Gymnastics TeamQuarter 1April - June 2013

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Salford Community Sport is part of Salford Community Leisure (SCL), which is responsible for the provision and management of sport, leisure and cultural services in the city. SCL manage a wide variety of facilities across the 8 neighbourhood areas within the city, including sport and leisure facilities, community centres, libraries (plus 2 books @ home libraries), museums and community use high schools.

SCL’s vision is ‘Everyone Active’ and all SCL employees work towards achieving this vision.

Welcometo the 1st quarterly report for 2013 for Salford Community Leisure’s Gymnastics Team

My name is Gill Waring and I am resonsible for the provision and delivery of gymnastics and trampoliningacross the city. I am responsible for the following members of staff:

• Sara Broadhurst - Assistant Development Officer - Elite Gymnastics

• Vikki Bamber - Assistant Development Officer - Recreational / Preschool Gymnastics

• Michelle Power - Assistant Development Officer - Trampolining and Disabilities

• Jennie Chadwick - Assistant Development Officer - Team Gym and Schools

• Davina Croxton - Sports Leader

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The aim of this quarterly report is to highlight the work that has taken place during during April, May and June within the Gymnastics Team and demonstrate how Salford Community Leisure is performing.

Gymnastics Development Officer: Gill Waring

t: 0161 921 2538 / 2539 / 2540

Introduction

Quarter 1 (April – June 2013) has been a very successful quarter, some key highlights include:

• Inter-centre competition was held at Fit City Ordsall with over 200 children participating.

• Success for club gymnasts at Greater Manchester Grades and National Grades.

• Team gym and boys squads entered the regional micro competition hosted at Fit City

Ordsall

• Disability group sessions in the Multi Sensory Room are now well established.

• Successful recreational gymnastics Easter camps and gym ability took place with over 75

children attending.

• Changes to the trampolining programme have been established to accommodate new

centres and delivery team.

• Summer holiday programmes at Fit City Ordsall have been advertised early

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Fun City Tots

The daytime programme has continued to

establish fresh interest, particularly at Eccles

and Pendlebury Leisure Centres.

Sessions at Eccles, Pendlebury and Worsley

have seen children progress from the pre-

school programme into recreational classes.

Fun Community Tots

The daytime outreach sessions at Beesley

Green Community Centre, Lower Kersal and

Salford City Academy have run continuously

this term.

The funding support for delivery to young

mums and baby groups from Worsley

Children‘s Centre has now concluded,

however interest has been expressed for

additional delivery in September at Worsley

URC Church on Friday mornings. These are

adult and child sessions to encourage

physical activity.

There is also community pre-school sessions

at Westward Park Community Centre in the

provisionally planned winter programme.

Recreational Gymnastics

The summer term has seen full groups and

success for each centre in the inter-centre

competition hosted at Fit City Ordsall in May.

Some gymnasts have been identified to

attend a special screening session at Fit City

Ordsall during the holiday for talented

gymnasts. An extra camp has also been set

up for advanced older gymnasts from the

recreational groups similar to a boot camp.

The sports specific recreational summer

camps were advertised early and all children

have been notified with some camps already

over subscribed.

Sessions will resume in September with new

and existing gymnasts working towards the

annual Christmas display.

Inter-Centre Gymnastics Competition

Age 3-4 years section

On Saturday 18th May the annual inter-centre

gymnastics competition was held at Fit City

Ordsall. 200 children of all ages entered.

Lots of fun was had by everyone; parents,

gymnasts and coaches enjoyed seeing lots of

children achieving new and old skills. The

Mayor of Salford and his wife also came to

watch and give medals out on the day.

Advanced Gymnastics

Greater Manchester Open

On Saturday 1st June 4 children from the gym

club entered in to the Greater Manchester

Open. This is a competition that is open to all

the gymnasts in the North West but also other

clubs in Great Britain. There were clubs from

Scotland, South Durham, Southern England

and the Isle of Man as well as the North

West. 6 medals were won altogether, which

was a big achievement as this was the first

time all 3 girls had competed at a higher level.

All 3 gymnasts have come from recreational

classes and progressed through

Development into the squad.

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Salford Gymnastics Squad

On the weekend of the 11th and 12th of May

Salford Gymnastics Squad entered the North

West 2-piece championships at Robin Park,

Wigan. The club won 5 out of a possible 8

overall titles and two of the gymnasts were

placed in 2nd and 3rd place overall. 10 medals

were won on floor and 7 medals were won on

the vault. A very good day for Salford

Gymnastics Club.

Advanced Recreational Sessions

All of the advanced groups have been

working towards the inter-centre gymnastics

competition. As a result of the competition

there has been progress within the groups; 2

advanced over 8’s gymnasts have transferred

to Salford Gymnastics Club and 5 gymnasts

from the under 8’s squad have moved in to

the development squad. Also a gymnast from

another club has joined this group.

Development Squad

All of the girls from the development squad

have been working extremely hard for their

competition; all girls did well with 4 of them

coming in the top 3 places. 5 gymnasts have

moved into the Salford Gymnastics Club and

are all enjoying it; they are currently working

towards their first regional competition in

January 2014. Each gymnast has been

assessed on their flexibility and strength and

are working hard towards improving on their

next assessment.

Boy’s Gymnastics Squad

The boy’s gymnastics squad has continued to

flourish with many boys on the waiting list that

are desperate to attend. The boys have

recently taken part in both the inter-centre

gymnastics competition and also the micro

Team Gym competition. All the boys enjoyed

these competitions and are looking forward to

participating in further competitions and

displays. One of the boys has been invited to

attend a trial at Bury Gymnastics Club to see

if he has the potential to join their boy’s

development squad.

Team Gymnastics

On Sunday 18th June, Fit City Ordsall hosted

the first ever regional North West micro

gymnastics competition. The competition saw

approximately 80 gymnasts compete on

trampette and tumble. The idea of the

competition was to allow gymnasts to

compete in a team at a friendly low level

event. The representatives for Salford came

from Worsley Team Gym, Ordsall Team Gym

and the Ordsall boys squad. They competed

against teams from Bolton Arena, Bolton

Gymnastics Clubs and Gym Mania. The

gymnasts competed brilliantly and the results

reflected their hard work. Salford won 2 gold,

4 silver and 2 bronze medals making it a

successful competition both for the gymnasts

and the Gymnastics Development Team. The

teams are now working hard towards the

annual Team Gymnastics competition to be

held on 3rd November at Fit City Ordsall.

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Gymnastics in Schools

The Gymnastics Development Team are

currently working with four schools in Salford

and have very good working connections with

many other schools. New sessions have

started at Bridgewater Independent School

and Dukesgate Academy. The curriculum and

after school club delivery is going well and will

be continuing after the summer break.

An afterschool club is being delivered at Irlam

Endowed Primary school throughout the

summer term and will culminate in a

Sportsman’s Dinner to award trophies to

those children who had made the most

progress from all year groups.

Trampolining

The trampolining programme is continuing to

flourish. The new sessions set up at Fit City

Ordsall on a Wednesday evening are going

well. There is much interest for the

trampolining summer camps with one of the

weeks already full.

The inter-centre trampolining competition is

provisionally booked to take place at Fit City

Ordsall in October.

“The adult sessions are a great

way of keeping fit and active in a

sociable environment”

Disabilities

The schools disabilities groups have all

achieved awards for trampolining and

rebound therapy this quarter. There are three

groups who attend from Inscape House

School, Cheadle and one from Inscape

House School, Salford. A group also regularly

attend from Chatsworth High School.

The Multi Sensory Room is also regularly

used by groups from the Together Trust and

with bookings for summer from groups such

as Salford Action for Autism and Manchester

Council Foster Parents who care for children

with disabilities. The team are also privileged

to have involvement with Springwood Primary

School as part of their Healthy Living Week

Event. Crossroads Care and the Starting Life

Well Team will be using the room during the

summer period with children with severe

learning difficulties.

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Case Study

Name of Session: Boys Gymnastics Squad This participant started recreational gymnastics at the age of five at Fit City Eccles. When he

first started this session he had trouble concentrating and was very disruptive throughout each

session. He had trouble keeping still for long periods of time and this often resulted in him

hurting other children. However, the coaches realised that he was very physically talented with

lots of strength and natural gymnastics ability. He had lots of energy and enthusiasm and if he

could just transfer that energy into his gymnastics that he would go far. His behaviour was

characteristic of a child with ADHD spectrum (an attention deficit disorder verging on autistic

tendencies).

Throughout the next 18 months the coaches really worked on his behaviour and once he

realised how much he enjoyed gymnastics his behaviour improved and his talent shone

through. By the time he was 7 years old, his behaviour had improved so much that the coach

spoke to his mother about him moving to the “Over 8’s” gymnastics session earlier than usual,

as his current session was getting much too easy for him. He moved up to this group and

participated in many of the displays that this group performed at, including the Christmas

display and Eccles festival. He also entered the inter centre competition in April 2010 and won

the gold medal on the floor, the silver medal on the vault and won the overall competition.

Due to his ever increasing talent and his enthusiastic behaviour, he was selected to become

part of the boys gymnastics squad. During his time in this squad he has entered all of the

competitions in which he has been invited to attend. These competitions include external

competitions such as the Milano Invitational and the North West General Gymnastics

Competition and internal competitions such as the inter centre and the micro Team Gym

competitions. He has also taken part in all of the displays that such as “Africa” and “Thriller”.

His personality and enthusiasm have helped assist him and gymnastics has captured his spirit,

body and mind and enabled him to learn to focus his brain and control his body.

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Forthcoming Events / Activities in Quarter 2 2013-14

• Inter school gymnastic festival to be hosted at Fit City Ordsall on Monday 1st July

• A health living week at Springwood Primary School in July

• Assessment screening day to identify talented gymnasts at Fit City Ordsall.

• British Gymnastics accredited training venue to host UKCC courses

• Training course set up for pre-school coaches.

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