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South Durham Gymnastics Blog

Fiona Austen

Fiona Austen

For lots of children last week many of them have said their final goodbyes to Fiona as she leaves the pink gym to continue on her journey with Darlington Gymnastics club. For all of us here at team pink goodbyes are just not possible and it was more of a 'see you soon' kind of day...her role over the past 16 years has influenced both gymnasts and coaches supporting them in all ways possible and over the past year even though her hours have reduced her support to push our younger coaches has only[..]

British NDP Championships

British NDP Championships

South Durham Gymnastics were very proud to have Ellie, Charlotte and Harriet qualify for the British NDP championships this month where the 3 girls travelled down to Stoke for the weekend to compete against gymnasts from all over the country on range, vault, bars, beam and floor.
Ellie competed on the Saturday and did an amazing job in NDP 3, with just one small error on bars but otherwise showing beautiful and mature routines! Onwards and upwards now with the big skills to work on back in th[..]

Congratulations Georgia

Congratulations Georgia

Team pink would like to say a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Georgia who has recently completed her pre-school course and has passed her exam meaning she is now a qualified pre-school coach! We are looking forward to seeing what else she and our other young coaches are getting up to in the coming months with lots of them currently going through coaching courses![..]

Regional Grades

Regional Grades

Super proud of all our beautiful Pink Ladies who competed in the North of England Regional Grades at the beginning of May!! You were all fantastic and performed some stunning routines.

The competition was held at City of Newcastle Gymnastics Academy where our gymnasts competed alongside a number of other clubs from around the region performing set routines on range, vault, bars, beam and floor. All of our girls showed off beautiful performances and did South Durham Gymnastics proud! Spec[..]

Great Britain Junior Squad

Great Britain Junior Squad

After another great national squad for Mia and Leah we have some exciting news . Mia had been invited as a guest for this squad which in itself is a huge honour . Our Head National Coach, Amanda Reddin announced in line up that following the British and English they had noticed that Mia had upgraded her routines and gone for the harder routines in competition. A few mistakes had occurred but with these routines in mind she had been invited to the squad to be assessed. All of the national coaches[..]

National Compulsory Levels

National Compulsory Levels

Mercedes Moore competed at the National Compulsory Level 2 this weekend in Stoke and after battling an ankle injury for numerous weeks Mercedes had a fantastic competition. She started off on bars where she had a fabulous clean routine, hitting all her handstands and precise turns, she then moved over to beam where she only had one mistake but managed to carry on her routine cleanly. Mercedes then headed over to floor where she showcased a beautiful strong routine, hitting all of her tumbles and[..]

First National Talent Development Squad

First National Talent Development Squad

Mercedes and Josie spent the weekend at Lilleshall National Sports Centre attending their first National Talent Development Squad of the year. The two girls trained alongside some of the best clubs in the country, mixing with other gymnasts and working alongside different coaches. The girls completed two 8 hour training days, staying overnight on Lilleshall grounds, getting the chance to make lots of new friends and mix with other clubs. The two girls are now looking forward to their next squad [..]

Second North of England Regional Squad

Second North of England Regional Squad

Our North of England Regional Squad girls attended their second squad of the year during the Easter holidays, which took place at our gym. The girls trained for the full day alongside a number of other clubs from around the region working with over 30 gymnasts and coaches. The day consisted of a large group conditioning circuit, followed by basics and then splitting off into various different mixed club groups. The gymnasts and coaches then broke for dinner and the coaches listened to a judging [..]

English Championships 2017

English Championships 2017

Over the weekend of the 8th & 9th April 2017, we had Mia and Leah representing the club in the English Championships held at Loughborough. Leah started off the competition on the Saturday in the senior ranks and finished in an overall position of 19th out of a possible 50, superb result for Leah! Mia then rounded off the competition on the Sunday competing on the junior section and she finished in an overall position of 15th! Mia also received her England colours for representation of our co[..]

National Judging Exam

National Judging Exam

At the beginning of April the club were proud to send two of our staff, Kelly and Susan, down to Lilleshall National Sports Centre to the National Judging Course. The two ladies completed a five day intensive course alongside over 70 other judges covering all areas across the four pieces of women's artistic apparatus: vault, bars, beam and floor. Kelly and Susan had to then sit two exams on the final two days of the course, a theory exam and a practical exam. Both ladies passed the exams and the[..]