Southampton Diving Academy dominated the GBDF National Championships held in their home pool at The Quays.

The team took ten gold, six silver and three bronze medals, leaving only a handful of medals for other clubs and treating spectators to an outstanding display of diving.

Particularly successful on the day were Charly Tomkys (18) and Robert Appleby (17) who took two gold medals apiece, one each in the age group events and one in the senior events.

The gold medal taken by Ellie Steel (11) was also especially significant since she was one of the younger competitors in her group.

Coach Mark Alderman enthused: "We've had an excellent day. We're now entering a very busy period in the year for high level competition and it is very encouraging to see them all performing so well at this point."

Full results:

Age Group 3m: Chris Farrow, gold; Emily Alderman, gold; Stephen Appleby, gold; Adam Purkis, silver; Ellie Steel, gold; Ciaran O'Reilly, gold; Devin Reilly, silver; Dayne Mulford, bronze; Anna Bennett-Britton, gold; Melissa Harley, silver; Kim Purkis, bronze; Robert Appleby, gold; Patrick O'Reilly, silver; Charly Tomkys, gold.

Men's 3m: Robert Appleby, gold; Patrick O'Reilly, silver; Ciaran O'Reilly, bronze; Devin Reilly, 4th

Ladies' 1m: Charly Tomkys, gold; Anna Bennett-Britton, silver; Maxine Harle, 4th; Melissa Harley, 5th; Emily Alderman, 6th; Ellie Steel, 7th.

CHRIS Farrow was the best Southampton Diving Academy performer when he claimed bronze at the Northern Cross Diving Championships.

The competition combined the C and B Age Groups, so that divers were competing with entrants up to three years their senior in fields of up to 43 entrants. Despite this, they made an excellent showing, with many of the C group competitors beating divers in the group above them.

Farrow, competing in the D Age Group (11 years and under), was third on platform. Entering the finals in fifth position he produced three high tariff dives to move into the medal position.

Ellie Steele also made a good showing, finishing well above many divers two or three years ahead of her in all three of her events.

Coach Ellie Clewlow said: "The team we had taken were mostly 12/13 year olds, who found themselves competing against 14/15 year olds, which makes a tremendous difference.

"They didn't let that effect their performance, though and I'm really impressed with what they achieved."

Full results:

Chris Farrow, 1m 13, 3m 7, platform bronze; Ellie Steele, 1m 22, 3m 18, platform 17; Emily Jones, 1m 43rd, 3m 36th; Chloe Hendy, 1m 28th, 3m 27th, platform 27th; Kim Purkis, 1m 21st, 3m 19th; Vicky Jones, 1m 25th, 3m 12th, platform 19th; Melissa Harley, 1m 23rd, 3m 7th, platform 22nd; Jack Clewlow, 1m 10th, 3m 12th, platform 12th; Adam Purkis, 1m 14th, 3m 21st; Stephen Appleby, 1m 9th, 3m 19th, platform 17th; Dayne Mulford, 1m 26th, 3m 26th, platform 21st.