07 ~ Medals for Regent Gymnasts and Coaches at Lynx 25th Anniversary event!
The Lynx Gymnastics Centre 25th Anniversary event saw children as well as adults from seven different UK clubs take part in the festivities on Saturday 7th May. Gymnasts from the Lynx Gymnastics Centre, Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy, Abingon Gym Club, Arabian Gym Club, Bulmershe, Fareham Gym Club and Regent Gym Club marked the occasion by taking part in a unique, friendly and fun competition on tumble track, floor, vault, beam and trampette.
All of the participating gymnasts enjoyed the competition immensely with all of the Regent entrants coming away from the day with numerous medals.
In the 'Leopard' group for age 8-9, Clara Thaureux came 1st on Beam with a score of 8.4 and 2nd on Trmapet with a score of 9.2. She also competed on Vault (9.1), Tumble (9.4) and Floor (9.8) placing her 4th overall.
The Regent gymnasts in the 'Tiger' group did incredibly well with Matilda Le Boutillier coming 1st Overall for the 8-9 age-group, Kate Davies and Rhiannon Baker placing 1st and 2nd overall respectively for the 10-year-old age group and Finlay Matthews taking the top-spot for the boys!
Matilda performed beautiful routines placing her 1st on Vault (9.0), 1st on Beam (7.9), 1st on Tumble (9.0), 2nd on Trampet (9.2) and 1st on Floor (9.2). Kate and Rhiannon also executed excellent routines with Kate placing 1st on Vault (9.4) with Rhiannon close behind in 2nd place (9.3). Beam saw them again in 1st (Kate with 7.7) and 2nd places (Rhiannon with 7.5). On Tumble Rhiannon took 1st place (9.1) with Kate placing 3rd (8.8). Trampet was again a 1-2 with Kate getting 9.1 and Rhiannon 8.95. The Final piece saw Kate again in 1st place (9.4) and Rhiannon in 3rd (8.4). Finlay took 1st place on all pieces with 8.7 on Vault, 8.9 on Tumble, 8.9 on Trampet and 9.2 on Floor.
In the 'Lynx' group for age 8-9, Meg-Ann Ruderham and Julia Russ came 3rd and 5th overall respectively. Both girls performed well with Meg-Ann placing 2nd on Vault (9.2), 2nd on Trampet (8.7), 3rd on Floor (9.5) and also competing on Beam (7.5). Julia also took numerous medales placing 3rd on Vault (9.1), 3rd on Beam (8.1), 1st on Trampett (8.75) and 6th on Floor (9.0).
In the final group for the children, the 'Jaguar' group, Siobhan Harvey competed in the 11-year-old age group and placed 4th overall. She placed 3rd on the Acro beam (8.1) and 2nd on Trampet (9.4) and also competed on Vault (9.4), Gym Beam (9.3) and Floor (8.1).
A special mention needs to go to the Regent coaches and judges that took part in the adult 'Lion' and 'Panther' competitions. In the Lion competiton, Marie Thaureux (Regent Coach) competed in the 18-30 age-group placing 3rd on Vault (8.0), 3rd on Beam (8.1), 2nd on Tumble (9.4) and 3rd on Trampet (8.6) placing her 3rd overall in her age-group. The 30+ age-group saw sisters Melanie Le Boutillier (Regent Coach) and Stefanie Falle (Judge) competing together and against each for the first time! Both performed their skills beautifully with Stefanie just ahead of her sister and placing 1st overall in the age-group with Melanie placing 3rd overall. Stefanie placed 2nd on Vault (10.3), 1st on Beam (8.7), 1st on Tumble (9.7) and 1st on Trampett (10.0). Melanie placed 3rd on Vault (8.15), 2nd on Beam (7.1), 3rd on Tumble (9.4) and 3rd on Trampet (9.7) where she performed a beautiful front tucked somersault. Paul Bain (Regent Coach) took top spot for the boys in the 30+ Panther group placing 1st on Vault (10.6), 1st on Tumble (8.5) and 1st on Trampet (8.2).
Well done to Mel, Paul, Marie and Stef and all the boys and girls from Regent that took part!
10 ~ Great results for Regent Gym Club at Southern region Grade Finals
Regent Gym Club returned from the Southern Region Grades finals in Windsor on 10th April with some pleasing results.
In grade 11 twelve year old Claudine Ollivro landed a superb vault with a score of 11.80 to finish in 2nd place. She also achieved 6th place on floor and 8th place on vault to finish in overall 8th place.
Eight year old Sarah Shah competing in her first regional competition in Grade 14 was up against a strong field of 46 gymnasts and Sarah achieved a creditable 12th place in the range and conditioning with a score of 12.10 and solid performances on the bar and beam to achieve scores of 11.55 and 11.90 respectively.
Head coach Julia Falle said this has been a successful weekend for the Regent Gymnasts showing that their determination and hard work helped produced some excellent results. Full competition results will be posted soon!
has been a whole year since the first training clinic run by Chris who was impressed by the vast improvement the gymnasts have made in the year.
The basic preparation that the girls have been working on enabled him to focus on more advanced skills including somersault dismounts off bars, complex tumbles on floor and somersault vaults. A number of the gymnasts performed moves for the first time and are looking forward to practising their newfound skills in the months to come.
09 ~ UK Gymnastics Competition a big hit in Jersey
The first UK Gymnastics competition to be held in Jersey was called a roaring success by its founder and director Chris Adams. The competition was held at Fort Regent on 9th April, with over 100 gymnasts taking part. The competition was attended by local and UK clubs, with the local clubs holding their own against the visitors with Fort Regent School of Gymnastics (FRSG), Regent Gymnastics and DMGA winning numerous medals.
The competition was divided up into various levels and ages:
LEVEL 10 (Floor & Vault)
Age 6 1st - Grace Butler (FRSG), 2nd - Guilia Abrantes (DMGA), 3rd - Emma Gavey (DMGA)
Age 7 1st - Elizabeth Woodward (FRSG), 2nd - Kiera-Ann Muirhead (FRSG), 3rd - Erin Creedon (DMGA)
Age 8 1st Amelia Couvert (FRSG), 2nd - Lily Jones (DMGA), 3rd - Sophie French (DMGA)
Age 9 age group: - 1st Katie Bellwood (FRSG), 2nd - Abby Rolland (FRSG), 3rd - Amelia Shenton (DMGA)
Age 10 Boys 1st - Michael Harvey (8) (FRSG)
Age 10 Girls 1st - Rosie Moore (DMGA), 2nd - Darcey Mclaughlin (DMGA), 3rd - Tiffanie Vaudry (FRSG)
Age 11 & 12 1st - Nicole Greenwood (DMGS), 2nd - Tallula Norman (FRSG), 3rd - Nicole de Sousa (FRSG)
LEVEL 9 (Floor and Vault)
Age 6 1st - Megan Judge (Chilton), 2nd - Esme Alice Deer (DMGA), 3rd - Evie Greig (DMGA)
Age 7 1st - Claudia Cosgrove (FRSG), 2nd - Yakira Michel (DMGA), 3rd - Eve Simpkin (DMGA)
Age 8 & 9 Boys 1st - Tom McFarlane (Chilton), 2nd - Finlay Matthews (FRSG)
Age 8 & 9 Girls 1st - Aliyah Buesnel (FRSG), 2nd - Gabby Scott (Regent), 3rd - Josie Carey (FRSG) & Jessica le Monnier (DMGA)
Age 10 1st - Julia Russ (FRSG), 2nd - Erin Garraghan (DMGA), 3rd - Leah de Rosa (DMGA)
Age 11-13 1st - Laura Bailey (DMGA), 2nd - Eleanor Le Maistre (FRSG), 3rd - Rhiannon Baker (FRSG)
LEVEL 8 (4-Piece)
Age 6 & 7 1st - Bryony Ludlow (DMGA), 2nd - Charlotte Neale (FRSG), 3rd - Elisha Stott (DMGA)
Age 8 & 9 Boys 1st - Michael Schaffrath (FRSG)
Age 8 & 9 Girls 1st - Sophie Le Boutillier (Regent), 2nd - Kiah Kuppe (Regent) & Meg-Ann Ruderham (Regent), 3rd - Milly Crowder (Regent)
Age 10 & 11 1st - Samantha Neale (Regent) & Tiani Ibbotson (Regent), 2nd - Megan Hollingsworth (FRSG), 3rd - Libby McCloskey (FRSG)
Age 16+ 1st - Rachael Ollivro-Du Heaume (Regent), 2nd - Laura Kearns (FRSG), 3rd - Danielle Biddulph (FRSG)
LEVEL 7 (4-Piece)
Age 10-16 1st - Libby Rothwell (Regent), 2nd - Rhiannon Le Maistre (Regent), 3rd - Ruby Mason (Regent)
Age 10 & 11 Boys 1st - Wilson Ibbet (FRSG), 2nd - Charlie Lucas (FRSG)
LEVEL 6 (4-Piece)
Age 10 & 11 1st - Jade Morgan (Regent), 2nd - Gabby Morgan (Regent), 3rd - Zara Smith (Chilton)
Age 12-16 1st - Amy Nicholson (Chilton), 2nd - Gemma Perton (Chilton), 3rd - Hollie Kempsey (Regent)
Chris Adams thanked Fort Regent Jersey for hosting the competition which he deemed a huge success. Regent’s head coach Julia Falle commented that the day had gone very smoothly and thanked all the visiting Judges for taking time to come to Jersey. It was great to see so many young gymnasts enjoying a very successful weekend of gymnastics on the Island.
02 ~ Gold at the end of the Rainbow!
On 2nd April, over 50 gymnasts from Fort Regent School of Gymnastics took part in the 'Rainbow Competition', a general gymnastics competition for both girls and boys who train up to 2 sessions a week. Rainbow Gymnasts who struck gold are:
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Red Level
Age 5 - Gracie Meade
Age 6 - Jonty Butler
Age 7 - Emily Fernando
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Orange Level
Age 6 - Ellie Cheetham
Age 7 - Rhea Fletcher
Age 8 - Clara Thaureux
Age 9 - Hannah Gorvel
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Yellow level
Age 7-8 - Amy Stegenwalner
Age 10 - Sara Kutuolgyi
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This competition was the first of two stages which saw the gymnasts competing on Vault, Floor and Trampette. In the Summer Term, the second stage of the Rainbow Competition will take place where the gymnasts will compete on Beam and Bars. Thank you all for taking part!