South East Regional Championships 2018
South East Regional Championships 2018 – Guildford Spectrum
The weekend started with Holly competing at Level 6 out of age. She finished 13th overall as well as 3rd on vault, 7th on bars and 8th on floor. In only her 2nd 4-piece competition Holly performed well and has gained a lot of experience.
Then it was the turn of the level 5 in age gymnasts. Isla placed 7thoverall, Lucy 9th, Naomi 11th, Nureeza 13th, Zara 15thand Autumn 16th out of 42 gymnasts. Isla also took 1st on bars and 2nd on vault (out of 67 gymnasts across all level 5 age groups) as well as 5th on floor. Lucy was 8th on beam and 4thon floor. Naomi finished 5th on bars and 7thon beam. Nureeza placed 8thon beam, Zara was 10thon bars and Autumn 12thon beam. The team narrowly missed out on a medal today placing 4th.
The first round on Sunday started fabulously with the level 3 out of age (06+ born) seeing Izzy placing 3rd overall, Cissy 2nd and Phoebe being crowned South East regional champion. At level 3 out of age (07 born) Lola finished 2nd overall. In the in-age level 3 Elisha finished 10th overall, Tabitha 4th overall and Brooke 2nd overall. Brooke and Tabby will now represent the South East region at National finals in November. The Level 3 A team also took the level 3 Team Title.
As well as these achievements, across all level 3 age groups Tabby collected a bronze medal for both vault and bars and Brooke collected a gold medal for the top beam score.
The 2nd round on Sunday saw Honesty compete and successfully qualify for the British Challenge Cup in November as well as being crowned Junior FIG Challenge Champion. She also collected a gold medal for both bars and beam and a bronze medal for vault across all the FIG Challenge sections.
The final round of the weekend finished just as successfully as the others. Morgan placed 1st in the out of age level 4 (07+) category and also collected the trophy for the highest out of age score. At level 4 in age Poppy finished 7th overall, Arabella placed 3rd and Georgia finished 2nd. Arabella and Georgia will represent the South East region at National in November. The level 4 team also collected the Team Title!
As well as this across all age groups Morgan placed 3rd on vault, Georgia 2nd and Arabella 1st. Morgan also took a bronze medal for floor and Poppy won the bronze medal for beam.
Horsham came home with a magnificent 24 medals, 3 regional champions and 2 team titles. What a fabulous weekend! Well done to all the gymnasts and coaches!