TONIA COUCH will go into the final World Series event in Mexico as the overall leading in the women’s platform competition, despite missing out on a medal in Windsor. The Plymouth diver, who has won three individual bronzes during the series, had to settle for sixth-place in a high-quality final in Canada with a score … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow produced their best performance of the season to claim silver in the women’s 10m synchro final at the World Series event in Windsor. The pair had won bronze medals at the previous two legs in London and Kazan, but in Canada they improved their score significantly, finishing with … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Sarah Barrow and Tonia Couch have both reached the women’s platform final at the World Series event in London. Couch had made the previous three World Series finals, winning two consecutive bronze medals in Kazan and Dubai, but it is the first time this season European champion Barrow had reached the final six. … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow claimed another World Series bronze medal on Friday. The duo had secured their first synchro podium finish of the series the week before in Kazan, Russia, and they matched that achievement in front of a noisy home crowd in London. Couch and Barrow scored 311.88 points in a … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow will be hoping to get Great Britain off to a memorable start at the London leg of the FINA/NVC World Series. The city pair compete in the first event of the three-day competition at the Olympic pool – the women’s synchro platform final on Friday (12noon). Couch and … Continue reading
TONIA COUCH won her second successive individual World Series medal with an impressive performance in Kazan on Sunday. The city diver, who had claimed third at the last leg of the competition in Dubai, scored 360.30 points in Russia. She finished behind Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito, who scored 383.10 to win, and China’s Ruolin Chen, who … Continue reading
TONIA COUCH and Sarah Barrow won a synchro bronze medal for Great Britain on the opening day of the World Series event in Kazan. The Plymouth pair finished with a total of 312.54 points, which put them well ahead of fourth-placed Russians Yulia Timoshinina and Daria Govar, who scored 285.36. China’s Ruolin Chen and … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH will be well represented at this summer’s inaugural European Games in Baku. City athletes from the sports of diving, swimming, water polo and fencing have been named in Team GB’s squad, along with the likes of Olympic champions Nicola Adams and Jade Jones. Cousins Matthew Dixon, 15, and Shanice Lobb, 17, will compete in … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow and Tom Daley will get a taste of the World Championship pool this weekend when they compete in the latest leg of the FINA/NVC World Series in Kazan. The trio will be hoping to be back at the stunning Aquatics Palace in July for the major event of 2015. … Continue reading
A DROPPED second dive proved costly for Plymouth Diving’s Robyn Birch at the Canada Cup FINA Grand Prix in Gatineau. The University of St Mark and St John student just missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals of the women’s platform competition. Birch, representing Great Britain, finished 15th in the preliminary round of the competition … Continue reading