6th May 2024 - Competition success for Flames Gymnasts at the West Midlands Regional Preparation and Development Grades and the Silver Challenge Competition. Congratulations to these gymnasts who all achieved scores showing they were 'working at' (50+), 'working above' (55+) and even 'working beyond' (60+) in their grades this weekend:
Sophie (Preparation Grade 1)
Eliza, Charlotte, Mia and Kaelynn (Preparation Grade 2)
Yumi (Development Grade 2)
Celia, Jessica and Saffy (Development Grade 3)
We were thrilled to see Kaelynn take the overall silver medal for her excellent routines in the Prep 2 competition, her first competition in Womens Artistic. Also taking home a medal was Yumi who achieved the highest beam score and took her place at the presentations in 4th place overall. Eliza also achieved 2nd place on bars 👏
Also competing was Mak who took the gold medal and trophy in the Silver Challenge competition and also won the medal for the highest score on bars. This was such a fabulous opportunity to shine and at the same time prepare for her national finals for Performance Grade 4 at Fenton Manor next weekend. Mak will be joined by Izzy, who is also representing the West Midlands at the national finals for the Performance 1 Grade :)
This was another brilliant weekend for all our gymnasts who produced great routines with very few errors. We are so very proud of all of you. Thank you to Liz who judged for the two very long days of competition, to all the coaches who helped the gymnasts prepare so thoroughly for the competition, to Ricky for being at the venue on Friday and Sunday evenings to help set up and take down all the kit, and to parents for your support - we couldn't do it without you all. We send get well wishes to Etta who was unable to compete on Saturday and to Rhoda who wasn't able to judge on Sunday.
Scoresheet is available on our results page. Photos are posted on our pics page.
21 April 2024 - Thank you to Shazia Ifraz, who has completed her Welfare Officer training and is now available, in addition to our existing welfare officers (Ruth and Alison), as a first point of contact for gymnasts, parents, and coaches who have any concerns about the welfare of any individual. Club welfare officers are in place to help us ensure that gymnasts feel safe, have fun whilst doing gymnastics, and help us to protect gymnasts and keep our sport safe. Thank you for your support Shazia. If anyone else is interested in becoming a welfare officer, or volunteering in any other way in the Club, please speak to one of the coaches. Thank you.
7 April 2024 - Congratulations to fabulous five Makayla, Merryn, Kimii-Li, Ida and Izzy who all took part in the West Midlands Performance Grades yesterday in Cannock. Ida achieved a 'working at' score, and Mak, Merryn, Kimii and Izzy all achieved 'working above' scores meaning they are progressing to the next level at next year's grades! We send huge congrats to Merryn who achieved the highest vault score in Performance 2, and to Izzy and Makayla who both achieved a place in the West Mids team for National Finals next month (Izzy in Performance 1 and Mak in Performance 4). You are all brilliant!! We send get well soon wishes to Grace who wasnt able to compete because she was unwell. We missed you Grace and hope you are back on form very soon. Scores from the competition can be found via the Comp scores page and photos on the pics page.
26 March 2024 - IMPORTANT NOTICE RE CAR PARK CHARGING - please note that from 4 April 2024, the university is charging for car parking including weekends. Car park charges apply from 8am until 6pm every day (£2.50). Parents are advised to drop off gymnasts whenever possible, and to arrive as near to 6pm as possible for each weekday session to avoid charges. At weekends, parents will need to pay for parking or (as is usually the case, for the 11:00 class..) please drop off and pick up your daughter as near to start and finish times as possible, to again avoid the need to pay for parking.
Parents of the 10am class, we do not have a simple solution as you will want to remain on site during the session and therefore will need to pay for parking. To help you to manage the extra cost created by the University we will reduce the cost of the 10am session by £1 (to £5 per session) for the immediate future (from Saturday 6th April). I do hope this helps and you are able to continue to bring your child to Flames.
Any questions, please do get in touch in the usual way.
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