Well done to Heather, Libby and Maea who all passed their National Grade 7 on Sunday in Melksham. All 3 girls demonstrated some fantastic work on all pieces of apparatus.
Heather took the top spot on Beam with a great score of 12.20 and 3rd for her Range & Conditioning set routine scoring 11.667. Libby took 3rd place on Vault with a score of 12.033.
Heather was placed 7th overall with Libby in 10th and Maea 11th including the Range & Conditioning marks.
Well done to Mackenzie who gained a pass at Compulsory 4 with a steady competition and to Megan who passed her Complusory 3 and took the Reserve spot for the National Finals to be held in Birmingham on 22/23 May 2012. A pleasing set of results for these young gymnasts.
Photo's can be located in the 2012 Photo Gallery.
Thread reported on the 28/2/2012 - Donna jenkin.
Congratulations to Helston Community College’s two Gymnastic Teams for their results at this weekend’s South West Floor and Vault Competition.
Under 19 Mixed Team : Will Jennings, Jaron Morgan, Abbe Reskelly, Susie Knight and Libby Rescorla – Team Silver, narrowly missing a National Final Place by 0.30.
Jaron Morgan – 1st in the Under 19 Boys competition and Libby Rescorla 3rd in the Under 19 Girls.
Under 19 Girls Team: Jessica Woods, Kea Wheat, Dana Wheat, Annie Taylor, Charlotte Jameson and Amy Annear – 4th place overall.
Jessica the highest scoring girls for the Team, well done!
Photo's can be located in the 2012 Photo Gallery.Thread reported on the 12/3/2012 - Donna jenkin.
The Girl’s Novice Apparatus and Floor and Vault Championships were held last weekend at Penzance Leisure Centre.
Competing for the Swallows of Helston were 21 gymnasts aged between 7yrs and 15 years. For the majority of these gymnasts, this was their first event competing on all four disciplines – Vault, Asymmetric Bars, Beam and Floor.
The morning’s competition saw the 7, 8 and 9 year olds compete. Swallows entered three teams in the 9 and Under Team competition with 12 gymnasts competing for the Club throughout the morning. 7 year old Ashleigh Shovel handled the pressure remarkably well taking the overall Gold medal in the 7 year old category by a clear 0.50. In the 8 year old competition Swallows took a clean sweep of medals with Isabelle Morgan in Gold, Zara Mitchell in Silver and Yuki Cornish in 3rd place. In the 9 year section, the Silver medal was won by Chloe Hardy with team mate Emerald Smith taking the Bronze.
In the Team event Swallows B Team took the overall Gold medal with Swallows C in 3rd position.
In the 8 year Apparatus event Swallows made a clean sweep of all the apparatus medals:
Vault: 1st – Zara Mitchell, 2nd – Isabelle Morgan, 3rd – Yuki Cornish
Bars: 1st – Charlotte Fidler, 2nd, Madison Stanfield, 3rd – Zara Mitchell
Beam – 1st – Zara Mitchell, 2nd – Isabelle Morgan, 3rd – Yuki Cornish
Floor: - 1st – Isabelle Morgan, 2nd – Zara Mitchell, 3rd – Yuki Cornish
Overall: - 1st Isabelle Morgan, 2nd – Zara Mitchell, 3rd – Yuki Cornish
In the 9 years age group the Club continued their success with Emerald Smith taking the Gold on both Beam and Bars, and therefore taking the overall Champion title by a clear 1.40. Chloe Hardy also took a medal for her Floor performance in Silver medal position and ranking in fourth place overall. Cara Jackson continued to add to the medal successes by taking the Bronze medal on Bars. Well done also to Isabelle Menear and Claudia Kitchen for their performances throughout the event.
The end to a fantastic morning’s competition for the Club with a total of 34 medals being awarded to the girls.
The afternoon’s events saw the older competitors take the podium. In the Under 11 competition Swallows had three gymnasts competing. Highest ranked for the competition was Shannon Standing in 4th place overall for her Apparatus competition. The team comprising of: Indie Cooper, Shannon Standing and Aimee Phillips finished the event in 8th position.
13 year old Dana Wheat had a very consistent competition taking Silver medals for both Beam and Floor and a Bronze on the Bars. Dana ended her competition in overall Bronze medal position. Tegan Forward had a very good competition having been out of the gym for a while, to finish just out of the medals on both Bars and Beam. The 13 & Under team comprising of Tegan Forward, Dana Wheat and Katy Gusterson finished in 4th place overall.
The final competition of the day and in the 15 year age group, Holly Morris was the Club’s only competitor. Holly performed extremely consistently on all 4 pieces of apparatus and took the Gold medal for every discipline, including the Gold for the Floor and Vault event also.
A great start to the competition season for all the gymnasts at the Club with a total of 44 medals being won on the day. Champions in the 8 year and 15+ year sections. The coaching team look forward to a pleasing competition year. Well done to all the gymnasts and coaches that have worked so hard to produce these results.Click here for the Apparatus results, and click here for the Floor and Vault results.
Photo's can be located in the 2012 Photo Gallery.
Thread reported on the 21/3/2012 - Donna jenkin.
9 gymnasts from the Swallows of Helston Gymnastics Club travelled to Exeter recently to take part in the South West Regional Grades, Club Grades and Voluntary Team competitions.
On the Saturday afternoon the boys were competing for a top 4 ranking in order to secure themselves a National Finals place. The competition proved to be extremely hard, but the boys were hopeful that they could achieve the necessary rankings.
Competing in the Level 1 event was 8 year old Elliot Bullen. Elliot performed extremely confidently, making every apparatus seem effortless. Elliot took the overall Bronze medal in his group and qualified to represent the South West in the forthcoming National Finals to be held in Birmingham in May.
In the Level 3 competition, 10 year olds Calum Walklett and Cameron Wheat were both keen to take a top four placing as they had both represented the Region last year. Both boys handled the pressure very well, although Cameron did end his competition with a major error on Pommel taking him down the ranking into 4th place. Team mate Calum secured 3rd place overall, and two more boys through to the Nationals!
16 year old Jaron Morgan was the Club’s only gymnast in the Voluntary Over 14 competition, competing for a place in the South West Team and aiming for the overall individual medal. Jaron had a very consistent competition with a number of new skills being performed for the first time under pressure. Jaron handled the new challenges comfortably making a few errors here and there in his work. At the end of the final rotation, Jaron earned himself the overall silver medal. Jaron will now travel to Leicester in May to compete with the Regional team at the National Finals. A great end to day one of competition for the boys.
The following day, 5 more of the Club’s gymnasts travelled to Exeter to take part in the South West Club Grades event.
8 year old Matthew Bolton competed at Level 1 in his first competition outside of Cornwall. Making the National Final team was going to be tough, with 27 gymnasts all competing for the top 6 places. Matt made some consistent routines, but with one error on his rings dismount qualification was going to be hard. At the end of the day Matthew took the overall Silver medal, narrowly missing the top spot. This secured him a National final place in his first major event.
9 year old Matthew Heaney had a very good competition at Level 2. After a disappointing competition the day before, Matthew returned to compete in order to prove that he was worthy of a National final place. Competing against 16 other gymnasts of his age, Matthew gained 5th place overall which secured his place in the South West Team for the National Finals in Birmingham also.
Kai Cornish, 10 years, had a very mixed competition and after an error in his High Bar routine and on his Physical Preparation had to settle just outside of the National Final team selection. Kai finished just 0.50 behind in 7th place.
Tom Rimmer, 14 years and Jonathan Murray, 13 years also competed at the same competition in the Level 6 event. Both boys were keen to make the team after narrowly missing out in 2011. Both Jonny and Tom had solid competitions and in the end took the overall silver and bronze medal positions for their efforts. A fantastic achievement for all their hard work over the past few months.
8 out of the 9 boys returned home with National Final places, indicating the strength and depth of the boys within the Club. Coach Edy Bratu was delighted with the boy’s efforts and the Club look forward to the forthcoming Nationals in both Leicester and Birmingham.
Click here for the Regional Results, click here for the AM Club Results or here for the PM Results.Photo of the team can be found in the 2012 Photo Gallery.
Thread reported on the 21/3/2012 - Donna jenkin.
Sunday 1st April the Boy's and Girl's Club Novice, Intermediate and County Apparatus competition was held at Helston Gymnastics club, it was a busy day for both competitors and judges. The results sheets are available below for you to download.
Competition 1 - Overall Champions.
• Girl's Novice 9/10 - 1st Cara Jackson | 2nd Shannon Standing | 3rd Chloe Hardy.
• Girl's Novice 7/8 - 1st Madison Stanfield | 2nd Yuki Cornish | 3rd Charlotte Fidler.
• Girl's Intermediate O14 - 1st Louise Knight | 2nd Susie Knight.
• Girls Novice 13+ - 1st Tegan Forword.
• Boy's Novice 7/8 - 1st Cameron Jenkin | 2nd Aidan Hunkin | 3rd Joe Mitchell.
Competition 2 - Overall Champions.
• Boy's Under 10 - 1st Matthew Bolton | 2nd Elliot Bullen | 3rd Matthew Heaney.
• Girl's County Level 3 (Age 10) - 1st Megan Morris | 2nd Phoebe Jenkin | 3rd Harly Beale.
• Girl's County Level 3 (Age 9) - 1st Mackenzie Martin.
• Boy's Under 12 - 1st Calum Walklett | 2nd Kai Cornish | 3rd Cameron Wheat.
• Girl's County Level 2 - 1st Heather Bolton | 2nd Nadine Carter | 3rd Bryony Morgan.
• Boy's Under 14 - Joint 1st Tom Rimmer & Jonathan Murray | 3rd Daniel Wills
• Girl's Intermediate 8/9 - 1st Zara Mitchell | 2nd Isabelle Morgan | 3rd Emerald Smith.
Click here for the results sheet.
Photo's will be posted in the 2012 photo gallery soon.
Thread reported on the 2/4/2012 - Phil Walklett.
