An English Tumbling selection top six for Daisy Crompton at the English selection tumbling competition this month.
It was a first English selection event for Daisy, who has previously won gold medals at South West tumbling competitions.
The English tumbling selection event is a South West competition where gymnasts vye for a place in the South West tumbling team, to compete at the national English Tumbling Championships in Telford. Sixth place at her first English selection event is a huge achievement.
At the selection event, gymnasts perform three tumbling passes on a sprung tumble track consisting of up to eight skills including flic series and somersaults. They are marked for form, tempo and difficulty.
Daisy is now working towards new somersaults for her next tumbling event.
Okehampton Flyers runs sessions in tumbling, general gymnastics, trampolining and double mini trampoline in Okehampton and Holsworthy. Gymnasts have had a huge amount of success at British Gymnastics competitions since affiliating with British Gymnastics in 2017, including regional, national and international medals, as well as places in the England squads (selected by British Gymnastics). The club has set up new sessions and has a few places left this term. Contact okehamptonflyers@yahoo.com to book the last slots.