North Walsham Sport Centre
Gymnastics Club,
Spenser Avenue,
North Walsham,
Norfolk,
NR28 9HZ
01692 402293
News
Controlled Competition 08/08/10
With 4 weeks to go before the Voluntary Levels Competition North Walsham tested 5 of its members at a 'mock' competition.
Used Ink Cartridges
We are collecting used ink cartridges to raise money for the club. Please hand them in to any coach - no Epson or Brother toners please! Thank you.
North Walsham Gymnastics Club Summer School
Details of Summer Holiday dates
Please see News Page for more details
Norfolk County Squad
On the 30th May North Walsham Gymnastics Club invited 6 of their gymnasts to take part in the development section of the Norfolk County Squad. The event was held at Norwich Gymnastics Club. Many new moves were achieved in the short space of 3 hrs.
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News
Controlled Competition 08/08/10
With 4 weeks to go before the Voluntary Levels Competition North Walsham tested 5 of its members at a 'mock' competition.
The girls competed in Olympic apparatus order and the competition ran as smoothly as the girls routines. Abigail Gower performed an amazing flighty vault coming 1st closely followed by Paige Yarham, Nicole Powley, Faith Jones and Georgia Pegg in 6th position.
Bars was next with Paige Yarham coming in 1st competing her upstarts and dismount for the first time. Joint 2nd were Abigail Gower and Nicole Powley, also competing her upstart for the first time only gaining the move on Thursday and after the competition achieved her long upstart too. Faith Jones 3rd and Georgia Pegg 4th.
Paige Yarham came 2nd on beam sticking all her moves, Nicole Powley in 3rd also with a clean routine. Faith Jones grabbed fourth with no falls, Georgia Pegg in 5th and Abigail Gower in 6th.
Floor was our final piece and saw Nicole Powley gain the highest mark overall an amazing 12.10. Our secret weapon Faith Jones was 2nd only landing her flick on the Thursday before, Abigail Gower in 3rd, Paige Yarham 4th and Georgia Pegg 7th.
Overall rankings can be seen below.
Vault |
Bars |
Beam |
Floor |
Total |
Position |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paige Yarham | 11.50 | 10.80 | 10.55 | 11.20 | 44.05 | 1st |
| Nicole Powley | 11.25 | 9.2 | 10.25 | 12.10 | 42.80 | 2nd |
| Faith Jones | 10.3 | 9.1 | 9.75 | 11.80 | 40.95 | 3rd |
| Abigail Gower | 11.60 | 9.2 | 8.15 | 11.60 | 40.55 | 4th |
| Georgia Pegg | 10.00 | 8.3 | 9.45 | 10.90 | 38.65 | 5th |
Used Ink Cartridges
We are collecting used ink cartridges to raise money for the club. Please hand them in to any coach - no Epson or Brother toners please! Thank you.
North Walsham Gymnastics Club Summer School
Details of Summer Holiday dates
Any sessions which the coaches need to cancel will be fully refunded. All sessions £6 each. Cheques to A.Thurston. Limited spaces.
Last session Saturday 24th July. All other sessions will be cancelled. Re start Tuesday 7th September
Mon 26th July, Tuesday 27th July, Thursday 29th July
- 10-11.30 Waiting List & Friends trials
- 11.30-2.00 Competition
Mon 2nd August, Tues 3rd August, Thurs 5th August
- 10.00-11.30 Recreational Groups
- 11.30-2.00 Competition
NORWICH SUMMER SCHOOL MONDAY 9TH – THURSDAY 12TH AUGUST £70. Competition group only please let me know if you are interested
Mon 23rd August, Tues 24th Aug, Thurs 26th August
- 10-11.30 Waiting List & Friends trials
- 11.30-2.00 Competition
SQUAD Sunday 29th August 10-1 & 1.30-4.30. 7 Gymnasts only
Tues 31st August, Thursday 2nd September
- 10.00-11.30 Recreational Groups
- 11.30-2.00 Competition
Saturday 4th September - 1.00-3.00 Competition run through
Sunday 5th September – County Levels Competition
Norfolk County Squad
On the 30th May North Walsham Gymnastics Club invited 6 of their gymnasts to take part in the development section of the Norfolk County Squad. The event was held at Norwich Gymnastics Club. Many new moves were achieved in the short space of 3 hrs.
- Paige Yarham - Long upstart, 3/4 sole circle dismount on bar and flick somersault on floor, even trying out some giants for the first time.
- Nicole Powley - flick on low beam, flick somersault on floor.
- Abigail Bunn - Handspring and flick on floor.
- Georgia Pegg - handspring on floor.
- Abigail Gower - front somersault on floor.
- Delilah Mitchell - Forward walkover on high beam.
Well done to all girls, a very exciting and worth while experience.
In the paper!
We have been featured in the North Norfolk News - you can find the story here
New Recreational Class
The 15th June 2010 will mark the start of a NEW recreational class. The class will run in the Sports Hall along side the competition group in the gym. We will be inviting 12 gymnasts to take part on Tuesdays 6-7pm run by Alice Stackwood and Bethany Harvey.
Reminders
A reminder that sessions commence from 20th April.
2nd Annual Awards Evening and Disco - Friday 30th April - 7 til 10 - £2.50 - Fancy Dress - Friends welcome. Crisps and drinks available for puchase from bar.
We are now registered with Sainsburys Active Kids. We have collected 700 vouchers and need 13,000 more for our own trampette. If you or any friends shop at Sainsburys please collect for us, it will be appreciated by all.
We have arranged for a sports photographer to take photographs of the gymnasts at the following sessions. Saturday 24th April 1-2pm and 2-3pm and Friday 30th April 4.15 - 5.30 and 5.30 - 6.30pm. Photos will be available for purchase at our Awards and Disco evening.
North Walsham Gymnastics Club polo shirts will be availabe for purchase at a cost of £10 each at the Awards evening. We have only ordered a limited number so there will be an order form for other interested gymnasts.
Thank you. See you in a few weeks.
County Squad
County Squad at Norwich Gymnastics Club on 30th May 9-1 £5. Gymnasts to attend are those with the highest marks from the recent Grades competition. In order Ursula Langley, Lauren Edens, Paige Yarham and Nicole Powley.
Counties National Club Grades 21 March 2010 - Norwich Gymnastics Club
On Sunday 21st March 8 North Walsham girls competed at Norwich Gymnastics Club for the Counties National Club Grades. The pass mark for Grade 12 was 35.00. With such a long break from training the gymnasts had to work extra hard to pass against a very stong opposition. Paige Yarham came 4th place overall in her age group scoring 1st place on vault (becoming a tradition). Delilah Mitchell and Faith Jones also in this age group competed well with Faith just missing the mark by 0.15. In the 12+ age group Jossie Maskrey came 2nd on beam and 3rd on bars and Nicole Powley 3rd on both beam and floor. Abigail Gower, also in this age group, made uncharacteristic mistakes on beam but held a high vault score.
In grade 14 the pass mark was 50.00 and both the girls passed with distinction. Ursula Langley posted consistant scores with only a missed split on range. Lauren Edens also competed well gaining 3rd place on bars.
Training at Easton
On the 18th March North Walsham Gymnasts Paige Yarham, Delilah Mitchell, Faith Jones, Nicole Powley, Abigail Gower, Jossie Maskrey, Lauren Edens and Ursula Langley had an extra training session at Easton Gymnastics Club. The girls got to practice their routines on similar equipment as at the competition on Sunday 21st March.
Well done to all the girls who conducted themselves excellently and whatever the outcome on Sunday we are proud to call them our gymnasts. Thanks to Bradley and Penny for the last minute use of the gym.
Baby news!
Alana Heidi was born on 5th Feb at 12.35 weighing 6lb 8. Sister to Ava Alicia Hazel. Thank you to everyone at the gymnastics club and sports centre for your support and beautiful cards ands gifts. We feel very loved and blessed.
Alexis, Ali, Ava and Alana xxxx
Active Kids
This year North Walsham Gymnastics Club will be collecting Active Kids vouchers from Sainsburys. If you or any friends or family shop at Sainsburys please keep the vouchers and forward on to us at the club. Thank you for your support.
Leotard Sales
Thank you to everyone who has supported our new and second-hand leotard sales. We have now raised the fantastic total of £356!
Waiting List
We have several names on our waiting list with numbers which are no longer in use or they have since moved. Our waiting list is approx 2-3 years so if you have been waiting for this period or longer then please contact us asap with your new details.
Development Day
On the 31st January North Walsham took 4 girls to represent the club at the county development day held at Norwich Gymnastics Club. Paige Yarham, Natalie Wright, Nicole Powley and Delilah Mitchell had a chance to practice their skills for the up coming competition on 21st March.
Quiz ‘n’ Chips Night & Raffle
A great turn out for our 2nd Quiz and Chips night. Thank you to everyone who attended. We raised £279 over all, which will be going towards some new bar rails for our junior bars. Prizes for the evening were sponsored by Mr and Mrs Horsnell. Special thanks to Pat, our Quiz Master, and the gym mums - whose support is always very much appreciated.
AGM
Members are invited to attend the AGM - to be held at The Sports Centre on Tuesday 2nd February at 7pm
Dates for your diary
There are new dates on the calendar page.
There are details of competitions that taking place during 2010, and also revised session dates and times due
News from Down Under
There are some photo's of Jemma Shields from her first external Australian competition in early May 2009, she came 2nd on Floor with 14.6 and 6th overall with a score of 55.2. She had a regional competition on Sat and she came 4th overall, 2nd on Beam with 14.6, 3rd on Floor with 14.1 and 56.2 overall. They don’t assess R&C over here, no idea why. The gym are very happy, she passed her mandatory Level 3 (they go from Level 1 up to Level 10) grade last weekend and even scored 14.3 on vault, which means she can now focus on Level 4 which she’s desperate to do.
She’s in the competition group now and training 12 hrs per week. We got to watch the top girls at the gym perform last weekend, they were amazing
The photo's come courtesy of Adrenalin Photographics and National Sports Photography, both in Australia.
Date Updates - New session & Christmas Closures
There is a new session on Fridays for Competition girls - 16:15 to 17:30
The club will be closed over the Christmas period due to the Hall Floor being resurfaced - the last session is on Tuesday 12th December, and we shall be starting again on the 8th of January.
Second Hand Sale
We will be having a second hand leotard sale on Friday November 20th and Saturday November 21st, and we are looking for more out-grown leotards to sell! If your daughter has leotards or gym shorts in good condition which she no longer wears, we would be delighted to try and sell them for you. You will receive 60% of the sale price, with the other 40% going to the club funds.
If you are interested in doing this, please place your freshly washed item in a bag, along with a note with your name, child's name ans session they attend, and the price you would like to put the item up for sale for (remember you will get 60% if it sells!). Please could you also add a size or age if this is not obvious from the label.
If you would like any further information, please contact Kate Ackroyd on 01603 781006 or Jennie Bunn on 01692 405242. Many thanks.
New leotards
A very big thank you to everyone who has supported the club by buyint a new leotard or pair of shorts. So far we have raised an amazing £176 for club funds. Many, many thanks!
We hope very soon to have a new supply of shorts coming in and new leotards are coming in all the time! So keep checking! If you would like us to put something away for Christmas, we are more than happy to do so and we are happy to take payment in installments as well.
Recreational Apparatus Final
A great day of competition was held at Norwich Gymnastics club on 25th October 2009. There were 6 clubs competiting at only one level and three age groups. North Walsham gymnasts looked very well turned out in their matching team leotards. The girls all looking really polished and stood out from the rest.
In the 8-10 age group Delilah Mitchell came away with the bronze for very neat Bars. In the 11- 12 age group Sophie Crook won Gold on bars for the second year running. Emily Sellick won Silver on Beam, beating her bronze from last year and also took home a bronze on Floor. In the 13+ age group Megan Adams showed beautiful poise on all apparatus and won bronze on Vault.
A very successful competition overall and the coaches are very proud of all 23 of their gymnasts.
Request for photos
Does anyone have any photos of the last Levels competition that they would be happy to be put up on the website? If so, please email them to tomjones8@gmail.com.
Judging courses
Active Norfolk have offered full funding for people to attend the Judging Course in December at Norwich Gymnastics Club. It would be really great for our club to have more people helping with this!
Anyone over 14 years can attend the course. Please see Alexis for more details.
Recreational Competition - 25th October
Please can all candidates hand their cheques (made payable to N.G.A) to Alexis ASAP.
The cost is £3 per piece of apparatus. If you are placed in top 4 at the competition you will qualify for a place at the regionals on 14th November.
You will need to bring membership details and cheque to County Qualifier.
The available sessions are: Age 8-10: 09:00 - 12:00 and Ages 11-12 & 13+ 12:00 - 14:30.
County Levels Competition
The 6th September saw 11 gymnasts from North Walsham take part in the Norfolk County Levels Competition at Norwich Gymnastics Club. All the girls competed in Level 5 with 42 gymnasts in all fighting for medals at this Level. In the 9/10 age group there were 22 gymnasts with North Walsham holding 8 of those places.
Paige Yarham came in 4th place with the highest mark on vaultbeating the other 41 competitors. Natalie Wright came 9th and she came 2nd on vault even though she started with 0.5 lower tariff. Ellen Smith was 13th, achieving 2nd place on bars. Emma Pestell came 14th with 3rd place on beam. Delilah Mitchell, Faith Jones, Georgia Pegg and Abigail Bunn also had a great competition. Georgia Peggs hands very sore and bleeding from the last couple of weeks determination of fulfilling a full bar routine and Abigail Bunn also achieved this with a week to go. Faith Jones did remarkably well with a dislocated/broken finger.
In the 11+ age group we had 3 of 9 competitors. Abigail Gower took 4th place achieving 2nd place on both floor and vault. Nicole Powley in 5th and Jossie Maskrey in 6th. Results can be found on Competition Results page. Well done to all the girls, who made their coaches very proud to coach and represent them.
Norfolk Squad
Norfolk Development Squad was held at Norwich Gymnastics Club on 30th August. 4 Gymnasts from North Walsham took part from 10-1pm. Nicole Powley, Paige Yarham, Natalie Wright and Emma Pestell.
The girls worked hard throughout the session and proved that they were worthy candidates for the squad. The girls, along with 7 others who are due to take part in the Norfolk County Levels Championships on 6th September have been invited for a last practice session at Norwich Gymnastics Club on Saturday 5th, 1-5.
Could you be a judge?
Your help is needed to become a judge for the club. Interested? Please see the Courses section for more info.
£8,452 Awards 4 All Grant & £3,500 raised by you.
In May 2009 we were awarded £8,452 for new equipment for the gymnasts at our club. With this money we were able to buy an Airtrack (£1000 of which was donated by North Walsham Sport Centre), Vaulting Table with trolleys and dust cover, Competition Bars and mats, Coaching block and Competition Beam.
By the time our grant came through prices had risen, so £3,500 of money which gymnasts and various friends of the sport centre and gymnastics club had raised during quiz/bingo nights and gymnasts fees, went towards the short fall as well as some beautiful mats to surround our new beam. Thankyou to everyone who has either donated their time or money to the club.
120 Still Waiting
We are half way through the summer holidays and the coaches have put on extra training for those on the waiting list as well as those already members of the club. Unfortunately the wait is now as long as 2 years and we regret that unless we find some premises, or more time in the gym places wont be available until others leave. On a good note, we will be having 3 new coaches going through their qualifications in September/October so watch out for the new faces.
Goodbye, Farewell.
Ellen Ledger and Roxanne Demmen will be leaving ol Norfolk and heading off to University in October. We would like to wish them all the best for the future and thank them for all the hard work and time they have put into the club. They have both promised to come and coach during any holidays they have free, so we will be holding them to that.
Summer school dates
Dates for summer schools have been published in the Calendar. Please book your required weeks with Alexis.
Four Gymnasts shall be chosen in the middle of August to be in the Norfolk Development Squad.
Recreational Competition date change
The date of the competition in October has been moved to the 25th instead of the 11th.
Dick Prior Display Evening.
Well done to all the competition girls who performed beautifully at the Dick Prior Memorial Display Evening. Norwich gymnastics club once again held their annual display at the fantastic facility which now boasts a brand new £20,000 sprung floor area funded by Town Close. It is the best floor in the East and North Walsham Gymnastics Club were invited to perform. The 14 girls who only had 1 1/2 hours to choreograph the routine made no mistakes and showed the crowd that the hard work and determination in training is really paying off.
North Walsham Squads Chosen
Junior Squad & Senior Squad - Please see GYMBOARD
SILVER @ NATIONALS
On 25th April 09 Alexis was at Cocks Moor Woods Leisure Centre in Birmingham, with Norwich gymnast Emma Jarvis, 14. Leaving at 7am and not returning home until 11pm. This was the first National competition for Alexis and with the great results achieved hopefully many more to come. Emma was competing at Club Grade 6 and made the East Team after coming 4th at Regionals in Ipswich.
Absent Alexis
Although Alexis is away from Saturday 25th April to Saturday 2nd May, all sessions will remain as normal with Head Coach to be Ellen Ledger.
Cancelled session
We are having to cancel both sessions on Saturday 4th April due to lack of coaches. The competition group will have the opportunity to train on the Sunday instead. Please see Alexis. Sorry for any inconvenience.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Roxanne Demmen and Julia Pestell both passed their Level 1 Gymnastics Coaching qualification. Thank you to all the girls who attended the various courses and exam with them.
Easter School - 6th-9th April
At Norwich Gymnastics Club - £60.00 - See Alexis for more details
Easter School - 2nd week of Easter Holidays
An Easter School will be running on Tuesday 14/04, Thursday 16th & Friday 17th 9-11 & 11-1. At cost of £5 per session to A. Thurston. Please see list on board to find out what times your session are.
New Junior Coach
WELL DONE to Jessica Buck our new junior coach at North Walsham. She came 2nd place at the British Championships at FIG level for Acrobatic Gymnastics.
Volunteers Needed
Are you 13 or over? Could you turn your hand to judging? No experience needed just a basic understanding of gymnastics.
Basic judging great for Key Steps
Sunday 1st March, Bowthorpe, 2-5pm £15. Please ask Alexis for details
Quiz'n'Chips night - 21st Feb 2009
A great night had by all, the gymnastics club raised £250 with the amazing support of everyone who came along to eat and be merry. (There were a few glasses of wine being passed around). A special thank-you to Pat, Mike, Special Gym Mums (you know who you are) and friends of the Sport Centre without whom the night would not have been possible.
Another thank-you to the Sport Centre for the money raised at their Quiz Night the 26th Feb which has been donated to the club.
Bingo at Gimingham Village Hall - 6th February 2009
Thank you to everyone who attended the bingo night and donated prizes. We raised an amazing £350
1st Annual Display - 5th Feb 2009
This was covered in the North Norfolk News. £110 pounds was collected in a bucket for the club!
Bingo night at Gimmingham Village Hall - Friday 15th February 2008
A fantastic evening - full of fun, bingo and chocolate (wasn't it Alexis!) Everyone who attended had a great evening and just about every team had a win. Thank you to Gimmingham Village Hall who hosted the event and donated all the profits to NWSC Gymnastics Club. The £224 raised will go towards new floor practice mats.
Sponsored Xmas Bounce 1001 bounces - Saturday 15th December 2007
A massive THANK YOU to everyone who took part in the sponsored bounce and to everyone who sponsored a 'bouncer'. The club raised an amazing £404 because of your help!
