A new event in the domestic calendar for this year, The Adrain Stan British Team Championships. Some may have noticed that the regular British Teams didn’t take place earlier in the year, it was replaced by this new event with a new format which enabled it to be a far larger competition again, reminiscent of what British Teams used to be, in fact even bigger, and therefore able to include many more clubs and gymnasts.
The competition was open to gymnasts of ten and over in the year of competition, so British Level 3 and older. Cubs could enter a maximum of two teams, and some did. The format was 5-4-3, so five in a team, four up on each piece, three scores count. Of course teams didn’t have to have five gymnasts, as long as they had three to count scores, that’s enough.
As well as an overall team champion, there were several options and category of team open for clubs to contest:
A team with with one or more senior gymnast in: This would be considered a senior team regardless of the age of the other team members.
A team with no senior gymnasts: This is considered a junior team.
A team with a gymnast in either development, junior, or senior British national squad: This would be considered a national squad team, there were junior and senior categories for national squad teams.
A team without a gymnast in British national development, junior, or senior squad: This would be considered a non national squad team, again there was a junior and senior category here.
There were also individual AA awards for each category, so plenty for the gymnasts to aim for!
Lets have a look at the winners
Overall British Team Champions
Congratulations to Park Wrekin, overall British Champions 2017. British senior squad members Ellesse Oates, Charlie Fellows, and Alice Kinsella were joined by Isabelle Yip, and British development squad member Isabella Wheeldon.
Senior National Squad
1 – 153.250 – Park Wrekin 1
2 – 150.700 – The Academy A
3 – 143.000 – Leatherhead & Dorking
4 – 138.750 – TNAG
No surprise at all that as overall winners, Park Wrekin were the senior squad category champions. bronze medalists Leatherhead and Dorking with British senior Sophie Scott, British junior Megan Splain, joined by Izzy Hilliard, and Isabelle Lamb.
Congratulations go to The Academy with British senior squad member Phoebe Turner, British junior squad members Amelie Morgan, Zoe Simmons, and Phoebe Jakubczky as well as Amelia Knight on their silver medal.
Congratulations also to bronze medalists Leatherhead and Dorking with British senior Sophie Scott, British junior Megan Splain, joined by Izzy Hilliard, and Isabelle Lamb.
Junior National Squad
1 – 144.500 – City Of Birmingham
2 – 136.250 – South Durham B
3 – 131.100 – Leeds
In the junior national squad category, City of Birmingham led by British junior Champion Taeja James took the title. Taeja was joined by Oriel Powell, Lucy Lewis, Sophia Cabrera, and British Development Squad member Sofia Meadows.
1 – 143.850 – Furious 3 Harrow
2 – 143.300 – Heathrow
3 – 143.250 – DGC2K
4 – 140.400 – City Of Glasgow
5 – 137.200 – Cardiff Central A
6 – 136.850 – City Of Newcastle
7 – 135.850 – The Academy B
8 – 135.800 – Garioch
9 – 135.250 – Warrington
10 – 132.200 – Gymmagic
11 – 131.450 – South Durham A
12 – 131.050 – Purple Spectrum
13 – 128.950 – Dynamo A
14 – 123.750 – Rushmoor
15 – 121.950 – Colchester B
Congratulations go to Harrow, just three gymnasts on their team, and they managed to take the title here. Nicole Hibbert, Tomique Gibson, and Zoe Harris clearly competing very well to claim gold.
1 – 140.950 – Notts
2 – 138.600 – City Of Manchester A
3 – 136.550 – Huntingdon
4 – 134.500 – Park Wrekin 2
5 – 133.800 – Bristol Hawks
6 – 133.500 – Berkhamsted
7 – 131.500 – West Lothian
8 – 130.250 – Pipers Vale
9 – 129.550 – The Meapa
10 – 126.800 – Neath Afan
11 – 125.500 – Cardiff Central B
12 – 124.300 – Abingdon
13 – 123.450 – Sheffield
14 – 120.750 – Pink Spectrum
15 – 116.950 – Dynamo B
