Huge Medal Haul 
Woking gymnasts won 7 medals in last weekends competition.
We are extremely proud of all the gymnasts that took part in this prestigious event.
 

    

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.

 

In only their second competition in the Silver category, Jemma and Heather both performed well. Heather, as the only competitor in the under 11 age group, overcame a few aches and pains to take the gold medal scoring 15.00. In the under 15s, Jemma recovered well from an uncharacteristic error in her floor routine to perform a particularly nice half on half off vault and achieve the joint highest vault score for girls on the day. Both gymnasts can take a lot of positives from their performances which will undoubtedly give them confidence ahead of the Surrey Bronze Silver Gold competition which takes place in October.  

A big well done to all who took part in our club championships yesterday!  

A great time was had by all - from our youngest display member at age 3 to our oldest at 75!!

The competition scores are now available in the members section. 

On Sunday 19th June our Woking girls took part in the Pegasus Open in Maidstone, an Individual Voluntary Competition with all round and apparatus medals.

Woking was entered in the level 4, 3 and 2 categories with girls competing both in and out of age.

Anna, Chloe and Danielle competed in the level 4 competition.  The girls all performed well and gained some valuable competition experience in readiness for the regional finals in September.  Danielle was 9th overall in the in-age competition and awarded a very well deserved 5th place for her lovely beam routine.  Anna also performed a lovely, clean beam routine to give her 5th position in the out of age competition.  Chloe performed a nice, clean routine on bars to give her 6th position in the out of age competition.

The level 3 category saw a total of 30 competitors taking part (10 in-age / 20 out), including 5 girls from Woking – Sophie Miller (out), Paige Hewitt (out), Natasha Brewer (out), Zadesha Thobias (in) and Rachel Cordell (in).  All the girls performed well and got the opportunity to practice some of their new skills and build on these after Horsham in preparation for the regional and national finals later on in the year.  Competition was strong both in and out of age, with a couple of National Squad girls taking part. Rachel performed exceptionally well in her routines including a 13.5 score on beam, resulting in 2 Silver medals and a Bronze in the All-Around competition.  Zadesha had a good solid performance particularly on the Vault resulting in 5th position. Sophie deserved a special bravery award for a nasty fall on Beam, after which she popped back on and completed one of the hardest routines of the day without a second thought – a true sportswoman!  Natasha also performed well, finishing 5th on Bars. Paige only competed on 2 apparatus due to injury but still finished 6th on beam!

Amber Stevens competed in the level 2 in-age category. She performed all her routines exceptionally well and showed a high level of difficulty particularly on the beam, executing her new double back off bars with great success! Amber’s scores were high and well deserved, so it was no surprise that she collected Gold medals in each of the apparatus, resulting in Gold in the All-Around competition!  Well done Amber, fantastic work and great preparation going forward to the level 2 finals in November.

Another good day for Woking – well done girls!!

On Sunday 29th May our girls took part in the Inter County Women’s Artistic Competition in Horsham.

Our girls were spilt into teams representing Surrey in the level 3, 4 and 5 categories, and consisted of Amber Stevens, Rachel Cordell, Paige Hewitt, Sophie Miller, Natasha Brewer, Anna Gibson, Chloe Gibson, Lorien Stapleton, Danielle Shaw and Emily Kennedy. 

Our level 5 girls performed extremely well and saw some of our youngest gymnasts competing for the first time, enabling them to gain some valuable competition experience.  The level 5 team included Lorien and Emily, whose contribution secured the first Team Gold medal for Woking and Surrey!  In the Individuals, Lorien’s routines shone through resulting in Silver on Bars, Bronze on Floor and Bronze in the All-Around competition.

The Level 4 team included Chloe, Anna and Danielle. All girls were solid and performed very well in their category, resulting in another Team Gold and Bronze medal for Woking and Surrey!  Well done girls!!

Our level 3 gymnasts included Amber, Sophie, Rachel, Paige and Natasha.  The girls had a storming competition and also came home with Team Gold and Bronze medals!! In the Individuals they were able to show off some of their new skills for the first time in competition and rose to the challenge.  Amber Stevens performed a fantastic Bars routine to gain the Silver medal, and collected a Bronze for both her stunning Beam routine and beautiful Floor, placing her 4th in the All-Around.  Rachel Cordell had a few new tricks up her sleeve showing high difficulty routines, winning the beam with a whopping 13.8, in addition to Silver on the Vault and Floor, giving her the All-Around Gold medal!  Sophie Miller also had a fantastic day with a lovely beam routine showing high difficulty, resulting in an impressive 13.1 score to give her the Silver medal position and Bronze in the All-Around.

Paige Hewitt collected the Gold medal for her amazing and very brave Vault, having nearly taken her head off in the warm-up and giving everyone a fright!  She also collected 3rd for her bars routine.  Well done to you all!!

A very successful competition in terms of both results and experience! 

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!