On Sunday 15th January, eight Teddington students competed at the Southern Zonal Trampoline Competition in Uckfield. This was the highest number of students from Teddington that had qualified for this round of the competition.
The Under 15 Girls Novice competition was first and Phoebe Wallman was the only Teddington jumper. She performed both her set and voluntary routines with control and any nerves that she had were well hidden. It was a great experience for Phoebe and she finished in 11th place against some very tough competitors.
Next to jump were the Under 13 Boys Novice team. After finishing second at the London Schools competition in December, the boys had been practising hard to get to grips with the set routine and ensure they are confident with their voluntary ones. All the boys used their warms up and ironed out any niggles in their routines. At the London round, none of the boys completed their set routines correctly. All the training and practising that the boys put in clearly paid off as all the boys completed their set routines correctly. It was a really good start for Teddington. Some of the other teams in their category were very experienced competitors, but the boys were not daunted by this. They prepared for their set routines with confidence and all performed really well. Overall the boys finished in 4th place which is an exceptional achievement for them.
The afternoon session saw the Under 13 Girls Elite competition. With both a team and an individual competitor, it was to be an exciting afternoon. Rebekah Lumb was our individual qualifier and she looked confident in her warm ups. Her team mates, Jemima Witt and May Curtiss, also looked composed during their warm ups and they used the warm ups to iron out any problems with the routines. After the set routines were performed the girls had no idea how they were doing against the other competitors. The girls gave all they had when performing their voluntary routines and achieved some excellent results. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough for qualification for the National competition, but they performed with maturity
All the students jumped exceptionally well in a very tough competition. Although no one qualified through to the National competition the results were fantastic:
Under 15 Girls Novice: Phoebe Wallman 11th place
Under 13 Boys Novice: Team 4th place
(Oscar Rudkin, Sam Woods, Daniel Robertshaw, Evan
James)
Under 13 Girls Elite: Rebekah Lumb 8th place
Team 6th place
(Rebekah Lumb, May Curtiss, Jemima Venn)
