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On Sat July 11 2 teams travelled from the club to compete in the Newcastle Teamgym Open against teams from the North of England and Scotland. Teamgym is as its name suggests a group of gymnasts working together on 3 gymnastic pieces. Floor, tumble and trampette. It is a fast emerging area of gymnastics.
In the Primary competition the girls had worked hard and scored the highest trampette score of the day. This along with strong work on floor and tumble resulted in them placing a creditable 3rd overall.
In the Junior competition built on their new found team spirit and put in strong performances on all pieces but unfortunately just finished outside the medals in 4th place by 0.2
British Finals
Gloucester 2nd May 09
Both groups set off for this competition after putting in some hard work in training. As usal first up were the National 3 group. They performed well on all pieces improving the scores on every piece despite one or two errors. Floor 7.5, tumble 5.6, trampete 6.9 (which equalled the third highest score of the day on this piece). The final score of 20.00 put them in a creditable 5th place for the day. Well done.
Next up were the National 2. Again the difficulty had been increased. Unfortunately it was not to be this day. Trampette was first and in what is normally one of the strongest areas various mistakes occured which resulted in a low score. Unfortunately as a group they never recovered from this poor start and ended up with a score of 21.10. So it is back to the drawing board and a change in mind set for the future along with more focussed training!
Northern Qualifiers
Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh. 7th March.
Two Diamonds teams made the trek north of the border to compete in the Northern National Qualifiers.
After an early start, the National 3 team (Primary) was the first team to perform. They started off on floor with a routine that had previously been used at the Goole Open Competition in November. A smooth performance ended up with the third highest score of 7.40.
Their second piece was tumble. After what could be described as an ‘interesting’ run-up to the competition on this apparatus, the team scored a fairly low 5.45.
Finally they moved onto the last piece of apparatus (trampette) where they made amends and achieved the highest score of the day with 6.90, which was an excellent score for them.
These scores earned them 3rd place overall and qualification into the national finals; due to be held in Gloucester on May 2nd. From this competition the gymnasts can see the areas that need to be worked on if they are to compete for the medals nationally.
Overall a very good achievement for the group.
Next up were the National 2 team (Junior). During the competition preparation the team members had not been very confident in their own abilities. As a result of this the difficulty of their runs was slightly downgraded but the key was to ensure that all moves were landed and the lines were good.
They started off on trampette. A solid performance with very few errors made sure that they got off to a good start with a score of 6.95.
The next piece was floor. This had been a little troublesome in training for many reasons and had only been performed by the whole group three sessions before the competition. However on the day (despite the routine being ‘rough and not polished’) they were awarded the highest score of the day, 7.35. An excellent score!
Tumble was the final piece. A clean performance on all runs ensured that a good score would be achieved, and 6.85 was the second highest tumble score of the day.
This final score also put the National 2 team into 3rd place and they too have qualified for the national finals in May.
Both teams performed very well and were a credit to the club. All the gymnasts have been buoyed by the result and have re-entered the gym under no illusions about how much hard work is needed to perform well in the finals. |
