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Glenn's News Rosette Awards Congratulations to all the recreational level gymnast for achieving their first club rosette. I will try and get some photos loaded in the new year. Oxfordshire Individual Apparatus Competition 2011   Great results from all the gymnasts who competed Sunday 13 November at Phoenix Gymnastics club Maidenhead. Amy Chapman had very respectable results at the Southern Regional Finals at Portsmouth. Giving 110% effort Amy performed the best floor tumbles I have seen her do and a very clean and tidy A-Bar routine. The bar routine was so powerful that her dismount was above the high bar causing her to over rotate and ending in a fall but apart from that a lovely routine. Amy did very well to place 15th out of all the level 3 junior gymnasts in the Southern Region. Amy Chapman qualifies for Southern Region Levels Finals Development Squad Gymnasts Qualify for Southern Regional Grades  Six of our Development Squad gymnasts have qualified for the Southern Region Grade Club Grades 14 & 13. Christy Llewellyn placed a respectable 3rd with a score of 51.80 at Grade 13. Placing 5th, was Orlaith Lyford with a score of 50.75 and in 8th place was Olivia Stock. The top 8 gymnasts qualified for region. Gymnasts had to score a minimum of 9pts on the Range and Conditioning to pass, but were allowed to retake the R&C if they scored at least 8.50 pts. Tobi Stevens retook her R&C and managed to turn an 8.5 score into a 10.45 on the second go giving her a total of 50.85 but not able to go to region. Had she managed this the first time Tobi would have knocked Orlaith into 6th and Olivia out of the top 8. At Grade 14 Amy Gould placed 3rd with a fantastic score of 57.40, Rushani Arumugham placed 4th scoring 55.45, Kitty Holt placed 5th with a score of 54.90 sadly, Alice Walder had to resit her Range and Conditioning increasing her score from 55.35 to 56.05 and 9th place. Christy is unable to attend the Southern Region due to other commitments so Orlaith and Olivia will be representing Bicester at Grade 13 and Amy, Rushani and Kitty at Grade 14. Medals for all four at European Invitational ! Amy Chapman, Annabelle Clifton, Jess Pitts and Georgie Long were up against some very tough competition from clubs around the country. The competition was hard and we had a few mistakes but the girls did really well.  All the gymnasts were competing in the Athens level where Georgie won Gold for a simple beam routine but tidy and without any falls. She also won a Silver for her round-off straight half on Trampette. Jess won Gold for her tumble of round-off, flic, straight half. Annabelle won a Bronze for her round-off straight back on trampette and Amy a Bronze for her 1/2 on 1/2 off Vault.Well done girls!  8 and Under Teams SuccessDue to traffic coming out of Bicester two of the team members didn't have a chance to warm up prior to competing but still managed to perform to a reasonable standand. We had two team Bronzes on Floor and Vault and 1 team Silver on Bars. Well done Teams! and Coaches Photo: Back: Yvette, Maya. Front: Alice, Rushani, Amy, Kitty. Well done and Thank You Sarah Chapman! This competition was just as nerve racking for Sarah as it was for the young gymnasts, it was Sarah's first time at judging a proper competition since qualifying a few weeks ago. Both of the club's new judges have now put one competition under their belts. Camilla was tricked into judging Vault on her own (we thought she was judging with another judge)on Sunday 7th November at Wantage's Club Championships and has volunteered to judge for small club competition at Wheatley on the 26th November. New Club Judges for Bicester Gymnastic Club After a few weeks of stress about learning deductions, symbols, and confusing rules, there was a big sigh of relief when we were told everyone had passed their practical exam with more than 80%. We only had to pass the theory exam. We all had an hour to wait before we knew the results. I think we were all dreading the final results, yes even me who has previously passed with a distinction. Well done Sarah Chapman, Amy's mum and Camilla Leech, Phoebe Clowe's mum! They both actually scored higher on their theory than me. A Good Day at County Individual Apparatus Competition 17 Oct 2010 The day started with our young Level 5 Seniors Olivia Stock and Tessa McCormack with the toughest round of the day as there were 10 competitors on both Vault and Beam. Though not getting a medal both girls did really well for their first county level competition. We had 3 girls at Level 5 Junior, Christy Llewellyn, Orlaith Lyford and Tobi Stevens.  Again, the level 5's were many but Tobi managed a Bronze medal for her tidy beam routine with no falls and a respectable 5th on Vault Well done! Orliath was very close to getting on the podium with 4th place on both Vault and Beam. At Level 4 Juniors, Amy Chapman had a FANTASTIC DAY! Amy won  Gold for her 1/2 on 1/2 off Vault and Silver for her A-bar routine where she performed her Straight Backway dismount for the first time in competition. Amy also won the Bar Trophy for all the levels with the highest start value with the least deductions.Level 4 Seniors produced another Gold for Emily Harris for her floor routine. Emily has worked hard to finally get this medal. Her sister Katie won Bronze not for her beam which, were expecting but for her Vault which was her weaker piece. Well done to both girls.  Level 3 combined Junior and Seniors produced the most medals for Bicester on the day with Georgie Long, Gemma Sole and Jess Pitts getting 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively on Vault. Jess also won a Bronze for her A-bars. Amy Deller had a cracking day with a Gold on Floor and Silver on Beam.Susan brings Veteran's 30+ title home.  On Saturday 2nd October 2010, Susan Blunsden switched from coach to gymnast to return to the competition floor at this years British Veteran's Competition. Susan and her sister, Carrie-Anne were competing in the Recreational 30+ age group. After missing last year due to injury Susan was determined to reclaim the title which she had held for the two previous years. I received a text message at 2:10 pm saying "The crown is back where it belongs!" I didn't know who the text was from or what it meant until Monday at our training session when Susan told me it was her text. Susan won Gold and Carrie-Anne Bronze. Both young ladies also competed tramploine where Carrie-Anne placed second and Susan 3rd, a fantastic result for the "Old Gals". Full Results At our recent AGM Laura Honey was voted in as the club's new Chairman (Chairperson) A lot has happened in the past few months. We have had great success at the Oxfordshire County championships on June 11th. Then we had two teams compete at Carterton on June 26th closely followed by a small entry of 4 recreational gymnasts in the annual Roses competition at Bletchley on the 4th of July.Bicester had a good result at the Oxfordshire county Championships with Jess Pitts placing 2nd in the OOA Level 3, Amy Deller placing 3rd and Chloe Banks 4th. In the OOA Level 4 Junior we had Amy Chapman place 3rd and at Level 4 Senior Annabelle Clifton placed 4th. All qualifing for the Southern Regional Finals on July 11th.The girls were all happy to get into the finals but were not really expecting to manage scores high enough to earn a place on the podium. The extra training prior to the final paid off. Amy Champman placed 3rd for her Beam winning a bronze medal. Annabelle placed 3rd for her beam at level 4 senior also winning a bronze. Jess was on and off the beam 4 times so gave up her chances of a medal on beam but performed her 1/2 on 1/2 off vault with little deductions earning her 3rd place and a bronze medal. |
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