This weekend Huntingdon boys, Benji Eyre and Tony Duchars travelled to Belfast to compete in the Celtic Cup.  On the strength of his winning the U14 Welsh Championships a few weeks ago, Benji represented the Welsh team and contributed to their team victory – the team taking Gold by 10 marks over Northern Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man and Ireland.  Both Huntingdon boys scored 69.55 all around, placing them in joint 5th place - with Benji taking the highest score on P-bars and Tony (representing the Isle of Man) taking the highest score on pommels.

In Waveney our younger boys competed in the Regional Setwork Qualifications.  Owen Harrison took Gold, Patrick Murphy took Silver and James Cook took Bronze in level 2, 3 and 4 respectively.  Jacob Taylor took 4th place, Jake Jarman 5th and Joe Brown 6th place in their levels 2, 4 and 6.  These boys successfully completed the first stage in their campaign to compete at the National Finals later in the year.  Josh Thurston took Gold in the Under Age group, with Christian Norman, Aidan Jolly, Jacob Tuck, Brin Dalton, Harry Thorpe, Charlie Hutchinson and Harry O’Driscoll all competing really well.  For many of these boys, it was their first competition at this level.
 

This weekend Huntingdon boys, Benji Eyre and Tony Duchars travelled to Belfast to compete in the Celtic Cup.

Huntingdon gymnasts marked the beginning of a busy competition season with good performances over the weekend. Daniel Keatings, returning from injury, made the journey to Perth to compete in the Scottish Championships, his first competition since tearing a knee ligament in April last year. He worked on all 6 apparatus, scoring 84.75 to finish 2nd behind World Medalist Daniel Purvis from Southport Gymnastic Club. The remaining senior and junior gymnasts took part in the English Championships at Stoke this weekend.

In the Senior event, Louis Smith managed to retain his pommel horse title with a score of 15.00. European medalist Sam Oldham finished 8th in his first senior event and club mates Luke Carson and Ahmahd Thomas worked well scoring 80.20 and 79.85. Sunday’s competition saw Junior gymnast William Mas perform well over 6 routines to score 70.30, earning him 11th place. Harrison Cooper-Lewis finished in 21st place and team mates Benjy Eyre and Tony Duchars, competing as guests, scored 67.85 and 64.45 respectively. The boys now compete in the London Open event next weekend, while Smith travels to Paris for a Grand Prix at the end of March.

'This was a good start for our gymnasts and especially for Daniel who has just recovered from a knee operation in good time to fight for selection to the European Championships in Berlin in April'.

On the girl’s side, Becky Morris and Becky Smith also travelled to Stoke to take part in the English Espoir championships. Morris 11 years and Smith 12 years of age produced some quality work with Smith missing out on a bronze medal on floor by 0.05 for an excellent routine. Claire Stock showed some good work in the senior’s competition but falls from
the Bars and Beam proved costly as she finished 11th Overall.

Huntingdon Gymnastics Club gymnasts have again had a successful weekend of competitions.  The British Championships and Masters held in Leicester this weekend saw boys between the ages of 12 to 23 years competing in all age groups.

The European Championships are due to take place in the last 2 weeks of April and we are proud to announce that Huntingdon gymnasts Cameron MacKenzie and Sam Oldham have been selected as part of the Junior team with fellow gymnast Max Bennett as reserve ...