Alton Trampoline Club members did well and came away with gold at the 2nd DMT Southern Regional Test Event this past weekend.

Claire Brewer and Jonty both competed in the NDP 1 category, alongside Hattie (NDP3) and Katherine (NDP4) and they all followed their success in the previous competition by successfully landing every single one of their passes. They also all achieved the qualifying score required to be invited to the Southern Team selection event.

There were a lot of good performances throughout the competition, so well done as well to the gymnasts and coaches from Xcel, Starlight, and Alpha, who also took part in the afternoon. Hopefully this will inspire more gymnasts to try out this exciting category of Trampolining.

Well done to all four of our competitors and best of luck at the Regional Team Qualifier at the end of February!

Huge congratulations to Federica, Robert and Alex, who have all qualified to represent their Schools at the National Finals of the Schools Trampoline Championships! A wonderful achievement!

6 members from Alton Trampoline Club made the trip up to Gillingham having qualified through to the Southern Zonal round of the Championships. All of the members performed well and successfully completed all of their routines. As well as coming first in their groups, Federica, Robert and Alex each achieved personal goals, with Federica completing her routine for the first time fully, and both Robert and Alex competed a somersault for the very first time!

In the other highly competitive groups, Scarlett, Scott and Katherine can all come away proud of their performances. Well done to all of the gymnasts, and to their coaches for the work put in to achieve this. Best of luck then to our three finalists, who travel up to Wigan for the Finals on Saturday 19th March.

The full individual results can be downloaded at the end of this article, but here is a summary of the ATC performances:

• Alex (Sun Hill Junior School) – 1st Place, Under 11s Boys Novice Disability;
• Robert (Perins) – 1st Place, Under 19s Boys Novice Disability;
• Federica (Stepping Stones) – 1st Place, Under 19s Girls Novice Disability;
• Scarlett (Four Marks C of E) – 6th Place, Under 11s Girls Novice;
• Scott (Amery Hill) – 6th Place, Under 14s Boys Intermediate;
• Katherine (Amery Hill) – 4th Place, Under 14s Girls Elite;

Southern Regional Trampoline Results

A busy and exciting day of competition continued as the first Regional Trampoline competition of the season took place on the Isle of Wight at the same time! 9 members took the ferry across: some experienced, others participating in a regional event for the first time.

There were podium places for Courtney, Jasmine and Jonty, who all deservedly came away with trophies from the day following some excellent routines. They also successfully qualified for the Regional Team Qualifier (RTQ) in March. As well as this, we are pleased that 3 other members have also qualified for the RTQ with their performances: Eloise, Hattie and Jess. Congratulations to all of them!

Becca showed great resolve in her first regional event, after a fall in her first routine she got back up and completed her second routine, showing just what she is capable of. Chloe and Chloe both unfortunately had wobbles in their 2nd routines, but without these would no doubt have hit the qualifying score.

Our results video can be found at the end of this article, and the full results can be downloaded from our Downloads section or alongside the video.

A very busy start to the Trampoline season and well done to everyone who took part. Thank you as well to all the coaches and other volunteers who traveled to Gillingham or the Isle of Wight to look after the gymnasts on the day and ensure they all had the chance to compete!

The decorations are only just back in the box, 2016 has barely begun and the regional season is already underway, with the first Double Mini-Trampoline (DMT) competition taking place at Starlight TC in Romsey. Four members from Alton competed, and for both Clare Brewer and for Jonty this was their first experience of a DMT event.

Despite only training on the DMT for a couple of months, both Jonty and Claire performed their passes well. Claire’s scores meant that she achieved the qualifying score for the Regional Team Qualifier at the end of February, while Jonty narrowly missed out on this by touching the side pad on one of his passes. He came back strong though, and stuck his somersault on his follow-up pass.

Katherine and Hattie were both following up their successful performances on the DMT last year, and they both started the season well, successfully completed all of their passed and hitting the scores required for qualification.

Claire, Jonty, Hattie and Katherine all came away with medals from the event. Four medals and three qualifiers meant that it was a great start to the season for the gymnasts and for the club, and hopefully a sign of things to come!

Congratulations to Clare Wakely, who has recently passed her recent judging exams, meaning she is now qualified at County level in both Trampolining and Double Mini-Trampoline.

Learning how to judge is interesting and greatly helps to understand how competition routines are marked and what is looked out for when performing skills. If any club member or parent is interested in taking a judging qualification then please feel free to contact us. In the meantime, well done Clare for passing her recent assessments!

Terrible pun aside, members from Alton Trampoline Club had great success in the Southern Regional Schools round on the Isle of Wight!

11 of our members, along with support from Sylvia, Andy, Lee and James, took the ferry to the island with five of them coming away with medals and qualifying for the next round!

Brothers Robert and Alex were following up on their success in last years’ competition and competed in the Disability Novice category. Both continued their success by coming away with gold medals in their age groups for Perins and Sun Hill Junior School.

Three pupils from Medstead Primary all competed in the Novice section. While both Jasmine and Molly had a wobble in one of their routines, they both composed themselves to score 7s in their other routine. For Elliot this was the largest competition he had ever competed in, and he produced two solid performances to secure 10th place.

Amery Hill also had three pupils in three different groups. Courtney came 25th in the Novice U14s, while both Scott and Katherine came 3rd in the Intermediate and Elite U14s respectively and qualified through to the Zonal competition.

Scarlett (Four Marks Primary) came 3rd in the Novice U11s to gain her first ever Schools’ podium place and secure a place in the Zonal competition. Eloise (Ditcham Park) and Chloe (Sparsholt College) also produced some strong routines to finish 10th and 6th in their respective groups.

Congratulations to all of those who qualified to compete in the Zonal round taking place in January, joining Federica who qualified from the South-East regional.

The full results can be downloaded below or from our Downloads section.

We held our annual Intra-Club competition on Sunday 6th December. Open to both recreational and squad members, we had over 40 members demonstrating the skills that they have been learning and competing in routines across a broad range of levels.

For some this was their first experience of a competition, and they had the opportunity to both compete and to watch some of the more experienced gymnasts compete the more complex routines. After all of the individual routines, all members were invited to try the Synchronised Trampolining competition (which included some guest performances from some of the coaches!).

It was a hugely enjoyable afternoon and culminated in the awards for Most Improved and Highest Scores of the Day and Year. The full results can be found at the bottom of this article,our results video. along with The highlights video will be uploaded soon.

The annual awards went to:

• Most Improved ‘Splat’ member: Molly
• Most Improved ‘Squad’ member: Scott
• Highest Form Score of the Day: Ezri
• Highest Form Score of the Year: Courtney

Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to all of the coaches and helpers who assisted to make the event a success!

Full results can be found by downloading the document below, or check out our results video:

Congratulations to two of our members who both came away as winners at Trampoline competitions held on Sunday 29th November.

Federica, along with her family and coach Clare, made the journey up to Gillingham to compete in the Southern Regional round of the British Schools Trampoline Championships. Federica was competing for Stepping Stones School and did a great job of representing them as she performed in the Under 19s Disability Novice category. Despite a couple of extra jumps, she completed all of her skills and came away with the gold medal as well as qualifying through to take part in the Zonal round in January.

At the same time as this, Ben was taking part in the “I’m In” Gymnastics event at Basingstoke Gymnastics Club. The event was aimed at gymnasts who were new to disability competitions and for Ben this was his first ever competition on the Trampoline. Supported by coaches Andy and Lee, Ben gave a terrific performance and came away with a gold medal for his efforts, which he proudly got to show off at training later that evening!

Two wonderful results – well done to both Federica and Ben!

On Sunday 6th December, from 2 – 4.30pm we will be hosting our annual Alton Trampoline Club Intra-Club Championships. This is open to all members of the club (& parents should they wish to get involved!) and we are happy for members to compete both individually and in the synchronised event.

The event is designed to encourage participation so all levels are available to try. It’s always a fun event and is great to see as many people there as possible supporting each other. It will also be brilliant to see as many members as possible in their ATC kit.

We will also be presenting our annual awards for the Most Improved members, and the highest scores achieved both on the day and from throughout the year.

Members are encouraged to email us if they would like to take part.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

The November 2015 Club Newsletter has now been sent out to all of our members and is available to download from our Downloads section.

Alternatively, it can be downloaded here:

Please let us know if there’s anything you would like to see included in future issues.