving cancelled
Jan.2 to 7 Check with your coach

Upcoming Bingos
Thursday, December 7 evening
Thursday, January 9 evening
Saturday, January 27 evening
Saturday, February 3 afternoon

Blythe Hartley - AFC's Athlete of the Year - The awards program recognizes outstanding achievements in Canadian aquatic sports for the 2006 calendar year.

"The Aquatic Federation of Canada is proud to recognize the achievements of our athletes, coaches and volunteers who have made such an important contribution to the advancement of aquatic sports this past year", stated Linda Cuthbert, President, AFC. "In each of their respective fields, our winners have ensured Canada's success on the international level."

Among the winners, Diving's Blythe Hartley of North Vancouver was named Female Athlete of the Year. A double gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and bronze medallist at the FINA World Cup, Blythe had a successful 2006 season which earned her third AFC award.

Congratulations to Igor Paskov - Igor was recently named as a Canadian Junior National Team Coach.

BLYTHE HARTLEY BRONZE MEDALIST AT THE 2006 FINA World Cup - Changshu, China - July 19-23 - Congratulations to Blythe for her bronze medal performance in the Women's 1 Meter! Despite battling a virus, Blythe also placed 4th in the 3 Meter and 4th in the 3 Meter Synchro events. Click here for complete results.

KATHERINE GIRGULIS WINS JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - 2006 Speedo Canadian Jr. Nationals - July 13-16 - Dive Calgary posted a Fourth place Team finish overall in Edmonton at the 2006 Jr. Nationals. En route, there were some remarkable individual performances including Katie Girgulis' 1st, 4th and 6th place finishes; Hailey Casper's 4th and 5th place in the B 1meter and 3 meter; Elizabeth Girgulis' 6th place finish in the C Platform; Cody Kolodziejzyk's great consistency, placing 7th in the A 1 meter, 3 meter and platform; Jessalyn Almond's 7th on 1 meter and 8th on platform; and Alex Platt and Chad Smith (in their first Jr. Nationals) placed 6th and 7th respectively in the D 1 meter springboard event.

Dive Calgary had 13 national qualifiers competing at the Junior Nationals and 10 of these divers were finalists in a total of 19 events!

Congratulations to all of the divers! Finalists included:

Women's A : Jessalyn (7th on 1m and 8th on Platform)
Emily (10th on 1m)

Women's B: Hailey (4th on 1m and 5th on 3m)
Caitlin (7th on 1m)

Women's C: Elizabeth (6th on Platform)

Women's D: Katie (1st on 1m, 6th on 3m and 4th on Platform)

Men's A: Cody (7th on 1m, 7th on 3m and 7th on Platform)

Men's B: Brandon (11th on 1m and 12th on 3m)

Men's D: Alex (6th on 1m and 9th on 3m)
Chad (7th on 1m and 10th on 3m)

Click here for complete results.

Photos can be accessed at www.unleashtheartist.com for viewing and purchasing

Dive Calgary's Fall Registration and 2006-2007 Handbook - Registration for the 2006-2007 diving season will be held on Thursday, September 14th, 2006 in the Riverview Room, Talisman Centre at 6 p.m. Registration forms will be emailed out prior to the registration. If you have any questions, please call or email Deborah.