Tumbling | New Champions Crowned at Ravenscraig
New national champions were crowned at the 2023 Scottish National Tumbling at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell on Sunday 11 June.
Over 200 gymnasts competed for national titles, regional grades and to secure a place at the regional team finals later this year.
At club level one, 7-8 years, Lucy Harley from Sapphire won the gold medal with a score of 56.000, and Dynamite’s Charlie Howson took gold for the men. At age 9-10 Charlie Murray (Clyde Valley) scored 54.433 to win first place and Harris Hopkins from Irvine Bay was the winner for the men’s category. In the final age group at this level, tumbling newcomers Flic Flac and gymnast Eleanor Hughes won the gold for 11 year-olds.
At club level two and three, there was gold for Alex Mooney (Lunar) and Alfie Winton (Kingston) at 7-8 years. Katy Waldon (Lunar) topped the podium in 9-10, and Alexander Madden from Lunar was the men’s gold medallist.
Mollie McDougall from Inspire and Austin Miller from Irvine Bay were the 11 year-old gold medallists. Club grade three saw Selena Sudekaite from Kingston take the eight year-old gold with Abbey Pye (Bishopbriggs) and Cooper Norwood from Dynamite the overall winners at age 9-10.
Club level five age 9-10 was won by Lucy Mills from Dynamite and David Cardle from East Kilbride. In the 11-12, Emily Gold from Lunar and Leo Li (Dynamite) were the winners. At club level five, 13 years Chloe An was the overall winner from Dynamite with a score of 55.000.
At club level six 9-10, Hannah Paterson from East Kilbride won with a score of 55.033. In the 11-12 it was Hamilton’s Ellis Morgan McGonigle who came first. At 13-14 it was Emily Brady from Dynamite who won gold, and at 15+ Lucy Kearns rounded off the morning’s medals.
The afternoon saw more club level gymnasts with Tulisa Williamson (Bishopbriggs) coming out on top in the club level three 11-12, along with Lunar’s Ryan Dawson. Level three gymnast Emily Craig from Irvine Bay was the winner of the 13 year-old age category.
Amelia Shelvey from Clyde Valley was the club grade four age eight gold medallist with Macie Howie from Dynamite becoming the 9-10 age group winner. In 11-12 Libby Proctor (Clyde Valley) was the winner, and Hayley Brett (Sapphire) won gold in 13-14.
In the regional grades competition, there was a double gold for Dynamite at regional grade one, with U13 gymnasts Millie Shaw and Oliver Howson winning the first championship medals of the day. In the 13+ age group, Bonnie McCann (Hamilton) and Aiden O’Connor (Clyde Valley) won gold.
In the regional grade two competition, Lydia McCall from Sapphire topped the podium in the 10-12 age group, as well as Clyde Valley’s Saul Doherty. Dynamite’s Chloe Anderson had a 1.00 point lead to win gold at 13-14 years, and in the 15+ age group, Emily Gibb from Kingston was the winner.
In regional grade three, the under 15 champion was won by Rebecca Dempster (Glasgow) and the 15+ age group ended with Mollie McConville (Sapphire) taking home the gold.
Unfortunately due to an injury causing a significant delay to the afternoon’s competition schedule, a decision was made to put an end to the regional grade four and FIG level competition. Some regional level gymnasts were crowned champions, but other pools were disrupted.
Wendy Purdie, Scottish Gymnastics performance manager said:
The level of competition has been great today, starting with the younger gymnasts. It’s always exciting to see where gymnasts can progress through the levels. The strength of our performance pathway is evident in how the discipline is growing, with many of our programme gymnasts performing well at the championships.
Congratulations to gymnasts and coaches for their performance and we look forward to seeing the others compete for the remaining titles. You can find full results of the competition on our website.
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Photography: Ewan Bootman