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10 gymnasts returned with 23 medals. The oldest gymnast was 14 and the youngest still only 5 years old.  Well done to all those who took part, some for the first time away from Aspire.  The gymnasts competed in age groups. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEDAL WINNERS      TRAMPETTE  BETHANY WEBB 2ND VAULT BETHANY WEBB 1ST VICTORIA MORGAN 2ND FLOOR BETHANY WEBB 1ST VICTORIA MORGAN 2ND                        TRAMPETTE  REBECCA JEFFERY 2ND VAULT   REBECCA JEFFERY 2ND FLOOR  REBECCA JEFFERY 3RD  TRAMPETTE  SOPHIA RAMOS 1ST VAULT  SOPHIA RAMOS 3RD FLOOR  SOPHIA RAMOS 3RD  FLOOR  LEAH RAMSDEN 1ST AVA THOMPSON-DODDS 2ND VAULT AVA THOMPSON-DODDS 1ST AMY GARNER 2ND  MEGAN JEFFERY  2ND   TRAMPETTE LUCY SCOTT        1ST POPPY CANNON   2ND PHOEBE THORNE 3RD VAULT  PHOEBE THORNE 1ST LUCY SCOTT        ...

 This is the term Aspire Gymnastics performs for all the families and friends. We are not fortunate enough to have any where suitable for parents etc to watch the gymnasts so it is especially nice to be able to put on a show of everything the children have been learning.  Display is part of gymnastics, as is competition and the acquisition of skills. The competition season is mainly during the Autumn and Winter. Aspire rewards the skills through badges in the Spring. The Summer term is our Display term.  Every member of the club from a our smallest 2-year-olds to the oldest teenagers are invited to take part in the Summer Show and will have the chance to perform in front of an audience. We are sure parents, grandparents and other relations as well as friends will enjoy seeing the children performing.  For safety reasons, seats will be limited but there should be at least two spectators for every gymnast taking part. However entry is likely to be by ticket only. ...

Congratulations to Ava, Edward and Kara The Aspire Cup April 2016 has been awarded to Ava Thompson-Dodds for always doing her best, working really hard and learning new skills The Yateley Cup April 2016 has been awarded to Edward Carey for showing enthusiasm and always trying his best. He is constantly smiling and keeps other gymnasts cheerful. The Frogmore Cup April 2016 has been awarded to Kara Hookway for listening carefully and working hard to improve all the skills

This year the Under 8's Conditioning League is not being organised by the Hampshire Women's Artistic Technical committee but by each of the clubs taking part. On Saturday, 30th April it was Aspire's turn to host a round. The club has not hosted an inter-club  competition before.   Three teams travelled from Portsmouth, one from Havant and one from Farnborough. Most of the clubs have their own purpose built facilities and can train up to 20 hours a week. Our team trains just 3 hours a week! Three of our team have not competed before and Sophie is still only 6 years old. They all did very well and it was  good to have so many coaches and families helping on the day. Our Team was  Amy, Leah, Molly, Freya, Maddie and Sophie

Award Badges Spring Term 2016 During the Spring Term all the gymnasts have been learning skills related to the BG Award scheme.  The coaches awarded six pre-school badges to the very youngest gymnasts in Froglets. Twenty two children gained badge 8, seventeen gained badge  7. Seven badge 6 were awarded, four badge 5 & 4, one badge 2.  They do get more difficult as the numbers get lower. Amelia, 11 and  Molly, 10 began gymnastics before they went to school and this year both gained Badge 1. As they had completed every one of the eight badges they also received a medal which Jo presented  at gymnastics.