British Schools
Gymnastics Association Girls Apparatus Championships -
28 March
2010 - Newcastle
Whilst many of the younger gymnasts were competing in their first regional
competition, six seasoned Notts gymnasts, aged 13-15, represented the East
Midlands Senior Team to become the British Schools Champions 2010!
Charlotte Draycott took the individual title, gold medal and cup in 1st
place along with Kirsty Baldwin in 3rd place, with the rest of the
team Lara West, Chenay Elson, Megan Bonnar and
Lillie Buttery contributing to the overall team score to win the title.
Well done girls!
Results
Senior British Schools Champions
2010 Chenay Elson, Megan
Bonnar, Lara West
Kirsty Baldwin, Lillie Buttery, Charlotte Draycott
Coaches - Sara Harper & Ian Kime
East Midlands Regional Club Grades 14 & 13
Championships - 28 March 2010 - Leicester Well done to all the Notts gymnasts
that competed in the Regional Club Grades held at Leicester.
In Club Grade 14 (in-age), Taeja James took the gold medal with
Ella Morel in =3rd to take the bronze medal. Lauren Whitehead
and Lily Moorea-Hutchinson finished in 5th and 6th place.
Tanith Beresford and Laura Kaletha in 9th and 10th place and
Charlotte Mears in 13th place.
Grade 14 (out of age) - Imogen Clarke took the silver medal,
with Shenea Fawzi-Perrin 6th, Ella Dickson 9th, Maddy
Murphy 10th place.
Grade 13 (in age) - Hannah Piechota 6th, Carrie Brown 10th,
Isabelle Osario 13th and Felicia Miloro 14th place.
Grade 13 (out of age) - Abiba Grant finished in 2nd place to take the
silver medal with Caprice Adjei in 4th place. Well done to all
the gymnasts Results
British Compulsory Level 2
Championships - 21 March 2010 - Liverpool Well done to
Ellie Downie who finished 2nd in the Compulsory Level 2 Championships
held on Sunday 21 March at Liverpool. Caitlin Roberts finished in
10th place. Results
NGA Floor & Vault Competition
- 21 March 2010 - Rushcliffe
Well done to Abiba Grant and Rimini Miloro who competed for
Notts in the Nottinghamshire Gymnastics Association's Floor and Vault
competition held at Rushcliffe on Sunday 21 March 2010. Abiba finished
in 5th place in the 10/11 age group. Rimini also finished in 5th place
in the 12/13 age group. Both gymnasts qualify as reserves to represent
Nottinghamshire in the Regional Floor & Vault Championships to be held in
Leicester on Sunday 18 April 2010. Results
English Championships
- 5 - 7 March 2010 - Leicester Notts gymnasts
competed over the weekend in the Espoir, Junior and Senior categories at the
English Championships held at Leicester. In the Espoir category on the
Friday, Kirsty Baldwin finished in =4th place overall and took joint
bronze on bars. Chenay Elson finished 6th place overall and
took gold on bars with Lillie Buttery finishing 10th. Saturday
saw the Seniors compete with Niamh Rippin finishing in 4th place
overall, taking silver on vault and bronze on floor. Becky Downie,
competing on only two pieces finished 31st overall. Sunday was the
Junior event. Overall, Ruby Straw took 2nd place along with the
silver on bars and bronze on vault. Billie Mackenzie finished
in 4th place along with bronze on beam. Charlotte Draycott
finished in 11th place and Lara West, competing only three pieces
finished in 34th place. Well done gymnasts! Results
East Midlands Regional
Compulsory Levels 4 & 3, Club Grades 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 & 5 -
21 February 2010 - Leicester The start of the
new competition year saw Notts gymnasts compete at Leicester in the
Compulsory Levels and Club Grades. Competing at Compulsory Level 4 -
Lucy Valentine, Megan Horsepool, Georgia Wallace, Sian Shuttleworth and
Millie Fairhurst-Marshall, finished in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places
respectively, with the first four gymnasts going on to qualify and represent
the East Midlands team at the National Finals to be held at Birmingham on 15
& 16 May. At Compulsory Level 3, Keauna James took the top spot
with a great score of 59.033.
At Club Grade 8, Chloe Gell finished in top spot with Katie
Liwoshko, Caprice Miloro and Emily Heslin finishing in
10th, 18th & 19th place. At Club Grade 7, Olivia Shuttleworth
finished in 3rd place. At Club Grade 6, Beth Dixon finished in
3rd place and at Club Grade 5, Katy Bramley finished in 1st place.
Chloe, Olivia, Beth and Katy all qualify to represent the East Midlands team
at the National Club Grade Championships at Birmingham on 24 & 25 April.
At Regional Club Grade 12, Rimini Miloro finished in joint 8th place.
Well done to all gymnasts! Results
Gymstars Invitational - 12 December
2009 - Malta
Notts Gym Club gymnasts were
once again invited to compete in the 2009 Gymstars Invitational at Malta on 12
December. Competing gymnasts were Saran Carman, Hannah Avallone, Beth
Farrow, Sheriene Kelly, Amber Lipton, Olivia Shuttleworth, Ellena Frost and Beth
Dixon. Katy Bramley, sustaining an injury just prior to departure, was
unable to compete but supported her team mates as well as being the club
photographer (photos to follow!) An enjoyable competition with good
results for Notts girls. Results
2008 Results
East Midlands Regional Open Age County Team Challenge - 15 November
2009 - Leicester
Well done to the
Nottinghamshire Junior Team that won the Regional County Team Challenge held
on 15 November 2009 at Leicester. The Nottinghamshire team comprised
of Notts gymnasts - Katy Bramley, Olivia Shuttleworth, Amber Lipton, Ellena
Frost, Chloe Gell and Caprice Miloro. Beth Farrow took the opportunity
to compete as an individual in the junior section in preparation for her
Challenge Cup Competition in a weeks time. Results
British
Age Group Championships Levels 4, 3, 2 Voluntary Finals - 7 /
8 November 2009 - Guildford
The weekend saw Notts gymnasts
compete at Level 2 and for East Midlands at Level 3. Caitlin Roberts, Ellie
Downie and Keauna James and Drew Lenihan-Orwa (Wade) took the team bronze at
Level 3. With combined scores from the Compulsory finals held in May,
Caitlin finished in 3rd place to take the overall bronze medal. Ellie
finished in 8th place. Keauna finished in a respectable 15th position
on the day but did not have a combined compulsory level score and therefore
finished 33rd combined. Well done girls! At Level 2 Hannah
Avallone and Saran Carman finished in 9th and 10th places respectively on
the day and in 5th and 6th places with combined compulsory scores. Results
2009 South Africa
International Cup - 6-9 November - Gautang, South Africa
Notts gymnasts Niamh Rippin and Ruby Straw
were amongst the strong line up competing for GB at the 2009 South Africa
International Cup in Gautang - 6 - 9 November 2009. In the WAG Junior
Competition, Niamh took the all around title with a score of 52.500 ahead of
team mate Laura Edwards (51.050) and fellow Notts team mate Ruby Straw
(50.550). The British Team took the team title (154.200) from South
Africa B and Malaysia 2. Results
East Midlands Open Age
Championships (Level 4) - 11 October 2009 -
Leicester Results
East Midlands Regional
Senior, Junior & Espoir Championships,
Age Group & Open Age Championships (Level 3, 2 & Challenge) - 27
September - Leicester
Results
English Championships
- 18-20 September 2009 - Leicester
Results
Senior
Junior
Espoir
Alpha Factor Invitational - 11-13 September 2009 -
Wilts Results
UK School Games
2009 - Cardiff - 3-6 September 2009
The weekend saw the stars of the future at the UK School Games held at the
Planet Ice Arena in Cardiff. Ruby Straw, Charlotte Draycott and Billie
Mackenzie were part of the England team which finished in 2nd place for a
silver team medal. In the all around, Ruby finished 5th, Charlotte 6th
and Billie 12th place, with Ruby and Charlotte qualifying for apparatus
finals on the Sunday. Apparatus finals saw Ruby take gold on bars and
bronze on vault and Charlotte taking silver on floor.
Results
Team All around
Apparatus VaultBarsBeamFloor
UK School Games - Cardiff For
the second year running, Ruby Straw will be representing England in the UK
School Games to be held in Cardiff from 3-6 September 2009 along with club
mates Charlotte Draycott and Billie Mackenzie.
www.ukschoolgames.com for more
information and to follow the UK School Games.
British Championships - 4/5 July 2009 - Guildford
Becky Downie retained her Senior Champion title for the second year
running by taking the all around title with a score of 56.100 at the 2009
Women’s British Championships at Guildford Spectrum on day 1 of the
weekend of 4 & 5 July 2009 as well as qualifying for all 4 apparatus
finals. Jordan Lipton finished in 4th place and qualified for
bars, beam and floor apparatus finals.
In junior category, Ruby Straw finished in 6th place and
qualified for the floor, bars and vault apparatus finals and Charlotte
Draycott finished in 24th place all around. Day
2 on Sunday saw 4 Notts gymnasts compete in the apparatus finals. Becky
took beam, bars and floor titles and finished 2nd on vault
behind Huntingdon’s Marissa King. Jordan finished 6th place on
floor and beam and 7th place on bars. Ruby finished 4th
on bars and vault and 5th on floor. Espoir finalist Billie
Mackenzie finished 5th on beam and 8th on bars. Results
Nottinghamshire County Championships - 28 June 2009 -
Rushcliffe
70+ gymnasts entered into the 2009 County Championships over 17 different
categories at both club and elite levels. With the majority of gymnasts
from Notts, it was good to see Ashfield gymnasts enter and win Club Level
6 (age 9/10) and Club Level 4 (age 10/11). It was a very long day over 3
rounds, so a big thank you to all those that helped to make the day such a
success – judges, coaches, parent volunteers and all that donated items.
Thanks also to Slade Hopkins of
Beckhampton Road, Arnold, who provided
the lovely floral arrangements for the judge’s tables. Results
U13
GB International – Spergau, Germany - 27 June 2009
Billie Mackenzie travelled with coach Nick Ruddock to Germany to represent
Great Britain ‘B’ team in her first international competition against
Switzerland and Germany. The ‘B’ team finished joint 3rd place
alongside Germany with a score of 148.85, Great Britain ‘A’ team
took 1st place. A great start to Billie’s international
prospects coming 11th overall. Apart from a couple of mishaps
on bars a great competition all around finishing 3rd on beam
overall with a score of 13.05.
British Espoir Championships - 6 June 2009 - Gloucester
Billie Mackenzie finished in 7th place and qualified for the
bars and beam apparatus finals to be held at Guildford on 5 July. Nicole
Pavier – 16th, Lillie Buttery – 21st, Kirsty Baldwin
– 24th, Chenay Elson – 27th and Megan Bonnar - =30th.
Well done to all gymnasts.
Results
East Midlands Open Age Club Team Challenge - 31 May 2009 - Leicester
This competition took place at the brand new competition venue in
Leicester. Well done to the junior team who took first place – Amber
Lipton, Olivia Shuttleworth, Niamh Cullen, Ellena Frost and Keauna James.
Due to injuries, the senior team consisted of only Annabelle Towndrow and
Hannah Bowers, finished in 5th place. Results
British Teams Championships
- 23/24 May 2009 - Guildford
Once again, 2 teams were
entered into the British Teams Championships held at Guildford on 23 & 24
May. Seeded in the last 8, the very young Notts ‘B’ team of Billie
Mackenzie, Kirsty Baldwin, Lillie Buttery, Chenay Elson and Nicole Pavier
finished in a credible 12th place. Notts ‘A’ team consisted of
Jordan Lipton, Ruby Straw, Charlotte Draycott, Becky Downie and Lara West
finished in 3rd place behind Liverpool and Heathrow ‘A’ to take
the bronze. Results
Glasgow
Grand Prix - 15/16 May 2009 The crowd were
treated to a world class display of gymnastics at the Glasgow Grand Prix
held at the Kelvin Hall
on 15 & 16 May. Beth Tweddle took two gold’s to follow her double
European Championship success on bars and floor. Becky Downie
produced a great routine to claim the silver on bars and give her a boost
ahead of the World Championships.
East
Midlands Regional Floor & Vault Championships - Spalding -
26th April 2009
Notts gymnasts, Caprice Miloro, Chloe Gell & Giulia de Rosa, along with
gymnasts from Worksop and the Notts General Gymnastics Club competed for
Nottinghamshire in the Regional Floor & Vault Championships. Well done
to all the gymnasts. Results
British National Club Grades Championships - Birmingham 25th/
26th April 2009
Notts gymnasts competed at the British National Club Grades Championships at
the weekend of 25th and 26th April. Beth Farrow - Grade 6, Beth Dixon
- Grade 7, Niamh Cullen, Olivia Shuttleworth and Annie Line - Grade 8. Results
European Championships – Milan, Italy - 2nd – 5th
April 2009 Becky Downie competed for Great Britain at the 2009 European Championships finishing in 11th
place all around after a fall on beam. Becky qualified for the vault and
bars finals finishing 6th place on both pieces. Beth Tweddle
claimed double gold, adding the Floor title to her Asymmetric Bars title
victory once again. Results
All around Apparatus Finals
Sunday 29th March 2009,
saw many Notts gymnasts competing in the
Regional Club Grades 14 & 13
Championships
at Rushcliffe. For many, this was their first
competition (previously Grade 6 & 5). In the Club Grade 14 (in-age) level,
twelve Notts gymnasts finished in the top 15 out of 48 gymnasts; with Megan
Horsepool 1st, Phoebe Collins 2nd, Rhianna Carruthers
3rd, Lucy Valentine 4th and Georgia Wallace 5th.
Sian Shuttleworth 7th, Carrie Brown 8th, Millie
Fairhusrt-Marshall 9th, Madeleine Lilley =11th, Hannah
Reddings and Felicia Miloro =13th, and Hannah Piechota 15th.
In the Club Grade 14 (out of age), the only Notts gymnast to compete at this
level was Eloise Griffiths who finished in a respectable 11th
place. Club Grade 13 (in-age) saw Notts gymnasts
Lauren Rutter and Georgia Maguire finish in 2nd and 3rd
place respectively. Club Grade 13 (out of age) saw Alex Allan finish in 2nd
place to take the silver medal. Well done to all the gymnasts. Results
On Saturday 28th March
2009, Jordan Lipton competed for the Scotland junior team at the
Celtic Cup against Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland. Jordan finished in
2nd place overall to take the silver medal and help the team to 2nd
place.
Results
Juniors Minors
After the junior and senior GB team’s
success last week in Italy, Ruby and Niamh were, once again, selected to
represent the junior Great Britain team against Romania juniors in Lisbon, Ireland on 21st
and 22 March 2009.
Ruby finished all around in 9th
position, helping the team to a gold medal place and qualifying for two
apparatus finals on the Sunday. Ruby finished in 4th place on
the vault and in 6th place on the floor. Niamh, having suffered
a slight injury in training, was withdrawn just prior to the competition.
Results
Sunday 15 March 2009 saw
Notts gymnasts competing in three different competitions.
British Schools Gymnastics Association
Girls Apparatus Championships at Newcastle saw both the Junior and Senior
teams both finish in 4th place. The senior team comprised of
Megan Bonnar, Billie Mackenzie, Sheriene Kelly, Charlotte Draycott, Jordan
Lipton and Nicole Pavier. Well done to Billie who finished in 3rd
place overall to take the bronze medal and to Charlotte 5th place
and Jordan 6th place. The junior team was made up of Kirsty
Baldwin, Chenay Elson, Lillie Buttery, Saran Carman and Hannah Avallone.
Well done to Kirsty and Chenay who finished in 6th and 7th
place overall. Results
Back row -
Jordan Lipton, Charlotte Draycott, Billie Mackenzie, Sheriene Kelly, Megan
Bonnar Front row - Hannah Avallone, Saran Carman, Kirsty Baldwin, Lillie Buttery, Nicole Pavier,
Chenay Elson
The other competition taking place on the
same day was the Nottinghamshire Gymnastics Association Floor and
Vault Competition at Rushcliffe. In varying age categories,
competing gymnasts were Giulia De Rosa, Georgia Maguire, Paige Millett,
Chloe Gell, Alex Allan, Gabriella Miles and Caprice Miloro. Well done to
all the gymnasts. Giulia, Chloe and Caprice, along with Georgia as reserve, all
qualify to represent Nottinghamshire at the Regional Floor and Vault
Championships to be held at Spalding on 26 April 2009. Results
The third competition taking place over
the weekend of 14th & 15th March was an
international in Italy in which Notts gymnasts represented Great Britain
against Italy, Brazil, China and Romania.
GB senior team Becky Downie and Laura
Jones were selected. Niamh Rippin and Ruby Straw were selected for the
junior team. Unfortunately, Laura had to withdraw prior to travelling as
she was still protecting an injury.
After two days training in Italy, Becky
decided to protect her feet and compete only bars and beam. Ruby, the
youngest in the squad rose to the occasion, did a fantastic job for the GB
seniors and finished the top all around senior scorer for Great Britain in 12th
position helping the team to finish in 3rd place.
Niamh continued a successful run for
Notts, in the junior team with a fantastic floor routine, a solid vault and
a steady beam routine and a slight mistake on bars left Niamh in 5th
place all around and again, was the highest scoring junior British gymnast
with the team finishing in 2nd place.
Results
Senior All aroundJunior All around Junior Teams
Compulsory Level 2 took
place on Sunday 8 March 2009 at Liverpool with both Notts
gymnasts Hannah Avallone and Saran Carman finishing in joint 6th
place. Results
he first competition of 2009 was held at Rushcliffe on 1 March. This was the East Midlands Club
Grades Levels 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 and Compulsory Levels 4 & 3.
Regional Club Grade 12 saw
Notts gymnasts Chloe Gell and Caprice Miloro finish in 1st and 3rd
places respectively. Results National Club Grade 6 saw
Beth Farrow finishing in 4th place and also qualify to represent
the East Midlands Region in that level at the National Club Grades
Championships to be held in April at Birmingham. Amber Lipton finished in 8th
position but jointly with Dina Simmons from Hinckley, gained the highest
score in range & conditioning. National Club Grade 8 saw
Olivia Shuttleworth, Keauna James, Annie Line, Niamh Cullen and Bethany
Williams compete in this level, with Olivia taking the silver medal to
qualify to represent the East Midlands region at the National Finals along
with Annie and Niamh as reserve.
In National Club Grade 7,
Jessie Wendels, Beth Dixon, Hannah Bowers, Ellena Frost and Annabelle
Towndrow closely competed for a place in the East Midlands Team.
Jessie took the bronze medal and along with Beth and Hannah as reserve
qualify for the National Finals. Results
Melissa Sherwin, the only Notts gymnast to
compete in the Compulsory Level 4, finished in 3rd
place to qualify to represent the East Midlands Team at the National
Compulsory Level 4 Championships to be held at Birmingham on 3rd
May 2009.
In Compulsory Level 3, Ellie
Downie and Caitlin Roberts finished in 1st and 2nd
places respectively and also go on to represent the East Midlands Region at
the same competition. Results
2009 Tyson American Cup – Saturday 21 February 2009 Becky Downie’s
success at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was her invitation to compete for
Great Britain at the prestigious 2009 Tyson American
Cup
in Chicago. Becky achieved Great
Britain’s best Olympic gymnastics all-around result when she finished 12th
in the individual competition in Beijing last August was one of 10 women
invited to compete in America’s top international even. Becky, once
again, did her club and country proud finishing in a fantastic 4th
place.
Results
The annual 2008 Christmas Display
saw all the gymnasts demonstrating fun routines in front of a packed
gym for their family and friends. A big thank you must go to Fiona Buttery
for her time and dedication in making the green shorts for D2 group.
The money raised (£50) from the making of
the shorts was very kindly donated back to the club by Fiona and Andy
Buttery in memory of their good friend, Liz Filmer. Liz was Lillie
Buttery’s godmother who died unexpectedly in December 2007 of gall bladder
cancer at the age of 46. Liz and her partner Steve always supported
Lillie’s gymnastics and loved to watch her perform at the Christmas Display.
2008 ended with seven gymnasts, along with
Coach Alan Price and Judge Katharine Mead representing Notts Gymnastics Club
at the Gymstars Invitational competition at Tarxien, Malta on 13/14 December
2008. It proved to be a successful outing
seeing them return with a haul of eight medals. In category B, Sheriene
Kelly won overall Silver, gold on bars; silver on beam and bronze on vault,
Megan Bonner took the silver on bars and Beth Farrow silver on floor. In
category C Annabelle Towndrow claimed a silver medal on vault and bronze on
bars. The remaining members, Hollie Sanderson, Beth Dixon and Hannah Bowers
also made it through to the finals.Results
U13
GB International – Spergau, Germany - 27 June 2009
British Teams Championships
- 23/24 May 2009 - Guildford
