Congratulations to all of our members, who took part in the first regional competition of the year. It felt wonderful to be back competing again, with this being our first event in over 2 years!

There have been changes in the past couple of years, as some of our older members have either moved up to compete at national level, or have gone off to University. We are now seeing some of younger members develop through and for all of our members taking part, this was their first experience at a regional competition, and they all handled the experience wonderfully!

In the Club Level 2 category, Natalia won bronze, finishing 3rd in an incredibly close 11-12yrs group. After both routines were completed, there was only a marginal difference between the scores of the three girls on the podium. With all scores around the 50.0 mark it was a high standard and Natalia can be delighted with the performance!

In the Women 9-10yrs Club Level 2 category, Alice and Gabriela were enthusiastic and supported each other, finishing 5th and 7th respectively.

We also had Oscar and William competing in the 11-12yrs Club Level 3 category. Both boys looked confident on the trampoline, which saw Oscar coming 2nd and achieving a place on the podium, with William close by, finishing 4th after performing an extra bounce.

There was amazing support on the day by parents, along with coaches Kerry, James and Mike, with special mention to another young member, Immie, who came along and supported her teammates throughout. Kerry said “They were superstars… very proud of them all”, while James congratulated everyone, “They all did fantastically well”.

In addition to their positions, Natalia, Oscar and Alice all achieved the qualifying score to enter the Club Finals in July, another great achievement from the day!

The next regional competition is in May, and we look forward to seeing the success and enjoyment from our new competitors inspire others, as we see the next generation of Alton members begin their competition pathway!

We’d like to wish everybody a wonderful and safe time celebrating the new year! Thank you to all of our incredible members, parents, coaches and committee for all of their wonderful support this year!

We hope everybody takes care and stays safe, and we look forward to seeing you all and continue helping people enjoy the sport in 2022!

We would like to pass on massive congratulations to our member, Frankie, and her teammates, as they represented Great Britain and finished in 3rd at the TeamGym European Championships in Portugal!

When she’s not training or coaching trampolining with us, Frankie trains and competes in TeamGym, with Bracknell Gymnastics Club, and was selected to be part of the GB Junior Women’s team. Over two days of competition, the medals weren’t guaranteed until the final skill of the day, and the reveal of the scores was followed by celebrations from the team and fans alike!
We’re always happy to celebrate the achievements of our members, even when they are not on the Trampoline or even necessarily through ourselves. This was an amazing and much deserved achievement for Frankie, her family, teammates and coaches (both GB and Bracknell)! We offer our congratulations to you all!!!

A full report on the event can be found on the British Gymnastics website, where you can also find further information about the gymnastics discipline of TeamGym.

Following changes to the government restrictions and confirmation from British Gymnastics we are able to return to training from Friday 23rd April!

Alton Sports Centre have confirmed that we still have our Friday, Saturday and Sunday slots (no update on a return to Thursdays yet until the Sports Centre are allowed to run their Fitness Bike group sessions back in their studio).

The additional safety procedures put in place back in September still apply. We have missed you all and can’t wait to once again return to the sport we all love!

While the country remains in lockdown and we are unable to train on the Trampoline, we have started our online fitness and conditioning sessions again.

As we did before Christmas, we are running sessions over Zoom for all members (and families). All ages and abilities are welcome!

This time the sessions are being run by the ever-enthusiastic Stuart, and are running each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4:30pm – 5pm.

Those that have joined in so far have enjoyed it, and it’s been a nice way to keep it touch and to see many of our fantastic members! Log-in details have been sent to members by email. See you there!

A fun evening was had, with over 30 people joining us for our Christmas Zoom Quiz. Screens were filled with tinsel, hats, novelty glasses, one Santa costume and an array of Christmas jumpers as members put in so much effort to create an entertaining evening.

Thanks to Glenda, Kerry, and quizmaster Stu for arranging the event. We had everything from general knowledge to cracker jokes, and congratulations to “Polly’s Ark” for winning!

While we can’t see each in person, we love staying in touch with our amazing members, and we hope to keep organising activities until we return to training.

We will be holding our AGM on Thursday 26th November at 7pm.

This year, for obvious reasons, we aren’t able to run the event as a group get-together. Instead, we will be running this over Zoom.

What this does mean is that we can keep the event shorter than usual, and it will be easier for any of our members and parents to join in and get involved.

We have already sent out our committee reports to members by email. We will be looking to fill some of the places on our Exec Committee and sub-committee. In particular, our Club Secretary as Judy, who has done a wonderful job over the last few years, is stepping down. She is happy to assist whoever takes this over with the handover.

Our current committee is as follows:

• Chairperson: Vicky Othen
• Secretary: Judy Plumridge (stepping down)
• Competition Secretaries: Anne Edward & Federica Vazzana
• Treasurer: Sylvia Comber
• Head Coach: Mike Wakely
• Funding Officer: Andrew George (stepping down)
• Welfare Officers: Stuart Sharpe, Sylvia Comber, Fi Gallagher
• Publicity Offer: Angie Owens
• Schools Liaison: Kerry Wells
• Parent Liaison: VACANT
• Health & Safety: Mike Wakely & Stuart Sharpe
• Social Secretaries: Kerry Wells (stepping down) & Glenda Edwards
• Member’s Reps: Federica Vazzana, Katherine George, Hattie Mitchell, Scarlett Othen & Lorna Plumridge
• Website: Mike Wakely & James Acott

Further to the governments’s announcement and rules regarding the further lockdown in England from 5th November to 2nd December, the club regrets that there will be no training sessions during the month of November.

We would love to be able to give members more details as this time and understand there may be questions regarding payments, online sessions, when training will resume etc. However, further information will be sent out to members when the Committee and Coaches have had the opportunity to formulate a plan.

We have survived one lockdown and we can certainly survive another hopefully shorter one. However, the club needs your support more than ever and we ask for everyone to do what they can to help keep our little club going strong. This can be done by a few simple ways:

• Keep an eye out for future notifications and respond promptly if a response is required.
• Keep in touch with us and follow our social media on Facebook and Instagram.
• Join us online for our quiz on Saturday 7th November to celebrate our 30th birthday (details have been emailed to all members).
• Join us online for our upcoming AGM on Thursday 26th November at 7pm.

Thank you in advance and fingers crossed we are all back bouncing as soon as possible.

Further to the government announcements and restrictions, we are happy to confirm that we are returning to training on Friday September 25th.

British Gymnastics have confirmed that our activity is able to return and we, as a club, have amended our procedures and carried out the necessary assessments in order to comply with the required safety considerations.

All of our members have been sent an update detailing any procedure changes in light of the current pandemic, and our specific COVID-19 Risk Assessment and Test & Trace policy can be found below (and on our Club Policies page .)

We look forward to seeing all of our members again and returning to the sport that we love!

Due to the current guidelines, Alton Sports Centre have been unable to offer us our usual Thursday time-slot as they have had to move some of their fitness classes into the Sports Hall.

As a result, our Thursday evening session has moved to a Friday from 6:30pm – 8pm. While this move is on a temporary basis, there is, understandably, no fixed time until we are to move back. We apologies to those that this is inconvenient for.