By courtesy of British Gymnastics TV, we now have a fully functioning video player on this site showing all the official BGTV video shot at their events.

The featured video to launch this player are the routines featured on BGTV from the recent British Senior Championships.

They have said they will update the player automatically with video of the forthcoming NDP Championships in Stoke so, for the NPD finalists, keep visiting this website!

We thank BGTV for their help in putting this together for us and look forward to sharing their work with the gymnasts, friends, families and supporters of the club.

To view this new function, please look for the 'video player' heading on the left hand menu. We'd love to hear your comments in this exciting new feature.

The senior team were away competing at the 2010 British Championships and for some it was potentially their last British Championships, but for many it was their first.

The event was different this year with no tumbling championships and therefore a new look to the lay-out of the Fenton Manor Arena which created a more intimate feel. However the results were to prove familiar with 6 National Championship titles won from the 15 available.

The final results were:

Seniors
Gold (British Champions) - Nick illingworth & Katie Axten (Snr Mixed Pairs)
Gold (British Champions) - Doug Fordyce & Ed Upcott (Snr Mens Pairs)
Gold (British Champions) - Adam McAssey, Adam Buckingham, Alex Uttley & Jonathan Stranks (Snr Mens Groups)
Silver - Jenny Miller, Emma Walters & Katie Smith (Snr Womens Pairs)

Juniors
Gold (British Champions) - Chris Cranfield & Kim Hunter (Jnr Mixed Pairs)
4th - Chris Longley & Alice Upcott (Jnr Mixed Pairs)
Silver - Leighanne Cowler, Lauren Kemp & Hollianne Wood (Jnr Womens Groups)
Bronze - Laura Burgen, Elise Matthews & Anne-Marie Seabourne (Jnr Womens Groups)
Silver - Chris Rogers & Gareth Wood (Jnr Mens Pairs)
Silver - Allana Baker & Sophie Bigmore (Jnr Womens Pairs) 

11-16's
Gold (British Champions) - Georgia Lancaster & Megan Garragher (11-16 Womens Pairs)
7th - Abigail Ralph & Amy Mackenzie (11-16 Womens Pairs)
Silver - Lewis Watts & Luke Sewell (11-16 Mens Pairs)
Gold (British Champions) - Daniel Tognelli, Nick Cowler, Harry Sewell & George Wood (11-16's Mens Groups)

Kieran Baker & Kika Green competed as guests in the 11-16 Mixed Pairs section due to being out of age to be included in the medals. This was their first event together although Kieran is quite experienced from his Junior Mens Pairs days. They completed two very clean routines and should be pleased with this debut performance which hopefully leads to future success.

Congratulations to all our new National Champions and medal winners who have maintained the high standards created over the years at this event. Commiserations to Abi & Amy who suffered a fall in their final routine and to Chris and Alice who were stepping up to Junior level for the first time after all their success at 11-16.

The focus now changes to the World Championship trials in 3 weeks time when, hopefully, all of these gymnasts get a chance to earn selection for the GB team competing in Poland in July.

A full report and pictures from the Championships will appear on this website later in the week.

For those interested, the official judges results from the recent event in Vinnitsa have now been made available in FIG's news area. 

11-16, Juniors and Seniors results for the whole event including our own gymnasts can be downloaded from the results section in this Spelthorne website.

On Sunday 7^th March, a number of Spelthorne Gymnasts were competing once again at Sittingbourne, Kent. An important date for our younger gymnasts as those achieving first place would be representing the South East Region at the National Competition being held at Fenton Manor, Stoke on Trent.

Trios and pairs from Angelique’s Advanced Development Group were at the venue – some for the first time - as well as Adam and Kate’s Junior Elite Squad.  The standard was extremely high and our gymnasts all faced a crucial and challenging day.

Results of the Morning Session

Iesa and Finley PrepBmp – 3^rd

Prep Trios

Harriet, Cleo and Poppy –  2^nd

(although this trio finished in Joint 1^st place, due to a technical mark our trio took home silver medals)  

Juliet, Elisa and Jodie - 3^rd

Megan, Phoebe and Sasha – 5^th

Rhys and Christian G1mp – 1^st

Eleanor, Gabriella and Megan G1wg – 1^st

Emma, Julie and Savhanna  - TBA

Conor and Adam G2mp – 1^st

Hayley, Bethany and Georgia G2wg – 2^nd

Results of the Afternoon Session

Sophie and Elise PrepBwp – 3^rd

Thyme and Scarlett G1wp

Erica and Olivia G1wp

Hannah and Oliver G1mxp – 1^st

Hollie and Lauren G2wp – 3^rd

Charlie and Filicia G2mxp – 1^st

Zoe, Chelsea and Charlotte G3wg – 1^st

All the hard work from the Spelthorne coaches and the gymnasts in preparing for this competition was reflected throughout the day with the creditable performances shown by every one of our gymnasts. We were rewarded with 6 of our pairs/groups achieving 1^st position and they will be heading off to Stoke on Trent in May for the National competition.  Well done to everyone who competed on Sunday, especially those entering their first competition.

Full results from the morning session will be posted when received.

Why not have a look what 22 gymnasts and coaches (and 11 parents) got up to in Ukraine last week.

There is now a large selection of images in the Gallery section for you to see and comment on.

All pictures are courtesy of Chris Baker.