Comments on: Article by Caroline Miller of Montgomery Square-Copenhaver Pool. http://montgomerysquare.org A Community Full of Enthusiasm and Pride Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tony-admin http://montgomerysquare.org/about-montgomery-square/history/article-by-caroline-miller-of-montgomery-square-copenhaver-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 tony-admin Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:02:04 +0000 http://montgomerysquare.org/?page_id=125#comment-2162 I suspect pools have been removing them for liability. I belong to Regency Estates Swim Club and they still have a high dive. There are few left in the county. I suspect pools have been removing them for liability. I belong to Regency Estates Swim Club and they still have a high dive. There are few left in the county.

]]> By: Chuck Anziulewicz http://montgomerysquare.org/about-montgomery-square/history/article-by-caroline-miller-of-montgomery-square-copenhaver-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-2139 Chuck Anziulewicz Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:39:41 +0000 http://montgomerysquare.org/?page_id=125#comment-2139 When I was attended Ritchie Park Elementary School between 1966 and 1971, I was member of the swim team at the pool (though I confess I was always on the "B" team, never quite good enough to make the "A" team. *sniffle*). There was always a lot of pride and excitement involved in participating in swim meets against the teams at pools in other neighborhood in the Rockville/Potomac area, especially when one was able to win a 1st or 2nd place ribbon. Back then the diving well at the pool had both a low diving board and a high diving board, the latter of which was around 10-12 feet high as I recall. It was sort of a rite of passage for the younger kids to get up enough courage to go off the high dive. But I notice that now, both diving boards are "low boards." I'll assume there were liability issues at stake. Am I correct? When I was attended Ritchie Park Elementary School between 1966 and 1971, I was member of the swim team at the pool (though I confess I was always on the “B” team, never quite good enough to make the “A” team. *sniffle*). There was always a lot of pride and excitement involved in participating in swim meets against the teams at pools in other neighborhood in the Rockville/Potomac area, especially when one was able to win a 1st or 2nd place ribbon.

Back then the diving well at the pool had both a low diving board and a high diving board, the latter of which was around 10-12 feet high as I recall. It was sort of a rite of passage for the younger kids to get up enough courage to go off the high dive. But I notice that now, both diving boards are “low boards.” I’ll assume there were liability issues at stake. Am I correct?

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