Congratulations to Okehampton Flyers gymnast Mason Parker-Groves for winning the prestigious Home Nations event in double mini trampoline (DMT), representing England.
Only four boys in Mason’s age group were selected to represent England.
At national DMT events, gymnasts compete two high difficulty passes and are marked for form (execution), landings and difficulty.
In the first round, Mason scored an extremely high 1.7 above second place, with high execution and difficulty scores across all passes, going on to win a very intense final.
Mason started the season competing in his first Junior European trials at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in February, in the 13-16 age group. He went on to win two silver medals in the national English qualifier in both trampolining and DMT in the 13-14 age group, and then to win a national gold medal in DMT at the first British Championship qualifier and a bronze medal in trampolining.
Mason’s coach, Vicki Pritchard, said: ‘Mason has been working very hard in training, achieving new double double passes. He is working on his execution and on increasing his difficulty ready for the other national competitions this season.’
Anyone interested in trying out trampolining, DMT, gymnastics or tumbling, or trialling for the club squads can contact vicki.pritchard@