Water!

The extreme weather of the last week - specifically Monday and Tuesday - left the Riverside Centre with some water damage and ongoing electrical problems, which meant in turn an unscheduled break for the Club.

This has given me a bit of an opportunity to sort some pictures out on the Acro Gallery page. I've added video of Sarah and Emily's wonderful Pairs performance. You can find them on YouTube [ Dynamic ] and [ Static ].

I've also put some rather dodgy quality vidcaps of the routines on the page, pending the arrival of the official photos. Then there will be stills of the Grade 4 Trio and the Jenny and Daisy too.

This page is getting rather too big to be useful, so I think I'll chop it into smaller bits. Not much else will happen until the Autumn now, competition-wise, which will give the new partnerships time to get their routines together.

New Partnerships

There are some significant changes. We are truly sorry to see the departure of Jenny Dailly from the Club (she's retired from the sport), and also Abbie Callow and Jenny Wilson, who will be joining South Staffs Gym Club. These have all been regional champions and national finalists at several Grades. Daisy Dailly, also, is stepping down from being a top and will be working with a new Trio at Grade 2.

The higher level groups will now be Chelsie Cook and Daisy Stanier (G3 WP), Lauren Baines and Emily Kolk (G4 WP, and maybe some 'age group' stuff); Sam Reeves and Jodie Jeffries-Tipton (G4 WP). Hannah Mellor's been around recently, looking sharp. Possibly she might Top Sarah Mander-James - that would be exciting to watch - but the age differential would limit their scope.

The upshot of this is that several people who have perhaps been a bit overlooked are now coming to the fore, and among them are some very talented gymnasts. So watch this space.

S