It may have been school holidays two weeks ago for some but there were no holidays in sight for the gymnasts from Robertson’s Gymnastics club who spent their July school holidays training and competing.
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The holidays began when they travelled to Wagga on July 1 for the 2012 Riverina State gymnastics trials.
Seventeen girls attended this competition in levels one to three, and came home with 15 medals.
They took 12 girls in the national stream and all girls were successful in making the Riverina team, who will now compete at the NSW State Gymnastics Championships in August at Gosford.
It was then off to Orange in the second week of the holidays with 15 gymnasts in levels one to four to compete at the NSW Country Championships.
This was a huge event which went for four days and over 800 gymnasts from country NSW attended.
The girls did a fantastic job of competing their routines and were able to get seven gymnasts in the top 15, which was an awesome effort considering some divisions had over 50 entries.
Congratulations to Annabelle Smith, Ellie Rutter, Lucy Stuart, Charlotte Smith, Vanessa Mitchell, Shannon Robertson and Meg Kennett.
And also Shannon Robertson, who in her first level four competition placed second in vault, fourth on bars, fifth on beam, fourth on floor and forth overall, qualifying for the level four to six NSW State Championships.
Gymnasts’ results from July 1-
Level 1 Preparation Junior- Sophie Moloney, third overall.
Level 1 Preparation Senior- Isabelle Duff third overall and Alexis Van Rensburg forth overall.
Level 1 National Junior- Lori Smith, first overall, Grace Taylor second overall and Natalie Briggs, third overall.
Level 1 National Intermediate- Lezandre Van Rensburg, first overall and Abbie Grant, third overall.
Level 1 National Senior- Hallee L’Estrange 3rd overall
Level 2 Preparation- Sally Cooke, second overall and Amelia Jones, third overall.
Level 2 National Junior- Annabelle Smith, first overall.
Level 2 National Intermediate- Jetta Kennett, third overall and Brianna Briggs, fifth overall.
Level 2 National Senior- Ellie Rutter, second overall.
Level 3 National Junior- Charlotte Smith, second overall.
Level 3 National Senior- Vanessa Mitchell, second overall.
Congratulations to the following gymnasts who have qualified for State Championships in 2012.
Lori Smith, Grace Taylor, Natalie Briggs, Lezandre Van Rensburg, Abbie Grant, Hallee L’Estrange, Annabelle Smith, Jetta Kennett, Brianna Briggs, Ellie Rutter, Charlotte Smith, Vanessa Mitchell and Shannon Robertson.
