Get Berkshire Active

Senior Men and Chris Bennett were short listed for s team and coach of the year at the Get Berkshire Active Awards Evening. All had a great time celebrating the sporting successes throughout Berkshire and across all sports. It was good to see Bracknell Gymnastics Club showcased among them all. Here are a few photos from the evening and some fun photos taken at the gym before the event. 

Senior Men's Team & Chris Bennett

Men's Team #suitednotbooted

Men's team #suitednotbooted

Team selfie

Men's team photo booth fun

Well on the way to Level 3

Successful candidate James Langley with his assessor Matthew Hart

Congratulation to James Langley on passing his first level 3 technical module. He was put through his paces by High Performance Coach and assessor Matthew Hart from 1066 Gymnastics Academy. James is now qualified for double saltos with half outs on trampette, as well as multiple twisting single somersaults, somersault vault preps and twisting vaults. The next step for James will be the tumble and floor modules, and then the core Level 3 course scheduled for March. Level 3 is a big step but we have every confidence he is up to the task.  

Southern Region Floor and Vault, Basingstoke 24th of January

Bracknell was represented by 4 gymnasts at the 1st Southern Region Floor and Vault Championships of this year, Leah Waughman, Natasha Gerkin, Phoebe Wicking and Tilly Hardy. The gymnasts were debuting new routines and skills in this competition. All gymnasts had fun and took away valuable experience from a deep field of competitors.

Trifftastic

Congratulations to Lewis Jones and Chris Bennett on becoming fully qualified triple salto (Triff) coaches in TeamGym today. The course was delivered by Jimmy Ekstedt from Sweden as this marks the first qualified coaches in the UK for this TeamGym skill. Bracknell gymnasts, Connor Wharram, Joe Torpey, James Langley and Charlie Dorrington did the club proud on the course. 

At the end of the course, GB tumbling star Kristof Willerton dropped in to say hello.  

Lewis Jones and Chris Bennett pictured with GBR tumbling star Kristof Willerton (centre).  

Another 2 new Level 2 Coaches

Congratulations to Katie Potts and Joe Torpey who completed their UKCC TeamGym Level 2 Coaching Qualifications this week. Both have worked very hard and are well deserving of the Level 2 grade.