On Sunday the 11th October, 12 girls from Competition 2 traveled to Copley recreation Centre to compete in the Greater Manchester 4 Piece Individual Championships.
After an early start the Pre-Novice under 12’s round began, beating the nerves Bethany, Taylor, Olivia and Rebecca put in solid performances. With a beautiful Vault, Taylor was awarded her bronze medal which was thoroughly deserved.
In the next round the level 3 gymnasts competed, including Meagan Roberts. After helping out scoring in the first round Megan began her competition. Producing neat routines Meagan had a good competition, even performing her tucked back somersault on the beam which she was really nervous about. Meagan finished her competition and was placed 3rd on bars and beam and 4th on floor, vault and overall.
In the final round of the day we had two groups of gymnasts competing, pre-novice under 12’s and novice under 12’s. With the help of Meagan, showing numbers and being a general all round good egg the girls all had a good competition.
In the pre-novice under 12’s Ashley, Mollie, Elly, Emma and Ellen all appeared calm and chilled out throughout the competition and this obviously helped as they achieved brilliant results. Ashley finished 2nd on vault and narrowly missed a medal on bars finishing in 4th. Elly had an amazing competition performing a gorgeous floor routine and a clean beam routine which placed her in silver medal position on both pieces, she also narrowly missed out on 3rd place overall.
Lucy and Charlotte competed in their first novice competition, although very nervous the girls gave good performances and managed to score well. Beating her own demons Lucy performed her flick on the beam, which many will know took a lot of bottle and determination. Charlotte put in a consistent performance on all pieces and I am sure the girls will continue to improve in this competition.
I was incredibly proud of all the girls who competed, they conducted themselves in a grown-up manner and were great representatives for the club. A special thank you must be given to Meagan Roberts who performed several jobs throughout the day as well as putting in her own good performance, being a scorer, a gymnast, a coach and motivator – Thank you. Well done girls, keep up the hard work!!!

Kate Bird
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