Medals galore
ROCHDALE Olympic Gymnastics Club sent 14 young gymnasts aged 8-12 to Wiltshire to compete in the Wiltshire School of Gymnastics Summer Sizzler 4 Piece Apparatus Championships held in Melksham.
All the girls competed in the Sandcastles event and between them produced a fantastic team performance with all 14 gymnasts returning home with medals following some outstanding routines where Macy Stokes, Luci Ashton, Marianne Haboc, and Tilly Dooner won their respective categories.
Thea Thornsby got the day off to a cracking start with a fourth place finish in the 2010 category, also picking up second on Vault, third on Bars and first place on Floor.
Group 1 of the 2008 category saw Ella Rosales earn a third place Overall, collecting first on Vault and second on Floor along the way.
Group 2 of this category saw Macy Stokes take the Overall Title in first place with Margot Taylor third, Summer Taylor fourth and Maisie Cosgrove fifth.
Macy’s victory was aided by third on Vault, first on Bars, first on Beam and second on Floor.
Margot picked up second on Bars, with Summer collecting the Vault title and Maisie earning third place on both Beam and Floor.
The final Group 3 in the same category saw Luci Ashton finish as the Overall Champion in first place, closely followed by Millie Nuttall in second. Luci was also rewarded with first on Vault, first on Bars, second on Beam and second on Floor, with Millie taking second on Bars.
Group 1 of the 2007 age group saw Marianne Haboc in an amazing first place Overall, closely followed by Isobel Lee in second.
Marianne was also credited with second on Bars, and first on Beam, with Isobel earning third on Vault, third on Bars, third on Beam and first on Floor.
Tilly Dooner was crowned the Overall Champion in Group 2 of this age group in first place Overall, with Rebecca Razzaq in fifth.
Tilly’s top spot was helped by first on Vault, first on Bars, and second on Floor with Rebecca taking second on Bars.
A highly successful outing was rounded off with Zeynep Ikikardelser finishing in second place Overall, and Martel Emberga in fourth Overall in the 2006 group. Zeynep also collected second on Bars, and first on Beam, with Martel being rewarded with third on Vault, first on Bars and second on Floor.