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