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You can then print this off at home Many thanks in advance the GCC THE GARIOCH GYMNASTICS CLUB COMPETITION Held on the 17th 18th June At the Garioch Community Centre, Inverurie Yet another success - Results can be found in the RESULTS section Aberdeenshire Sports Council Coach of the Year for 2005 Garioch Gymnastics Club Head Coach - Janine Lloyd SCOTTISH CLUB GRADE 3,2,1 & VOLUNTRAY 1 CHAMPIONSHIPS SATURDAY 4TH MARCH 2006 BELLS SPORTS CENTRE, PERTH THIS CLUB GRADE COMPETITION IS A PASS/FAIL COMPETITION CLUB GRADE 3 Lee-Ann Donald = PASS, GOLD Bars CLUB GRADE 2 Hannah Mackay = PASS, GOLD Overall, GOLD Bars, GOLD Floor, GOLD Vault, SILVER Beam VOLUNTARY ONE Emma-Louise Donald = BRONZE Overall, SILVER Bars, SILVER Beam Jennifer Swan = 5th Overall Following their excellent results Emma-Louise Donald and Hannah MacKay have been selected for the Scottish Team competing at the British Finals in their individual categories. Both girls will travel to Birmingham for the event on the 29th/30th April. Neither of the girls are a stranger to high-level British competitions. For Emma-Louise (15) who lives near Oldmeldrum this will be the second year she has represented Scotland at this event and her fourth time in total. This is Hannah’s, (11) from Ellon, first time at representing Scotland at Club Grades but in the last 6 months she has represented Scotland at the Voluntary 2 Championships and British Schools Championships. Both girls are training hard for the event and aim to improve on their performance from the qualifying event. SCOTTISH GYMNASTICS SQUAD TRAILS Two gymnasts from Garioch Gymnastics Club based in Inverurie were recently successful in gaining a place in Scottish National squads. The intensive and demanding trials took place in Edinburgh in January and tested the girls level and repertoire of skills on each piece of apparatus - Asymmetric Bars, Balance Beam, Floor and Vault as well as their overall body strength, power and flexibility. There are 3 levels of squad in Scotland – Development Squad - for those who are younger or at a development stage of gymnastics. Performance Squad – for those able enough to represent their country and have reached a mature level of gymnastics. Elite Squad – for a very small number of gymnasts, generally older, who are representing the country at major international events i.e. the Commonwealth Games. Jessie Smith (9) from Collieston was successful in gaining a place in the Regional Development Squad. On top of her 4-5 days a week she currently trains Jessie will attend training in either Cumbernauld or Auchterarder one day a month. This is Jessie’s 2nd year in the squad and she is looking forward to continuing to improve her skills and give 100% to her training. Training will be under the leadership of Chris Adams (Scottish Regional Development Squad Coach) and her own coach Janine Lloyd who is also the lead coach for the North Regional Development squad. Hannah MacKay (11) from Ellon impressed the judges at the trials enough to be selected for the Performance squad. She is the only gymnast from the whole of the North of Scotland to have gained a place in this squad and she realizes how lucky she is but knows the hard work really starts here. Hannah was a member of the Regional development squad last year but worked hard to move up and is now one of the top gymnasts in the country for her age. Selection for the squad means that Hannah will have to travel once a month to the National Sports Centre in Largs where she will undergo an intensive training weekend under the leadership of Scottish National coach Christine Still. She will also have the opportunity to attend the development squad training one day a month at various venues throughout Scotland. As Hannah does not train in a purpose built gymnastics facility she has to take all the opportunities she can to train in better venues. Hannah has also been selected as a member of the Scottish team to compete at the British Schools Championships in Newcastle in March. Selection was based on previous competition scores from last year. This is a tremendous opportunity for Hannah and not only is she the only gymnast from the North of Scotland to be selected but also the first. Level 4, 9 year old championships & Level 2, 11 year old championships November Guildford Hannah MacKay (11) and Jessie Smith (9) Jessie Smith (9) from Collieston and Hannah MacKay (11) from Ellon thoroughly enjoyed the experience of competing against the best gymnasts in Britain. Both girls performed extremely well and made Scotland and their gymnastics club proud. Hannah had a very good competition and managed to improve her qualifying score and be the top scoring gymnast in the Scottish team. Considering she qualified in 3rd place this was a remarkable achievement. SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER BELLS SPORTS CENTRE, PERTH VOLUNTARY LEVELS  5, 4, 3 & 2 LEVEL 5, 12+ Years Lucy Bradbury   LEVEL 5, 10/11 Years Lee-Ann Donald = SILVER Bars, BRONZE Beam   LEVEL 4, 9 Years (in age for National Finals) Jessie Smith = 4th Overall, BRONZE Beam Katy Fern = 5th Overall, SILVER Beam   LEVEL 2, 11 Years (in age for National Finals) Hannah MacKay = BRONZE Overall, GOLD Vault, SILVER Floor, BRONZE Beam   LEVEL 2, (OUT OF AGE) Emma-Louise Donald = GOLD Overall, GOLD Vault, GOLD Bars, GOLD Beam, GOLD Floor     As a result of doing so well in the competition Hannah MacKay (11, from Ellon) and Jessie Smith (9, from Collieston) have been asked to represent Scotland at the British Finals of their respective Levels in Guildford on the 5th/6th November.  This is an amazing achievement for the girls and the club.  The Voluntary Level rules allow the gymnasts to show their huge range of difficulty and skill level and therefore is one of the most demanding British competitions.  The girls will be competing against the best 9 and 11 year olds in Britain.  They are first gymnasts from Garioch to represent Scotland at this event and Hannah is the first gymnast from the North of Scotland to represent the country at Level 2.   Garioch Gymnastics Club has now achieved a record 7 gymnasts from the club to represent Scotland this year.  In April and May of this year 5 gymnasts ®¢ Rosie Jones, Miree McCourt, Emily Bull, Emma-Louise Donald and Katy Fern travelled to Kettering and Birmingham to compete for Scotland in the Club Grade 2, Voluntary 1 and Compulsory Level 4 British Finals.    Garioch Gymnastics Club is continually going from strength to strength, they are now the only major club in Scotland not training in a purpose built facility.  To have achieved 7 Scotland representatives in one year when still training in a multi purpose gym where the equipment has to be set out 4 times a week is a tremendous success.  However, the club feel that to continue with this success and to build on it they must have a facility where equipment can be left up all the time that they have 24 hour access to.    If anyone can help in achieving this goal or is willing to help sponsor the girls attend the British Voluntary Levels Finals please contact Janine Lloyd on (01467) 628809. February 2005 - HOT NEWS ! ! ! ! ! Rosie, Miree, Emily and Emma-Louise have been asked to compete for Scotland at the British Finals, on the 23rd/24th April in Kettering. Hannah Mackay and Katy Fern passed their Compulsory Levels.  The Levels are designed for the Elite gymnasts in Britain and generally for those training 25+ hours a week.  Hannah Passed Level 3 and Katy Level 4.  Katy has also been asked to compete for Scotland in the British finals of this event on the 30th April/1st of May in Birmingham. The following girls all passed their Grades on Saturday: Lucy Bradbury, Rosie Jones, Jenny Swan and Susan Emslie. Emma-Louise Donald, Emily Bull and Miree McCourt were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively in the Voluntary 1 category.  January 2005 - HOT NEWS ! ! ! ! ! The hot news is that 3 club gymnasts got into Scottish squads this year.   Hannah Mackay (10), Katy Fern (8) and Jessie Smith (8) were all succesful.  100% record for the club as we only put the 3 girls into trial.  They will all be attending monthly training in Auchterarder and are very much looking forward to it (Photo to follow?) Photographed by John Sorrie, Inverurie Herald
	A note from Kirsten Jack Getting ready for my "gap year" in Peru next year (website www.kirstentoperu.bravehost.com)  All at the club wish Kirsten all the very best for the trip and look forward to having her back with the club if we can. Kirsten has been invaluable as a gymnast and more recently as a coach for the club. 2004 News Emily Bull and Hannah MacKay picked to train with the Scottish squad
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