South Tyneside International Acro Comp Nov 2013

Esme & Jasmine Bronze

Well what a great competition this was! We knew we will be travelling a fair distance for a very high level competition and to be honest the standard was extremely high.

For the first day our Grade 3 Women's Group did very well and performed a clean routine on the floor only been beaten by two or three of the most experienced clubs in the entire country so well done to them for that!

Our second day of competition was on the Sunday so most of our other partnerships competed with our women's pairs in the morning and I women's groups competing during the afternoon.

All partnerships performed complete and clean routines with very good execution scores throughout with Esme & Jasmine winning a BRONZE medal in our Women's Pairs and two of our Women's Groups both gained the HIGHEST execution marks in the category!

To put it simply, we are beating the best of them! We just need to show off a bit more ;)

Very well done to Esme & Jazzy-pop!


Results coming soon..

SWIFTS Acro Comp October 2013

What a great way to start our acro season 2013/14…

We ventured down to the south region, after a stern 5am wake up to the SWIFTS acro comp where we entered 2 Womens Groups (WG’s) a Men’s Pair (MP) and a Women’s Pair (WP). Although all performed on the floor with true passion and grace, the WG of Sadie Sophie and Hannah stole the show, as they opened their category at 9am with a GOLD winning performance!

Well done girls, massive achievement after only being together since start of term!

Results HERE

Acro International Comp - Turin Acro Cup, Italy July 2013

Gymnasts at the Finals of the Turin Acro Cup

What a trip that was!!

Despite only having trained in acrobatics since September 2012, we decided to take 8 lucky and talented gymnasts to the 1^st Turing Acro Cup – an International Acro competition.

From the day we landed and went into podium training, we realized the standard of competition would be extremely high. Having said that, our gymnasts had actually increased their training hours in preparation for this. They were not out of their league by any stretch…

It was an emotional roller coaster as we started off with a shaky balance routine with our Mixed Pair on Day 1 of the competition, but they had Day 2 to turn it around. We enjoyed watching the higher levels of the competition, seeing some fantastic routines.

Day 2 was an even more emotional day as we started out with a great routine from our trio of Helena, Alix and Ashira, whom after half the routines in their category jumped straight into 2^nd place for their qualifiers. Eventually they qualified through in 4^th place which is outstanding for their first International competition. Unfortunately our trio of Sadie, Sophie & Jemma had to accept their placing of 10^th although at first sight they seemed to have pulled off a great routine. However, due to making some small errors and the fact that there was a 0.7 mark difference between 11^th place and 4^th place, they just slipped out of finals.

Day 3 allowed for our Mixed pair to redo their balance routine as they qualified through to finals by default. Their routine was much cleaner the second time, however not enough to place.  Our qualifying trio pulled out an outstanding performance in their routine but unfortunately did not complete their very last skill, which was a big shame considering how well they did on Day 2.

Nevertheless, all the gymnasts represented themselves, their club and coaches and their country with great esteem. They came away from the competition with invaluable experience which they will undoubtedly pass onto others. It was a great trip for all!!!

Look out for our Hendon Acro Squad documentary coming soon!

Acro & Tumb Comp Hastings July 2013

MP's In 2nd & 3rd Place

Erin & Olivia - Tumb 2nd & 3rd Place

  

A very mixed day as we attended another Acro & Tumbling Invitational  competition in Hastings!

Our development squad were out in full force for their first competition. Our Prep Trio of Holly, Mia-Ming and Myssa performed well on the floor. Despite placing 11^th, they actually achieved the 5^th best technical score so well done!

Our Men’s Pairs of Buster & Seb who attained an excellent technical score of 7.97 and Mika & Rashard who drilled a worthy Artistry score despite a simple routine, both did very well and represented Hendon well in the prep Levels. Hannah & Mia also performed a nice Grade1 routine for their first competition. Unfortunately our Grade2 trio dropped a move and thus gained heavy deductions, although they did perform their routine very well.

Our tumbling was the highlight of the day, achieving a Silver medal and 3 Bronze medals. That’s a whopping 4 medals out of 6 who competed on the day!

Summary:

Erin Kovacs – SILVER

Olivia Foley – BRONZE

Hannah Tang – BRONZE

Yvonne Vasquez – BRONZE

ACRO RESULTS HERE

TUMBLING RESULTS HERE

Southampton National Acro Competition - May 2013

On the lovely sunny Bank Holiday weekend, our Acro grade 1 women’s pair, Sadie Levi & Ryoka Tanaka competed at the Southampton National Acro Championships as they qualified for this comp at the previous Regional Acro Championships in London in March.

They produced an outstanding performance, winning a Bronze medal representing London, beating 17 other qualifying pairs from around the country, including Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland! They in fact had a higher technical score than the silver medallists!

Well done to them both, as they are among the best Acrobatic gymnasts at this level in the country!

Tumbling Regional Finals 2013

Sophie Boehler - 1st Place

More results for Hendon’s very first Acrobatics & Tumbling Squad! This time we were competing at the most important Tumbling competition of 2013 – The REGIONAL TUMBLING CHAMPIONSHIPS, held in Richmond. The rules were simple – come first, and you will compete Nationally for the London Region!

The squad is building up a strong tumbling reputation, as we received some great results. Ashira Sears qualified to reach the National Tumbling Finals held in Stoke on Trent in June! Jemma Evans won her competition and smashed her rivals by nearly a whole mark above the closest competitor! Massive congratulations to them both.

Special mention to Ali Keles who decided to compete despite suffering from a nasty fall on the tumble trak during training 2 days before the competition. Despite this, he narrowly missed out on reaching the finals by 0.4 of a mark.

Alix Stagg also was thrown into the deep end, as she only joined the squad a few weeks ago, from the Women’s Artistic squad.  She won a silver medal, losing out on nationals by a VERY tight margin of only 0.04!

Lastly, unfortunately, despite our Sophie Boehler coming 1^st in her category, she missed out on nationals ONLY due to a technical scoring rule. The judges were hard at work figuring out who qualified, and unfortunately she just missed out.

Full summary below:

Jemma Evans – Grade 1 – GOLD

Sophie Boehler – Grade 2 – GOLD

Ashira Sears – Grade 2 – GOLD

Ali Keles – Grade 3 – SILVER

Alix Stagg – Grade 3 - SILVER

Jasmine Hallam – Grade 1 – SILVER

Daisy Margolis – Grade 1 - BRONZE

Acro Regional Championships - 2013

Ali & Natalya - Pitch off. (Silver Medal)

Congrats to all the gymnasts attending the regional championships over the weekend. We had some very mixed results. Unfortunately our groups who have been doing so well recently, faced some stiff competition, and didn't place as well as in previous competitions, having said that, they did place higher in artistry than those groups above them!

With that said, we must congratulate our mixed pair once again. Ali and Natalya narrowly missed out on the top spot going to National Finals.. by only 0.1! Their technicals were stronger than the winning pair!

Lastly, very very well done to our new partnership of Sadie and Ryoka, who placed 4th, and have managed to qualify to REPRESENT LONDON in the Inter-Regional Prep & Grade 1 Championships, situated in Southampton in May. What a wonderful acheivement, for their first year of acrobatics. Well done girls!!

RESULTS HERE

King Edmund (Bristol) Acro Results - Feb 2013

Sadie & Olivia - Front Angel on Hands

Sadie & Olivia - Forwards Walkovers

We started to see some real improvement in our Women’s Pairs! Special congratulations to Sadie Levi & Olivia Foley for placing 7th out of 18 pairs, our best WP placing so far! The Trio’s did well with Gr1 in 7th and Gr2 placing 6th in their category.

Our Mixed Pair narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, by 0.35! They came in 4th. Some very smooth routines, nice competition, well done to all!

RESULTS HERE