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20 Gymnastics

Acrobatic Medals at South West Championships

The recent South West Acrobatic gymnastics
Championships saw four College gymnastics
Academy partnerships competing, and all four
brought home either gold or Silver medals.
Poppy-May Turner and Chloe Cox, in Year 9,
together with Julia Nowotnik, in Year 11, took gold in
the grade 3 out of Age Women’s Trios, while Year
12 student, Jessica Rouse, together with lydia Dodds
and Faith Ball, both in Year 13, won gold in the grade
4 Women’s Trio event. Both trios returned back to
Ivybridge as South West Champions in their events.

In the grade 4 Mixed Pair event Miah Parnell, in Year 8,
and Pair Reece Parkin, in Year 12, took Silver, while Year 7 student Amelia lucas, together
with Caitlin Barnes and Rachel Farrin, both in Year12, took Silver.

“I’m tremendously proud of all our Academy gymnasts,” said helen Reddy, head of
Performing Arts. “They held their own and stood out from the crowd.
Jess, lydia and Faith came first in a large category against 15 other
partnerships, which is an exceptional achievement.”

Also competing at the Championships were Year 10 Academy gymnasts
Abigail Sandford and Alfie Westerman, with their acrobatic partners from
honiton gymnastics Club. Fresh from their successes in lisbon and at the
honiton Invitational competition a few weeks earlier, both students won
gold medals at the South West Championships in the their respective
International Development Plan (IDP) disciplines. Abigail and her partner
won the mixed pair category and Alfie and his partner, former Ivybridge
Community College student Josh Jackson, won the Men’s Pair category.

“It’s wonderful to see Ivybridge Community College represented so well,
and succeeding, in this high-level competition,” added helen. “It’s also
great to see our highest-level gymnasts demonstrating the drive and
determination to improve by travelling to honiton four times per week in
order to reach the next level.”
Ambition

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