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GYMNAST British Gymnastics JULY/AUGUST 2014 Digital Magazine COMMONWEALTH CATCH UP KANUKAI JACKSON AND GABBY LOGAN OPENING SHOT Reality hits Georgia Lancaster, Millie Spalding and Elise Matthews as they know they are gold medal winners at the Acrobatic World Championships in Levallois, Paris. CONTENTS WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE... COMMONWEALTH GAMES - MEET THE TEAMS KANUKAI JACKSON Meet the teams and your schedule for the 20th Commonwealth Games 2002 Commonwealth champion 18 24 28 10 38 GABBY LOGAN ACRO WORLD CHAMPS LEE WOOLLS Former rhythmic gymnast and TV presenter GBR rule in France! A judges point of view Let’s get social... Copyright © 2014 Published by British Gymnastics. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may follow us here be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without written permission of British Gymnastics. Identification and naming of individual gymnasts on printed photographs is determined by the information received and therefore cannot be guaranteed for accuracy. The views expressed by the individual contributors are not necessarily those of British Gymnastics. Equally the inclusion of advertisements in this magazine does not constitute endorsement by British Gymnastics of the products or services concerned. British Gymnastics is unable to recommend any product, guarantee that it is free of any banned substance or take any responsibility for any claims of effectiveness. Tweet Wall Ashley Watson Nick Hope Luke Strong Bryony Page @AshWatson92 @NickHopeBBC @lukestrong2 @BryonyPage1 Hit a lamppost and nose dived For all the latest on all-things Great weekend at NDP finals! The best pair of shoes I into a wall. He’s been transferred British Gymnastics & home nations It was great to be apart of own! Thank you so so much Welcome to to Watson’s Rehabilitation Clinic ahead of the Commonwealths a great event and see some @BritishFlatShoe !!! follow @BritGymnastics great performances #britishandproud #teamgb our twitter wall. @BritGymnastics Check out this issue’s tweets.... Elise Matthews Sam Oldham Ellie nie Louis Smith MBE Dow @EliseMatthewsss @Oldham93 @elliedownie My grandad talking about @louissmith1989 Check out some training clips how he tried to take a “selfie” So weird how I’m taller than Haven’t worn this bad boy in and hear about my targets for the for his new passport picture @bdownie and there’s a 7 year a while #fitslikeaglove commonwealth’s here has to be the highlight age difference :D FOLLOW US @Glasgow2014 of my day @BritGymnastics @SkyScholarships GYMNAST 6 GYMNAST 7 Travelling to this event? InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and British Gymnastics have teamed up to offer you fantastic discounts on hotel accommodation. Click here to explore the options. ACROBATIC Frazer Windows & Finlay Gray (above); Charlie Tate, WORLD Lewis Watts, Conor Sawenko & Adam Upcott (below) Marlena Kroliczek and Harriet Cowperthwaite (above); By Olivia Howard Jordan Franklin & Lilyella Paul (below) Photos - Alan Edwards CHAMPS and Paul Dawson he level of talent in Great Britain for acrobatic gymnastics is truly outstanding. The 2014 World Age Group Competition and World Championships in Levallois, Paris saw another Tincredible display of excellence from the GBR squad. Coming away with a total medal haul of 8 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals, the team continue to dominate international competition and push the boundaries of brilliance like never before. Medal winners: 2014 ACROBATIC 11-16 years WORLD AGE GROUP GOLD - Women’s Pair - Marlena Kroliczek, Harriet Cowperthwaite COMPETITION GOLD - Men’s Pair - Frazer Windows, Finlay Gray Our gymnasts returned home from the 2014 GOLD - Men’s Group - Michael Gill, Nathan Brady, Acrobatic World Age Group Competition with a Stuart Napier, Finnian Gavin total of 13 medals – 7 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. SILVER - Mixed Pair - Jordan Franklin, Lilyella Paul Once again our top gymnasts in the 11 -16 , 12 – 18 SILVER - Women’s Group - Tabitha Dawson, and 13 -19 age group categories dominated the Scarlett Wright, Kitty Williams competition with some incredible performances, proving GBR as a power house nation in the acrobatic 12-18 years discipline. GOLD - Women’s Pair - Chelsea Fisher, Abbi Greaves GOLD - Mixed Pair - Millie Nesbitt, Liam Sneath The gymnasts qualified over three days of SILVER - Men’s Pair - Lewis Falconer, Christian Wood competition aiming to make the top 8 in their GOLD - Men’s Group - Charlie Tate, Lewis Watts, age groups to earn a place in the finals. Many of Conor Sawenko, Adam Upcott Michael Gill, Nathan Brady, Finnian Gavin & Stuart our partnerships finished first and second in their BRONZE - Women’s Group - Hannah Pilling, Napier (below); Chelsea Fisher & Abbi Greaves (right) respective categories but with only one per country Kirstie Harrington, Sofie Jane Lincoln allowed to advance to the final they unfortunately missed out on a place. 13-19 years GOLD - Mixed Pair - Lewis Walker, Great Britain topped rivals Russia in the finals who Isabella Montagna took 12 medals continuing their great work from SILVER - Women’s Pair - Keri Rothwell-Douglas, qualifications. Congratulations must go to all Hannah Baughn gymnasts, coaches and officials on such fantastic BRONZE - Women’s Group - Lauren Emmerson, results. Erin Mattinson, Lucy Atkinson WORLD AGE GROUP FULL RESULTS GYMNAST 10 GYMNAST 11 MIXED PAIR WORLD CHAMPIONS 12-18 AGE GROUP GYMNAST 12 GYMNAST 13 Watch World Champions Elise, Georgia and Millie in their 2014 ACROBATIC balance qualification WORLD JUST TO BE HERE IS A REAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HONOUR AND WE DID WHAT WE “NEEDED TO DO TODAY AND IT PAID The British seniors came away from the World OFF WITH A SILVER MEDAL! Championships with one world title, three silvers ALICE UPCOTT and a bronze. Georgia Lancaster, Millie Spalding and Elise ” Matthews (Women’s Group 1) qualified in second position for their final marginally behind the Russia trio. The girls were up last to perform to a packed crowd. They had proved over qualification days they had both the difficulty and style to score well and that they did taking the World title ahead of Russia and Belgium. After finishing with silver at both the Europeans in 2013 and British Championships in 2014 the girls went one better in Paris and proved beyond doubt that they truly are world class. Unfortunately our second Women’s Group, Cicely Irwin, Josie Russell and The Men’s Group of Connor Bartlett, George Wood, Jennifer Bailey missed out on a place in the final Following the magnificent Gareth Wood and Daniel Cook had an unfortunate even though they finished 7th as only one group error in their qualifications which saw young per country can advance. However the group results at both the World George take an awkward fall but they came back are only first year seniors and they show great strongly to qualify in second and they held on to Age Groups and World potential for the future. their place in the final showing fantastic courage Championships, many and passion to take silver. As first year seniors their In the Mixed Pair, Alice Upcott and Dominic I’M AMAZED, I DIDN’T THINK future is extremely exciting! partnerships will now Smith performed a stunning final routine with beautiful choreography and well executed skills WE WOULD GET THIS FAR. WE change and some gymnasts Kieran Whittle and Farai Bright Garamukanwa to take silver. It was a close battle between the JUST WANTED TO COMPETE were competing in their first major international GBR pair and the Russians who in the end took “ retire. We wish everyone CLEAN ROUTINES AND PROVE in the Men’s Pair category and after qualifying in the title by less than 0.1. Alice and Dom have third position with their Balance, Dynamic and success in the future! had an incredible season being crowned British, TO OURSELVES WE COULD DO IT, Combined routines they held their place and nerve European and World Games Champions and now WE’RE JUST SO HAPPY! in the final to take World bronze behind Russia have world silver to add to their collection. KIERAN WHITTLE and Belgium. It was a long wait for both Kieran and Farai who competed last out of the six finalists and the pressure was on as the scores went back ” to zero and one last Combined routine would count for everything. However their hard work and determination paid off as they took their place on the World podium. The British squad also won silver in the team event. Each federation put forward three of their strongest partnerships towards a team total which included results from Balance, Dynamic and Combined qualification routines. With only the federations knowing who was put forward it was difficult to call until the final places were announced. The British team included our Mixed Pair, Women’s Group 1 and Men’s Group. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FULL RESULTS ” I’M REALLY PLEASED WITH HOW WE PERFORMED, WE DANCED WELL, WE DID OUR MOVES CLEAN. THE RESULTS ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL SO IT’S HARD BUT ULTIMATELY WE ARE REALLY HAPPY! DANIEL COOK MEN’S GROUP SILVER ” MEDALLISTS GEORGE WOOD, GARETH WOOD, DANIEL COOK & CONNOR BARTLETT GYMNAST 16 GYMNAST 17 SCHEDULE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS JULY 24TH 12:00-15:30 Team Final & Individual Qualification 2014 18:00-21:30 Team Final & Individual Qualification JULY 25TH 13:30-17:30 Individual All-Around Final COMMON JULY 26TH WEALTH 09:30-12:30 Apparatus Finals: Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS JULY 28TH 13:30-16:00 Team Final and Individual Qualification GAMES 19:00-21:30 Team Final and Individual Qualification JULY 29TH 12:00-14:30 Team Final and Individual Qualification GUIDE 16:30-19:30 Team Final and Individual Qualification JULY 30TH 13:00-16:30 Men’s Individual All-Around Final 18:30-22:00 Women’s Individual All-Around Final JULY 31ST 15:00-19:00 Men’s Apparatus Finals: Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings & Women’s Apparatus Finals: Vault, Uneven Bars THE 20TH COMMONWEALTH GAMES WILL BE HELD IN GLASGOW, RUNNING OVER 11 DAYS OF COMPETITION FROM 24 JULY TO 3 AUGUST 2014 WITH 72 AUGUST 1ST NATIONS TAKING PART IN 261 EVENTS OVER 17 SPORTS.