News - May 2007

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RGA Gymnasts bring home National medals

Gymnasts from Acro & Tumbling travelled to Stoke-On-Trent for the National Finals.

Grade 1 - Vikki Boyce & Lara Johnson
Women’s pair 8^th out of 25

Grade 1 - Lewis Walker, Tian Scott, William Gibson, Charlie Duncan
Men’s four  4^th out of 10

Grade 2 - Lewis Walker & Aureliane Pierret
Mixed pair 3^rd out of 14

Grade 4 - Tsveti Genov, Tashi Goldring & Josie Russell
Women’s trio 2^nd out of 19 

Rachel Risk, Francesca Miller & Flora Scott 
Women’s trio 5^th out of 19

Congratulations to all our gymnasts who performed their routines beautifully.

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Heather Cowell in UK Squad

Our tumbler, Heather Cowell has been chosen to represent UK at the World Championships.  She will be travelling to Canada with the rest of her team to compete against the best in the World.

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RGA Floor & Vault gymnasts win gold, silver & bronze at regional competition 

Gymnasts from Floor & Vault travelled to East London Gymnastics Club for the Gold/ Silver/ Bronze Championships. 

Congratulations to all our gymnasts & well done to Jade Brooks & her team of Floor & Vault coaches.

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Bromley Valley Invitational 2007

RICHMOND ACROBATS WIN THE BROMLEY VALLEY INVITATIONAL FOR THE 2nd YEAR RUNNING

Gymnasts compete in teams made up by one pair, one trio & two tumblers. All scores are added together and the final mark decides the Team trophy. Individual trophies are given for highest scoring pair, highest scoring trio & highest scoring tumbler. 

Richmond A Team - GOLD
Clara Nutting & Emilia Bjerke- women’s pair
Holly Limbrick, Matilda Scott & Eliza Kosse- women’s trio
Christie Wong & Fearn Griffin- tumblers 

Richmond B Team- SILVER
Jennifer Bailey & Eleanor Munro
Imogen Mazzier, Niamh Thompson & Nicole Holowka-women’s trio
Katie Jenkins & Flora Scott- tumblers

Richmond wiped the board this year. Our Team A won the overall trophy and our Team B came 2nd beating teams from Heathrow, Bromley Valley, Croydon & Camden. Clara Nutting & Emilia Bjerke won the highest scoring pair trophy and Christie Wong won the highest scoring tumbler trophy. 

Congratulations to all our gymnasts who all came home with a medal and well done to Imogen Mazzier for stepping in as a base of a trio & learning a full routine the day before the competition because the original base Hrissy Genov sustained an injury. Well done also to Flora Scott who took Imogen’s place as a tumbler in the same team. Both of them were rewarded for their hard work with a silver medal.

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Recreational

Heats for the RGA Tumbling Champs start on Sunday 20^th May and run throughout the week.

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Disabilities

On the 4^th May, 8 boys from Orleans Park School came to RGA for the first of our special try-out sessions for children with disabilities. The boys had varying levels of social & learning disabilities and find their normal sports classes intimidating. One child was wheelchair bound and the gym was certainly a positive environment for him. It was a great success. They are very interested to try again, and Kayleigh is going to organise another session with them before the summer holidays if possible.

The next session is on Friday 25^th May. Children from Oaklands School will be attending a 45-minute session. This school is specifically special needs, and Kayleigh is going to get a list of children & their disabilities before they come in order to tailor the session to their needs.

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Coach Education

Kayleigh Frampton & Karen Rose have both passed their pre-school exam. Both are now enrolled on the pre-school coach course in July.

Si-Wan Cheung, Jemima Hutin & Zoe Mortemore have all passed their general club coach course.

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