Crystal Palace Diving Review

British Swimming and the ASA have committed themselves to helping to maintain and develop a strong and sustainable diving programme at Crystal Palace.

The national governing body is set to evaluate the current programme and will discuss how it can be taken forward to ensure a vibrant diving programme is in place for summer 2008 – when Crystal Palace is planned to re-open.

Working with the full co-operation of Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL), the London Development Agency (LDA) Sport England and the Crystal Palace Diving Institute, British Swimming will analyse best practice examples from established elite diving clubs - Southampton Diving Academy, the City of Sheffield, Plymouth Diving and the City of Leeds - to decide the best way to move the current programme forward.

At a meeting with GLL, LDA and Sport England this week, British Swimming Chief Executive David Sparkes underlined the importance of improving the programme to meet the needs of the hundreds of divers that use Crystal Palace.

“British Swimming’s primary focus has always been the needs of the athlete.”

“We want to make sure that an improved, vibrant and sustainable programme is in place and with the support of GLL, LDA and Sport England we will be able to achieve this in time for the facility re-opening next summer.”