Yorkshire National Grade Teams 2019

 

2019 Grades National Finals – Yorkshire Teams

It’s been a busy few months for Yorkshire Women’s Artistic Community and it’s time to catch up on reporting and celebrating the hard work of gymnasts, coaches, judges and the WTC itself. Back in April following the Yorkshire Grades the gymnasts who qualified for National Finals were the first to try out the new National Team Training programme.

In 2019 the YGA WTC has separated the National Team Training from the Squad programme in order to increase the number of sessions and to make those sessions fully focused on the qualifying teams.

Although the sessions were organised by members of the WTC the aim was to let the sessions belong to the coaches and the gymnasts, with them telling the WTC how they wanted it to work and what they needed. This approach was to give the coaches and gymnasts chance to work as a team and as was only to be expected from the fantastic members of our region, they did just that.

The 2 sessions took place 2 weeks apart with the coaches choosing the first session to be focussed on skills and team structure, the second on routines and judge’s feedback.

With the team training behind them in May, four full national grade teams headed down as well as our successful compulsory gymnasts.

The compulsory gymnasts competed first on the 11th/12th May.

Although not full teams so unable to place in the team competition the individual gymnasts did themselves proud with Leila Lih (Dronfield) in Compulsory 3 achieving a fantastic 7th place on vault to give her an overall score over 60. In Compulsory 3 Lexi Mortimer (Gymmagic) and in Compulsory 4 Olivia Munro (Dronfield) both achieved a super top 20 place on apparatus, vault and bars respectively.

These were tough competitions working to the highest standards in the country and the 3 Yorkshire gymnasts were able to return home with pride at a job well done.

The National Grade teams followed shortly afterwards on the 25th/26th  May

The National 1 Team consisted of Louise Akers (Diamonds) Georgie King (Leeds), Florence Stoney (Gymmagic), Jessica Rodgers (Sheffield Workshop) and Lola Pritchard (Sheffield Workshop) in reserve. These experienced consummate professionals represented the region to a resounding 5th team place. There were some fantastic highlights with Georgie achieving 8th on vault, 4th on bars, 2nd on floor and 7th overall. Louise delivered a super 4th on vault, Florence 1st on bars and 5th on range and Jessica a solid top half result on 3 pieces and overall.  The combination of good solid results all round from all of the team meant that Yorkshire placed well and looked good in this tough National Arena.

Not to be outdone the National 2 team also delivered a resounding 5th place. The best National 2 result for several years. The team consisted of Summer Elbortoukaly (Harrogate), Poppy Wilkinson (Leeds), Elsie Grieg (Sheffield Workshop), Jessica Burton (Sheffield Workshop) and Holly Blake (Elmfield) in reserve. The results were headed up fantastically by Poppy with a 3rd on vault, 7th on bars, 1st on floor, 4th on range and a 4th overall. Elsie delivered a super 8th on vault. 9th on floor and a resounding 9th all round. Summer and Jessica delivered solid all round scores for the team with Summer coming 6th on vault. The combined efforts of these gymnasts saw Yorkshire again standing with heads held high amongst the nation’s regions.

The National 3 team had the unfortunate news of 2 injured gymnasts shortly before the competition date however the reserves stepped in at very short notice and with good spirit whilst sending their condolences to the disappointed gymnasts who had unfortunately had to step down. The team work across clubs to deal with this really was outstanding.

The National 4 team, last in the report but by no means least, delivered for the region with an extremely respectable 6th team place. The team were Anna Forbes (Harrogate) Evie Bottomley – Probst (Harrogate), Imogen Thompson (Gymmagic), Mia O’Neill (Gymmagic) and Libby Wilson (Dronfield) in reserve.

Anna demonstrated what good all round scores can do, she placed 8th on beam and only narrowly missed top ten on 3 other pieces meaning that she delivered a fantastic 5th place overall. Evie delivered fantastic 13’s on 2 pieces, Mia and Imogen super 12 plus scores on 3 pieces each. It shows the standard of this competition that high scores were narrowly missing out on top ten places. However good all round performances were what the team needed and the gymnasts came through to ensure that Yorkshire had yet another good all round result to celebrate.

Below are team pictures showing our Yorkshire gymnasts quite rightly enjoying a sense of achievement. This set of results across all of the competitions is one of the strongest and most consistent that Yorkshire has delivered for some time. A very big well done to you all, coaches and gymnasts alike. Below is a gallery of our great gymnasts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGM 2019 – Nominations Closed

 

Yorkshire Gymnastics Association

Women’s Artistic Technical Committee

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2019

The AGM of the WTC is to be held on Tuesday 10th December 2019 at Holiday Inn Express, Oulton. It will commence at 7.30pm.

Nominations are invited for the following posts on the committee:

·        Chair ·        Competition Organiser (Floor )
·        Vice Chair ·        Competition Organiser (National)
·        Secretary ·        Competition Organiser (Door)
·        Finance Manager ·        Communication and Media Officer
·        Judging Convenor ·        Squad Director
·        Welfare Officer ·        Judge and Coach Education Officer
·        Competition Co-ordinator ·        Joint Training Officer (YES Co-ordinator)

Role descriptions are available at the website by clicking here.

Nominations must be accompanied by

  • the name of the Proposer,
  • the name of the Seconder
  • a short resume of relevant experience supplied by the nominated person, to enable an informed decision.

Emails will be sent to all nominees asking them to confirm that they accept the nomination, if the nomination is not accepted or no response received by the deadline the nomination will not be completed.

In the event that there is more than one candidate nominated for a post, a vote will take place at the AGM and all CLUBS attending the meeting will be entitled to one vote per position.

The Secretary must receive all nominations including the names of the Proposer and Seconder and resume no later than midnight on the 24th November 2019

Nominations and resumes will then be circulated prior to the meeting.

Nominations can be made via the website using the online form here,

UPDATE: 24/11/19 00:00 NOMINATIONS CLOSED 

Nominations from the Floor

If no one is nominated for a post prior to the meeting a nomination may be made from the floor with a proposer and a seconder. In this instance the nominee accepts the nomination at the meeting and provides a verbal resume.

Nominations from the floor cannot be made for posts where nominations have been received prior to the meeting. As the nominee needs to accept the nomination it is only possible to nominate from the floor if the nominee is in attendance.

Notice of Motions

Requests for notice of motions for discussion at the AGM must be submitted via the online form/in writing/by email by midnight on 24th November 2019,

Notices of motions can be made via the website using the online form here,

UPDATE: 24/11/19 00:00 MOTIONS SUBMISSIONS CLOSED 

The Terms of Reference (the equivalent to a constitution) can only be modified by motions at a Special General Meeting (SGM) or at the AGM. A copy of the Terms of Reference is available here.

Notice of Motions are circulated with nominations prior to the meeting to allow them to be considered on the agenda of the SGM or AGM.

Summary 2019

11th November Notice of AGM circulated via email

11th November 2018 AGM minutes and 2019 AGM agenda circulated via email

11th November Role Descriptions available on the website here

11th November Notice of AGM and Role Descriptions published on website

24th November Nominations for Roles closes at midnight

24th November Notice of Motions deadline closes at midnight

28th November Nominations and Notices of Motions circulated to all affiliated clubs and members

10th December AGM

 

Sharon Parrett

Yorkshire WTC Secretary

[email protected]

 

YES SESSION 8th DECEMBER 2019

Closing Date:  Midday Sunday 1st December  2019

Session Details: 8th December 2019, Barnsley Gymnastics Club, 9.00am – 1.30pm

Cost is £5 per gymnast payable on the day

APPLICATIONS NOW ONLINE – CLICK HERE 

ANY DIFFICULTIES EMAIL  – [email protected]

The session is open to any gymnasts not in Yorkshire WA Squad. YES sessions are a joint training opportunity provided by Yorkshire WTC. Co-ordinated by the Joint Training (YES) Officer it is a chance to meet other coaches, share tips and best practice. Also an opportunity to spend some time on those areas you just don’t get chance to focus on in the gym. A great training opportunity for coaches and gymnasts alike. If you haven’t been to one yet then maybe it’s time to give it a try!

Yes Session December 2019

A completed GDPR/Data Protection Form should be completed for each gymnast, coach and judge and brought on the day. When you submit your application you will be automatically taken to the form to download, but if you have any difficulties email [email protected]

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