What a proud weekend for RAPS! Our Masters team represented the club at the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast from 6–8 November, bringing home a fantastic collection of medals and giving us plenty to celebrate. With most of the team only taking up diving recently, we couldn’t be prouder of how far they’ve come. Their results reflect the hard work they’ve put in, the support they give each other and the enthusiasm they bring to training—with plenty of laughs along the way!

This year’s diving competition was the biggest yet, with around 60 divers coming together from across Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Hungary. It was a lovely opportunity to meet other Masters divers, make new friends and share a love of the sport.

Our team finished with an impressive 15 medals: four gold, four silver and seven bronze across the individual and synchro events!

• Keith collected three bronze medals in the 60–69 years age group across 1m, 3m and 5m platform. He also teamed up with Shanae to finish 12th in synchro.

• Tara won gold in both 1m and 3m in the 30–34 years Novice group, then added another gold alongside Marisa in synchro!

• Marisa also earned silver in 1m and bronze in 3m in the 40–49 years Novice group.

• Erin earned bronze in 1m and placed fourth in 3m in the 40–49 years Novice group, before joining John for bronze in synchro.

• John added two silver medals to his weekend’s results in the 40–49 years Novice 1m and 3m events.

• Stephen placed fourth in 1m and earned bronze in 3m in the 40–49 years Novice group. He teamed up with Rob to take silver in synchro.

• Rob also placed fifth in 1m and fourth in 3m in the 40–49 years Novice group.

• Cynthia brought home gold in the 70+ Novice 1m event! What an inspiration!

Life member, Julie had hoped to be diving alongside the team, but an injury sadly kept her out of competition. She was still very much part of the action, coaching, judging and volunteering on behalf of RAPS throughout the weekend.

Our Masters program has been a dream of Julie’s for a long time, and it finally got off the boards in August this year! To see the group already competing together and achieving so much made this weekend particularly special. Julie shared just how proud she is of this group—their dedication, how far they’ve come and all the fun and laughter along the way. She felt privileged to support them at the Games and was quick to recognise the RAPS coaching team for helping them get there.

A big thank you to Julie for the time, care and enthusiasm she brings to our Masters community, and to all our coaches for helping turn that long-held dream into a program with so much to celebrate already.

Congratulations, team! We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see what comes next.