Sussex Closed Trampoline Competition - Worthing

22nd September 2002

Triangle-based Sussex Springers Trampoline Club recently took part in the Sussex Closed competition at Worthing Leisure Centre. Five clubs from around Sussex were represented by about 90 competitors and the Springers team of 19 - including coaches Gemma Olliver and Stella Paul - took part in Individual and Synchronised Pairs competitions.

In the individual competition, Megan Comber was 1st in the U11 Girls section, Hannah Thomas and Maddy Heath came 2nd and 3rd in the U9 Girls, Kathryn Hall was 2nd in the U18 Girls and Taylor Pierce was 3rd in the U9 Boys. In the team events, both the U15 Girls team of Amy Beard, Amelia Russell and Stephanie Paul and the U18 Girls (Kathryn, Stephanie Combe, Sarah Gillam and Kristina Money) were 1st.

Other results were:

In closed competitions such as this, the sections are arranged by age only, so grade 6 trampolinists are competing in the same section as those at grade 4. This makes some of the results even more pleasing for the club.

The Synchronised Pairs Competition was the first one the Springers have been involved in and several teams were entered. The age groups are organised slightly differently for Synchro, which meant some competitors being in age groups higher than they would normally compete at. Despite this, everyone put up capable performances. Kathryn Hall and Stephanie Combe won the O13/U25 age group despite both being much nearer the lower end of the age range and Megan Comber and Amelia Russell came 4th despite Megan only being 10 years old. In the Under 13 section, Taylor Pierce and Hannah Thomas came 6th, while Club Coaches Stella Paul and Gemma Olliver came an excellent 2nd in the Over 25 section - there wasn’t an older section for Stella!

All in all, a most enjoyable day, with some excellent results. Those who didn’t win medals certainly gained valuable experience and the Synchro, in particular, was enjoyed by all those who took part - especially Stella!

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