Congratulations Grace, Izzy and Ida, who all competed in the West Midlands Regional Grades (Performance Grade 3) in Cannock on Sunday 13th April 2025. Going round the event with training buddies from Birmingham Gymnastics Academy competing in a different group but within watching and cheering distance, meant they gave and received lots of support and encouragement and had a fun competition, with so many smiles. The skills required for the grade had been a stretch to achieve, especially for Ida who had injured her wrist which took her out of training for a few weeks and off bars for even longer, but we are so very proud of all they achieved, with beautifully performed floor routines, clean beam routines and strong and confident range and conditioning routines for all 3, with strong and dynamic vaults. Bars gave Grace the chance to show off her stylish and strong lines, and for Izzy and Ida to perform giants on the A bars for the first time. Congratulations Grace, Izzy and Ida for another great competition and especially to Grace who was 7th overall and 2nd on bars, Izzy 8th on vault and Ida 2nd on beam.
Thank you Stephen for helping with the competition set up on Friday night and Air and Liz for helping to pack away at the end of the competition on Sunday. Finally, thank you to Liz and Lisa for being our nominated judges for the event. Scores are published on the results page, and photos on the pics page.
Onward and upward to the West Midlands Novice Competition in May and the English Gymnastics Association Jim Moss Competition in June!
Happy Mothering Sunday to all our amazing gym mums, and the very best wishes to everyone celebrating the end of Ramadan later today, Eid Mubarak. This is a real family day for everyone who can. Have a fabulous sunny Sunday, whatever you are doing!
Congratulations Kitty, who competed at the English Championships in Telford this weekend. The senior championships took place over 3 rounds on Saturday 1st March. Going round the event in a group with friends from Uttoxeter, meant Kitty had lots of support and encouragement and enjoyed a (relatively) relaxed competition, with lots of smiles. Kitty showed off her skills and style on every piece, and did herself proud, and we too are very proud of her achievements. There is so much work done to qualify to compete these prestigious championships, and its so lovely to see the hard work pay off with successful big skills being performed well. We look forward to more of the same in the future.
Exciting news of donation from the former Wolverhampton Gymnastics Club. I am thrilled to announce that we have been lucky enough to receive a large donation from Wolverhampton Gymnastics Club. The club has recently closed, and a new club established as part of the Nile Wilson group. Nile Wilson Gymnastics Wolverhampton still offers gymnastics to people of Wolverhampton and beyond, and many of the gymnasts and coaches have transferred across to NWG Wolverhampton. We say an enormous thank you to the management team for remembering Flames when dispersing their funds as the club closed, and in particular we send a debt of gratitude to Dave, Pete, Gemma and Mel and promise that the money will be used for the gymnasts and coaches, and it will undoubtedly make a huge difference in helping us meet the demands of the increased running costs of the club. Thank you Wolverhampton, from all Flames gymnasts, their families and coaches xx
Congratulations to our gymnasts who competed in the West Midlands Preparation and Development Grades 2025 in Cannock this weekend (15 & 16 February 2025). Our gymnasts performed with style, power and grace and all achieved either a 'working at' or 'working above' score. This is great news having had only a few weeks since Christmas to prepare for this competition. It was the first competition ever for Harper and Ella, who both showed how good their future might well be in gymnastics! Of special note for their results we have Charlotte who achieved 8th on beam in D1; Eliza who was 12th on bars also in D1; Yumi who achieved 8th place on bars, 11th on beam, 5th on range&conditioning and 13th place overall in D3, Celia who came 9th on beam, 11th on floor, 11th on range&conditioning and 12th overall in D4; and Jessica 9th on floor also in D4.
Our Flames team was made up of:
Preparation 1: Harper and Ella
Preparation 2: Sophie and Mia
Preparation 3: Kaelynn
Development 1: Eliza and Charlotte
Development 3: Yumi
Development 4: Jessica, Saffy and Celia
Now these gymnasts get to focus on new skills and upgrades to old skills and the remainder of the squad work towards the Englishi Championships (Kitty) and the Performance Grades (Grace, Izzy and Ida) in the next few weeks.
Great job everyone, lets keep up all this fantastic gymnastics.
Comp results in the scores page and pics in the photo page!
Well done Kitty and Izabella achieving a place in the West Midlands regional squad. This means they train with some of the best in the region each month at the prestigious Lilleshall sports centre, home of the British gymnastics squad. We are so proud of your achievements, and look forward to seeing you progress through the year 🤩
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