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South Essex Gymnasts Max and Reiss represent GB at AYOF
The young British Gymnasts have finished the Australian Youth Olympic Festival with 18 medals, including 5 Gold’s. Every discipline has been triumphant, with the Men’s Artistic Team leading the way, and a significant breakthrough for the Rhythmic gymnasts being another highlight.
GOLD:
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Team event
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Individual All Around, Ashley Watson
Gymnastics – Artistic Men’s Apparatus Floor, Reiss Beckford
Gymnastics – Artistic Men’s Apparatus Pommel, Max Whitlock
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Apparatus Parallel Bars, Ashley Watson
SILVER:
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Individual All Around, Reiss Beckford
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Individual Pommel, Sam Oldham
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Apparatus Vault, Reiss Beckford
Gymnastics – Artistic, Women’s Apparatus Floor – Danusia Francis
Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Individual All Around, Keziah Gore
BRONZE:
Gymnastics – Artistic, Women’s Team event
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Individual All Around, Max Whitlock
Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Team event
Gymnastics, Trampolining, Men’s Individual, Steven Williams
Gymnastics – Artistic, Women’s Apparatus Uneven Bars, Nicole Hibbert
Gymnastics – Artistic, Women’s Apparatus Beam, Danusia Francis
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Apparatus Parallel Bars, Max Whitlock
Gymnastics – Artistic, Men’s Apparatus Horizontal Bar, Ashley Watson
Fantastic results for South Essex with Max and Reiss winning 7 medals in total for team GB.
South Essex Gymnasts Max and Reiss selected to represent GB at AYOF
The British Olympic Association has announced the athletes due to attend the Australian Youth Olympic Festival early next year. Amongst the delegates, 16 gymnasts representing all 4 Olympic Disciplines.
click here for official AYOF website
The Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) is a bi-annual multi-sport for Olympic aspirants between the ages of 13 and 19. It is organised and hosted by the Australian Olympic Committee, and importantly has the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.
Liverpool’s, Jenni Pinches is excited about the AYOF competition on the back of attending this years Olympics as part of the BOA Olympic Ambition Programme
“I’m looking forward to the AYOF a lot. Most of all the travelling and the experience of being on the other side of the World, but also the chance to compete against other countries will be a huge help to me. To have a clean competition in this environment will be a great achievement and really help my career.”
“It was an amazing experience to be in Beijing as part of the 2012 Olympic Ambition Programme, all my friends were very jealous! I feel that I now know what it might be like in 2012, to be in the stadium and to witness the intense atmosphere, it obviously looked like it would be easy to get distracted so now hopefully I’ll know what to be ready for and be able to prepare for that.”
Team GB’s AYOF Gymnasts
Men’s Artistic
Ashley Watson
Sam Oldham
Max Whitlock
Reiss Beckford
Women’s Artistic
Nicole Hibbert
Danusia Francis
Niamh Rippin
Jennifer Pinches
Rhythmic Gymnasts
Keziah Gore
Lynne Hutchison
Jade Faulkner
Kerrie Denton
Trampoline Gymnasts
Steven Williams
Scott Gregory
Emma Smith
Emma Scanlon
Sporting Village
The Basildon Sporting Village will be the best sports facility in the East of England. The Sporting Village will provide first class sports, leisure and education facilities at Gloucester Park, in the heart of the District.
The Sporting Village will be a sporting hub for the community, providing modern, ‘state of the art’ facilities for local people and others from across the region. It will be affordable and accessible to all sections of the community, from casual users to elite athletes.
Supporting the excellent outdoor facilities existing in the Park, the new facility will be located immediately to the west of the Athletics Track.
The Sporting Village will include the following sports and fitness facilities:
Indoor Facilities
A 50m, 8 lane swimming pool, with spectator accommodation for 300
Sports Hall – 8 court multi-purpose sports hall with retractable seating for 480
Gymnastics Centre – (main hall exercise area and reception, changing and office space)
Multipurpose Studio
Health and Fitness suite
Changing rooms for athletics and outdoor pitches (football, netball, cricket)
Outdoor Facilities
Retained current British Athletics Grade 1 8-lane track, seating for 750 spectators with new changing facilities
Synthetic turf pitch
Netball courts relocated from southern part of Gloucester Park
Existing Football pitches retained
Existing Cricket pitch retained
The precise size and detailed design of the facility will be agreed with the Council’s Contractor once they have been appointed, but it will be a building of high quality. Once the facility opens in 2010, it has the potential to be used as a training camp for 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Access to the Sporting Village for pedestrians and cyclists will be via improved footpaths and cycleways across Gloucester Park. Access by car, coach and public transport will be from the north, off of Cranes Farm Road.
(web ref http://www.basildonrenaissance.com/38_RegenerationProjectsArchive.html?item=7)
Congratulations!
Well done to Jamie-Leigh Hickton and Laura Willett who are now Level 3 coaches
Well done to Denise Summers and Holly Pike who are now Level 2 coaches
Well done to Kendal Craymer and Katie Walker who are now Level 1 coaches
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