SUCCESS came for Tavistock's Ben Bluett from the diving board last week.

At Southampton in an invitational age group competition, diving above his age in the under 12s, he smashed his personal best to finish fourth from 18, and secured his place in the final on the 3m springboard event. The final saw Ben finish in fifth position.

Last month in the Luton Challenge cup Ben represented his club, Plymouth Diving, in a team of 12.

Ben rose to the challenge qualifying for both the 3m and platform finals and smashed his platform PB by 25pts.

The talented young diver ended up taking medals for fifth in platform and sixth on 3m springboard.