Esprit
Gymnasts top the South West.
Left to right: Mollie Slinn, Kate Faulkner,
Scarlett Rolt, Elise Hale, Jade Faulkner, Ella Bradley,
Emma Gallagher, Alice Rendell, Micia Falaki, Faye Moffat,
Rowan Gregg, Gemma Rand, Laura Halford, Alicia Veveris,
Clarice Saloyedoff, April Coombes, Jessica Bradley. Absent:
Hannah and Katy Sellars.
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Swindon
Gymnasts from the ESPRIT ACADEMY celebrated the news that
they were to have their own purpose built Gymnastics Centre
by winning more that TWENTY gold, silver and bronze medals
at the South West Championships held at Bath University
on Sunday. Seventeen young gymnasts between the ages of
6 and 15 travelled to the University of Bath to compete
against top gymnasts from across the South West in this
annual competition and performed to the highest standards.
The dedication and hard work of the youngsters shone through
and between them they won 9 Gold, 7 Silver and 5 Bronze
medals as well as the overall Junior Trophy and the Best
performer in an age group award. Deb Hows, Head Rhythmic
coach from Esprit said “It was a fantastic result
from children that have never had a proper centre to train
in, every single gymnast from Esprit showed they have what
it takes to win – we are all extremely proud of them.
Esprit
have just recently secured a change of use on a brand new
8,000sqft warehouse at the ‘io’ centre, Stratton
St Margaret, Swindon which they aim to transform into a
dedicated Gymnastics Centre. “Esprit is set to become
the centre of excellence for gymnastics in Swindon”
continued Deb. “All of the children competing at Bath
performed out of their skin, against some of the best gymnasts
in the country and once the Academy is open early in the
new year we fully expect to build on these results and for
Swindon to become a real force in British Gymnastics”.
Watch
this space, after the determination and hard work shown
by the young gymnasts at Esprit, it would take a brave person
to bet on them not improving on these already impressive
results. A full breakdown of the results are:
