Notts Gymnastics Academy held, on the 20th Novemeber, their very first Gfa in-house competition which was a great succes. All those involved please down this message from the Jack Duggan (Head of Gfa).

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After a hugely successful year for the club, we were delighted to once again to be nominated for the 'Club of the year' award at the Nottingham Post sports awards. After finishing as runner up in 2015, we are very proud to annouce that we were awarded as this years winner! This is a fantastic achievement for the club which in the past 12 months has seen 2 members represent Great Britain at the Olympic games, continued success for both the WAG and MAG disciplines at all levels of competition, and the expansion of our GFA programme. The award is a testement to the hard work and dedication shown from all our staff and volunteer's.

 Huge congratulations to our WAG Head Coach, Jo Miller who was named 'Coach of the year' at the Nottingham Post sports awards. This is a fantastic achievement and thoroughly deserved after an outstanding year leading our women's programme, as well as personally coaching Becky & Ellie Downie. Becky and Ellie achieved history at the World Championships last year, claiming team Bronze. The sisters had a fantastic European Championships, with Becky being crowned European Bars Champion, and Ellie claiming silver on Foor and Vault. Ellie made history herself when she claimed all 4 apparatus titles at the 2016 Osijec World Cup event in Croatia, the first gymnast ever to do so in a World Cup event! The sisters where then selected for Team GB at the Rio Olympics where they helped the team achieve their best ever result at an Olympic Games.

Saturday

Round 1 – A good competition for Susan Maghami’s first time competing at OA Level 5(12+). Susan’s vault placed her in 4^th position just missing out on a bronze medal by .05 of a mark. Although Susan’s bar routine did not have full content it was clean and tight. Both Susan’s floor and beam routines were strong and well performed with just a couple of mistakes on each piece. Overall score of 42.15 put her into 9^th position overall.

Round 2 – Charlotte Simpson and Kara Plaats (also Kara’s first competition at this level) both competed clean routines on beam, with both gymnasts sticking moves they had been struggling with leading up to the competition. Eve Humphreys and Sophia Checkley had falls on beam but came away happy with their overall performance. Bar routines were performed well by all gymnasts, but highlighted areas of improvement needed. Vault saw Eve score the 3^rd and Charlotte score the 4^th highest marks in their group, with Sophia and Kara placing 12^th and 15^th respectively. All the gymnasts performed their competition floor routines well with Charlotte placing 10^th, Eve 11^th, Kara 12^th and Sophia 20^th.

The gymnasts had a very good day at competition showing big improvements on all pieces. Out of 41 gymnasts competing Charlotte placed 15^th overall with a score of 46.6, Kara 26^th overall with a score of 44.3, Eve 31^st overall with a score of 43.65 and Sophia 33^rd overall with a score of 42.35

Round 3 – OA Level 4 saw Tanith Beresford and Jessie Mitchell compete against 39 other gymnasts. Both girls had strong vaults, Tanith placing 5^th and Jessie 15^th. Both gymnasts competed their beam routines well even with some wobbles and a fall each Tanith finished in 23^rd and Jessie in 25^th. Both bar routines were smooth and without any stops just some small mistakes in execution saw Tanith place 19th and Jessie place 22^nd. Jessie’s floor routine was her strongest performance to date. With powerful tumbles and beautifully executed floor skills s Jessie placed 12^th. Tanith’s routine was equally well performed, however, she lost some valuable marks on her tumble runs and overall content but still finished in 22^nd place. Tanith finished the day with a total score of 41.7 putting her in 29^th overall with Jessie following close behind in 30^th place overall with a score of 41.45                                                                                                         

Sunday

Round 3 – Only Lucy Allan was competing for R1 on Sunday in the OA Level 3. Lucy’s bar routine was possibly the best she has ever performed, tight and smooth with a stuck dismount placed her in 9^th place. With no falls just a few wobbles and execution faults, Lucy’s beam routine was clean with all her skills landed, placing her 14^th in the group. A mistake on Lucy’s first vault saw her fight back on her second sticking her landing well and earning her 15^th place. On floor Lucy pulled out all the stops on her tumbles including adding her full twist finishing in 18^th place. With a total score of 42.05 Lucy finished the competition in 19^th place.

A massive well done to all the gymnasts from R1 who competed this weekend and we can’t forget Amelia Coventry, Mollie Nichols and Darcy Cox who all supported Notts by running for the judges. 

The quarterly block fees for 1^st December 2016 – 28^th February 2017 are now due.

Please download the following to find out more details:

• Dec 16 – Feb 17 fees letter
• Dec 16 - Feb 17 block update

You will notice from the fees letter that there are various closure dates, these include the festive period and a few dates where the Academy has been booked out.

Note: Please ensure fees are paid by 1^st November 2016 to secure your child’s space for this block.

Thank you in advanced.