Under 14 gymnastic teams achieve medals in Floor & Vault Competition

All three of our Under 14 teams came back with medals at the weekend as they travelled to Grantham to represent Spalding Academy in the KSSA Floor & Vault Competition.

It was a very early start for our gymnasts who have been in excellent form this season after achieving even more medals last month in the Lincolnshire Floor & Vault Competition when they finished second to secure the best non-selective school in the whole of East Midlands.

First to compete were the Under 14 A and Under 14 B teams in the Novice category, where everybody had to complete the exact same floor routines, but could choose from a variety of different tariffed vaults. For the majority of these students this was their first ever gymnastics competition and they were very excited to be competing and smiled the whole way through the competition!

Both teams delivered outstanding routines as the B team were achieved first place, and the A team came in third place. Liberty Moore in Year 7 also became the ‘Overall Novice Champion’ after performing a beautiful floor routine and straddle vault.

In the Under 14 and Under 19 Girls Competitive competition, the teams performed some excellent vaults with many stuck landings, giving away very little deductions. They then moved on to floor where they knew they had to give flawless routines to be in with a chance of winning a medal.

The team came an incredible second place in a tough category where all girls performed with elegance and poise as Mollie Bennett stuck her tuck back and Emilia Wilson performed the best routine Miss Ringrose had ever seen her do!

Well done to all of the students and thank you to the parents to their continued support and ensuring everyone was ready for an early start on a Sunday morning.