BASKERVILLES REPORTS AND PUBLICITY 2010

Baskervilles Host Somerset Floor and Vault Competition

Over 100 gymnasts, from 5 gym clubs in Somerset, descended on Baskervilles School of Gymnastics last weekend to take part in the annual Somerset Floor and Vault Competition. The competition was divided into age groups and levels of ability, ranging from Under 8 to Over 12 and from Pre Levels to Advanced Level.

In the youngest age group, Under 8, at Pre Levels Evie Carey shone for Baskervilles coming 3^rd on vault, 6^th on floor and winning a bronze medal overall. Lucia Guest vaulted well to finish 4^th and was 6^th overall. Esther Hewett performed well with a 6^th place on floor.

At Under 10 Pre Levels Elise Maylor was the pick of the Baskervilles Gymnasts, coming 3^rd on floor, 6^th on vault and winning a silver medal overall. Georgina Gildersleeve came 1^st on vault and finished 4^th overall. Edie Gudmunsen came 3^rd on vault and 5^th overall whilst Megan Davis came 4^th on vault and 6^th overall. Georgia Hennessy finished 5^th on vault and Emily Romero-Shaw came equal 6^th on floor with Felicity Lloyd and Georgia Morris, all from Baskervilles.

In the Under12 Pre Levels there was a clean sweep for Baskervilles of all the medals except one! Jemma Guest was the Golden Girl taking gold on floor vault and overall floor and vault. Sophia Millard came equal 2^nd on vault, 3^rd on floor and won silver overall. Jasmin Hennessy claimed bronze overall and came equal 2^nd on vault whilst Megan Fortune came 3^rd on vault and 4^th overall. Lauren Beckles achieved 4^th place on floor, 6^th on vault and 5^th overall and Caitlin Mazza secured 5^th place on vault.

In the final Pre Levels age group, Over 12, Baskervilles were represented by 5 gymnasts. Caitlin Whiteley proved to be the best, winning a bronze medal overall and coming 1^st on the vault. Maddie Wheeler followed close behind with 2^nd place on the vault and 4^th overall. Martha Wells finished 5^th on the vault and shared 6^th place overall with Lucy Baldwin, who came 4^th on the floor.

In the Intermediate Level there were only two age groups, Under and Over 12. The Under 12 age group was the most competitive event of the day with 18 gymnast taking part. Bree Warren came 3^rd on vault, 6^th on floor and 4^th overall, Lily Reid came 2^nd on vault and 5^th overall, whilst Freya Money came 4^th on floor and Lottie Tugwell finished 6^th on vault.

Baskervilles had 5 gymnasts in the Intermediate Over 12 age group. Francesca Ince performed the best on the day and came 4^th on floor and 4^th overall. Shannon Moysey finished 4^th on floor and 5^th overall while Megan Norman was very consistent achieving 6^th place on floor, vault and overall. Stephanie Miche finished 4^th and Amy Kinnear 5^th on vault.

The final group was Advanced Over 12, this was an all Baskervilles affair and the standard of the gymnasts was very high. Sarah Taylor became Baskervilles second Golden Girl of the day, winning gold on floor vault and overall. Ada-Jane Moore performed excellently on vault to come 2^nd and was 3^rd on floor to claim the overall silver medal. Louise Screen executed a near faultless floor routine to come 2^nd and was 3^rd on vault to win the bronze medal overall. Katie Kinnear was consistently good on both pieces to come 4^th overall with Martha Witty 5^th.

Baskerville’s Boys Shine in London

Eight gymnasts from Baskerville’s School of Gymnastics in Bath travelled to London to take part in the Men’s London Development Open on 14^th March 2010.

Thomas Paradise, 8, competed in the Under 8 competition and had an excellent day and showed considerable poise in producing neat routines. Thomas was rewarded for his efforts by winning the overall bronze medal. Thomas was brilliant on the pommel horse producing a near perfect routine to win the gold medal. He then followed this with a gold medal on vault and also finished in 2^nd place on rings and 3^rd on high bar. Alex Weeks, 9, competed at Under 10 level. Alex was impressive throughout and missed out on the gold on vault by the very smallest of margins finishing in 2^nd place. Alex was also excellent on high bar where he was 3^rd and he finished in a creditable 16^th place overall.

In the Under 11 competition Baskerville’s had six competitors. Daniel Cheung,  10, demonstrated that he is a very elegant gymnast finishing in overall 5^th place. Daniel’s best apparatus was parallel bars where he was 4^th and he was also 5^th on rings and 6^th on both vault and pommel horse. Matthew Simonds, 11, had a brilliant day performing a fantastic high bar to win the gold.  Matthew also equalled Daniel on pommel horse for 6^th place and was 9^th overall. Toby Lewis, 10, performed well  throughout the competition finishing in 11^th place overall . He had a very good result on pommel horse where he was 6^th=,  and also impressed with a neat parallel bars.  Harry Andrews, 11, had a good day performing good routines, his best pieces were floor and rings and  he was 26^th overall. Owen Andrews, 10, and Oliver Paradise, 10, were competing at their first London Open and performed very well. Owen finished in overall 33^rd place and scored particularly well on floor and pommel horse.  Oliver finished in overall 38^th place and performed best on floor and vault.