23rd European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics

Once again Great Britian proved itself as one of the strongest forces in the World in Acrobatic Gymnastics during the recent European Championships at the Maaspoort Sports & Events centre in S'Hertogenbosch, Holland.

There were delegations from Armenia, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, to name but a few!

The British representatives were:
Senior European Championships
Women’s Pairs: Elizabeth Oliver & Katie Axten from Spelthorne
Men’s Pairs: Mark Fyson & Chris Jones from Deerness Valley
Mixed Pairs: Nicholas Illingworth & Sarah Cameron from Wakefield
Women’s Groups: Emily Grove, Casey Morrison & Victoria Lamkin from Spelthorne
Men’s Groups: Adam McAssey, Adam Buckingham, Alex Uttley & Sam Sturt from Spelthorne

Junior European Championships
Women’s Pairs: Maiken Thorne & Mollie Grehan from King Edmund
Men’s Pairs: Liam Durbidge & Jonathan Stranks from Spelthorne
Mixed Pairs: James Palmer & Georgia Sturt from Spelthorne
Women’s Groups: Katy Smith, Ciara McGrath & Jessica Dangerfield from Harefield
Men’s Groups: Richard Hurst, Simon Peart, Josh Robinson & Jesse Heskett from Deerness

International Age Group Championships
Women’s Pairs:

Jasmine Danby & Hannah Bevens from Deerness Valley
Louise Lee & Hannah Johnstone South Tyne

Men’s Pairs:
Alex Houston & Timothy Pritchard from Deerness Valley
Lee Baker & Kieran Baker from Horsham

Mixed Pairs
Kaman Mitchell & Tasha Lawrence from King Edmund
Chris Cranfield & Ellie Stewart-Croker from Horsham

Women’s Groups
Catherine Aitchinson, Rosie Green & Ellie Newitt from Oxford
Amber Ballantyne Sykes, Joanne White & Abigail Collins from Oxford

Men’s Groups
Matthew Evison, Jonathan Bell, Reece Stockport & Joseph Dean Deerness Valley
Christopher Rogers, Oliver Wright, Chester Wilmot & Jack Pothecary South West

In the Team competitions GBR picked up both the Senior and Junior Silver medals losing out admirably to the mighty Russian delegation to both titles, which is a fair defeat!

Over all GB picked up 3 Gold, 7 Silvers and 4 Bronze medals and definitly made a mark on the World of Acrobatics- Bring on the Worlds in USA 2008!

Results

Senior
WP - 1st Russia; 2nd Bulgaria; 3rd Great Britain
WG - 1st Great Britain; 2nd Ukraine; 3rd Belgium

MP - 1st Ukraine; 2nd Russia; 3rd Great Britain

MXP - 5th Great Britain

MG - 1st Ukraine; 2nd Russia; 3rd Great Britain

Juniors

WP - 1st Russia; 2nd Bulgaria; 3rd Germany; 4th Great Britain

WG - 1st Russia; 2nd Belgium; 3rd Great Britain

MP - 1st Great Britain; 2nd Russia; 3rd Ukraine

MXP - 1st Belgium; 2nd Great Britain; 3rd Russia

MG - 1st Russia; 2nd Ukraine; 3rd Bulgaria; 5th Great Britain

Age Groups

WP - 1st Russia; 2nd Great Britain; 3rd Belgium

WG - 1st Russia; 2nd Great Britain; 3rd Belgium

MP - 1st Russia; 2nd Great Britain; 3rd Bulgaria

MXP - 1st Russia; 2nd Great Britain; 3rd Bulgaria

MG - 1st Great Britain; 2nd Russia; 3rd Poland