BRITISH GYMNASTICS: Trampoline
Technical Committee
TRAMPOLINE NEWS No 45 August 2007
Editor: John D Beeton: john@beeton9.wanadoo.co.uk
EDITORIAL
Martin Laws Dear Reader, Welcome to this August edition of TRAMPOLINE NEWS
2007. My thanks to John Beeton the
editor, for all his efforts to keep you informed, and those who have
contributed to this important Newsletter. Please circulate this latest
edition as widely as possible. Another year and another nail biting National
Trampoline Championships! The finals, once again, were held at the NIA
in Birmingham. Organiser Pam
Smith and her team excelled themselves yet again to produce an amazing
event to watch, with the competitors adding their own brand of excitement
along the way! Congratulations most certainly go to Claire Wright on winning her 7th
Ladies title! James Higgins
clenched the Men’s title with his superior form after yet another tied final
score for Gary Smith (third time
tie break)! Congratulations must also go to all our podium winners who
succeeded in their own personal goals after a year of hard work and
determination. The end of August (August 25th in fact)
sees the annual youth match between
GBR & Germany, at the NIS in Sheffield, but this year will see a team from
Canada to really spice up the event. With both Youth and Senior teams
competing, in all three disciplines it is sure to be a wonderful event to
watch, don’t miss it. Tickets are available at www.ticketwebb.co.uk
. Teams have now been selected for the World
Championships and IAGC in DMT competitions. Training camps have taken
place for those selected and their training continues in earnest. With
strong teams representing us at the Worlds, all eyes will be on our
performers to produce their best. Selection competitions for
the Trampoline teams will continue in September, and all those wishing to be
selected for the team will be working hard in the next 2 months with very
little else on their minds! With the World championships being the
qualifying event for the Olympic Games in Beijing, we want to ensure that we
send the strongest team possible to gain those elusive places at the most
prestigious event going! Presentations have taken place to deliver the new
Competition Structure for 2008. Next year will prove to be both
exciting and rather testing! A great deal of work has gone into the new
structure, and it will be exciting to see how the Gala weekends will work for
all of us. I am certain
that these weekends will |
only cement the family atmosphere that the sport
provides with so many gymnasts all together for entire weekends.
17th
July: Asha Philip won
the 100m sprint in 11:46 at the 5th
IAAF World Youth Championships being held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. This
proves her status as the fastest U18 girl in the World – see article on Page
9. Ed. Trampoline - Repetition of
Skills: see article on Page
12 regarding advice from the FIG TR TC Committee. All coaches and gymnasts
are warned to take heed! Ed. |
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JUDGING COURSES British Gymnastics offer a range of Judging Qualifications
including that of Club Judge Award.
The Club Judge through to the International Award is available in the
following disciplines within Trampoline Sports: Trampoline, Tumbling and Double
Mini-trampoline. For a list of current Judging Courses please visit
the downloads section of the British Gymnastics website at: Any queries please contact the Coach Education Department 0845 1297129 ext 2392. FIG: WOMEN’S DRESS CODE The FIG Executive Committee at its meeting in Orlando USA during the month of May
last issued a ruling to the FIG Code of Points on women’s uniforms, to allow
for more accessibility to competition. These changes are valid from 1st June 2007:
For reasons of safety:
National
Trampoline Technical Committee Development Update Joanna Shackleton Great progress
continues with clubs gaining GymMark.
The figure is now 208 clubs with GymMark. Well done if your club is one of
these. This makes up 25% of the
current British Gymnastics membership, which is very encouraging. GymMark is the British Gymnastics stamp of quality
assurance for clubs. If any club would like support in working
towards GymMark, support can be given by the Regional Gymnastics Development Officer or your Home Country Association. In September 2007
the new National Competition
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for Young People for trampoline gymnastics will be
launched. The National Competition Framework
provides structures for competitions happening within a school or between
schools and will sit beneath and separate from the current schools
competition structure. The National
Competition Framework is being delivered through by the new Competition
Manager infrastructure with school sport partnerships in England. However, a
new Key Steps pack will be launched by British Gymnastics and can be used in
schools across the country. In my role on the National Technical Committee I
have the role for ‘Development’. Over
the last few years I have been assisted by Robin Atkins, who has due to other commitments, decided to step
down. May I firstly thank Robin on
behalf of the Technical Committee for his assistance and wish him all the
best for the future. This does
however leave a vacancy for an assistant within the ‘Development’ Team for
the National Technical Committee. I am
seeking someone who is experienced and knowledgeable within ‘Development’ to
support me in my role. If anyone is
interested in joining the team, please get in touch with me directly. 4 Nations, Poole 8/9/10 June 2007
John Beer First many thanks must go to Sharon Wood and her team at Olga
for all their hard work and excellent organisation. The venue was well prepared providing excellent
equipment, public seating and atmosphere.
Hannah Lewis did a very
good job on the microphone, her first attempt at it, and her knowledge of the
sport along with a very good speaking voice helped to create a good
atmosphere. The teams all arrived on Friday 8th June,
all arriving at different airports! I
collected the Danish Team from Heathrow and transported them to Poole, where
they went straight to training. I left
and collected the Czech Team from Hern airport taking them directly to the
hotel. Whilst this was happening
Sharon Wood went to Gatwick airport and collected the Portuguese Team, taking
them to the hotel. The British Team all assembled at the hotel under ‘their
own steam’. The selection of the British team was made earlier
in the season (as this and a number of other competitions are part of the
World Class Programme training and funded by the Programme all the
competitions were divided amongst the programme members to try give all an
equal number of competition exposures as part of their training)
unfortunately a number of changes to the original team were necessary due to
a variety of reasons. Danielle Pietruszka was replaced by Tom Lewis who himself was replace, on
the day, by Yasmin Gumbs and Michael Freeman replaced his brother Andrew on the Thursday before the
competition. This ability to
substitute at the last moment shows:
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standard of preparation, by the personal coaches, of
the performers. The competitors were divided into 4 ‘flights’ each
flight performing their set and 1st vol. This made it difficult to see the rank
order of the countries and it was only after the final ‘flight’ had completed
their vol. did the rank order become apparent. We were in second place to
Portugal by just over two marks.
Portugal did bring their number two man who has done well on the World
circuit; he eventually won the individual men’s competition. What was very pleasing was to see a nearly
100% routine success rate, the only failure was Philip Dodson in his vol. After a 45-minute break (the competitors had a
general warm-up during this period) the teams were introduced for the final
(competing in reverse order of merit, meaning GB were always third before
Portugal) again they were divided into ‘flights’. All GB competitors
performed as well or better than the first vol. in the first three
‘flights’. Unfortunately Yasmin very
unusually failed her routine, it must be remembered she arrived as a last
minute substitute in the morning with very little notice. Philip also failed, he had the distinction
of falling completely off the trampoline, in his ‘in jumps’, it was a bad
fall and although, to his great credit and courage, he did get back on, he
failed at move two. As the competition was decided using the best four
from the six competitors in each round, GB managed to claw back the deficit
and ended in 1st place with Portugal 2nd, Denmark 3rd
and Czech 4th. Stacy Dann
won the individual ladies competition. The accommodation was very good and the banquet was
excellent held in a very good hotel overlooking the sea. All the teams commented on the excellent
organisation, friendly welcome and hospitality of the British. Team: HOD - Martin Laws Coaches’ -John Beer, Robin Atkins Osteopath - Chris Evans Gymnasts - Laura Gallagher, Stacy Dann, Yasmin
Gumbs, Matthew Wright, Andrew Freeman, Philip Dodson. GREAT BRITIAN v CANADA
(v GERMAN YOUTH) INTERNATIONAL MATCH Judge Selection Trampoline and
Double Mini-trampoline Judges for the above match have been selected as
follows: Trampoline – Senior / Youth
Matches Chair of Judges Panel: Bert Scales Judge No 1: Tony Hull Judge No 2: Canada |
Judge No 3: Bruce Craig Judge No 4: Germany Judge No 5: Clive Morgan Judge No 6: Sally Slinger Judge No 7: Elizabeth Scales Double Mini-trampoline – Senior / Youth Matches Chair of Judges Panel: Martin Laws Judge No 1: Bill Leach Judge No 2: Liz Laws Judge No 3: Canada Judge No 4: Lynda Lawrie Judge No 5: Donna Grist Judge No 6: Peter Heames Judge No 7: Kevin Dixon-Jackson
For both events the warm-up time is planned for
11:00 hrs with an approximate start time of 12:00 hrs. subject to numbers
entered. On the 15th September there will be two events
combined, the individual and also the Synchro trial. The Synchro trial will
take place after the individual trial, the exact programme and timings will
be agreed and published accordingly. However, depending on numbers of the
individual event it is likely to be in the early afternoon for the Synchro
event. Both trials will be held on regular Eurotramp
trampolines (6x4) rather than string beds.
FIG WORLD CUP SOFIA, BUL Great Britain was represented at this world cup
series event by our tumbling colleagues only.
Our sincere congratulations go to
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Laura Houson for winning her first world cup event
with a score of 66.6 points with Samantha
Palmer in third place with a score of 65.2 points. Charlie Burrows performed really well to finish in 4th
place (71.5 points) against such strong opposition. Results Ladies TUM: 01 HOUSON Laura GBR 66.6 points 02 TSIARENIA Hanna BLR 65.9 points 03 PALMER Samantha GBR 65.2 points Men TUM: 01 WANG Jiexu CHN 79.1 points (World Record Diff) 02 LI Zhenqiu CHN 75.4 points 03 WADECKI Josef POL 74.2 points 04 BURROWS Charlie GBR 71.5 points Ladies TRA: 01 KARAVAEVA Irina RUS 38.0 points 02 CHERNOVA Natalia RUS 36.8 points 03 DOMCHEVSKA Yulia UKR 36.4 points Men TRA: 01 NIKITIN Yuriy UKR 41.1 points 02 SOTOMURA Tetsuya JPN 40.5 points 03 KHNYCHEV German RUS 39.6 points
FIG WORLD CUP OSTEND, BEL Having decided to miss out on the fourth World Cup
in the present series which was held in Sofia,
BUL the week previous The Great Britain team traveled to Ostend BEL at the end of June for
their final appearance in the 2007 world cup events. Let me say straight away
that traveling by train from Brussells to Ostend can be a marathon at times;
and that is exactly what we encountered on this occasion – taking nine hours
for the trampoline team, from the time of meeting at Heathrow until finally
reaching our hotel in Ostend. The Tumblers took even longer and calculated
that the twelve hours it took them to travel to Kunshan CHN was less than the
time it took them from Manchester to Ostend! Results from this event for the senior trampoline
team were disappointing, although Claire
Wright did manage to qualify or the ladies individual final, thereby
consolidating her World Ranking position, in 8th place, but then
failed to complete her final routine. Jamie
Moore, Garry Smith and James
Higgins will want to forget about this particular world cup, with all
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failing to complete their voluntary routine. However, the big surprise for the team were the
results obtained by Stacey Dann in
the ladies competition, and by the Freeman
brothers in the men’s synchronised event. The brothers reached the finals
in 6th position and improved this position to finish in 5th
place overall. An absolutely brilliant senior debut for both Michael and
Andrew. Stacey’s achievement in finishing in 11th
position in the ladies individual event was a great achievement and she can
be extremely pleased with her performance and should ensure a place in the
ladies team for the world championships in October. Our Tumblers had another successful world cup with Samantha Palmer taking silver medal
and Sarah Turner finishing in 4th
places. In the men’s event Damien
Walters and Charlie Burrows
both made finals and finished in 5th and 8th place respectively. Results: Ladies Individual (40
entries) 08 Claire Wright 11 Stacey Dann 33 Jamie Moore Men’s Individual (52
entries) 33 Gary Smith 43 James Higgins Men’s Synchronised (14
entries) 05 Michael / Andrew Freeman GREAT BRITAIN v
CANADA v (GERMAN
Youth) International
Match featuring Trampoline, Tumbling & Double Mini-Trampoline at Senior
and Youth levels Saturday 25th
August 2007 at EIS Sheffield 1100 hrs – 1900 hrs Adults: £8 concessions: £5 Family: 2 adults with 2 children: £20 |
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BRITISH GYMNASTICS’
SELECTION POLICY European Championships Odense, Denmark 14 – 26 April 2008 Steve Green Introduction This is the Policy through which British Gymnastics (BG) will select
its Team for the 2008 European Trampoline Championships. The Team will
comprise Senior and Youth gymnasts for Individual, synchronised, and team
competitions. Eligibility: British Citizen. British
Gymnastics’ member in good standing Senior age criteria: minimum 17 in the year of
competition Youth age criteria: 13 – 17 years in year of
competition* Signed up to the current BG Gymnast Agreement *Subject to not having participated in any open category
(senior/adult) of World Championships, Continental Championships, and World
Cup Series. All eligibility is subject to the rules of FIG and UEG and any changes
these bodies may introduce subsequent to the publication of this Policy. Targets: Senior: Team (Men): Medal Team
(Women): Medal Individual (Men): Final Individual (Women): 2 in final (inc 1
medal) Youth: Team (Boys): Medal Team
(Girls): Medal Individual (Boys): 2 in final. Individual (Girls): 2 in final
(inc 1 medal) Selection Events Gymnast selections will be based on performances at the following
selection events, except for those gymnasts allocated wild cards or achieving
pre selection: Selection Event 1: European trial event, 1 / 2
March 2008 (venue TBC) (1 compulsory, 1 voluntary routine, zero Final) (Using
F.I.G. rules) Selection Event 2: European trial Event 8 / 9
March 2008 (venue TBC) (1 compulsory, 1 voluntary routine, zero Final) (Using
F.I.G. rules) Both Selection Events will be open to all British gymnasts, who
competed in Grade 1 trampoline competition at Under 17 or older in the
2007/2008 seasons. Wild Cards One place in both the men’s and the women’s Senior Individual
competitions will be reserved for gymnasts selected solely at the discretion
of BG’s Director (Performance & Technical). It will be at the discretion
of the Director as to whether these “wild card” selections are used or passed
over for allocation through the remainder of the selection process (clauses 4
and 5). Individual Pre
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Gymnasts who fulfil one of the following criteria will be pre-selected
to the Senior Individual competition providing they are considered by BG’s
Director (Performance & Technical) to be ready to perform to the best of
their ability: An individual finalist in at least 3 FIG World Cup competitions in the
2007/8 Series Remaining Individual
Selections (Senior & Youth) Participants in the Selection Events will be ranked after both the
qualification rounds (compulsory and voluntary added together) and the final,
and awarded the selection points below (NB: selection points will be
allocated against the order of British European Championship-eligible
gymnasts only). Selection points for
position after qualifying rounds: 1st place 6 points 2nd place 5 points 3rd place 4 points 4th place 3 points 5th place 2 points 6th place 1 point Selection points for
position after final: 1st place 10 points 2nd place 8 points 3rd place 6 points 4th place 5 points 5th place 4 points 6th place 3 points 7th place 2 points 8th place 1 point The selection points gained after the qualification rounds and final
at each Selection Event will be added to give a total for that Event. A
gymnast’s overall selection score will then be taken as their total selection
points from both Selection Events, eg: Event 1 Event 2 Prelim 2nd place - 5 points 1st place - 6 point Final 3rd place - 6 points 1st place – 10 points Totals 11 points 16 points Total selection points from the two trial events 27 points Total selection scores will be ranked and individual team places
remaining after wild cards and pre selection will be allocated accordingly in
descending order. Gymnast’s eligible and achieving selection for both the
Senior and Youth Teams will be given the choice of which (one) they wish to
compete in. In the event of a tie performers will be ranked using FIG rules. Reserves will be selected as the next highest ranking gymnast for
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Selections for the synchronised events will be from a separate trial,
to be confirmed. Pairs will be selected from this trial in rank order of
finish subject to FIG rules (such that only 1 pair may come from outside of
the individual performers), provided they demonstrate the ability to finish
in the top 8 of the European Championships (considered as qualifying scores
of approximately 83 points for men and 75 points for women). Injury and Replacement If at any time subsequent to nomination the Technical Manager has
cause for concern regarding a selected gymnast’s readiness to compete to the
best of their ability the following process will be followed: The gymnast will be referred to BG’s designated medical officer to
confirm or eliminate the existence of a medical concern; The gymnast will be
asked to confirm their fitness to compete by completing either a qualifying
score in competition equal to or greater than the pre requisite score, or
satisfactorily completing the control test. The control test will require the
gymnast to execute, under “control competition” conditions, a set and a
voluntary routine with at least 95% of the difficulty of their routines from
the selection events, with each achieving at least 98% of the average time
for the routine during the selection events; the gymnast will be allowed 2
attempts to satisfy the requirement for each routine. In the event that the gymnast fails to achieve clause 6.1.2, the
Technical Manager may recommend to the Director (Performance & Technical)
that the selected gymnast be de-selected and replaced by the reserve. British Gymnastics is acutely aware of the issues associated with
confidentiality and will ensure that all procedures operate in accordance
with BG’s Gymnast Agreement as signed by the gymnast. A gymnast or coach may be removed from the 2008 European Championship
team in the event of non-compliance in training, a breach of responsibility
to the team, a violation of the codes of behaviour or Gymnast’s Agreement. Prior to departure for the competition, gymnasts
and/or coaches may only be removed from the team by the Director (Performance
& Technical) after consultation with the Technical Manager and/or medical
personnel approved by British Gymnastics. Subsequent to departure, gymnasts
and/or coaches may be removed from the team by the Head of Delegation after
consultation with the Technical Manager and/or medical personnel approved by
British Gymnastics. Prior to removal the gymnast and/or coach must be
presented with the opportunity to attend a removal interview with the
Director (Performance & Technical) and/or Technical Director or their
appointed representative and one other independent person. Written
justification must be provided for all removals. Any decision to remove an
athlete or coach is subject to review through British Gymnastics Appeals
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Team Organisation It is the current intention that all team members will attend a training
camp prior to the European Championships, 18 – 20 April 2008. The coaches for the 2008 European Championship team will be:
Notwithstanding this selection, the British Gymnastics support staff
will contain at least one female and one male member in order to meet British
Gymnastics’ Child Protection Policy. The team coach selections will be made immediately after the team
selection by the Technical Managers and approved by the Director (Technical
and Performance), using the following criteria:
British Gymnastics acknowledges the role of the personal coach in
competition preparation. However personal coaches that attend the competition
outside of the delegation will be responsible for their own travel and
accommodation at their expense and by their own arrangement. The Great Britain Trampoline
Team for the 2008 European Championship will
be named on or before 15th April
2008.
The Logo for the 2012 London
Olympics was launched during early June to much criticism from the media and
general public. What do our readers think of the logo? The logo, four
jigsaw-like pieces, forms the numbers 2012 - the year the Olympic Games
will take place - with the 2 on
the left top corner, the 0 on the
top right corner, the 1 at the
bottom on the left, and the 2 at
the bottom on the right. The logo also includes the Olympic rings and
the word London. The logo will be available in four colours: pink,
blue, green, and orange. |
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(BEIJING) -- Over half a million people have registered to
become Games-time volunteers for the Beijing
2008 Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games. As of May 30, the number of applicants has reached 509,112, including 302,569 from the Beijing area, 188.447
from other provinces and municipalities in the Chinese mainland, and 18,096 from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas. Preparation for volunteer training and interaction
with applicants are also underway. Some 20 model training bases have been
found, a team of 168 experts has been established and a remote training and
test system has been opened to all applicants. Part of the applicants will be
involved in this year's "Good
Luck Beijing" sport events to gain experience for services in the
next year's Olympics. A total of 100,000 Games-time volunteers will be needed for the
Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympics. During the Games, hundreds of thousands
city volunteers will be assigned to major traffic hubs, commercial networks,
scenic spots, hospitals, hotels, and cultural centers, and their recruitment
will begin next month. The number of volunteers in the communities is
expected to exceed one million, while that of the participants in the
"Smiling Beijing" campaign will be much higher. Help Wanted Swallows Trampoline Club (Haslemere Surrey) Swallows Trampoline Club has been running for two
and half years and has
approximately 100 recreational,
disability, elite |
& competitive members, with a waiting list for
most classes. The club are seeking Floor Activities Assistants to
lead and help with games an activities for children aged 4 - 6 years and 7 +
years in between turns on the trampoline. Activities are aimed at improving
children’s co-ordination and body management skills and typically include
small obstacle courses, musical games and co-ordination work with hand
apparatus. Assistants will work under the direct supervision of qualified coaches
and are needed on the following days: Thursday 1645 – 1800 hrs
(term time) Saturday 0845 – 1000 hrs & 1000 – 1100 hrs (term
time) A Floor Activities Assistant will need to be:
Assistants will attend an in-house training module
to give them a grounding in activities, child development and group
management. Assistants will have access to the club’s in-house training and
mentoring throughout their volunteering.
Those wanting to train further can also be supported to become
qualified Trampoline, General Gymnastics or Pre-School coaches through
Swallows Trampoline Club or other clubs in the area that Swallows is directly
associated with. Anyone working with children at Swallows is
encouraged to attend Child Protection and First Aid courses and will be
required to complete an enhanced CRB disclosure. If you would like further information or to register
your interest in the vacancy please contact Lisa Lewis, The New House, Wheatham Farm, Wheatham Road, Liss,
Hampshire GU33 6LN. Tele: 01730 827916
/ 07876 247044 Ethics & Welfare Courses The following
courses are run by the British Gymnastics Ethics & Welfare Department: Club Management – a 6 hour course that covers the following topics:
Child Protection Awareness – a 3 hour
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the following topics:
For more information about courses and course dates,
please contact the Ethics & Welfare Department on 0845 1297129 ext. 2347. 7th
International Albacete in Trampoline The above even will be held on 28th and 29th
September 2007 in Albacete, ESP
(250km from Madrid Airport, 160km from Alicante Airport). Classes: TRA
(Individual, Synchronised, Teams) DMT Ages: 11-12 years (Born in 1995-1996) 13-14
years (Born in 1994-1993) 15-16 years Born in 1992-1991) Senior (Born in 1989
or before) Rules: As per FIG Code – WAGC for Youth /
Juniors. FIG A for seniors. Equipment: 2 Eurotramp Grandmaster (6x4) 2 Rebound
String 1 DMT Eurotramp Contact: Federacion de Gimnasia de Castilla-La
Mancha- C/Rosario No3 3°G 02002 (Edificio Capitol) – Albacete – Spain DMT Selection for WAGC Following three selection competitions the following
gymnasts have been selected to represent Great Britain at the FIG World Age Group Competitions in Quebec City, CAN during November
2007: Boys 11-12 Years: Oliver Rowlands
– Hitchin Salto Girls 11-12 Years: Sophia Beavan –
Propulsion Georgia Downing
– Hitchin Salto Naomi Wamer –
Stockport Boys 13-14 Years: Luke Strong –
Propulsion Kristoff
Willerton – Andover Nathan Bailey –
Ringwood Mitchell Benham – Jumpers |
Boys 15-16 Years: Alex Foster – Ringwood Michael Dodson – Hitchin Salto Mark Pennell – Jumpers (wild card selection) Girls 15-16 Years: Hanna Moses – Birkenhead Adeva Bryan – Jumpers Robyn Osborne – Titans Gymnastics Laura Clark – Birkenhead Girls 17-18 Years: Kate Bramall – Elite TC Cherrelle Bryan – Jumpers Jennifer Bloodworth – Hitchin Salto The NTTC congratulates all gymnasts on
their selection and wishes them every success in the competition. Ed. GREAT BRITAIN v CANADA DMT TEAM SELECTION The Double
Mini-trampoline team selected for the above match on Saturday 25th August at the EIS Sheffield has been named as follows: Senior Men: Mathew Swaffer –
Jumpers Michael Scott
Beaulieu – Jumpers Dominic Swaffer
– Jumpers Toby Eager –
Hitchin Salto Non-traveling Reserve: Jason Plowman - Jumpers Senior Ladies: Asha Philip –
Jumpers Kirsty Ward –
Hitchin Salto Asha Bayliss –
Jumpers Nicola Pugh –
Stockport Non traveling Reserve: Louise Pennell – Jumpers Youth Boys: Alex Foster –
Ringwood Michael Dodson –
Hitchin Salto Mark Pennell –
Jumpers Thomas Foreman – Jumpers Non traveling reserve: Kristoff Willerton – Andover Youth Girls: Adeva Bryan – Jumpers Cherrelle Bryan
– Jumpers Robyn Osborne –
Titans Gymnastics Hanna Moses –
Birkenhead Non traveling Reserve: Laura Clark – Birkenhead This international match which will also include
Trampoline and Tumbling is scheduled to begin at 1100 hrs and end at 1900
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Asha Philip missing from GBR v CAN Double
Mini-trampoline event One of Great Britain’s most promising young DMT
gymnasts will be missing from the GBR v CAN match in August owing to her busy
Athletics programme in 2007. At the recent Norwich
Union England U20 Championships Asha
Philip (Newham & Essex Beagles AC) set a new English Championships
record of 11.37 for the 100m sprint. The previous record of 11.40 was set by Katharine Merry (Birchfield Harriers)
in 1993. Asha has a very busy summer to look forward to with
the IAAF World Youth Championships –
Ostrava, Czech Republic (7-17 July 07), European U20 Championships -
Hengelo, Netherlands (18-23 July 07) and the IAAF World
Championships in Athletics – Osaka, Japan (24 Aug – 2 Sep 07). Despite her busy Athletics programme, Asha
still trains regularly on DMT. All at British Gymnastics wish this extremely
talented young lady every success in the months ahead, with both her
gymnastics and athletics career. Ed. DMT TEAM SELECTION FOR 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The team for the
above has been finalised as follows: Ladies: Asha Philip –
Jumpers Kirsty Ward –
Hitchin Salto Asha Bayliss –
Jumpers Nicola Pugh –
Stockport Men: Mathew Swaffer –
Jumpers Michael Scott
Beaulieu – Jumpers Dominic Swaffer
– Jumpers Toby Eager – Hitchin Salto Non Travelling Reserve: Jason Plowman – Jumpers Team
Canada announces strong Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-trampoline teams
for visit to Sheffield Canada has announced their strongest senior and
youth teams for the forthcoming match against GBR at the EIS
Sheffield on |
the 25th August: Trampoline – Seniors Ladies: COCKBURN, Karen MacLENNAN, Rosie CHARLES, Sarah SEMESCHUK, Kelsi Men: BURNETT, Jason MILONJA, Bryan SABOURIN, David MYERS, Marty Trampoline – Youth Girls: SENDEL, Samantha KALANTAR, Shanaz MADIGAN, Mariah McLEOD, Kalley Boys: RIVERA-DRYDAK, Nathan GEREIN, Curtis ST-GERMAIN, Sebastien GOSSELIN, Eric Tumbling – Seniors Ladies: SMITH, Emily SPEED, Ashley WARNOCK, Julie STAMP, Jenna Men: VACHON, Denis MINAYEV, Anton OKAPOH, Cletus SELFERT, Alexander Tumbling – Youth Girls: SUGRIM, Jordan DURANTE, Teja PETRIE, Kylie ENSWORTH, Laren Boys: WONG, Justin CLARKE, Amiel HEIKOOP, Daniel PRESTON, Thomas Double Mini-trampoline –
Seniors Ladies: CHARLES, Sarah WARNOCK, Julie HART, Erica REYNOLDS, Meredith Men: VACHON, Denis |
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Team Canada cont. SELFERT, Alexander GIRARD, David PERKINS, Kevin Double Mini-trampoline –
Youth Girls: McLELLAN, Alana NERPIO, Chelsea ENSWORTH, Lauren PARKYN, Paula Boys: FRIESEN, Luke GEREIN, Curtis BELISLE, Cedric MURRAY, Nelson FIG World Ranking List: Update At the conclusion of the most recent world cup event
in Ostend BEL British places in
the FIG World Ranking are as follows: Trampoline: Men Individual 26th Gary Smith Trampoline: Ladies
Individual 07th Claire Wright 19th Kirsten Lawton 28th Jamie Moore Trampoline: Men’s
Synchronised 10th Mark Alexander / Simon Milnes 34th Michael Freeman / Andrew Freeman [new] 43rd Mark Alexander / Brian Camp 46th Gary Smith / Gary Short Trampoline: Ladies
Synchronised 08th Claire Wright / Jamie Moore 09th Claire Wright / Kirsten Lawton 47th Amanda Palmer / Katherine Driscoll 51st Stacey Dann / Lauren Allen Tumbling: Men 05th Damien Walters 12th Michael Barnes 16th Charlie Burrows 27th Ross Gibson 39th Robert Proctor Tumbling: Ladies 03rd Samantha Palmer 06th Zoe Mclean 13th Laura Houson 16th Sarah Turner 24th Charmaine Salla There are a further two world cups still to be held
in 2007, St Petersburg RUS and Zielona Gora POL during the months of
August and September respectively. Hopefully, our tumbling friends will be
able to add to their totals at the Polish event. Ed. |
6th CUP OF FLANDERS TRAMPOLINE – DOUBLE MINI 25-26 April 2008 Ghent BEL The competition will carried out according to the
rules governing the FIG World Age
Group Competition. Competitions: Trampoline Individual boys & girls 11-12 years
of age Trampoline Individual boys & girls 13-14 years
of age Trampoline Individual boys & girls 15-16 years
of age Trampoline Individual boys & girls 17-18 years
of age DMT Individual men & women *1990 or earlier DMT Individual junior boys & girls *1991 – 1993 DMT Individual junior boys & girls *1994 or
later DMT Team Competition men / boys and women / girls Competition Venue: Topsporthal Vlaanderen, Zuiderlaan 14, 9000 Ghent
BEL +32(0)495
505 716 info@cupofflanders.be www.cupofflanders.be Exert from FIG Letter to Federations regarding Apparatus to be used at
the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Dear
President, We are happy to inform you, that BOCOG has taken the following
decision regarding the gymnastics apparatus to be used at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and at
the "Good Luck Beijing
International Invitational Tournament 2007" (Test Event): Trampoline: Eurotramp (GER) Grand
Master Exclusive Premium Needless to say, that the above mentioned apparatus
is duly certified by FIG. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique André F.
Gueisbuhler Great Britain Names WAGC
Trampoline Team for Quebec City, Canada in November 2007 British Gymnastics has named the Trampoline team to
travel to Quebec City, CAN in
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of the following gymnasts: Under 13 Girls Pamela Clark – East Kilbride Natasha Short – City of Liverpool Amy Morris - Maesteg Lucy Alcock – City of Stoke Abi Greaves (SYN only) – City of Liverpool Under 13 Boys Jason Ryall (+SYN) - OLGA Ryan Stickland (+SYN) - OLGA Joshua Read - OLGA Oliver Rowlands (+DMT) - Levitation Under 15 Girls Emma Britain – Kingston Academy Zoe Brooks (+SYN) – City of Liverpool Sophie Burr - Skydivers Sasha Carter – City of Salford Sophie Singleton-Scott (SYN only) Under 15 Boys Luke Strong (+ DMT / SYN) - Propulsion Nathan Bailey (+ DMT / SYN) - Ringwood Jordan George - OLGA Stephen Page - Brentwood Under 17 Girls Emma Smith
(+SYN) – City of Liverpool Emma Scanlon – City of Salford Gemma Proud (+SYN) - APOLLO Sarah Littler - Birkenhead Under 17 Boys Steven Williams – City of Liverpool Nick Davies – York Artistic Bradley Hampson – City of Liverpool Scott Gregory - Brentwood Under 19 Girls Yasmin Gumbs - NTGA Laura Gallagher – High Flyers Danielle Pietruszka - OLGA Cara Jamieson – East Kilbride Under 19 Boys Mathew Wright – Kingston Kite Jack Helme – City of Liverpool Great Britain v Canada v Germany The Great Britain senior team to face Canada in the
forthcoming International match in Sheffield
has been selected as follows: Ladies: Claire Wright, Jamie Moore, Katherine
Driscoll, Stacey Dann. Men: James Higgins, Gary Smith, Steve Walsh,
Tom Lewis |
The Youth team to face Canada and Germany at
the same international match will consist of the following members: Girls: Yasmin Gumbs, Bryony Page, Laura
Gallagher, Emma Smith. Boys: Steven Williams, Bradley Hampson, Scott
Gregory, Liam Abrahams. 7th Senior National Title for Claire
Wright Claire Wright (OLGA) stamped her authority on the National
Championships held in the NIA
Birmingham in July, with her 7th senior title in a row. Jamie
Moore (NTGA) was second followed by an ever improving Katherine Driscoll in
third place. Results: 1st: Claire
Wright – 37.90 points 2nd Jamie Moore
– 36.80 points 3rd Katherine
Driscoll – 36.30 points In the men’s event James Higgins (NTGA) just pipped Gary Smith (Jumpers) on a tie
break for the title. Garry Short (APPOLLO) was third. Results: 1st James
Higgins – 38.10 points 2nd Garry Smith
– 38.10 points 3rd Garry Short
– 37.70 points Wayne Smith and his committee are to be
congratulated for the organisation of these splendid championships. Well done
all. Ed. News from the FIG TR TC The FIG TR TC met in Moutier SUI over the period 20-22 July to discuss a number of
important issues concerning the future of the sport and in particular the COP 2009-2012, amongst other topics. FIG TR TC proposals – WC: qualifying round acts as qualification for team
final and for a semi-final (24 gymnasts, maximum 3 per federation) in
individual events. In TRA the 24 gymnasts
will perform 1 free voluntary routine (starting from zero) to reach the final
8. In DMT the 24 gymnasts will perform 1 free pass etc. Synchro: 1 voluntary routine in the qualifying round. DD for TRA: including triple
somersault to 1.6 pts. Quadruple somersault to 2.4 pts. + 0.1 for each
pike/straight in each somersault DMT:
for each touching of the RED zone there
will be a 0.3 pts deduction, with the exception of the “take off” of the
mount.. Crash Rule: changes.
Spotters: as at present but
not necessary to use them. However, it will now be compulsory for OC to
provide written evidence to the FIG TC representative that the spotters have
been trained in spotting techniques. Olympic
Games: the second qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games will be the
Test event (FIG EC proposal). Ed. |
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FIG TR TC Advice to Coaches and Gymnasts on Repetition of Skills
Despite previous warnings from the FIG TR TC President in the FIG TRAMPOLINE NEWSLETTER No 12 (October 2006) TC members are of the
opinion that a number of coaches and gymnasts continued to ignore the advice
given. After having reviewed several routines in both the ladies and men’s events during the current world
cup series, there were a number of skills that should have been judged as
repetitions (the TC do not blame the difficulty judges for this) as in double layout somersaults, the twisting and somersaulting
often continues throughout the skill with no recognisable intermediate stop and
it is very hard to recognize
the early and late phases, and the exact number of twists included in the
different phases, even for a trained eye. Without instant video replay the
decision for the difficulty judges is almost impossible. But we will have the IRCOS video system at the World
Championships in Quebec, which allows an instant replay for the difficulty
judges and the Superior Jury and a decision without any delay. The TC will be
extremely disappointed, if they have to call some skills a repetition in this
very important event and destroy the hopes for a possible qualification to the
Olympic Games.
All athletes and coaches have still some months
to review their routines on video and train and test clearly defined skills.
To remind you once again on the clarifications in the guide to judging:
Guide
4. Twists in different
phases of somersaults
• In somersaults of 630°-900° 2
phases are recognised, early and late,
and these are found by dividing the degrees of rotation by 2.
Example:
2/1
back somersaults, 720º -
2 phases (of 360° each)
According to the existing terminology, a phase is the significant and
observable / recognizable part of an element, where the gymnasts performs some
particular task. The twisting and somersault phases are easy to follow in
almost all tuck, puck and pike somersaults.
In double layout somersaults the
twisting and somersaulting often continues throughout the skill with no
recognisable intermediate stop and it
is impossible to recognize the early and late phases and the number of twist
included, even for a trained eye. Therefore all multiple twisting double
somersaults in layout position, performed without a recognisable pause in twisting rotation, will be considered
as repetitions if used more than once. For example a “miller” in the straight position done twice or more.
The position problem also occurred
in double front somersaults like full in
rudi out straight (8 2 3 /) and full in half out straight (821 /). It can be done nicely, but often the lay out
(as described on the competition card) will start with almost 180° in pike
position to get the necessary somersault rotation. These athletes will be in
danger that this will be judged as a repetition if they also use skills
like 823 < , 821<
and/or 805 < , 803 < .
The TC will not stop gymnasts trying to win with a
higher difficulty but this should be done within the rules, which means, with
different skills as described in the Code and Guide and not with repetitions of
elements.
New
Schedule for the Olympic Test Event to be held in Beijing during November /
December for Gymnastics Trampoline
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Friday (30/11) |
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Session GT02 |
Start: 19:15 |
End: 20:28 |
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Monday (2/12) |
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Session GT03 |
Start: 20:15 |
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Women's
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Start: 20:15 |
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IOC Session: A “go” for Youth Olympic
Games
5 July 2007
The Youth Olympic Games
will become a reality. The IOC members today approved, at the 119th Session in Guatemala City, the project that foresees
the first editions for the Youth Olympic Summer Games in 2010 and for the Youth
Olympic Winter Games in 2012. “This is an historic moment for the Olympic
Movement. We owe this to the youth of the world”, declared IOC President Rogge
after the decision by his 111 fellow members.
According to President
Rogge, the Youth Olympic Games, which will take place every second year, are
the flagship of the IOC’s strategy outlined for young people, which includes
other initiatives, such as an educational project on Olympic values, a dedicated
web site for youngsters and a campaign highlighting the Olympic values to young
people
FIG WORLD RECORDS: Update
Trampoline – Individual Men
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Highest Difficulty |
Jason Burnett |
CAN |
17.50 |
02.04.07 |
World Cup |
Lake Placid (USA) |
Trampoline – Individual Ladies
|
Highest Scoring 1st Routine |
He Wenna |
CHN |
30.80 |
22.06.07 |
World Cup |
Sofia (BUL) |
Trampoline Synchronised – Men
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Highest Difficulty |
Yasuhiro Ueyama/Tetsuya Sotomura |
JPN |
16.20 |
23.06.07 |
World Cup |
Sofia (BUL) |
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Highest Scoring 1st Routine |
Yasuhiro Ueyama/Tetsuya Sotomura |
JPN |
40.40 |
23.06.07 |
World Cup |
Sofia (BUL) |
Tumbling – Men’s Individual
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Highest score in one pass |
Wang Jiexu |
CHN |
40.60 |
23.06.07 |
World Cup |
Sofia (BUL) |
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Highest difficulty in one pass |
Wang Jiexu |
CHN |
14.50 |
23.06.07 |
World Cup |
Sofia (BUL) |
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Highest total difficulty |
Andrei Krylov |
RUS |
51.90 |
01.07.07 |
World Cup |
Ostende (BEL) |
Double Mini-Trampoline – Men’s
Individual
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Highest total score |
Radostin Rachev |
BUL |
149.50 |
17.09.05 |
World Championships |
Eindhoven (NED) |
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Highest score in one pass |
Alexei Illichev |
RUS |
38.90 |
16.09.05 |
World Championships |
Eindhoven (NED) |
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Highest difficulty in one pass |
Casey Finley |
USA |
10.80 |
16.09.05 |
World Championships |
Eindhoven (NED) |
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Highest total difficulty |
Radostin Rachev |
BUL |
36.10 |
17.09.05 |
World Championships |
Eindhoven (NED) |
Double Mini-Trampoline - Women’s
Individual
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Highest total score |
Sarah Charles |
CAN |
141.60 |
17.07.05 |
World Games |
Duisburg (GER) |
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Highest score in one pass |
Sarah Charles |
CAN |
36.00 |
16.09.05 |
World Championships |
Eindhoven (NED) |
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Highest difficulty in one pass |
Ilse Despriet |
BEL |
8.00 |
16.09.05 |
World Championships |
Eindhoven (NED) |
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Highest total difficulty |
Sarah Charles |
CAN |
28.40 |
17.07.05 |
World Games |
Duisburg (GER) |