Newsletter _2_ - Gillingham Jumpers Trampoline and Gymnastics

World Championship Reportsee Page 717th International AgeGroup Competition18 th – 25 th September 2005Eindhoven, Netherlands.Craig BellisThe INTERNATIONAL AGE GROUP COMPETITIONSare now an integral part of the FIG Youth CompetitionProgram, with the Trampoline concept being recognised by theFIG and being integrated into the various disciplines withinFIG.Clearly the 2005 event was a great success, not only by thenumbers participating, around 1600, but also by the enthusiasmof all that took part.The British Team was led by Head of Delegation SharonWood, with a full team of 80 competitors, a dozen coaches,and a support team of chaperones, personal coaches andmedical staff. Much of the team travelled by coaches, whichgave the gymnasts from different disciplines the chance to getto know each other before the arrival at the hotel.By booking early the British Team were in an excellent hotelwithin easy walking distance from the venue, which wouldprove to be invaluable to the team in helping to organise thecompetitors to be at the venue for training and competition ontime without undue stress.The competition venue and equipment would be the same asthat used for the World Championships the week before and theteam had three training sessions on the equipment they woulduse in competition, but this would be the only time they wouldget to use the competition equipment. For those competing onthe first day this would not present much of a problem. Thosecompeting on the last day of competition faced a disadvantageand many of the team’s coaches questioned the safety of thisapproach.Wednesday 21 st was the last day of training, and the openingceremony in the evening was a buzz of excitement. The BritishTeam sitting at one end of the seating initiated a Mexicanwave, and were the first to parade the British Flag around thearena above their head. This was quickly copied by some of theother nations. This was probably the best part of the openingceremony, and showed the spirit within the team, which wouldcarry on through the next three days of competition.Trampoline Girls 11-12Thursday, Competition Day 1.The first British Finalist was Sophie Burr. She put in an amazingperformance putting pressure on those following her to producebetter. Only one could match the quality of Sophie’s Finalroutine, and Britain gained our first medal of the Games withsilver.2 nd Sophie Burr 32,607 th Zoe Brookes 31,508 th Lucy Ryall 31,4012 th Megan Lillington 30,90Trampoline Boys 11-12Alex Watson recovered well in a routine that had some travel, asdid Nathan Bailey. Fletcher Perry performed a more stableroutine and was so pleased with his efforts ran a lap of honorround his trampoline followed by frantic waves at all who hadcome to support both him and GB. Jordan George also went onand finished his routine, to be greeted by Fletcher’s hi-five!10 th Nathan Bailey GBR 31,4015 th Fletcher Perry GBR 30,7028 th Jordan George GBR 30,0035 th Alex Watson GBR 28,90DMT Girls 15-16Asha Philip was inspired in her final; she steamed down the trackcompleting a fantastic ½ out (p), ½ in ½ out (t) dismount. Therest of the field crumbled under the pressure and Asha went intothe second pass in the lead. She then followed up with the best ½out (t) spotter, ½ in ½ out (p) dismount we are likely to see inthe entire event! The judges thought so too, and Asha took theGold medal Britain’s first of the event.1 st Asha Philip 67,9025 th Eleanor Benjamin 60,2028 th Jenny Bloodworth 60,00DMT Boys 15-16All four boys: Nicholas Ouzeman, Andrew Freeman, DanielJohnstone and Michael Freeman put in good performances forboth passes. Daniel was the only unlucky performer with a failedsecond pass dismounting with triple back (t) over rotating and hecould not control the landing.21 st Andrew Freeman 65,2025 th Michael Freeman 63,0029 th Nicholas Ouzman 62,1039 th Daniel Johnstone 52,10Trampoline Boys 17-18Nick Joyce competed one of the better routines in the group, onlyTrampoline News is an official TTC publication for British Gymnastics onlyEmail: john@jbeeton.wanadoo.co.uk