British Gymnastics

The Sport and Recreation Alliance sports club survey

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:51:30 GMT

At the end of 2012, the Alliance’s Olympic and Paralympic legacy snapshot survey revealed cause for optimism, but that more

The Academy crowned champions of Britain

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:35:12 GMT

The 2013 Women’s British Team Championships took place on Sunday the 19^th May at the Guildford Spectrum.

Ruby Harrold, Imogen Chan, Phoebe Turner, April Maslen, Lucy Brett and Maisie Dodds stormed to victory over a mark ahead of their nearest rivals with

BG introduces Performance Pathway Programme

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:18:15 GMT

British Gymnastics are developing an exciting new Performance Pathway Programme with a view to increasing the quality and size of the current talent pool across England and Northern Ireland, to enable successful transition into British Gymnastics High Performance Squads.

This programme will see the introduction of regionally based Talent Clinics following on from the success of the Excel programme and Regional Squad Training. Talent Clinics and Regional Squad Training will have a greater emphasis on coach education so that more coaches and clubs can be exposed to up

May GYMNAST E-zine online now

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:44:45 GMT

In this issue we take a glimpse into South Durham Gymnastics Club home of the hugely popular “Pink Ladies” and we catch up with Olympic rhythmic group captain Rachel Smith and her teammates to see what they’ve been up to since London 2012.

After a hugely successful men’s and women's artistic European Championships we look through some of the best photos from Moscow while new Men’s Technical Committee Chair Andrew Morris is the subject of our regular “Where are they

BG celebrate 150th MY Leadership Academy

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:12:34 GMT

British Gymnastics media team attended a session at Cambridge Gymnastics Academy to witness the Young Leaders being introduced to the programme and find out why they are so keen to get involved click here to see a photo diary from the session.

Katy Perry GfA Coordinator said “We launched a pilot of the MY Leadership Academy back in September following feedback from clubs looking for

Silver & bronze at Acro World Cup

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:14:56 GMT

Congratulations to our GBR acrobatic gymnasts competing in the FIG World Cup event in Sodia. Eleanor Franks & Christopher Roger took mixed pair silver with Shanie Redd Thorne & Danielle Jones taking women's pair bronze. Elise Matthews, Georgia Lancester & Mille Spalding took 4th in women's groups with Alice Upcott & Dominic Smith 8th in mixed pairs.

Women’s pairs final – Shanie Redd Thorne and Danielle Jones 3^rd place 26.325

Mixed Pairs final – Eleanor Franks and Christopher Rogers 2^nd place 29.555 and Alice Upcott and

Trampoline, tumbling and DMT tickets on sale now

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:16:25 GMT

Following regional gala events throughout the country the very best will be on display fighting for the highly coveted British titles with the championships heading for the first time to the 16,000 capacity LG Arena one of the largest multi-purpose arenas in the UK.

Secure your tickets now to see a weekend of non-stop action with high-flying somersaults and twists in the spectacular individual and synchronized trampoline events, mixed with

2013 TeamGym British Championships

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:45:17 GMT

The 2013 TeamGym British Championships take place on the 25th May at Fenton Manor in Stoke on Trent.

The competition consist of three categories: women, men and mixed teams, with teams of between 6 and 12 gymnasts performing energetic, non-stop routines on three pieces of apparatus: floor, trampette and a tumbling track. TeamGym routines require effective teamwork, excellent technique and spectacular acrobatic elements. Training and competitions generate an excellent team spirit amongst gymnasts with routines providing great entertainment and spectacle for participants and spectators.

Tickets are available from Fenton Manor Box Office

Danusia Francis returns for British Team Championships

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:27:34 GMT

In the December 2012/January 2013 issue of the GYMNAST magazine, British Gymnastics had a look at some our British artistic gymnasts continuing their training abroad at US colleges. (Please click here to read the article). Now as the collegiate season comes to a close, one familiar face is returning to the UK for the forthcoming women’s British Team Championships on the 19th May at the Guilford Spectrum.

Read More...

Olympian Craig Heap helps pupils plan for success

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:42:15 GMT

The free UK secondary schools initiative, delivered in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust, which uses sport stars and sport skills to boost confidence, change behaviours, increase attainment and improve life skills. Working as an Athlete Mentor for the initiative in the North East, Craig regularly shares his story of how finding gymnastics helped him to channel new

2013 Ljubljana World Cup

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:18:51 GMT

26-28/4/13 Congratulations to Frank Baines, Reiss Beckford, Dominick Cunningham, Courtney Tulloch and Anthony Wise who took part in the Ljubljana World Cup.

The relatively young team made four finals with the most experienced member, Reiss making two, finishing 7th on the rings with 14.400 and 8th on p bars with 12.475. First year senior Frank Baines finished an impressive 6th in the high bar final with 13.675 and Dominick Cunningham made the floor final finishing in 5th with a huge 14.900.

Congratulations to all coaches and
Read More...

Paul Hall – Keeping your gymnasts motivated

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:41:04 GMT

World renowned gymnastics coach, Paul Hall MBE from Huntingdon Gymnastics Club has coached gymnasts at a recreational level right through to elite, including double Olympic medallist Louis Smith. His experience and love for the sport is admired by many and his enthusiastic approach and dedication to his gymnasts is apparent at all levels.

Ahead of his motivation workshop at this year’s National Club Conference and Awards, Paul spoke to British Gymnastics about how important he thinks Gymnastics for All activities are in keeping gymnasts involved in the sport and what

Junior boys dominate in Switzerland

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:28:11 GMT

20/4/13: Whilst the senior men’s artistic team were making history at the European Championships in Moscow, the Junior men’s team of Brinn Bevan, Hamish Carter, Giarnni Regini-Moran, Harry Caulwell, Nile Wilson and Jay Thompson were proving that they are the stars of the future as they dominated an under 18 four way international in Switzerland. The boys took the team title with 333.750 ahead of Switzerland in second (325.350) and France in third (320.350). Great Britain’s Nile Wilson took the top spot in the all-around competition with teammate Brinn Bevan taking

GymFusion - It's no illusion

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:22:21 GMT

That’s right, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. British Gymnastics national festivals programme, GymFusion, has a new look and to celebrate we are pleased to provide advance notice of the 2013 GymFusion festival schedule

Since, its launch in 2011, GymFusion has developed into a diverse and exciting gymnastics festival. Over 3000 participants, from clubs the length and breath of the country have participated in GymFusion festivals.

Following feedback from clubs, participants and regions, we have revised the GymFusion brand. Working with a strong

Aerobic success in France

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:09:17 GMT

The British aerobic gymnastic junior squad were invited to their first French vs. Britain match on the weekend of the 20th-21st April. It was an excellent competition for the squad with GB pulling out all the stops. All British squad gymnasts medalled and Ella Augier got the best junior score to date (19.770) to win the female individual. When the results were tallied up it was a delighted British team that were announced as overall winners of the match. Congratulations to the whole team and all the coaches on such

Sam Oldham completes GB European Champs medal haul

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:06:01 GMT

21/04/13 Moscow (RUS): Sam Oldham secured the high bar silver medal on the final day of the 2013 European Championships in Moscow to complete a memorable medal-filled weekend for Great Britain. In the final event of the competition Sam executed a superb, highly difficult routine scoring 15.133 to win Britain’s first ever medal in a major championships on the high bar.

The championships close with Great Britain having claimed five medals. Max Whitlock was the star of the team taking the all-around silver, floor gold and pommel bronze medals, Daniel Keatings reclaimed his pommel horse gold

Whitlock and Keatings take European Champs titles

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:44:26 GMT

20/04/13 Moscow (RUS): Max Whitlock has continued his superb European Championships to follow his all-around silver with floor gold and pommel horse bronze; with Daniel Keatings taking the pommel gold in Moscow.

Following on from his all-around silver medal Max produced his third superb floor routine of the week to take the title jointly with Israel's Alexander Shatilov who scored the same score of 15.333, it is the first European floor gold for a British male gymnast. Dan Keatings produced one of the routines of the championships to beat Olympic champion Kristian Berki on pommel

Harrold takes historic 8th at European Champs

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:41:56 GMT

19/04/13 Moscow (RUS): Ruby Harrold placed 8th in the all-around final at the 5th Individual European Championships in Moscow the best ever placing by a British woman in the event. Ruby produced a clean competition on all four pieces to score her a total of 54.633; Charlie Fellows joined Ruby in the final in her senior championships debut and placed 18th .The title was taken by Russia’s Aliya Mustafina with 59.032, followed by Iordache of Romania 58.432 and Grishina of Russia (57.932).

Ruby Harrold: “It feels absolutely fantastic, I came to the European

Max Whitlock takes European Champs all-around silver

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:03:58 GMT

19/04/13 Moscow (RUS): Max Whitlock produced a sensational performance to take the European Championships all-around silver medal at the Olympiyskiy Arena in Moscow. The double Olympic medallist and British Champion came to the championships wanting to prove himself as an all-around gymnast and did just that, teammate Daniel Purvis finishing in 5th.

Russia’s David Belyavskiy took the title with a near perfect competition and a score of 89.799. Max had a battle with Ukrainian’s Oleg Stepko and Oleg Verniaiev to join David on the podium, in the end it was Max’s consistency and high scores on

Ruby Harrold leads GBR into finals

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:37:38 GMT

Becky Downie also shone with a superb bars routine (14.733) that placed her 2nd in the rankings and in the running for a medal in Saturday's final.

Ruby started on bars where she has developed a truly unique rotuine, wowing the crowd

Whitlock shines in European qualification

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:42:21 GMT

Daniel Purvis will join Max for Friday’s all-around final having finished 8th with 84.966, with Sam Oldham into both the floor and high bars finals. Daniel Keatings makes the pommel final with debutant Ashley Watson joining Sam in

British Gymnastics meets Ashley Watson

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:04:59 GMT

Ashley Watson was a relatively unknown name when he was announced as part of the men’s 2013 European team. A promising junior back in 2009, the City of Leeds gymnast attended the Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he won the all-around gold medal, took the parallel bars title and added a high bar bronze. Ashley was set for big things but years riddled with injuries left him on the side-lines.

Read More...

GBR success at 2013 Rheintal Cup

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:10:15 GMT

The 2013 Rheintal Cup took place from the 13th-14th April in Widnau, Switzerland, with the GBR men’s juniors coming away with some fantastic results. Joshua Nathan from the City of Birmingham took first place all-around and first in the floor final. Woking gymnast, Jamie Lewis was hot on his heels in second all-around and he also took third place in the high bar final. Euan Cox (Pegasus GC) and Korben Fellows (City of Birmingham) took7th and 21st all-around in their first international for GB.

The boys did extremely well, all competing in

Britain’s best crowned at 2013 Acro Championships

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:07:31 GMT

14/4/03: The Acrobatic British Championships once again returned to Fenton Manor, Stoke-on-Trent, as Britain's best battled for coveted podium places. This year’s British Championships were spectacular, with many seasoned performers and avid newcomers alike, all vying for the coveted title of British Champion in their respective category.

The Saturday’s competition was used as qualifying for Sunday’s finals with gymnasts competing in the age groups 11-16, 12-18, 13- 19 and senior, performing in women’s and men’s, pairs, mixed pairs and groups.

Read More...

April GYMNAST E-zine online now

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:56:30 GMT

The April issue of the GYMNAST magazine is now available for you to read online.

In the new issue we are “all about Acro” as we visit Deerness Valley to talk World Championships glory, Acropolis TV success and the promising future in store for the club.

We also speak to British artistic Olympian Becky Downie who tells us about how the disappointment of missing out on a London 2012 spot has turned into optimism ahead of the forthcoming European Championships.

English Institute of Sport Performance Nutritionist Mhairi Keil gives her top food tips; and gymnasts

Deerness Valley prepared for British battle

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:49:48 GMT

Ahead of the Acrobatic British Championships this weekend in Stoke on Trent, British Gymnastics caught up with Deerness Valley, a well-established acrobatic and tumbling club based at Deerness Gymnastics Academy in County Durham.

Stuart Thompson is now looking forward to 2013 and beyond. Stuart is excited about the upcoming talent at Deerness and

Britain wins Austrian Open

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:22:24 GMT

Great Britain’s team of Kelly Simm, Raer Theaker, Angel Romaeo, Georgina Hockenhull and Rebecca Downie have won the 4th Austrian Team Open in Linz scoring 162.925, over 12 points ahead of nearest rival Hungary.

The team was led by Kelly Simm who also took the all-around title scoring 53.700, with Raer in bronze (52.625), Angel in 4th (52.550) and Georgina 5th (51.750). Becky Downie competed only on bars where she scored a brilliant 14.700 to set her up nicely for the forthcoming European Championships.

For the full results click here.

Dan Purvis takes World Cup bronze

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:09:49 GMT

Dan Purvis: “I was really happy with my competition, mostly because I held my nerve over the two

BG launches High Performance Coach Programme

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:44:24 GMT

Targeted at existing High Performance coaches identified and endorsed by Head Coaches or Head of Disciplines, the UK Sport approved pilot scheme, which will begin in April, will see an intake of 8 coaches across 5 disciplines take part in the programme led by Adrian Stan High Performance Coach Development Manager.

The programme aims to implement a behaviour based coaching model

2013-2017 National Technical Committees

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:45:56 GMT

Martin Reddin Executive Director Technical and Education said: “British Gymnastics would like to welcome all members of the National Technical Committees for the 2013-17 cycle. The selection of the three roles of Chair, National Competition Organiser and National Judging Coordinator through a process of application

Acrobatic superheroes to compete for British glory

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:55:04 GMT

This year’s British Championships will be spectacular, with many seasoned performers and avid newcomers alike, all vying for the coveted title of British Champion in their respective category and hoping to make their mark and impress with one eye on selection for the senior European Championships and the European age-group Championships later in the year.

The young pretenders from previous years are now strong contenders for titles in higher categories having consistently

Harrold and Jupp in the medals in Doha

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:53:12 GMT

Britain’s Ruby Harrold has continued her fine form by taking the silver on uneven bars at the FIG World Challenge Cup event in Doha with teammate and recently crowned British all-around champion Gabby Jupp taking bronze on both bars and beam

Ruby’s routine which includes a unique bars element scored her 14.500 with Gabby scoring 13.925 to join her on the medal podium.

Gabby then followed this in the second day of finals by taking the beam bronze scoring 14.450 and also taking 4th on floor (13.975). 15-year-old Gabby now has the British all-around, floor and

2013 European Championship team announced

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:29:38 GMT

28/03/13: British Gymnastics is delighted to announce the gymnasts selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastic Championships, to be held in Moscow (RUS) from 17-21st April. Great Britain will be represented by six men and four women, where competition will take place for both all-around and individual apparatus titles.

The six strong men’s team is led by recently crowned British all-around champion Max Whitlock of South Essex Gymnastics Club who was part of the London 2012 team that took Olympic bronze and also won individual pommel horse bronze in

British junior talent to compete in Glasgow

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:40:21 GMT

The Emirates Arena is a new £120m state of the art venue, built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Hannah Owen takes 4th at Aerobic World Cup

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:37:17 GMT

Both Hannah and Keimoy were making their senior debuts and at 17 were the youngest gymnasts in the senior individual competition

Having qualified in 7th scoring 18.850, Hannah who was a late call up to the GBR delegation replacing Chloe Farrance, broke the 19 mark in the final scoring a personal best of 19.4 to take 4th position. Keimoy placed 10th in qualification so just missing out on a final spot,

2013 Glasgow World Cup Priority Ticket Release

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:53:27 GMT

Click here to book tickets online or phone +44(0)141 353 8000. Please note

Britain’s best crowned in apparatus and masters finals

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:58:27 GMT

The final day of the Men’s and Women’s British Championships saw the women battle it out in their respective age groups to be crowned individual apparatus champions, and the men battle to be event Masters.

Read More...

Whitlock & Jupp crowned new senior British champions

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:18:22 GMT

First year senior, 15 year old Gabby Jupp from the Sapphire School of Gymnastics has been crowned the women’s senior British Champion after a confident performance at Echo Arena in Liverpool. In the men’s competition, newly crowned English Champion and double Olympic Medallist, Max Whitlock from South Essex comfortably took the title with some outstanding routines under pressure.

Men
Max Whitlock looked calm and collected throughout to comfortably take the title. His well-executed floor routine was just one of his impressive performances which helped him to an

Wilson & Bevan take under 16 & under 18 British titles

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:48:42 GMT

European all-around silver medallist, City of Leeds’ Nile Wilson was crowned the 2013 under 18 British Champion after some incredible performances across all six pieces of apparatus. In the under 16 category, South Essex’s Brinn Bevan stole the show, comfortably walking away with the title.

All-around
Under 18 (Junior)
, Nile Wilson unfortunately had to count a fall on his first piece of apparatus – the p bars. He moved on confidently however with an outstanding high bar routine ending

Tyesha Mattis wins junior women’s title

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:32:16 GMT

Tyesha Mattis from East London Gymnastics has been crowned the 2013 Women’s Junior all-around British Champion with South Durham’s Amy Tinkler following in second and Notts Ellie Downie in third.

and 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Champion, Tyesha dominated the competition from start to finish. She began by performing the most difficult vault of the day a strong double twisting Yurchenko and her difficulty on bars was equally impressive. She looked confident on beam as she moved smoothly through her skills and her

Gymnasts ready to fight for British titles

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:04:23 GMT

The Men’s and Women’s British Championships is the most prestigious event on the artistic gymnastics national calendar, taking place from the 22nd-24th March 2013 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.

The championships see the country’s top gymnasts battle for coveted British titles; the showpiece event being the crowning of the new senior all-around champions.

Over the three day event, which includes competition for juniors and seniors, in both the all-around – where gymnasts compete on all pieces of apparatus- and individual apparatus competitions, the crowd will be treated to awe-inspiring displays of strength, suppleness, stamina, coordination

Silver for Whitlock at French World Cup

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:36:28 GMT

Max Whitlock took pommel silver just .266 behind Olympic champion Kristian Berki during Sunday’s finals at the 19th French International in La Roche-sur-Yon. The recently crowned English champion scored 15.700 to Berki’s 15.966, elsewhere Sam Oldham placed 4th on floor scoring 13.100.

Becky Downie and Kristian Thomas both competed but didnt make the top four to progress into their respective finals.

The competition is the second FIG World Cup of 2013 — following the American Cup on March 3rd — and the first of three consecutive weekends of FIG competition. Per World
Read More...

Maia Acro World Cup – gold and two silvers for GBR

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:28:18 GMT

The Maia Acro World Cup was held on the 16^th and 17^th March. Great Britain sent a nine-strong squad to the competition who came away with some very promising results for the first World Cup of 2013.

In the women’s group, Elise Matthew, Georgia Lancaster and Millie Spalding were crowned champions and took home the gold with 29.915. Shanie-redd Thorne and Danielle Jones (pictured) were equally impressive in the women’s pair finals and they took silver with a final score of 27.180. Alice Upcott and Dominic Smith won
Read More...

2013 Women's Artistic Espoir British Championships

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:37:17 GMT

16/3/13: The women’s artistic Espoir British title was up for grabs this weekend at Pipers Vale in Ipswich. Britain’s youngest elite gymnasts fought for the all-around title and to qualify for the apparatus finals that will take place at the Echo Arena in Liverpool alongside the prestigious men’s and women’s British Championships next weekend. The Espoir Championships not only involves the four piece set work but also a difficult range and conditioning routine that gymnasts must pass in order to
Read More...

BG welcomes new government investment in schools

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:30:42 GMT

Primary schools will typically receive £9,250 per year for the next two years and will be able to pay for extra coaching sessions to improve both sport and physical education provision. Funding is also being provided to the County Sports Partnerships to assist schools link with coaches, clubs and national governing bodies.
Read More...

Hannah Whelan - still going strong

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:29:23 GMT

With the prestigious Men’s and Women’s Artistic British Championships nearly upon us, BG caught up with 2011 all-around champion, double Olympian and recently crowned English champion, Hannah Whelan from the City of Liverpool.

Read More...

600 gymnasts, 35 teams & 1500 spectators - GB GymFusion 2013

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:28:55 GMT

The 2013 Great British GymFusion took place at the EIS in Sheffield on the 9^th and 10^th March. The event was a resounding success which saw nearly 600 gymnasts from across the country plus 150 coaches and team staff join together to produce some of the best display gymnastics.

Read More...

Beth Tweddle wins 2013 Dancing on Ice

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:33:50 GMT

Beth Tweddle has been crowned the 2013 Dancing on Ice champion.

Skating against Eastender Matt Lapinskas and performing to the legendary “Bolero” made famous by Torvill and Dean, Beth and skating partner Dan Whiston took the title by public vote, having earlier wowed the judges with a dance to the song “Car Wash” and a routine to Emile Sande’s “Clown” which earned her 37.5 points.

The gymnast's final dance dance impressed the panel with head judge Robin Cousins describing it as "electric", while former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts said: "That was sexy. That was
Read More...

March GYMNAST e-Zine now online

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:42:17 GMT

The March issue of the GYMNAST magazine is now available for you to read online.

In the new issue we discuss the secrets behind the outstanding success of the Great Britain men’s artistic gymnastics team hearing from the people at the heart of our historic results – Head National Coach Eddie Van Hoof and Junior National Coach Barry Collie.

We also speak to inspirational young gymnast Kieran Maxwell who aged 13 has fought cancer and the loss of his left leg from the knee down. Keiran tells us how his love for gymnastics has
Read More...

Swapping sports - GB men take on archery

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:12:21 GMT

On the evening of Wednesday 6th March, the GB men’s artistic squad took a break from their week’s training at Lilleshall National Sports Centre to try their hand at archery. 26 of the country’s top male gymnasts were split into two groups as they competed against each other in an Olympic style Archery Team event. It was an enjoyable evening for all and rumour has it the gymnasts may look to return the favour in the future.

Gary Penn, Performance Lifestyle Adviser at the English Institute of Sport spoke
Read More...