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Junior English Championships

majewska — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:27:02 +0000

13yr old Claudia made her début at the English Championships on the 4^th March 2012 as a First Year Junior. As this was a National competition Claudia had some extremely tough competition as this was many of the competing gymnasts 2^nd year at Junior Level. Also competing in her category were 8 members of the GB World Class Starter Squad and 3 members of the English Squad. Claudia held her own and competed well, performing clean routines on all apparatus. Her overall score saw her finish in 18^th place with apparatus rankings of 11^th on Vault, 24^thon Bars, 26^th on Beam & 13^th on Floor out of 43 gymnasts.

BGC has the Alpha Factor

majewska — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:04:43 +0000

6 gymnasts from BGC entered 4 different levels of competition over a three day period.

Winning 18 x individual judges awards, 2 x sashes, 2 x tiaras, 2 x barbies, 2 x 5^th place rosettes & 1 x 2^nd place award.

Day 1: Friday 17^th Feb

Amelia competed against the best in Britain with 3 members of the GB World Starter Squad in her competition. Amelia finished in 5^th place overall beating one of the GB squad members and winning the 5^th place rosette, she was also awarded 2 individual Judges Awards.

Day 2: Saturday 18^th Feb

Amber win the Miss Alpha Factor Grade 14 Competition taking the 1^st place sash, Tiara, Barbie and she was also awarded 5 Judges Awards. Team mate Lydia finished in 5^th place in the same competition receiving the 5^th place rosette and receiving 4 judges awards.

Lizzie also competed on the same day winning the Miss Alpha Factor Grade 13 Competition taking the 1^st place sash, Tiara, Barbie and she was also awarded 5 Judges Awards.

Day 3: Sunday 19^th Feb

Poppy and Maya Competed in the National Grade 8 competition with gymnasts from clubs as far as Ireland and Wales. Poppy finished in 7^th overall winning 2^nd on Range and Conditioning and 2 other individual judges awards, while team mate Maya overcame some of her fears and finished in 44^th place.

Poppy makes National Finals Team

majewska — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:53:28 +0000

Congratulations to Poppy for passing National Club Grade 8 and making the East Regions Grade 8 National Final Team.

9 year old Poppy, along with 28 other gymnasts from clubs across the East Region, competed in the Grade 8 National Qualifier on Saturday 25^th February at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club in Ipswich.

It was a tense competition as all gymnasts were fighting for one of the top 5 places which were up for grabs to allowing them represent the East Region at the National Finals. The Finals will take place in Birmingham the weekend of 14/15 April 2012.

Despite many of the other competitors being 13yrs + Poppy held her nerve and showed off her talents by successfully passing the grade with distinction and finishing in 5^th place overall with a score of 46.850. She finished in 11^th place on vault, 3^rd on Bars, 6^th on Beam, 13^th on Floor and 5^th on Range and Conditioning.

As Poppy finished in 5^th place she will be the travelling reserve for the East Team for the National Finals.

Well done and good luck!

Amelia makes BGC history

majewska — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:44:42 +0000

Congratulations to Amelia for winning the East Regions OOA Elite Compulsory Grade 3 competition on Sunday 26^th February.

Amelia passed the Elite Level Grade with flying colours, with her final score of 56.150 greatly exceeding the pass mark of 50.000. Upon doing so she has made BGC history, as she is the first ever member of BGC’s Women’s Artistic Squad to pass the Elite Compulsory Grade 3.

Her hard work and determination over the past year paid off at the weekend, when her scores saw her finish in 1^st place on Range and Conditioning, Vault, Bars and Beam and 2^nd place on floor.

Amelia is set to continue down the Elite pathway with her eyes set on passing the Elite Compulsory Grade 2 in November this year.

Well done and good luck!!!!

BGC Level 5 Team Place 4th in Hertfordshire

majewska — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:05:59 +0000

Hertfordshire Level 5 Team Championships.
Clubs from around Hertfordshire put together their best teams to fight for the Hertfordshire Level 5 Team Champions Trophy on Saturday 22^nd October. It was a tough competition with 7 teams entered from all over Hertfordshire.

BGC Team: Charlotte, Lucy, Sophie & Lizzy.
The team did well with their team scores placed them in 4^th on vault, 4^th on Bars, 4^th on Beam and 2^nd on Floor, but unfortunately the 3 falls off beam saw them loss Team Bronze and finish in 4th place overall.

Individually the gymnasts did well. All gymnasts beat their BP scores from the Individual competition in September with Lucy finishing in 3^rd place, Charlotte in 7^th place, Lizzy in 16^th and Sophie in 22^nd

Well done girls!!!!!

BGC Gymnast and Coach are called up for Hertfordshire

majewska — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:02:39 +0000

Gymnast:
Congratulations to Amelia for being selected to represent Hertfordshire as part of Hertfordshire’s Level 3 B team in the Eastern Regions Inter Counties Teams Competition on Sunday 13th November.
This is a great honour for Amelia as she has only been competing at Level 4 this year, but has been selected for the Level 3 team. The Hertfordshire County Coach, Svetlana Trotter, feels the standard of Amelia’s Current routines exceed level 4 and are of a high enough standard to support Hertfordshire’s B team in the upcoming competition. Amelia will be joining forces with 4 other gymnasts from different clubs around Herefordshire to form the HERTS B Team.
Coach:
The County can only nominate 2 coaches to work with each team during the competition. For the third year running Claire Thornton (Head of Women’s at BGC) has been selected as one of the Team Coaches. She will be working with the B team during the final training session and on the day of competition.

Gymnastics Taster Session at the Berkhamsted Gymnastics Club

majewska — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:44:58 +0000

2011 Funding Approved!

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:22:10 +0000

Good news!!!

We did it, our application and presentation was successful. £3,100.00 is on it’s way for new foam equipment.

There were 19 groups giving presentations to win votes from the HP4 residents.

We finished in 9th, with only the first 11 winning the funding they had applied for.

We’d just like to say a big thank you to all parents and gymnasts who turned up to support and vote for the club. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Thanks also to Claire for organising the bid etc — Well Done!

DeeTV filmed the vote which you can view here.

Amelia – Bars Silver Medallist and 8th Overall at Regionals (Oct 2011)

majewska — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:38:40 +0000

Amelia travelled to Ipswich on Sunday 9^th October to compete in the 10/11 year old category at the Level 4 Regional Finals.

She performed well on Floor and Vault, but unfortunately it wasn’t Amelia’s day on beam. With 2 falls, it cost her the Overall Gold and saw her finish in 8^th place. Her superb bar score of 11.750 meant she was in the running for the Bars Apparatus Medals. The apparatus medals are not awarded in age categories but over the whole of the Level 4 for Competition, which meant 39 gymnasts where competing for the apparatus medals. Amelia was lying in 2^nd place at the end of Round 1 and had a nervous wait for the remaining 23 gymnasts to compete in Round 2. Her high score was too difficult for the older gymnasts to beat and Amelia was awarded the Silver medal for Bars.

Well done Amelia!!!

2011 World Chapionships

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:00:29 +0000

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