Ellan Vannin

A party of 6 young gymnasts from EVGC attended the Greater Manchester Open Championships recently. They were accompanied by coach Jayne Evett and judge Hayley Curtis. Amy Whiteway, Emily Dale-Beeton, Tara Ferguson, Emily Haddock and Kaitlin Kneen took part in the level 3 competition.

Results Here!

After a nightmare on beam Tara kept calm on bars to take the bronze medal and then excelled on floor gaining a massive 12.50 for the gold medal.

Emily had an excellent all around competition, taking 4^th on vault, bars and floor, then winning the silver on beam for an excellent routine packed with difficulty. Emily won the overall bronze medal.

Amy Whiteway was not far behind on beam to take the bronze medal here plus a very creditable 8th overall.

Emelie upped her difficulty level from last year and was rewarded with a better score on bars, although finishing outside the medals and an overall 10^th position.

Kaitlin didn’t have the best of competitions, with a slight injury gained on her first vault preventing a good performance.

Chloe Macdonald was the lone competitor from the club in the level 4 competition. Chloe competed with an increasing maturity and although outside of the medals her bar score was improved and her best score was 15^th on floor in a large field of competitiors.

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To mark the end of a winter preparing set moves and learning new routines 180 General Gymnasts, from Manx Gymnastics Centre of Excellence (MG), Ellan Vannin Gymnastics Club (EV), Southern Gymnastics Club (SGC) and new club Legs of Man (LOM), gathered at the Ellan Vannin Gymnastics Club for their annual competition. With medals, trophies and participation certificates, provided by the sponsor Shimmin Wilson & Co., there was much to compete for, however just taking part is a big achievement for these gymnasts, most of who train for one hour each week. A huge thank you to the army of volunteers who helped before, during and after the competition and a big thank you to the judges and coaches who helped to make the event run smoothly.

Full results are available on the websites, but main results are as follows;

Level 1 under 7 boys, Jack Collister, MG; under 7 girls Becky Bellhouse, MG; under 9 boys Josh Crichton, MG; under 9 girls Ashley Christian, MG; under 11 boys Niall McBride EV;

Overall level 1 trophy winner Josh Chrichton

Level 2 under 7 boys Andrew Ivshin MG; under 7 girls Darcy Cain EV; under 9 boys Illiam Parnell SGC; under 9 girls Emma Sutton MG; under 11 girls Jasmine Quirk MG; under 13 girls Danielle Roberts;

Overall level 2 trophy winner Illiam Parnell

Level 3 under 9 girls Elise Telford EV; under 9 boys Joel Avery MG; under 11 girls Megan Marsh MG; under 11 boys Finn Ledwidge MG; over 11 girls Alicia Madden; over 11 boys Tom Hewitson MG;

Level 3 overall trophy winner Tom Hewitson

Level 4 under 11 girls Caitlin Collister MG, over 11 girls Louisa Bowker MG;

Level 4 overall trophy winner Louisa Bowker

Level 5 overall trophy winner Natasha Bibby EV

Level 6 overall trophy winner Lauren Kerruish MG

Since we had a slow weekend (with only the Invitational and the Gala), we thought we’d see if Double World Champion, Marian Dragulescu, would like to pop over from Romania for a nice cup of tea and a chat.

So, he did.