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ESIS - Three golds for Grace
In what her coach, Jenny Leeming, describes as a competition against the top age group divers in Britain, Grace was dominant on the three heights of board - at one, three and five metres - and produced some of her best scores on 'inward' and 'reverse'. Both are manoeuvres she is required to master by British Diving's development programme.
Grace's move up into the 12-13 age group coincides with the sport's official acceptance by the Scottish Area Institute of Sport network.
The East of Scotland Institute of Sport, supporting Grace since November, is keen to ensure that both the programmes north and south of the border complement one another. They are planning to supply GB Diving with regular video footage of Grace, and are seeking both a trampolining coach and facilities to help with dry land training.
In the past few weeks Grace has started a Strength & Conditioning programme with the East Institute's Neil Crosbie and is taking nutritional advice from Ruth McKean.
I've never done weight training before and it's all very different to me, said Grace. I'm doing it two times a week at the moment with Neil Crosbie and there's been a massive improvement already.
Grace will next be in action at the G Star Diving Championships in Leeds this April before switching her attention to her main event of the year, the British Elite Junior Championships, at Leeds in May.