The British Team Championships are this weekend.
It's one of the best competitions of the year to attend as a spectator as all of Britain's top clubs attend, some taking an A and B team.
This year it is going to be a close battle between a lot of clubs -
Liverpool (Beth Tweddle and Hannah Whelan's club) has been hard hit with a number of gymnasts retiring since olympic trials last year and Beth only training Bars and Floor
Notts (Becky Downie's club) has been hit by injury, but should still be able to put out a pretty strong team. Last year their B team, made up of 11/12 yr olds was amazing and beat quite a lot of the older A teams.
Heathrow (Becky Wing's club) has a lot of 2012 talent lined up, so should be able to put out a really good team provided everyone is injury free.
After that any number of clubs could do really well. I'm really excited to be going to the competition this year as I think it is one of the most 'open' battles we'll have had for a while. It's also become a competition where gymnasts will try out new skills before the British Championships in July. Oh and of course almost every club brings out a new leotard for this competition so there is always a 'best leotard' competition going on too.
If I can I'll post updates on Saturday and Sunday if anyone is interested!
Are any other Brits going?
Marie
It's one of the best competitions of the year to attend as a spectator as all of Britain's top clubs attend, some taking an A and B team.
This year it is going to be a close battle between a lot of clubs -
Liverpool (Beth Tweddle and Hannah Whelan's club) has been hard hit with a number of gymnasts retiring since olympic trials last year and Beth only training Bars and Floor
Notts (Becky Downie's club) has been hit by injury, but should still be able to put out a pretty strong team. Last year their B team, made up of 11/12 yr olds was amazing and beat quite a lot of the older A teams.
Heathrow (Becky Wing's club) has a lot of 2012 talent lined up, so should be able to put out a really good team provided everyone is injury free.
After that any number of clubs could do really well. I'm really excited to be going to the competition this year as I think it is one of the most 'open' battles we'll have had for a while. It's also become a competition where gymnasts will try out new skills before the British Championships in July. Oh and of course almost every club brings out a new leotard for this competition so there is always a 'best leotard' competition going on too.
If I can I'll post updates on Saturday and Sunday if anyone is interested!
Are any other Brits going?
Marie