Schooldays of Malcolm Archbald SMITH
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Worksop College
Diving
Malcolm could dive into the water from the pool edge but had never really progressed to using a board. The opening of the new pool gave him the opportunity and he gained enough confidence to use the springboard. As described elsewhere, he did acomplish a somersault dive from the springboard during nightime escapades. He did not, however, find enough courage to dive from the top board apart from a couple of exploratory attempts such as shown in the photos below, but he did use the lower boards quite happily.
Now that swimming events could be held at any time of the year, a diving competition was instituted in the Lent Term of 1958.