Club Development, Novice & Intermediate Level Floor & Vault

Gymnasts from Swallows competed on Saturday 23 November in the Annual Floor and Vault competition at various levels to see who would be crowned Club Champions for 2013.

Development – 5/6 yrs medallists were as follows:  Champion – Darcey Laurance, 2nd – Thea Bolton and 3rd – Freya Mitchell

Development – 7 yrs medallists were:  Champion – Scarlett Thompson, 2nd – Olivia Morris and 3rd – Jasmine Forwood

Development – 8 yrs medallists were:  Champion – Zoe Hopkins, 2nd – Stella Laws and 3rd – Joe Mitchell

Novice – 9 years medallists were:  Champion – Aidan Hunkin, 2nd – Amy Manley and 3rd – Josie Martin

Intermediate – 9 years medallists were:  Champion – Cameron Jenkin, 2nd – Charlotte Fidler and 3rd – Madison Stanfield

Intermediate – 10/11 years medallists were:  Champion – Shannon Standing, 2nd – Cara Jackson and 3rd – Katie McCartney

Novice – 12+ years – Champion – Lowenna Riley

Well done to all our wonderful 42 competitors over the afternoon and congratulations to all those young members for their first ever competition performances.   The coaches were extremely proud of everyone who took part.

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South West Boy’s Inter Counties 2013

Four boys from Swallows of Helston travelled to Barnstaple on Sunday 17 November to take part in the South West’s Inter Counties competition for 2013.

Matthew Bolton (10yrs) headed the team and had a reasonably good competition narrowly missing the overall Championship title in the Under 10 age group.  Matthew took the Bronze medal individually.

Daniel Lucas (10yrs) came a credible 8th position out of 35 gymnasts with a great Vault average.

Cameron Jenkin and Aidan Hunkin (9yrs) both competing a year below many of the other competitors had to amke a huge step to achieve a handspring vault over the large table.  Both boys did remarkably well and achieved very good averages.  Cameron continued to work steadily on the Floor where he achieved 3rd place out of 35 gymnasts, and 5th overall.

Daniel, Cameron and Aidan gained their County colours for representing Cornwall for the first time and the Team managed to bring home the overall Silver medal, narrowly behing Devon’s team by 0.25

Well done to all our boys.  And a well done to Aspire’s Luke Richardson for making up the fifth member of Cornwall’s team for the event.

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Boy’s National NDP and Elite Finals 2013

Congratulations to Matthew Bolton who recently gained a Team Bronze medal  with the South West at the Level 2 Club NDP competition in Birmingham.

Also, to Jake Hubbard who brought home the Team Silver medal at the National Club Level 6 competition with a great improvement to his gymnastics over the past year.

Elite Grades – Level 2, 10 yr old Elliot Bullen put in a remarkable performance for a 5th place overall individually and a well deserved Team Gold medal.

In the Elite Grades – 11 year Matthew Heaney assisted the team in gaining the Team Bronze medal  in the Level 3 event.

And finally, in the Elite Level 4, Calum Walklett and Cameron Wheat added to their medal collection with a Team Gold medal at the Nationals.  Champions for the fourth year running.

Congratulations to all the Club’s boys for their achievements and to coach Edy for all his hard work over the year.

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Callywith Open 2013

A the recent Callywith Open competition the girls from the Swallows took a number of medal winning positions  and over all titles for their hard work over the past year.

In the Level 6 event – 7 yr old Scarlett Thompson took the 4th place an both Vault and Bars, with 5th places on Beam and overall.  This was the first competition at this level for Scarlett who has made steady improvements over the past few months.  Well done Scarlett.

 Scarlett & her rosettes for the Level 6 competition 2013

Level 5 & Level 4 winners

In the Level 5 event there were a number of winners with top 6 rankings on apparatus as well as medallists in the overall event.  8 yr old Ashleigh Shovel took the Gold medal on Vault, Silver on Bars and the overall Bronze medal.  Ashleigh was also ranked 5th on both Beam and Floor taking rosettes for her performances.  Level 5, 9 year – Katie Mayall competing for the first time in Cornwall took the Gold medal on Beam, with 4th place on Floor and 5th on Bars.  Katie managed to take the overall Gold medal in this age group with team mate Madison Stanfied taking Gold on Bars, 5th on Beam and the overall 6th place.  In the Level 5, 10 years Swallows had 2 more gymnasts competing.  Katie McCartney took 6th place on both Vault and Bars with fourth on Floor and 5th on Beam.  Katie managed to come overall 4th for a great competition.  Cara Jackson took a Silver medal on Bars and a 5th placing on the Floor with overall 7th place individually.  In the Level 4, 10 year competition Zara Mitchell took the overall 4th place on Bars after returning from a 2 week holiday the day before!  Autumn-Star Mills made huge improvements on her previuos competition with 4th place on Beam, Bronze on Bars and a Silver for her Floor.  Overall Autumn managed 5th place for an overall rosette.  Dana Littlejohns also took part in this age group for the first time competing for the Swallows and topped the overall rankings with the Gold medal.  Dana also secured 4th on Floor, Silver on Vault and Gold on Bars for a steady competition despite a shake start on Beam!  In the Level 4 event, 11+ years the Swallows had just one competitor taking part.  Phoebe Jenkin managed to secure the top spot on Bars, Silver medals on both Beam and Vault and a 4th place for her Floor routine.  The overall Gold medal was taken with a solid overall performance.

Level 5 & Level 3 winners

Level 5 competition – 11+ years was a very large competition with 23 gymnasts taking part.  Shannon Standing made some very good improvments to her work competing her upstarts, Back walkover on Beam and her tuck back somersault on Floor.  Unfortunatey, no awards on the day buat a credible 17th place overall.  Shannon’s best ranking was on Bars with 9th place overall.  Dana Wheat also took part in this competition and had a good set of results with 6th on Bars, 3rd on Floor and overall 7th place in a hard fought event.

Level 3, 10/11 years saw Megan Morris the Club’s only competitor – Megan secured =4th on Vault, Bronze on the Floor and Gold medals on Bars, Beam and therefore the overall position.

In the Level 3, 12+ years both Libby Rescorla and Heather Bolton were in action.  Libby took the Gold medal on Vault, Silver on Floor and a 6th place on Bars.  Libby was ranked overall 4th place, just 0.15 behind the Bronze medallist.  Heather took the Bronze on Vault, and Gold medals on both Bars and Beam secring the overall top spot for the age group.

A great set of results for the girls.

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