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London Gymnastics Regional Zinc Spring Championships 2023

Erin Pennthomas / Competition Results /

16/04/2023

A few gymnasts competed in the Regional Zinc Spring Championship held at Heathrow Gymnastics Club.

This was some of the girls first time entering Zinc regionally and some great performances and great results were had.

Round 2 :

Nicola – Achieving deduction awards from the judges on Floor (Gold), Vault (Bronze) and Bars (Bronze)

AA – 4th

Vault – 7th

Bars – medalled 3rd

Beam – 6th

Floor – medalled 1st

Round 4 :

Milly – Achieving deduction awards from the judges on Floor (Bronze), Bars (Bronze), Vault (Bronze) and Beam (Bronze)

AA – 6th

Vault – 8th

Bars – 4th

Beam – 5th

Floor – 7th

Isla – Achieving deduction awards from the judges on Floor (Silver), Vault (Bronze) and Beam (Bronze)

AA – 13th

Vault – 9th

Bars – 12th

Beam – 7th

Floor – 7th

Round 6 :

Grace – achieving deduction awards from the judges on Floor (Bronze), Vault (Bronze) and Beam (Silver)

AA – 6th

Vault – 7th

Bars – 8th

Beam – 1st

Floor – 8th

Clapham Around the World Invitational 2023

Erin Pennthomas / Competition Results /

31/03/2023

On the 25th March, some of our gymnasts attended Clapham Gymnastics Around the World Invitational Competition offering Zinc, Copper, Bronze 4 piece rules and GfA rules. Such a lovely experience for our gymnasts and the girls represented the club beautifully. Clapham offered overall medals, apparatus medals and artistry awards. Gymnasts were also asked to create a piece of work demonstrating their heritage and culture. Their competition numbers were to focus of the piece of work. We saw some very creative designs from lots of gymnasts! A big thank you to those gymnasts who took part in this part of the competition.

Round 1 – Zinc age 8-9

Ayla – 1st overall

Vault – 1st

Floor – 2nd

Bars – 2nd

Beam – 2nd

Stella – 4th overall

Bars – 6th

Beam – 1st

Floor – 4th

Vault – 5th

Elizabeth – 5th Overall

Bars – 5th

Beam – 6th

Floor – 2nd

Vault – 4th

Zinc age 10-11

Nicola – 4th Overall

Bars – 6th

Beam – 4th

Floor – joint 4th

Vault – 6th

Milly – 8th Overall

Bars – 9th

Beam – 7th

Floor – 3rd

Vault – 5th

Zinc age 12-13

Milly – 6th Overall

Bars – 6th

Beam – 5th

Floor – 1st

Vault – 2nd

Isla – 4th Overall

Bars – 5th

Beam – 4th

Floor – 2nd

Vault – 4th

Zinc age 14+

Emmy – 3rd overall

Bars – 5th

Beam – 2nd

Floor – 2nd

Vault – 2nd

Grace – 4th Overall

Bars – 4th

Beam – 1st

Vault – 4th

Floor – 3th

Copper 13-15 years

Maddi – 1st Overall

Bars – 3rd

Beam – 2nd

Floor – 1st

Vault – 1st

Copper – 15+

Nina – 1st overall

Bars – 1st

Beam – 1st

Floor – 1st

Vault – 2nd

There were also some special awards through out these rounds.

Big well done to Ayla, Milly and Nina who won the judges artistry award on floor.

Big well done to Grace who won the judges artistry award on beam.

Big well done to Maddi who won the joint overall highest score within all copper age groups.

Round 2 – GfA Level 5 age 13

Rachel – 6th overall

Vault – 1st

Floor – DNC due to sustaining an injury during floor routine

Matilda – 4th overall

Floor – 4th

Vault – 4th

Level 5 age 14-15

Sophia – overall 3rd

Floor – 3rd

Vault – 3rd

Level 5 12 years

Valerie – 3rd overall

Floor – 3rd

Vault – 3rd

Round 3 – level 4 age 10

Amy – 2nd overall

Floor – 3rd

Vault – 2nd

Level 4 11 years

Freya – 2nd overall

Floor – 2nd

Vault – 4th

Jessie – 3rd Overall

Floor – 3rd

Vault – 6th

Charlotte – 6th overall

Floor – 6th

Vault – 5th

A big well done to all gymnasts that competed, some great results! This was the first time that some of our gymnasts experienced competing in a new level, you should all be proud of yourselves!

Big thank you to Clapham for hosting this competition, once againm the gymnasts had a great time

London Tumbling Club Cup Qualifier 1 2023

Erin Pennthomas / Competition Results /

19/03/2023

On 19th March, some of our gymnasts attended the London Tumbling Club Cup Qualifier 1 at Jean Brown Arena, Redbridge in Ilford. With so many competitors and 3 different disciplines running at the same time the girls had an amazing day!

In Flight 2 for Club 3

Natalia – 1st in her Age Category

In Flight 3 for Club 2

Amelia – 2nd in her Age Category

Flight 4 for Club 6

Maddi – 1st in age category

Nina – 1st in age category

Emmy – 2nd in age category

Big well done to Maddi, Nina and Emmy who have qualified for the English Silver Championships in Telford in June. Amazing work

Flight 4 for Club 2

Elizabeth – 2nd in age category

Flight 5 for Club 3

Maia – 3rd in age category

Flight 6 for Club 3

Nicola – 1st in age category

Nia – 5th in age category

Flight 7 for Club 4

Rachel – 2nd in age category

Sophia – 3rd in age category

Isla – 3rd in age category

*Rachel placing 2nd, Sophia placing 3rd*

A massive thank you to all the coaches, judges, clubs, volunteers and organisers that make this event a success. With over 400 competitors over the day, this would not be possible without the support of everyone involved. Well done to all gymnasts that competed today, you have done your coaches proud but more importantly you’ve done yourself proud.

Dates for the Diary 2023

Erin Pennthomas / Club News /

24/01/2023

These dates are subject to change, this is what has been released by London Gymnastics. Please be aware that if certain entry number are hit, competitions may be changed to run on both Saturday and Sunday, Saturday or Sunday. We may not know this information until 2/3 weeks before the competition so please keep the weekend free incase of changes.

Due to the removal of the Novice competition pathway, dates have been changed for the 4 piece regional competitions. This means emails will be going out to cancel Saturday sessions and replace them so be on the look out for that.

There is no guarantee that we will be entering all of these competitions, it will depend on the amount of gymnasts we have to take, coach availability and judge availability. Gymnasts will not automatically be able to attend all competitions, this will depend on whether gymnasts are successfully completing all skills required to attend.

Any new dates for competitions including Friendlies will be added to this list as we go.

MARCH

19/03/2023 – Club Club Tumbling Qualifier 1

25/03/2023 – Clapham Individual Invitational (Zinc, Copper, Bronze)

APRIL

16/04/2023 – Regional Zinc Spring Championships

MAY

07/05/2023 – Tumbling Qualifier 2

JUNE

11/06/2023 – Regional Tumbling Championship

24/06/2023 – 25/06/2023 – Regional Copper and above Spring Championships

AUGUST

05/08/2023 – 06/08/2023 – Adult Gymnastics British Championships

OCTOBER

01/10/2023 – Regional Zinc Autumn Championships

07/10/2023 – 08/10/2023 – Regional Copper, Age Group, Classic Challenge Autumn Championships

DECEMBER

Vivace Club Championships (TBC)

Clapham Around the World Twin Piece Invitational Competition

Erin Pennthomas / Club News /

21/11/2022

On the 19th November some of our gymnasts attended Claphams Gymnastics Around the World Twin Piece Invitational Competition. Such a lovely experience for our gymnasts and the girls represented the club beautifully. As well as pair awards, Clapham also did 1st place on each piece. Gymnasts were also asked to create a piece of work demonstrating their heritage and culture. Their pair numbers were to focus of the piece of work. We saw some very creative designs from lots of gymnasts! A big thank you to those gymnasts who took part in this part of the competition.

Round 1 for our Copper and Zinc Gymnasts;

Pair – Maddi and Melissa – 1st

Bars – Maddi – 1st

Beam – Maddi – 2nd

Floor – Melissa – 3rd

Vault – Melissa – 2nd

Rank – Maddi – 1st

Rank – Melissa – 3rd

Pair – Nina and Grace – 3rd

Floor – Grace – 2nd

Vault – Nina – 2nd

Bars – Nina – 3rd

Beam – Grace – 2nd

Rank – Grace – 5th

Rank – Nina – 6th

With Grace winning the artistry award on beam, receiving a beautiful sash from the judges!

*Grace winning the Artistry Sash on Beam*

Big well done girls

Round 2 for our Novice gymnasts

Age group Under 10

Pair – Nia and Nicola – 3rd

Bars – Nia – 2nd

Vault – Nicola – 2nd

Floor – Nicola – 5th

Beam – Nia – 3rd

Rank – Nicola – 6th

Rank – Nia – 3rd

Pair – Amelia and Milly W – 5th

Floor – Milly W – 1st

Beam – Amelia – 3rd

Vault – Milly W – 4th

Bars – Amelia 4th

Rank – Milly W – 5th

Rank – Amelia – 10th

*Nicola and Nia 3rd and Milly and Amelia 5th*

Age Group Under 12

Pair – Livia and Milly B – 6th

Floor – Milly W – 1st

Beam – Milly W – 5th

Bars – Livia – 5th

Vault – Livia – 6th

Rank – Livia – 15th

Rank – Milly B – 7th

Pair – Rebecca and Iona – 7th

Floor – Iona – 9th

Beam – Rebecca – 3rd

Bars – Rebecca – 6th

Vault – Iona – 6th

Rank – Rebecca – 13th

Rank – Iona – 13th

Pair – Maia and Natalia – 8th

Floor – Maia – 5th

Beam – Natalia – 7th

Vault – Maia – 7th

Bars – Natalia – 6th

Rank – Maia – 12th

Rank – Natalia – 18th

*Nicola, Natalia, Milly W, Iona, Amelia, Milly B, Livia, Nia, Rebecca and Maia*

Round 3 for those competing regional 1 floor and vault

A big well done to Valerie who competed against the odds as her partner pulled out last minute.

Age Group Under 10’s

Pair – Violet and Iris – 1st

Vault – Voilet – 1st

Floor – Violet – 2nd

Floor – Iris – 1st

Vault – Violet – 2nd

Age Group Under 12

Pair – Valerie – 2nd

Floor – Valerie – 3rd

Vault – Valerie – 2nd

Rank – Valerie – 3rd

Creative number – Valerie – Winner

Age Group Under 14

Pair – Sophia and Rachel – 4th

Vault – Rachel – 1st

Floor – Rachel – 3rd

Floor – Sophia – 8th

Vault – Sophia – 8th

Rank – Rachel – 1st

Rank – Sophia – 8th

*Violet, Iris, Valerie, Sophia and Rachel*

A big thank you to Clapham for the invitation to the competition. The girls loved it.

London Regional Twin Piece Competition

Erin Pennthomas / Competition Results /

13/11/2022

On the 13th November, some of our squad members took part in the London Regional Twin Piece Competition at Heathrow Gymnastics Club. For many it was their first twin piece competition. We had some great scores across all rounds from all of our pairs but after a mishap on floor unfortunately one pairs scores couldn’t count. Individual piece medals weren’t given at this competition but here’s how they did:

Round 1:

Vault – Rebecca 1st, Livia 6th and Amelia 7th

Bars – Livia 4th, Rebecca 5th and Natalia 6th

Beam – Maia 4th, Milly 5th and Amelia 8th

Floor – Milly 1st, Natalia 4th and Maia 7th

Pairs – Maia and Rebecca medalled 3rd overall, Livia and Milly coming 4th and Amelia and Natalia coming 8th.

*Maia and Rebecca on the podium coming 3rd* *overall in Round 1*

*Livia, Milly, Amelia, Maia, Rebecca, Nicola, Nia and Natalia in Round 1*

In Round 2 we had another great round but 1 pair had to pull out pre-competition due to a previous injury.

Vault – Nina 5th

Bars – Nina 6th

Beam – Grace 2nd

Floor – Grace 1st

Pairs – Grace and Nina coming 4th overall in their pair.

In Round 3, great round once again with Maddi making her debut at the club.

Vault – Melissa 6th

Bars – Maddi 4th

Beam – Melissa 4th

Floor – Maddi 3rd

Pairs – Maddi and Melissa coming 4th overall in their pair.

Some beautiful routines from all rounds, we can’t wait to build on your experience and start preparing for the next round of Regional Competitions in London.

Halloween Dress Up Competition Results

Erin Pennthomas / Club News /

12/11/2022

From date commencing 29th October through to the 3rd of November we ran a Halloween dress up competition. The rules were simple, come to session dressed up in your favourite/best Halloween outfits. Gymnasts had to be able to train safely in their outfits and wore a leotard underneath.

Prizes would go to the best dressed gymnast in their halloween outfit!

We were spoilt for choice this year and since there were so many fantastic outfits, we decided to crown a winner for each set of classes that entered.

Without further ado… please see our winners!

Amazing job to everyone that entered and a massive well done to our winners this year!

London Regional Novice

Erin Pennthomas / Competition Results /

12/11/2022

Following on from the success of the last London Regional, our younger gymnasts competed on the 9th October 2022 at Heathrow Gymnastics Club. Some great results from the girls!

Maia 1st on Vault

Nia 3rd on Vault

Livia 2rd on Beam

Milly 1st on Beam

Livia 3rd on Bars

Milly 1st on Floor

Livia 3rd on Floor

Rebecca 3rd All Round

With other scores being personal bests and some first-time competitors for regional!

You have all done the club proud and most importantly you should all be very proud of yourselves. Keep up the hard work!

*Nia, Nicola and Amelia* – *pre competition*

London Regional Autumn Classic Challenge

Erin Pennthomas / Competition Results /

12/11/2022

What a great day at the Autumn Classic Challenge. Though the day didn’t start so well with one gymnast pulling out pre-comp due to injury and another suffering injury during her floor routine meaning she could not finish the competition.

A big well done to Nina medalled 1st All Round in her age category and Grace coming 4th.

Nina 3rd and Grace 4th on Vault.

Nina 2nd and Grace 5th on Bars.

Nina 1st and Grace 4th on Beam

Grace 1st and Nina 2nd on Floor.

Amazing work girls!

Vivace Gymnastics – Bromley HQ Grand Opening

Erin Pennthomas / Club News /

12/11/2022

We had our grand Opening for our Bromley HQ on 24th August 2022. It was such a memorable evening.

In attendance was 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth champion on bars and team silver medallist at the European Championships and team silver medallist at the World Championships, Georgia Mae-Fenton. The BBC London News and some key members from our governing body British Gymnastics also attended.

*Georgia Mae-Fenton giving some gymnastics tips*

It was an amazing evening for our gymnasts who came in for their session to be joined by Fenton herself. She even done a little bit of coaching, giving some top tips to our young gymnasts. We had a Q and A with gymnasts and coaches and she even brought in her Commonwealth medal for the gymnasts to see.

The ribbon cutting was a lovely moment for coaches and gymnasts alike.

*Georgia Mae-Fenton cutting the ribbon at Bromley HQ*

To see what we got up to on the BBC London news, head over to our Instagram and checkout our videos.