Results as follows:

Olivia, Madeline and Jess - Grade 5 WG - 1st

Ella, Grace and Lily - Grade 4 WG - 1st

Lilly, Nina and Angelina - Grade 4 WG - 5th

Devon and Naima - Grade 4 MxP - 1st

Jackson and Holli - Grade 3 MxP - 1st

Lily, Louise and Jess - Grade 2 WG - 2nd

Fraser and Logan - Grade 2 MP - 1st

Horsham gained 5 Group Regional Champions for 2017.

Well done to all the gymnasts and coaches!

This competition is where all the biggest acrobatics clubs come to compete from all over the UK.

Horsham had two 12-18 women’s groups competing with new partnerships where they all competed new skills.

Myla, Georgia and Zoe - placed 15th in this category.

Ella, Fran and Alexis got through to the finals within their category and placed 8th.

Ben and Natalie (12-18 MxP) got through to the finals and placed 4th - missing out on bronze by 0.25.

Well done everyone for the results should be very proud placing all in the top 15 of the country.

The first round was for the silver level gymnasts aged 10-11 and 12-13 years.

Competing against 28 gymnasts in the younger age category Lola finished 12^th overall, 8^th on floor and was crowned the English silver level bars champion.

Phoebe also in the 10-11 year category finished 6^th on bars, 10^th on beam and 10^th overall.

Competing against 32 gymnasts in the silver category age 12-13 years Charley finished 9^th on bars, 3^rd on floor and was crowned the English silver level Vault champion.

Isabel also in this category finished a fantastic 5^th overall as well as being crowned the English silver level Beam champion.

Scarlett had a clean competition to finish the year and finished 10th on beam and 11th on bars and floor as well as 10th overall.

Honesty finished 8th on vault, 6th on bars, 5th on beam and 7th on floor. She was also 4th overall.

These were good results in the highest gold level in an open 11+ age group.

Here are the results:

Ethan and Indie (Grade IDP MxP) - 1st

Olivia, Maddie and Jessica (Grade 5 WG) - 2nd

Devon and Naime (Grade 4 MxP) - 1st

Ella, Grace and Lily (Grade 4 WG) - 1st

Lily, Nina and Angelina (Grade 4 WG) - 5th

Jackson and Holli (Grade 3 MxP) - 1st

Well done everyone - fab results! For all the scores click here.

On the Saturday 20 gymnasts from the Horsham Sports Acrobatics squad competed and all of them finished in the top three at their grades with 15 of them finishing in Gold Medal position to become the new Sussex Champions. Ella, Grace and Lily also won the Supreme Acrobatic Trophy for the highest score of the day. This was a particularly good result for the squad given that many of the gymnasts were competing in competition for the first time.

The Sports Acro medallists were:

Frazer and Logan– Grade 1 Mens Pairs – Gold Medal and Sussex Champions

Lilly, Nina and Angelina – Grade 3 Womens Group– Gold Medal and Sussex Champions

Jackson and Holli- Grade 3 Mixed Pair – Gold Medal and Sussex Champions

Ella, Grace and Lily – Grade 4 Womens Group – Gold Medal and Sussex Champions

Ethan and India- Grade 5 Mixed Pair – Gold Medal and Sussex Champions

Olivia, Madeline and Jessica– Grade 5 Womens Group – Gold Medal and Sussex Champions

Devon and Naima – Grade 4 Mixed pair – Silver Medallists

Lily, Louise and Jess – Grade 2 Womens Group – Bronze Medallists

Also on the Saturday Horsham had gymnasts competing in the floor and vault competition. These Horsham gymnasts are a competition group who train for 5 hours a week and they also came home successful and with a large haul of medals. The Horsham Floor and Vault results were:

Evie and Alexandra- Floor & Vault Advanced Cat 1 Women 8-9 – Joint Gold Medallists & Sussex Champions

Aimee- Floor & Vault Bronze Cat 1 Women 8-9 – Gold Medallist & Sussex Champion

Rheya- Floor & Vault Bronze Cat 1 Women 8-9 – Silver Medallist

Katie– Floor & Vault Bronze Cat 1 Women 10-11 – Gold Medallist & Sussex Champion

Lola– Floor & Vault Bronze Cat 1 Women 10-11 – Bronze Medallist

Frenki- Floor & Vault Silver Cat 1 Women 12-14 – Bronze Medallist

Not to be outdone, on the Sunday the Horsham Artistic Squad continued the trend with a dominant performance that earned 13 medals out of a possible 17, including 7 Sussex titles 4 of which becoming overall Sussex Champions. The Artistic Squad results were:

Scarlett- 1st in the F.I.G Junior Challenge

Honesty- 1st in the F.I.G Espoir Challenge and the F.I.G Beam Champion

Charley- 1st in the out of age level 3 (04)

Isabel– 1st in the out of age level 4 (05)

Lola- 1st out of age level 4 (06/07) and the highest level 4 out of age score

Phoebe- 3rd in the out of age level 4 (06/07)

Brooke- 1st in the age level 4

Tabitha- 2nd in the age level 4

Elisha– 3rd in the age level 4

Georgia– 2nd in the age level 5

Arabella- 3rd in age level 5

Grace- 2nd in the modified 5

Jaia- 2nd in the modified 4

This was another superb set of competition results that show why Horsham Gymnastics Centre is rated one of the top clubs in the country.

Maxine Woodward Director and Head Coach at Horsham Gymnastics Centre said, “I am so proud of all the gymnasts and coaches who have worked so hard to achieve these great results. To have 25 Sussex champions return back to our club this week is such a credit to everyone involved and I’m sure it is just another stepping stone to a very bright future in the sport for these children.”

In age level 4 saw Tabitha place 4th, Brooke 7th and Elisha 9th with all girls successfully competing new skills. Elisha placed 1st on bars and Tabitha 2nd and Brooke placed 1st on floor for their age group. Tabitha will represent the South East Region as a team member at national finals in November. Brooke will represent Horsham at national finals as an individual.

Out of age (07) Morgan finished 7th and lola 2nd overall with Morgan 3rd on vault and bars as well as lola 1st on bars and 2nd on vault,beam and floor for their age group.

Out of age (06+) Izzy 2nd and Phoebe 3rd overall with Izzy 1st on bars and Phoebe 1st on vault and 3rd on bars.

Combined age apparatus placings:

Vault - Tabitha 5th, Phoebe 6th

Bars - Elisha 1st, Tabitha 2nd, Lola 3rd, Izzy 5th

Floor - Brooke 1st

The A team places 3rd and the B team placed 5^th.

Level 5 in age - Georgia 3rd overall, arabella 7th, Lara 15th, Poppy 18th, anna 21st. The team placed 3rd.

Individual apparatus across all age groups:

Vault - Arabella and Georgia 1st

Bars - Georgia 1st, Arabella 7th

Beam - Anna 9th

Apparatus placings for in age section:

Vault - Georgia and arabella 1st

Bars - Georgia 1st, arabella 2nd

Beam - Anna 7th

Floor - Arabella 5th

Well done girls!!!

The level 6s (7 this year) competed in  their first regional competitiom. Out of 34 gymnasts at level 6 Isla placed 7th overall, Lucy 11th, Zara 12th, Naomi 19th, Bella 21st and Willow 31st.

The a team finished 4th and the B team 9th.

Individual apparatus for all age groups:

Vault - Bella 7th

Bars - Naomi 5th, Isla 9th

Beam - Lucy 5th

Floor - Zara 14th

Individual apparatus for level 6 in age:

Vault - Bella 6th

Bars - Naomi 4th, Isla 7th

Beam - Lucy 4th, Isla 10th

Floor - zara 9th, isla 10^th

FIG Espoir Challenge – Honesty 3^rd overall

FIG Junior Challenge - Scarlett 2^nd overall

In total Horsham came away with 6 individual overall medals, 2 team medals, 7 combined age group rosettes, 21 top 6 apparatus finishes for respective age groups as well as a south east regional team member and an individual representative for national finals. Keep up the hard work girls!

These girls were selected from their regional competition results. Well done girls.

Back row: Brooke, Lola, Tabitha. Front row: Morgan and Elisha.

Saturday was competition day for Scarlett and Honesty. Both competed really well with Scarlett just having a fall on her acro connection on beam. Scarlett placed 10th on beam and 6th on floor out of 26 competitors. Honesty had a clean competition and picked up a bronze on floor and a gold on beam as well as 6th overall. Sunday was competition day for Millie, Charley, Izzy, Phoebe and Lola. Charley had 2 falls but managed to successfully compete 4 new skills, landing her Tsukahara vault. Charley placed 9th overall, 8th on beam and 5th on bars out of 42 competitors. Millie was also in this category finishing 23rd overall and 9th on bars. Phoebe, Izzy and Lola had a tough group with 55 competitors spreading over a 3 year age band. Izzy finished 29th overall and 14th on bars, Phoebe was 27th overall and 20th on bars. Lola placed an impressive 22nd overall with 10th on beam and 8th on floor.

Sunday evening the host club put on a farewell BBQ and disco for all the competitors, judges and coaches. This was great fun and the girls got to exchange gifts with competitors from Wales, Luxembourg, Austria, Sweden and Cyprus to name a few. After two 10 hour days at the competition venue and a party on the Sunday evening we went to breakfast a little later on the Monday morning before leaving the hotel to return home to the UK.

This was an exceptionally good experience for the girls who have never competed abroad before with all of them making the most of the opportunity and representing Horsham GC extremely well.

It was an enjoyable day for both the gymnasts competing and the families who came to support the children. 

Thank you to all of the volunteers and coaches who helped make the day run smoothly, and a great experience for all the children.

Click Here for the results from the day. 

For all except two it was their first competition which is very impressive to have done so well. Well done girls.

The results are shown below: 

 
Round 1 - level 5 in age - Poppy 6th, Lara 5th, Anna 3rd, Arabella 2nd.
Round 2 - level 4 in age - Elisha 5th, Brooke 3rd, Tabitha 2nd.
Round 3 - Level 4 out of age - Morgan 9th, Phoebe 3rd (1st sussex member), Lola 1st. Izzy 1st (1st sussex member).
Level 3 out of age - Charley 1st (1st sussex member)
Round 4 - FIG Challenge Espoir - Honesty 2nd (1st sussex member)
FIG Challenge Junior - Scarlett 1st (1st sussex member).

Excellent competition from all girls with lots of new moves being put out successfully!!

It was their first voluntary competition of the year where all the gymnasts completed lots of new skills.

On Saturday, the Level 5s did very well, all placing within the top 6:
Georgia 1st
Lara 2nd
Poppy 3rd
Arabella 4th
Anna 5th

On the Sunday, 4 gymnasts competed from Level 4 and 3. Lots of new moves successfully competed and all medaling in their groups!

Level 4 out of age - Phoebe 1st, Izzy 2nd
Modified level 4 - Sophie 3rd
Level 3 out of age - Charley 1st

Well done to all the girls and good luck to the Sussex Invitational this coming weekend on the 4th June 2017.

The competition was to a very high standard with acrobatic gymnasts competing from all over Great Britain.

Dom S, Dom G, Devon and Jackson were triumphant and became champions winning 4 golds for Horsham and the South East Region.

As well as winning gold with a score of 26.400, the South East Team won the overall team event scoring the highest out of all the regions within Great Britain!

Well done boys!

The competition began with Morgan competing in the National 5 grade where she performed exceptionally well, achieving some very high scores and placing 2^nd overall.

In the next round of competition Phoebe, Charley and Isabella all competed at National grade 3. Each of the girls passed this grade with commendations. Millie also competed in this round but at National grade 2. Again Millie passed her grade with commendation, placing 6^th overall and being named as the non travelling reserve for the South East team for national finals.

The third round consisted of the compulsory level grades. Horsham was represented by 3 gymnasts at compulsory grade 4. Elisha, Brooke and Tabitha all passed this grade with ease. Elisha placed 11^th, Brooke 6^th and Tabitha 5^th overall as well as being named as the travelling reserve for the South East team at national finals. Brooke and Tabitha will both represent Horsham at the national finals as individuals having achieved the qualifying score enabling them to do this.

The final round of the competition saw Scarlett compete at National grade 1, placing 2^nd overall and being named as a south east team member for national finals. Lola competed at National grade 4 where she was crowned the overall champion and will also go on to compete at the national finals as a member of the South East team.

Over the two weekends of grades competitions out of the 18 Horsham gymnasts that competed the club achieved 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal, 1 4^th place, 2 5^th place and 2 6^th place finishes overall with a further 3 in the top 10 at their respective grades.

Good luck to the 4 gymnasts representing the South East region or Horsham at their respective national finals over the next few weeks.

They all competed really well with the following results of the groups:

Logan and Holli (Grade 1) - 2nd (first competition)

Poppy and India (Grade 4) - 9th place

Ella and Lily (Grade 4) - 4th and passed grade

Bella Grace Darcy (Grade 5) - 6th

Manami, Macy and Amelia (Grade 5) - 7th

Olivia, Alex and Jess (Grade 4) - 8th passed with merit

Caitlin, Lillian and Nina (Grade 4) - 7th passed with merit

Annabelle, Lilly and Naima (Grade 3) - 2nd passing grade

Dom, Dom, Devon and Jackson (Grade 4) - 1st and off to National Finals!

5 of our youngest gymnasts travelled to Guildford to compete at the South East Regional Grade 6. This was the first grading competition for all of these gymnasts who turn 8 years of age within this competition year. All performed extremely well passing their grade with distinction. Overall results saw Georgia place 18^th, Anna 13^th, Poppy 4^th, Lara 3^rd and Arabella 2^nd. Each of the girls also had a top 6 placing on at least 1 of the 5 apparatus that they competed on. This is a great achievement for these girls with good experience gained from this.

Elena, Sophie and Jaia competed in the Regional Grade 3 competition. A couple of mistakes kept Jaia in 21st place overall with team mate Sophie finishing 10^th overall in the 05+ age group, passing their grade with commendation. Both girls had a top 5 placing on 2 of their apparatus. Elena competed in the 06 age group finishing in a well deserved 4^th place overall with a top 6 placing on 3 of her 5 apparatus and passing her grade with distinction.

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.

The competition - held at Stoke-on-Trent’s Fenton Manor Sports Centre - attracted over 200 of the very best acrobatic gymnasts in the UK from 24 of the top clubs, with Horsham having one of the largest squads at the competition. 

After competing in the 13-19 years Women's Pairs on Saturday afternoon, and then again on Sunday morning, Aimee and Maddie were placed third in Sunday afternoon’s final to earn them the bronze medal. This was a tremendous achievement by the pair on such a big stage, with a large crowd in attendance, and up against very highly ranked competition. Horsham Gymnastics Centre is one of the top clubs in the country and its reputation was further enhanced with sixth-placed finishes from both Ben and Natalie in the 12-18 years Mixed Pairs competition and Zoe and Zoe in the 12-18 years Women's Pairs.

Just outside a top-six finish were Ella , Myla and Alexis who finished seventh in the 12-18 Women’s Group. Francesca , Matilda and Pheobecame tenth in the 11-16 Women’s Group and Georgia , Ella and Lily, who were also competing in the 11-16 Women’s Group, finished eleventh.

Lara 1st 
Georgia 6th 
Poppy and Anna joint 7th