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38 swindonlink.com • June 2008

Gymnasts hope to pick up medal winning tips in China
Five boys from Swindon School of Gymnastics will fly to China in October for intensive training at the
renowned Shichahai Sports School.
Based in Beijing, the school is Swindon School
one of the main training centres of Gymnastics has
for future generations of China’s over seventy boys
By Sue Olympic hopefuls. It trains thou- regularly attend-
ing the club, based
sands of youngsters who board
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tennis, volleyball and badminton. gym, run entirely
Call now for an appointment When they graduate, students join by volunteers, is
provincial or national teams. the only one in the
on 01793 871120 The Swindon gymnasts, aged area with a full set
or 07967 363322 between 11 and 13 will have a taste of apparatus for
of the tough regime, training for six male gymnasts and
Home visits available to seven hours a day during their has been success-
ten day stay. ful in producing a
number of National
Squad and Regional
Champions. Coach,
Paul Turner, said
that although only
five boys can go to Eastern promise for young gymnasts, from left, Izaac Turner,
China, their experi- Beyn Hyner, Oliver Shakles, Chris Jones, Peter Newton
ence will benefit the whole club. of fundraising events including a
“They will be working with top Bombay Lounge curry night on 20
level coaches who will give our September.
coaches ideas for training back at They would like to hear from any
the club. It’s a fantastic opportunity local businesses willing to spon-
to go somewhere that has produced sor the gymnasts to benefit from
several Olympic champions.” the opportunity to train at such a
The club is raising £7,000 for high level.
the trip and is holding a series www.ssg-gymnastics.co.uk

Teams do well in tournaments

The footballers at Brook Field Primary School continued their good
run of form by winning the West Swindon tournament for the third
year in a row.
They beat St
Sampson’s Crick-
lade in the final of
the annual tourna-
ment organised by
Greendown Com-
munity School.
In the netball
competition St
Sampson’s beat
Toothill Primary.
In the Swindon
primary schools
hockey tourna-
ment held at Isam-
bard Community Peatmoor coach Belinda Kidd, with her players and their
School, the mixed medals, back, Sam Orchard, Poppy Gibson, Keegan Lane,
team from Peat- Luke Matthews, George Russ, Freyja Stevens. Front, Bethani
moor Primary beat Crouch, Tom Sewell, Hannah Curtis, Jackson Price
Abbey Meads Pri-
mary. Both hockey
teams will now
represent the town
at the Wiltshire
Youth Games in
June.
The Brook Field champs.
Back, left to right,
Max Parker, George
Corfield, Joe English,
Harry Knowles, Tom
Jones
Front, Liam Jefferies,
Joe Pearce, Luke Neves,
Taylum Mistry