The Year 5/6 and 3/4 gymnastics competitions took place in Spring Term 1 on Wednesday 31st January and Friday 9th February respectively with Harris Academy Wimbledon as superb hosts.
This year, the format followed the new RISE criteria from British Gymnastics consisting of 3 disciplines in Vault, Core Skills and the new Working Together routine.
17 schools took part in the Yr 5/6 age group with 12 schools for Yr 3/4, all with teams of 4 pupils. 114 (66 ad 48) gymnasts participated overall and it made for two wonderful occasions especially as it was the first time Merton had hosted the RISE style events.
Pupils took part over 6 rotations with 3 being practice stations before schools displayed their routines in front of the judges – Olly and Kai from ‘Unity Allstars’ on the Vault, Oksana, Lisa and Tahirah from ‘Merton Gymnastics Club’ on Core Skills with Natalie from ‘GymKidz’ and Saskia from ‘Unity Allstars’ on Working Together. Thanks to them all for supporting the event with their gymnastics expertise and do get in touch with us if you’d like to find out more about what they can offer locally.
The results were as follows across the individual disciplines and overall team award for Yr 5/6:
CORE SKILLS
Girls
Gold – Annabel (Merton Park)
Silver – Iyla (Garfield) | Kathleen (St Mary’s)
Bronze – Trinity (Singlegate) | Livia (Wimbledon Chase) | Alice (Park Academy)
Boys
Gold – Oli (Merton Park)
Silver – Noah (Pelham)
Bronze – Josef (Garfield)
VAULT
Girls
Gold – Annabel (Merton Park) | Kathleen (St Mary’s) | Milana (SSPeterPaul)
Silver – Greta (St John Fisher)
Bronze – Alice (Park Academy) | Lila Mia (St John Fisher) | Isabelle (Hillcross)
Boys
Gold – Jason (Hillcross)
Silver – Jamie (St John Fisher)
Bronze – Oli (Merton Park) | William (St John Fisher)
WORKING TOGETHER
Pairs
Gold – Iyla and Isla (Garfield) | Eli and Annabel (Merton Park)
Silver – Tahira and Ariana (Malmesbury) | Trinity and Rebecca (Singlegate)
Bronze – Anna and Alice (Park Academy) | Emit and Morgan (Malmesbury)
BEST OVERALL INDIVIDUAL
Girl
Gold – Annabel (Merton Park)
Silver – Kathleen (St Marys) | Eli (Merton Park)
Bronze – Alice (Park Academy)
Boy
Gold – Josef (Garfield)
Silver – Bobby (Hatfeild)
Bronze – Isaiah (Garfield)
TEAM AWARD
1 Garfield 341
2 Malmesbury 319
3 Singlegate 311
4 Hatfeild 308
5 Pelham 308
6 Hillcross 307
7 St John Fisher 305
8 St Mary 292
9 Merton Park 274 (3 gymnasts)
10 SS Peter Paul 271
11 Aragon 270
12 Wimbledon Park 263
13William Morris 257
14 Joseph Hood 256
15 Poplar 249
16 Wimbledon Chase 225 (3 gymnasts)
17 Park Academy 186 (2 gymnasts)
The overall team results were as follows for Yr 3/4:
CORE SKILLS
Girls
Gold – Aaliyah (Garfield)
Silver – Casey (Malmesbury) | Valentina and Alice (Merton Park)
Bronze – Emma (Malmesebury)
Boys
Gold – Jago (Bishop Gilpin)
Silver – Zach (Malmesbury)
Bronze – Leo (Merton Park)
VAULT
Girls
Gold – Saskia (Poplar)
Silver – Alice (Merton Park) | Emma (Malmesbury)
Bronze – Casey (Malmesbury) | Daisy and Millie (Aragon)
Boys
Gold – Jago (Bishop Gilpin)
Silver – Ned (Malmesbury)
Bronze – Aiden (St John Fisher)
WORKING TOGETHER
Pairs
Gold – Casey and Emma (Malmesbury) | Ned and Zach (Malmesbury)
Silver – Aaliyah and Nevaeh (Garfield) | Kaiden and Leo (Garfield)
Bronze – Alice and Valentina (Merton Park) | Leo and Freddie (Merton Park)
BEST OVERALL INDIVIDUAL
Girl
Gold – Casey and Emma (Malmesbury) 112
Silver – Aaliyah (Garfield)
Bronze – Alice (Merton Park)
Boy
Gold – Jago (Bishop Gilpin)
Silver – Zach (Malmesbury)
Bronze – Ned (Malmesbury)
TEAM AWARD
1 Malmesbury 413 points
2 Garfield 376
3 Merton Park 371
4 Bishop Gilpin 356
5 Singlegate 334
6 Poplar 329
7 Aragon 306
8 Wimbledon Chase 293
9 William Morris 281
10 Pelham 279
11 Wimbledon Park 264
12 St John Fisher 262 – 3 gymnasts
Overall Combined KS2 Award 2024
1 Malmesbury 732
2 Garfield 717
3 Merton Park 645
3 Singlegate 645
5 Pelham 587
6 Poplar 578
7 Aragon 576
8 St John Fisher 567
9 William Morris 538
10 Wimbledon Park 527
11 Wimbledon Chase 518
Congratulations to all our medalists and thank you to all for taking part. Well done to Poplar Primary and St John Fisher for being crowned REFSEPCT winners for our gym champs over both events this year.