Gymnast Profile: Charlotte Dyson

Name: Charlotte Dyson
Age: 10
Club: South Staffs Acrobatics
Coaches: Nick Duddy and Gemma
Disapline: Grade 4 Womens Groups

Charlotte is one of the most promising talents coming out of the West Midlands region and has the determination and drive to succeed, she is definitly a gymnast to look out for in the future.

Charlie got involved in acrobatic gymnastics 3 years ago, aged just 7 years, after seeing an article in a local paper about South Staffs Acrobatics. Since then she has improved dramatically, now working her way to competiting on a National stage.

Miss Dyson has moved through the National Development Plan with ease, and has worked with various partners on the way including; Womens pairs at Grade 1 with both Kristina Burns and Laura Furnival. Grade 2 Womens Groups with various partners including current base, Sammy-Jo Burlton. (Picture Bottom Right) Her longest partnership of a WP2 with Laura Furnival saw her gain a podium place on various occasions.

She has had trial partnerships with acclaimed gymnasts, Amy Marsdon and Claire Rutter who have both represented GB in various competition. However, Charlie was left dissapointed wheb Marsdon and Rutter announced their retirement.

But this lead on to one of her best partnerships yet. Charlie is now working with Sarah Smallman and Sammy-Jo Burlton in a Grade 4 Trio, and they seem to be getting better and better. Their latest results prove their talent as a group, including 8th Place at the recent NDP British Championships and a silver medal at the 2007 Bucks Open in Milton Keynes. (Picture Below)

She is an extremely talented gymnast with great potential. Her favorite dynamic skill is 1 3/4 front to craddle and favours the russian lever balance. However, her forte is her flexibilty, demonstrated in the quality of her valdez, walkovers and mexian handstands.
Charlottes dream is currently to win a medal at a British Championships or Tournament, which is a VERY realistic dream.

Lets hope that she extends this wish to competing on a European and World stage, because if she contiunes to progress at the level she has begun, it wont be long before this 10 year old from the Midlands is representing Great Britian.

Good Luck Charlie, and Keep Working Hard....

Charlotte Dyson Current Results and Placings:
2005 women’s pairs - west midlands prelims (4th place)
2005 women’s pair’s -ndp championships (6th place)
2005 women’s trio – ndp championships (1st place)
2006 women’s trio- west midlands prelims (2nd place)
2006 women’s pairs - west midlands prelims (6th place)
2006 women’s trio – saltney classic (4th place)
2006 women’s pair- saltney classic (3rd place)
2006 women’s trio- ndp championships (2nd place)
2006 women’s pair- ndp championships (1st place)
2007 women’s pairs - west midlands prelims (2nd place)
2007 women’s trio- mylton Keynes bucks open (2nd place)
2007 women’s trio- British championships (8th place)



Charlies Current Medal Table:

Bronze-1
Silver-6

Gold-3

For more information on South Staffs follow the link on the Clubs Link bar on the right of the page.

Bucks Open 2007

NDP Level competition held at Milton Keynes Gymnastics Centre- 12/13th May 2007

For Pictures Check Out Cherry-Ann Ballentyne's amazing photography from the event.
(you can purchase photographs of yourself from Cherry-Ann)

NDP British Finals 2007

This weekend Fenton Manor in Stoke-On-Trent played host, yet again, to another succesful acrobatic gymnastics & tumbling championships. This time the country's best NDP acrobats battled it out to be crowned British Champions!

The NDP is fundemental to the development of British talent in acrobatic gymnastics, and competitions like the National Finals showcases the potential in the sport. It also sets goals, targets and aims for the young gymnasts to work towards in setting their own challenges.

WELL DONE EVERYONE

There was a great show of clubs from up and down the country, including;

Avondale
Bromley Valley
Castle
Checkers
Deal
Deerness Valley
Diamonds
Harefield
Harelquins
Haverford West
Havering
Horsham
King Edmunds
Kings Lynn
Notts Acro
Oxford
Phoenix
Richmond
Rugby
Saltney
Seagulls
South Staffs
South Tyne
Stafford Acro
Wakefield
Wakefield
West Bromich
West Kirby
West Street

...and many more!

For full results Click Here
Pictures Coming Soon- Keep Checking!

British Acro & Tumbling Championships 2006

What a weekend of competition, with all the big clubs back in buisness, it made for an excting display of British talent, which we dont seem too short of at the moment!


Matei Todorov, Technical Director for Acrobatics and Tumbling talks to BAGA after the event: “For me the most impressive performances came in the 11-16 age bracket where the competition was very strong and the presentation widespread geographically. They showed some very good artistry and I was very happy with the make up of the partnerships, where in the past we have seen all shapes and abilities the selection now looks a lot better.

The Senior and Junior categories were not as widely competed, however we should still have a very strong Team for the European Championships in October. In the Tumbling the most important aspect was the development of the youngest gymnasts who showed enormous potential as well as a unified technique. The number of people at the right level makes us very optimistic for the Worlds in Canada.

The senior men and women were also very impressive although there were some uncharacteristic mistakes, overall the competition was very strong and hard to predict. The organisation of the tournament made it the best year ever. With the introduction of the big screen, this opens a new page of organisation and all of us will learn from this experience. We were all desperate for these types of media improvements and we should now go forward and take advantage of them.”

Here are the results! (Full results can be found on the British Gymnastics website)

Men’s Group.
Senior
1 st- Adam Dobbs, Adam Denny , Adam Smith, Andrew Price (Bromley Valley)
2 nd- Chris Carter, Wayne Skivington, Chris McGreevy, John Atherton (Wakefield)

Junior
1 st- Richard Hurst, Simon Peart, Josh Robinson, Jesse Heskett (Deerness Valley)

11-16
1 st- Matthew Evison, Jonathan Bell, Reeece Stockport, Joseph Dean (Deerness)
2nd- Shaun Malone, Oliver Wright, Chester Wilmott, Jack Pothecary (K.Edmund)

Men’s Pairs
Senior
1 st- Mark Fyson, Chris Jones (Deerness)

Junior
1 st- Liam Dudbridge, Jonathon Stranks (Spelthorne)
2 nd- Dorian Walker, Stephen Raine (Deerness Valley)

11-16
1 st- Lee Baker, Keiran Baker (Horsham)
2 nd- Alex Houston, Timothy Pritchard (Deerness)
3 rd- Barnaby Llewellyn, Danny Bates (K.Edmund)

Mixed Pair
Senior
1 st- Patrick Bonner, Alex Grayson (Deerness Valley)

Junior
1 st- James Palmer, Georgia Sturt (Spelthorne)
2 nd- Dominic Hodge, Charlotte Thomas (West Street)

11-16
1 st- Kaman Mitchell, Tasha Lawrence (K.Edmund)
2 nd- Christopher Webster, Francesca Harland (Spelthorne)
3 rd- Christopher Rogers, Abby McArdle (Monarchs)

Women’s Group
Senior
1 st- Casey Morrison, Emily Grove, Victoria Lamkin (Spelthorne)
2 nd- Hayley Buckman, Hannah Pompa, Charlotte Franklin (Southampton)
3 rd- Dawn Kennelly, Samantha Baldwin, Lucy Finch (Wigan Seagulls)

Junior
1 st- Jessica Dangerfield, Katherine Smith, Ciara McGrath (Harefield)
2 nd- Helen Dean, Helen Dewell, Beth Young (Deerness)
3 rd- Candice Slater, Nikkitta Cox, Coral Patrick (South Tyneside)

11-16
1 st- Joanne White, Amber Ballantyne-Styles, Abigail Collins(Oxford)
2 nd- Catherine Aitchison, Rosie Green, Ellie Newitt (Oxford)
3 rd- Leighanne Cowler, Lauren Kemp, Hollianne Wood (Spelthorne)

Women’s Pairs
Senior
1 st- Elizabeth Oliver, Katie Axten (Spelthorne)
2 nd- Tania Noble, Bibi Passmore (Richmond)
3 rd – Kelly Bilverstone, Natalie Jarvis (Norwich)

Junior
1 st- Kelly Mannion, Deborah Owen (Harefield)
2 nd- Amy Crow, Amy Laycock (Wakefild)
3 rd- Maiken Thorne, Mollie Graham (King Edmund)

11-16
1 st- Hannah Bevens, Jasmine Danby (Deerness)
2 nd- Paris Lever, Roisin Evans (Spelthorne)
3 rd- Kezia Ross, Lauren Drinkald (Deerness)

Tumbling

9-10 yrs
Men
1 st- Kaylum Batchelor (Andover)
2 nd- Callum Kolade (Richmond)
3 rd- Thomas Higginson (Southampton)

Women
1 st- Emily Marsden- Payne (Pinewood)
2 nd- Jemma Saunders (Wakefield)
3 rd- Kara Heaton (Warrington)

11-12 yrs
Men
1 st- Greg Townley (Derby City)
2 nd- William Arter (Andover)
3 rd- Jack Jeavons (West Bromwich)

Women
1 st- Heather Cowell (Richmond)
2 nd- Hannah Saunders (Wirral GC)
3 rd- Hope Roberts (Lynx)

13-14 yrs
Men
1 st- Garret Nixon (Derby City)
2 nd- Connor Maloner (Lynx)
3 rd- Dale Cherry (Lynx)

Women
1 st- Megan Green (Lynx)
2 nd- Paige Clarke (Pinewood)
3 rd- Sharnah Evans (Deeside)

15-16 yrs
Men
1 st- Benny Leach (Andover)
2 nd- Daniel Kowles (Deerness Valley)
3 rd- Ryan Dyer (Pinewood)

Women
1 st- Rachel Letsche (Warrington)
2 nd- Mica Parry (Wirral GC)
3 rd- Samantha Rocket (Wakefield)

Senior
Men.
1 st- Damien Walters (Derby City)
2 nd- Stephen Newey (Pinewood)
3 rd- Charlie Burrows (Pinewood)

Senior
Women.
1 st- Laura Housan (Wakefield)
2 nd- Jennifer Dawes (Wakefield)
3 rd- Sarah Turner (Wakefield)

GB Enter The Acro World Rankings

Coming Soon!

World Cup Final 2007 Puurs

ACROBATIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CUP FINAL 2007
6th to 10th April 2007
in Puurs, (BEL)

Yet another high quality showcase of acrobatic gymnastics from across the world! This World Cup Final was the conclusion to the 2005-2007 World Cup series in acrobatic gymnastics that included two other World Cup's in Puurs in 2005 and 2006.

50 athletes from 9 countries, Belarus, Belgium, Great Britain, Lithunia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, the Ukraine, and the U.S.A. qualified. However, there was no men's group competition due to a lack of participants. In addition, there was no formal ceremony for the women's pair event as only three pairs from two countries competed, and thus, no medals distributed. China also did not compete.

It was a competition full on controvosy, with a Russian Trio (Ekaterina Stroynova and Ekaterina Loginova associated with their new acrobat Anastasia Chistyakova) refused to be officially measure and the FIG decided to penalize the trio by 1.00 pt for each exercise of the trio in accordance with the FIG Code of Points.
In the end, Russia and Belarus took two gold medal place each. The highest finishing British Acrobats were mens pair, Mark Fyson and Christopher Jones, coming in 4th place.

Full Results of the competition can be found here- RESULTS
Pictures of the event can be found on the FIG Website....PICTURES

From Russia, With Love

I thought it was only right to post this video of the Russian womens trio. They are currently Both Europian and World Champions, and from the skills demonstrated in this rouitine, I think you'll agree they deserve the titles! Enjoy..

Watch The Video!