BRITISH GYMNASTICS: Trampoline Technical Committee TRAMPOLINE NEWS No 41 December 2006 Editor: John D Beeton: [email protected] Merry Christmas to you all. EDITORIAL Martin Laws Editor’s new email address: [email protected] Dear Reader, Let me start by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes. I hope that you will all enjoy CONGRATULATIONS the well deserved break that the festivities will bring! As we look forward to the New Year, I would like to remind you all of The NTTC and all members of the trampoline fraternity would the Technical Conference to be held on 27th & 28th January like to add their sincere congratulations to Beth Tweddle for her 2007 at Lilleshall. As always we will have a great range of outstanding success in the 2006 Artistic World Championship, topics being covered, from all three disciplines, with speakers held in Aarhus DEN., during October, in which she became that will, as ever, be exciting and informative. World Champion in Asymmetric Bars. With the New Year, we will see the new revised Coaching This is an outstanding achievement for Beth and her coach Structure. All coaches will need to ensure that they are aware Amanda Kirby, who have both worked tirelessly together over of all the changes that are going to take place as of January. the years to achieve their goal of obtaining world champion Hopefully, this revised structure will lead to more coaches status for Beth. continuing on and furthering their qualifications. More information can be found later in this edition. A truly magnificent achievement. Well done Beth. Ed. 2007 will be another exciting year for competitions. November will see the climax of the World Cup cycle for 2005/06, so we now move on to the next cycle, with many of our stars hoping Message from Patricia Wade to gain those all important World Cup points to get them to the World Cup final in 2008! I cannot thank you all enough for the innumerable wishes of thanks and support received since my femur broke on 1st In February of 2007, the UEG will be hosting the first October. European Cup for Clubs. This event will be held in th th Frankfurt, Germany from the 25 to 27 February. This is an As most are now aware the accident resulted from cancer which exciting opportunity for all clubs, with eligible members, to now I am fighting hard so that I can soon return to gymnastic and give their competitors a taste of international competition! other activities. This will take some time but I am confident that I shall reach the remission status that I am working on with the Work is continuing on the LTAD for trampoline. Joanna medics by the New Year. Shackleton and her team are striving to get this document right for our discipline, and as you can imagine, it’s no easy task! I know that you will give your loyalty and support to Tonya Case Any judges that have not re-validated by the end of December who will be acting President of the FIG Acrobatics TC until my 2006 will find that at the beginning of January, their return to better health. qualification will no longer be valid, and you will need to attend a full course again. I hope that all clubs have been Again, thank you dear friends for your concern and support in so successful in getting their judges onto re-validation courses. many ways. Before closing my editorial for this year, I would like to thank Editor’s Note: It is heartening to hear from Pat. We, her all of the NTTC for their continued support and work, as well colleagues in British Gymnastics and the FIG were devastated to as every volunteer that continues to add to the success of our hear of her illness not so long ago. Messages can be forwarded to sport. Working as a team we can continue on and make our Pat via the CEOs office at BG. I know that she will welcome all. sport even more successful. Trampoline News is an official TTC publication for British Gymnastics only Email: [email protected] FIG WORLD CUP FINAL: see report on Page 4 of this 5 Way international Albacete, Spain. 9th – edition of TRAMPOLINE NEWS. th 12 November 2006 John Beer FIG JUDGES HONOURED IN GENEVA Travel This was well organised and until Laura Gallagher found she Three leading FIG Trampoline Judges were honored for their had forgotten her passport when she arrived at the airport all was excellent work during the present cycle, on the occasion of the going on time. British Airways were very helpful and transferred FIG Congress which was held in Geneva SUI in October past. Laura and I onto the next flight to give Laura’s mother time to drive from Weston with Laura’s passport (having taken time off Viktor Kagarlitskij UKR., Anette Dalsten DEN and Gerda work, a P.E. teacher, in a local school). The next flight was one Bierenfeld GER were presented with suitable gifts, including hour after the original, 13.10. All the team except Laura and I the FIG Medal and Longines Watches. British Gymnastics went through for the original flight; Leah contacted the Spanish congratulate all three on receiving their honor. Ed. organisers alerting them to the delay. All appeared as if it would work out ok with the Spanish having to wait an hour for us. How wrong – Laura’s mum even driving in excess of the 70mph limit INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 2007 was never going to get to the airport in time. Another visit to the BA desk to ask for the next flight, again they were extremely As reported previously, the international schedule for 2007 has helpful (all at no extra cost) but the next flight was at 19.55, become rather crowded and British Gymnastics has decided not meaning arriving in Spain very late. Laura’s passport arrived to participate in a number of events, and in particular 3 of the about 15.00 and we spent the rest of the day sitting around planned world cups. Our schedule is now complete and is as Heathrow, the others members of the team text to let me know follows: they had arrived at the venue at about 17.00 approx one hour before we were due to leave London! We did leave 20 minutes late and arrived at midnight, the last flight into Madrid. The March 16-19 Aalsmeer Flower Cup NED Spanish organisers had arranged a car (a VW Golf that looked like it had been on the ‘Pimp My Ride’ programme) along with a April 01-02 FIG World Cup, Lake Placid USA driver who took us to Albacete arriving at 03.00 to find the hotel 06-07 FIG World Cup, Quebec City CAN was very nice and on the university campus where the bars and 13-15 4 x Countries Annual Match, Lisbon POR clubs were still full and parties going on all around! 27-28 FIG World Cup, Kunshan City CHN As I have said the hotel was very good and well appointed, all June 08-10 4 x Nations Annual Match. Poole GBR meals were taken at the hotel, all 3 courses and very good. 28-30 FIG World Cup, Ostend BEL 28-30 Flanders Cup, Ostend BEL Competition venue This was excellent; some 5 minutes walk from the hotel. The August 24-26 GBR v CAN International Match, Sheffield GBR hall was divided into two with a ‘drop down’ divider. Half was 24-26 GBR v CAN v GER Youth Match, Sheffield GBR used as a training hall, 3 trampolines and all the artistic apparatus permanently set up. With the other half set up for the November 01-03 World Championships, Quebec City CAN competition with seating for approximately 500 people (more 07-10 IAGC, Quebec City CAN was available) it made training in both halls very easy and teams could choose where they wished to train. The organisation of all was excellent and all the needs of teams were catered for. TRA CODE OF POINTS 2009-2013 Competition This was run to the timetable with no delays. As 5 countries The FIG TR TC will begin working on the 2009-2013 COP at were taking part the judging panel was made up of judges from their first meeting of 2007 (April). If you have any proposals all five counties, overall the judging was very good with our that you would wish to see implemented in the new Code drop Judge Tony Hull being one of the middle three nearly every me a line with your proposal. I will then bring this to the time, well done Tony. After the preliminary competition all attention of the TC for discussion. Likewise, if you believe that the girls qualified for the finals and 3 of the boys this left GB the present Code does not require any changes, let us know. of his brother. In the girls event in the preliminary rounds th th. Ed. Laura Gallagher was joint 6 and Katy Ianson 5 Trampoline News is an official TTC publication for British Gymnastics only Email: [email protected] This gave the Girls 2nd place in the team event by 0.4 to Spain and 2nd place to the boys to Canada by 1.1. In the finals Cara FIG TR TC NEWSLETTER and Danielle jumped very well with Cara taking 2nd place and Danielle 4th after she repeated a tucked double back.