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| Medals Galore! |
Deja Vu (noun) - a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
We've definitely been here before... the annual dual-discipline invitational in Leicester, East Midlands. The last time we were here was the first real Acro competition we ever attended! The surroundings were familiar to us, and it was a competition we hoped to achieve some good results.
For the first time.. it was a 12pm start to the day instead of the normal 8am!!! That was nice on the eyes... not having to wake up at 5:23am in the morning as per most competitions.
As soon as we got to the venue it was down to business. We used this competition as the starter block for some gymnasts as they have never competed before. First up was our Grade 3 WG of Saya, Jemma and the tiny Sara! They performed a very simple and clean floor routine with good execution which was good to see - clean routines are the most important thing!
Not too long after the WG competed, we had our MxP's competing - Mika & Natalie and the new pair of Yunus & Sofia. Our G4 pair did well since they had not competed together before, and we had completed their routine the day before! Still, there were no major errors, just needs some polish :) Our G3 MxP proved they are becoming veterans in this - they performed a stunning routine to claim another GOLD medal! Not only that, they achieved the HIGHEST ARTISTRY, EXECUTION AND TOTAL SCORE OF THE ENTIRE COMPETITION! Thats 3 golds in 4 competitions!!! Well done guys.
Next on the floor was our last partnership of the acro competition - our G4 WP of Layla & Tara. All I can say is... FINALLY!!!!! They have always performed a great routine regardless of major errors in previous competitions... but today was their day... they conducted an almost faultless routine winning the GOLD medal. Behind Mika & Natalie, they achieved the 2nd HIGHEST ARTISTRY score of the competition! ... As I said... FINALLY!! Very proud of those two!
On the other side of the room we had our gymnasts fly down the tumble track rebounding and flipping left, right, and centre. We have always done well in tumbling, and today was no different... well done to Layla, Alix, Sadie (GOLDs) Ashira, Jemma, (SILVERs) and Sophie (BRONZE)for all coming away with their medals. Alix especially pulled it out of the bag with her last 2 tumbles as we were scared her first tumble was to be dismissed!! Well done her. Special recognition to Sophie who had also had a week off gym due to back injury, and still decided to compete - well done Soph :)
We've definitely been here before... the annual dual-discipline invitational in Leicester, East Midlands. The last time we were here was the first real Acro competition we ever attended! The surroundings were familiar to us, and it was a competition we hoped to achieve some good results.
For the first time.. it was a 12pm start to the day instead of the normal 8am!!! That was nice on the eyes... not having to wake up at 5:23am in the morning as per most competitions.
As soon as we got to the venue it was down to business. We used this competition as the starter block for some gymnasts as they have never competed before. First up was our Grade 3 WG of Saya, Jemma and the tiny Sara! They performed a very simple and clean floor routine with good execution which was good to see - clean routines are the most important thing!
Not too long after the WG competed, we had our MxP's competing - Mika & Natalie and the new pair of Yunus & Sofia. Our G4 pair did well since they had not competed together before, and we had completed their routine the day before! Still, there were no major errors, just needs some polish :) Our G3 MxP proved they are becoming veterans in this - they performed a stunning routine to claim another GOLD medal! Not only that, they achieved the HIGHEST ARTISTRY, EXECUTION AND TOTAL SCORE OF THE ENTIRE COMPETITION! Thats 3 golds in 4 competitions!!! Well done guys.
Next on the floor was our last partnership of the acro competition - our G4 WP of Layla & Tara. All I can say is... FINALLY!!!!! They have always performed a great routine regardless of major errors in previous competitions... but today was their day... they conducted an almost faultless routine winning the GOLD medal. Behind Mika & Natalie, they achieved the 2nd HIGHEST ARTISTRY score of the competition! ... As I said... FINALLY!! Very proud of those two!
On the other side of the room we had our gymnasts fly down the tumble track rebounding and flipping left, right, and centre. We have always done well in tumbling, and today was no different... well done to Layla, Alix, Sadie (GOLDs) Ashira, Jemma, (SILVERs) and Sophie (BRONZE)for all coming away with their medals. Alix especially pulled it out of the bag with her last 2 tumbles as we were scared her first tumble was to be dismissed!! Well done her. Special recognition to Sophie who had also had a week off gym due to back injury, and still decided to compete - well done Soph :)
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