News - October 2008

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More Medals for RGA tumblers

Richmond Gymnastics Association brought home 4 medals (3 bronze and 1 silver) from the first ever Bracknell International Competition on the week end of the 18^th and 19^th October.  With tumblers from across England as well as France, Ireland, Portugal and Wales the squad performed well bringing home 4 medals from 9 Gymnasts competing in 4 competition levels. 

Kath Peberdy , Head of tumbling at RGA said "This was the first international competition for most of our tumblers ,and we were delighted with their performances and their results.  It was good to see the depth of our younger squad in particular starting to compete at this level".

Rob Small, Tumbling Coach added "With several more competitions coming up in the next few months, and in particular the British Open Tournament in November  its now back to hard training , but we were very proud of all the tumblers".

Results:

Silver – Mens Senior - Greg Bosey
Bronze 11-12 year old girls – Heather Cowell
Bronze – 9-10 year old girls – Lucy Elliman
Bronze 9-10 year old boys – Harry Leadley

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