Last month 12 girls represented Swindon School of Gymnastics in the final round of the West Country League held in Melksham. (1st Round was back in June in Forest Of Dean and 2nd round was in October in Melksham)
The Over 13’s Senior Squad had a very early start time who had to compete against Clubs from Bristol, Wales, Frome and Chippenham.
The eldest member of the team Samantha Young 15 led them around the Bars Beam Floor then Vault where the top 4 marks from the team of 6 counted.
From left, Shannon Reynolds, Tegan Seed, Izzy Moran, Daniella Reynolds, Amelia Simpson and Amelie Tyler.
Shannon White gained the highest mark for the team of 8.10 on the A Bars for her difficult routine. Millie Swift still got over 9 marks for her beam despite one wobble but still competed her difficult trademark Ariel. Sam Young was rewarded 10 marks for her floor routine and Shannon White did an outstanding Tsukahara Vault and was credited with the 2nd highest score of the whole competition.
The team were delighted to be announced as silver medallists for the days competition and then the following supporters went crazy when they were crowned the actual League Champions.
From left, Lauren Evans, Jessica Lomas, Samantha Young, Shannon White and Millie Swift.
Coach Wendy Payne quoted “These young ladies are a credit to the town, not only do they work incredibly hard during their 10 hours of weekly training, but they also prioritise and manage their very important schooling/exams.
Their next competition isn’t until April 2018 so we will be focusing on learning some new skills on each piece of apparatus.
Swindon’s Under 13 Senior Squad took to the arena in the afternoon, they were against Clubs from Dorset, Frome, Chippenham and Wales. Tegan Seed led the team around the Beam Floor Vault and Bars where also the top 4 marks from the team of 6 counted.
They started on the balance beam and unfortunately the nerves showed as they all fell off but Shannon Reynolds still managed over 10 marks and top spot.
Floor was a different story with lots of new tumbles, leaps and smiles were back gaining them better marks with Tegan getting the highest score of 10.95.
They then took to the 1.25cm Vaulting Platform and all flew over impressively with Shannon and Amelia competing a new skill for the very first time and Shannon again was credited the highest score of 11.50.
They finished the competition on the A Bars and were all very much the same with Tegan slightly edging it.
They finished a creditable 5th place on the day and moved up to 4th in the league.
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