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Club History
| Founding |
| The Central Toronto Diving Club was founded in 1996 by Anna Dacyshyn.
Dacyshyn, a nine times national champion, and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had been diving for the University of Toronto
Team. It was a high performance club with no developmental training.
Then the diving program was cancelled. As she explains it, "When all the divers I trained with retired, there was no one to keep
[the club] going, it was going to disappear."
Dacyshyn retired from competitive diving in 1992 ,and after finding
no diving clubs in downtown Toronto, she decided to start her own. "I just sort of took it upon myself to keep diving going downtown,"
she said. Hence, the Central Toronto Diving Club came into being.
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| Growth |
| The club grew very quickly, and within a year had over 70
divers. Unlike the U of T team, CTDC had a mix of competitive and
recreational divers. Today, it boasts over 80 divers, with a waiting list
to get in. The divers range from age six to adults and come in all skill
levels. |
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| Structure
and Name Change |
| In the year 2000, CTDC changed from a being a privately
run club, to a non-profit organization, managed by a volunteer board of
directors. Then in 2006, it once again became a private club, and
renamed Dive Toronto. |
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| Competitive
Successes |
Our Competitive Team has divers who compete at the highest level both
nationally and provincially. Over the years DT's divers have competed in
both Junior and Senior National
and Provincial Championships. As well we compete in Dive
Ontario's sanctioned meets across the province.
For our Meet Results, click here. |
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| Current
News and Information |
| For the latest news and information
regarding the club and it's divers, click here. |
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| Newspaper
Articles |
| To read copies of newspaper
articles about our club, its divers, and coaches, click
here. |
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