BRITISH GYMNASTICS: Trampoline Technical Committee

TRAMPOLINE NEWS No 11 December 2001

Editor: John D Beeton: ceo@gordonsacf.sol.co.uk

EDITORIAL John D Beeton 2001 has been an extremely busy one for the sport of trampolining. A number of changes took place within the NTTC at the March elections, with Martin Laws joining the committee as DMT representative, and at his first meeting, finding himself also elected as acting Chair! Sue Lawton replaced Bob Richardson, whilst both Peter Heames and Bert Scales decided not to seek re-election on this occasion. Jack Kelly was co-opted to the NTTC, looking after Coaching, whilst Donna Grist found herself being approached to act as Minute Secretary. It is inevitable that changes sometimes occur, that are not quite as one would expect. However, present members of the NTTC are building on that which was left by their predecessors, to the benefit of the sport as a whole, and in a number of departments, making lots of improvements. Members can be assured that their affairs are being well looked after. The past twelve months have also seen many honours coming to British Gymnastics, and especially in the sport of Trampolining. Who can forget Claire Wright’s individual bronze medal at the World Championships, as well as our ladies team bronze at the same event; or the silver medal won by Claire and Kirsten Lawton in Akita JPN on the occasion of the World Games. Our younger members also had their successes at the Sydney Youth Olympics at the start of the year, as well as the World Age-Group Games, which followed the world championships in Odense DEN, and they ended their competitive year with a sound victory over the German Federation in their annual youth match. There were victories also in the 4 x Countries, as well as the 4 x Nation international matches during the year. Although the men did not return home with medals from any of the major events during the year, they nevertheless excelled themselves in the world championships by featuring in both team and synchronized finals, as well as Paul Smyth and Lee Brearley qualifying for the World Games Synchronised Final. Lee then had a marvelous Goodwill Games immediately following on from Akita, and this must have boosted his confidence no end.

In the present World Cup series British names appear in the points table in both individual and synchronized events, which gives us an excellent opportunity for reaching the Finals of the series in November 2002 – see additional reports. DMT is now a well-structured discipline within British Gymnastics. Hopefully, we will be entering the first official representative Great Britain DMT team in an international meeting, the Frivolten Cup SWE during May 2002, followed by DMT representation, in the annual Youth match against Germany in September. If all goes according to plan we will then have DMT entries in both the UEG Youth and Senior Championships later in the same year. On the domestic front, DMT will feature alongside the two planned Synchronised competitions during the coming year, the mid-season and National Championships. It goes without saying that the success of our national squad members has surpassed all of our expectations this year. The efforts of the athletes and their personal coaches, coupled with the work of the national squad coaches, were tremendous. All deserve our grateful thanks. Our grateful thanks also to Sharon Wood, whilst acting as a national youth squad coach, she also takes care of the national squad requirements throughout the year, from the booking of the venues and the accommodation, to wiping away the tears! Thank you Sharon for all you have done over the past twelve months. Our Competition, Coaching and Judging sub-committees have been working hard throughout the year on our behalf, and it is pleasing to note how successful our domestic competition programme has been, working under the chair of Sue Lawton. Likewise, the success of the International Trampoline Brevet Course, held at Lillieshall earlier in the year, was a great success, thanks, in the main to the efforts of Mike Phillipson and Peter Heames. The future for our sport looks good under British Gymnastics, and with the co-operation of all trampolinists, we will most certainly go from strength to strength. As 2001 draws to a close, the NTTC would like to thank all members of the Divisions and Home Nations for their support over the year, which is really very much appreciated. It goes without saying that we would also like to wish all readers of Trampoline News, as well as all members of British Gymnastics, a very Merry Christmas and an even happier New Year. Ed

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IOC CONFIRMS TRAMPOLINE QUOTA FOR ATHENS 2004 The International Olympic Committee, at their Executive Board Meeting, in Lausanne 18-20 September last, issued the following communiqué, with regard to Gymnastic quotas for Athens 2004: Faced with increasing numbers of athletes and events over recent Olympic Games, with 10.960 accredited athletes in 300 events in Sydney 2000, the following elements were identified as the key priorities in establishing the Olympic Programme for Athens 2004: - establishing the total number of athletes - maintaining the current number of events - establishing athlete quotas in each sport - increasing female participation within identified frameworks The IOC feels that these objectives have been met in the decisions confirmed by the IOC Executive Board at its meetings this week. For the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, there will be a total number of approximately 10.500 athletes, the level of approximately 300 being maintained. In order to reach a maximum number of 10500 athletes, it was necessary to strictly control the athlete quotas in all sports, and in fact, make a quota reduction in several sports. It was very difficult to allow quota increases within this framework. Therefore, the IOC Executive Board did not support the requested increase in the number of groups within Rhythmic Gymnastics. However, the IOC is pleased to confirm that in the interest of strengthening the depth of competition in the Olympic Trampoline events, an increase of a total of 8 athletes has been granted. As there has been no change to Artistic Gymnastics, the IOC confirms that the quota for Trampoline shall increase from 24 to 32, with the resulting increase in the overall gymnastics quota from 304 to 312, and the programme of gymnastics will be maintained for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Furthermore, the IOC informs that the drafted *gymnastics qualification system for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games must be sent to the IOC by the end of October 2001, to be decided by the IOC Executive Board in December 2001, so that detailed qualification system texts will be sent to the NOC’s in March 2002. *The qualification system agreed by the FIG and IOC for trampoline will be known soon, and hopefully to the satisfaction of all member federations. Ed.

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 2002 Where finances permit, the NTTC intend entering teams in the following international competitions during the current financial year (October 01-September 02): 18-21 Oct 01: *FIG World Cup, Espinho POR 25-28 Oct 01: *FIG World Cup, St Petersburg RUS 21-24 Feb 02: FIG World Cup, Nykolayev UKR 05-07 Apr 02: 4 x Countries, Copenhagen DEN 09-11 May 02: +Frivolten Cup, Herrljunga SWE 01-02 May 02: 4 x Nations, Cardiff GBR 16-18 Aug 02: FIG World Cup CAN 23-25 Aug 02: FIG World Cup, Greensboro USA 20-23 Sep 02: GER vGBR Youth Match, Osnabruck GER *already participated +DMT event NEWS FROM WALES The WAGA office has recently moved to the following address: 140 North Road Cathays Cardiff CF14 3BH Tel: 029 2062 4321 Fax: 029 2062 6123 Email: WAGA@waga.fsbusiness.co.uk All change….. as from 1^st January 2002 the Welsh will be employing a slightly different grading system in their domestic competition – Grade 6 will be called Novice and Grade 5 will be called Intermediate. Intermediate and Novice routines remain the same as the old Grade 5 and 6. The Intermediate and Novice competition will run alongside the usual Grade 3-4 competitions. EUROPEAN AND EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2002 These will be held in the City of St Petersburg RUS under the auspices of the Union European de Gymnastique, during the period 9^th to 17^th November 2002. The Youth championships will be held on the 11^th and 12^th with the Senior event on the 14^th to 16^th. Departure is scheduled for the 17^th.

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World Age-Group Games – notification of the bronze medal won by Roxy Milliner and Laura Williams, in the 11/12 girls synchro event, was inadvertently left out of the results of the WAGs, which appeared in Trampoline News No 10. Sincere apologies girls. Ed Competition Results – competition organisers are requested to send copies of results to Bill Freeman for distribution. After certification, copies will then be sent to Craig Bellis for posting on the Jumpers web site. GREAT BRITAIN YOUTH: 1529.20 pts GERMAN YOUTH: 1482.40 pts This was a convincing victory for our brilliant Youth team members, in their annual international match against Germany. Brilliant, because that is what each and every one of them were, with scarcely an error in all 60 routines. They worked as a team and it was evident that a great deal of hard work had been put in with their preparation for this match, and they can be justly proud of their victory. Results were: Under 15 girls – GBR 384.80 pts GER 362.50 pts Under 15 boys – GBR 238.10 pts GER 225.70 pts Under 18 girls – GBR 277.90 pts GER 379.10 pts Under 18 boys – GBR 393.90 pts GER 383.80 pts GREAT BRITAIN: 1529.20 pts GERMANY: 1482.40 pts Top girl was Vera Nohse GER 98.70/11.4 pts Top boy was James Higgins GBR 100.30/12.1 pts Arrangements for the 2002 are already underway, with the date being set for 20-22 September in the town of Osnabruck. COACHING QUALIFICATIONS AND BRITISH GYMNASTICS EVENTS: BG STATEMENT There is an obligation for coaches to ensure that they hold the appropriate level of qualifications in order to safeguard the participants, and to fulfill insurance criteria. Coaches have a care of duty towards their performers and have a responsibility to ensure that they are both qualified and competent to teach at the appropriate level. The coach also has a duty to ensure that the participant is adequately prepared for the event. The practice of supervising participants in the event, who are working above the level of the coach’s qualification, cannot be condoned.

The onus is on the club and the coaches to ensure that, when entering participants for a British Gymnastics event, that the coaches attending to the participants are qualified. Where it has been identified that the criteria above have not been fulfilled, sanctions or disciplinary procedures, may be implemented accordingly. Scottish News Ten member clubs were represented when the Scottish Gymnastics Trampoline Technical Panel (TTP) held their elections, in the Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth, on Saturday 6^th October 2001. No changes were made to the composition of the TTP, with the following being re-elected: Chairperson - Janice Grubb Secretary - John D Beeton Treasurer - Ron Brooks Judging - John Morrison Coaching - Mike McGhee Competitions - Patricia Morrison Performance & Excellence – Bruce Craig GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE FOR BRITISH TRAMPOLINE STARS Kirsten Lawton returned to the UK from the back-to-back world cup events in Portugal and Russia with a haul of Gold, Silver Bronze medals. The Silver medal came in the Portuguese event, in a head to head with Irina Karavaeva RUS in the Knockout Final. At the same competition, partnered by Claire Wright, she also won a Bronze medal in the synchronised final. The following week, both girls went one better, taking a very deserved Gold medal in the Russian event. Not to be outdone by her trampoline team mates, Kathryn Peberdy, from the Tumbling fraternity, added to her years medal tally, with Silver in Portugal and Bronze in Russia. This has really been a brilliant year for both our trampolinists and tumblers and each and every one of our team members are to be congratulated on their efforts in all of the major events held throughout the year. A full list of British successes can be found elsewhere in this edition of Trampoline News.

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DMT REPORT

Martin Laws

It is with great pleasure that I write this report in the closing stages of our year. The efforts of the DMT sub committee should be acknowledged. I am very impressed with the way DMT has been adopted across the country and would recommend further enhancement of the programme, as interest increases.

PROGRESS TO DATE:

DMT Development Plan released in April 2001 through to April 2002.

SUB COMMITTEE MEETING:

KPI Target – 4 meetings in 12 months, full attendance, news sheet 4 per year, full reports to NTTC.

Actual – 1 meeting (July) full atte