HANNAH 4TH IN BELGRADE!
July 27th 2007
Liverpool's Hannah Whelan came an excellent 4th place AA at the European Youth Olympic Festival - the highest result ever for a British gymnast at this competition. Liverpool team-mate Abi-Louise Kirby came 16th.
1 Valentina Holenkova UKR 57.050
2 Stefania Patrascu ROM 56.500
3 Andreea Acatrinei ROM 55.050
4 Hannah Whelan GBR 54.600
16 Abi-Louise Kirby GBR 52.550

Jordan out of EYOF
July 22nd 2007
Jordan Lipton has had to withdraw from the British team for the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival in Serbia later this week. Nott's gymnast Jordan was selected along with Abi-Louise Kirby and Hannah Whelan but the hip injury that forced her to sit out the British has not healed in time. It is thought that reserve Hannah Freeman will now travel to Belgrade with the team.

Event Finals
July 8th 2007
Huntingdon and Liverpool dominated the senior's event finals today at Guildford Spectrum. Marissa King of Huntingdon grabbed the vault title while Marissa's team mate Emma White placed second and Nina Dearman of Vernon Park took the bronze medal. On the next apparatus, the City of Liverpool completed a clean sweep of medals on bars. Without surprise, Beth Tweddle won the bars title with a huge score of 16.350. Aisling Williams and Melanie Roberts won silver and bronze respectively. Hannah Clowes of Liverpool won the balance beam title. Right behind her was Huntingdon gymnasts Marissa King and Kayleigh Cooke. On the last apparatus, Kayleigh Cooke of Huntingdon grabbed the floor title with Aisling Williams second and Marissa King third.
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Becky Downie of Notts added three more medals to the all-around crown she claimed yesterday. She fell on vault with her double twisting Yurchenko but still won the vault title. Lara Wilson of City of Newcastle and Laura Jones of Notts tied for the second place. Downie did an outstanding routine on bars and grabbed the gold medal while the City of Liverpool gymnast Abi Kirby grabbed the silver medal. Both Laura Jones and Rebecca Wing shared the bronze medal. On the next apparatus, Laura Jones continued to dominate the beam like she did in the last two years. Right behind Laura is Hannah Whelan of Liverpool and the bronze medal went to Hannah Freeman. Rebecca Wing of Heathrow won the floor exercise title with Becky Downie second and Hannah Whelan third.
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During the espoir's vault finals, Nicole Hibbert of Heathrow threw two awesome vaults to claim the vault title with a huge score of 14.325! Newcomer from Liverpool, Jennifer Pinches, placed second while the Espoir National Champion, Dansuia Francis, took the bronze medal. Danusia Francis won the bars title with a clean routine. Right behind Danusia is team mate Nicole Hibbert. The third place went to Notts gymnast Niamh Rippin. On the next apparatus, Danusia claimed another title on beam. Nicole Watson of Park-Wrekin won the silver medal with Sophie Fitzgerald of Carousel third. On floor exercise, Niamh Rippin placed first ahead of team mate Ruby Straw. Nicole Hibbert grabbed the bronze medal.
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7th Title for Tweddle
July 7th 2007
With many GB stars missing due to injuries, Beth Tweddle of the City of Liverpool easily claimed her seventh consecutive title with AA score of 59.750. Beth's team mate Hannah Clowes unexpectedly placed second while Aisling Williams grabbed the bronze medal. Melanie Roberts of the City of Liverpool placed fourth ahead of newcomer Marissa King from Huntingdon. With no surprise, Marissa dominated vault with a huge score of 14.650. Barry YMCA's Olivia Bryl and Huntindon's Emma White placed sixth and seventh respectively. Full results have been posted here at TBGN. You can see it on the results page.

Senior AA Final 1. Beth Tweddle (Liverpool) 59.750 2. Hannah Clowes (Liverpool) 56.400 3. Aisling Williams (Liverpool) 55.650 4. Melanie Roberts (Liverpool) 54.550 5. Marissa King (Huntingdon) 54.150 6. Olivia Bryl (Barry YMCA) 53.700 7. Emma White (Huntingdon) 53.000 8. Louise Mercer (Notts) 52.500

Downie Captured Gold, again
July 7th 2007
Congratulations to Notts gymnast Becky Downie who won the Junior British National title for the second time this evening at the Guildford Spectrum. Becky was two-time Espoir National Champion and was crowned Junior National Champion last year. Behind her in second place was Rebecca Wing from Heathrow Gymnastics Club while Becky's team mate Laura Jones earned a bronze medal. The City of Liverpool gymnasts Hannah Whelan and Abi Kirby placed fifth and sixth respectively. Full results have been posted here at TBGN. You can see it on the results page.

Junior AA Final 1. Becky Downie (Notts) 57.700 2. Becky Wing (Heathrow) 56.00 3. Laura Jones (Notts) 55.200 4. Hannah Whelan (Liverpool) 54.750 5. Abi Kirby (Liverpool) 53.700 6. Hannah Freeman (Sapphire) 50.050 6. Claire Stock (Huntingdon) 50.050 8. Bethany Munns (Park Wrekin) 47.800

We're back!
July 5th 2007
Welcome to the brand new British Gym Net! After 6 years it was time for a fresh new look! We hope you enjoy the new-look website and all our new features, as well as all the great information from the old site.

We have launched the website just in time for the 2007 British Championships this weekend. Beth Tweddle looks set to claim her 7th consecutive title, with Aisling Williams and Marissa King keen to get on the podium. Two-time espoir champion Becky Downie is favourite in the Junior category, with Laura Jones, Becky Wing, Abi Kirby, and Hannah Whelan hot on her heals. Last year's espoir champ Jordan Lipton is sitting out the Championships but hopes to be back to full fitness in time for the European Youth Olympic Festival towards the end of July in Serbia along with Whelan and Kirby.

TBGN would like to wish all the gymnasts competing good luck, the team will be there so you can expect photos and news soon after the event. Sunday's event finals will be broadcast live on BGTV so if you're not lucky enough to have tickets, you can still enjoy all the action! Double Silver for GBR
April 29, 2007
Daniel Keatings (Huntongdon) and Beth Tweddle (Liverpool) won silver's a piece for Britain at this weekend's European Championships in Amsterdam. Daniel put in an excellent display on the pommel horse and Beth claimed silver after a very clean floor routine. In the vault finals Marissa King placed a respectable 6th and Hannah Clowes finished 20th in yesterday's all-around final.

Women's FX Final 1. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) - 15.400 2. Beth Tweddle (GBR) - 15.250 3. Alina Kozich (UKR) - 15.050 4. Cassy Vericel (FRA) - 14.625 5. Steliana Nistor (ROM) - 14.600 6. Oksana Chusovitina (GER) - 14.450 7. Patricia Moreno (ESP) - 14.375

Pommel Horse 1. Krisztian Berki HUN - 15.800 2. Daniel Keatings (GBR) - 15.450 3. Flavius Koczi (ROM) - 15.325 4. Louis Smith (GBR) - 15.300 5. Nikolai Kryukov (RUS) - 14.975 5. Donna-Donny Truyens (BEL) - 14.975 7. Filip Ude (CRO) - 14.325 8. Robert Seligman (CRO) - 12.425

TBGN Changes
April 6, 2007
Happy Easter to all our visitors. TBGN is currently being redesigned and expanded so please be patient while the new site is created. Until then you can access all our current features, and check out our brand new photo gallery from the British Team Championships.