Biggest Competition of the year: General Gym Competition – 4th & 5^th February 2012 at Baskerville’s.

REPORT/RESULTS

For the fourth year running Baskerville’s held their Annual General Gymnastics Competition. We invited gymnasts from all of our weekly classes to take part and compete against other children of similar age and ability. Gymnasts performed a floor routine and two vaults which were judged by a panel of judges .

Spectators were invited to watch the competition. All gymnasts received participation medals with top 3 places receiving special medals and first place receiving a trophy. All proceeds from the competition will go towards funding new equipment for the General Gymnastics Classes.

Gymnasts were spilt into different categories Blue, Yellow or Red for each competition with Pre-Competition and 7+ gymnasts competing on Saturday. In the Blue (Pre Comp) competition Cianna Thompson performed well taking a clean sweep of the medals by winning both the Floor, Vault and Overall. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Lily Neale, 5^th Clementine Coxon, 4^th Isabella Edney, 3^rd Amelia Pritchard, 2^nd Phoebe Pritchard and 1^st Cianna Thompson.

The Red and Yellow competition consisted of the 7+ gymnasts. In the Red competition Brooke Moore finished first on the Vault and Stevie Saunders achieved first place on the Floor and Overall. The top six gymnasts Overall in reverse order: 6^th Charlie McKim, 5^th Rosie Richmond, 4^th Ellie Mount, 3^rd Natasha Ivan-Zadeh, joint 2^nd Brooke Moore & Max McMullen and 1^st Stevie Saunders.

In the Yellow competition Cobey Smith finished first on the Vault and Scarlett Style-Paul managed top spot on the Floor and Overall. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Poppy Freeman, 5^th Emma Fleming, joint 4^th Rachael State & Paige Mahoney, 3^rd Megan Jarvis,  2^nd Zoe Messer and 1^st Scarlett Style-Paul.

On Sunday there were a total of 3 competitions, with 3 different categories and the final competition split into four categories. There were three time slots which all ran on time with enjoyment had by all. The first competition started at 9.30am and consisted of children aged 4-6. In the Blue competition Robyn Ashworth finished first on the Vault, joint first place on Floor was shared by Isabella Beaven, Aimee Marsh & Kacey-May Angel who also finished first Overall. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Sara Gunnarsdottir, 5^th Isabella Beaven, 4^th Rhianna Balch, 3^rd Aimee Marsh, 2^nd Robyn Ashworth and 1^st Kacey-May Angel.

The second competition at 9.30am was the Red competition which Lexie Hall dominated by winning the Floor and Vault. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Zack Glasgow, 5^th Anna Kitteridge, 4^th Edward Gould, 3^rd Molly Hibbert-Davies, 2^nd Aofie Kestell and 1^st Lexie Hall.

The final competition at 9.30am was the Yellow competition where Alice Haig saw Gold on Floor while Alexandra Moir came in second on Floor, winning the Vault and taking Gold Overall. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Abigail Hutchings, 5^th Alice Haig, 4^th Maeve McGee, 3^rd Connie Osborn, 2^nd Carys Handley and 1^st Alexandra Moir.

After a short interval the next competition began on time at 11.30am, after a short warm up by the 6-8 year old children. In the Blue competition there was joint first on Vault shared by Sophia Rose & Blueenn Jackson while Chloe New performed well enough to take the Gold on the Floor and Overall. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Lexi Davies, 5^th Maisie Humphries, 4^th Tallulah Alford, 3^rd Jasmine Lyons, 2^nd Jasmine Moore and 1^st Chloe New.

The second competition at 11.30am was the Red competition with Ella Thompson finishing first on Vault scoring 9.1 and Nia Mogg who finished third on Vault taking the Gold on Floor and the Overall top spot! The top six overall in reverse order: 6^th Esme Matthews, 5^th William McKim, 4^th Mason Nolan-Kemp, 3^rd Isobel Baldwin, 2^nd Jake Feasby and 1^st Nia Mogg.

The final competition at 11.30am was the Yellow competition which was a battle between Luke Charlwood and Annabelle Callan. With Luke taking the Gold on Vault with a score 9.5 and finishing 3^rd on Floor, while Annabelle finished second behind only Luke on Vault and finishing first on Floor with a score of 9.7, leaving her with an unbeatable overall score of 18.9 placing her in first place! The top six overall in reverse order: 6^th Georgina Cobbold, 5^th Annika Moorehouse, 4^th Lauren Askew, 3^rd Mia Spearman-Armisead, 2^nd Luke Charlwood and 1^st Annabelle Callan.

The final competition of the day was spilt into the Beginner Girls and the Advanced, Blue, Red and Yellow. The Beginner Girls consisted of 7 girls all trained in part by Emma Baskerville. They performed well on both pieces with Rosie Banks taking the Gold on Vault and Emily Morris finishing first on Floor leaving for an interesting finish overall. The top five Overall in reverse order: joint 5^th Alisha Gordon & Sara Salemon, 4^th Kodi Bloomfield, 3^rd Isobel Dixon, 2^nd Olivia Underwood and joint 1^st Emily Morris & Rosie Banks.

In the Blue advanced competition Katie Kendall finished first on Floor while Evie Newman took the Gold on Vault taking first in the Overall competition. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Rosie Paterson, 5^th Anna Green, 4^th Ella Stewart, joint 3^rd Claudia Moorhouse, Alice Helps & Amy Newton, 2^nd  Katie Kendall and 1^st Evie Newman.

In the Red advanced competition Scarlett Loran finished first on the Floor while Abby Shrubb claimed the Gold on Vault which provided her with the Overall top spot. The top six Overall in reverse order: 6^th Scarlett Loran, 5^th Isobel Willis, joint 4^th Fleur Dutton & Alice Chadwick, 3^rd Isabel Jefferies, 2^nd Katie Ghali and 1^st Abby Shrubb.

The Yellow advanced competition proved to be an open affair with Molly Frost taking the Gold on Floor and Ishara Bark finishing top on the Vault. The top six overall in reverse order: 6^th Charlotte Barr, 5^th Alice Hibbert-Davies, 4^th Ishara Bark, 3^rd Emily Watts, joint 2^nd Holly Jones & Isobel Hughes and 1^st Eve Hewitt.

All the results & pictures will be placed on the boards so please take a look.

There were a total of 4 action-packed competitions spread out over the 2 days with gymnasts ranging from 4 to 13 years. All competitions ran smoothly regardless of the weather, with all the gymnasts and spectators having a great time. Well done to all the gymnasts that competed, but also a massive thank you to the coaches and judges!