The City of Glasgow Acrobatics section competed recently at EKGC’s Invitational. This was attended by seven clubs across the UK. Our NDP Grade 2’s performed well earning the following medals. Mixed Pair - Lewis and Kirsty - Silver ; Mens Pair – Ian and Marcus– Gold ; Women’s Pair – Lee and Kerri – Gold. Our Grade 3 Women’s Group Kirsty, Catriona and Isla earned Silver. Our MP FIG 11-16 Craig and Mitchel along with our MG FIG 11-16 Fraser, Greg, James and Colin earned Gold medals. A big well done to all the gymnasts who took part. City of Glasgow Gymnastics Club would like to send our thanks to EKGC for their friendly and well run competition.
Posted on November 4th, 2012
Sports acrobatics
Acro NDP and FIG Team Competition, Larkhall
City of Glasgow Acrobatics continued their competition season at the NDP and FIG Team Competition at Larkhall. This was the first year City of Glasgow had participated in this competition and unfortunately did not have sufficient numbers of gymnasts to form a complete Team eligible for the Team trophies. However, our gymnasts performed well and earned individual medals in their respective categories. Our FIG 11-16 Men’s Pair, Craig Downie, Mitchell Smith, and Men’s Group, Fraser Shepard, Greg Robertson, James Thomson, Colin Drysdale, performed to a high standard, scoring 26.233 and 25.599 respectively, to earn gold medals. Our NDP Grade 3 Women’s Group, Kirsty McManus, Catrionia Holland, Isla Kennedy, performed very well to score 25.366, showing a steady improvement from their last competition and earning 1st place.
City of Glasgow Gymnastics Club’s Grade 2 partnerships were also in action at the weekend. The NDP and FIG Team competition at Larkhall was another chance for these new partnerships to benefit from the vital experience gained from competing. The partnerships of Lewis Deas and Kirsty Mclean, Lee McHarg and Kerri McLellan and finally Ian McLean and Marcus Hunter all competed. Lee and Kerri performed their routine and managed a respectable 25 score for their efforts. Second up were Lewis and Kirsty who performed a very clean routine scoring 24.55. Finally Ian and Marcus performed 2nd last out of the whole competition, but produced a well performed and entertaining routine gaining them another score in the 25 region. All partnerships have the potential to break into the 26 point barrier if they continue their hard work in training. Again this competition brought more benefits than just attaining scores and will help the gymnasts develop and become more experienced in their competitive careers.
Posted on October 29th, 2012East of Scotland Championships 2012 Invitational
East of Scotland Championships 2012 Invitational, Dalgety Bay, Fife
City of Glasgow Acrobatic gymnasts took part in their first competition of the new season and returned with a haul of medals. Our NDP Grade 2 partnerships all returned with gold medals. This comprised of Womens Pair Lee McHarg and Kerri McLellan; Mixed Pair Lewis Deas and Kirsty Mclean; Mens Pair Ian Mclean and Marcus Hunter. Our Grade 3 Womens Group of Kirsty McManus, Catriona Holland and Isla Kennedy competed together for the first time and earned a bronze medal. Lastly our Age Group FIG level Mens Pair of Craig Downie and Mitchell Smith along with the Mens Group of Fraser Shepard, Greg Robertson, James Thomson and Colin Drysdale also earned gold medals. A big well done to all the gymnasts who took part. City of Glasgow GC would also like to thank the organising clubs of Acrobay and Astro Gymnastics Club for the invitation to this well organised and friendly competition.
Posted on September 30th, 2012
Acrobatics - West of Scotland Championships
City of Glasgow Acrobatics had a very successful weekend at the West of Scotland Championships. This is a charity event with all proceeds going to Children First (SSPCC) with eight different cubs across Scotland participating.
Iain McLean and Marcus Hunter won Gold in the Grade 1 Pairs category. This was the boys first time competing and they performed excellently to score a well earned 25.85.
Josh McKay and Ella Loffler won silver in the same category. This was also their first time competing and they performed very well to also score highly with 25.65.
Jaxon McCracken and Orianna Smith also competed in the Grade 1 Pairs category. The girls performed recently at the Scottish Championships and showed the judges and audience a strong improvement in their performance.
These are new partnerships for the City of Glasgow and we hope they continue the medal success at future competitions.
Congratulations to all the gymnasts who took part.
Posted on April 23rd, 2012Acro British Champioships 2012
The City of Glasgow had a very successful British Championships at Stoke-on-Trent bringing back a total of six bronze medals. Our 11-16 Mens Pair, Craig Downie and Mitchell Smith performed very well over the two days encompassing three routines to earn a bronze medal. This is the boys sixth competition of the year, which has ranged from BG Team Selection Events for World Championship to representing Scotland at the Celtic Cup, and again they showed their growing skill and ability.
Our 11-16 Mens Group, Fraser Shepard, James Thomson, Colin Drysdale and Greg Roberston, performed together for the first time at the Championships and performed excellently to earn a bronze medal against some of the top clubs in England.
Our Junior FIG Mixed Pair, Craig Gibson and Sophie Terris performed two routines excellently on the Saturday. Over the past year they have transitioned to the Junior FIG category and this was their first British Championships at this more demanding level and they finished in fourth place.
Posted on April 2nd, 2012