British Juniors excel in Gymnastics International
The Junior Men's 4-Nations International held in Bristol, was close enough to be exciting; but still concluded with the predicted win for Great Britain, closing a fantastic year for Men's gymnastics...
Two boys from Huntingdon Gymnastics Club represented Great Britain in an U16 4-way international, held in Bristol this weekend. Max Bennett (15) and Cameron Mackenzie (16) provided solid consistent routines aiding their team to take Gold. Great Britain’s team scorewas 411.750 a massive marginover the three other countries; Switzerland with 403.500, then Germany 391.950 and France 390.300. Max competed all six pieces of apparatus without fall with a personal best score of 81.250 including a High Bar score of 14.000, the highest Bar score in the GB camp. Cameron also competed all of his routines without major error and three of his routine scores counted towards the final team score.
The depth and quality of the British Juniors was seen again. In the individual results, GB took individual 1st 2nd 3rd with our Max in 7th and Cameron in 13th from 24 competitors.
"What a fantastic way for HGC’s junior boys to end the year" commented junior boys coach Ben Howells, "the boys have trained brilliantly and delivered yet again. From Junior to Senior; home nation championships through European to Olympic medal wins, HGC have produced some of Great Britain’s best and most exciting results in 2008". Huntingdon now eagerly await a positive result as Louis Smith and Daniel Keating embark on a trip to the World Cup final in Madrid, to round off a busy senior’s calendar for 2008.
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Date Posted: 14/12/2008
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