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Supporting great Clubs and Coaches \| 7th October 2011
From October 7th to 16th, BG Media Team will be reporting live from Tokyo as the World's best artistic gymnasts do battle for coveted titles and Olympic qualification. Following the action has never been easier as British Gymnastics will be covering a wide range of media in order to get the news from inside the British camp to our members. For live updates during competition follow @BGmediateam on Twitter whilst for regular updates on the British Teams progress "like" the British Gymnastics Facebook page! The British gymnasts really appreciate messages from back home so it would be great for our fans to show their support via both social media throughout the Championships! The BG website will be the place for full daily reports and quotes from the mixed zone following competitions, this will also be sent to the media. For more information on the Championships, the complete schedule and British gymnasts competing, please download the British Gymnastics media guide by clicking here. For more information and details on the BBCs coverage click here. World Artistic Championships Preview A preview of the World Artistic Championships in Tokyo is available to read in the LATEST ISSUE of the Gymnast magazine – out NOW! Click here to read!
Japan Junior Cup 2011 National coach Barry Collie and Pegasus gymnastics coach, Ionut Trandabaru returned from Japan where the GB team of Frank Baines (British U16 Champion) and Courtney Tulloch (European Youth Olympic Champion) took part in the prestigious Japan Junior Cup achieving some amazing results. The boys walked away with 5 of the 21 medals up for grabs (1 gold and 4 bronze). Japan were to take 13 and China were just behind GBR with 3! In the all-around, Frank posted 83.5 points to finish just behind the top two Chinese gymnasts but a long way away from the top two Japanese. Frank qualified for five of the apparatus finals and performed with confidence winning three bronze medals. Courtney took bronze on the vault and gold on rings. For more information click here.
Trampoline World Cup silver and bronze for GB The British trampoline gymnasts continue to impress on the World stage with Kat Driscoll and Amanda Parker taking synchro silver, and Kat Driscoll individual bronze at the Jablonec World Cup event. Kat Driscoll, following up her win in Salzgitter, took an impressive bronze medal behind Li Dan and Xingping Zhong from China. This was her third individual medal of the year and keeps her at the top of the World Cup rankings with just one round to go. For more information click here.
2011 DMT and Tumbling World Championships Team selection Following the British Championships and final selection events, British Gymnastics is delighted to announce the DMT and Tumbling teams that will represent Great Britain at the 28th World Championships taking place at the NIA in Birmingham [GBR] 14th-20th November. For the Tumbling team announcement, click here. For the DMT team announcement, click here.
Club Taskforce – Clubs help BG plan for the future Last weekend British Gymnastics held a Club Taskforce meeting with seven clubs from across the country. The clubs were all relatively small, working out of non-dedicated facilities and from a range of disciplines. The meeting concentrated on some of the major issues affecting these clubs and ways British Gymnastics can offer better support. Additionally, the group were presented information about future programmes for British Gymnastics and given an opportunity to provide feedback. We received great information and feedback with the aim of improving our services in the future. For more information click here.
25th Senior European and 9th Junior European Acrobatic Championships On the 23rd-31st October 2011 Varna, Bulgaria will host the 25th Senior and 9th European Acrobatic Championships. For the full GB team list please click here.
The 6th Acrobatic Age Group Championships The 6th Age Group Championships in acrobatic gymnastics is due to take place in Varna, Bulgaria from 20th-24th October 2011, prior to the junior and senior European Championships. British Gymnastics is delighted to announce the gymnasts selected to represent Great Britain. For more information click here.
British Veteran Championships 2011 The Veterans British Championships took place last weekend in Leicester. So many different ages and abilities competed - including a 79 year old! There were competitions in three different disciplines; artistic, trampolining and acrobatics. In the team events Colville X women's team successfully defended their title and the Kingston team took the trampoline gold. Click here for the results.
GymFusion Northern Ireland Northern Ireland's first GymFusion event is fast approaching, we would like to remind all clubs that the closing date for entries and music is THIS Friday, 7th October. Please log on to GymNet to register your club. Volunteer information evening is 6.30pm on 12th October at UUJ, if you would like to attend please contact Lydia Van Hoff (nee Rusk). We look forward to seeing you on 5th November for a gymnastics safari!
Rhythmic Gymnastics sculpture at Heathrow terminal Talented sculptor Eleanor Cardozo installed a 3m sculpture of a rhythmic gymnast at Heathrow Terminal 5 on Friday 30th September and was interviewed by Penny Smith on BBC Radio 2 the same evening. BAA are organising a ceremony of gymnasts around it in the coming weeks for the national press. Terminal 5 now have an exhibition of Olympic sculptures including Eleanor's whole gymnast collection and they also have greetings cards of her original gymnast drawings.
Lilleshall to feature in International Gymnast magazine The International Gymnast magazine will be running a feature on Lilleshall National Sport Centre in the November issue as part of a series on National Training Centres. It will cover 10 pages, mostly photographic but with text by John Atkinson. The cover will also feature Lilleshall.
NatWest Community force NatWest Community force is a new initiative which sees NatWest bank work with local communities to support the people, projects and charities making a real difference where we live. There are 16 days left to place your votes and support your chosen projects towards receiving a £6,000 grant. We are aware that a handful of British Gymnastics Clubs have put projects forward for consideration. Those clubs involved, that we have been made aware of, are shown below… Deerness Valley Gym Club - http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/3495 Southwark GC - http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/3022 Allstarz GC - http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/3067 Leventhorpe - http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/647 Please take a few moments to click on the links above to find out more about the projects and register your 3 votes and support your fellow gymnastics clubs, as every vote counts! We are conscious that there may be other clubs out there that have submitted a project, so please contact your local Club Development Co-ordinator for information on how to support those clubs. Alternatively, take a look at this link and search for a club that you think might be involved… http://communityforce.natwest.com/
Great Autumn Offers British Gymnastics have special offers available on the following Resource Packs, while stocks last. Packed with skills and advice these Resources can be used to help in the preparation for Autumn lessons. Pre-School Proficiency was £34.50 now £14.99 Core Proficiency includes FREE Pre-School Pack Price £27.25 Advanced Proficiency was £64.50 now £32.25 Trampoline Proficiency Resource Pack was £39.50 now £14.99 Cheerleading Spirit Awards Resource Pack includes starter pack of 10 x FREE badges & certificates levels 1-4. Price £27.25 Key Steps Competition Pack includes starter pack of 30 x FREE Level 1 One Star Badge. Price £17.25 Next Steps Competition Pack was £34.50 now £17.25 FUNdamentals Resource Pack 2 packs for £25 includes FREE Pre-School Proficiency Pack For more information log on to the online shop or contact 0845 1297129 ext:2355.
Maccabiah Games The 19th Maccabiah Games will be held on July 16th-30th 2013 and almost 10,000 Jewish athletes from over 55 countries will be competing. The Maccabiah Games takes place every four years in Israel and is the third largest sports event in the world behind the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Recruitment for Team GB has started and we want to make sure that everyone across the Jewish community knows about this fantastic opportunity. We are looking to recruit sports chairs, managers, coaches, players and a medical team to represent the British Jewish community. Team GB will be competing in 30 sports, both male and female, across Junior, Open and Masters categories. Team GB will be one of the largest delegations at the 2013 Games. For more information click here.
Coach, you're the best! £1,000 of sports equipment for the winner 'Coach, you're the best' is a new competition from Perkins Slade. They're asking people to nominate and vote for their favourite coach; the coach with the most votes will win £1,000 of vouchers for sports equipment. Perkins Slade arranges insurance for more than 100,000 coaches and instructors throughout the UK and we want to see as many as possible nominated. To nominate your coach and find more information about the competition please click here.
FUNdamentals Goody Bag Offer for Coaches To mark the re-launch of FUNdamentals, we have developed a coach's goody bag to use with the children as additional giveaways/rewards. Each goody bag contains: 10 car sunshades, 2 packs of facepaints, 10 colour in paper windmills, 10 cat masks, 10 button badges, 10 harlequin pencils, 10 fridge magnets, 10 music CDs, 10 cat pens, 10 healthy eating wall charts and work cards. The goody bag is available for £25.00 when brought with Fundamental Resource Packs - product code FUNCOMBO. Alternatively the goody bag can be purchased individually at a price of £30.00 product code FUNGOOD.
What's up and coming!... 8th & 9th October \| RHY National Open Individual Apparatus & Rnd 1 Espoirs League Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Rooley Avenue, Bradford, BD6 1EZ 14th to 16th October \| London Festival of Gymnastics Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood, CM15 9NN Tickets are available from TicketWeb 20th to 24th October \| ACRO 6th European Age Group Games Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria 22nd & 23rd October \| WAG Bill Slater Club Team Championships City of Newcastle Gymnastics Academy, Benfield Road, Benfield, Newcastle, NE6 4NU Advance tickets are available from BG Box Office, Elmbrook House, Alpha Place, Garth Road, Morden, SM4 4TS. Cheques payable to British Gymnastics, please send SAE for ticket return. £11 Adult per day/£6.50 U12 & Concessions per day. To download poster, please click here 23rd October \| GymFusion East Midlands New College, Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN 24th to 31st October \| ACRO European Junior/Senior Championships Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria 29th October \| WAG York Open International The Gymnastics Centre, Heworth Green, York, YO31 7SX 29th & 30th October \| RHY Club Team Championships Walsall Sports Centre, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall, WS1 3BD 30th October \| GMPD Artistic Championships Rossmore Leisure Centre, Herbert Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4HR 5th & 6th November \| WAG British Age Group Voluntary Finals 4,3,2 Guildford Spectrum, Parkway, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1UP 5th November \| GymFusion Northern Ireland Jordanstown Campus, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT37 0QB £6.00 Adult/£5.00 per person Group (10 persons) £4.00 Concessions/£3.75 per person Family (2 Adult & 2 Children) Tickets are available from TicketWeb 17th to 20th November \| TRA/TUM/DMT 28th World Championships National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham, B1 2AA Click here for more details. 19th November \| GMPD Rhythmic NDP Grades Falcon Spartak (Hurstmere School), Hurst Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9AW 19th & 20th November \| WAG British Compulsory L2 retake (in age) & Challenge Cup Jnr/Snr British Re-Qualifiers Rushmoor Gym Academy, Gymnastics Centre, Pool Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 3SN 23rd to 26th November \| TRA/TUM/DMT World Age Group Competition National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham, B1 2AA Click here for more details. 26th November \| RHY National Group Championships & Rnd 3 Espoirs League Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, CF11 9SW 27th November \| RHY British Qualification Testing Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, CF11 9SW For more information regarding all of our events please click here or contact the Events Dept on 0845 1297129 ext 2396.
Supporting great Clubs and Coaches \| 7th October 2011
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