Also within their team was Louisa Cuthbert who’s 5^th placed floor routine was her highlight and Phoebe Copestake completed the team and she picked up a silver for her stunning Vault. The team were unlucky to not win, but a couple of weak beam scores put paid to their gold chances..

The other team came in 3^rd place and this team had veteran competitor Casey Hodges drafted into the team to bolster its chances and she did exactly that picking up silver on Bars and  bronze for her floor exercise. In her team she had Millie Barnes flying down the wing as she collected a cracking Bronze on Beam and a 6^th place on floor.

Becky Matcham who has been carrying a niggle, struggled to find her best form but nevertheless played a crucial part in getting the team to 3^rd place. The final member of this winning team was Tamzin Hill who gained silver on vault and 6^th on beam so unlucky to be just outside the medals.

At this level out of the 28 gymnasts Molly was in first place despite scoring lowly on her bars, Katie came 3^rd, Casey came 4^th and Millie came 6^th, Phoebe came 10^th, Tamzin 15^th, Becky 20^th.

Level 6 was our youngest gymnasts representing the club and they were given the hardest task of the day as it was an open age competition so it appeared they were up against some very seasoned gymnasts who towered over the little babes of Arabian. Millie Heathcoate and Emilee Brookes managed to gain 9^th place on bars and all the girls Tayla Smyth and Nell Maze Brown all managed to perform a new floor routine which was pleasing to see.

It’s very hard to gauge how well they actually did when they were pitched against such a diversity of ability and ages. It was the only blip in what was otherwise a most wonderful organised and held event. Alan has suggested that next time there is a cap on age or a protection barrier for the likes of 6 to 7 year olds so they are not against girls twice their age and build.

Level 5 also had some very established gymnasts in the arena so it was tough going for the youngsters but there were some good performances on show with Karen McEvaddy making her debut as a competitive gymnast in top squad. Her new floor which she has learned in the last two weeks, looked like it had been established as a routine for more than the two weeks she has had to prepare. Lara Moffat 14^th on bars and floor was her highlight out of 48 gymnasts and also 19^th on beam. Alisha Patel also gained 19^th on beam and Emily Kettle making her first full outing since her arm break last year managed 14^th on beam and 19^th on floor. Lara came out with the highest score in the team finishing 20^th overall

Level 3 saw two teams placed out as  a two pronged attack and like the level 4 it worked with both team winning medals and placed on the rostrum in 2^nd and 3^rd place.

The hardest task was for Hannah Bond, Lucy Johnston and especially Naomi Smith who are really level 4 gymnasts so they had to try and step up their efforts at a higher level. Naomi actually did rather well performing her new floor routine managed a credible 15^th place overall with a bronze medal on bars, 10^th place on beam and without the slip she would have been in the medals.

 Hannah Bond who has yet to completely gain her full ability back after a freak accident last year showed amazing graze in her new floor routine. Overall she was in 4^th place and was silver medallist on beam 6^th on Vault and 9^th on bars so a good all round performance.

Also in this winning team that took 3^rd best team of the day, was Sophie Fretwell who won bronze on vault scored steadily all on pieces in what was a good day for Sophie with 11^th on beam and 13^th on floor.

Amy Deller kindly made the team full by being loaned out by Bicester GC and Amy scored 5^th place on bars and 7^th on vault…she scored 2^nd highest in the team

The 2^nd team that was performing cam in 2^nd place with Bex Whatmore being the top girl. Bex took Gold on Floor, her first ever show of this new routine and music. 4^th on beam and 3^rd on vault capped off a steady day for the top gymnast of Arabian.

Ellie Hewitt  performed a really stunning twisting vault to take silver and she came 8^th on Floor & beam. Beam she took a bad fall leaving a film of skin on the beam and taking her out the individual medal stream. She still scored 2^nd best in the team.

Lucy Johnston back for her first event since summer 2010 really did impress coming in 10^th place and  a 10^th position on Bars, 7^th on floor showed she is returning to her best. She also managed to stick both back handsprings on the beam and  around off to stand.

Tionne Cumberbatch who missed training all week due to a knee problem could only perform at 70% of her normal ability. However she still  came 9^th overall and a 5^th on floor was really good, 7^th on Beam and 8^th on vault gave her 4^th highest scoring team player.