Great Britain Diving Federation

The Great Britain Diving Federation (GBDF) is the English, Welsh and Scottish amateur sports body for competitive diving, an Olympic sport, in collaboration with British Swimming.[1] The term diving often refers to underwater diving, such as scuba diving. The GBDF represents diving from a springboard and highboard.

## History

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It was formed in 1992 to differentiate the sport from other techniques of competitive swimming, governed by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA). The GBDF did not have anything like the resources that the ASA, now British Swimming, did.

Divers in UK have had difficulty to train in the past twenty years, and as there are fewer diving pools to train at. In 1977 there were 296 springboard and highboard facilities in Britain; by 2011 there were less than 100. Wales has one highboard facility. There are none in Birmingham, Norfolk and Suffolk. In 1977, London had 96 diving polls, and by 2011 it had 14. The University of Nottingham Students' Union (UoNSU) has the only university diving (acrobatics) club in the UK.[2]

### Competitions

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From 2017 to 2020, UK Sport is funding £8.8m to UK diving.[3] British Swimming has taken over most of diving training for UK competitors in the Olympics.

## Function

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In addition to British Swimming, the GBDF contributes to diving training in the UK. It holds national diving competitions each year; this has been held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh.

## See also

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* British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC), for recreational diving, headquartered in Cheshire
* LEN, the Ligue Européenne de Natation or European Swimming League
* Swim Ireland, represents diving in Northern Ireland

## References

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1. ^ British Swimming
2. ^ University of Nottingham
3. ^ UK Sport

## External links

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* GBDF

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Swimming in the United Kingdom

Governing bodies|

* Aquatics GB, the federation of:

* Swim England
* Scottish Swimming
* Swim Wales

* see also  Swim Ireland which organises aquatic sports in Northern Ireland as part of an all-island system.

Swimming|

* British records in swimming
* Aquatics GB Swimming Championships
* British champions in swimming
* British swimmers
* British Olympic swimmers
* British Paralympic swimmers

Swimming clubs|

* City of Southampton
* Durham University
* Gloucester City
* Hemel Hempstead
* Hoddesdon
* Nottingham Leander
* Portsmouth Northsea
* Sheerness
* Sheffield City
* South London
* West London Penguin
* Wyre Forest

Water polo|

* National Water Polo League (NWPL)
* National Women's Water Polo League (NWWPL)
* British Olympic water polo players

Water polo clubs|

* West London Penguin

Other|

* Venues with 50 m swimming pools

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