South Durham Gymnastics Blog

To start off the morning we had our Grade 6 & 5's competing.
In Grade 6 - 12 & over our all around winner was Kaitlyn who came 1st in her Vault, Beam and Floor.
In Grade 6 - 11 & under our all around places were Ava 5th place, Charlotte 2nd place and Maisy 1st place.
In Grade 5 - 11 & under we had Ruby in 4th place and Lillian in 1st place as our overall winner.
And in Grade 5 - 9 years Rosie was the all around winner who came 1st in her Bars, Beam and Floor competiti[..]

Wowzers…. What an end to a fantastic weekend in Surrey!
Huge congratulations to Emily, and the rest of Team North, Libby, Lucie & Pagiella, who finished 6th in the Classic Challenge Gold in Surrey.
Great effort from Claire & Rose who competed in the Classic Challenge Silver competition for Team North. Claire and Rose, alongside Arianna, Amey, Rose & Lana did the region proud. Well done ladies.
After a clean competition, Grace finished a fantastic 8th overall in the Cl[..]

On the 12th and 13th November some of our Performance and Advanced squad girls competed in the Zinc and Copper Competition at CNGA.
12th November:
Round 1:
Zinc 7 years
OverallAnnalise 6thFreya 5thClara 2nd Isla 1st
Zinc 8 years
OverallBrigid 6thMaisy 2nd
Zinc 11 & under OverallPhoebe 5th
Round 2:
Zinc 9 & under Overall
Madison 2nd
Zinc 12 & over OverallGeorgia 4th
Zinc plus 12 & over OverallAbbie 5thEbonie 4thEvah 1st
Zinc Plus 11 & und[..]

Saturday 19th November was a busy day for these 2 fabulous Pink Ladies…. WOW WOW WOW 2 NEWLY CROWNED BRITISH CHAMPIONS!
Hollie took the title in the Competition A Class 1 Junior category while Emily was crowned the champion of the Open Competition Class 1 Senior Event!
We are so incredibly proud of you both![..]

On the 20th November we hosted our Pink Events Competition.
All coaches were very proud of all of the gymnasts who competed throughout the long day and would like to thank all of our parent and gymnast helpers and volunteers!
Huge well done to all of our overall winners!
Level 7, 7 Years
Poppy
Level 7, 8 Years
Erin
Level 6, 9 & under
Ennis
Level 6, 12 & over
Ruby
Level 5, 11 & under
Maisy
Level 5, 12 & over
Maebh[..]

We are so proud of Francesca who finished 7th in the Junior FIG Challenge Cup competition on Saturday 26th November, in Surrey.
Fran competed with some beautiful work throughout and finished 1st on beam with a clean routine.[..]

On Monday 21st November, the Leisure Centre will begin its Transformation Project. The project will involve moving the reception area to a centralised location within the building, relocation of the town library to within the leisure centre and upgrading the pool space.
This means that from Monday 21st November, people accessing South Durham Gymnastics will be unable to access the Gym from the main Leisure Centre entrance for approximately 7 months. During this time, our members and visitors[..]

Between Friday 9th - Sunday 11th September we hosted the Pink Ladies Invitational for the first time in 3 years, and what a weekend!!
We purposefully scaled back the competition this year due to uncertainly of space available in the leisure centre, but we were still able to welcome 350 gymnasts to the event which spanned 3 days.
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of the South Durham Team – Coaches, Judges and Parents, all of whom have given their time over the week voluntar[..]

Only a week had passed and we were once again competing in Redcar Gymnastics Club this time for our annual Summer Classic! As always Redcar hosted an amazing day and all of the gymnasts and coaches had a wonderful day at the floor and vault competition. Huge congratulations to all of our Overall Champions and special prize winners!
Overall Champions
Madi Forbes: Level 7, 7 Years
Ava Whensley: Level 7, 9 & under
Eleanor Stevenson: Level 6, 9 & under
Millie Stabler: Level 6,[..]

South Durham would like to say a huge THANK YOU to Redcar Gymnastics Club for hosting a fantastic 2 days of competition last weekend! Both the gymnasts and coaches had a great time and had fun getting dressed in their bright summer clothes and making some funky homemade numbers.
We would like to say a big well done to all of our overall champions, plus those gymnasts who won some special awards!
Overall Champions
Daisy Bayles: Level 7, 7 years
Hannah Li: Level 6, 9 years
Maisy Rob[..]