News - April 2008

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Richmond Gymnasts at the British Championship at Stoke-on-Trent

Richmond took twenty gymnasts to compete with the best in GB at the British Tumbling and Sports Acrobatics Championships in Stoke-on-Tent.  This is the largest number of gymnasts that Richmond has ever entered at this level and illustrates the growth and success of our club.

With 7 Acrobatic Gymnastics teams and 3 Tumblers competing at the highest national level it was a fantastic result to see 4 came home with medals, 1 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze.

Salme Brockbank – Director of Coaching at RGA said, “we were very pleased to see so many gymnasts competing at such a high level this year, it’s great for everyone in the club to see then succeed. Our tumblers did particularly well this year with all 3 of them coming home with a medal”.

British Tumbling  Championship

Joshua Bland (9yrs old) tumbled his way to Gold. Joshua beat five other finalists from all regions in the country to win the title.

Kath Peberdy, Head of Tumbling at RGA said “It was fantastic to see Joshua doing so well and winning Gold in this British Competition. Our other tumbling champions Heather Cowell (age 12) and Greg Bosey (senior) are used to competing at this level but this was a first for Josh.”

Results :
Joshua Bland – Boys FIG age 9-10  – Gold medal
Heather Cowell – Girls FIG age 11-12 – Silver medal
Greg Bosey – Senior Men’s – Bronze medal

British Acrobatic Gymnastics Championship

The Open Age category had two teams from Richmond competing in what turned out to be an exciting competition.  After the first round (dynamic) Tania, Shannon, and Jessica were in 2^nd position and Stephanie, Lucy and Flora were in 3^rd.  The following day Stephanie, Lucy and Flora completed a superb clean balance routine to take the silver medal while Tania, Shannon and Jessica just missed out on the bronze and came 4^th

Junior and 11-16 Age Groups are without doubt, the most competitive categories at the British with all the top clubs in the UK entering partnerships.

In the Junior pairs, Claire and Ria just missed out on making the finals by the slenderest of margins to be ranked 7^th.  In the Junior Women’s Groups, Tsveti, Tashi and Josie qualified for the finals with two clean routines. Despite a third clean and high scoring routine in the final; they ended up 7^th due to the exceptional performances from partnerships from the top clubs.

The two Richmond Age Groups teams, both acquitted themselves admirably in what was a huge group of 28 competitors.  Holly, Matilda and Eliza managed two good routines and ended in 15^th position while Clara, Vicky and Amelia in their first British Championship together were a credible 18^th. 

Results :
Stephanie Bailey, Lucy Bearn, Flora Scott - Silver Medal in Open-age Women's Group
Tania Noble, Shannon Brooks, Jessica Lightowler - 4th in Open-age Women's Groups
Holly Limbrick, Matilda Scott, Eliza Kosse - 11- 16 Age groups. 15th
Clara Nutting, Vicky Boyce, Amelia Bjerke  - 11-16 Age groups   18th
Claire Cason, Ria Marwaha - Junior womens pairs - 7th.
Tsveti Genov, Tashi Goldring, Josie Russell - Junior women groups - 7th

To see a video of the action at the British Championship, please >>click here

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