OLYMPIC rhythmic gymnast Francesca Fox was on hand to help West Wilts Esprit gymnastics club and Clarendon Academy launch their first-ever Key Stage One (KS1) West Wiltshire gymnastics competition on Monday.

Youngsters from five primary schools in Trowbridge – Paxcroft, Holt, St John’s, Walwayne Court and Oasis Longmeadow Academy – descended on Esprit’s Epsom Road home for floor and vault competitions.

Hilperton’s London 2012 competitor Fox, who was part of the first rhythmic gymnastics team to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games, judged the floor routine, handed out medals and also put on a performance to help celebrate the inaugural KS1 event.

St John’s School took the overall prize, with Walwayne Court and Paxcroft ending the afternoon second and third respectively.

Results

KS1 School Overall Performance: 1. St John’s, 2. Walwayne Court, 3. Paxcroft

Year One floor and Vault competition: 1. Sienna Kingwell, Walwayne Court; 2. Emmy Minza, Walwayne Court; 3. Wiktoric Rystow, St John’s.

Overall Year One team: 1. St John’s; 2. Walwayne Court; 3. Paxcroft

Year Two floor and vault competition: 1. Amy Emsley, St John’s; 2. Olivia Noad, St John’s; 3. Shauna Cooper.

Overall Year Two team: 1. St John’s; 2. Paxcroft A; 3. Paxcroft B

  • WEST Wilts Esprit’s Jessica Richardson and Ashleigh Bygrave have been selected for the Elite South West Performance Pathway Programme, after they attended trials at Bristol Hawks Gymnastics Club in November.

The duo trained with Rory Weavers, who coaches Commonwealth Games champion Claudia Fragapane and will attend a training camp at Bristol Hawks on January 4 alongside other South West gymnasts who hope to compete at Elite Grades in April 2015.

Esprit, who have recently achieved the British Gymnastics’ GymMark award, also had 12 gymnasts at South West Club Grades in Plymouth on Sunday, with Lucy Heydon gaining the highest score out of 40 gymnasts at Grade 14.

Edie Bessant also made it a run of three distinctions, having now achieved one at grades 14, 13 and 12.

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