County Level Teams

Sunday 25th October

Colchester School Of Gymnastics

Level 3

Gold Medal was won by our team

Well done girls

Finnley Claridge-Lawrence. Molly Palmer, Maisie Corton,

Kaylee Child, Anousha Humphreys

Level 4

Our team performed well and won bronze

Congratulations to

Imogen Mohammid, Georgia Harris,

Carys Healy, Charlie Masters-Levy

Level 5

Our teams:

Coming 4th

Beth Fewings, Harriet Clifford,

Tori Still, Libby Parker, Sophie Cliwen

Coming 5th

Emily Wood, Billy Dale, Amelia Perry,

Caitlin O'Reilly, Natasha Males

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Winning Team

Colchester School of Gymnastics boys have been competing hard lately bringing back a haul of medals. Jack Oakes, aged 8, won overall gold at the Pipers Vale Challenge in Ipswich beating off 17 other gymnasts from across the region scoring a total of 71.05, a clear 2 point lead from the silver position. He did particularly well on parallel bars giving a near perfect performance to take first place. He was joined by lots of newcomers to Colchester who had a great experience and performed well in their first competition.

These younger boys later competed at the Regional Recreational Apparatus Qualifier also in Ipswich where Samuel Nightengale, aged 7, took the overall gold position with a score of 41.85 in the 8/9 age group. He took silver on Vault and parallel bar and bronze for single bar and floor. Thomas Bradshaw was victorious with gold medals for his performance on floor and vault and Thomas Holden came fourth on parallel bars.

In the over 12 category Thomas Littlewood took the overall gold position with a total score of 42.50 and a great first place performance on single bar, silver on vault and parallel bar and bronze on floor. Josh Mitchell was in the same age group coming first on vault, Parallel bar and floor.

In th 10/11 year age group Callum Robertson also claimed overall gold with a score of 42.45 for an excellent all round performance coming first on all four pieces of equipment, vault, single bar, parallel bar and floor.

Saturday 10th October

Out Of Age Regional Championship

Pipers Vale

Both Finnley Claridge-Larence and Molly Palmer performed well

in the 13+ age group and Imogen Mohammed in the 10/11 year age group.

A huge congratulations to Finnley who came home with a Gold medal.

PIPERS VALE CHALLENGE 2009

Sunday 27 September

A huge well done to all our boys who competed well in their groups.

Especially well done to Jack Oakes who came first in the under 8's!

MEDALS ALL ROUND

Colchester School of Gymnastics was the venue for the Essex County Voluntary Levels and FIG competitions. The club had an excellent day with every one of its gymnasts winning a medal.
In the level 4, 10/11 age group, Georgia Harris won the overall silver medal. She also took the individual silver for her vault. Imogen Mohammed just missed out on an overall medal coming fourth but won the individual bronze for her floor routine. Carys Healy came sixth but won the gold medal for her vault and silver for her floor routine.

At level 3 Kaycee Child won the overall silver and took silver on bars, beam and vault. Masie Corton was not far behind taking the overall bronze and with it bronze on each apparatus.

The level 3, 13 + age group, saw both the top spots taken by Colchester girls. Molly Palmer became County Champion winning the overall gold and added to this with the gold for her floor routine and bronze on the vault. Finnley Claridge-Lawrence won the overall silver and also took the gold on vault and silver on beam.

Level 2, 12/13 age group, saw Ellie Watson win the overall gold and individual golds for vault, bars and beam and the silver for her floor routine.

The FIG competition saw Eleanor Clifford win the gold in the 9/12 age group to become County Champion. She also won the silver medals for her vault, bar and beam routines.
Competition moves to Ipswich in October for the Regional finals.

  
Malta Medal Mountain

Gymnasts from Colchester School of Gymnastics have had a taste of International success. Fifteen gymnasts and their coaches travelled to Malta for the Gymstars International Invitational competition and returned with a haul of 16 medals.

Competition took place over two days and the standard was high as gymnasts from all over Europe put on their best performances. Saturday’s competition saw Carys Healy, in the girls 10/13 age group, take the overall silver medal. In addition she won silver for her beam and floor routines and bronze for her bar routine. Imogen Mohammed was not far behind taking the overall bronze medal and with it gold for both her beam and floor routines.

In the boys competition Josh Sage represented the club in the 10/13 age group. He put on a great performance and despite being just 10 years old took the bronze medal for his routine on the parallel bars.

Success continued in Sunday’s competition.  The 14/16 age group saw Finnley Claridge Lawrence put on a fantastic display to win the overall silver medal and take the individual gold medals for her beam and floor routines. Team mate Sophie Groves took the overall Bronze with two further Bronze medals for her bar and floor routines and silver for the beam.

Natasha Males represented the club in the 7/9 age group winning a well deserved overall bronze medal.

Sunday 28th June

Pegasus Open Gymnastic Competition

Girls (Under 11's)

This competition saw another huge entry with over

30 girls from all over the country.

Kaycee Child gave a great performance.

Well done!

Sunday 28th June

Pegasus Open Gymnastic Competition

Girls (Under 13's)

Congratulations to our 'star of the day'

Eleanor Clifford

who came

1st over-all

1st on Bar

1st on Beam

2nd on Vault

2nd on Floor

Saturday 27th June

Pegasus Open Gymnastic Competition

Girls (2000 ages)

This was a very strong competion and we are very proud of

what our girls did there.

Tori Still came 2nd over-all and also 2nd on vault and bars.

Beth-Annie Fronins did well to bring home 4th overall.

Well done also to

Harriet Clifford

Sophie Clinch

Leah Mansfield

Friday 26th June

Pegasus Open Gymnastic Competition

Junior Boys (1999 - 2001 ages)

This was the first time Colchester has entered this competition and it

was a great experience for all our boys that took part.

Well done to you all

Jack Oakes

Callum Barber

Dominic Emm

Harry Leggett

And especially well done to Joshua Sage who came 3rd on Pommell

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Regional Finals

Club Grades

Saturday 4th April

Grade 11 - 10/11 years

Imogen Mohammed scored:-

11.700 Vault

12.550 Bars

10.750 Beam

11.750 Floor

Carlys Healy

11.950 Vault

12.400 Bars

10.350 Beam

10.950 Floor

Grade 9 - 12/13+ years

Finnley Claridge-Lawrance

11.850 Vault

11.400 Bars

10.150 Beam

11.800 Floor

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Club Grades

County Qualifier

Sunday 22nd March 2009

Well done to

Emily Wood

Megan Beattie

Brooke Wright

Tara Smith

Imogen Mohammed

Carys Healy

Charlie Masters-Levy

Rebecca Day

Finnley Claridge-Lawrence

A great experience and a good day had by all!

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NDP IPSWICH - SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2009 (LEVEL 2 O9/U10)

Well Done Boys!!