Southern Region Levels 2005

Well done to the girls who competed in the Southern Region Levels at Milton Keynes on Sunday 2nd October: Jessica Oliver, Mollie James, Alex Dallimore, Lily Raine, Hailey Golding, Lora Long, Colette Bell and Kelly Simm

Level 5 - Lily Raine  =1st  bars

Level 5 - Mollie James =2nd vault

Level 4 - Lora Long 1st overall, gold for vault, beam and floor, bronze bars

Men's Elite Grades National Finals

Well done to the boys who competed in the Mens Elite Grades Finals at the Benfield Centre of Sporting Excellence in Newcastle

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Under 8 League A Team

Congratulations to the Under 8 League Girls A Team who maintained second position in every league competition and also came second in the Final held at Basingstoke on 5th June 2005, despite only having four in their team! Left to right: Annabel Divine, Lily Raine, Jessie Oliver and Mollie James

Poole Open 29th May 2005

With many gymnasts in Zurich competing only a handful of girls represented Dynamo at Poole this year.

Results:

Level 4 Modified

Mollie James 3rd - winning GOLD on beam on her 8th birthday!

Jessica Oliver 7th (Jnt 3rd on vault)

Lily Raine 10th

Level 4 Junior

Aimee Virgo 18th

Dominie Skinner 22nd

Abigail Prosser 23rd

Kirsty Kitcher 24th

Level 4 Out of Age

Katie De Couto 4th

Emily Banks 9th

FIG Modified

Christina Burford 4th

Goodbye and good luck to our retiring senior gymnasts........ From left: Laura Smith, Katie Seabrook and Kirsty Oxford

Berlin Turnfest 14-20th May 2005 

Dynamo Senior Girls took part in this International German Gymnastics Festival; check out the website for an English version of events www.turnfest.de Over 8000 competitors took part aged from 12 - 92 years old.

Sadly this was the last high level competition for retiring gymnasts Katie Seabrook, Laura Smith and Kirsty Oxford. Unfortunately Katie was unable to take part due to a heel injury. Laura and Katie will continue to coach and our best wishes to Kirsty as she embarks on a child care course.

Against strong competition with gymnasts from Egypt, Namibia and Germany the girls achieved great results:

18 yrs Kirsty Oxford 1st

17 yrs Laura Smith 1st

16 yrs Emma Beales 2nd

15 yrs Kerry Upton 1st

Charlotte Barry 3rd

Bex Nolan 4th

The girls tried climbing, roller blading and BMX biking during their stay which ended with a two hour closing ceremony of Olympic standard: mass displays and fireworks.

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Southern Region Grade 6 Finals 17th April 2005

38 gymnasts from clubs across the Southern Region took part in this competition. Congratulations to: Mollie James 6th score 45.150, Lily Raine 9th score 44.650 (Jnt 2nd on bar), Annabel Devine 16th score 43.950 (Jnt 3rd on floor) and Jessica Oliver 17th score 43.900 (Jnt 3rd on vault)

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Southern Region Grade 4 Finals 17th April 2005

Congratulations to Lauren Edwins 5th score 42.950  and Connie Pletts 7th score 42.350

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From the Echo 9th April 2005

Natasha Nolan secured a bright future for herself when she travelled to Liverpool to compete in the National Elite Grade Competition.

Not only did the Dynamo School of Gymnastics youngster capably pass the test, but she did it with distinction.

Coached by Vicky Moody at Dynamo, she finished in overall fourth place in a very strong field of 48 gymnasts, only narrowly missing out on a bronze.

It was no mean feat considering the competition attracts only those gymnasts deemed capable by their coaches of qualifying for the British Championships.

Natasha gained the highest score of the day on horizontal bar and physical range and conditioning.

She had to show excellence in performing set exercises, which, if mastered technically, should enable her to compete at international level.

Debbie Hampton, Dynamo's director of gymnastics, said: "We are all delighted with Natasha's achievement and the hard work that Vicky has put in to get her there.

"Natasha now has the opportunity to compete with her clubmates in the Espoire section of the British Championships. It is at this competition that future GB squads are selected, so the sky is the limit."

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6th March 2005 Under 8 League Girls B Team win the first competition of the season

Well done girls!

Press release 15th March 2005 - Success for Dynamo Boys

Competition: Southern Region Full Apparatus Championships

Dynamo boy’s brought home a string of medals after competing at the men’s Southern Region Full Apparatus Championships held at Pitt Street Gymnastics Centre, Portsmouth.

Alex Blake, U12 took overall gold with team mate Nathan Kitcher only 0.20 behind him taking the silver, both boys had exceptionally good performances, in a strong field of boys from all over the region.

In the U14 age group Dynamo’s Craig Lovelock took overall gold and 5 individual gold medals just missing out on a complete set with an error on the rings.

Just behind him in 2^nd place was team mate Joshua Cluett who also had an excellent competition with gold on rings and 5 other individual apparatus medals.

At the young end of the competition, newcomers Charlie Howard and Adam Morgan turned heads in the U8 age group with promising routines and medals with joint gold on rings and bronze on vault for Charlie.

In the U10 age group Anthony Munday, 15^th and Ryan Morgan 8^th gained valuable experience in a tough field of gymnasts with Ryan achieving 2^nd place on pommel horse and 3^rd place on high bar.

At the senior end of competition, experienced competitors Nathan Jones U16 and Matthew Cook U18 took the all-round titles for their age groups with excellent performances on all apparatus.

Dynamo’s director of coaching Debbie Hampton said, “It’s very satisfying to see such a good level of competition from our boy’s, they all showed they rise to the occasion of competition and are still the club that has dominated the Southern Region for many years.” 

Competition: John Pancott Invitational 09-03-2005

Dynamo boy’s once again travelled to Philadelphia, USA to compete in the annual John Pancott invitational.

As in previous years the boy’s were successful with Nathan Jones, 15, competing in the level 10 group holding everything together to take the all-round silver medal including gold on high bar and pommel horse, 2^nd place for floor and 3^rd place for vault.

Matthew Cook, 16, placed a credible 10^th in the level 10 16-17 age group.

Level 9 saw Dynamo’s team take overall 2^nd place with team Captain Craig Lovelock 9th  all-round and 1^st place on high bar. Alex Blake 11^th with silver medal on pommel hors, Joshua Cluett 14^th, Jacob Maddison 15^th and Nathan Kitcher 16^th.

In the level 5 group Dynamo gymnasts Ryan Morgan, 9 and Anthony Munday, 9 both had excellent competitions with Ryan 22^nd and Anthony 25^th an excellent result in a very big field of gymnasts.

Director of Coaching Debbie Hampton said, “ This was a high level competition but the boy’s showed they can compete with the best at a high level. “ She also added “ I am very pleased with Nathan who has suffered with inconsistency in previous competitions and has now found his form with an outstanding performance to start his year well.”