 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Content removed - Ken Summerfield 25th August, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Content removed - Ken Summerfield 25th August, 2008 |
|||||||||
 |
|||||||||
|
1st April - 2006 BRITISH WOMEN’S ARTISTIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT WEEKEND PLUS TICKET DETAILS! Sunday, 9th April 2006 The Guildford Spectrum, Parkway, Guildford, GU1 1UP One of our favourite competitions of the year takes place next Sunday 9th April in Guildford as the top Women’s Artistic Clubs in Britain battle or the British Team Title! And this year promises to be one of the most open and exciting Championship’s ever as our Commonwealth Gymnast’s who are still enjoying the thrill of their success in Melbourne, where they won 4 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze), return to Guildford and are looking forward to their next challenge - the 2006 British Team Championships! The European Championship’s take place in Volos, Greece from 27-30 April, so this event will also be a very important stepping stone and pointer for the top British competitors. City of Liverpool will be aiming to retain the British Title for a fifth year in a row. At the moment, it is not clear whether the current British Team Champions will have the mighty Team winning contribution from Britain’s Number 1 Beth Tweddle. She is back in training after her ankle injury which she suffered in Melbourne, but may prefer to miss this event and focus on the Europeans. However with the Gallashan twins, Mel Roberts, Hannah Clowes and Abi Kirby and the huge depth and quality of Liverpool’s Squad, they are favourites to land their 5th straight Title. But with, or without Beth, this year The Spectrum will see one of the closest and most interesting Team competitions ever with an electric atmosphere as the overall progress in Women’s gymnastics in our country means that Liverpool’s strongest rival’s in 2005 now have new stars in their teams. Nottingham who won Silver in the 2005 Championships include Becky Downie, Commonwealth Bronze Medalist on Beam, plus Silver medalist in last weekend’s GB V Italy Junior International Laura Jones and double Espoire’s 2005 Champion plus Jordan Lipton and Notts will be hoping to add the British Title to their impressive list of Medals. Heathrow who won Bronze last year will also be determined to add to their record for the most Team Titles won in the Competition’s history after winning their last British Team Title in 1997, and this year they will include Shavahn Church, Commonwealth silver medallist on A. Bars, plus top Junior Becky Wing who won Bronze in the GB V Italy International and a very strong team. Or will it be The Academy’s turn to take the British Title as they are led by Britain’s most successful female gymnast in Melbourne, Imogen Cairns who is the new Commonwealth Champion on Vault? A fantastic line up is sure to mean a thrilling finale as Round 2 sees The Academy, Park-Wrekin, South Durham and Bristol Hawks all go head to head,. And what a finale, as the top 4 Clubs from 2005 battle for the Title once more as City of Liverpool, Heathrow, Notts and Wigan go for Gold! Thirteen Teams from all over the Great Britain will take part in these Championships, and if last year’s Championships are anything to go by this will be a “must see” event. See your favourite stars from Melbourne plus all the top gymnasts from around the U.K, as they battle for the British Team Title! We will be there to bring you all the action and excitement, and we can’t wait! Don’t miss your chance to see all your GB favourites plus new faces too as we head towards another fantastic British Championship’s! Tickets are on sale now! Competition Time Table: 10.15- 12.50 Round 1- Pipers Vale, Vernon Park, Wiltshire, Dynamo, Salto, (ind. Gymnasts from Welsh Inst. Sport, Cardiff Central ,City of Swansea, Huntingdon, Cardiff Central) 13.55-16.00 Round 2- The Academy, Park- Wrekin, Bristol Hawks, South Durham 17.05- 19.05 Round 3- City of Liverpool, Heathrow, Nottingham, Wigan Presentations at 19.20 Available from The Gymnastics Box Office, The Guildford Spectrum, on 01483 443322 or by post, cheques made payable to Guildford Spectrum Ticket prices: Adults @ £7.50, Children under 12 @ £4.50. Block of 10 seats @ £60.00, Block of 20 seats @ £110.00 2005 Top 8 Teams: City of Liverpool (Champions for the fourth time in a row)
Gold- Imogen Cairns (Vault) Silver- Team England + Shavahn Church (A. Bars) Bronze - Becky Downie (Beam)
|
|||||||||
 |
|||||||||
 |
|||||||||
|
|
|
Two of the top British Teams who will go head to head at the British Team Championship’s left British Champion’s for the last 4 year’s City of Liverpool and right Silver Medalist’s in the 2005 Championships Nottingham. Photos copyright Ken Summerfield. |
|
|
|
1st April - PINEWOOD CLAIM 10 MEDALS AT BRITISH TUMBLING CHAMPIONSHIPS INCLUDING 3 BRITISH TITLES! Tumbling fans from around the U.K. were treated to some fantastic performances at the 2006 British Tumbling Championship’s in Fenton Manor. And one of the highlights was a tremendous team performance from Pinewood who won a total of 10 Medals including 3 British Titles, and a clean sweep in the Age 15-16 Men’s British Finals where they won Gold, Silver and Bronze plus the 5th place too! Vladamir Podbin has joined Anne Pope at Pinewood and the former Coach to double World Age Group Champion Samantha Palmer has produced some excellent results. In the 9-10 Women’s Tumbling an excellent performance from Emily Marsden-Payne where she won the Silver Medal with the Club also finishing in 6th & 7th places in the Finals. Emily also won bronze in the 2005 British Championship’s. The boy’s were not to be outdone in this age group as Kieran Finney won Silver. And in the Women’s 11-12 Age Group, an excellent performance from Louisa Bellis gave her a score of 31.60 and the British Title with Megan Green from Lynx winning Silver as she became the youngest female tumbler in the U.K. to perform full in back out at a British Championships. Jodie Langley from Pinewood also qualified for finals in 6th place. The Women’s 13-14 group produced a closely fought competition with Mica Parry from Wirrall winning the British Title with a score of 61.00, and Pinewood’s Paige Clarke just 0.30 behind to take Silver with team mate Michelle Brummer winning bronze. In the Men’s 13-14 group Connor Maloney from Lynx, who was also formerly coached by Podobin, won the British Title with a superb performance after missing one of his tumbles during Qualifier’s. And Shaun Gregory from Pinewood made it a thrilling final as he claimed the Silver medal with a total of 60.70, with just 0.5 separating the Gold and Silver medal’s! Pinewood made it a clean sweep in the 15-16 Men’s Finals with 4 out of the 5 Finalist’s and the British Title going to Stephen Newey who displayed some excellent technique and scored 66.20, with Josh Barringer and Lee Schofield winning the Silver and Bronze medals. And the most spectacular of all the Tumbling Events as the Senior Men and Women produced incredible runs including full twisting double straight transition’s from the Senior Men! The Finals included Damien Walters who was 5th in the Individual World Tumbling Championships last year and with start values of 9.5 and 9.6 we knew that Pinewood’s Charlie Burrows would produce some incredible runs. Excellent technique with huge powerful tumbling gave Charlie a well deserved Gold Medal with a total of 72.20 and a third British Title for Pinewood. Glenn Smith from Gymworld had a SV of 8.7 in his final run and he won Silver as he pushed Charlie all the way in a thrilling Final. We go back some years with Vladimir here at Gymnastics Online, as he used to coach my daughter Natasha when she competed at the British Tumbling Championships! And when I caught up with him afterwards, Vov was delighted with the Pinewood Team’s performance “ The Team performed extremely well, I am very pleased with their progress and their success.” 10 Medals at a British Championship’s is an exceptional achievement, and great for the sport as our tumbler’s prepare for the European Trials at Lilleshall on 22nd April it can only mean that there are more challenger’s for places in the GB Team, as we look ahead to Greece and more medal success. LOOK OUT FOR MORE GREAT PINEWOOD PHOTOS COMING SOON ON GYMNASTICS ONLINE! SAMANTHA PALMER WINS SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN’S TITLE AND WAKEFIELD’S SARAH TURNER CLAIMS SILVER!
The Senior Women’s Title was an incredible competition with SV’s rivalling the Men’s as Samantha Palmer showed she is back to her best after recovering from her cruciate ligament injury at British 2 year’s ago which kept her out of competition for 18 months. After winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in 2005, Sam showed her determination right from the start as she posted S.V’s of 8.7 in the Finals to win her first Senior British Title with a score of 72.00 and cap an amazing comeback which included a change of Clubs only 5 month’s before the British Championship’s. The Women’s Finals also included top European and World medallist’s Sarah Turner, Laura Housan and Zoe McLean who finished 7th in the World Championship’s last year and it was great to see all the competitor’s hugging and congratulating their opponents during the Finals. Unfortunately Sarah’s landing on her opening run caused her to fall forwards but her second run was excellent with scores of 9.1’s and 2’s from the Judges to give her a final total of 66.50 to claim the Silver medal with Wakefield Team mate Laura Housan winning bronze with 65.30. An excellent competition and congratulations to all the medal winners. And in an exclusive interview with Gymnastics Online Sam revealed her determination to become the Senior European and World Champion! Sam said “I am absolutely delighted to be able to say I am the Senior British Champion, two years ago in my first senior British I snapped my cruciate ligament in the prelims, last year I was still in rehab from that injury so I've waited a long time to win this title. Now I intend to go on and become Senior European and World Champion, I've held all three titles at junior level now I want to equal that at senior. I'm so proud of my younger team mates Connor Maloney and Megan Green too, they both medalled in their age groups.” Sam also paid tribute to her new Club saying “ I would like to thank Chris Adams and all the coaches at Lynx gymnastics too, they took us in when we had nowhere to train and even though they weren't a tumbling club they have bent over backwards to help us. Lynx fly Sally Filmer over from Ireland for three days every week to make sure we have a tumbling coach, Sally leaves her husband Craig, her three sons and her own club to be with us so thanks Sally these medals are for you too!”. Coach Chris Adams also told us that Lynx have been practising on 5 different tracks as they prepared for British including the tracks at Milton Keynes and the National Training Centre at Lilleshall. This was his first British Tumbling Championships and Chris was absolutely delighted with their success. The Championships have since been featured on Anglia and Central T.V which provides some great recognition for all the tumbler’s involved. The GB tumblers face a busy season as they head to France this weekend for the French Open. Look out for news and results here soon plus lots more Tumbling photos coming soon on Gymnastics Online! The full program of Tumbling Competitions appears below. Entries in italics include all the competitions which GB Tumbler’s will be competing with the other competitions still to be confirmed. International visitors who have not yet seen Tumbling, do not miss the chance to attend the competitions in your countries as the difficulty, technique and skills performed by the Tumbler’s is absolutely incredible. Good luck to Craig and all of the GB Team’s as they head towards European’s and the World Cup Finals in Birmingham in November! March 31st April 2nd French Open, Nante‘s April 20-23 Polish Open April 22nd Control comp 2nd trial for Europeans Lilleshall April 26th - 30th World Cup Ghent Belgium May 2-7th Bulgarian Open Age groups (juniors) Sophia May 3-7th World Cup Krasnodar Russia May 19 -28th Europeans champs Metz France Juniors & seniors November 23rd -26th World Cup Final Birmingham These competitions are yet TBC for GB Tumbler’s July 6-16th USA Championships Chicago August 28-31 World Cup Germany October 10-16th World Cup China CLICK HERE FOR FULL TUMBLING RESULTS FROM THE BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND HERE FOR THE TUMBLING MEDAL’S TABLE! And we have not forgotten the International Events for our fantastic Sports Acrobats! April 10-16th Flanders Cup / World Cup Series Pairs and Groups, Dienze, Belgium April 28th and 29th Second World Championships and Age Groups Trials, Lilleshall, UK June 14th -17th Senior Acrobatics World Championships, Coimbra, Portugal June 21st - 24th - International Age Groups Championships, Coimbra, Portugal June TBC - Polish Open Championships, Acrobatics and Tumbling Championships June 21st - 25th - Baltic Open, Lithuania October 2006 - European Team Championships Jnr / Snr Acrobatics, TBC DON’T MISS OUR FLANDERS SPORTS ACROBATICS SPECIAL COMING SOON ON GYMNASTICS ONLINE! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2nd April - 22 gymnasts attend U.S. Women’s Team Selection Camp for 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships
The 2005 world all-around champion Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis.; 2006 Tyson American Cup and 2005 world balance beam and uneven bars champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas; and 2005 world floor exercise champion Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., headline the roster of 22 women who will participate in the U.S. Women’s Team selection camp from April 4-7 for the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships, which will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii from April 13-15. The U.S. Women’s Team for the Pacific Alliance Championships will include four senior and four junior women and will be named on 7 April. China, Japan and the United States are among the Pacific Rim countries that have confirmed participation in the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, one of the world’s premier international events. In an exciting top class competition Russia, Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand and the Philippines will all take part with participating athletes to be announced closer to the event. The three-day event includes artistic gymnastics as well as rhythmic gymnastics and, for the first time, trampoline will be included too! This year’s Pacific Alliance Championships is one of the first international events in the world to use the new scoring system for artistic gymnastics that allows gymnasts to earn scores above the traditional 10.0. The 2004 Pacific Alliance Championships was held in Honolulu, where Paul Hamm and Allyse Ishino won the all-around titles. The U.S. Senior Men won seven medals, and the U.S. Senior Women claimed eight medals, including sweeping the gold medals for the team, all-around and the four individual event finals. China’s Lu Bo won the title in the parallel bars and still rings, while Taipei’s Lin Hsiang Wei won the pommel horse. In the team competition, Japan and China finished behind the USA for the men, while Australia and China finished second and third, respectively, behind the USA’s women. The USA led the total medal count, followed by China and Canada. All members of the U.S. National Team, the women attending the selection camp are listed alphabetically below. Senior Age Division Jana Bieger, Coconut Creek, Fla./Boca Twisters Gymnastics Academy Morgan Evans, Norfolk, Va./Excalibur Gymnastics Nastia Liukin, Plano, Texas/WOGA Kayla Hoffman, Union, N.J./Rebound Gymnastics Natasha Kelley, Katy, Texas/Stars Gymnastics Houston Hilary Mauro, Westchester, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Chellsie Memmel, West Allis, Wis./M&M Gymnastics Kassi Price, Plantation, Fla./Orlando Metro Ashley Priess, Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Alicia Sacramone, Winchester, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics Randy Stageberg, Chesapeake, Va./Excalibur Gymnastics Makayla Stambaugh, Sacramento, Calif./Byers Gymnastics Academy Amber Trani, Richlandtown, Pa./Parkettes Shayla Worley, Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro Gymnastics Junior Age Division
Rebecca Bross, Ann Arbor, Mich./World Olympic Gymnastics Sarah DeMeo, Overland Park, Kan./Great American Gymnastics Express Bianca Flohr, Creston, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Ivana Hong, Laguna Hills, Calif./Great American Gymnastics Express Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, Iowa/Chow’s Gymnastics Shantessa Pama, Dana Point, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics Samantha Peszek, McCordsville, Ind./Deveau’s Gymnastics Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind./Sharp’s Gymnastics Academy Artistic and rhythmic gymnastics will have team, all-around and individual event competitions for both juniors and seniors. Individual trampoline will also have competition for both juniors and seniors. Tickets are $15 and $30 for artistic gymnastics, with all-session packages for $45 or $75. For rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline, tickets are $15. Tickets may be purchased at the Neal Blaisdell Center Box Office, ticketmaster.com or by calling 877-750-4400. NBC Sports will broadcast action from the Pacific Alliance Championships on April 16 at 4 p.m. ET. |
|||||||||
|
Content removed - Ken Summerfield - 25th August, 2008 |
|||||||||
|
1st April - £17.3 MILLION POUNDS PERFORMANCE PATHWAY FUNDING TO BE ALLOCATED ACROSS SPORT’S WORLD CLASS DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD CLASS TALENT PROGRAMMES! U.K. Sport have confirmed details of the “100 day plan” for additional sports and athlete funding in the build up to London 2012. The Government announced in the Budget that £200 million pounds of public funding plus a further £100 million to be raised by company donations will go towards Olympic Sports judged to be capable of producing medals in London 2012 over the next 6 years. Now U.K. Sport have committed to announcing details of which sports will be given additional funding and each sport’s allocation by 9th April with funds due to be received by 6th July. Ironically this will be exactly 12 month’s after the historic announcement that London has been awarded the Olympic Games! The Awards are based on the “no compromise” strategy which has controversially cut funding drastically for Men’s and Rhythmic Gymnastics and removed most of the funding for non Olympic Sports such as Tumbling and Sports Acrobatics. This led to much criticism and pleas by British Gymnastics and leading figures from many sports who remain very concerned about our ability to compete against other countries whose preparations for Beijing 2008 and London 2012 have already begun, and the fact we have already lost 12 month’s preparation at a crucial time for athlete preparation. Concerns have also been raised after the Wembley Stadium fiasco which will now not open until 2007, millions of pounds over budget, with some commentators and the public questioning the ability of Great Britain to stage an Olympic Games if our National Stadium cannot be opened on time. We are convinced that Seb Coe’s team will stage a superb Games but we stress that there must be no further funding delays! However we are delighted that plans are at last moving ahead rapidly with U.K. Sport announcing the following timetable and commitment to our athletes and sports bodies which includes £17.3 million pounds Performance Pathway funding to to be allocated across Sport’s World Class Development and World Class Talent Programmes today - the 1st April! Details of the Plan are as follows:- |
|||||||||
|
The UK Sport “100 Day” Delivery Plan for Additional Funding: To ensure transparency of the process and enable everyone in the sporting system to be confident that no time will be lost in the distribution of additional funding for 2012, UK Sport will work to an initial “100 Day” delivery plan. This commits UK Sport to:
We will bring you further news of any funding announcements for British Gymnastics as soon as it is announced here on Gymnastics Online! Related Articles -Government announce £300 million pounds additional funding for London 2012 preparation |
|||||||||
|
2nd April - SCHOOL OLYMPICS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED WITH FIRST NATIONAL COMPETITION STARTING IN SEPTEMBER! Britain’s young Olympic hopefuls were given another boost this week as the Official launch took place for the “School Olympics” where schoolchildren from all over the U.K. will have their chance to become British School’s National Games Champions! The Games will be held annually between now and 2012 and the first National Event will take place in Glasgow this year from 7th to 11th September with 1200 children aged from 15 - 18 expected to compete across 5 sports including gymnastics, athletics, swimming, table tennis and fencing and disability sports in swimming and athletics. Schools from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales will take part to help prepare athletes for London 2012 to give the athletes experience of top-level competition, and increase participation in School Sports in the U.K. Discussions with Governing Bodies from School Sports began last September and £6 million has been committed by the Government and the lottery to fund these Games every year in British cities around the U.K. up to 2011, when they will be put on in London on the stage of the 2012 Olympics. The UK School Games will have opening and closing ceremonies, with flags and medals with the 1200 athletes staying in an “Olympic” village. Former children’s T.V. presenter Floella Benjamin launched the Games in London and said “These Games will be a way to build communities and give young athletes the feel of the emotion at the Olympics.” It is hoped that the five inaugural sports will be joined by others at future Games. Athletes for the first Games will be selected by their governing bodies on the basis of national rankings, but for later Games there will be qualifying tournaments involving schools. Competitors will be drawn from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales plus nine regions across England The winners of competitions in the 12 areas will then qualify for the National Games. Millfield are widely thought to be the most successful school in Britain at developing talent across a broad range of sports and demonstrated the importantance of great sporting as well as academic achievement in Britain’s School’s at this year’s Commonwealth Games. A total of 13 former students competed for 7 different countries won a fantastic total of 14 medals - one gold, three silver and 10 bronze. Gold: Joanna Fargus (Australia, 200m backstroke); Silver: Euan Dale (Scotland, 400m individual medley and 4 x 200m freestyle relay), Andrew Hunter (Scotland, 4 x 200m freestyle relay); Bronze: Pamela Cookey (England, netball), Jemma Simpson (England, 800m), Lauren Therin (Jersey, discus), Carl Myerscough (England, shot putt and discus), Martin Aram (Isle of Man, high jump), Simon Mantel (England, hockey), Ian Powell (Guernsey, swimming), Mark Foster (England, swimming), Amir Shah (Kenya, swimming), Emily Croxhall-Nixon (Isle of Man, swimming). We will bring you more news on this exciting story but look out in your school’s for announcements and news on this fantastic opportunity to represent your School or Region at the National Games. Related Links - School Olympics Pans announced with first event in Glasgow this year! |
|||||||||
|
1st April - SAINSBURY’S LAUNCH £17 MILLION ACTIVE KIDS CAMPAIGN AND GYMNASTICS IS THE TOP SPORT THIS MONTH! ENTER YOUR SCHOOL NOW. 24,000 BRITISH SCHOOL’S TOOK PART LAST YEAR AND RECEIVED OVER £17 MILLION OF ACTIVE EQUIPMENT AND EXPERIENCES! START COLLECTING THE ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHERS TO HELP YOUR SCHOOL NOW! Sainsbury’s Supermarket are really getting behind gymnastics this month as they are giving teacher’s from a Registered Nursury, Primary and Secondary School’s a chance to enter their most inspiring ideas to get Britain’s Schoolchildren to spend a minimum of 2 hours per week on high quality P.E. and Sport. The competition is part of the Active Kid’s Campaign which runs from 1st March - 31st May where Sainsbury’s shopper’s receive 1 Active Kid’s Voucher for each £10 spent. Last year 24,000 British School’s took part and shared a total of an incredible £17 million worth of Active Equipment and Coaching experiences. Each month they are also focusing on 2 sports and from 15 March to 17 April the top sports are athletics and gymnastics! Entries can be submitted by a class or a school and the top three entries will receive 25,000 Active Kids vouchers each! So what does that mean for your school? Your prize could contain: So come on, what are you waiting for? How it works Find out more about the TOP Programmes that Sainsbury's is supporting. For this month's activities, simply print your entry form, fill it in and post it to the specified address on the form by 17 April 2006. Remember, we’re looking for ideas that really help kids Do More - so you’ll need to explain exactly how your school has made a difference. We’ll also add points for anything extra, like raising money for charity, including children of different abilities or using Active Kids equipment in new and inspiring ways. And why not send in photos so we can see you in action!
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
2nd April - GYMWORLD PREMISES TO BE SOLD OFF FOR HOUSING! TOP TEESIDE CLUB’S HUNT FOR NEW PREMISES BEGINS Sad news today as Middlesborough College confirmed that the Marton Road Campus where premier Teeside Club Gymworld are based, is to be sold off as part of the College’s planned move to a new home on the Middlehaven Site. Gymworld was set up in 1986 as the County Gymnastics Centre and £45,000 was raised towards equipping the Centre. Twenty year’s later, 1,000 adults and youngsters use the centre including students from the college, schools and local gymnastics clubs including children with disabilities. Six gymnasts who have trained at Gymworld have represented Great Britain as Senior Internationals demonstrating the high standards achieved. Glenn Smith, 22, from Brotton, is an International Tumbler who began gymnastics at the centre when he was six years old. Glenn hopes to represent Great Britain in the Tumbling Team who will compete in this year’s European Championships. He won a Silver Medal in the British Senior Men’s Tumbling Championship’s in Fenton Manor last weekend, and hopes to represent Great Britain in the European Tumbling Championships later this year. John Atkinson who has been involved in gymnastics for 37 years, and has been Chairman of the Teeside Gymnastics Association for the last 22 years, said it will be a catastrophe for gymnastics in the Tees Valley area if the facility is lost, "I would be devastated if the facilities disappeared. It would be a tragedy. It is the only facility of its kind in the Tees Valley and it is so well used. We are happy to receive any support and advice we can." Craig Burton, manager of Gymworld for Middlesbrough College, said: "It is a jewel in the crown of facilities for the college, the town and the Tees Valley area and I hope we can take it forward and provide an even better centre. We need to be able to compete with other state of the art facilities in other parts of the country." John Hogg, principal of Middlesbrough College, said: "This is a facility which the college has supported over the years and is keen to preserve. We are actively pursuing providing an alternative with the gymnastic association." Ironically only 2 month’s ago Gymworld’s Special Olympics Team were runners up in the Annual Teeside Sports Awards, as 14 gymnast’s who took part in the 2005 Special Olympics won an incredible total of 23 Gold Medals. Senior coach June Burnett said Gymworld were very proud of all 14 Special Olympians - Claire Skelton, Katy Demoily, Nick Walton, Helen Robinson, Liam Allen, Joel Fitzpatrick, Rosalyn Green, Caroline Jennison, Jon Hardman, Sean Jewitt, Chris McCarten, John Hutchinson, Andrew Atkinson and Penny Watson. June said "To bring back so many medals from such a prestigious event really was an amazing effort. To be nominated for these awards means a great deal to everyone at Gymworld”. If you can help in any way please contact us at Gymnastics Online and we will forward details to John Atkinson and Gymworld. Sadly we have reported similar stories for 2 other Club’s in the last year and this appears to be a growing problem for sports Clubs in general as the demand for housing increases. We hope that the Club are able to find suitable premises and continue their excellent reputation of producing top class International gymnast’s as well as some very special Olympians and continue to provide gymnastics for the whole community. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3rd April - BRITISH MEN’S JUNIOR AND SENIOR TEAM’S NAMED FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS |
|||||
 |
|||||
 |
|||||
|
|
|
Two members of the Great Britain Junior Team who will compete in the European Championships in Greece. Left Commonwealth Gold medalist Louis Smith from Huntingdon, and right Sam Hunter from Notts School of Gymnastics. Photos copyright of Sue Snelgrove and must not be copied or reproduced. |
|
|
|
GB JUNIOR AND SENIOR MEN’S TEAM’S CONFIRMED AFTER FOUR NATIONAL TRIAL’S
British Gymnastics tonight confirmed details of the Men’s Junior and Senior Team’s who have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Men’s Championship’s in Volos, Greece from April 30th - 7th May. After four selection events at Lilleshall and Loughborough on 29th January, 11th February, 12th March and 1st April, and taking into consideration the results of those representing their Home Country at the Commonwealth Games. the following gymnasts have been selected :- |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Prior to the event the Junior team will be hosted in Patras for a final preparation training camp. The Senior team will complete their final preparation in the UK before leaving for Greece. Congratulations to all the gymnast’s at the Trials and good luck to the GB Team’s at the European Championship’s. |
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
5th April - USA GYMNASTICS NAMES SPORTS ACROBATICS DELEGATION FOR 2006 FLANDER’S INTERNATIONAL CUP
USA Gymnastics have confirmed details of the Sports Acrobats who will be competing at the Flanders International Acro Cup from April 13 - 16th in Puurs, Belgium. Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., who were fourth in the mixed pair at the 2005 World Games, headline the U.S. delegation. Brunson and Rodrigues, are the reigning U.S. senior elite mixed pair champions, and won last year’s Machuga Cup in Krasnodar, Russia. Other senior national team members competing in the Flanders International Acro Cup, which is an important event leading up to the World Championships, are: Julian Amaro of Victorville, Calif., and Tyler Spray of Livermore, Calif., who compete together in the men's pair; and Mariah Henninger, who competes in the women’s group with junior national team member Allysha Kidd and Tisa Penny, all of whom are from Livermore. Amaro and Spray are the 2005 senior men’s pair national champions, and Kidd and Henninger also won U.S. Titles last year, with different partners in the women’s group. California’s Empire, Wings and Aerial Tumbling Clubs dominate the US Entrants with Xtreme Acro, Rising Stars and Californian Acrosports, Mission Hills, Fliptastics and Mid America all proudly represented in the National Teams. The event features four competition divisions, World Cup, senior, junior and age group (based on age and level of expertise). Look out for great photos and full results from the Flanders Cup plus news of GB’s competitors here on Gymnastics Online U.S. delegation for the 2006 Flanders International Acro Cup Listed information is name, hometown, club, event, level and partner California Devin Aguilar, Riverside, Calif./Empire, Mixed Pair, Senior (Jon Gaiter) Kristen Allen, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Mixed Pair, Senior (Brian Kincher) Julian Amaro, Victorville, Calif./Wings USA, Men's Pair, Senior (Tyler Spray) Kyle Bloom, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, Age Group (Madeline Bones) Makela Bogowitz, El Dorado Hills, Calif./California Acrosports Team, Women's Group, Junior (Caitlin Cusano, Paula Kidwell) Madeline Bones, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, Age Group (Kyle Bloom) Clare Brunson, Riverside, Calif./Mission Hills Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, World Cup (Michael Rodrigues) Caitlin Cusano, El Dorado Hills, Calif./California Acrosports Team, Women's Group, Junior (Makela Bogowitz, Paula Kidwell) Cassidy Dolstra, Tracy, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Pair, Age Group (Jordan Rozsa) Jon Gaiter, Riverside, Calif./Empire, Mixed Pair, Senior (Devin Aguilar) Mariah Henninger, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Senior (Allysha Kidd, Tisa Penny) Allysha Kidd, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Senior (Mariah Henninger, Tisa Penny) Paula Kidwell, Fair Oaks, Calif./California Acrosports Team, Women's Group, Junior (Makela Bogowitz, Caitlin Cusano) Brian Kincher, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Mixed Pair, Senior (Kristen Allen) Michaela Meyer, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women's Group, Age Group (Michelle Meyer, Elizabeth Morris) Michelle Meyer, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women's Group, Age Group (Elizabeth Morris, Michaela Meyer) Marina Mihov, Pleasanton, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Age Group (Kristen Sanchez, Samantha Olivenica) Elizabeth Morris, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women's Group, Age Group (Michaela Meyer, Michelle Meyer) Courtney Olivencia, Los Banas, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Junior (Jordan Seto, Allysa Sanchez) Samantha Olivencia, Los Banas, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Age Group (Marina Mihov, Kristen Sanchez) Tisa Penny, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Senior (Allysha Kidd, Mariah Henninger) Michael Rodrigues, Livermore, Calif./Mission Hills Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, World Cup (Clare Brunson) Jordan Rozsa, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Pair, Age Group (Cassidy Dolstra) Allyse Sanchez, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Junior (Courtney Olivencia, Jordan Seto) Kristen Sanchez, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Age Group (Samantha Olivencia, Marina Mihov) Jordan Seto, San Jose, Calif./Wings USA, Women's Group, Junior (Allyse Sanchez, Courtney Olivencia) Lauren Speers, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Camille Strawn, Haley Stalions) Tyler Spray, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Men's Pair, Senior (Julian Amaro) Haley Stalions, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Camille Strawn, Lauren Speers) Camille Strawn, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Lauren Speers, Haley Stalions) Louisiana Nicole Barrilleaux, Metairie, La./Fliptastics, Women's Group, Junior (Ravenne Eschette, Alexis Thidodeaux) Ravenne Eschette, Belle Chasse, La./Fliptastics, Women's Group, Junior (Alexis, Thidobeaux, Nicole Barrilleaux) Alexis Thibodeaux, Harahan, La./Fliptastics, Women's Group, Junior (Nicole Barrilleaux, Ravenne Eschette) Maryland Erica Prestipino, Rockville, Md./Xtreme Acro, Women's Pair, Age Group (Stefanie Walden) Erika Sundberg, Bethesda, Md./Xtreme Acro, Women's Pair, Junior (Keisha Padello) Stefanie Walden, Derwood, Md./Xtreme Acro, Women's Pair, Age Group (Erica Prestipino) Missouri Tori Harms, Kearney, Mo./Rising Star Acro Club, Women's Group, Age Group (Selena Harms, Arielle Ziegler) Selena Harms, Kearney, Mo./Rising Star Acro Club, Women's Group, Age Group (Arielle Ziegler, Tori Harms) Kayla Huesgen, Rosebud, Mo./Mid America Acro & Tumbling, Women's Group, Age Group (Amber Kottwitz, Ariel Walsh) Amber Kottwitz, Owensville, Mo./Mid America Acro & Tumbling, Women's Group, Age Group (Ariel Walsh, Kayla Huesgen) Ariel Walsh, Rosebud, Mo./Mid America Acro & Tumbling, Women's Group, Age Group (Kayla Huesgen, Amber Kottwitz) Arielle Ziegler, Lathrop, Mo./Rising Star Acro Club, Women's Group, Age Group (Tori Harms, Selena Harms) Virginia Keisha Padello, Arlington, Va./Xtreme Acro, Women's Pair, Junior (Erika Sundberg) |
|
|
|
8th April - Here is an updated 2007 calendar of events for USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics 2006 schedule of key events Abbreviations: A=acrobatic gymnastics; GG=group gymnastics; M=men’s artistic gymnastics; R=rhythmic gymnastics; TR=trampoline; TT=trampoline and tumbling; TU=tumbling; W=women’s artistic gymnastics: TOPS= Women’s Talent Opportunity Program April 13-16 Flanders International Acro Cup and World Cup, Purrs, Belgium (A) 13-15 Pacific Alliance Championships, Honolulu (M/W/R/TR)* 13-15 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. (MW) 28-30 Junior Olympic National Championships, Oklahoma City, Okla. (W) 28-30 World Cup/Flanders Cup, Ghent, Belgium (TT) May 4-7 Junior Olympic National Championships, Battle Creek, Mich. (M) 5-9 World Team Trials, Crosby, Texas (A) 5-7 World Cup, Krasnodor, Russia (TT) 13-14 World Cup, Ghent, Belgium (M/W) 26-27 Frivolten Cup, Herrljunga, Sweden (TR) June 1-7/31 Talent Opportunity Program (TOPs) state testing, nationwide (W) 2-4 Elite National Qualifier, Houston (W) 2-4 Junior Olympic National Championships, TBD (R) 12-18 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, Coimbra, Portugal (A) 16-17 U.S. Elite Challenge, Las Vegas (TT) 19-25 International Age Group Championships, Coimbra, Portugal (A) 21-24 Group Gymnastics National Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. (GG) TBD World Cup, TBD (R) July 6-14 U.S. and Junior Olympic Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, Schaumburg, Ill. (TT) 7-9 Elite National Qualifier, Houston (W) 8-9 Western Championships, Deerfield, Ill. (R) 15 Men’s Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. (M) 22-23 Eastern Championships, College Park, Md. (R) 23-27 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships, Kansas City, Mo. 27-30 U.S. Classic, TBD (W) August 5 National Gymnastics Day, nationwide 16-19 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. (M/W/R/A)* 17-19 USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show, St. Paul, Minn. 22-27 Junior Pan American Championships, Gatineau, Que. (near Ottawa) (M/W) 24-26 World Cup, Savognin, Switzerland (TT) 31-Sept.2 World Cup, TBD Germany (TT) TBD Pan American Championships, Mexico (TT) September TBD TOPs National Testing, Houston (W) October 14-22 World Gymnastics Championships (M/W), Arhus, Denmark 27-31 FIG Congress, Geneva, Switzerland TBD World Cup, TBD China (TT) November 9-12 Future Stars National Championships, Colorado Springs, Colo. (M) 17-18 World Cup Final, Mie, Japan (R) 23-26 World Cup Final, Birmingham, Great Britain (TT) December 1-3 JumpStart National Testing, TBD (TT) 2-6 TOPs National Camp, Houston, Texas (W) 15-16 World Cup Final, Monaco (M/W) Other key upcoming dates 2007 Feb. 7-11 Winger Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. (M) Feb. 24 Tyson American Cup, TBD (M/W)* July 16-19 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (M/W/R) Aug. 16-18 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif. (M/W/R)* Aug. 16-18 USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show, San Jose, Calif. Sept. 1-9 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany (M/W) *Broadcast TV coverage by NBC Sports |
|
|
|
CLICK HERE FOR MARCH GYM NEWS, MORE UPDATES COMING SOON INCLUDING:-
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
2 April - BRITISH SPORTS ACROBATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 DEERNESS, HARROW AND SOUTH STAFFS ALL WIN BRITISH TITLES AT 1ST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP’S AND AGE GROUP TRIALS |
|
|
||
 |
|||
 |
|||
|
|
|
Above - Christian and Katie plus Reece & Edward from Spelthorne and below incredible skills from the Junior Men’s 4 plus Anthony & Amy. |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
As the audience and excitement grew, King Edmund took an early lead in the Medals Table as Abbey Carvell and Hannah Palmer produced excellent routines and scores of 26.25 in their balance routine and 25.15 on tempo to win the Level 4 Women’s Pair’s British Title with a score of 51.40 and well deserved Gold Medal’s for the girl’s. |
|
|
|
A disappointingly low number of qualifier’s in the Grade 4 Mixed Pair’s and Men’s Pairs saw Dean Robinson and Hannah Mellor from Stafford win Gold as the only entrant’s in the Mixed Pairs Final after Falcon’s Carl Denham and Fiona Cowley had to withdraw. However this should not detract from a terrific performance from Dean & Hannah who scored well over the 50 point mark. The Men’s Pair’s Title became vacant as Dominic Young & Christopher Liddell had to withdraw. Hopefully next year will see an increase in Qualifier’s at this Level as Club’s enter more gymnast’s and the enormous increase in popularity of Sports Acrobatics in the U.K. continues to grow. The Level Four Women’s Groups saw 14 trio’s battle for the British Title, with good choreography and interpretation of music plus lots of support for local gymnast’s from South Staffs demonstrate why the British Championship’s are such an exciting event. Rosie Charsley, Rosie Cheers & Sophie Everson from West Kirby were the stand out group and 25.75 in their Balance and 26.70 setting a target of 52.45, but they were closely followed by Tanya Johnson, Laura Martland & Bethany Johnson from Wigan Seagulls who won the Silver Medal with a total of 50.95, and local favourites South Staffs’ Carly Robinson, Emma Strachen & Chloe Keary winning bronze. The British Tumbling Championship’s also took place at the same time and the excited crowd roared encouragement to the Tumbler’s during the Acrobat’s performances so maximum concentration was needed and the gymnast’s and Tumbler’s responded with some excellent performances. Proud gymnasts, parents, coaches and supporters all ended the day with memories which will last a lifetime. We should also pay tribute to the superb organizational skills of the Acro Coaches, Sandra Sargeant, Mervyn and the whole Sound and Judging Team’s as large number’s of gymnast’s, many at British for the first time, and some who were clearly nervous were encouraged and supported throughout a long opening day’s competition. SUNDAY - NEW JUNIOR AND SENIOR BRITISH CHAMPIONS CROWNED! The Junior, Senior and Open British Finals took place on Sunday as the Competition saw the experienced gymnast’s from Spelthorne, Deerness, Wakefield, Harrow, Bromley and King Edmund all capable of winning British Titles, but with new routines and unfortunate withdrawl’s the Competition was wide open. We particularly looked forward to the Junior Mixed Pair’s where Spelthorne’s Christian Beecher and Katie Axten, team mates James Palmer and Georgia Sturt would go head to head against Wakefield’s Anthony Middleton and Amy Laycock and team mates Lee Colley and Sarah Cameron. And in the Junior & Senior Women’s Groups could Harrow maintain the excellent progress which they have made and win the British Titles which they came so close to last year? And would Deerness maintain their terrific success at the 2005 Championship’s? We did not have long to wait as the Acrobat’s marched in and the crowd rose as the National Anthem echoed proudly around the Arena. The crowd, although smaller than Saturday’s, were highly knowledgeable and it was excellent to see such acrobats encouraging and congratulating their rivals and great appreciation of the routines from the whole crowd regardless of which Club they represented. The cheers which rang out for the established International’s helped make a great atmosphere. And it could not have been closer in the Junior Women’s Pairs as Harrow’s Kelly Mannion & Deborah Owen produced excellent confident routines which was closely matched by Kirsty Saunders & Alex Drennan from Deerness Valley. In both the balance and tempo routines Kirsty & Alex scored a superb 27.65 for a total of 55.30, while Kelly and Deborah scored 27.50 in Balance but edged ahead on Tempo with a 27.95, to lead the competition with a total of 55.45. And the combined routine, it was just as close as Kirsty and Alex threw down their challenge as they hit a 27.10, but it was absolutely nail biting as Kelly and Deborah responded with a 27.15, they had won their first British Title by just 0.05, with Wakefield’s Beth Ledger & Nicole Hinds taking bronze! The Junior and Senior Men’s Groups are always a highlight with the incredible talent and spectacular and daring skills performed. Special congratulations must go to the excellent performances from Adam McAssey, Adam Buckingham, Jamie Cowler & Sam Sturt from Spelthorne who despite a slight error, recovered well to score 28.70 in the balance, and an excellent performance in tempo gave them 28.95. Their final Combined routine had the whole arena clapping along as they stormed to a 28.80 and the British Junior Men’s Group’s Title. A classic competition was in store in the Senior Men’s Fours between Wakefield and Bromley Valley, but sadly Andy Denny, Adam Smith, Adam Dibbs and Andy Price had to withdraw before the Event. However Wakefield’s Christopher McGreevy, Mark Poole, Alex Uttley & Jack Atherton produced another exceptional performance as they won the Senior Title after the crowd held their breath at the incredible double twisting somersaults performed 25 feet above the ground. Both Men’s Fours were excellent. But the drama was not over as Christian and Katie took the floor, with Damian Walters performing full twisting double straight transitions on the Tumbling Track behind them, the roars from the crowd produced the highlights of the day. Christian and Katie were stunning as their routines were beautifully interpreted and the music expertly choreographed with the balances held perfectly by Katie, winning terrific support from everyone around the Arena and the highest scores of the Championship’s with 29.45 for their Balance, 29.00 for Tempo for a combined score of an incredible 58.45, and their Combined score of 29.40 set a huge target for the remaining Finalist’s Spelthorne’s James Palmer and Georgia Sturt also produced excellent routines to take the Silver Medal with 29.10 just edging Wakefield’s Lee Colley and Sarah Cameron into bronze by 0.10 as they scored 29.00. Anthony and Amy also pushed hard for a podium place and their 28.95 gave them 4th place with only 0.15 separating the Silver Medals and 4th position in a classic contest and some of Britain’s top Acrobats! The Junior and Senior Women’s Groups featured all the drama and excitement Acrobatics fans around the World expect in a major competition. In both the Junior’s and Senior’s Harrow led the way with their balance and tempo routines as Katy Smith, Jessica Dangerfield & Ciara McGrath led the Junior’s with 56.80, and in Senior’s Erin Jameson, Clare-Louise Thompson & Grace Blacklock led with 54.44. Could Harrow claim three British Titles to cap a fantastic performance from the whole Team and Coach Natasha Maxwell ? The Junior’s were locked in a great contest with Wakefield’s Natasha Johnston, Emma Storey & Amber Webster who were second in Qualifier’s, but Katy, Jessica & Ciara’s combined routine were never going to miss their chance of their first British Title as they swept to Gold with a terrific performance which earned 28.70, after being pushed all the way by South Tyneside’s Candice Slater, Nikkita Cox & Coral Patrick who won Silver. Natasha, Emma and Amber won bronze just 0.10 behind the Silver Medalist’s in an absorbing final. In the Senior Women’s Group’s Erin, Claire-Louise and Grace’s innovative combination of mime, top class acrobatics and excellent choreography stood out, and they were desperately unlucky to make an uncharacteristic error in their Combined routine as their score of 26.45 opened the door for their challenger’s. Experienced International trio Leanne Turner, Emily Collins & Victoria Lamkin from Spelthorne stepped up and produced another fine performance as they scored 27.95 to win the British Title and make up for the disappointment of having to withdraw from the British Tournament after one of the girl’s twisted her ankle during their routine last November. Louise Poole, Jennie Miller & Emma Chivers from Wakefield won Silver with Harrow winning bronze. And in the Senior Men’s Pairs, another intriguing contest as Mark Fyson & Christopher Jones from Deerness Valley went head to head with fellow GB Team mates Reece Durbridge & Edward Upcott from Spelthorne. The audience loved this one as they clapped enthusiastically to Reece & Edward’s routine but they were pipped for Gold by Mark & Chris by 28.96 to 28.75 after Reece & Edward had led the balance and tempo routines. As the Tumbling Event finished, the Senior Men’s Competition reached a thrilling finale as Robert Tregoning & Alex Grayson from Deerness Valley produced an unbeatable performance as they won the Senior British Title with a score of 28.801, with Horsham’s Matt Bennett & Isis Clegg-Vinell in Silver position with 26.83. As we waited for the scores, a minute’s silence was held in memory of Chris Fordham the DMT British International gymnast who tragically died after a training accident last month. Chris was a friend to many of the British Acrobats and Tumbler’s and many fought back tears as they stood in silence paying their respects and their own special memories of Chris from his many friends around the world. Just before the Presentations we learnt too that Mervyn Hedges and his great sound and support team have to step down after nine years providing expert coverage of the British Championships, and British Gymnastics will host the Event in future. I know that Merv and his team are all volunteers and the Championships could not take place without the countless number of hours which they have worked over the last 9 years. We are delighted that they will continue to host the NDP’s and British School’s Championship’s, but on behalf of all Sports Acrobats, Coaches and fans, we would like to send our sincere thanks, appreciation and best wishes to the whole Team for their huge contribution to Sports Acrobatics, and Merv’s unique talent for making everyone smile and enjoy their competitions. They will be missed by all of us! As the presentations took place, tears, joy and congratulations amongst gymnasts, coaches and parents, another terrific British Championships has passed and new British Champion’s have been crowned with the new Code generally being welcomed by Judges, Coaches and gymnast’s Congratulations to everyone at the British Championships, and good luck at the second Trial’s at Lilleshall on the 29th & 30th April. We will be at Lilleshall bringing you news, results and photos as we head towards World’s later this year! CLICK HERE TO SEE 4 PAGES OF FANTASTIC PHOTOS FROM THE BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS DON’T MISS OUR REPORT FROM THE BRITISH TUMBLING CHAMPIONSHIPS INCLUDING SAM PALMER WINS SENIOR BRITISH TITLE, AND PINEWOOD WIN 10 MEDALS INCLUDING 3 BRITISH TITLES PLUS ACRO AND TUMBLING MEDAL TABLES! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10th April - GREAT BRITAIN JUNIOR AND SENIOR TEAM’S SELECTED FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS! |
||||||||
 |
||||||||
|
Two of the GB Team who have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championship’s - Left Becky Downie from Notts and right Amy Nunes from Heathrow who both achieved the highest Individual All Around score at the British Team Championship’s yesterday with both girl’s scoring 55.15. Click here to see more photos and scores from the British Team Championship’s. |
||||||||
|
10th April - GREAT BRITAIN JUNIOR AND SENIOR TEAM’S SELECTED FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS! British Gymnastics have announced the Women’s Artistic teams who will represent Great Britain at the 26th European Championships in Volos, Greece from 23rd April – 1st May. Congratulations to the following gymnast’s and Coaches, and good luck at the European Championships:- Senior Team Beth Tweddle - City of Liverpool Shavahn Church - Heathrow Imogen Cairns - The Academy Amy Nunes - Heathrow Melanie Roberts - City of Liverpool Non Travelling Reserves Amy Fossheim - South Durham Kerri Upton - Dynamo JUNIOR TEAM Rebecca Downie - Notts Laura Jones - Notts Hannah Clowes - City of Liverpool Rebecca Wing - Heathrow Jodie Standish - City of Liverpool Non Travelling Reserve Zoe Allen Wigan
Coaches Colin Still Corina Morosan Amanda Kirby Vincent Walduck Michelle Walduck Claire Starkey Sarah Attwell |
||||||||
|
14 April - NASTIA AND CHELLSIE TIE FOR ALL AROUND TITLE AT PACIFIC ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP’S |
||||||||
|
|
|
Content removed - Ken Summerfield 25th August, 2008 |
|
|
|
GOLDEN GIRLS TAKE AA TITLE AT PACIFIC ALLIANCE USA WIN TEAM TITLE AS AUSTRALIA TAKE SILVER AND CANADA BRONZE Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., tied for the all-around title at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships at the Neil Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. The U.S. women won the team title with 183.150 points over Australia, 177.050 points. Canada, with 172.050, finished third.
Senior women’s team
Junior women's team
|
|
|
| [Home] [Euros 07 Acro] [November News] [Sept News 07] [Bristol International 07] [British Tumbling Champs 07] [Gym Store] [World Cup Trampoline and Tumbling Finals 2006] [British Artistic 07] [British Artistic 06] [British Team 06] [Worlds 2005] [Worlds 2003] [Worlds 2002] [Worlds 2001] [Acro Age Groups] [Acro Bristol] [Acro Euro Age Groups 06] [Euro Trials 06] [Acro Euros 05] [Acro Scotland] [GB Acro Teams] [Acro World's 06] [British Champs 06] [British Acro Champs 07] [British Tournament 06] [British Tournament] [Commonwealth Games 06] [Flanders 2007] [Flanders Photos] [Freedom Cup] [Geneva 2006] [NDP's 2006] [Spelthorne Germany] [Sports Acro] [Wakefield Photos] [American Cup 2005] [Athens Photos] [Berlin Masters 05] [British Age Groups 05] [British Artistic 05] [British Clubs] [British Mens 05] [British Mens 04] [British Rhythmic 05] [British Team] [Coaching] [Commonwealth 02] [Competitions] [Corbeil 2005] [Deventer 05] [Dominique!] [English Champs 05] [Europeans 05] [Europeans 04] [Federations] [GBR v China] [GB Profiles] [Ghent 05 World Cup] [Glasgow 05] [Guest Book] [Gym Maps] [Gymnasts] [Gym Photos] [International] [Leotards] [Lilia Tribute] [Media,Videos] [RG Worlds 05] [Rhythmic] [T&T Intl Age Groups 2005] [T&T Worlds 05] [USA Profiles] [US Classic 05] [US Classic] [Visa Champ 05] [Visa Cup] [Yokohama 05] [Childrens Fun Page] [FAQ] [Motivational] [Web Design] |
