On Friday 1st July, 15 year-old Matthew Boardman competed in the U18 Loveday Trophy at the London Open. Matthew produced a brilliant all-around performance, competing many new skills and going clean. 

He started the competition on Vault, performing a straight Kazamatzu and a Handspring piked front, with just minor steps on landing. He then went to Parallel Bars and hit a clean routine, with added difficulty to score his personal best of 13.05 placing him 12th. A highlight of the day was definitely his high bar routine, he competed a very impressive release and catch (Tkatchev) and finished with full twisting double straight dismount, with a stuck landing. Performing one of the highest difficulty floor routines of the day, Matthew had a couple of minor errors on some of his landings, but still scored an impressive 13.75, placing him 8th out of 45 in an U18 competition. A proud achievement for Matthew was his Pommel routine, which he successfully completed with no falls as he cant remember the last time he stayed on it! Due to a back injury Matthew was not training rings in the build up to the competition, but put a basic routine together in the week building up to the competition to ensure he achieved an all-around score. He scored 7.05 to achieve an impressive AA score of 70.2 considering. 

Matthew can take great confidence from this competition building into next year. 

Huge well done to him and his coach, Matthew Hennessey!

Pre-School drop in is still running as usual over the summer! NO NEED TO BOOK JUST TURN UP!

PS Summer

Come and join our Pre-School drop in, every Tuesday and Thursday! We even run through the school holidays. 

Fantastic fun for children and parents in a fully equipped gym with trampoline and foam pits.

Tuesday 9.45 am, 10.30am and 11.15am - £4.50 

Thursday 9.45am, 10.30am and 11.15am (Home Education) - £4.50

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Friday 13th and Saturday 14th May saw a number of boys from Notts travel to Ipswich for the Pipers Vale Challenge, a competition that attracts the very best talent from around the country. 

It was the Under 8 boys that started the weekend of competition which involved Lucas Bowen, Noah Farnsworth, Zakaine Fawzi, Callum Haywood and Alfie Heard. This was the boys first competition outside of the region and they did themselves proud, overcoming their nerves and producing a strong performance. In a field of 61 boys, Callum, Noah, Alfie and Lucas placed 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th respectively, a great achievement. Zakaine Fawzi excelled despite a couple of uncharacteristic mistakes. Zakaine finished 10th all-around and 2nd place on Pommel, claiming the silver medal. 

The following day saw James Norman and Oscar Sampson compete in the U9 competition. Again, this was their first competition outside of the region, in a strong competition with a field of 85 boys. The boys held their own and produced a fine performance. With the exception of a mistake on Pommel by Oscar, the boys had clean competition and will take great confidence from it. 

In the U10 competition we had a strong contingent including Colbi Curtis, Charlie Gardner, Jake Harrington, Kaydon Kennedy, Kian Keogh, Archie Latter, Ethan Norris, Louis O’Keefe and Jack Reyes. All of the boys built on their recent performance at the East Midlands apparatus championships with confident performances. Colbi Curtis lead the way with a strong competition, placing 27th out of 94. Charlie also earned a top half finish with a fine performance placing 44th. 

Huge well done to all gymnasts and coaches!

On Saturday 23rd April, the Notts boys traveled to New College, Leicester for the East Midlands Apparatus championships. 

The competition began with the U8 and U9 boys which included Lucas Bowen, Noah Farnsworth, Zakaine Fawzi, Callum Haywood, Alfie Heard, James Norman and Oscar Sampson. For the majority this was their first competition, but it did not show as they all performed with confidence. Callum Haywood produced a great performance on Pommel and High bar to claim bronze, as well as Lucas Bowen who claimed silver on pommel and rings, and bronze on parallel bars and high bar. Zakaine Fawzi excelled with a very assured performance, claiming the floor, pommel and high bar titles, as well as silver on vault and parallel bars.  

In the U10 competition, Kaydon Kennedy, Kian Keogh, Archie Latter, Ethan Norris, Louis O’Keefe, Jack Reyes, Colbi Curtis, Charlie Gardner and Jake Harrington were involved. All of the boys showed significant improvement from previous competitions, displaying much greater confidence and style. Kian and Charlie produced fantastic performances on the rings and pommel respectively to claim the silver medal. Colbi Curtis had a brilliant competition, claiming silver on the floor and high bar, as well as bronze on pommel and parallel bars. Jack Reyes also produced a clean routine on high bar to achieve the bronze medal!

Harry Clarke, Leo Hoggard, Harry Norman and Tobi Watson competed in the U11 competition, all 4 competed very well and claimed medals. Leo Hoggard performed a very difficult pommel horse routine with confidence and style to achieve the silver medal. Harry Norman and Tobi Watson performed fine parallel bars and rings routines to claim the bronze medal. Harry Clarke excelled, claiming the Vault title, as well as bronze on rings. 

Liam Jury and Luke Harrington were involved in the U12 competition. Luke produced a confident performance, claiming silver on rings and bronze on floor. Liam dominated the age group, claiming the floor, rings and parallel bars titles, a well as silver on vault and high bar. 

In the U13 category, Joel Milner produced a strong performance on floor, rings, vault and parallel bars. A brilliant vault won him the title, as well as bronze on floor. 

In the open age category, Sam Plant and Tom Morley competed. Tom competed on floor and vault, producing 2 brilliant routines and achieving both the floor and vault titles. Sam Plant also competed with confidence, claiming the pommel and rings titles, as well as silver on floor and high bar. 

Huge well done to all the gymnasts involved and their coaches!!