Gymnasts triumph at top Regional competition – 14 July 2003

Esprit Academy gymnasts excelled recently at the National Grades Competition held at Kemp Welch gym club in Pool, Dorset on 13 July 2003. More than 130 gymnasts from all over the South of England competed in the grade 5 & 6 competition and every single esprit gymnast, still competing under the Ridgeway banner, passed with flying colours, an excellent result for all of the children, every one of them in the top half of an enormous entry.

Victoria Sutton (7) from Wanborough was 6th overall in her age group, Courtney Hows (8) from Wroughton was 10th overall in hers and Lucilia Barrand who competed in the grade 4 competition came 11th overall and scored an incredible 9.65 for her range and conditioning, the highest score of the whole day.

What makes these results so spectacular is the fact that the few children who scored higher marks than the esprit gymnasts are all from dedicated gymnastic schools that are able to offer specialised training. Katy Smith head Artistic coach of esprit (Ridgeway) said, “it was a fantastic result, our girls are still competing as Ridgeway Gym Club gymnasts at the moment without any specialist equipment, but as soon as our facility is open in September they will be able to improve even further. If these exceptional girls can perform at the highest level, against the regions top gymnasts now, just imagine what they will be able to achieve when they can train properly?”

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