Our Tumblers came away with 7 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals  while the Sports Acrobats won 4 gold 3 silver and 1 bronze.

Of the above, 6 tumblers and 1 Sports Acro grade 3 womens group have qualified for the British championships to be held in Fenton Manor,  Stoke in May.

Sian Katy and Becki:1st	Natalie:1st, Charlotte:3rd
James:1st	Jodie and Jane:1st
Imogen:2nd, Fraya:3rd	Cypress , Shannon and Millie: 2nd
Jake and Luke 1st	Chloe 1st
Olivia 1st	Tayah: 2nd,Jane:1st, Emily:3rd
Grace,Georgia and Millie 1st	Chiara and Abbie 3rd

Follow these links to see 2 of the medal winning routines on Youtube

For Anna Ryan and Abbie Maxwell: Click here

For Becky Novak, Sian Eavns  and Katy Adams: Click here

The long trip was worthwhile as can be seen from the smiling faces on some of our medal winners below.

Ciara 1st and Freya 2nd	Olivia 1st
Natalie 1st Megan 2nd charlotte 3rd	Ella 1st Harriet 2nd
Anna & Abbie 2nd	Sian, Katy & Becky 2nd
Eloise 1st	Eleanor 1st
	James 2nd

Pictured here are some of the gymnasts from MK Springers who took part in the recent Bucks Floor and  Vault competion. Our 33 gymnasts came home  with 23 medals  including 10  Golds, 10  Silvers and 3   Bronzes.  Well done to all!

MK Springers Acrobats and Tumblers had to spend the last day of our Indian summer in the gym. The event was the Buckinghamshire County Championships, they were there to become county champions and they were not disappointed.

The Round 1 floor routines started with the Levels 1, 2, & 3 women’s groups competing first. Women’s groups consist of 3 females, 2 bases and a top, who must dance and perform acrobatics moves in unison. In level 1, Emmualla Motto, Charlotte Hacking and Ellie Wheeler walked away with gold medals. In level 2 there was a battle between, Orlagh Fagan/ Natalie Keyte /Jenny Becket and Ella Turner/ Harriet Evans /Ceira Lowe who beat the afore mentioned trio by 0.75 marks. In Level 3 the trio of Bekki Novack/ Sian Evans/ Katie Adams had to perform two floor routines, but the girls held every move and won. Round 2 saw the largest group which is always level 1 woman’s pairs. MK Springers had entered four partnerships into this level so the coaches knew someone would be disappointed and unfortunately its was Megan Ellis/Maya Hoyte who just missed out by 0.9 marks, which saw in 3rd position Lauren Mutitt/Tayah Rogers, 2nd Orlagh Fagan/Niamh Magee and 1st Freya Clarke/Imogen Kingsman. In Level 3 woman’s pairs saw Anna Ryan/Abi Maxwell achieving 1st place. It was the younger club members’ turn on floor next. In Prep B mixed pairs in their first competition together saw Jake Blackhurst/Irina Hayward in 1st place. Prep B woman’s pairs Savannah Thompson/Emily Odwell, again in their first competition, achieved 1st place and finally in prep B men’s pairs James odwell/Kyle Ayris also came 1st. Last were the Novice Groups, Evie Yabsley/Enya Densel/Rosie Burton-Pye came 1st with team mates Abbie Johnson/Lilly Tapp/Tia Masiyano coming 2nd. Overall on floor MK Springers had 9 County Champions plus 3 Sliver medals and 1 bronze medal.

The tumbling competition was also taking place while floor was going on. The lower levels started first with regional B. Competing were: Lilly Tapp, Rosie Burton-Pye, Milly Erasmus, Georgia Anderson, Tia Masiyano ( Bronze), Abbie Johnson (Silver) and Irana Harward (Gold). In Regional B men’s level Jake Blackhurst tumbled away with Gold. Regional C saw Kezi Ononeme achieve Gold also. The Regional D women’s had Evie Yabsley just missing out on the medals but team mate Paige Batt won Silver and Maya Hoyte in her first tumbling event achieved Gold. National 1 had the largest entry, Ciara Lowe missed out on a medal by only 1 mark followed closely by team mate Freya Clarke, Imogen Kingsman, Enya Densel, Niamh Magee, Jodie Blackhurst, Emily Odwell, Jane Lambert, Lauren Mutitt, Taya Rogers and Cypress Thorne. National 2 had Savana Thompson, Ellie Wheeler and Hasha Mundel-Simpkin just missed out on a podium position. Kyle Aryis had some stiff compitetion but achieved 5th place in National 2 mens. National 3 saw Natalie Keyte coming 2nd with Bekki Novack coming 3rd place. Emmanualla Motta just missed out as did Megan Ellis and Charlotte Hacking.

Elite 1 tumbling saw only MK Springers tumblers competing; Chloe Walpole, Orlagh Fagan and Abi Maxwell, cheered as Eloise Driscol won bronze, Ella Turner received Silver and Harriet Evans surprised even herself by achieving Gold. James Odwell, competing for the first time in tumbling, achieved 1st place in Elite 1 men’s. In Elite 2 Jenny Becket and Sian Evans battled it out with Jenny receiving bronze and Sian achieving Gold. Last to compete was Eleanor Broome who was competing some new tumbles but she was not fazed and walked away with a Gold medal.

Club manager Jean Heffer-Rahn who also judged floor on the day said “I know all these boys and girls have worked hard for this competition, they are proud to be county champions, over all the club has achieved 16 tumbling medals and 12 group medals on floor. Now the coaches will have to decide whom they will take to the regional championships next month in Southampton”

On Sunday 9th April the inaugural MK Springers Sports Acro & Tumbling Open took place at Kiln Farm Gym. Coaches and parent volunteers alike were working hard in the days leading up to Sunday, making sure that every last detail had been covered prior to the arrival of the visiting clubs. This was billed as a friendly competition, in that it was restricted to novice gymnasts who had not competed earlier in the year at the regional championships. Therefore the audience were watching the potential future regional champions, many of whom were competing for the first time. Our visiting clubs came from Luton Salto, Stevenage SAGC and Chermond (all the way from Norwich!). The 200+ spectators on the day had lots to cheer about.

The tumbling competition got off to a great start for MK Springers with Betsy Tapp winning Gold at Regional A Age 6. In Age 7 at this level MK Springers had a clean sweep with Chiara Primanato, Millie Home and Grace Farrow filling the 1,2 & 3 slots respectively. At Age 8 the competition got tougher with the gold going to Stevenage, silver to Abbie Johnson fro MK Springers and bronze to a gymnast from Chermond. Mk Springers’ Jake Blackhurst was only just outside the medals in fourth place. At Regional B, Age 7 , Laura Holland tumbled her way to victory, At age 9-10, Imogen Myrie came first while Rachel Carr came a creditable fourth place. At Regional C, the highest level competed on the day; Evie England won gold at Age 8. In the 9-10 age bracket, there was another clean sweep for the home club with Tayah Rogers, Emily England and Evie Yabsley coming in 1, 2 & 3 respectively. The same happened at Age 13+ with the top 3 spots in order going to Cypress Thorne, Lauren Cartwright and Holly O’Brien.

In Sports Acro there was a novel competition for teams of 6 very young novice gymnasts to compete in a floor routine. Much to the delight of the crowd, MK Springers filled both the gold and silver positions with the bronze going to Stevenage.

In the regular competition at Prep A women’s pairs Jessica Chandler/Rachel Carr came third, the winners being Chermond with Stevenage in third place. In Prep B pairs the judges were unable to split the pairings of Holly O’Brien/Jane Lambert and Lauren Cartwright/Evie Yabsley who were joint first with the silver going to Shannon Hughes/Paige Batt . In Level 1 women’s pairs Mk Springers fought off strong competition from the other 3 clubs to finish in first place (Freya Clark/Imogen Kingsman ) and also in second ( Charlotte Hacking/Niamh Magee).

All involved were left feeling very proud of this new addition to the competition calendar.

The tumbling competition later in the day proved a happier hunting ground for MK Springers. In the National 1 women’s tumbling 13 and over Charlotte Hacking took gold and Hash Mundel-Simpkin took silver. In National 2 women’s tumbling age 11-12, Ella Turner narrowly missed the gold medal by just 0 .70 but took a deserved silver medal. It was a clean sweep in National 2 women’s tumbling 13 and over, Chloe Walpole took gold, Emanuela Motta took silver, Orlagh Fagan bronze and Laura Baird finished just outside the medals in 4th. In National 3 women’s tumbling under 13 gold went to Eleanor Broome and Natalie Keyte took the gold medal in National 3 women’s tumbling 13 and over. Tyler McCluskey competed in the National 3 men’s tumbling 13 and over and won the gold medal.

MK Springers had another clean sweep of medals in the Elite 1 women’s tumbling 9-10 competition, Eloise Driscoll wining gold and in the 11-12 competition; Jenny Beckett took the gold medal and Katy Adams silver. Sian Evans rounded off a very successful day with a gold medal in the Elite 2 women’s tumbling 15+.

The eight gymnasts from MK Springers who won gold medals will now represent the Southern Region in the National Tumbling Championships that will be held in Stoke-on- Trent on 25th and 26th of May 2011.

The tumbling competition is also divided by age and ability. Club D level, Freya Clark came away with gold. National 1 level Ella Turner received the gold medal. National 1 men’s saw Tyler McClusky in his first regional competition come away with a gold medal. National 2 woman’s tumbling saw Orlagh Fagan receiving a silver medal. National 3 had MK Springers battling it out for the medals, with Eleanor Broom, silver medal and Jenny Becket gold medal. The older girls had Natalie Keyte getting silver with Stephanie Parker gold. The Evans sisters had to compete on Sunday with Harriet in Elite 1 receiving bronze and Sian in Elite 2 came away with gold. Coach Carolyn Rahn said “This weekend has been a fantastic success for MK Springers, the gymnast will have a short break over Christmas and then they will start preparing for the prelims in the New Year which will see many of them, we hope, competing in the British Championships”

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In level 10 there were 15 gymnasts entered. Grace Farrow and Laura Holland both competed in their first competition, both aged 6. They both performed beautiful floor routines and good vaults. Laura received the Silver medal with Grace just behind receiving the Bronze medal. In the girls aged 7 section Abbie Johnson, Freya Pearce and Georgina Wilson all had good competitions, with Abbie gaining the gold medal. Freya and Georgina just missed out on medals, although Freya came 3^rd on vault, and Georgina came 4^th on vault. In the age 9 girls Hannah Bird, Paige Johnson, Katie Mallaghan and Maddie Ellis all performed lovely floor routines and good vaults. Paige received the Gold medal and Hannah was close behind in 3^rd place. Katie came 4^th on vault and Maddie received the highest floor routine score. James Wilson, in the age 9 boys, was competing for the first time. He performed both his floor routine and vaults effortlessly and gained the Gold medal. In the age 10 girls, Melissa Lindsay and Phoebe Cuddeford both had good competitions, Melissa came 3^rd overall and Phoebe was slightly ahead receiving the Bronze medal. Courtney Briggs and Georgina Higby were competing in the age 11 girls. They both competed very well, both receiving very close scores. Georgina received the gold medal and Courtney, only behind by 0.1 received the Silver medal. Phoebe Russell was competing in the age 13 year group and performed a lovely floor routine which gained her the Gold medal. If a gymnast scores over a certain mark they have to move up to the next level, so well done to: Laura Holland, Abbie Johnson, Freya Pearce, Georgina Wilson, Hannah Bird, Paige Johnson, Melissa Lindsay, Phoebe Cuddeford, Courtney Briggs, Georgina Higby, James Wilson and Phoebe Russell for all moving up to Level 9.

In the level 9 category 10 gymnasts were competing for podium places. In the age 6/7 girls Lauren Hendey gained 1^st place overall performing a fantastic straddle over vault. In the age 7 boys Oliver Crew-Gee and Harry Bailey both had a very good day. Using their fantastic smiles they both came away with very good floor scores. Oliver overall came 1^st, Harry was just behind in 2^nd. In the age 8 girls Isobel Wilson, Isi Lancaster and Mollie French all had good competitions, with a large group all competing for the gold medal Isobel was very proud of her Bronze medal. Isi came 3^rd on floor. In the age 9 girls Eliza Sunderland and Rachel Webber both put in very good performances. Eliza just missed out on Gold medal by 0.1 but was still very proud of her Silver medal. Rachel came in just behind in 4^th place. In the age 8/9 boys Oliver Pardoe put in a brilliant performance on floor and produced a good vault to come away with the Silver medal. In the age 10 boys Jordan Murphy had a very good competition also gaining the Silver medal. Gymnasts achieving the score to move up to Level 8 include: Lauren Hendey, Isi Lancaster, Isobel Wilson, Eliza Sunderland, Rachel Webber, Harry Bailey, Oliver Crew-Gee, Oliver Pardoe and Jordan Murphy.

In the level 8 competition some of the female gymnasts were competing floor routines to music for the first time. Hannah Savill and Phoebe Briggs, competing in the age 7/8 group, both had a very good competition. They had a very tough group with many very good gymnasts. Hannah performed a beautiful floor routine and a super vault which helped her achieve the Gold medal. Phoebe, who performed brilliantly, missed out on the medals. The age 10 girls group had a lot of entries, Lucy Handford  performed a lovely floor routine and gained the Bronze medal, Lucy Ford had a very good competition and just missed out on the medals, finishing in 4^th place. The age 11 girls group also had a lot of entries, Laureece Lambert performed one of the best routines she has ever competed, but just missed out on the Bronze medal by 0.1. In the age 12/13/14 girls group Elise Pollock performed one of the best floor routines of the group, overall gaining her the Gold medal, Taylor McDonald performed the best floor routine, overall gaining her the Silver medal. Scott Pollock, aged 9, and Taylor Marshall, aged 11, both had excellent competitions. Scott received the Bronze medal in his age group and Taylor received the Gold medal in his age group. This was a very tough competition with only a handful of gymnasts moving up the next competition level, this includes Hannah Savill, Scott Pollock and Taylor Marshall. Well done to Jessica Singh, Georgia Makel, Lotanna Okaro, Ciara Price, Katy Tann, Isabelle Graves and Bethany Williams who all competed very well.

The level 7 competition upped the skill level. The gymnasts in this level have special requirements which they need to perform to gain bonus marks. Katie Strehl, aged 9, had a very good competition and performed one of her best vaults. Thanks to these brilliant scores she came away with the Gold medal. Yasmin Loveland just missed out on overall medals, but performed a fantastic vault, landing her in 2^nd place on the vault.

The Level 6 competition is getting bigger each year, with MK Springers entering 5 gymnasts. Eleanor Broome, Becca McKay and Grace Cross were all competing in the age 9/10/11 group. All 3 gymnasts performed lovely floor routines. Eleanor performed a half on/half off vault which helped her to receive the Silver medal. Becca and Grace both performed good vaults but they just missed on the medals. Chloe Walpole and Emily Beckett were competing in the age 12/13/14 group, both gymnasts competed very well. Emily performed a lovely floor routine, which she gained the highest floor score for and Chloe performed a round-off flick flick in her floor routine for the first time. Emily and Chloe both just missed out on the medals.

Thankfully due to it being Halloween the competition finished earlier than normal, but I would still like to say a big thank you to the gymnasts who made it a brilliant day. MK Springers is very proud of all the gymnasts who entered the competition and would like to give a big thank you to all the parents who came down to support them.