Congratulations go out to Ollie following his remarkable British Trampoline Championships results - Ollie has cemented his position as 3rd in the UK in his age category!

Following a tough series of qualification events in Telford and Sheffield, Ollie travelled to Arena Birmingham to compete in the British Championships with the best Trampoline, DMT and Tumbling competitors in the UK, managing a fantastic 3rd place!

But that's not all!  Ollie scored a whopping 29.9 out of 30.0 for his 'Horizontal Displacement' score (how well he says on the cross on the Trampoline) - that was the highest in the entire competition, placing higher than even the Senior competitors!  A huge achievement for his first ever British Championships!

Well done to Ollie and all of his Coaches who shared in his success!

Congratulations to Head Coach, Andi Revell who has been appointed as 1 of 10 Representatives of the British Gymnastics Club Stakeholder Advisory Group!

Let us tell you more about it...

British Gymnastics were on a hunt to find experienced Members within the sport to assist them in making our amazing sport even better! Representatives on the panel are there to provide new, fresh ideas to British Gymnastics as well as highlighting any concerns Clubs and Members may be facing. The selection process was very intense, but we are delighted to announce that Andi was successful and we are even more excited for the future of the Board!! 

To check out more about Andi's new role, click here!

Now let us tell you more about Andi...

Not only is Andi a Qualified High Performance Trampoline, High Performance DMT Coach and National Level Judge, he is also a Tutor for British Gymnastics. This means he is able to deliver Level 1 and 2 Trampoline, Freestyle and Pre-School Coaching Courses as well as assessing candidates and giving them that all important tick! Andi travels around the country to do this, in addition to working for UKAD, our Anti Doping Organisation. He assists UKAD in delivering workshops to Olympic Athletes and Premier League Footballers to make sure we have a Clean, Safe Sport! 

You can normally find Andi by the Trampoline or DMT somewhere coaching the Performance Trampoline and DMT Squads. He regularly travels to different competitions around the UK with the Squad, judging where needed and supporting our Members always!

As the Head Coach at AAAsports, Andi's passion for every Member to enjoy our sport consistently shines through and we know that he will make a massive impact to our sport!

Well done Andi!!

We have been informed by the Lakeside Centre that they have scheduled refurbishment works to take place in their sports hall from 30th September 2019 until 1st January 2020.  This will mean that the sports hall will be out of action and we will not be able to operate classes at this location during this time.
 
We have worked with the team at the Lakeside Centre and have been able to secure an alternative booking at Hadrian Leisure Centre, St Peter's Road, Wallsend, NE28 7LQ.  We will therefore be transferring all Lakeside Centre classes to this location from 30th September 2019 to 1st January 2020.  We are currently working with both centres to determine which equipment can be transferred to Hadrian LC, although we are confident we will still be able to offer all 4 gymnastics pieces plus Trampolines each week, albeit it potentially on a smaller scale.
 
We appreciate that this is an inconvenience to our Members, but unfortunately it is a situation over which we have no control.  We are therefore offering the following options to Members:

• Option 1 - Transfer to Hadrian LC.  This is the default option for all Members and they will be transferred to the exact same class times during this period, reverting back to Lakeside Centre from January 2020.
• Option 2 - Suspend Membership.  Payments due on 15th September (Annual Membership and Class Fees) will still be charged as normal, however this will be transferred to January 2020 and a space will be guaranteed for Members when the Lakeside Centre re-opens, with class fees next being restored from 15th January 2020 for February 2020.
• Option 3 - Cancel Enrolment.  Our standard 16 day cancellation period will be suspended and Members can submit a Drop notification until 11:59pm on Saturday 14th September 2019.

We thank you for your understanding and support in this matter, and hope that you will continue with our classes at Hadrian LC!
 

Congratulations to our newest set of Level 2 Trampoline Coaches!  Bradley, Corey, Jamie and Kymberli all passed their coaching awards recently, following an intensive course and extended period of mentoring from our existing Coaches!  Well done!

This comes only a few months after 7 of our Coaches gained additional Pre-School coaching qualifications, demonstrating our continued drive to developing our Coaches.  We have further courses due to start in the next few weeks, as we being our Coach Education Programme again to train Coaches of the future!

Keep checking our website for more information on how to apply for our January 2020 course!

Congratulations to Members of our Development & Performance Trampoline & DMT Squads who travelled to Nottingham last weekend to compete in the final League qualifier of 2019!  All Members were trying to gain qualification points to gain entry to the League Finals event being held in Derby in November 2019!

There were some fantastic results all around - in the Trampoline Event, Hannah placed 15th to earn 10 points in her first League 2 event, Ava placed 16th to earn 9 points, Dan placed 4th and earned 60 points in League 1 whilst Ollie finished 1st and scored a huge 100 points!

In DMT, Hannah placed 15th again to earn 10 points, Ollie placed 4th and earned 75 points while Dan placed 2nd and earned another huge 100 points!

There's now an anxious wait for qualification lists for League Finals to be announced - good luck everyone!