HARROW APPARATUS CHAMPIONSHIPS
SUNDAY 10th JULY 2011

Some splendid routines were performed as well as some comical acts performed by Kyle! And everyone missed a heart beat when Declan decided in mid air he didn't know where he was (no good sleeping when a job needs doing Dec)!

WELL DONE TO ALL THE GYMNASTS - KEEP UP THE HARD WORK IT HAS CERTAINLY PAID OFF YOU ALL THIS TERM! GREAT TEAM WORK EVERYONE!

The Peter Moore & London Regional Championships - 28th November 2010

Pictured Above
Front row left to right - Frankie Connolly & Veselin Kavaldzhiev
Center - Leikaydon Fisher
Back row left to right - Joshua Lockyer, Ibrahim Cambell, Kurtis Peck and Jakub Piasecki

THE PETER MOORE CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS
Gymnasts Name	Level	Floor	Pommel	Rings	Vault	P/Bars	H/Bar	PPP	Total	POS
Leikaydon Fisher	L1 - In	7.85	8.70	8.80	8.20	8.60	8.80	7.20	58.25	4
Jakub Piasecki	L1 - Out	8.05	8.20	8.40	9.10	7.10	7.40	7.70	55.95	1
Frankie Connolly	L3 - In	9.20	9.20	7.80	9.10	8.10	8.20	9.80	61.40	2
Joshua Lockyer	L3 - Out	7.20	8.70	5.80	7.90	6.90	6.80	6.30	49.60	1
Veselin Kavaldzhiev	L4 - In	8.45	8.80	5.30	8.50	7.45	7.70	9.00	57.20	4
Kurtis Peck	L4 - In	8.10	6.50	8.10	8.90	8.25	8.10	8.50	56.45	6
Ibrahim Campbell	L4 - In	6.80	7.30	6.80	9.10	7.80	8.20	8.10	54.10	8

The lads from Croydon School of Gymnastics have done it again! Between them they won a total of 9 medals at the nerly formed competition run by Harrow School of Gymnastics. Boys could enter this competition and compete on any of the 6 disciplines working just one piece of apparatis. The competition has been designed to entice male gymnasts from all aspects of the sport to come and try a Mens Artistic competition giving them an opportunity to compete on any apparatus they choose rather than all 6 disciplines. It also gave the younger gymnasts who normally compete NDP sets a chance o work voluntary routines. This competition has proved a great success with the gymnasts and coaches and was a lovely competition to finish on before the summer holidays. The boys results are shown below.

WELL DONE ALL OF YOU

THE ARTISTIC APPARATUS GYMNASTS Team Captain Scott Creasey (16) along with Samuel Morais (17), Nisal Herath (15), Theo Stergiou (15), and Kurtis Peck (11) were all selected for the Men's Artistic Apparatus Team to represent Croydon for the London Youth Games. With Armani Stewart dropping out due to exams and Sam and Scott suffering niggling injuries put the team under massive pressure to chase for a medal position. Nevertheless, some individual excellent routines were performed but with 2 falls on Vault, a few mistakes on floor and with Sam's shoulder injury he was unable to perform his full Rings routine so the team had to settle for 4th place again this year. A medal position just seems to have eluded this team for the past 2 years! Theo had a fall in warm-up on Parallel Bars and we thought for one moment we would have to withdraw him, however after a short rest and some ice to his elbow Theo was able to get up on Bars and performed a well executed routine. Amazing what that old adrenaline foes to kill pain! Kurtis Peck, our youngest member and originally our reserve until Armani dropped out, in the end performed on 2 apparatus. He performed a powerful Vault scoring 11.90 and his floor score was only one tenth behind Sam's, a brilliant effort seen from Kurtis. Scott Creasey managed to pull out excellent P/Bars and managed to defy gravity by staying on the Bars when it looked like he was going to come off during his full pirouette. On H/Bar he nailed his Healy Turn and flew a mile on dismount. Nisal nailed a brilliant Handspring Full Twist on Vault. Sam performed his Pommels with flair and professionalism and completed his first H/Bar without falling off! This year there were only 2 girls for the women's event. Unfortunately you need at least 5 in a team with 4 to work on each apparatus, so both Sofie Spacey and Christina Lewis had to perform all 4 apparatus to score those much needed points for their borough. Christina was placed a respective 43rd overall and Sofie 51st out of 98 competitors. Both had to contend with a fall from Beam which cost them one whole mark each and due to their age their Bars still do not have the required elements yet. However, both performed exceptionally good floor exercises. Christina performed a dynamic Handspring Vault and Sofie a neat Bar routine. Well done both of you!

This year the teams who represented the London Borough of Croydon for the 2010 Balfour Beatty London Youth were:- (Boys) Team Captain Shay Bodimeade (12), Ibrahim Campbell (11), Paul Newton (10), Aiden O'Brien (11), Caleb Watson (11) and Joshua Lockyer (11). BOYS PLACED 3RD (Girls) Team Captain Shannon Brown (14), Bethany Charlton (15), Nicole Thompson (15), Shaquel Jarrett (11), Sky Joseph (11) and Melissa Mullins (9). GIRLS PLACED 5TH TEAM MANAGER - JACKIE LEWIS COACHING TEAM Ina Tsankova - Gill Ciano - Helen Ledwich - Emma Roach - Robin Hill - Kyle White - Philip Davis LEFT: Team 5th - Overall 1st for Shannon Brown and she also picked up a Silver for her Floor exercise and a Bronze for her Vault RIGHT: Team 3rd - 3rd on Vault by Joshua Lockyer With 27 out of the 33 London Boroughs taking part in the F&V we had a remarkable result this year with both teams being placed in the top 6, with boys taking the bronze and girls coming in 5th. Some excellent performances by some of our seasoned gymnasts and for some it was their first ever London Youth Games. Shannon Brown astounded us all winning 3 medals with her overall gold and her silver and bronze apparatus medals and an unexpected bronze for Joshua on Vault for the boys team. Bethany Charlton performed well considering she has just got over a nasty ankle injury which took her out of the prelims. Congratulations and well done to you all. A huge improvement on last years placing 4th (boys) and 8th (girls).

Croydon Borough Championships 2010 On Saturday 17 April 2010 the Croydon Borough Championship8 were once again held at the home of Croydon School of Gymnastics. This competition was held for team selection to represent Croydon at the London Youth Games and Mini Games. Unfortunately, due to insufficient entries there was not a qualifying competition for the six piece team. However, there was a great competition for boys from Zodiac and Croydon School of Gymnastics to see who made the team. The final results from the Mini Games are as follows:   Gymnast Club Vault Floor PPP Total Position JAKUB PIASECKI Croydon School of Gymnastics 9.20 8.30 8.60 26.10 1 TRISTAN BENNETT Croydon School of Gymnastics 9.40 8.15 7.00 24.55 2 DANIEL BELLO Croydon School of Gymnastics INJURED - PRE-SELECTED 3 The Floor & Vault team qualifying results are: Gymnast Club Vault Floor Total Position CALEB WATSON Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.20 13.50 25.70 1 PAUL NEWTON Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.20 13.50 25.70 1 JOSHUA LOCKYER Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.05 13.10 25.15 3 IBRAHIM CAMPBELL Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.15 12.60 24.75 4 AIDAN O'BRIEN Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.40 12.30 24.70 5 SHAY BODIMEADE Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.30 12.20 24.50 6 REON CURLING Croydon School of Gymnastics 11.70 12.40 24.10 7 MARCUS MALLEY Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.00 11.90 23.90 8 DOMINIC MONTGOMERY ZODIAC GYMNASTICS CLUB 12.00 11.70 23.70 9 SHAAN KHAN Croydon School of Gymnastics 11.90 11.50 23.40 10 MARCUS ROMILLY Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.20 11.20 23.40 10 KYLE SEWELL Croydon School of Gymnastics 11.90 11.40 23.30 12 SAMUEL POUPART ZODIAC GYMNASTICS CLUB 12.10 11.15 23.25 13 LEIKAYDON FISHER Croydon School of Gymnastics 10.45 12.55 23.00 14 DECLAN JONES Croydon School of Gymnastics 11.20 11.40 22.60 15 NOAH PAYNE Croydon School of Gymnastics 10.40 11.90 22.30 16 EZEKIEL LARGIE-POLEON Croydon School of Gymnastics 10.90 11.40 22.30 16 We also had 2 gymnasts competing as guests in the competition.  The are unfortunately they are unable to compete for the Borough and their results are: Gymnast Club Vault Floor Total Position CALEB MORRISON Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.45 13.40 25.85 1 FRANKIE CONNOLLY Croydon School of Gymnastics 12.50 13.30 25.80 2 Congratulations to all competitors.

MEN’S LONDON DEVELOPMENT OPEN GORESBROOK LEISURE CENTRE SUNDAY 14TH MARCH 2010 Pictured Above Gymnasts who competed at level 1 (In and Out of Age) Front Row (left to right) Marcus Malley – Marcus Romilly & Ezekiel Largie-Poleon Back Row (left to right) Noah Payne – Reon Curling & Leikaydon Fisher Pictured left gymnasts who competed at Level 2’s Out of Age Gymnastss Joshua Lockyer - 1st Ibrahim Campbell – 2nd Aidan Brown – 3rd Pictured above -Gymnasts who competed in Level 2 & 3 Frankie Connolly & Kurtis Peck RESULTS – WELL DONE ALL OF YOU! Name Level Floor Pom Rings Vault P/Bars H/Bar Total Pos Kurtis Peck L3 - In Age 8.700 7.000 7.450 9.100 7.800 7.200 47.250 27 Frankie Connolly L2 – In Age 9.100 9.200 8.100 8.800 7.950 5.400 48.550 24 Joshua Lockyer L2 – Out of Age 8.000 6.250 7.300 8.600 6.600 5.700 42.450 1 Ibrahim Campbell L2 – Out of Age 8.600 4.350 7.000 8.900 6.900 5.900 41.650 2 Aidan Brown L2 – Out of Age 6.800 2.500 5.900 8.100 5.450 4.400 33.150 3 Leikaydon Fisher L1- Under Age 8.450 6.800 7.000 8.150 7.700 6.100 44.200 26 Noah Payne L1- Under Age 8.150 5.000 7.700 7.700 8.000 6.500 43.050 27 Marcus Romilly L1- In Age 8.300 6.500 7.750 9.100 8.250 7.400 47.300 30 Ezekiel Largie-Poleon L1- In Age 7.450 3.800 6.450 8.400 5.200 5.000 36.300 52 Reon Curling L1- Out of Age 7.850 4.000 4.550 8.150 6.600 5.350 36.500 4 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL

The Peter Moore & London Regional

Championships – 22^nd November 2009

Pictured Above is the team who represented the London Borough of Croydon at the Mini Games. These games are similar to the main games but are aimed at grass roots level for school children in year 5 & 6. They have to be able to perform set floor skills and vaults from the schools Key Steps level 3. The team were only just put together last minute and in just over a week all the gymnasts learned 3 routines each (Floor – Vault & Body Management) The team performed excellently on the day with hardly a mistake and did us so proud by winning the Over all Team Gold at these Balfour Beatty London Youth Games on Thursday 2^nd July. This was the first year Gymnastics has been introduced into these games and it looks like it is set for following years. The team comprised of (Front left) - Shania Beck who also won a Bronze Medal for her Floor Routine, next to her is Shanice Dean-Fuller. (Back left )is Jace Butler – (Centre back) - Shaquel Jarrett who also picked up a Gold on Floor and a Silver for her Vault – (Back right) Brett Sewell won an individual Gold medal for his Vault. Excellent performances by all team members – WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!

THE LONDON DEVELOPMENT OPEN

SUNDAY 22^nd MARCH 2009

RESULTS  

CONGRATULATIONS

Pictured above top left to right

Frankie also won a apparatus Gold Medal for his PPP

On Sunday 11th May 2008, Croydon School of Gymnastics hosted
"The Croydon Borough Championships". Gymnasts from Croydon S.G, Zodiac Gymnastics Club & St James the Great Gymnastics Clubs all converged at the centre for a day
of competitions to select the best 6 boys and girls to represent The London
Borough of Croydon at Goresbrook for the 2008 London Youth Games.

The competition also catered for those gymnasts who did not fit the criteria so therefore were not eligible to represent their borough if placed in the top 6. However these gymnasts were included so they could gain experience of a competition in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere .

From the eligible gymnasts the top six were selected in order of the competition results.

The Boys Floor & Vault Team  were as follows: -

1st Kurtis Peck
2nd Joseph Honey
3rd Aron Awofadeju
4th James Whitely
5th Jace Butler
6th Jacob Payne
 

The Men's six piece Artistic Team were as follows: -

1st Scott Creasey
2nd Nisal Hereth
3rd Theo Stergiou
4th Charlie Shute
5th Armani Stewart
6th Samuel Morais

London Youth Games Finals - June 2008

Congratulations to the 4 teams who took part in the London Youth Games finals at Goresbrook, East London on 21/22 June 2008. Saturday 21^st and Sunday 22^nd June 2008 saw 32 London Boroughs converge at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in East London for what was about to be a very long weekend of competition heats to see which borough gymnasts would come out on top for 2008.

Due to the upheaval of our club having to relocating last year it was not possible to host the Croydon Borough Championships and therefore was not able enter the 2007 Games. So having a zero against all 4 teams for 2007 we really had out work cut out for us this year. Our borough (Croydon) was seeded and placed in the early rounds, so it was nail biting tension having to wait to the very end of each day to see how our teams had done. Every single gymnast excelled this year and we saw some splendid performances. By the evening the results were in and and what fantastic results we achieved for 2008. These excellent results really has shown Croydon Council that having a dedicated facility in the borough for gymnasts to train has certainly paid off. The boys and girls have benefited greatly from extra hours training, rather than wasting valuable training time setting up and dismantling equipment in a school hall. Along with determination, dedication and hard just shows it all pays off dividends in the end! We are all extremely proud of each and every gymnasts who has taken part in representing their borough this year as they successfully bagged 3 team medals and 2 individual ones as well for Croydon!

With our Boys F&V Team taking the overall Silver Medal position and with team member Joseph Honey who also won a Silver medal for his floor performance and picked up a Bronze for his half on half off vault. Then to have two teams up on the podium at the same time with our Girls F&V Team taking a team Bronze as well the excitement from all the parents in the crowded audience could not be contained.






Our Men's 6 Piece Artistic Team also brought home a Team Bronze with our Girls Artistic Team coming in a credible 13th place.





Well done to to everyone (all the parents, gymnasts and the coaches) who made this achievement possible.