Gymnastics Nationals

Double national gold for Mason, Autumn wins gold for the third year and Lucas gains a team silver.

Six gymnasts from Somerville Intermediate qualified to attend the New Zealand Gymnastics Championships which was held in Palmerston North in the second week of the school holidays.

Holly U-S was selected to compete for Gymsport Manukau in the 11-12 age Trampoline, Double Mini Trampoline and Tumbling divisions, as well as the 13-14 Synchro Trampoline competition. Unfortunately she broke her ankle at the final training before leaving for Palmerston North, so she was unable to compete.

Representing Gymsport Manukau, Autumn A qualified in Rhythmic Gymnastics both as a Level 7 individual and a member of the Grade 4 group. Individually she finished 13th and her group (which consists of 4 members) won the group title and are now national champions for the third successive year.

Mason M competed for Gymsport Manukau in the 13-14 age category for Trampoline, Double Mini Trampoline and Tumbling. Against some very experienced competitors, Mason emerged as the national champion in both Double Mini Trampoline and Tumbling divisions.

Charlize C was selected as a member of the Gymsport Manukau team in the Step 6 Artistic Gymnastics category. They finished 7th in the team competition and Charlize displayed her usual beautiful floor routine.

Scarlett L qualified to represent Gymsport Manukau team for Step 5 Artistic Gymnastics. Her team finished 7th, she placed 10th on the beam and Scarlett was one of the top 32 gymnasts who qualified for the second day competition to decide the overall champion. She finished 20th overall and this was an excellent result for her first National level competition.

Lucas Z represented the Auckland region as part of their Level 5 team and they  performed extremely well to win the silver medal in the team competition. Lucas also qualified for the second day of the individual competition where he finished 15th overall.