Stefanie diving

Finally our first free evening! But having spent the entire day away from home, it didn't feel like we had any time to just veg out, cuz we were too exhausted and I was helping Larysa pack for her week-long class trip.

I had to get Stefanie up at 6:15 am in order to drive her to the bus that was taking her to the London Games, where she was representing the borough of Barnet in the Junior Diving competition. After going to mass first, we then met her at Crystal Palace to watch her compete. Interestingly enough, we were also able to watch some ping-pong matches and basketball games, as well as keeping an eye on the kayak races in the next pool.


She did fairly well, placing 14th out of 22, but the bigger disappointment was that she was meant to do her first competitive dive off the 5 metre board, but declined at the last moment. I guess the trampoline we have at home hasn't helped as much as we thought.

Hopefully she'll gain more confidence on the board at the cottage pool over the summer...
(Sorry about the crap photo, by the way, being that far away, I couldn't seem to time the click correctly. It was either this photo or the one of just a splash of water.)