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| Sadie, Sophie & Hannah - Bronze Medals |
So it was another long weekend, and we had been looking forward to this competition for a while. The Acro Regionals in London are amongst the toughest gymnastics competitions in the UK, namely because MOST of the winners of London Regionals go on to win at the National Finals - meaning, when you compete in London, you're competing against the BEST in the UK. Fact.
The girls didn't disappoint. The morning kicked off with a special performance from Maisy & Masha - a very newly formed Grade 3 WP. They showed a clean routine achieving a mark of 26.36, which for a first time, is a treasure, especially as they beat partnerships from highly esteemed Acrobatic clubs.
The afternoon was full of drama! Our women's pairs did well, performing clean routines - special mention to Esme & Jasmine gaining a mark of 26.27, landing them in 4th - less than 0.2 behind bronze position. It was nice to see Esme's natural spark on the competition floor, as sad to say, this was her last gymnastics competition. We shall all miss you Esme :)
Our women's groups were all competing in the same grade, hoping for some silverware. Daisy, Layla and Erin performed well on the floor with some slips, nevertheless performed some clean skills. Unfortunately for Alix, Cassy and Olivia had an uncharacteristic fall during one of their skills, which saw their normally highly marked routine suffer greatly. They still performed well despite this.
It was the trio of Sadie, Sophie and Hannah whom found their competition composure and brought home 3 bronze medals thus qualifying for the National Inter Region Championships later in May. Sadie has done particularly well as this would have been the 2nd time she has qualified for this competition!!
Well done to all!
