The qualifying scores to be able to attend this competition (National Challenge cup) are:
Espoir 44.00
Junior 44.00
Senior 42.00
The scores that must be achieved in order to enter the British Championships the following year are:
Espoir 47.00
Junior 47.50
Senior 48.5
Do you think the pass marks are high, looking at the results from the English championships at the weekend (
https://www.gymdata.co.uk/events/competitions.aspx?eid=803) not many would pass including squad members (4 espoirs, 5 juniors, 11 seniors). Even the qualifying scores are high imo.
I have always like the challenge as obviously it gives a route to the British but allows those who haven't qualified an option of competing in a national competition. I think this discourages participation, most girls would have competed in one the grade systems and suddenly there is very little structure and I believe adds to rate of girls giving up.
In general there seems to be a push to make it harder to qualify to the British, does this drive standards up or just provide a smaller pool of talent to chose?
Thoughts?