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Oct 2020
Harrogate diving club back in the water after six months
Harrogate District Diving Club is now back in the water after six months, but with reduced hours and coaches.
Since the reopening of pools in July the club has been eager to be allowed back to training at The Hydro. The club said its six months out of training had a "detrimental effect".
Members' hours in the water have been restricted. The club now only has one 2.5 hours session a week, while pre-covid it had 20 hours in the water each week.
The divers have been placed in smaller groups, with each group given 30 minutes of coaching each week. To keep it covid-safe each squad returned week by week and is now back to full capacity.
The number of club coaches has also been reduced. Two were redeployed during the pandemic: as council employees, they were sent to work in other areas in need of extra staff.
Graeme Cairns, who previously coached the council's learn to dive scheme, has been brought in to train all of the divers on their return. Mike Gill, who is still deployed elsewhere, is returning to coach on a voluntary basis.
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Club chair Leanne Jalland said:
Over lockdown the divers had a weekly zoom workout focusing on dryland training. The club said the main aim of this was to encourage the divers development even without the water.
The club has trained in Harrogate for more than 20 years with sporting stars including Olympic gold medallist Jack Laugher learning to dive at the club.
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