May 2008
9th May - European Championships, Lausanne, Friday
"From Zero to Hero- this is a fantastic success"-
Brian Stocks, CEO British Gymnastics
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April 2008
4th Apl - Women's European Championships
The British women's team competed well to qualify in 5th
for the 2008 European Team Finals, along with a further 4
Senior apparatus finals.
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March 2008
27th Mar - WAG European Championships - Team Announcement
Women’s Technical Director Adrian Stan has selected
the senior and junior gymnasts to compete at the 2008 European
Championships.
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17th Mar - GBR vs. FRA - Womens Artistic Gymnastics.
A fantastic weekend of competition in Blackpool saw both
Teams share the medals and proved how close Great Britain
and France are in the world of gymnastics.
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6th Mar - The first Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event
for the season
Amid one of the toughest Pommels final’s of any world
level competition Great Britain’s Daniel Keatings (Huntingdon)
circles through to win bronze medal
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February 2008
28th Feb - Women's European Championships in Clermont Ferrant
(FRA) - Preview
City of Liverpool's Melanie Roberts, Hannah Clowes and Hannah
Whelan swept the top three positions in the first Control
competition for the up and coming Women's European Championships
in Clermont Ferrant (FRA)
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December 2007
11th Dec - Smith ends the year on a high
Louis Smith ended his 2007 competitive campaign with a superb
pommel horse Silver medal at the Toyota International Invitational
competition in Toyota City, Japan.
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November 2007
10th Nov - Glasgow Grand Prix - Finals.
Great Britain and Romania topped the medal table at the Glasgow
Grand Prix with both nations claiming two Gold, one Silver
and one Bronze Medal.
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4th Nov - Men's British Championships
Severnteen year old Daniel Keatings, from Huntingdon Olympic
Gym Club grabbed the Men’s Senior Overall title in Wigan
for the first time in his career
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October 2007
29th Oct - Seven out of ten Finals for the British at the
DTB Cup!
Marissa King, Daniel Keatings and Kristian Thomas achieved
commendable results at the DTB World Cup in Stuttgart.
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23rd Oct - Tenth Year of Gymnastics Fiestas in Glasgow
Top gymnasts from the leading gymnastics nations of China,
Japan, Romania and Russia and a record 29 countries represented.
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17th Oct - Highest Award for Professor Patricia Wade
Genuinely respected throughout the world Professor Patricia
Wade, President of the FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical
Committee, was awarded Pro Ecclessia et Pontifice, on 2 October
2007
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September 2007
2nd Sep - OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION AND THE WORLD TEAM FINAL
Great Britain Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team turned
all the predictions and hopes on their heads by taking the
World Championships by storm.
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August 2007
21st Aug - 40th World Championships Squad Selections
British Gymnastics are pleased to announce the Women’s
and Men’s Squads who are selected to take part in the
40th World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in Stuttgart,
Germany, 1-9 September 2007.
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16th Aug - International in Trampoline, Double Mini Trampoline
and Tumbling
Two months before the World Championships in Quebec City
(CAN), which will also serve as Olympic Qualifications for
Beijing 2008, two of the strongest Trampoline nations in the
world, Great Britain and Canada, will meet in Sheffield for
their vitally important last rehearsal.
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8th Aug - British and Brazilian women gear up for the Worlds
Just a week before they depart for Stuttgart, Germany, where
the 2007 World Championships and 2008 Olympic Qualifications
in Artistic Gymnastics will take place
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6th Aug - GB women win confidence boosting victory in Brno
GBR Women’s Team (Rebecca Downie, Rebecca Wing, Hannah
Clowes, Laura Jones, Aisling Williams and Marissa King) came
out victorious (226.650 pts) in the Friendly International
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6th Aug - Birmingham to host 2010 European Championships
Birmingham has been chosen as the host city for The European
Championships in Men’s and Women’s Team and Individual
Artistic Gymnastics 2010.
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6th Aug - GBRvNEDvSUI Men's International
Great Britain received a massive confidence boost ahead of
the World Championships with a victory in the 3-way International
against Switzerland and The Netherlands in Ipswich.
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July 2007
16th Jul - National Trampoline Championships
Claire Wright reached 7th heaven at the NIA wining her record
breaking 7th British Senior Title in a row with James Higgins
taking the Men’s crown
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9th Jul - Women's British Championships, Day 2
The second day of the Women’s British Championships
saw the best senior, junior and Espoir gymnasts battle it
out for apparatus glory.
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8th Jul - 7- UP FOR BETH
Beth Tweddle won her 7th British Title at the Guildford Spectrum
to leave her just one title short of joining Pat Hirst's as
the all-time leading title winner
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June 2007
26th Jun - Getting ready for the World Gymnaestrada
A 723 member strong British Gymnastics Delegation are getting
ready for the biggest and the most exciting gymnastics event
in 2007
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25th Jun - British Tumblers leave their mark at the World
Cup in Sofia
Current British Tumbling Champion Laura Houson (Wakefield
G.C.) won a significant, first ever World Cup victory in her
career, at the renowned tournament named after the astronaut
Alexander Alexandrov, held at the Bulgarian capital Sofia
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21st Jun - British Trampoline Championships
Britain’s Trampoline stars will be out in force as
they battle to be crowned British Champion at the NIA Arena
in Birmingham.
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20th Jun - 2007 World Championships Draw
The Draw for the World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics
in Stuttgart (GER) was held on Wednesday, 20th June 2007 at
the renowned Hans-Martin Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart
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4th Jun - British Gymnastics - Women's Artistic Gymnastics
Event - Preview
British Gymnastics are delighted to be bringing top-level
junior Artistic gymnastics to Gloucester. This brand new event
format will for the first time see the British Espoir (aged
12/13) Champion crowned alongside winners in the Level 2 category.
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May 2007
20th May - Double British Success in Orlando!
The President of British Gymnastics, Brian Stocks, was elected
as Vice President of the FIG Disciplinary Commission at the
FIG Council Meeting in Orlando (USA), on Saturday 19th May
2007.
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April 2007
30th Apl - THE LAST POST - Europeans 2007
The European Championships in Amsterdam saw Beth Tweddle,
defending champion on Asymmetric Bars, withdraw to protect
her chances of retaining her World crown in September as she
recovers from a shoulder injury
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30th Apl - 2nd EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Daniel Keatings
- European Pommel Horse Silver Medal
For the Men this demonstrates a meteoric rate of progress
just two years after World Class funding was withdrawn for
a lack of results.
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27th Apl - 2nd EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - WOMEN’S
QUALIFICATIONS
From 10am until 8pm it was a marathon day. The specialists
were not so obviously standing out from the all around gymnasts.
Stability seemed to be the factor that defined “specialist”.
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25th Apl - 2nd EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - MEN’S
& WOMEN’S ARTISTIC
The British Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Teams have travelled to Amsterdam (HOL) for the 2nd European
Individual Artistic Gymnastics Championships 26th-29th April.
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24th Apl - Vote Beth Tweddle for Gymnast of the year!
The highly acclaimed International Gymnast magazine have
announced that Britain’s Beth Tweddle is amongst the
five female nominees for Gymnast of the Year 2006
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9th Apl - The British win four Gold, three Silver and four
Bronze medals!
The top eight Juniors and Seniors on each piece of Apparatus
proceeded to the Apparatus Finals, which confirmed the new
status of the British gymnasts and the traditional strength
of the Russians and the Bulgarians in this discipline.
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7th Apl - Francesca Jones and GB Team win the 1st LG International
Francesca Jones (GBR) won the Senior All-around competition
of the 1st LG Rhythmic Gymnastics International at Fenton
Manor Sport Complex, in Stoke on Trent on Saturday
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2nd Apl - The 1st LG International Rhythmic Gymnastics competition
Stoke-on-Trent will see one of the most spectacular Rhythmic
Gymnastics competitions ever staged in this country; the 1st
LG International, with the participation from 7 countries:
Russia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Slovakia,
and Great Britain.
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2nd Apl - It's Notts, for the first time!
Nottingham Gym Club won the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Team title for the first time in their history, in a very
exiting competition at the Spectrum, Guildford on Sunday,
1st April 2007.
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March 2007
27th Mar - 2007 British Women’s Gymnastics Teams Championships
The new format of the British Team Championships, 5-4-3 (5
gymnasts in the team, 4 compete on each piece of apparatus
and only the top 3 scores count towards the team’s total)
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17th Mar - GYMNASTICS: WOMEN'S SENIOR INTERNATIONAL
Very competitive, steady and talented US Team won well-deserved
victory over GBR (237.700: 218.100) in the Friendly Meeting
at Salto Gym Club, Lisburn City, Belfast
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8th Mar - GYMNASTICS: WOMEN'S SENIOR INTERNATIONAL
On Saturday, 17th March, St Patrick's Day, and Sunday 18th
March 2007, a very significant Gymnastics event is coming
to Lisburn City, Belfast, to make history for the sport in
Northern Ireland - the Women's Gymnastics Friendly International
GBR vs. the USA.
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