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REGIONAL JUDGING COURSE SUCCESS
Congratulations to Becky House for passing the above course.

REGIONAL GRADING - WELLSPRINGS
Well done to all our competitors who took part in the above competition. We brought back 11 golds, 6 silvers & 3 bronzes, plus 16 qualifiers to their next grade. Particular congratulations to Sophie Edroff, Catherine Belchamber & Bryony Carmichael who have now qualified to compete at a National level. Another well done to all our first time competitors, who coped extremely well with their nerves:- Kelly Janaway, Scarlett Furness, Harley Dady, Zoe Janaway, Harry Roberts, Lucy Marks, Jennie Middleton & Zoe Smith. Thanks to Paul Stickland, Darren Haynes, Libby Johnson, Jordan George, Steve Sampson, Ian Leigh & Steve Bailey for giving up their Sunday to judge & record. It was a very successful day for OLGA and all the coaches would like to congratulate all our competitiors on their performance and behaviour

TRAMPOLINE COACHING AWARDS
Congratulations to Michael Wood and Rebecca Hardwick on passing their Level 3 coaching award.

CONGRATULATIONS KATY
Congratulations to Katy I'anson for passing her Level 2 Coaching Award

FUND RAISING EVENTS IN 2010
Cost is £2 per session and children under 7 MUST be supervised by an adult. They must wear suitable clothing for gymnastic & trampoline activities, now jewellery and long hair tied up. They are on a Saturday 4-5pm on the following dates:-

20th Feburary 2010

27th February 2010

13th March 2010

20th March 2010

27th March 2010

WHAT A WEEKEND FOR TEAMGYM GIRLS!
OLGA was represented by 3 teams at the South East Open held this weekend.
For the Primaries it was their first competition. They competed with great determination, showing high quality skills on all pieces for a well-deserved 1st in the regional section.
The Junior team had a wobbly start on tumble but fought back hard to secure first place on trampette and with an awesome floor routine took 2nd overall in the National 2 Competition
OLGA Senior team, competing for the first time since 2007, concentrated on a new floor routine and demonstrating their ability to perform fabulous, high flying skills on tumble and trampette to win the gold in the National 1 Competition
A special well done to Karen Grimes for choreographing all the teams floor routines which achieved the highest score in all the sections. Well done girls !

GYM RESULTS
Saturday 31^st October- West Country League
C Team = 2^nd Team members were-
Alanta Hammond- Forge, Izzy Songhurst, Louisa Hancock, Chloe Brebner, Amy Barnes & Franki Martin)
Sunday 1^st November- West Country League
A Team = 5^th Team members were- Olivia Taylor, Luisa Calvert, Victoria Kennedy, Isabelle Evans and Isabel Horton

This competition has 3 comps within the year and the best two scores added together make the yearly result. They are as follows:
A Team = 2^nd
B Team = 2^ndC Team = 6^th

Sunday 15^th November- South West Alpha Factor
Level 4, 10/11yrs, Alanta Hammond- Forge = 6^th,
Izzy Songhurst = 4^th ( out of a field of 29 gymnasts) Apparatus placing:
Alanta = 2^nd on beam
Izzy = 2^nd on bars and 2^nd on floor

WORLD AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Zach Sheridan came 5th in the 11 - 12 boys section
In the 13 - 14 boys section; Jason Ryall came 6th while Sina Abolghassem finished 22nd.

Jordan Arnold with her partner Sapphire Dallard (Renascence) took the bronze medal in the11 - 12 girls synchro.

PODIUM PLACES FOR OLGA BOYS AT BLANDFORD
8 boys competed at the Wessex Intermediate Competition held at Blandford last weekend. Oliver Simonot and Alex Wilson came 1st and 2nd in the Level 2 (2001 - 2) category. Arthur Blackwood and Matthew Hood finished 1st and 3rd (level 2 - 1999 - 2000). Oliver Greaves took silver in Level 1 (2001) category and in the Level 2 (1994 - 98) section Jake Bower took the bronze.
Well Done Boys

ARTICLES - PRESS RELEASES
Gymnastics		Trampoline	General/Press Releases
Girls	Boys	Wellsprings Jan 2010