On Saturday 31st March the 102nd London Open took place at the Europa Gym in Dagenham.

The first round was the Youth and Junior competition.  Harry Carter, Tom Defina and Miki Chu competed for Woking.  Harry had a bit of a nightmare falling seven times finishing 17th scoring 74.15.  Tom only competed on four apparatus but performed well.  Miki Chu had a clean competition scoring 70.9 finishing 27th.

The final round was the Intermediate age category.  Jamie Lewis and Tobias Brewer competed for Woking.  Jamie had a brilliant day, finishing an excellent 5th scoring 76.05.  Competing against gymnasts more than 2 years older than him, Jamie also capped off an amazing day winning Pommels with a very impressive routine.  Well done.  Tobias had a much cleaner competition finishing 25th scoring 67.9.

On Sunday 11th March 2012, 11 gymnasts from Woking travelled to Crawley for the chance to qualify for the National Finals in Birmingham in May.

In the ‘U9 Club’ competition, Jonjo Bennetts & Kristian Butler competed for the very first time. Both gymnasts did well, with Jonjo finishing 6th and booking his place in the finals. ‘U10 Club’ saw Owen Turner also competing well for 6th place – on the way to Birmingham!

Woking didn’t have any gymnasts in the ‘U9 Regional’ competition, but 7 year old Christian Fuoco competed these set routines as a guest in readiness for when he will do them for real next year.

The ‘U10 Regional’ competition saw Adam Siddeeq claim Gold, Jasper Smith-Gordon won Silver & Joseph Frankland came 4th. All 3 are Finals bound!

Woking had just the one gymnast in ‘U11 Regional’, and James Miller didn’t disappoint, coming 4th, and securing his place in Birmingham.

We had a 1-2-3 in the ‘U12 Regional’ competition – Jamie Lewis 1st, Lorenzo Carrozzo 2nd, and Leon McHugh 3rd. Again, all 3 qualifying for the National Finals.

On Friday 2nd March the English Championship began in Europa Gymnastics Club.

Jamie Lewis competed in the Boy’s age category.  Jamie performed brilliantly scoring well on five apparatus, unfortunately Jamie fell twice on pommels finishing in 3rd place all-around scoring 72.550.  Jamie also finished 1st on Floor, 3rd on Rings and High Bar. 

The next age category was the Senior group competing on the Saturday.  Woking had Harry Carter, Tom Defina and Bradley McBride competing.

Harry made some silly mistakes finishing 7th scoring 74.40, Tom competed on all 6 apparatus for the first time in over three years finishing 7th scoring 72.634.  Bradley competed on four apparatus just missing out on a medal on High Bar.

The final age group competing on the Sunday was the Junior age category.  Tobias Brewer and Miki Chu competed for Woking with Tobias finishing 22nd scoring 65.534 and Miki finishing 23rd scoring 64.933.

Grant Gardiner represented Wales at the 2011 Northern European Championship in Uppsala Sweden.

Grant won the title of Northern European Champion in 2010, however in February this year Grant severely twisted his knee dismounting from Rings.  As a result Grant tore his ACL and cartilage and had to have major knee reconstruction.

Grant’s dedication and maturity during his rehabilitation resulted in a speedy recovery, meaning he could compete for Team Wales in this year’s event.

Grants contribution to the team was amazing; he scored the highest score in the competition on three of the four apparatus he competed on and was influential in Wales winning the Northern European Team Championship title.



Grant also qualified for three apparatus finals.  Unfortunately with a few small errors, a snapped Ring hand guard in warm-up and some suspect judging resulted in Grant finishing 6th on Pommels; 4th on Rings and 4th on Parallel bars.

On the 4th November Jamie Lewis travelled with British Gymnastics to Milan in Italy for the 4th Memorial Bertolazzi International. 

It was Jamie’s first International competing for Great Britain.  He performed brilliantly finishing in 2nd place in the All-Around scoring 73.55 and helping the team finish 2nd.  It was a great result for such a young British team consisting of 2 eleven and 2 twelve year old gymnasts.  They were competing in an Under 18 competition and Jamie, being the youngest in the team showed what depth and quality GB gymnastics has with his mature performance.

All the boy’s coaches at Woking and Great Britain are very proud of Jamie and are looking forward to a very big year in 2012.

On Saturday 18TH June the Pegasus Open took place in Maidstone Kent.

The first round of the day was the Boy’s Individual.  Woking had Jamie Lewis, Jonty Mitchell, Leon McHugh and Lorenzo Carrozzo competing.  All boys performed very well, competing against gymnasts up to 2 years older than them.  Jamie Lewis finished a very impressive 2nd place in the All-Around (71.55) and collected a Gold medal on Vault and Parallel bars and Silver on Floor and Bronze on Pommels.  Jonty finished 13th (65.40), Leon finished 32nd (55.35)and Lorenzo 33rd (55.2).

The next round of the day saw Tobias Brewer and Miki Chu compete in the Intermediate age category.  Both gymnasts trained well for this competition and their hard work paid off.  Tobias finished 4th All-Around scoring 69.95 and collected a Bronze medal on Floor.  Miki finished 5th All-Around scoring 69.80 and collected a Silver medal on Pommels, a Gold medal on Parallel bars and a Bronze medal on High Bar.

The final round of the day was the Youth age category.  Harry Carter, Bradley McBride and Tom Defina competed for Woking.  Harry finished 3rd All-Around scoring 75.05 and picked up a Gold medal on Floor, a Silver medal on Rings and High bar and a Bronze medal on Parallel bars.  Bradley finished 5th All-Around scoring 70.05 in his first full competition in almost 3 years!  Tom only competed on 2 apparatus because of injury but managed to collect a Silver medal on Pommels.

On the weekend of 14/15 May, Woking’s young gymnasts once again competed in a National Final.

This time around, they were competing in a team event for the South East Region.

We had 3 Teams comprising of all Woking gymnasts in Performance Grades Levels 1,2 and 3.

The Level 1 Team did a lot better than last week, the team winning the Silver medal with 192.25. Adam Siddeeq in 4th (65.15), & Joshua Roche in 6th position (64.45). The other members of the Team were Jasper Smith-Gordon, 15th (59.80) and Joseph Frankland, 19th (59.15).

The Level 2 Team (Lucas Nunez (56.80), James Miller (55.10) & William Griggs (50.55)), in their first competition of this size, competed well to finish 5th with 162.45.

The Level 3 Team also competed well to claim the Bronze medal (189.70), with Jonty Mitchell (65.15) placing 5th individually , & Jamie Lewis (67.85) once again claiming the Gold. Leon McHugh placed 13th (55.90) and Lorenzo Carrozzo finished 16th (54.45).

Congratulations to all the boys!

In  round 1 the Under 9s got to compete in their first National final competition.  Woking had Adam Sideeqq, Joseph Frankland, Joshua Roche and Jasper Smith-Gordon representing them.  All the boys did very well with only slight errors creeping in.  Adam finished 10th (62.6) Joseph 15th (61.1) Joshua 17th (60.6) and Jasper 22nd (59.75).

In round 2 the Under 11s and Under 13s took to the stage.  Woking had Jamie Lewis, Jonty Mitchell and Tobias Brewer competing.

Jamie and Jonty competed in a very strong Under 11 age category and both performed with a great style and maturity.  Jamie Lewis executed 7 routines with almost perfect form and technique scoring 3 ‘Perfect 10s’ finishing in 1st place and scoring an incredible 68.0.  Jonty was very close to a couple of perfect scores himself and finished 5th scoring 64.1.

Tobias competed in the Under 13 age category and finished 7th scoring 58.4.

A very special well-done to Jamie Lewis who is Woking Gymnastic Club’s first All-Around National Champion for over 15 years.

On Sunday May 8th the Regional Voluntary Team Finals also took place in Leicester with Woking’s Harry Carter, Josh Sharpling and Bradley McBride representing the South East Team.  In a great competition that was tightly contested from start to finish the South East Team performed brilliantly to clinch the title scoring an impressive 239.25.

A fantastic weekend for all the boys and coaches from Woking – Well done!

On 13th March, 11 boys from Woking Gymnastics Club travelled to Crawley to take part in the South East Regional Setwork Championships. For 7 of these boys it was their first competition, and success meant qualifying for the National Finals to be held in Birmingham in May.

In the youngest age group, Under 9’s, Joshua Roche really pulled some great routines out the bag to claim Gold with 62.05. Silver went to Jasper Smith-Gordon (59.4), Bronze to Adam Siddeeq (59.2), with Joseph Frankland (56.4) in 4th position. The Under 10 age group saw Lucas Nunez win Gold with 54.8, James Miller (52.05) the Silver and William Griggs (45.5), Bronze. In the Under 11’s, Jamie Lewis, who is a member of GB National Squad, performed impeccably for Gold, scoring 64.65. Jonty Mitchell (60.4) claimed Silver, Leon McHugh (51.05), Bronze and Lorenzo Carrozzo (44.4) in 4th place.

WGC Boys Squad coaches are very proud of the way these young gymnasts performed, with all 11 of the boys qualifying for National Finals.

On Friday 4th and Saturday 5th March the London Open took place at Goorsbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham.

Friday’s competition was the Loveday Trophy and Tom Defina was competing for Woking.  Unfortunately Bradley McBride broke his finger in the week leading up to the competition and was unable to compete.  Tom scored 11.1 on Pommels; 12.7 on Rings and 10.35 on High bar.

On Saturday morning Tobias Brewer and Miki Chu competed in the Clayton Bolt Shield.  Miki was competing for the first time in over a year and finished a very creditable 22nd scoring 65.90.  Tobias Brewer finished 25th scoring 64.75.

The final round of Saturday was the Westminster Shield.  Josh Sharpling competed well scoring 12.6 on Floor; 13.35 on Pommels; 14.0 on Vault and 12.6 on Parallel bars.