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Auckland Diving Welcomes Funding from The Lion Foundation

The Auckland Diving Community Trust (ADCT) is delighted to have received a grant from The Lion Foundation for $15,000 which will be used towards the cost of pool hire at West Wave in Henderson.  There are only two diving pools in Auckland, West Wave and Glenfield, however these pools are also used for other sports including water polo and synchronised swimming which means that availability of the diving boards is not guaranteed for the city’s two clubs - North Harbour Diving and Diving Wa...

Foundation North Grant to Support Auckland Diving Community Programmes

Auckland Diving Community Trust (ADCT) has received a $10,000 grant from Foundation North to support the role of Auckland Diving Development Officer and Senior Coach, held by Ellie Price. Ellie began coaching diving in 2017 and has become pivotal in providing diving and deep water safety programmes to children in Auckland.  Foundation North noted that, in making the decision, the trustees were recognising the valuable contribution Auckland Diving is making to the community. Auckla...

Team Travel Challenge

THE CHALLENGEDivers, families and friends are taking a virtual trip to the Commonwealth Games, travelling from West Wave in Auckland to the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Birmingham, UK. To get there we must collectively travel 18,261.24 km through only human powered methods such as; walking, running, swimming, and cycling. The more people involved, the faster we’ll get there! THE GOALAfter the disruptions in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 we are raising funds to help cover the travel costs and wa...

Lockdown training at Murray's Bay Wharf

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Auckland Diving Receives Funds from The Trust Your West Support Fund

Auckland Diving Community Trust has received $5,000 in funding support from The Trusts Your West Support Fund to contribute to the salary of Auckland Diving Development Officer and Senior Coach, Ellie Price. Ellie began coaching diving in 2017 and has become pivotal in the development and delivery of diving and deep water safety programmes to school children in Auckland.  This funding will assist with the ongoing rollout of the programmes to West Auckland schools. One of the most recent sch...

Pub Charity Ltd Supports Auckland Diving Pool Hire

The Auckland Diving Community Trust (ADCT) is delighted to have received a grant from Pub Charity Limited for $20,000 which will be used towards the cost of pool hire at West Wave in Henderson.  There are only two diving pools in Auckland, West Wave and Glenfield, however these pools are also used for other sports including water polo and synchronised swimming which means that availability of the diving boards is not guaranteed for the city’s two clubs - North Harbour Diving and Divi...

New Funding from NZ Community Trust

New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) has awarded funding to Auckland Diving Community Trust (ADCT) for NZ$15,000 towards the annual salary of head coach Steve Gladding, who has been the head coach at Auckland diving since 2015 and has coached for both Great Britain and New Zealand at the Olympic Games, 4 Commonwealth Games and over 10 World Championships and World Cups.With the provision of these funds NZCT is supporting Auckland Diving to provide ongoing access to world-class training for divers ...

Twist, Flip and Fly: NZ Divers Encourage More Kiwi Kids to Take the Plunge

SEPTEMBER, 2021 Following an impressive Olympics debut in Tokyo where he placed 8th in the men’s 3-metre springboard final, New Zealand diver Anton Down-Jenkins hopes his performance has helped to raise the profile of diving amongst Kiwi kids and inspired them to give it a go.  At 10 years old, Anton went along to a ‘Have A Go’ day with Wellington Diving Club and hasn’t looked back since. “My mum put my older sister and I into a have a go day at Kilbirnie Pool and after that were ...

TTCF Supports Auckland Diving Pool Hire

The Directors of the Trusts Community Foundation (TTCF) has approved Auckland Diving Community Trust’s (ADCT) application for NZ$20,000 of funding to assist with the cost of pool hire at West Wave Waitakere, Auckland’s only deep-water, full diving facility.  ADCT would like to express its appreciation to TTCF for the grant and would also like to express gratitude to the elected members of the Waitakere Licensing Trust for their recommendation of the application. By supporting diving, TT...

New boards a boost for Auckland Diving as numbers grow

GLENFIELD, AUCKLAND, MAY 2021 Spirits were high and the splashes were higher at Glenfield Pool and Leisure Centre recently as members and friends of Auckland Diving joined with the local community to break in the new one metre and three metre diving boards that were recently installed at the centre’s diving well. Glenfield pool is home to one of only two facilities in Auckland that are appropriate for springboard and platform diver training. The closure of the dive well between February a...

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