Personal shout out to Bianca from Visions Gymnastics.
She hit 4/4 at #AfricanChamps to help her team to the win with a silver medal in the all-around.
A star. 🙂
South Africa wins #AfricanChamps
Both Egypt and South Africa had too many falls. Yet the host nation pulled out the win. Spectators were plenty happy at the arena tonight.
Snr WAG Team Results: 1st: SOUTH AFRICA 154.40 2nd: EGYPT 151.55 3rd: MOROCCO 126.25 #AfricanChamps #Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/IB3sEFL8zN
— SAGF (@SAGymnastics) March 28, 2014
Kirsten Beckett wins #AfricanChamps
South African star Kirsten Beckett is African Champion 2014.
Home town girl handles the pressure of being the favourite. HITS 4/4.
1st: BECKETT (RSA) 53.800
2nd: MANN (RSA) 50.650
3rd: WAGEEH (EGY) 49.850
Post by Jodell de Sousa.
That photo is from the promotional calendar for the event.
Tinkler, Grindle, Lyons
Top 3 at British Jr Championships 2014.
1. Amy Tinkler 55.250
2. Teal Grindle 54.40
3. Catherine Lyons 52.65
Click PLAY or watch Amy’s Floor on YouTube.
Brigid McCarthy:
Amy ‘Tinks’ Tinkler trains at South Durham Gymnastics Club with Nicola Preston and Rachael Wright … her squad, who call themselves ‘The Pink Ladies’. …
If you had to choose between living without your grips or your phone, which would you choose?
Phone, but to be honest I don’t think I could live without any of them!
Fadwa Mohamed #AfricanChamps Prudnova
Fadwa Mohamed Abdellatif MAHMOUD (EGY) is the defending African Champion on Vault.
In prelims her Handspring double front looked better than 2yrs ago.
In fact, it looked pretty good in high speed.
Frame-by-frame, however, …
RT @Kyla_Phillips: … questionable handspring DOUBLE front from MAHMOUD score 13:80 @SAGymnastics pic.twitter.com/fCuehu9pEq” #AfricanChamps
— SAGF (@SAGymnastics) March 28, 2014
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FIG WTC rep Kym Dowdell needs to show this to her Vault panel.
That vault scored 13.80.
African Champs Team & AA
The Senior women’s warm-ups begin in Pretoria, South Africa hosted by @SAGymnastics.
Kirsten Beckett hopes to lead her team to the Gold medal here at home.
Egypt wins African Jr Champs
1st: EGYPT 152.00
2nd: SOUTH AFRICA 145.75
3rd: ALGERIA 128.55
Congratulations.
AA Results:
1st: IBRAHIR (EGY) 51.750
2nd: RANKOE (RSA) 48.950
3rd: NASSA (EGY) 48.550
via @SAGymnastics
#AfricanChamps TV promo
The 12th African Gymnastics Championships in Pretoria is being used — in some cases — to select athletes for Youth Olympic Games 2014. And for Commonwealth Games 2014.
Click the image to watch the video clip.
Mia, featured in that interview, finished 3rd AA in Junior and is up for possible selection to YOGs.
Of course national Olympic Committees must APPROVE any gymnast selected to YOG.
British Championships begin
Liverpool Echo Arena
Rebecca Tunney: I want to follow Beth Tweddle and inspire other gymnasts
The teenager who competed at London 2012 at the age of 15 is combining her preparations for the British championships and Commonwealth Games with studying for exams
Gymnastics Coaching.com 