BRITISH GYMNASTICS: Trampoline Technical Committee

 

TRAMPOLINE NEWS No 24          February 2004

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

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EDITORIAL

Martin Laws

 

Welcome to this first edition of TRAMPOLINE NEWS. My thanks to John Beeton the editor, for all his efforts to keep you all informed, and all those who have contributed to this important Newsletter. Please circulate this latest edition as widely as possible.

 

The National Technical Assembly was a great success with speakers in a Trampoline specific program to supplement the comprehensive general program for the very first time. It was also pleasing to see more Trampolinists attending this year, and it is an important event now in the Trampoline year. The date for next year’s event is 28-30 January 2005. Please put this date in your diary now.

 

Congratulations to the members of the NTTC who were elected or re-elected at the Technical Assembly – Craig Bellis (competitions) and Cathy Page (Coach Ed).

 

I noted in the last edition about the new Development position within the NTTC and I am keen to find a suitable candidate as soon as possible to be co-opted to this position. If anyone is interested, please contact me as soon as possible….don’t be shy!

 

We are currently working on the new development plan for Trampolining, which will fit into the new “One Stop Shop” plan that is being prepared for UK Sport. The intention is to have the first drafts available for consultation with UK Sport by late February, and the final version ready for 2005. You can imagine it’s going to involve a great deal of focused work. More on this will follow in later editions of TRAMPOLINE NEWS.

 

The Governance Review has started to snowball and already some historic decisions taken. This potentially could be as major a change for Trampolining as moving from the old BTF/STA into BG as British Gymnastics reshapes under the Governments modernization scheme.

 

At the BG Board meeting of 6th December 2003, the English steering group was renamed English Gymnastics, and thereby now recognized as an affiliated Association. At a special meeting of the BG Board convened in January, approval was granted to proceed with reconstituting British Gymnastics, and presentation of the new constitution to the Annual General Meeting on the 8th May 2004.

I calculate approximately 95% of current BG trampoline activity is carried out within the new English Gymnastics boundaries, and therefore a great deal of work will need to be done to assure members of continued improvement in services.

 

It still hasn’t been decided which services EG will undertake, or even the structure of the organization. However, this will have to be operational within 18 months if we are to meet the modernisation timetable. It is therefore important that we stay aware of the situation and focused, so we may carve out a good future for Trampolining.

 

I look forward to seeing you all soon.

 

 

WORLD CHAMPIONS 1976-2003

Double-Mini Trampoline (cont)

 

Women

 

1990 Lisa Newman-Morris AUS

1992 Kylie Walker NZL

1994 Kylie Walker NZL

1996 Jennifer Sans USA

1998 Kylie Walker NZL

1999 Lisa Colussi-Mitruk CAN

2001 Marina Mourinova RUS

2003 Sarah Charles CAN

 

 

COACH EDUCATION

Cathy Page

 

Technical conference 2004 looking to 2005: we are putting on a number of Trampolining items at the BG Technical Assembly in January. It will be over by the time that you get this! But, the important thing is that in future we will plan to hold a Coaching Conference at the HPC/IPC level each year alongside the Technical Assembly. Hopefully, each region will then hold conferences in their own region for the Club Coach/Senior Club Coach level.

 

High Performance Coach/Senior Club Coach Exam Days: there are two Exam days being held for anyone who is ready to be examined at these levels. Birkenhead – Sat 6 Mar 04 and Gillingham – Sun 7 Mar 04. Both will start at 0900 hrs, with theory papers, and the practical will commence at 1230 hrs.

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NATIONAL COMPETITION STRUCTURE

Craig Bellis