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