Make sure you catch all the TV cov­er­age below…

Lat­est News…

British girls secure Olympic qual­i­fi­ca­tion!
Great Britain will be rep­re­sented by a full women’s gym­nas­tics team at the Lon­don 2012 Olympics after a nail-biting fin­ish in the artis­tic gym­nas­tics World Cham­pi­onship qual­i­fi­ca­tion ensured them the all-important top 8 spot and an Olympic team place. The team of Beth Twed­dle, Becky Downie, Han­nah Whe­lan, Danu­sia Fran­cis, Imo­gen Cairns and Jenni Pinches scored 220.553 points to fin­ish in 8^th posi­tion ensur­ing a clear pas­sage through to the Lon­don 2012 Olympics. 

British boys miss auto­matic 2012 place
Great Britain men’s team nar­rowly failed in their mis­sion for a top 8 spot and instant Olympic qual­i­fi­ca­tion after fin­ish­ing 10^th in the men’s qual­i­fy­ing com­pe­ti­tion at the 2011 artis­tic gym­nas­tics World Cham­pi­onships. How­ever, Daniel Purvis and Louis Smith both excelled and headed to the all-around and pom­mel finals respec­tively. The British team will now com­pete (along with teams placed 9–16) in the Olympic Test event at the Green­wich Dome in Jan­u­ary with the aim of a top 4 spot in order to progress the full team to Lon­don 2012.

Daniel Purvis 4^th, Han­nah Whe­lan 9^th — in their respec­tive all-around finals!

BBC cov­er­age

Tues­day 11 Octo­ber
Women’s Team Final
·    1050–1310, BBC Red Button/online
·    1300–1500, BBC Two/online

Wednes­day 12 Octo­ber
Men’s Team Final
·    0950–1240, BBC Red Button/online
·    1330–1530, BBC Two/online

Thurs­day 13 Octo­ber
Women’s All Around Final
·    0950–1155, BBC Red Button/online
·    1300–1500, BBC Two/online

Fri­day 14 Octo­ber
Men’s All Around Final
·    1050–1350, BBC Red Button/online
·    1300–1500, BBC Two/online

Sat­ur­day 15 Octo­ber
Indi­vid­ual Appa­ra­tus Finals
·    0520–0830, BBC Red Button/online
·    1630–1800, BBC Two/online

Sun­day 16 Octo­ber
Indi­vid­ual Appa­ra­tus Finals
·    0550–0905, BBC Red Button/online
·    1600–1730, BBC Two/online

Wow what a year so far for British Gymnastics!

If you’ve been in a closet you might not have heard of the Spel­bound troupe of gym­nasts that won the ‘Britains Got Tal­ent’ com­pe­ti­tion on Sat­ur­day night. Well done Spell­bound and con­grat­u­la­tions to Neil Grif­fiths head coach of the 13-strong gym­nas­tics group, based at Heathrow Gym­nas­tics Club.

Head over to the BBC site for videos and the story of the night.

Also heres the wiki page for the group with lots of info.

Why not join our club and learn if you have what it takes to be a top gymnast!

(If you still  havent had enough of BGT yet you can read the Britain’s Got Tal­ent final — live­blog)