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!

Croydon Borough Championships

On Sunday 10 May 2009 the Croydon Borough Championships were held at the home of Croydon School of Gymnastics. This competition was held for team selection to represent Croydon at the London Youth Games. Unfortunately, due to insufficient entries there was note a qualifying competition for the six piece team. However, there was a great competition for boys from All Stars and Croydon School of Gymnastics to see who made the team. The final results are as follows:
 

London Youth Games

The weekend of June 14th & 15th saw 33 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 2009.

Saturday saw the Men's and Women's Artistic rounds. With new rules this year the code was even tougher. The men's team saw some exciting new moves performed by the senior lads. They have upped their game since last year, but with bigger skills in their routines the risk was higher for a tumble or fall. Armani Stewart produced a cross on rings and a Handspring full twist on vault and was also performed by Nisal Herath.

Scott Creasey our team captain performed neat routines throughout the competition, but took a fall on his somersault dismount from high bar, but still managed to secured and individual 6th placed. New comer to the team was Joseph Honey who competed in the F&V team last year and who won an individual silver medal, moved to artistic gymnastics earlier this year. He competed 3 out of the 6 apparatus. Theo Stergiou and Samuel Morais both gave good performances to, but another fall from pommels the gap could not be closed to hold onto the bronze medal they won last year and had to settle for 4th place.

Sunday saw the boys and girls F&V Teams compete. The boy’s team missed the bronze by just 0.4 of a mark. The silver would have been secured had the team not had the deductions for 1 fall and a slight wobble. With better luck next year that medal is within their reach. However, Paul Newton managed an individual 6th position so they team were delighted with that result.

Team Manager – Jackie Lewis

The Coaches : - Jackie Lewis - Emma Roach - Kyle White - Philip Davis - Helen Ledwich – Robin Hill - Kay Ongley & Tammy Curtis

The Gymnasts: -

Men’s Artistic Team Captain - Scott Creasey, Samuel Morais, Armani Stewart, Nisal Herath, Theo Stergiou & Joseph Honey.

Boys F&V Captain - Kurtis Peck, Paul Newton, Aron Awofedeju, James Bancroft, Ibrahim Campbell & Joshua Lockyer

THE LONDON DEVELOPMENT OPEN

SUNDAY 22^nd MARCH 2009

RESULTS  

CONGRATULATIONS

Frankie also won a apparatus Gold Medal for his PPP

Croydon Borough Championships & London Youth Games - 2008

Croydon Borough Championships - May 2008

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: -

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.

British Setwork Championship National Finals - May 2008

This competition is one of the biggest boy’s competitions in the gymnastics calendar in the UK and with all 13 regions taking part the Benfield Sporting Excellence Centre set the stage for some entertaining gymnastics. Gymnasts travelled far and wide from Scotland down to Lands End for this huge event for the boy’s compulsories.

Theo Stergiou from Croydon School of Gymnastics who won his place on the London Gymnastics Federation - Intermediate 2 team travelled to Newcastle to compete in a long weekend of competitions in the British Set work Championships in May 2008.

Theo Stergiou – Aged 13 has made tremendous improvements in the last year since the club moved to it’s current location in Thornton Heath. Theo’s ranking has improved dramatically from 46 to 23 place nationally and with his superb Handspring Vault placed him 2^nd on that apparatus.

London Development Open - 2 March 2008

On 2nd March 2008 our boys squads once again participated in the London Development Open.

The results of our boys were as follows:

Kurtis Peck came 35th in the Primary 4 In Age competition
Jacob Payne came 4th in the Primary 4 Out of age (U10)competition
Shay Boddimeade came 2nd in the Primary 4 Out of age (U12)competition
Theo Stergiou came 9th in the Intermediate 2 (U13)competition
Nisal Herath came 1st in the Intermediate 2 (U14)competition
Armani Stewart came 1st in the Intermediate 2 (U16)competition
Scott Creasy came 5th in the Intermediate 1 (U16)competition even with picking up and injury during the competition
Luke Sudell came 3rd in the Intermediate 1 (Open) competition

Well done to all the boys!

London Development Open - 2007

On 4th March 2007 our boys squads once again participated in the regional qualifiers at Harrow School of Gymnastics to represent the London Team at the NDP finals.

Of those competing once again 4 of the boys made it in their respective teams. Scott Creasey in the Intermediate 1 In Age Team, Nisal Herath and Armani Stewart in the Primary 1 Out of Age Team and Kiall Marshall in the Primary 3 In Age Team.

The NDP finals were held on 5th to 7th May 2007 in Newcastle and was the biggest boys competitions in the gymnastics calendar with 14 regions taking part at the Benfield Sporting Excellence Centre.

The team including Scott came overall 3rd and Kiall's team came 5th. There was not a Team competition for Nisal and Armani, but both did we coming overall 7th and 4th respectively. Well done boys!

NDP regional qualifiers and Finals - 2007

On 24th March 2007 six of our boys squads to part in the London Development Open at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre.

Three of the boys were competing in the in age competitions, Scott Creasey in the Intermediate 1 came eighth, Theo Stergiou at Primary 1 came individually sixth and Kiall Marshall at Primary 3 came 13th but won overall gold on Vault.

The other three boys competing were in the out of age competition at Primary 1. Samuel Morais was the highest places, coming 4th and winning the gold on floor, Armani Stewart came sixth and won the gold on vault, with Nisal Herath coming seventh.

Congratulations boys!

Croydon Borough Championships & London Youth Games - 2006

The Croydon Borough Championships was held on Tuesday 16 May 2006 to decide the who would represent the Croydon floor and vault teams. Unfortunately there were only five entries eligible to compete for places in the Croydon team and therefore all gymnasts qualified for the team. The winner of the competition was Kiall Marshall, who later had to be withdrawn from the team as he had competed regionally at too high a level. Therefore the final team was made up of Charlie Engleback, Luke Povey, Drae Hughes and Joshua Hollens. A late entry was added to the team, Samuel Morais, however the team did not progress to the finals.

Also competing in the Croydon Borough Championships were two squad members, Armani Steward & Nisal Herath, and one guest, Alex Tapsell. Armani and Nisal were competing for the final place in the men's 6 piece apparatus team and Armani was the victor.

Following the disappointment of the floor and vault team missing out on the finals of the London Youth Games, the six piece team progressed to the finals finishing 4th in the qualifying competition.

The team consisting of Rory Bowen (17 and Team Captain) along with Luke Sudell (17), Scott Creasey (12), Armani Stewart (12), Joshua Collard-Odle (11), Theo Stergiou (11) put in great performances. With massive changes to the new FIG code of points after the Olympics this meant routines required more difficulty in order to obtain good scores. Having 2 lads (Rory & Luke) on the team only doing gymnastics for 1 year this was a big challenge for both of them and for Luke this was his 2nd competition ever!

Rory Bowen has been plagued with injury for the last 6 months so he was unable to compete all 6 apparatus at both the prelims and finals. Scott Creasey injured his elbow at the prelims whilst landing a somersault dismount off Parallel Bars. This meant his routines had to be changed for the finals taking out difficulty to ensure he competed safely. Then just 2 days before the finals Theo Stergiou breaks his wrist playing football! With 3 gymnasts injured the teams dream of coming in 3^rd just vanished from sight as it was not possible to put up 4 gymnasts out of 6 on every apparatus, and the lads knew that they would find it tough going even to retain their 4^th place they gained in the preliminary rounds.

Despite low moral on the day and a disastrous low score for Luke of P/Bars the team were proud when they discovered they were awarded the highest overall team score for their Vaults scoring a whopping 57.400. Luke also displayed a superb cross on rings, and with Josh, Armani and Scott all performing tidy floors they were happy not to have come in 6^th

NDP regional qualifiers and Finals - 2006

On 5th March 2006 some of our boys squads competed in the regional qualifiers at East London to represent London on the NDP finals.

Of those competing 4 of the boys made it in their respective teams. Scott Creasey in the Intermediate 2 Team, Joshua Collard-Odle in the Primary 1 Team, Theo Stergiou in the Primary 2 Team and Kiall Marshall in the Primary 4 Team.

The NDP finals were held on 28th to 30th April 2006 in Newcastle and was the biggest boys competitions in the country with 13 regions taking part and gymnasts who travelled far and wide from Scotland, Ireland, Wales & England for this huge event in the boys compulsories gymnastics calendar for 2006. The team including Scott came overall 3rd, Joshua's team came 4th, Theo's and Kiall's respective teams came 6th. Well done boys!

Tony Johnson (LMPD competition) - 30 October 2005

On Sunday 30 October 2005 gymnasts from Croydon School of Gymnastics competed in the Tony Johnson's held at East London Gymnastics Centre.

The clubs results are as follows:

Croydon Borough Championships & Heathrow Youth Games - July 2005

The Croydon Borough Championships, that took place on Saturday 28 May 2005, was used to decide the who would represent the Croydon floor and vault team. The final team was Rory Bowen, Dhanum Nursigadoo, Christopher Hastie, Omari Carr-Miller, all from Croydon School of Gymnastics, and Kyle White from St. James the Great. The team progressed to the finals of the Heathrow Youth Games which took place at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

The boys team had a good competition and ended up finishing overall 5th of the 25 teams the took part. The high light of the competition was Rory Bowen's handspring vault for which he scored a 9.30.

Croydon Borough Championship - June 2004

Croydon School of Gymnastics hosted the Croydon Borough Championships Floor & Vault Competition on Saturday 12th June. There were 2 sections to the competition. Competition 1 - For gymnasts eligible to represent the London Borough of Croydon at the Heathrow London Youth Games and Competition 2 – For gymnasts who did not fulfil LYG criteria.

Due to new changes in the rules for Gymnastics and the exclusion of Men’s & Women’s Artistic Gymnastics from the games this year has resulted in gymnasts being either too young or too good to be considered to team representation. Nevertheless having a very successful competition pictured below are all the competitors who will now be going forward to represent Croydon in the finals to be held at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on 10th July.

The following gymnasts will now go forward to represent London borough of Croydon in LYG BOYS F&V Finals.

Club NPD Regional Qualifiers - June 2004

On Sunday Morning 6th June at East London Gymnastics Centre saw the Regional Qualifier heats for team selection for the Club NDP National Finals to be held in Cardiff on 10th & 11th July. 3 lads won places in Primary 3, 2 & 1 London Teams

Jorden Vijayaratnam aged 12 won Gold in the Primary 1 team, Aaron Jones aged 9 was placed overall 4 in the Primary 3 team and Scott Creasey aged 11 came in 6th in the Primary 2 team.

Unfortunately, Joshua Collard-Odle, who finished 7th in the Primary 3 competition missed out on a place in the London Team by one place.

Floor & Vault competition - June 2004

On the same day as the Club NPD Regional Qualifiers, a Floor & Vault Competition was held with the Croydon lads wining Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the level 3 junior and senior sections. Danny Symes aged 14 won Gold in the senior section with Nisal Herath winning Silver and Sean O’Shea winning a Bronze in the junior section.

LMPD - April 2004

Results were as follows:

Well done boys!

London Youth Games Men's 6 piece - 2002

Write up to follow, for results click below.

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London Youth Games Floor & Vault Prelims - 2002

Write up to follow, for results click below.

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London Men's Development Programme Open Championships
March 2002

Write up to follow, our results were:-

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Floor & Vault Competition - 4th November 2001 - Harrow
Sunday 4th November, the date for The LGF- MTC (London Gymnastics Federation - Men's Technical Committee) Men's Floor and Vault Competition hosted by Harrow School of Gymnastics. This is a great competition for gymnasts of all abilities with lads who were just starting out in Men's Competitive Gymnastics to the well-seasoned regional & national level lads competing on the two most popular pieces of apparatus out of the men's 6 disciplines. With a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in Harrow's purpose built gymnasium, the scene was set for some great gymnastics in this 2-piece event.

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London Men's Development Programme Open Championships
March 2001

After seeing how successful the LMDP had become in London during 2000, word had reached the rest of the country.

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LGF Men's Technical Committee Invitational Floor and Vault Competition
On Sunday 7th May 2000, Hillingdon School of Gymnastics hosted the first LGF Men's Invitational Floor and Vault Competition. This competition was aimed at both regional and development level gymnasts, with levels 1 - 3 (3 being for the top performers.) We entered 18 boys who brought back a total of 11 medals. Unfortunately Swarup Menon was ill and could not attend and Josh Quiney, carrying a nagging knee injury, was unable to perform to his usual best.

For some of the boys this was only their second competition and they all performed splendid routines on the day, with some exceptional performances from Melvin Yip, Patrick Higgins, Shaun Collins and Dylan Kemp who, after a 7 year retirement, has come back with a vengeance, winning no less than 2 medals in the last month. Our results were as follows:

Level 3
Under 8 - Overall Gold - Jordan Vijayaratnam
Under 8 - Overall Silver - Jamie Stevenson
Under 8 - Overall Bronze - Scott Creasey
Under 8 - Overall 4th - Charlie Penn

Level 2
Under 14 - Overall Silver - Karl Vijayaratnam
Under 14 - Overall Bronze - Shaun Collins
Under 14 - Overall 4th - Daniel Burke
Under 16 - Overall Gold - Nee Sykes

Level 1
Under 18 - Overall Gold - Paul Grace
Open - Overall Gold - Ian Coupar
Open - Overall Silver - Dylan Kemp

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