Sainsbury Vouchers

A massive thank you to everybody who brought along their Sainsbury vouchers. We have now purchased a CD player & large holdall with wheels.

Thank you

Ann

Bath Open

Bath Open
I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to everybody who made the Bath Open sucessful again this year.
To all the coaches, helpers, parents & gymnasts. Whether you helped for an hour or to the stalwarts for the whole weekend we are very grateful. It was great seeing everybody helping on the Weds night before from sorting the raffle, to making sweetie sticks, putting medals on ribbons, counting leotards & sorting sheets.
I think we are all extremely proud of our Bath gymnasts who all performed skillfully with expression & poise which is also a credit to all our dedicated coaches under Sarah's lead.
The results will be posted shortly

Thank you
Ann (Chair)

Bath Open Competition 2011

This weekend sees our sixth Bath Open Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition held, as usual, at the Sports Training Village at Bath University.  We have over 170 gymnasts from ten clubs across the country competing and watch out for some special display performances too, including the current Great Britain Senior Rhythmic Group.


Please note that the time of the Senior Group displays is at 6:10 on Saturday and 6:45 on Sunday (NOT the times shown in the Bath Chronicle)

Admission each day is £6 for adults, £3 for children and seniors, and family tickets (up to 4 people) can be bought for £12

Saturday Timetable

9:45      Display: City of Bath RGC - Grease  

10:00    Start of Competition: Fundamentals 

1:30      Displays: City of Bath RGC - Pink Panther, Free Group

1:35      Presentations for Fundamentals               

            LUNCH BREAK

2:30      Novices U8             

3:10      Novices U10            

4:15      Novices U12            

5:05      Novices Junior & Senior       

6:10      Displays: GB Senior Rhythmic Group; City of Bath Gymnasts           

6:30      Presentations for Novices & Close of Competition

Sunday Timetable

10:00    Start of Competition: Intermediate U10 & U12

11:20    Intermediate Junior & Senior

12:30    Presentations for Intermediates

            LUNCH BREAK

1:30      Elite U10 & U11

2:45      Elite U12, Junior, Senior

4:55      Groups Competition

6:45      Display: GB Senior Rhythmic Group

6:50      Displays by City of Bath Gymnasts         

7:00      Presentations for Elites and Groups & Close 

Fundraising Scheme-Old Printer Cartridges/Old Mobiles

We have enrolled on a new fundraising scheme, where we send off used printer cartridges & old mobile phones. They provide us with prepaid envelopes which are coded with our unique code. For each cartridge we send off the club recieves 75p & £1+ for old mobiles. Ruth (Lily's mum)is overseeing this scheme for us & she also has a supply of envelopes. So grab an envelope & put your old cartridges in it! Details of the scheme can also be seen on the noticeboard at Culverhay.

Thank you
Ann

Sainsbury Vouchers

Can you please see if you have any vouchers lurking as the closing date is upon us? If you have any odd ones could you please give them to Mini (Tiola's mum) or me Ann Fox, once they have all been counted we can then let Sarah know the final number so she can order some equipment.
I will let you know what we have ordered shortly.

Thank you

Ann

BATH OPEN LETTERS

Two letters are out NOW!!!

Bath Open Entry form letter - needs returning by ALL club members by Saturday 28th May.

Groups Letters - Reply forms asap please!

Many thanks
Sarah

National Grades Finals

Congratulations to the girls from Bath RGC who took part in the NGF at the weekend!

A very long day, finished with medals being spread amoung many of the UK's clubs!

Bath RGC gymnasts -

Grade 6 ( under 11 yrs)

Gemma Lewis

SILVER overall, SILVER Free (15.100), SILVER rope (13.025), GOLD Ball (15.150)

Florence Boventer

8th Overall, 6th free (13.475), 5th Rope (12.550), 11th Ball (12.225)

Grade 9 (Junior)

Sarah Dennis

4th overall, Hoop 8th (14.40), Ball 5th (15.550), Clubs 6th (14.850), Ribbon SILVER (15.450)

All results should be on the BG site very soon, http://www.british-gymnastics.org/

Congratulations to the gymnasts, and thank you to Sandra for coming out of retirement to coach for us, and Sarah for judging all day!

Welsh Novice & Intermediate competition, Saturday 30th May

Fantastic results today! Well done girls and congratulations coaches, another great day for Bath RGC.

Many thanks to Gina for coaching all day, and Evie for judging - through the heat in the gym!!

Novice Level 1 Under 12 Rope
Helena Humm - GOLD

Novice Level 2 Under 10
Free & Hoop
Chloe Lewis
Daisy Hamilton

Novice Level 2 Junior
Ball & Clubs
Emily Lewis
Nicola Davies
Sam Hobbs

Intermediate Under 10
Maddie Browne-Gott Free SILVER, Hoop SILVER

Intermediate Under 12
Gemma Lewis, Ball SILVER, Rope BRONZE
Florence Boventer, Rope SILVER

Intermediate Junior
Sarah Dennis, Hoop SILVER, Ball BRONZE, Clubs BRONZE

Intermediate Senior
Helen Christie, Hoop SILVER, Ball GOLD

11 MEDALS!!

Congratulations everyone! Have a nice bank holiday -see you next week!

Sarah ;-)

Welsh Novice & Intermediate competition, Saturday 30th May

Good Luck to all those taking part tomorrow - enjoy yourself!

Helena Humm
Chloe Lewis
Daisy Hamilton
Emily Lewis
Sam Hobbs
Nicola Davies
Florence Boventer
Gemma Lewis
Sarah Dennis
Helen Christie

Evie Longshaw - First time Judging!

SUMMER CAMPS AND COMPETITIONS

Letters are now out regarding SUMMER CAMPS & COMPETITIONS, please make sure you get your letter and return form back in ASAP .

Don't miss out!

LONDON 2012 Olympic Games

Last week to sign up to get your tickets to watch the Rhythmic Gymnastics at the London Olympic Games!!!!

www.tickets.london2012.com


SIGN UP NOW!!!

EASTER TRAINING SESSIONS

Easter training, is at The University of Bath, STV hall.

• This training is for British, NGF and Welsh Novice/Inter comp. gymnasts.


• Tuesday, 2-6pm


• Wednesday, 9-12 noon


• Thursday, 9-12 noon


• Friday, 10-1pm


• Saturday, 10-1pm


• Sunday - NO training


• Monday, 10-1pm


• Club training resumes - TUESDAY 26th April, until THURSDAY 28th April


• NO CLUB TRAINING - Saturday 30th April.


• Club training Resumes - Tuesday 3rd May Onwards.

Sarah

AGM

Dear Parent/Friends
I would like to invite you all to the City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics AGM which is to be held on Saturday 14th May 2011 at 9.00am at Culverhay Sports Centre.
This will give you all the opportunity to find out about our achievements over the past year & our vision for the future development of the club.
Everyone is more than welcome to attend.

Ann Fox
Chairperson

Club Kit

Club Kit is now available to be ordered. I have put together a list of the kit with sizes & prices. I will be placing the order over the next few weeks. If you are uncertain of what you require please don't hesitate to contact me or speak to me at the Rainbow Comp at the weekend.

(Click on image to see it full size)

Thank you
Ann

Zonal Grades - Well done girls!

Well done to all the girls who took part in the Zonal Grades last Saturday!
Under 10 competition - Maddie Browne-Gott - Bronze medal
Grade 6: Tiola Gleeson - Distinction; Selina Brown - Distinction; Lola Marsh - Distinction; Lily Edwards - Distinction; Gemma Lewis - Merit; Florence Boventer - Merit
Grade 9: Sarah Dennis - Merit
Those gymnasts that passed with Merit now qualify for National Grades Finals in May, whilst Distinction qualify for The British Championships in June. Congratulations, and thanks to Sandra and Sarah for coaching and judging all day!

Sandra says: "The girls were a pleasure to work with last weekend and have really improved since I last saw them"

Irish Open International Championships

III Irish Open International Championships

12th March 2011

Congratulations girls, 21 medals brought home by Bath RGC Gymnasts -  fantastic weekend, brilliant gymnasts and fabulous competition.!
Thank you to Sarah And Didem for judging and coaching all weekend!

Results
2001: Maddie Browne-Gott - Silver Free and Hoop, Bronze Rope, Silver Overall
2000: Tiola Gleeson - Gold Free, Rope, Ball and Overall; Selina Brown - Silver Free and Rope, Bronze Ball, Silver Overall; Lola Marsh - Bronze Free; Lily Edwards - 6th Place Free; Gemma Lewis - 8th Place Free

2001: Kate Mosely - Gold Hoop, Ball, Clubs and Overall

Juniors: Hannah Waite - Bronze Hoop, Clubs, Ribbon and Overall; Sarah Dennis - 7th Hoop, 6th Ball and Clubs, 4th Ribbon, 5th Overall

Well done to the whole delegation from Bath RGC!!

Carpet Rota

Dear Parents. There will be a rota for carpet hoovering put up on the noticeboard at Culverhay shortly. Would you please check to see when you have been asked to hoover the carpet. All of the competition parents have been included as it is for all of our daughters benefits.
If for any reason you cannot hoover on your date please arrange to swop with someone else.
Thank you
Ann

Gareth completes Bath Half Marathon

Gareth completed the Bath Half marathon today in a time of 1 hour 43 mins which is a fantastic achievement!! A massive thanks to him for running for the club.

http://waitefamilychristine.blogspot.com/2011/03/bath-half-marathon.html 

So if you have sponsored him please can you collect any outstanding donations & bring them into the club.  They can be given either to Jenny (treasurer) or Chris Waite (Hannah's mum).

Open Meeting on National Rhythmic Group

As some will know a number of gymnasts from our club have been invited to be tested for selection for membership of a senior rhythmic group which will work towards involvement in the Olympic Games. Sarah Binding our head coach has also been asked to coach the group.  The girls are currently waiting to hear who has been selected to be involved.  Once this is confirmed training will begin on a more formal basis.

This is a great opportunity for the girls involved and an acknowledgement of the high standards being achieved in the club as a result of the work that Sarah and the rest of the coaching team have been putting in.

As a management committee we would want to support this project but are also conscious of our responsibility to balance this with the needs of the club as a whole. The Committee has devoted a lot of time to considering how these two aims can be accommodated.  We have concluded that having this project linked with the club will be beneficial in many ways but will need careful management to ensure that the club continues to flourish.  Sarah has been working with the Committee to generate ideas about how we can maximise the benefits for the club and minimise any disadvantages which might arise.

We think it is important to have an opportunity to talk to parents about these and so we propose to have an open meeting at Culverhay on Saturday morning at 9am.

If you are interested in hearing more about plans for developments within the club and for club training, along with next steps for the group, or if you have any questions or concerns, please come to the meeting so we can all benefit from discussing this together. 

If you are unable to attend but want to ask a question, please forward it by e-mail to Jenny Dennis or hand a note addressed to the Committee to committee members before the meeting.

Bath Half Marathon

Hannah's dad Gareth takes part in the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday 6th March, and is running to help the club raise funds for a new music system. So lets try and get our forms filled in and wish him the best of luck.

Sainsbury Vouchers

The club is collecting Sainsbury's vouchers could you please put them in the collection box that will be out on gym days. Please ask family & friends as the more we collect the more items we can exchange them for.
Thank you
Ann

Half Term Training

We have some half term training for the competition squad gymnasts, who will be taking part in the Zonal Grades in March, the Ireland International, and senior group.

These training sessions will be held at the University of Bath, Claverton Down, in the Sports Training Village sports hall. 

Please see the form on the recent email, select the session/s you will be attending and return before half term. You will be invoiced at your usual hourly rate.

Please note that there IS training from Saturday 19^th February, and also Saturday 26^th February, however there is NO evening training during half term. Training as usual from Saturday 26^th February onwards.

Sarah

Club Performance at Team Bath Netball League Match

We have been offered the chance to perform for Team Bath Netball. We will perform before the game, and also in the half-time break, on Saturday 26^th February 2011. Arrive at 3.30pm-approx. 6.45pm.  Each gymnast is entitled to one free ticket for family/friend and other tickets can be obtained at  www.teambath.com/whats-on/tickets.

I would like us to perform ‘Grease’, as this gives the best opportunity for as many gymnasts as possible to take part in this performance. As we head towards our annual, ‘Bath Open’ Championships in the summer, and an internal club competition around Easter, this offers another great chance for the gymnasts to perform in front of an audience.

I would like to encourage gymnasts to take part in this performance, this opportunity is for all gymnasts, not just competition gymnasts, however all gymnasts wanting to take part MUST attend the display training in order to be confident of the routine.

Parents: please see recent email and reply if you want your daughter to participate.

Sarah

Wednesday Classes are CANCELLED tonight

Due to illness and unavailability of coaches tonight, we have unfortunately had to cancel all tonight's classes at Culverhay.  Classes should resume as normal tomorrow, but if any changes are necessary a message will be posted here.

SW Gym Fest 2011

Details for Saturday 22nd January

Changes for this week only due to the South West GymFest in Taunton:
Gymnasts who usually attend:

• 9-2pm - please come in at 11-2pm
• 9-11am - please come in at 11-1pm

All other sessions are the same times as usual.

Wednesday Class Times

Please note that all classes due to start at 5pm on Wednesdays will start at the later time of 5.20pm for this week and next week (19th and 26th January)

All other start and finish times remain as per normal training schedule.

Fees will be adjusted to reflect this change.

Photos from 2010

Some photos of the highlights for the club from last year:

National Group League
(November)

Commonwealth Games Party
(October)

BBC National Lottery Awards
(September)

British Championships
(June)

Canterbury Cup
(May)

Has anyone got any good photos from the Xmas display?  Send them to the club email address above and we'll get them posted!