Our gymnastics teams recently competed at the Independent Schools Gymnastics Association (ISGA) National Gymnastics Championships, held at Tormead and Haberdashers’ Schools. They participated in two vault events, two individual floor events, and a group floor routine for Year 5 and Year 6 teams. The dedication and hard work of the girls was evident as they demonstrated excellent balance, strength, flexibility, and memory skills, performing in front of large audiences and judges.
In Year 4, Bronte, Hattie, India, and Lola impressed at their first 4-piece competition. They showed huge improvement in their set floor routine and vaults and enjoyed performing their individual routine in front of everyone, for the first time.
Year 5 introduced brand new floor routines. Karen and Florence really impressed with their musicality and energy. A lot of new skills were demonstrated by Amelia and Annabel performing their back handsprings in competition for the first time. Tabitha was given the opportunity to increase the height of the vault which we have been working on at school. She was delighted when she rose to the challenge and was awarded 9.0 out of 9.0 for her new incredibly challenging new vault.
Year 6 also showcased brand new floor routines and Imogen performed her new handspring vault and was awarded a 9.10 out of 10.0 on her set vault which was an incredible achievement. Arabella, Ella, Imogen Martha and Sienna performed their new floor routines with an incredible level of dance links and transitions. They included connected skills and a wide variety that required control, focus, and they brought a real sense of enjoyment in their routines. Well done to all girls involved. Your hard work and determination was evident, and it was a joy to watch. The gymnasts are now working towards a competition in the summer term over the weekend 18-19 May.
Meanwhile, our swimmers in Year 5 and Year 6 excelled in the qualification round for the IAPS Swimming National Finals at Repton. The girls swam their individual event and formed part of the relays. Our girls won a large proportion of their events putting them in a good position for the finals. The times the girls posted are now added to a central database alongside 100’s of other pupils across the country and the top 20 finishers in each event will be invited to the National Finals at the London Olympic Pool in June. Well done to Arabella, Eleanor, Freya, Imogen and Martha in Year 6 and Bella, Chloe, Florence, Isobel and Nehna in Year 5. We will be made aware of our position at the end of April and look forward to finding out how they place.
On Monday, the swimmers then joined forces with the Warwick Junior School Year 5 and Year 6 team, and Year 7 and Year 8 boys and girls teams from Warwick School and King’s High School to face Bilton Grange in the pool. This was our first fixture against Bilton Grange and a great success for the Foundation. Our girls performed incredible swims with some personal best times. Highlights include Arabella’s determination in the 50m butterfly and Nehna’s resilience after a knock to the wrist. Well done girls! We look forward to facing Bilton Grange again in the future.
Yesterday, the swimmers attended one of the English School Swimming Association West Midland rounds of qualification for the National Finals. The girls in Year 6 posted great times. The Freestyle relay team was made up by Imogen, Eleanor, Arabella and Freya. The medley relay team was made up by Martha in the backstroke, Imogen in the breaststroke, Arabella in the butterfly and Freya in the freestyle. The girls swam brilliantly with great takeovers and focus on speed. We look forward to hearing the results of where the girls placed in the Regional round. The top three teams go through to the finals at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
