News - November 2008

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Flair Decade Recreational Competition

Sunday 16^th November saw 5 Gymnasts from Richmond Gymnastics Association (RGA) entered the Flair Decade Recreational Competition

This was the first out of club competition for all of the general gymnasts who train for less than 1 hour a week at either the RGA centre in Kew or one of the many school based satellite centres across the borough.

Tameira McLean, Head of General Gymnastics at RGA commented "The team did really well for a first competition, it was great to see them all step up their performances on the big day" She added  "There was a great performance by Ryan who well deserved to win  Silver in the under 9 boys competition".  Well done to the rest of the RGA team.

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London Gymnastics Bronze Floor and Vault Competition

On Sunday 23^rd  November 12 Gymnasts from Richmond Gymnastics Association Junior Floor and Vault Squad entered the London Gymnastics Bronze Floor and Vault Competition. They competed against gymnasts from all over the London.

The squad who only train 4-5 hours a week did very well bringing home 2 gold, and 3 silver medals

Tameira McLean, Head of Floor and Vault Squads at RGA commented "It was a tough competition at a good standard so it was nice to see RGA come home with 5 medals" She added "The girls in particular were up against some tough competitors but they all performed well with some fantastic individual performances, with Olivia winning Gold overall in the aged 9 girls and Hattie getting the second highest score in her age group on floor."

Salme Naylor, Director of Coaching at RGA added "This time the boys were the stars of the day though, we were very proud of them all especially Reynard and James who now go onto to represent RGA in the next division." Reynard won Sliver in age 10 boys and Levi taking 4^th in the same age group. Callum and Ronan taking joint Silver in age 9 boys and James winning Gold in age 11 boys. 

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RGA Club Championship Results

The RGA Club Championship was held on 22nd November in front of a full house of enthusiastic parents benched on our new balcony seating.

For the full score sheets and results, please click >>here

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RGA Tumblers Compete in Yorkshire Open

On Sunday the 16^th November seven RGA tumblers attended the Yorkshire open FIG tumbling competition competing in the following age groups: 11-12 girls, 9-10 girls and 9-10 boys.

This was a great opportunity for the tumblers to compete against some of the best tumbling clubs in the UK prior to our own Club Championships on the 22^nd of November and the British Tournament at the end of November.

The squad did very well winning joint Gold by Lucy Elliman in the girls 9-10, Silver by Heather Cowell in the girls 11-12 and Silver and Bronze in the boys 9-10 by Arthur Polley and Harry Kilby respectively.

Lizzie Harraghy and Emily Gower competed very well in the first rounds and were both placed for a medal position at this stage but they were just piped at the post in the final with a three way tie for gold including RGA’s own Lucy Elliman.

Sadly Joshua Bland fell and twisted his knee in warm up doing a new move for him, so in the end could not compete. We all wish him a speedy recovery.

A huge thanks to Kath and Rob and all at Yorkshire for a great weekend

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