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)