Planning Permission

Great news this week. We have just heard that we have been given full planning permission for our new gymnastics centre which we hope to build in the grounds of Rye Hills Specialist Sports College. This is a major step forward in our project, and one which has taken a lot of hard work.  The club would like to thank all of those who have supported us this far, including the Rotary Club, who began it all, Roger Hansom and his team from Hansom Architects who have done all of the design work ably supported by Greg Sills of Scurator, Parsec Green Energy, the Head and Governors of Rye Hills, the many Councillors and officials of Redcar and Cleveland Council, and all of those who have contributed financially.  We are currently working on a detailed business plan and looking at funding sources, and in order for our plan to succeed and bring a world class facility to Redcar we need the support of everyone in the area.  If you feel you can help us please contact us and get involved.

Other good news this week has been further success for the club at the annual NEGA awards ceremony.  The club was awarded the Women's Technical Committee club of the year which is a great honour for us and reflects the hard work of all of our coaches.  Individual awards for services to gymnastics were awarded to Coaches Justine Fowler and Sue Cook and to Steve and Barbara Hall.  Some pictures from the ceremony and of Dana in Israel at the Maccabiah games are on the galleries now.

October 2009 news part 1

Sorry for not adding any updates to the news section of the site for a while.  We have all been so busy over the last couple of months, with competitions, camps and courses.

Back in June the Elite girls went off to Manchester to take part in the Manchester Open, what a fantastic competition, some great gymnasts and great staff at the venue. We were made to feel very welcome and will certainly do this competition next year. The squad chosen to attend were all excited, not sure if they were as excited about the competition as they were about the stop over in a hotel. The hotel was interesting to say the least, but we all survived. They just weren’t prepared for the amount of children taking part in the event. Some great results, Shannon picking up a beam medal, Macy a vault medal, Hannah all around third and Lauren 2nd on vault.  We had a great competition and the girls truly enjoyed the experience.

Next our were our camps, which were fantastic. This year had seen a change in the format; we had a general squad camp and an elite camp running. We set out the gym to be training only, so no one did routines all did skills; it was exhausting but fantastic, the general squad girls had such fun and the atmosphere in both camps was great, the girls were given gym bags as their gifts this year and they went down well.

South Durham summer camp was one of the highlights of the year for some lucky elite girls. What a week, the girls took part in dance and improved and gained skills all week.  They didn’t seem tired at all; the girls behaved so well all week and I was very proud of them.  The end to the week was a show of the choreography that they had learned with tutus on, head bands, and all smiling they danced to FAME. My goodness it brought tears to my eyes and does every year; how on earth Leonie and Roxanne manage to get 52 children in time, all performing their own sections in just 5 days is testament to how well this camp is run.  No one wanted to go home, including me, it was so nice just to coach for a whole week and not worry about everyone else for once. Thank you to Nic and Rachel at South Durham or inviting us again, can't wait for next year.

The next thing over the Summer was the Alpha Factor invitational, all the way down in Wiltshire, but so worth it. We love this competition as it has such a lovely atmosphere. Busy, oh yes busy, so well run and so fantastic, the girls loved it and we did too.  We had some surprises to come, Jessie picking up a ribbon  on floor under 8 level 4, Dana coming in 2nd place overall with a whole host of ribbonson individual pieces, along with Lauren coming 2nd in level 3 vault,  Kelly-Jo Robson in 4th place also a  huge achievement. Well done girls. The overall team place in the Ariels cup was 5th.

Retirement, ugh! We have had three well known gymnasts retire in the last few months, Caroline Hall, Rebecca Boal and Leanne Smith; all have decided to hang up their leotards.  Doing gym for 8 or more years is a massive achievement; these three girls have been the back bone of the competing squad for so long, making every competition asked of them and  doing very well indeed, all three girls have competed in national competitions, and Rebecca has represented the North of England on many occasions.

The three girls have seen many changes to gymnastics over the years, with different codes and routines changing, they have smiled, cried and been exhausting at times. They have also been fun, annoying and had us in hysterics at times; thanks girls for the years, just don’t know where they went do you?

Caroline we will still see in the gym as she is a qualified coach; we wish Rebecca and Leanne good luck in everything they do, I have been so proud of them over the years, thanks to you all xx

Great news for the Gym. We now have newly qualified women’s judges, at last!! Well done to Caroline Hall, Marie Mcleod, Marsha Hill, Sheerie Dunn, Kelly-Jo Robson, Dawn Flood, Katie Greenwood and Justine Fowler. I couldn’t be prouder of you all; at last Redcar Gym Club has judges as well as coaches!! WELL DONE xx

Pre Elite is coming up on 15th November, come and support the girls, at South Durham Gym Club (see the calendar entry for more details). Come support Lauren Hearfield, Dana Murray, Kelly-Jo Robson and Vicky Fowler.

Also coming up is Denis Hamer our Christmas Club competition, although a week earlier than normal. There are loads of entries and we will have a great competition.

Diane.

Novice and Intermediate 21st June 2009

Excitement and Apprehension all rolled together for this years Novice and Intermediate Gymnasts.  Who would be good? How good would we be? These were all questions we needed answers for! Off to Newcastle again.

We had 12 Gymnasts across three age groups. For our little 2001 birthdays; Jess, Hannah & Macy, there were only three so all scores to count. We played safe with the routines and vault. It paid off with a Silver team medal and 17 full marks between us and the next team. Wow, girls and all of your scores had to count, some result that was!!

Jessica Lacson finished in 3rd place overall and Macy Cheetham in 6th place overall.  Great results, you 2001`s.

Next up were the 2000`s; Shannon, Tilly, and Chloe. Again three scores were to count, but there were some really talented kids here. Ooooops; a couple of mistakes and a couple of falls but we still won team Silver, a great result.

Shannon Thompson in 4th place and Chloe Robinson in 6th place,  Well done 2000`s.

The old Ladies were next; well not so old - U11, Alice, Ellie, Kate  L and  Vanessa. Some experienced gymnasts here, so a good competition was expected of them. Again, they didn’t disappoint with some great routines and some massive vaults and really good skills.

Alice in 4th place  Well done to everyone. We definitely need some glue though girls, team Silver again!  Wow!

 Intermediate U11 Regional Champion was Lauren Hearfield. Well done Lauren you deserve this one, just for my nagging ALONE!!
Another new move learned in a week; straddle to handstand on beam as your mount. Great lol.  Clean routines and interesting bars eh!

Well done to all Redcar Gym Club crew, you all looked lovely. You have harder skills to learn now, so new things to learn over the summer.

Well done, Diane x

Greater Manchester OpenCompetition

Held at Birchwood Tennis and Leisure Centre, Warrington, 6th and 7th June 2009.

12 Gymnasts and 3 Coaches, plus 2 Judges and a whole host of supporters made their way along the M62 full of excitement and apprehension, not having been there before certainly tested the nerves.

We had no idea what to expect, but why we worried I don’t know as the competition was fantastic. The people were friendly and the atmosphere was electric.

First up Saturday were Tyla and Melissa and great competition and a clean beam routine from Melissa. Nice floor, Tyla and well earned scores, however slightly more difficulty would have helped.  The prize for Melissa was a clean Beam.

 On next round were Ellie and Alice. Changed routines on the competition floor didn’t phase you, Alice with an amazing beam and Ellie what great tumbling, an excellent first national competition for both of you.  Caroline and Dana fantastic; you tried so hard, coming away with a whole host of medals, massive vaults and clean bars for Caroline but some jumping off beam though oldies!

Round 3 saw the 01 birthdays, Jess, Hannah and Macy. All super stars in your first national competition and first competition on voluntary rules. You were all so excited about going away and some about being in a hotel with your friends. You all sailed round the pieces.  Hannah, clean beam, (stuck) and an amazing routine, 3rd Overall, Macy 2nd overall on vault;  woweee!

Sunday saw the levels children; Lauren in level 3 and Shannon and Chloe in level 4.  Sunday was a  completely  different atmosphere. I’m not sure if it was the warm up round or the competition was really hard, there were some talented gymnasts here.  In level 4, Shannon and Chloe held their own, we wanted to see how far on target they were for September.  They were fantastic, a well earned beam Bronze medal for Chloe, and another clean beam (prize).

Lauren; oh! what a competition this was, some amazing gymnasts in level 3, some of the top gymnasts in the country, but you sailed around. Fab, fab, tzuk to win you 2nd place overall, and woops; bars went over the top! I’m not surprised as we changed the routine 3 times.

All in all a great weekend. We surely will do it again next year, so come on girls, some new skills please.

Thanks to all the supporters, and thanks to all the Children who all behaved impeccably.

(Remember girls the scores next time out won’t be so high, these were different rules!).

Diane x

The full results for our gymnasts are on the results pages.