Wirral Gymnastics Club

North West 4 - piece Novice

Congratulations to everybody who took part in the North-West novice comp in Warrington on the 19th - 20th November, 2005. It was a hard competition, with some really good gymnasts from all over the North-West. In the Under 8s competition, special congratulations go to Jade Le Gall, the new North-West Champion on the beam and Abigail Blacklock, who took the Silver medal on the Vault. In the Under 10s competition, Megan Flanagan took the Bronze medal on the Bars, the Silver on the Beam and the Overall Silver, and Melissa Edwards took the Silver on the bars and the Overall Bronze. A great performance by everybody!

Cheshire and Merseyside Novice

The county novice competition was held on the 23rd October in Liverpool, and Wirral gymnasts performed well again. Congratulations in particular to Megan Flanagan, who took the Silver medal for the vault and the beam, the Bronze for the bars, and became the overall County Champion in the Under 10s category. In the same competition, Melissa Edwards took the Gold medal for a superb bars routine, the Bronze on the vault, and took the overall Silver. With a great series of routines, Sophia Ingram also took the Silver medal on the floor and the Bronze on the beam. In the Under 8s competition, Ros Norman took the Bronze medal on the vault and the beam, and Claudia Bartlett took the Silver on the floor.
 

Wirral's going to Holland!

Following the National trials held in Birmingham in July, three gymnasts from Wirral Gymnastics Club will be representing Great Britain at the 2005 Tumbling World Championships. The Championships this year will be held in September in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Rob Small and Kathryn Peberdy, the current European Champion, will be joined by Mica Parry who has been selected for the first time. Congratulations to all three for their selection, and we wish you the best of luck. We'll all be cheering for you!

Post-comp note: Congratulations to Mica, who proved she was in the world's top ten gymnasts!

Wirral Wins the Neston Sets

Competing against 8 other clubs, Wirral won the annual Neston sets floor and vault competition on the 3rd July. 37 Wirral gymnasts won an amazing 42 medals out of a possible 138. These included 19 Gold, 13 Silver and 10 Bronze.

While all the gymnasts did a fantastic job in bringing home the overall trophy, there were a few who deserve a special mention. Amy Cheung, Abigail Blacklock, Hannah Saunders, Tayla Griffiths, Libby Farrar and Abbie Richmond all won Gold on both their Floor and Vault exercises. Abigail Blacklock took the highest overall score of the day with an 18.6 out of 20, and Sophie Gradden took the highest individual score for one exercise with an amazing 9.7 for her Set 2 Floor routine.

While we've congratulated the gymnasts in the past, today's efforts really do stand out as an incredible team performance. Well done, everybody!

 North-West Floor and Tumbling Competition

Wirral Gymnastics Club had a fantastic result at the Regional Tumbling competition held at Robin Park in Wigan on the 24th April. In the Level 1 competition for 8-10 year olds, Abigail from 4-piece Squad 3 and Maddie from the 2-Piece squad shared the Gold medal position. If that wasn't enough, the club went on to take the next 4 places as well! Lauren and Rachel took Silver and Bronze respectively, with KJ and Charlotte close on their heels in 5th and 6th place. In the Level 1 competition for 11-12 year olds, Fiona and Chloe came equal 4th and Jenny took a very good 6th place.

The medals kept coming in the Level 2, 8-10 competition as well. Amy took the Gold with Urvashi nearly pipping her to the top spot, but, in the end, taking a comfortable Silver. In the Level 2, 11-12 competition, Victoria took an excellent Gold.

Maddie, Abigail, Amy, Urvashi and Victoria will now be going on to the National Finals at Seagulls on the 4th June. Good luck, girls and well done everybody!

Regional Grades Finals

Following on from their success at the County Grades competition in February, many of our gymnasts represented Cheshire and Merseyside at the Regional Grades championships in Warrington in March. The Grade 6 in age squad came 4th, Grade 6 out of age squad came 2nd, Grade 5 in age 2nd, Grade 5 out of age 1st, Grade in age 1st and the Grade 4 out of age came 2nd.

 

Cheshire and Merseyside County Competition (Grades 6, 5 and 4)

Wirral Gymnastics Club started off the year well with a great showing at the county Women's Artistic grades examination. On the 6th February, 17 Wirral girls took their grades at the Park Road Sports Centre alongside other affiliated clubs in the Cheshire and Merseyside area. All 17 girls achieved a passing mark, with 5 of them achieving a distinction. In the competition, 11 of the girls won medals, and 9 of them qualified to represent the county at the regional grades competition at the beginning of March.