Date: Saturday 8th December 2012 at Sawston
Entries close: TBC
Entry ages: 4 years +
Members of the club came together to compete at Sawston Sports Centre for the annual club competition. Once again it was a well-supported affair, and although numbers were down on our previous year, we still managed over 100 individual entries and 18 synchro pairs.
Committee members, coaches, parents and bouncers all worked hard on the Friday evening to get the hall ready for the competition the next day, which then gave the members some valuable extra training. We want to thank all those that assisted with the setting up and taking down efforts, without your help, events like this cannot be run. Additional thanks must go to our external judges for the day Joanne Wardle, Steve Loche and Jane Macrae who journeyed up to Cambridge out of their own generosity.
As usual the high-light of the day was the annual fancy dress synchro, but more of that later. The competition started with the annual Coaches competition, a chance for the coaches to prove that they can’t just talk about what they know, but show they can also perform it. Despite the absence of two of coach/performers, it was still a fun and close competition, with seven of our senior coaches taking part and Andrew Aistrup beating Emily Copeland into first place with Fiona Hill taking a credible third.
As we moved into the competition proper, the coaches were delighted to see the high standard of performance at all levels, which was borne out by the number of members who achieved the qualifying grades to the next levels. These include those competing in the ‘Club’ grades who have achieved the scores to move up a grade, and all those that placed 1st and many of those in the medals achieved qualifying scores, so our congratulations go out to them. (All those in Green on the results table achieved the qualifying grade scores).
The Roos and under 7 members were next to compete in the Girls U7 club K grade. After a great competition the results were 1st place for Molly McGregor, 2nd for Kira Snook and 3rd for Ella Searle. In the Boys K grade we saw a 1st place for Sollie Strydom-Green, 2nd for Oliver Burrell and 3rd for Matis Candotti. In the Girls O7 Club K grade Amelia Crew came 1st, Lizzie Chamberlain took 2nd place and Martha Peirson took 3rd place. In the O9 Girls club J another great competition was underway with Livvy Furber taking 1st place, Jessica Greene coming 2nd and Jessica Hancock taking 3rd. The Boys Club J comp had two entries and Jude Taylor pipped Luhan Bely for 1st place.
In the U11 Girls Club I, some of our promising youngsters were battling it out for the medals, Hannah Swinton took first place, beating Danae Candotti in 2nd making it two medals for the Candotti family and Sarah Hardwick was 3rd. In the O11 Girls Club I, Alexa Hanson had a comfortable win from Susie Franklin with Sarah Dace coming 3rd. In the Boys Club I competition, Alex Burson started the day of well for the Burson family, taking 1st place from Greg Briscoe in 2nd and Sam Patterson in 3rd.
In the U11 Girls Club H, Meghan Searle and Katie Todman had an excellent competition, with Meghan taking first place, Katie was 2nd and Aaliyah Kinnley took 3rd. In the In the U15 Girls Club H, Rosie Males took first from Rachael Flack and Gaelle Daniel was 3rd. In the O15 Girls Club H, Rebecca Kiff took first place with Jane Wilkey in 2nd. In the Boys Club H, Just 0.5 separated the top 3 places, with Mael Bely taking 1st, Kieran Thorne taking 2nd, by just 0.1 from Abhi MacDonald Marlow. Moving into the regional grades, in the U11 Girls Regional G, Sydney Kelly took 1st place, with Anya Snook taking 2nd from her sister Yasmin Snook in 3rd place. In the O11 Girls Regional G, Mila Feldman came 1st, Katie Evans was 2nd with Ashlea Bucke taking 3rd. In the Boys Club G, Callum Beasley was 1st with Gabriel Styrdom-Green in 2nd and Tristan Harris in 3rd.
In the all Regional F grade, Lois McGuire took first place from Daniella Stephenson and in the Girls Regional E grade, Becky Midgely took 1st from her friend and rival Frances Pickup. In the Boys Regional E, Harry Mallows beat Byron Bowden-Pickstock with an excellent total score that bodes well for the 2013 season.
In the U15 Girls Regional D, Tarrane Kendon took 1st place whilst in the National C competition, Nat Whittingham narrowly beat Matthew Burson.
The fancy dress synchro was the highlight of a fabulous day. As usual the costumes were excellent, with an extremely cute bumble bee in the shape of Isabella taking the largest ‘awww’ of the day. However, the costumes weren’t the only winners, the large audience was treated to some excellent synchronised Trampolining, with the winning pair scoring an impressive ‘perfect 10’ in their synchro scores. The competition was won by Frances Pickup and Becky Midgley, with Livvy Furber and Trinity Kelly taking 2nd place from Francoise Lucas and daughter Sydney Kelly, so medals all-around of the Lucas/Kelly family. The fancy dress competition was decided by the biggest cheers and Frances and Becky took first place in this as well with their excellent Smurf costumes.
And so we came to the end of yet another amazing annual club competition. The hall was cleared in double quick time by a host of volunteers and the 2012 season drew to a close. The club returns to training in early January, where we are looking to continue to provide fun, enjoyment, excitement and great competition to the Trampolining fraternity of Cambridgeshire (and parts of Essex and Suffolk!).