Women’s Artistic National Grades British Final

The Women’s Artistic National Grades British Final took place last month at Fenton Manor, Stoke-on-Trent. The Welsh teams were made up of the top four gymnasts from the Welsh Regional Rounds which took place in March.

The weekend got off to a great start, with the National 4 Competition. Team Wales, made up of Freya Evans - Llanelli GC, Cerys Williams - Neath Afan GC, Maisie Dickman - Capital Academy and Niamh Coffey - Swansea GC, finished in a credible 4^th place. Freya Evans achieved 3^rd overall, placing 1^st on Beam and 3^rd on Vault and Floor and Maisie placing 3^rd on Beam.

The Saturday concluded with the National 3 competition. The Welsh Team made up of Katie Connolly – Phoenix GC, Bella Jones – Olympus GC, Andreea-Emilia Buzdugan – CCYC and Shayla Mansfield – Capital Academy finished 12^th, against a strong field of gymnasts.

The National 2 Competition took place on the Sunday morning, Seren Rowlands-Higgins of Llanelli GC was the top placing Welsh gymnast, finishing in 6^th position overall with Ruby-May Allen of Neath Afan GC not far behind in 8^th. Seren also managed 3^rd place on Bars and shared 2^nd place on Range and Conditioning with her team mate Imogen Shaw-Davies, Llanelli GC. Seren, Ruby-May and Imogen were joined by Hannah Rees of Swansea GC to take 4^th place in the team competition.

The weekend drew to a close with the National 1 competition. Sophie Wickham of CCYC placed 5^th overall, with Anya Niven of Llanelli GC closely following in 6^th. As well as excelling in the All-Around competition Anya managed 1^st place on Beam and 2^nd on Bars. Georgia Roberts of Olympus GC also posted the 2^nd highest Range and Conditioning score of the afternoon. The three girls did exceedingly well and ended the team competition in 3^rd position.    

Huge congratulations to all gymnasts who took part.