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National Challenge Cup - Nov 2004
Alpha Factor Invitational 2005
Yorkshire Novice - May 2006
Yorkshire Grades 2007
Yorkshire Challnge Trophy - Nov 2006
Novice Teams - Nov 2006
Yorkshire Level 5 Championships- May 2007
Pegasus Gymnova Open - July 2007
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Zone International - June 2001
What A Weekend!
Coach Gill Nobbs and 5 Wetherby gymnasts set off for Rushmoor Gymnastics Academy in Aldershot on Saturday 16 June 2001. Not knowing the extent of the fire damge to the gym or when their next training session would be!
Sunday morning came and Daisy Slater and Abigail Hatfield were the first to compete in the U12 Modified competition. Starting on floor, both girls performed a front somi walkout for the first time and Daisy danced beautifully through her brand new routine. Both gymnasts perform good vaults but were marked from low tariffs. On bars, Abigail landed her new dismount, backaway with half turn. She then completed her competition with a clean beam routine, sticking her flic-flic series and a new full twisting dismount.
Abigail and Daisy achieved 23 and 24 placed respectively. This was a very positive result as this was the first time the girls have competed outside the Yorkshire Region. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
In the next round, Jaime Sawiuk competed in the U14 Modified competition. She started on Floor and cope well with her new routine, ending her last tumble with a double twist. Jaime then moved to vault and performed a very high tuck Tsuki to score 8.100. On the bars Jaime performed a good cut to catch, a new element for her. Unfortunately she fell on her one and half twisting backaway. Later on it became clear that this cost her the bronze medal. Jaime finished her competition with a basic but steady beam routine landing her first Free Cartwheel in competition. Jaime placed fourth overall and had the second highest bar mark despite the dismount!
In the final competiton Joy Wilton and Eva Nobbs competed in the Open Age F.I.G competition. Eva started as she meant to go on with a good Handspring Tuck Front Somi vault to achieve the highest vault score of the day. They then moved to the bars where Eva completed several new elements successfully but unfortunately Joy missed time her Short Clear To Handstand and had to carry a 0.5 deduction on her score. Moving to the beam, both gymnasts held thier nerve and went clean. Eva showed determination in sticking her Free Cartwheel, it was the first time she attempted it in competition. The last piece was floor, Joy performed a intricate routine finishing on a one and half twist somersault dispite a painful knee. What guts and determination! Eva was last up on floor and the pressure was on, She performed a very clean routine with high tumbles.
Joy achieved 14 placed and was 9th overall on the floor. Eva was awarded the overall Open Age Zone International Champion. She won a £150, a free tracksuit from the Zone and a loverly gold medal.
What an end to such a dramatic weekend!
Well Done Girls - Despite The Chaos!
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Inter-Regional Squad Challenge - October 2001
The Yorkshire team comprised of,
Eva Nobbs
Joy Wilton
Molly Williams
Naomi Walker
Kimberley King
Kirsty Chew
The competition was held at Liverpool with a 6/5/4 structure. The team started on beam, which is always a disadvantage! The beam was found to be very unstable and everyone was suffering from nerves. Eva did manage to perform a Change Leg Leap with Half turn, ‘E’ value, and was awarded the bonus. However, her score was low due to 2 falls from the apparatus.
On to floor and Joy performed a well prepared floor routine finishing on a secure One and Half twist. Eva’s target for this competition was to debut her Double Front Somersault (‘E’ value) on the floor. She did it to stand much to her delight and it certainly left an impression with the judges.
Vault, the new code only permitting one attempt. Due to this the gymnasts only performed there tried and tested vaults and were not able to gain valuable experience on newly achieved vaults.
Finishing on bars, Joy performed a sound short clear to handstand and attempted a Shoot To Catch (C value) for the first time. Eva performed well finishing on a very secure dismount.
This competition enable Joy and Eva to try out new elements and sequences without the pressure of winning. The team placed eighth. Four gymnasts on each piece with adequate start values were needed to achieve a top 3 ranking.
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Yorkshire Team Competition - 7 October 2001
U9 Competition
Only 3 clubs were represented, Leeds, Greenhead and Wetherby.
Wetherby dominated the competition beating the opposition by 6 whole marks!
The Team members were
REBECCA TOWNSEND who performed very confidently on the beam and coped well with a new floor routine.
KATY PADGETT who vaulted well and achieved a high floor score.
HANNAH CHANPAKKEE who had the highest score of all the U9’s on beam.
HOLLY ELLIS who performed confidently on all apparatus but unfortunately fell on her flic on beam.
LAURA MOTTERSHEAD the youngest member of the team. Laura was the highest scoring U9 on three of the apparatus and performed her Back Giants on the bars for the first time.
U11 Team Face Stiff Opposition
Four teams were entered into this competition. The Leeds team were are main opponent as they had several In-Age gymnasts competing for them.
The Wetherby team performed without error but just couldn’t match the Leeds team start values and were beaten into second place by just 1 whole mark.
Our team members were
MELISSA KORN performed well going clean on the beam and achieving two tumble passes on the floor.
CHARLOTTE RUTHERFORD performed with her usual style and accuracy on all the pieces with a beautiful half twist on the floor.
DAISY SLATER also demonstrated her considerable talent and style on beam and floor, achieving the highest mark on floor of all the U11.
GRACE TODD showed her flair for beam achieveing the highest mark on beam of all the U11.
ABIGAIL HATFIELD the team captain gave her usual exact and consistent performance on all the apparatus scoring nearly eight on her bar routine.
Can Wetherby's Seniors Win 4 Years In A Row?
The answer is a dominating YES, by 9 whole marks!
3 teams were represented, 2 from Wetherby and 1 from Calderdale.
Our team members were
HELEN BOLTON who performed well despite her disrupted training due to starting university.
REBECCA STEELE who scored well on all apparatus sticking her beam with a roundoff full twist dismount and tumbling brilliantly on the floor.
JOY WILTON who performed consistently on all apparatus going clean on the beam and achieving a one and half twisting backaway on bars.
EVA NOBBS who was on fantastic form, performed the beam routine of her dreams, including her somi acro series for the first time in competition. Eva achieved the highest score on all the apparatus.
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Rose Bowl International - October 2002
Yorkshire Team Win Bronze Medal
Grace Todd and Eva Nobbs were selected to represent Yorkshire in the Rose Bowl International Competition. Over 20 teams were entered, more than 100 gymnasts.
The girls had a very early start leaving Wetherby at 6:00am and arriving at the competition at 11:30am.
The venue was an old ice-rink converted into a fully equiped gym. Yorkshire only has one full competition floor in the whole region. This club has two!
The warm-up was complicated. The gymnasts warmed up on one set of apparatus and competed on another. This caused a big problem for the high level gymnasts. The warm-up apparatus varied greatly from the competiton apparatus. So what was the point of warming up? To get you stressed out?
Grace coped easily with the situation demonstrating her maturity. Eva quickly adapted her routines to cope.
Both girls gain valuable experience from this competiton. They perfomed well but with large errors.
Grace met her target by being the first gymnast from Wetherby to perform a giant with full pirouette.
Eva had a positive bad competiton!
Warren concluded "everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Eva today. But, I am delighted that she coped mentally and met her target - to catch the Jaeger on bars.
Despite the errors made by all the girls in the Yorkshire team. They still scored higher than South Durham, Pipers Vale, London, Libourne - France..........
The team placed third. Finally, Yorkshire can target higher than not coming last! |
Yorkshire Team Competition - 6th October 2002
Every Wetherby Gymnast Won A Medal
The U9 team consisted of
Pascale Woods who represented Wetherby for the first time. Pascale coped very well with the occasion. She performed her first handspring vault and squat-on to the high bar.
Nicole Hinds who showed excellent maturity after a freaky fall from the bars. Nicole pulled herself together to perform 2 solid routines and her best vault ever.
Megan Alikhanizadeh performed strong upstarts on bars and a clean floor routine.
Holly Chana had a very positive competition. She also performed strong upstarts. Showing excellent competition temperament on the beam sticking her free roll.
Laura Mottershead was the high flyer of the team. Laura had huge difficulty in all of her routines. Despite performing all her elements cleanly the judges did not reward her with appropriate scores. One judge was heard to say, "that routine was in a league of its own. I just don't know where to start!"
The team was awarded second place. Just 0.4 behind City Of Leeds. But, remember 4 of the 5 Wetherby gymnasts were U8 and will be in the same team next year. All the Leeds gymnasts were 9 years old this was a significant advantage.
Wetherby U11 - Yorkshire Team Champions
Phillipa Moore performed a newly learned Jump Full Turn Upstart mount on bars and stuck her beam routine.
Rebecca Riley had a bad day on both the bars and the beam. But, held herself together to perform a good floor exercise with two somersault tumbles.
Holly Ellis had a very positive competition. She performed all 4 pieces of apparatus without even a small error. Sticking her flic on beam overcome her recent injury on this move. Well Done.
Rebecca Townsend fell twice from the beam which is most unlike our "Cool Cucumber!". She did perform well on the other pieces particularly on the floor with a two somersault tumble routine.
Grace Todd was the high flyer of this team. Sticking a side somi (D-value element)on the beam .Performing an excellent tucked Tsukahara vault. The youngest gymnast in Yorkshire to compete a somersault vault successfully.
A brillient team effort. Congratulations.
U13
Wetherby had two teams in this competition. Team A came second to a strong Greenhead team.
In Team A was Lauren Bruce who stuck her beam routine and performed the best floor routine she has ever done. Lauren also did her first Handspring Full Twist vault in competition.
Louise Crawford tried out some of the moves for her grade 4 competition and gain valuable experience.
Abigail Hatfield performed her first Mo Shoot on the bars (C-value element).
Charlotte Rutherford finally stood her straight backaway bar dismount, well done. She then went onto perform a fantastic floor routine achieving the highest score in her age-group. With a front somi walkout and a full twist to finish on.
Team B came third and the team members were Chloe Rowbottom who did well on the floor with a good tuck somi.
Lucy Wells performed a two tumble run floor routine with a tuck and a straight somersault.
Melissa Korn who has made massive strides forward by performing her first giants in competition. Simply brillient! She also performed a well landed Arabien tumble on the floor.
Well done U13's.
Wetherby Seniors - Yorkshire Team Champions 5 Years In A Row!
Wetherby had two teams entered in this age group.
Wetherby B place third and consisted of Rebecca Steele who performed well. Achieving high scores on both Floor and Vault.
Claire Stang performed excellent bars with a short clear to handstand and a Mo Shoot. Claire is waiting for an operation to repair her ACL in her Knee and so did not perform on Floor or Vault.
Helen Bolton only trains part time at Wetherby due to her attendance at Huddersfield University but still manages to perform solid routines on all apparatus.
Joy Wilton and Eva Nobbs made up Team A knocking Greenheads top team into second place by a very convincing 4 whole marks. Both gymnasts performed flawlessly on beam and bars. Joy performed an excellent Tsuki vault despite tha appalling matting. Eva performed basic routines not wanting to risk injury before the Camberley Invitational in 2 weeks time.
Yes, Wetherby Seniors are unbeatable!
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National Age-Group Championships - November 2002
Laura & Grace Make Wetherby Proud
Laura Mottershead had a fantastic competition in Level 4. Performing very cleanly on all apparatus to come THIRD in GREAT BRITAIN. Wow!
Grace Todd had stiff opposition but performed very well until the last piece Floor. Perhaps the occasion got the better of her! Despite two falls Grace still placed 14Th in Great Britain. A significant improvement on her previous ranking. Well Done!
History In The Making!
Both gymnasts have been awarded a National Squad trial on the 14/15 December 2002 at the South Essex High Performance Centre.
They are the first gymnasts from Wetherby to be awarded a Junior squad trial and two of only 4 yorkshire gymnasts ever from the womens section.
All the coaches, gymnasts and parents wish the girls the best of luck and a fantastic experience.
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Yorkshire Grades - March 2003
Due to large entries this year the grades competition took place over 2 weekends.
Grade 6 - All 8 wetherby gymnasts passed with Pascale Woods achieveing 3rd place overall.
Grade 5 - All 4 wetherby gymnasts passed with Holly Chana placing 2nd by 0.050 and Nicole Hinds achieving 3rd place.
Grade 4 - Only one gymnast entered but, she was fantastic! Holly Ellis the only gymnast to achieve distinction at this grade in Yorkshire and achieved 1st place.
Grade 3 - Well what can I say!
Katy Padgett 1st and the only distinction.
Philippa Moore 2nd
Rebecca Townsend 3rd
Chloe Rowbottom 4
Louise Crawford 5
Melissa Korn 6
Rebecca Riley 8
Lucy Wells 12
Yes the Yorkshire Grade 3 team is a complete Wetherby team! This is the first time a regional team has been made solely from one club.
Grade 2 - Lauren Bruce passed easily placing 10 overall. Lauren achieved high scores on 3 pieces but let herself down on the beam.
Voluntary 1 - Joy place 1st overall. she was the top scorer on Bars, Beam and Floor and performed her first pike Tsuki in competition. Rebecca Steele was the top scorer on Vault but had to withdraw from the competition after an accident on the bars. Helen Bolton placed 4th securing her place in the regional team.
Compulsory 4 - Only six gymnasts attempted this grade in-age form the whole region and Megan Alikhanizadeh was the best! She was on top form performing all the routines with ease to achieve distinction at this difficult grade. Megan placed 2nd overall and will represent Yorkshire at the National Final in May.
Compulsory 3 - Only two gymnasts completed this grade in-age from the whole region. Laura Mottershead was easily the best making the future look bight for the National Final.
Club Grades or Compulsories Wetherby Gymnatics club is the place to be!
100% Pass Rate
3 Golds
4 Silvers
3 Bronze
and 9 national final places.
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National Squad Trials - December 2002
Laura, Grace and Eva all achieved positions in the top 15 in their age-group at the British Championships.
As a result they were awarded the opportunity to attend the trials at South Essex High Performance Centre on the 14,15,16 December 2002. |
National Challenge Cup - Nov 2003
Wetherby was represented by three gymnasts in this competition held at Rushmoor Gymnastics Academy, Aldershot.
Claire Stang and Rebecca Steele competed in the 14+ Modified code category. 65 gymnasts competed and Claire placed 24th with 12th position on bars. Rebecca placed 29th and 14th position on vault.
Joy Wilton had a frustrating build up to this competition. She had lost valuable training time due to a severe dose of the flu. However, withdrawing was not an option!
Joy competed in the 14+ F.I.G competition for the first time. She placed 9th overall. Placing 4th on beam and 5th on bars.
This was an incredible achievement especially when the folowing day Joy's flu had developed into a bad chest infection! |
Yorkshire Club Teams - October 2003
U9
Wetherby had two teams entered into this section.
Team A - Megan, Pascale, Nicole, Louise Moran and Holly Chana.
They perfromed very clean and solid routines to take the title by a very good margin.
Team B - Katie Studholme, Louise Stapleton, Molly and Cana.
This team made a few errors but gained good experience. Congratulations to Cana who represented the club for the first time.
U11
The team consisted of Laura O'Hearn, Holly Ellis and Rebecca Townsend.
The team was significantly weaken by the injury of Laura Mottershead who will be back in December. Holly and Rebecca performed very well in their first competition back from injury.
U13
Team A - Charlotte, Grace, Phillippa, and Melissa placed second.
Disappointing bars from this team but secure beam routines helped lift the score.
Team B - Chloe, Lucy and Rebecca Riley placed fourth competing well despite holidays and niggly injuries.
14+
Team A - Eva, Joy and Jaime. The dream team. Yorkshire Champions for the sixth year running.
Team B - Claire, Rebecca Steele and Louise Crawford placed fourth. Claire making a come back at this competition after an ACL repair. Well Done. Louise has finally met the challenge with her flic. Brillient!
Team C - Michelle and Sally placed sixth. Michelle performed giants, full twisting front somi and a full twist vault for the first time.
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Yorkshire Club Teams 2004
U9
Polly, Natalia, Cana, Louise Moran and Harriet made up the Wetherby team.
The team perform confidently taking the gold medal by a whole mark.Well done girls!
U11
Holly, Pascale, Katie, Louise S and Molly made up the Wetherby team.
The team made mistakes on beam but were secure on the other pieces. The team placed second. Well done.
14+
Wetherby had 3 teams entered in this age group.
Wetherby A - Eva, Jaime, and Joy took team gold by 2 whole marks.
Wetherby B - Claire, Michelle, and Charlotte took the bronze medal.
Wetherby C - Melissa, Lucy and Louise C placed fifth.
Well done Wetherby Gym Club. Once again demonstrating why you are the best club in yorkshire! |
Single Piece Novice/Intermediate Teams - Dec 2003
Under 9 - Team A Placed 2nd
Cana - Bronze Vault, Katie S - Gold Bars, Louise S, and T.J
Under 9 - Team B Placed 7th
Gabrielle, Molly - Bronze Bars, Rebecca G, Katie E.
Under 9 - Team C Placed 11th
Rosie, Natalia, Polly, and Isabel
Under 11 - Placed 3rd
Deborah, Elodie, Charmaine, Lucy Nunn - Bronze Floor
14+ Placed 1st
Laura Buck - Gold Vault, Chloe - Silver Bars, Sam - Gold Beam, Marie - Gold Floor.
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Christmas Competitions 2003
Under 9 - Placed 1st
Louise M - Gold Vault, Holly C - Gold Bars, Nicole - Gold Beam, Pascale - Bronze Floor.
Under 11 - Placed 1st
Laura O, Rebecca T, Laura M - Gold Bars, Holly E - Bronze Beam.
Under 13 - Team B Placed 3rd
Melissa - Silver Vault, Grace - Bronze Bars, Charlotte, Philippa.
Under 13 - Team A Placed 5th
Rochelle, Lucy W, Chloe, Rebecca R.
14 + Team A Placed 1st - 5 consecutive years!
Rebecca S - Gold Vault, Eva - Gold Bars, Joy - Silver Beam, Jaime - Gold Vault.
14+ Team B Placed 4th
Michelle - Bronze Beam, Claire - Silver Bars, Louise C, Sally.
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Yorkshire Open 2003
Wetherby had two gymnasts entered into this competition.
Junior - Grace Todd had a very good competition. Placing second overall and a silver on bars.
Senior - Jaime Sawiuk placed fourth overall. Silver on bars, and gold on floor. |
Regional Voluntaries + Challenge Cup - September 2003
Wetherby entered 3 gymnasts into this competition which was held at Carnegie.
Level 4
Megan Alikhanizadeh placed first with a clean competition. Performing her giants for the first time. Well Done!
Level 3
Laura Mottershead was the only gymnast competing at this level. She performed very well and achieved her first double twist on the floor in competition. Well Done!
Challenge Cup - 14+
Joy Wilton placed first for the fourth consecutive year despite stiff oposition from Greenhead. A sound performance and clean bars put Joy above the rest. Well Done! |
Alpha Factor Invitational 2003
Wetherby entered 6 gymnasts into this invitational competition hosted by the Wiltshire School of Gymnastics. A big thank you to Sarah and the Wiltshire crew for a fantatic venue and phenomenal organisation.
Results
Level 4 - Under 9
Megan Alikhanizadeh - 37th overall
Level 3 - 12/13
Charlotte Rutherford - 7th overall
Level 2 - 11/12
Grace Todd - 7th overall + 1st Floor
Level 2 - 14+
Jaime Sawiuk - 4th overall + 1st Vault
Joy Wilton - 3rd overall + 1st Bars
F.I.G
Eva Nobbs - 2nd overall + 1st Vault, 3rd Bars, 2nd Beam, 3rd Floor
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Yorkshire Challenge Cup - Sept 2005
While 10 gymnasts represented Wetherby down in Wiltshire at the Alpha Factor competition. Joy stayed on home turf to compete in the Yorkshire Challenge Cup.
Joy performed cleanly on each piece with precision and confidence. She achieved the highest scores on three of the four pieces and took the overall title of Yorkshire Senior Challenge Cup Champion.
Well Done! |
Yorkshire Team Championships - October 2005
Under 9 Team
Polly Morris, Natalia Woods, Harriet Southcombe, Isabel Billig and Heidi Chana.
Harriet performed her giants for the first time, Isabel did her first somi in competition and Heidi vaulted over the table vault.
The team were awarded the silver medal.
Under 11 Team
Louise Berry, Louise Stapleton, Holly Chana, Pascale Woods and Katie Studholme.
Pascale performed her first giants in competition and Louise Berry competed for the first time as part of a Wetherby team.
All the girls were fantastic on bars and they earned the gold medal. Well Done!
[s14+ Team A
Eva Nobbs, Joy Wilton and Grace Todd.
All performed solidly to take the gold medal by quite a margin. Well Done!
14+ Team B
Louise Crawford, Lucy Wells and Phillipa Moore.
All performed well in this very competitive age group and the team achieved fifth place. |
Intermediate and Advanced - April 2005
Wetherby entered 9 gymnasts into the Intermediate level.
Under 9
Clean sweep of the medals for Wetherby!
Harriet Southcombe - Gold
Polly Morris - Silver
Natalia Woods - Bronze.
Under 11
Hannah, Louise, Kate and Victoria representing Wetherby for the first time. Well done girls!
Molly Ashton - Bronze
Hannah kitchingman - 8th
Louise Berry - 9th
Kate Lees - 11th
Victoris Lofts - 13th
12+
Laura O'Hearne - 20th
Wetherby entered 13 gymnasts into the Advanced level.
Under 11
Pascale Woods - Bronze
Katie Studholme - 4th
Louise Stapleton - 5th
Under 13
Rebecca Townsend - Silver
Deborah Todd - 9th
14+
Marie Fitzpatrick - Silver
Chloe Carey - Bronze
Philippa Moore - 4th
Louise Crawford - 6th
Lucy Wells - 8th
Melissa Korn - 11th
Rebecca Riley - 15th
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