PLYMOUTH'S Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow are both looking forward to being the best of rivals after winning selection to England's Commonwealth Games squad.

Couch and Barrow will compete together and individually at October's Games in India, where they will be joined by the city's world champion Tom Daley and Plymouth Diving's GB coach Andy Banks.

Barrow, who competes for Leeds where she is a student, and city-based Couch will be 10-metre platform synchro partners, and then opponents in the individual version at the Games, which run from October 3-14.

The Delhi-based Commonwealths are the two 21-year-olds second successive Games, following the duo's appearance in Australia four years ago.

Couch has been inactive since being pipped by Barrow to the first qualifying place for last week's European Championships in Hungary, at the end of June.

Barrow's Euros ended in bitter disappointment after she injured her back in the heats of the women's 10m individual platform.

So, the Commonwealth Games will give them both the chance to end their season on a high.

Despite their globe-trotting credentials as internationals over the past few years, the sub-continent has thus far eluded them.

Couch, who reached the finals for Team GB at the Beijing Olympics, said: "It's really nice to be chosen again. Obviously I'm really proud to compete for England and really looking forward to the prospect.

"Also, I've never been to India before, so I'm very excited about that too.

"I'll be diving with Sarah again in the synchros and also against her in the individual competition.

"That's not a problem. It's a friendly rivalry and we're quite used to it. Also, we'll be training together regularly over the next few weeks."

Barrow said she had fully recovered from her back injury in Budapest, but still keenly felt the disappointment of not making the final.

"Naturally, I'm pleased to have been selected for the Games. I'm very excited about the opportunity to compete for England again," said Barrow.

"It will give me a chance to make up for my frustration and disappointment at the European Championships, which left me really deflated.

"Particularly after I had done so well in the nationals to qualify in the first place.

"I'm looking forward to India. It will be a new experience for me, and also I get to team up with Ton (Couch) again.

"With Tom and Andy also going, it'll be something of a Plymouth Diving reunion out there."

England: Tom Daley (Plymouth), Max Brick, Pete Waterfield (both Southampton); Nick Robinson-Baker (Sheffield); Chris Mears (Burghfield Common, Berkshire); Jack Laugher (Ripon); Oliver Dingley (Harrogate). Sarah Barrow (Leeds), Tonia Couch (Plymouth); Monique Gladding (Sheffield); Rebecca Gallantree (Leeds); Stacie Powell (Cambridge); Alicia Blagg (Leeds).