Jewel of the South – Ipswich – 3rd/4th/5th March

9 Horsham Gymnastics Centre gymnasts travelled to Ipswich to compete in the Jewel of the South grades competition. This was a very large 3 day event with clubs competing from all around the country. The competition started with the compulsory 4 gymnasts. Elisha and Tabitha placed 18^th and 19^th  respectively and Tabitha collected a bronze award for bars. Brooke had a successful competition finishing in 9^th place overall and also receiving a silver award for bars and beam.

At National 3 grade Charley, Izzy and Phoebe had a few errors but all came away with a silver award for range and conditioning.  National 4 grade saw Lola complete an excellent competition against 39 gymnasts in an open 10+ years age group. She placed 5^th overall, only 0.15 away from the medals and received gold awards for bars and range and conditioning and a bronze award for beam and floor. Finishing the weekend was Scarlett competing in the National 1 grade where she also received 5^th place overall and picking up a gold award for range and bronze award for floor and bars.