World Age Games - Day One Qualifications...

Session 3
Juniors 12-19

Women's Pair (BALANCE)
Women's Group (DYNAMIC)
Men's Group (BALANCE)
Womens Pair (BALANCE)

The Belarusian pair, Bartashevich and Shchuka, set the score to beat, an impressive 28.250 given for their high level of difficulty and fantastic links. The French pair, Deneuville and Le Guennec, showed the strength of this year’s French squad, taking the top position after an elegant and beautifully performed routine gave them an artistry score of 9.05, 9.30 for execution and an overall scoring of 28.350, which gave the remaining 15 partnerships something to aim for, including two pairs from Great Britain. The Russians performed a trademark clean routine, and were awarded with a score of 28.500. Maiken Thorne and Mollie Grehan from King Edmund in the South West performed a much improved routine worthy of 9.00 artistry 9.500 execution with an overall score of 28.500 taking them level with the Russians. Last minute members of the GBR team, from South Tyneside, Johnstone and Lee completed their routine with a few minor mistakes, leaving them with a score of 27.000 and in 5th place with 10 to go. The audience helped along the German Women’s Pair, by clapping when a technical fault on the music computer meant most of their routine was completed in silence. The judges did not deduct for this, and the pair scored 27.750 making it into 8th place after one routine.

The standings after one routine (Balance) in 12-19 WP
1 GBR 2 - Grehan, Thorne 9.50 9.00 10.000 0.00 28.5001 RUS - Gladneva, Vaschenko 9.45 9.05 10.000 0.00 28.5003 FRA 2 - Deneuville, Le Guennec 9.30 9.05 10.000 0.00 28.3504 BLR 1 - Bartashevich, Shchuka 9.40 8.85 10.000 0.00 28.2505 FRA 1 - Bidaud, Val 9.20 8.85 10.000 0.00 28.0505 BLR 2 - Mikhnevich, Yanusik 9.15 8.90 10.000 0.00 28.0505 KAZ - Navodey, Vladyka 9.15 8.90 10.000 0.00 28.0508 GER 1 - Bothe, Meyert 9.10 8.70 9.950 (109.0) 0.00 27.750= 10 GBR 1 - Johnstone, Lee 8.80 8.80 10.000 0.60 27.000

WOMEN'S GROUP (DYNAMIC)
The Ukraine set the standard for the Junior Women's Group first day with a dramatic routine, scoring 28.050 with the judges. The German, Australian and South African groups all made slight errors, meaning that they weren’t able to take the Ukrainian Group off the top spot. The Polish trio, Brzozowska, Radlowska and Rudnicka came closest in the first section of the competition, with a score of 28.000, just .050 off 1st place. The French girls, Capacci, Chameroy and Desvignes also scored 28.000, taking them level with Poland, and like in the Women Pairs competition, they displayed a much improved standard of French acrobatics. The United States 1 kicked off the final set of junior womens group, performing with confidence, but only managed to score 27.550 due to a few minor mistakes. The British trio of Burfield, McGrath and Smith, from Harefield Gymnastics Academy in London raised the level of competition, with a dramatic and polished routine, scoring 28.500 with the judges and wowing the audience, performing a double straight, full in back from pitch, one of the hardest skills performed in the 12-19 competition. The Belarusian Women’s Group continued to impress with their traditional choreography and style but remained .05 behind the British trio. The Russian Womens Group was the last to go, opening with a 2 and half front to wrap. The Russians impressed with their high level skills and execution, and scored a remarkable 28.700, 9.5 for execution and 9.2 for artistry, taking them ahead of the GBR girls, by 0.2 after one routine.

The standings after one routine (Dynamic) in 12-19 WG
1 RUS - Belichko, Kuznetsova, Ternovykh 9.50 9.20 10.000 (85.0) 0.00 28.7002 GBR - Burfield, McGrath, Smith 9.40 9.10 10.000 (95.0) 0.00 28.5003 BLR - Dudkouskaya, Khrypach, Usmanova 9.25 9.20 10.000 (88.0) 0.00 28.4504 UKR - Kalyta, Odintsova, Vinnik 9.05 9.00 10.000 (89.0) 0.00 28.0505 FRA 1 - Capacci, Chameroy, Desvignes 9.00 9.00 10.000 (95.0) 0.00 28.0005 POL 2 - Brzozowska, Radlowska, Rudnicka 8.95 9.05 10.000 (89.0) 0.00 28.0007 BUL - Andreeva, Lalinska, Marinska 9.05 8.80 10.000 (97.0) 0.00 27.8507 USA 2 - Giblin, Rey, Rodgess 9.00 8.85 10.000 (86.0) 0.00 27.850

MEN'S GROUP (BALANCE)The Russian Men’s Group showed the audience in Glasgow a sample of their high level of skill, performing straddle lever, on a near perfect top planche on top of splits. This and their showmanship earned them a score of 28.100 from the judges. An impressive score for partnership that have only recently moved up from the 11-16 Age Group. Although slightly shaky, the Polish Mens Group performed some show-stoppingbalances, but only scored 27.400, putting them in 3rd with three to go. The Ukrainian Men's Group of Hantyuk, Moskva, Petsukh and Romanyak impressed the judges with their original and entertaining choreography, scoring 28.500 with the judges. The final routine was the GBR Men’s Group from, Deerness Valley, Heskett, Hurst, Peart and Walker, a great finale to a strong competition in the discipline. The boys completed an almost faultless routine, and were awarded 28.250 by the judges, leaving them in second after one routine.

The standings after one routine (Balance) in 12-19 MG
1 UKR 1 - Hnatyuk, Moskva, Petsukh, 9.25 9.25 10.000 0.00 28.5002 GBR - Heskett, Hurst, Peart, Walker 9.25 9.00 10.000 0.00 28.2503 RUS - Degterev, Makhmudov, Nevzorov, 9.35 8.75 10.000 0.00 28.1004 BLR - Khvalko, Shatau, Ulasevich, Zhdanovich 9.00 8.80 10.000 0.00 27.8005 POL - Antonowicz, Jarczak, Karpinski, Rudyk 9.00 8.70 10.000 0.30 27.4006 UKR 2 - Chuchukalo, Demchyshak, 8.75 8.55 9.850 (105.0) 0.00 27.1507 HUN - Bango, Janocha, Korosi, Szamosi 8.05 7.40 8.100 (53.0) 0.60 22.950