Okehampton Flyers came away with more medals from the Griffin trampoline competition in Street on Sunday 18 June. The busy competition had large classes and competitors from across the South West. Trampolinists were required to perform one compulsory routine and one voluntary routine, for which they could perform higher difficulty skills. The scores from the
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Our hard work raising money for a sprung tumble track has finally paid off! We were able to purchase a Continental sprung track in July, meaning we can prepare our gymnasts to enter tumbling competitions. The Inner Wheel of Okehampton and the Rotary Club of Okehampton also made a very generous contribution of £300 each
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Okehampton Flyers Gym and Trampoline Club had a successful day at their first British Gymnastics Bath regional trampoline competition. Angus Bond won the NDP4 13+ class with two solid routines and a top score for range and conditioning. Miya Porter came 8th in the 11-12 NDP3 class, also with two excellent routines. Both gymnasts normally
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Okehampton Gym Club ran its first club tumbling competition in December. The competition was a fundraising event to raise money for a sprung tumbling track to enable its more advanced gymnasts to enter regional level competitions. Each gymnast from the club performed a basic pass on floor mats or an advanced tumbling pass on an
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Okehampton Trampoline Club came away with four medals from the Griffin Trampoline competition in Street on Sunday 13th November. It was a busy competition with a friendly atmosphere. The trampolines were top level 6x4s and 4x4s, so the children did well to adjust to the bouncier trampolines with only three or four practice warm ups.
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Children and parents had a hauntingly good time at Okehampton Gym and Trampoline Club’s Hallowe’en party on Friday 28th October. Held to raise money for competition equipment, the fancy dress disco saw children and parents arrive dressed as vampires, princesses, spiders, ghosts and ghouls.
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We are holding a Hallowe’en fancy dress disco at the Pavilion in the Park on Friday 28th October, 6-8pm, £2.50 per person. This is a fundraising event to raise money for a sprung tumble track. The entry fee includes a free ‘vampire’ drink. As well as a disco, there will be Hallowe’en games for the younger children,
Okehampton Gym, Trampoline and DMT Club ran a ‘Bring a Parent to Gym’ week in July, where parents of children in the pre-school and beginner classes could come and learn gymnastics skills with their children. The event was part of OCRA’s Sportsweek, which promotes health and fitness for all.
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Okehampton Gym, Trampoline and DMT Club wowed audiences with a tumbling and trampolining display on 10th July. The display was part of OCRA’s Sport and Fitness Festival, a week of fun sporting activities where anyone can come along and have a go.
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Congratulations to the West Devon gymnastics team who won the Devon Games team gymnastics competition on 3rd July. The gymnasts were selected at area trials and performed a floor routine, a body management exercise comprising strength and flexibility skills and a vault exercise. The team selected for West Devon was Demelza Brock, Eloise Cole, Shea
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