WSG news archive 2005

WSG once again hosted the prestigious English Championships. Over two days 81 of England's finest male and female gymnasts competed for the coveted Junior and Senior titles.

Saturday was Huntingdon Gymnastics Club's day with, Robert Payne clinching the Senior title and Louis Smith taking the Junior title.

Sunday saw the women in action with the titles taken by Notts and Heathrow. Louise Mercer took the Senior title for Notts and Rebecca Wing the Junior title for Heathrow.

As usual, resident photographer Berni Coffin was to be seen taking photos which are available to view and purchase on his website. Keep an eye on the what's new page for a picture gallery of Berni's photos.

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As usual WSG's resident photographer Berni Coffin was to be seen taking photos which are available to view and purchase on his website. Keep an eye on the what's new page for a picture gallery of Berni's photos.

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Once again WSG hosted this annual South West FIG and Challenge Cup competition. 4 WSG gymnasts competed in the FIG section with Jessica Coombs taking silver in the under 15 category.

As usual WSG's resident photographer Berni Coffin was to be seen taking photos which are available to view and purchase on his website. Keep an eye on the what's new page for a picture gallery of Berni's photos.

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WSG is holding its 5^th summer training camp from Monday 14^th to Thursday 17^th August and we would like to invite your chid/children to participate.

The camp is open any gymnast of 8 years or older (1998 or older) who is working towards “Wiltshire Grades” or above.

The cost is £80 per gymnast, which includes a fully supervised programme enabling the gymnast to participate in sports acrobatics, dance, rhythmic, tumble, trampolining and artistic gymnastics on all of the club's equipment. The cost also includes a t-shirt and a party for all participants on Thursday 17^th August, finishing at 6pm.

We have once again secured the services of the Sports Acrobatics coaches from Question Display Team (previously Riverside Display Team), who have attended the camp for the last 4 years, in addition to our own professional coaching team.

Closing date for booking is Saturday 22^nd July. Spaces are limited, so early booking to avoid disappointment, for what will be a fun, exciting and challenging camp, is advised!

Follow this link for a copy of the application form.

Over 130 young gymnasts from across the county competed in the Wiltshire Grades. WSG entered a total of 51 girls across the different age groups and had a very successful day with 26 WSG gymnasts ending their competition on the podium. Well done to everyone who competed.

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Rowan Hey and Eva Parfitt joined the rest of the South West team to travel north to Birmingham for their first British Age-group Championships in the Level 4 category. Well done to both girls in what was a hard-fought competition.

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WSG took a young team to Guildford to compete in the British Women's Team Championships. The team competed well and was up against teams with much older gymnasts, some of whom had recently returned from the Commonwealth Games coming home a well-deserved 7th.

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WSG took a young team to Guildford to compete in the British Women's Team Championships. The team competed well and was up against teams with much older gymnasts, some of whom had recently returned from the Commonwealth Games coming home a well-deserved 7th.

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WSG hosted the South West Club Grades and South West Regional Level 3 & 4 Championships - Compulsories competitions.

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WSG hosted the Wiltshire County Club Grades competition.

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9 of our best gymnasts are in the South West Squad.  The trial was held at the City of Bristol Gymnastics Club and gymnasts attended from all over the region including Port Regis, Exeter, Bristol and Poole.

The day was split into two sessions. One session was to select gymnasts into the squad which entitles them to train with the best coaches and gymnasts in the region. Competition for places was strong and out of 21 candidates only ten were selected, 2 of which - Rebecca Tamin (11) and India Rose-Mills (11) are from WSG. 

The rest of the day was a training session for elite gymnasts already selected onto the squad, either by placing in the top four at last September's South West Age-group Championships or based on merit FIG level gymnasts. WSG is proud to have 7 elite gymnasts in the squad: Jessica Coombs (13), Olivia Grout (13), Leanna Clarke (12), Katie Moffat (11), Pip Higgs (11), Francesca Grout (10) and Antonia Bates (10). 

The day was also used to select gymnasts for the South West team at the British Schools Championships in Newcastle in March.  Again, WSG is well represented with Katie Moffat, Pip Higgs and India Rose Mills selected onto the Junior team and Jessica Coombs, Leanna Clarke and Olivia Grout for the Senior team.