HOME   -   NEWS   -   CLASSES   -   TIMES   -   COACHES   -   RESULTS   -   RULES   -   LINKS   -   CONTACT NEWS RESULTS FROM PEGASUS The club's men's artistic squad competed in the Pegasus Open's men's set work competition on Friday 13 June. Jake Townsend enjoyed taking part in his first six piece event. His competed fairly confidently in the Pre-Primary 4 group on Floor, Rings and Vault and did his best on Pommels, Parallel Bars and High Bar. He finished with 40.750 marks. Callan Hall and Samuel Clarke performed well in the Primary 4 competition. Callan scored the second highest Rings score (9.600) and finished in 6th place with 53.950. Sam's strongest piece was also Rings (9.100) and he finished 10th with 50.400. Kasbian Rogers and Josh Millard competed in the Primary 3 competition. Kasbian performed consistently and picked up the bronze medal with a total of 52.650. Josh earned the highest Vault score (9.550) and 5th place with 47.850. To view the results from the event please click here GIRLS RETURN FROM HORSHAM COMPETITION Fourteen of the club's women's artistic gymnasts recently competed in the Horsham Invitational competition. Competing in the group for girls who train eight hours a week and were born in 1997/1998 were Nowdla Sturgeon, Paige Begbie, Cara Goodman, Phoebe Crane and Erin Burt. Each of the girls performed well. Paige's score of 12.950 placed her 6th on Floor while Nowdla finished 6th on Vault with 10.800 Some of the club's elder elites who train eight hours a week also comepted. In the 1995/1996 category Selena Georgiou-Paton finished 4th overall and picked up the silver medal on Beam after earning a score of 11.950. Danielle Sands finished her competition with a total of 45.250 and 8th place. In the 1994/1993 age group Megan Alsop finished 4th overall with 46.900 and earned a silver medal on Beam with 12.300. In the same group Charlotte Whittaker enjoyed 5th place overall (46.500), bronze on Floor (12.800) and bronze on Bars (12.250). Some of the younger elite girls appeared in the Level 5 event. Competing in age were Jazmin Clark and Libby Begbie. Jazmin finished with a total of 42.500 and was 4th on Vault with 10.550. Libby ended her day with a good total of 40.150. Paige Durling, Robyn Mackay and Natalie Andrews competed strongly in the out of age group. The girls stood out most on Vault where Robyn ranked 5th with 11.000 and Paige took the silver medal with 11.100. Robyn's total was 41.650, Paige scored 40.650 and Natalie earned an impressive 45.200. Congratulations to all the girls and their coaches Dale, Clare and Jodie for their hard work and achievements. To view the results from the event please click here MEN'S SET WORK CHALLENGE On 18 May Samuel Clarke and Josh Millard represented the South East in Ipswich in the Men's Set Work Challenge. The boys enjoyed taking part in a national event and performing in a large gym. Sam finished in 9th place in the Primary 4 competition. Josh finished 4th in the Primary 3 competition. To view the results from the event please click here Callan Hall and Kasbian Rogers qualified in 6th and 4th place respectively for the South East Primary 4 and Primary 3 teams back in March. They travelled up to Newcastle at the start of May to represent their region in this large national event. It can be quite daunting to compete in such a large atmosphere surrounded by gymnasts, coaches and supporters from across the country, especially for younger gymnasts. Both Callan and Kasbian rose to the occassion and produced some strong routines and good scores. In a system where all six members of a team perform and the top four scores go towards the team's total, Callan and Kasbian managed to contribute four scores each for their teams. Callan represented the South East on the Primary 4 team alongside gymnasts from Pegasus, Hawth and Brighton & Hove. This was Callan's biggest competition to date. He had been feeling a little unwell beforehand and was quite nervous. He made the most of his warm up and gave 100% on his competition routines, peaking on each piece in front of the judges. The team as a whole performed very strongly and finished in first place with a total of 256.350. Callan's personal total was 61.050, placing him 26th out of 67 gymnasts. Kasbian represented the region on the Primary 3 team and was also joined by gymnasts from Pegasus, Hawth and Brighton & Hove. Kasbian competed in this competition last year. He returned this year with more confidence and focus and some very good work. His team took home silver medals after finishing with 251.650. His personal total was 61.600 which placed him an impressive 16th out of 65 competitors. Well done and congratulations to both Callan and Kasbian. To view the results from the event please click here TEAM GYM ROAD TRIP On 20 April coach Clare Clarke travelled to Gloucester with members of her Team Gym squad to watch the Team Gym national finals. As the girls look forward to their first Team Gym competition later in the year they enjoyed the opportunity to see the top teams from across the country perform. Everyone had a fantastic time and came back enthused and motiviated. Thanks to Clare for organising the trip, Jaqcui Childs for driving and Karla, Nony and Matte for accompanying. LATEST COMPETITION RESULTS The following competition results are now available to view in the Results section: Naomi Stamp Memorial Competition (Chichester) Men's Artistic NDPs London Development Open Women's Artistic Grades Well done to all our gymnasts for representing the club so well. Congratulations to Callan Hall and Kasbian Rogers who both qualified to represent the South East at the British Men's Set Work Championships in Newcastle in May. To view the results from these competitions please click here SUSSEX FLOOR & VAULT COMPETITION On Sunday 17 February a group of gymnasts from the club travlled to Burgess Hill to compete in the Sussex Intermediate & Advanced Floor & Vault competition. Well done to Anna Marosi, Rebecca Cameron (5th), Vanessa Bello, Michael Deans (1st), Caroline Hayward (5th), Orla Emary (6th), Max Whiting (2nd), Liam McKean (3rd), Grace Cudmore, Thai Turner and Jessamy Dunning. Please click here to view the results. SUMMERFIELDS ICEBREAKER On Sunday 20 January we hosted our Icebreaker competition. Clubs from around the South East entered their younger gymnasts into this introductory competition. The event was the first time competing for several of the gymnasts. The day was a huge success. Many thanks to everybody who helped organise and run the day. Please click here to view the results. CHRISTMAS PARTY At the start of December we threw our Christmas party for all our members, family and friends. The night was a huge success and enjoyed by all. We had a very special visitor, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS who spent half an hour meeting all the children and giving out presents from his wonderful underwater grotto with bubbles galore! Guests also enjoyed the debut performance of Clare and her Team Gym squad. We took the opportunity at our Christmas party to present our annual club awards to those gymnasts who have worked extra hard and stood out over the past 12 months. Each of our Preschool gymnasts were presented with a certificate and medal for being such pleasures to work with. Several of our General Gymnastics class members were rewarded for their progression this year. Well done to Leah Thorp, Freya Collard, Kimberley Foster, Madeline Reynolds, Grant Brookes, Rosie Farrance, Elise St John, Neve Whittaker, Abbie Curd, Alice Prior, Georgia Moore, Eva Roche and Connor Demirtunc. Medals of Achievement were presented to Jemima Beal, Natalie Andrews and Gemma Morgan for each being selected for the Women's Artistic County Squad in 2007. Medals of Achievement also went to Kasbian Rogers and Jack Cooper for representing the South East at the British Men's Set Work Championships. Our up and coming Team Gym squad were presented with framed photos by their coach, Clare, for all their work towards coming together as a team so well. Anna Marosi was preseend with the Floor & Vault award for showing good progress all year. Robyn Mackay received the Friends Cup for showing good attention to detail and always being polite and considerate. Gemma Morgan was awarded the Kent Cup for maintaining a good progression all year despite injury and remaining motivated at all times. Development Awards went to Josie Martin, Libby Begbie and Callan Hall for each showing very good work and effort in the gym and progressing so well at such young ages. Jemima Beal and Erin Burt were awarded Junior Improver Awards in recognition of their consistent effort and the level of work they have achieved over the past year. Kasbian Rogers was named Junior Gymnast of the Year for always putting in maximum effort and achieving consistently good competition results including individual bronze at Regional Grades, team silver at National Grades Finals, team gold and the Kent Floor & Vault and individual gold at the Pegasus Junior Open. Kayley Watkins was named Senior Gymnast of the Year for working extremely hard all year round and not slowing down even when she dislocated her elbow. Kayley was also presented with the Gymnast of the Year cup in honor of her work in the club as a whole. Kayley always uses her position as the eldest elite gymnast in a mature and responsible manner and has become a well respected role model for all the younger gymnasts. She has also worked very hard to become a wonderful assistant coach. Well done to all the gymnasts and thank you to all the parents, volunteers and coaches for making 2007 a successful year for Summerfields Gymnastics Club. CONGRATULATIONS JODIE Jodie Saxby, one of our coaches, finished in second place in the Young Coach Of The Year category at the Sussex Sports Awards at the end of last year. Well done and congratulations from everyone at Summerfields! COMPETITION RESULTS The following competition results are now available to view in the Results section: Veterans Championships Women's Regional Championships Sussex Championships To view the results from these competitions please click here BRIGHTON & HOVE GYMNASTICS CLUB VISIT FOR SLEEPOVER On Saturday 18 August boys and girls from Brighton & Hove Gymnastics Club arrived at Summerfields accompanied by their coaches. After several hours of training everyone enjoyed a BBQ outside and then some free time to play inside the gym. As the evening approached things calmed down with some movies. Everyone watched DVDs on the TV from their sleeping bags and gradually fell asleep, giving the coaches and volunteers a few hours of peace. The next morning the children were raring to go again so a few more hours of training were then followed by games and cake (we had a few birthdays to celebrate). By the time Sunday lunch and the time to say goodbye had arrived everyone had enjoyed many hours of training, fun and making new friends. Big thanks to Nony, Tracey, Mandy and Lee for making the weekend run so smoothly and keeping everyone fed! Thanks to the Summerfields coaches (Brenda, Emma, Matte and Dale) for hosting and thanks also to the Brighton & Hove coaches (Dave, Kim and Kelly) for giving up their weekend and brining their gymnasts. We hope to have you all over again soon. Summerfields Gymnastics Club, Haywood Way, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4PL     Tel: 01424 444 615