The TeamGym Squad really have to travel for competitions. Three teams were entered for the Northern Qualifer in Edinburgh. The Regional team performed very well in their first competition. They competed all their pieces with hardly any errors.
The National 3 Team achieved a bronze medal spot and qualified for the National Finals with a consistent score.
The National 2 team had had a difficult time with injuries but managed to achieve a final place by a narrow margin.
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The National Finals at Gloucester saw the club represented by National 2 & 3 Teams. Both teams performed well but found that even improving their score from the qualifying round this was not enough to put them in with a chance of a medal. As in all areas the amount of training time clubs spend training makes a massive difference when competing.
The squad in October attended the Scottish Friendly TeamGym at Grangemouth Sports Complex, Edinburgh. The Junior Squad performed really well in all events and were awarded the gold medal, just pipping South Durham by a mere 0.05.
A great event was rounded up with a quartet of gymnasts competing Senior Micro Event. The mixed team of Vicky Hendry, Leoni Moran, James Burgess and Stephen Finch. The group competed one Tumble and one Trampette run, performing several new moves to win their section.
The final competition of the year took place very close to home at Goole in November.
We were represented by 2 teams at this event. The National 3 group and again the Senior Micro Team.
First off were the National 3 team. They put in a very solid set of performances on all 3 pieces achieving the highest marks on floor 7.90 and trampette 6.70 to give them first place overall. (pic add).
At the end of the day the Senior mixed team were on. After a long wait Vic unfortunately had a nose bleed which led to the remaining 3 gymnasts having to take over her runs. So a special thanks go to Steven and Leoni for there excellent timbling and trampette work which resulted in them scoring 7.30 on both pieces and gave them the gold medal overall.
This was a great way to finish of the competitve year.
Thanks go out to all the parents and supporters of the squad especially those who have helped transport the trampette up and down the country. |