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(MK Citizen Article 3rd May 2007)
Kingston Kites Trampoline club produced not one but two pairs of Synchro and an individual champion in the National Grade 1 Competition held at the Welsh Institute of sport in Cardiff at the weekend. Firstly, Laura Wright and her partner, Kate Bramall, faced strong competition from members of the GB Junior squad in the U19 girls. With great determination, they produced a confident finish to climb from second to first place. Thomas Johnson and Michael Bunyan’s excellent form took them out into the lead from the start of the U15 boys. They did not let it go to their head’s and finished their three routines a massive 40 points in front of the other competitors! The new partnership, Billie Murphy and Evie Rush, fought a closer tussle to finish 6th.
In her individual competition, Billie faced 38 other competitors in the U15 girls. She picked herself up from an uneventful set to complete a fine voluntary, gaining 52.7 points and finishing in 11th place. This score qualified her for the British National finals in Birmingham in July. The Kites continued to fly to even further success when Julie Hardy gained 2nd place, also qualifying for the British National finals with a stunning set routine in the O19 ladies using a tariff of 9. She scored solid 8’s in her set and improved even further in the finals to reach a total of 87.1 points overall.
In the U19 ladies Laura Wright showed great consistency in her routines, qualifying likewise for the National Finals and achieving 4th place with 84.4, one of her highest grade one scores yet. Matthew Wright, 18, also came a creditable 4th in the Senior Men’s event with the challenging tariff of 13.6. Matthew introduced a triple front pike somersault with a half twist to begin his voluntary routine and concluded with a straight double twisting double back somersault. He has just returned from helping GB to victory in the 4 Nations Trampoline Competition held in Portugal against top performers from France, Germany and the home nation.
It was a memorable day for Nicolas Winther, 17, who went from strength to strength to produce his best routine in the finals, clinching a well deserved 1st place in the U19 boys.
(Full results can be found on our RESULTS page)
Under13 Girls Grade 1 validation event, Dayle Walker scored 50.90 and won her group.
Under 15 Girls, Evie Rush scored 79.30 to come second in her group and at the same time qualified for the Grade 2 National Finals in November. Evie, along with Bekah Bridge and Kim Stubbs won the team prize.
Under 15 Boys, TJ Johnson came 3rd (79.70) and qualified for the National finals, while Michael Bunyan came 4th (78.70) and retained his grade 2 status for next year.
Under 17 Girls, Sophie Myers won the event with a score of 85.70, and in the Under 19 Girls, Cara Stubbs jumped well to qualify for the final where she finished in 8th place.
The first of this years National Grade 2 competitions was held in Walton-on-Thames on 11th February. Kim Stubbs and Bekah Bridge competed in the under 15s section. Kim performed extremely well and completed 2 excellent new routines gaining a final score of 47.5 at her first grade 2 competition and a placing of 31st. Bekah Bridge produced two amazing routines achieving top scores equalling first position with a score of 52.3, however on count back 2nd place was awarded. Both girls produced impressive performances and have improved tremendously throughout the last year!
Competing in the under 17 girls, Sophie Myers secured a tremendous 2nd place out of 47 competitors with a massive score of 81.5. Sophie produced a stunning performance and also competed after small amounts of training due to a recent back injury.
Jenny Hardy competed in the over 19 ladies validating event and produced superb routines securing her validation to rejoin grade 1 after a long 7 years of injury. With a score of 55.0, Jenny exceeded the required validation score by 3 whole marks to take the lead.
Kingston Kites would like to thank Carol Stubbs for all her hard work in recording results throughout the competition and representing the club on numerous occasions.
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Kingston Kites trampolinists continued their successes at the recent Grades 3 - 5 Regional Competition held at the Edgbarrow Trampoline Club. At grade 3, In the under 15 boys event, Thomas Johnson finished in 3rd place. Annie Turney finished in 2nd place in the under 17 girls event, while Cara Stubbs finished 1st in the over 17 girls competition. In the grade 4 events Katrina Stubbs finished 11th in the under 17 girls. Finally, in the grade 5 under 11 events, Hogan Leung was placed 1st in the boys, and Tess Walker 1st in the girls, with Hollie Leung 3rd.
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Kingston Kites are flying high!
(MK Citizen Article 19th Dec 2006)
Just one week before the cream of the worlds trampolinists descended on
On Saturday, Nicolas Winther and and Synchro partner Matthew Wright got things off to a flying start by winning the Under 19 boys event to become 2006 National Champions. Matthew then teamed up with Luke Rendell from the Olga Trampoline Club in
In the Under 17 girls event, Kingston Kites were represented by Laura Wright. Laura had lost her intended partner to injury at the last minute, but the competition organisers were able to find a substitute, so together with Sarah Bartlett from Loughborough, Laura was able to complete. The pair gelled quickly, reaching the final, eventually finishing in 7th place. No mean achievement for a paring that had not even met until that very morning!
Sunday saw the individual National Grade 2 competitions. Dayle Walker produced two excellent routines, in spite of a recent wrist injury, to come 14th out of 32 in the Under 11 Girls. She has made a tremendous start to her trampolining career and performed extremely well in her first year of competition.
Competing in the Under 15 girls, Evie Rush, in her second year of competition, completed two superb routines to achieve 16th place out of 36, beating her last years position. Evie is very talented and we are expecting great results from her in the future.
In the Under 17 girls Laura Wright produced three amazing routines, jumping at her very best. After the compulsory routine she was in second place and maintained that position. In the final, Laura performed another fabulous routine, and with her full difficulty tariff of 7.0, she received an overall score of 84.6, which took her into first place and with it the title of Under 17 Girls National Champion.
Then, to complete a superb weekend for the “Kites”,
Kites Gain International Success!
(MK Citizen article 5th Nov. 2006)
Five top performers from the Kingston Kites Trampoline Club in Milton Keynes reached for the skies when they competed against over 600 trampoline gymnasts from 40 clubs and 10 other countries in the David Ward-Hunt Cup held in Gillingham, Kent last weekend.
Matthew Wright and his partner, Luke Rendell from
Matthew then took on the men in the individual event. Performing his most difficult voluntary routine so far (tariff 13.2), he qualified for the final in fifth position. Undeterred by the prospect of competing against senior international gymnasts, including Gary Smith who came sixth for GB in the 2004 Olympics in
Nicolas Winther competed for the first time in the men’s senior event and followed his 6th place at this year’s British National Championships with a well deserved 10th in this strong international field.
For the girls this was their first experience of international competition and they faced a daunting entry of 108 junior female gymnasts. Laura Wright’s determination paid off when she achieved a creditable 25th place with her successful new voluntary routine, combining a half out, and a straight back somersault.
Kingston Kites trampolinists continued their success at the Grade 2 National Competition held in Macclesfield last weekend.
Laura Wright and Carla Greenwood faced 50 other gymnasts in the Under 17 age group. Laura made a strong start in her compulsory routine and lay in 3rd place after her voluntary. It was her clean form that took Laura into the lead in the finals, clinching not only first place overall, but also qualification for the British Grade 2 National Championships in November. Carla also achieved a promising 8th place in the final in her first Grade 2 competition.
Dayle Walker, under 9, and Michael Bunyan, under 13, also made encouraging progress, each finishing in 6th place in their respective events.
Cara Stubbs mastered the challenges of her new routine to compete in the Under 19 event, and Evie Rush jumped confidently, finishing well in the top half of a field of over 60 under 15 girls.
