| Thursday 23 December
2004
Gymnastics: Upton takes up Hobbs mantle
to help GB to silver on debut
DYNAMO School of Gymnastics have a
new international in their midst.With Vanessa Hobbs retiring after
the Athens Olympics, 14-year-old Kerri
Upton is ready to take up the mantle.
Upton's Great Britain career was
launched last weekend when she was
called up for a four-way junior
international in Italy against
Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia.
The standard was high, giving her a
good idea of the opposition for next
year's junior Europeans.
Upton gave a confident performance,
managing to keep calm and focused in
such a top-notch field. She achieved a
personal best score of 32.90 and
finished a creditable tenth out of 24
competitors, helping Britain to the
silver medal.
Dynamo head coach Debbie Hampton,
still bubbling from the opening of the
club's impressive new state-of-the-art
facilities at Hamble Community Sports
College, said: "Kerri's call-up
is great for the club. If we can
maintain continuity and keep involved
at international level, this will
inspire our other talented gymnasts to
work towards their dreams to compete
for Great Britain."
13th December 2004
From Debbie's December
Newsletter.........
The Squad Championships were a
great success. Thank you for
your kind support, we managed to
donate £100 to charity, which we were
very pleased with. The squad all
performed well and showed our invited
guests why we are one of the country's
premier clubs. My special thanks
to the coaches, helpers and
fundraising team for their great
efforts on the day and £300 was added
to the Dynamo fundraising pot.
The boys have had a very successful
competition period, the Club has four
age group champions in Hampshire.
The girls won the Southern Region
Team Championships and the B Team came
4th.
In the Southern Region Challenge
Cup, Emma Beales took the Fig title
and we took over thirty individual
medals.
9th November 2004
 Debbie Hampton wins Sport England
Female Community Coach of the
Year.
Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn
said " a big congratulations to
Debbie Hampton and other coach award
winners on their fantastic
achievement. Coaches are the
backbone of our sporting nation. They
are not only vital to motivating and
inspiring our youth - but also helping
drive our elite athletes to Olympic
success."
22nd October 2004
Kerri Upton selected for Great
Britain Women's Junior Squad
Congratulations and good luck, all
your team mates are very proud of you!
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