University of Cambridge Sport

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Cambridge University Trampoline Club
www.cam.ac.uk/societies/cutc
President and Women’s Captain: Katherine Shaw, Pembroke
Secretary: Kate Gladders, Homerton
Men’s Captain: Lee Meakin, Robinson
Full Blues awarded 2005 – 06
Kate Gladders, Homerton
Half Blues awarded 2005 – 06
Katherine Shaw, Pembroke
University Colours awarded 2005 – 06
Nuala Tumelty, Downing
Zoe Leake, St. Catharine’s
Charlotte Pocock, Homerton
Suzanne Talbot, Selwyn
Varsity Match
18 February 2006 Iffley Road Sports Centre, Oxford
Cambridge 167.5, Oxford 163.7 (Cambridge win)
Team Colours awarded 2005 – 06
Lee Meakin, Robinson
Alex Corbishley, Robinson
Joe Owen, Christ’s
Amy Collier, Homerton
Ellen Turnbull, Corpus Christi
Rebecca Geddes, Queens’
Janet Scott, Trinity Hall
Following three years of narrow defeats in the Varsity A Match, CUTC has this year introduced additional squad training and
has been benefiting from more highly qualified coaching than ever before. During the Varsity Match, each team member
competes a set and a voluntary routine. The highest three scores in each are added to give the team total.
For the A Team Kate Gladders performed an almost perfect set routine for which she received scores of 9.1 out of 10 from each
judge, giving a total of 27.3; a rare feat in trampolining. This impressive performance was followed by neat sets from Nuala
Tumelty, Lee Meakin and Katherine, who received 25.2, 24.7 and 24.4 respectively.
The competition then moved straight onto the voluntary routines; 10 moves chosen freely by the competitor. This is by far the
most interesting part of the competition, as daring combinations are attempted and the ‘tariff’ (difficulty rating) can make a big
contribution to the overall score.
Jenny Crowther, an Oxford first year and Grade 1 (National level) competitor, presented Cambridge’s main challenge. She did
not disappoint, presenting an 8.0 tariff routine, containing multiple double and twisting somersaults. However, Kate Gladders
pulled all the stops out and performed an only recently perfected 6.8 tariff routine with immaculate form. This gave her a final
score of 58.8; and 1st place in the Varsity Match by a margin of only 0.1.
Nuala Tumelty, in her first Varsity Match, performed an exciting voluntary routine (tariff 6.6), including a double somersault from
a back landing. Strong form allowed her to finish in 3rd place, behind Jenny Crowther (Ox).
The competition was concluded with solid performances from Lee Meakin and Katherine Shaw, who both completed routines
with significantly higher difficulty than in previous years.
The combined scores gave Cambridge 167.5 to Oxford’s 163.7, winning us the match and two Varsity Games points. The B and
C teams also performed well to win both their matches, allowing the Varsity Cup to return to Cambridge, where we hope it will
remain!
BUSA National Finals
12 March 20066, St. Martins, Lancaster
Result: Katherine Gladders – 9th (Elite Ladies), Nuala Tumelty – 26th (Elite Ladies), Joseph Owen – 17th (Intermediate Men), Lee
Meakin – 17th (Elite Men)
Individual Achievements and Representative Honours
Katharine Gladders, Full Blue, Qualified for Grade 2 National Over 19s Ladies , 8th in BUSA Elite (National Finals), 7th in German
Student Open (28/01/06), 2rd in Manchester Student Open – Elite Ladies (03/12/05), 1st in 1st Cambridge Open – Elite Ladies
(06/05/06)