Elisha, India and Willow - 5th

Lily, Jess and Sophia - 6th

Fraser and Logan - 1st 

On Saturday 27th November four of the Women’s Artistic gymnasts competed at the Espoir British Championships in Guildford. This was the first experience of a British Championships for Tabitha, Brooke, Georgia and Arabella. The Espoir British Championships is for gymnasts who have qualified to this competition and are aged 12-13 years. This means that the best gymnasts in the country are competing at this competition.

The girls work looked very strong with good quality to it.

Congratulations to Tabby placing 10^th on beam and Brooke placing 7^th on floor out of the 44 gymnasts that competed on the day. These are fabulous results following such a long time without training and competition.

Well done girls, some good experience gained ready for the English and British Championships next March.

This competition is in its 40^th year and has international gymnasts entered along with GB and Home Nations representatives. Horsham gymnasts were involved at this competition representing 2 different teams, South East Region and Sussex County. A total of 12 teams entered with 58 individuals competing across an age range of 11 years to senior level (16+ years). Isla Stocker (Sussex) was one of the youngest competitors at just 11 years competed strongly to finish 45^th overall and 19^th on vault. Arabella Aston (Sussex) performed some simpler routines than usual to place 43^rd overall and 23^rd on bars. Izzy Carr (Sussex) had a clean competition to place 28^th overall and 17^th on vault. Brooke Stocker (South East) performed some high level skills which were all quite new to competition routines still. She managed to place 26^th overall, 13^th on floor and a fabulous 6^th on beam. Georgia Stables (Sussex) competed all new skills/routines at this competition. She had a clean competition, successfully finishing 10^th overall, 14^th on bars and 9^th on beam. Tabitha Lees (South East) had an extremely successful competition with some new skills carried out really well.  She placed 7^th overall with 11^th on floor, 8^th on beam and 4^th on bars.

The South East took the team title with Sussex placing 4^th in the composite category (county/region) and out of all the teams combined South East were 3^rd and Sussex 6^th.

The competition also held an under 13 section where Isla placed 11^th overall, 3^rd on vault and 8^th on both beam and floor.  Bella placed 9^th overall, 10^th on floor and 6^th on bars. Georgia placed a magnificent 1^st overall along with 5^th on vault, 2^nd on bars, 1^st on beam and 6^th on floor.

Well done girls this was a magnificent performance from all of you. Now on to the British Championships on the 27^th/28^th November in Guildford.

Our youngest competitive gymnasts were competing in Guildford last weekend. For most of them it was the first time that they have competed.

The weekend began with the Zinc level gymnasts who train up to 10 hours per week. Within their age category Ava Brewster placed 19^th overall and 3^rd on vault, Isla McLauchlan 10^th overall and 4^th on bars and Havana Buonassisi-Small 9^th overall with 1^st on vault and 2^nd bars.  Amilya Clarke had a fantastic competition placing 1^st overall with 4^thon vault and 2^nd on beam and floor.

Ava Whyton in her age category placed 3^rd overall with 6^th on vault, 2^nd on bars and 4^th overall. These girls also took 3^rd place as a team.

To finish their competition there were apparatus awards for all age groups at this level combined. Ava Whyton placed 4^th on bars, Havana 8^th on bars and Amilya 5^th on beam and 8^th on floor

The competition continued on Sunday with the zinc level gymnasts who train 10 hours or more. This was the first competition that these girls had done and they all performed well, all having clean competitions.  Within their age category Ella Massey placed 21^st overall and 6^th on vault, Grace Hatton also placed 21^st overall and 4^th on bars with Natalia Klocek placing 18^th overall and 6^th on bars. Kiera Morgan placed 15^th overall and 6^th on beam with all of them competing against 33 gymnasts. The apparatus awards were again given out across all age categories with Ella placing 9^th on vault, Grace 7^th on bars and Natalia 9^th on bars.

The girls gained lots of experience from this competition ready to progress on to the next one. Well done girls.

Last weekend saw 3 of the Women’s Artistic gymnasts travel to Stoke on Trent to compete in the National Compulsory 2 competition. This competition is the qualifier to be able to compete at the British Championships but requires the gymnasts to perform set skills in their routines and score an overall total of 54.50. 

Saturday was the turn of Georgia and Arabella with Isla competing on the Sunday. All 3 girls competed magnificently and without any major errors leading them to achieve the pass score with ease. This means that all 3 gymnasts have now qualified and earnt the right to compete at the British Championships.

168 gymnasts initially entered this competition with 144 competing on the day and 66 achieving the pass score. The age for this competition was from 11 years old upwards with our gymnasts aged 11 and 12 therefore being some of the youngest competing.

Georgia placed a fantastic 18^th overall and 10^th on floor and 15^th on range and conditioning. Arabella placed a fabulous 13^th overall and a tremendous 5^th on vault. Georgia finished a magnificent 13^th in the country within the 12 year category and within the same age group Arabella placed 10^th overall.

Isla finished the competition in 26^th place overall and a fabulous 11^th place on beam. Only 12 gymnasts of Islas 11 year age group achieved the pass score and of these Isla was 6^th in the country for that age.

This was an amazing achievement from all 3 of these gymnasts after the challenges of the last 18 months. We are all so proud of the way they approached and handled this competition and the achievement of reaching the British Championships alongside Brooke and Tabitha later in the year.

Congratulations to all the Women’s Artistic gymnasts that competed at the South East Regional Championships. This was the girls first competition in over 18 months and they managed to perform extremely well.

The weekend began with the Copper level gymnasts. Individually Miranda finished 11^th, Holly 9^th and Bella 5^th overall. They also managed to place 3^rd as a team at this level.

The next round saw the F.I.G gymnasts competing. There was some great quality work shown with many new skills competed for the first time successfully. Tabby placed 3^rd and Brooke 2^nd overall at this level. They also both collected a bronze medal for vault and Brooke collected a bronze medal for bars. Both girls competed a double back on floor as well as a release and catch (Jaeger) on the bars for the first time as well as new connections on beam.

Day 2 saw the Bronze level gymnasts compete. The girls competed in 2 age categories for overall placings but also as one age category for National Finals team positions. In the 09-11 age category Zara placed =8^th and Lucy 3^rdoverall. Zara also collected a 4^th place finish on floor. In the 04-08 age category Izzy finished 10^th, Cissy 8^th, Morgan 4^th with Phoebe becoming the South East Regional Bronze Level Champion. Cissy also collected a silver medal for floor with Phoebe collecting the beam title. The team also took 2^nd place at this level. Phoebe and Morgan will now represent the South East at National Finals in Guildford in November with Lucy as the team reserve.

Round 3 was the turn of the Compulsory 2 gymnasts. This competition was preparation for their National level grade held in Stoke in 2 weeks’ time where they have the possibility to qualify to the British Championships in November. All the girls had a steady competition and achieved the Nationally set pass score that they would need at the next competition to gain qualification. In an open aged category Isla (the youngest age category competitor) placed 13^thoverall with Bella taking 3^rd overall and Georgia being crowned South East Compulsory 2 Champion. The girls also took the Level 2 team title.

This was an extremely successful competition across all levels and we would all like to say a huge well done to all the gymnasts and coaches involved.