David McCabe interviewed by WIN NEWS
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David McCabe interviewed by WIN NEWS |
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Yingfa Australia was approached by Diving Australia to provide the Australian diving team with their Tracksuits, Collar Shirts, Singlets, and Shorts, Training and Competition Swimming costumes and their long jackets.
Yingfa Australia is proud to be associated with a team whose dedication to their sport has established Australia as an international powerhouse in the Diving World.
When Yingfa Australia was requested to provide the Australian team with their attire, David McCabe, the principal of Yingfa Australia, contacted a 17 year old girl, Brooke Fensom, who lives in a small country village called Thuddungra (population 50) in central New South Wales and asked her if she would like the opportunity to design the Australian Diving Team’s outfits for the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome Italy, from the 17/07/09 to the 25/07/09.
Brooke Fensom agreed and prepared three designs and these were submitted to Mary Godden, the CEO of Diving Australia. The Australian Divers were shown the designs and selected the first of Brooke’s designs as their preferred choice.
Once the design was selected, Yingfa then proceeded to put the paper design into the finished product. Yingfa manufactured the Australian Team attire within two weeks.
The Australian Athletes who competed at the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome from the 18th to 25th July 2009 are as follows:-
Matthew Mitcham won Gold in the 10m Platform at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Matthew also obtained International Gold at the FINA Diving Grand Prix at Fort Lauderdale after becoming the first diver in 14 years to win the 1m, 3m, and the 10m treble.
Matthew obtained a Bronze medal in the Men’s 1m Springboard , 9th in the Men’s 3m Springboard, 4th in the Men’s Platform and 14th in the Men’s 3m Synchronised with Grant Nel at the 13th World Championships 2009.
Matthew lives in Sydney and his coach is Salvador (Chava) Sobrino. Matthew trains with the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) at the Sydney Olympic Pool at Homebush.
Grant Nel competed at the NCAA Championships in 2009 and achieved a 4th place in the Men’s 3 metre individual. Grant made the Australian Team in 2008 and the National development Team in 2009.
Grant obtained a 19th on the Men’s Springboard, 37th in the Men’s 3m Springboard and 14th in the Men’s 3 m Synchronised with Matthew Mitcham at the 13th FINA World Championships 2009.
Grant was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and is associated with the Victorian Institute of Sport. Grant trains at the Texas A&M University and his coach is Kevin Wright.
Melissa Wu won Olympic Silver in the 10m Synchro (with Cole) in Beijing Olympics in 2008. Melissa has established herself as an elite athlete at 17 years of age. Melissa won silver in the 10m Synchro (with Cole) at the 2007 FINA World Championships and many other achievements.
Melissa obtained a 11th in the Women’s Platform and 5th in the Women’s
Synchronised with Sharleen Stratton at the 13th FINA World Championships2009.
Melissa lives in Thornlands, Queensland and is a member of the Australian
institute of Sport. Melissa trains at the Brisbane Aquatic centre and her coach
is the highly respected, Hui Tong.
Briony Cole won a silver medal in the 10 metre Synchro (with Wu) and placed 5th in the 3 metre Synchro (with Stratton) at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Briony has won medals at the 2007 World championships, the 2006 Commonwealth games and the World University games.
Briony obtained a 9th in the Women’s 3m Springboard, 5th in the Women’s 3m Synchronised with Sharleen Stratton and 5th in the Women’s Platform Synchronised with Melissa Wu at the 13th FINA World Championships 2009.
Briony lives in Brisbane, Queensland and she is a member of the Victorian Institute of sport and the Australian Institute of Sport. Briony is also coached by Hui Tong.
Alexandra Croak has represented Australia at two Olympic Games. The first was the Sydney Olympics 2000 where she competed in the Gymnastics and the second was at the Beijing Olympic Games where she made the Australian team in Diving.
Alexandra was a semi-finalist in the 10 metre at the Beijing Olympics. Since the Olympic games Alexandra has continued to excel, winning a bronze medal in the 10 metre at the Spanish FINA Grand Prix and 4th in the 10 metre at the FINA Diving World series in Mexico City.
Alexandra obtained a 18th in the Women’s 1m Springboard and 7th in the Women’s Platform at the 13th FINA World Championships 2009.
Alexandra is a member of the New South Wales Institute of Sport and her coach is Salvador (Chava) Sobrino. Alexandra trains at the Sydney Olympic Pool at Homebush.
Sharleen Stratton took gold in the 3 metre at the China leg of the 3rd FINA Diving World Series in 2009. In 2008 at the Beijing Olympic Games, Sharleen was placed 5th in the 3 metre Synchro (with Cole) and 7th in the 3 metre. At the 2007 FINA World Championships won Bronze in the 3 metre Synchro (with Cole). Sharleen won Gold in the 3 metre Synchro (with Cole) and 2nd in the 1 metre at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Sharleen obtained a 5th in the Women’s 1m Springboard, 6th in the Women’s 3m
Springboard and 5th in the Women’s 3m Synchronised with Briony Cole.
Sharleen is a member of the Australian Institute of Sport and she trains at the
Brisbane Aquatic Centre under Hui Tong.
National Head Coach and Head Coach of the AIS Diving program is Hui Tong , a former athlete on the Chinese national team , who won gold in the platform event at the 1985 and 1987 FINA Diving World Cups and finished 4th at the 1984 Olympics.
Hui has been instrumental in making Australia one of the top diving Nations.
Salvador (Chava) Sobrino has been part of the Australian Diving Team at three Commonwealth Games, five FINA World Championships, three Olympic Games (Atlanta, Sydney, Beijing) and many other international competitions.
Salvador represented Mexico in diving at the 1980 Olympics games in Moscow.
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