MSSP Key Steps Borough Gymnastics Competition

The MSSP Key Steps 2 and Key Steps 3 Year Borough Gymnastics Competition took place on Friday 10th February 2023 at Harris Academy Wimbledon.  Due to the unprecedented demand there were 2 sessions delivered, morning and afternoon, with judging support from Cheam Gymnastics Club and Sponte Sua Gymnastics Club. 

All gymnasts would be competing in three different disciplines throughout the competition: Floor, Vault and Body Management. Two judges were situated on each discipline who would be judging each individual competitor. When competing in Vault, competitors had one practice go, and then two competitive vaults and their best score would be taken towards their group score. For Floor and Body Management competitors only had one competitive routine to gain their highest score. Schools could bring a maximum of four gymnasts in which both the two male and two female scores would be taken from each discipline and put towards their group score. 

All gymnasts were required to participate in all three disciplines. As schools arrived they started to warm up and practice their routines; it was evident that the standard was going to be high this year.  

During the competition all the gymnasts demonstrated great individual talent and knew their routines well enough to perform consistently. It was also great to see all the teams encouraging their team mates and applauding others on completion of their routines. This created a positive atmosphere for the gymnasts whilst performing. 

The results table was very close and the highest standard the Partnership had seen; however there could only be one winner. Medals were given out to the top three teams of the competition and to the highest scoring individual boys / girls for each discipline.  

Once all groups had competed on each discipline it was time to add up all the scores to see which school was going to go home as champions. Due to so many individual gymnasts scoring extremely highly on all disciplines, it was going to be a very close call! 

Before the final team results were announced, the individual awards were given out. These were awarded to each boy and girl who had scored the highest results on each discipline. The results were as follows: 

Year 3/4 Morning Session

One more individual medal was to be awarded for the boy and girl with the highest overall score in the competition. These were:   

Once all the individual medalists had been awarded and congratulated it was time to announce which school was going to be the Key Steps 2 Year 3/4 Gymnastics Champions. The results were extremely close with just tenths separating positions. The final results were as follows: 

1st: Malmesbury

2nd: Hollymount

3rd: Poplar

Year 5/6 Morning Session

One more individual medal was to be awarded for the boy and girl with the highest overall score in the competition. These were:   

Once all the individual medalists had been awarded and congratulated it was time to announce which school was going to be the Key Steps 3 Year 5/6 Gymnastics Champions. The results were extremely close with just tenths separating positions. The final results were as follows: 

1st: Hollymount

2nd: Malmesbury

3rd: Poplar

Year 3/4 Afternoon Session

One more individual medal was to be awarded for the boy and girl with the highest overall score in the competition. These were:   

Once all the individual medalists had been awarded and congratulated it was time to announce which school was going to be the Key Steps 2 Year 3/4 Gymnastics Champions. The results were extremely close with just tenths separating positions. The final results were as follows: 

1st: Wimbledon Chase

2nd: Merton Park

3rd: St John Fisher

Year 5/6 Afternoon Session

One more individual medal was to be awarded for the boy and girl with the highest overall score in the competition. These were:   

Once all the individual medalists had been awarded and congratulated it was time to announce which school was going to be the Key Steps 3 Year 5/6 Gymnastics Champions. The results were extremely close with just tenths separating positions. The final results were as follows: 

1st: Hillcross

2nd: Hatfeild

3rd: St John Fisher

Congratulations to all teams on their fantastic performances and particularly to our champions.  Also well done to Malmesbury and Aragon for being awarded the Refspect Award for their sportsmanship towards the other competitors and encouragement to their teammates.