Another weekend of competitions for Flames gymnasts Saffy, Yumi, Eliza, Kaelynn, Fran, Charlotte and Sophie who all competed in the West Midlands Regional Classic Challenge Copper and Zinc Championships 2025 in Cannock.
Thank you to parents Dean and Phil for help with setting up the equipment on the Friday evening before the comp, and Stephen for helping to pack away on Sunday, to judges Liz, Joanne and Rhoda who watched and evaluated so many routines during the course of the weekend, and coaches Kitty and Al for their presence through the highs and not-so-highs of the weekend. Thanks of course to all the club's coaches who help to prepare the gymnasts in the lead up to the competition, with their guidance and help, lots of new skills and upgrades were competed, and routines performed with style and grace.
Copper 13-14 years:
Saffy; 6th on vault, 5th on bars, 2nd on beam and 6th on floor, giving her 6th place rosette overall 🥳
Copper 11-12 years:
Yumi; 5th on bars, 11th on beam, and a very respectable 14th place overall 😁
Eliza; showing great new skills on all pieces, and 44th place overall
Copper 8-9 Years:
Kaelynn; 3rd on vault, 6th on beam and 6th on floor, and 14th place overall after having a fall from bars and then a few errors when getting her routine back on track.
Francesca; performing beautiful new routines on all pieces and finishing in 16th place just 0.4 behind team mate Kaelynn.
Zinc 12-13 years:
Charlotte; 5th on bars and 4th on floor and a fantastic 6th overall
Zinc 8-9 years:
Sophie; 11th on vault and a wonderful 21st place overall
All competition scores can be found on the scores page and pics on the photo page. Our next comp is just days away on Saturday 1st November when we have a copper and a bronze team competing in the Regional Team Championships. Good luck to all of our gymnasts in their prep for this final regional comp of the year. Onward and upward to the Copper and Zinc Challenge Championships next weekend also at Cannock.
We are so very proud of Flames gymnasts Kimberley, Izzy, Shyanne, Melissa and Celia who competed in the West Midlands Regional Classic Challenge Bronze Championships 2025 this weekend in Cannock.
Thank you to parent Richard and former Flames coach Ricky for help with setting up the equipment on the Friday evening before the comp, to judges Lisa and Rhoda who watched and evaluated so many routines during the course of the day, and trainee judges Jessica and Ida who practiced their judging all day with great feedback from the senior judges, to all the club's coaches who have helped in preparing the girls for the competition and finally to coaches Kitty and Al for their encouragement, support and guidance on the day.
The gymnasts competed so many new skills and upgrades for the first time, and with strong performances of routines, their hard gave them some great results.
Melissa (Bronze 10-11 yrs) 5th overall, 4th on bars, 5th on vault, beam and floor
Izzy (Bronze 12-13 yrs) 6th overall, 1st on bars 🥇, and 8th on vault
Shyanne (Bronze 12-13 yrs) 17th overall, 9th on vault
Kimberley (Bronze 12-13 yrs) 18th overall, 5th on bars
Celia (Bronze 14+ yrs) 24th overall
All competition scores on the scores page and pics on the photo page.
Onward and upward to the Copper and Zinc Challenge Championships next weekend also at Cannock. Good luck to Eliza, Yumi, Saffy, Kaelynn, Francesca, Charlotte and Sophie for their final preparations for their comps! We send positive vibes for quick recovery from recent injury to Ida, Jessica and Willow, and may see them competing in the team competition during the first weekend of November 🤞🏽.
Congratulations to Flames gymnasts Saffy, Grace, Shyanne, Willow, Izzy, Ida, Celia, Fran, Charlotte, Yumi, Kaelynn, Eliza, Sophie, Kimberley, Melissa, who all competed in the West Midlands Regional Team Apparatus Championships 2025 at the GMAC in Perry Barr this Sunday (14 September 2025). They were amazing! The preparation for this competition did not go to plan, with a few injuries to deal with and with the girls showing real grit and determination to compete. We are especially proud of Grace who had the highest bar score for the Bronze competition, and we were delighted to see 4 new Flames gymnasts who wore their club kit for the first time. We welcome Shyanne, Kimberley, Melissa and Fran to Team Flames!! The competition saw gymnasts competing new skills and upgrades for the first time, and their hard work really paid off. Thank you as always to our coaches and judges for their involvement as without them, we would not be competing! Competition scores on the scores page and pics on the photo page.
Congratulations to Flames gymnasts Yumi, Saffiyyah, Celia, Ida, Jessica, Willow, Izzy and Grace, who all competed in the English Gymnastics 2025 Jim Moss Championships in Leicister this weekend (28 & 29 June 2025). They did themselves and the club proud. Thank you as always to our coaches and judges for their involvement as without them, we would not be competing! For some of our gymnasts, it was their first taste of a national competition and they all performed some beautiful gymnastics, and soaked up every second of this great experience. Well done to all our gymnasts, keep pushing forwards! It was a weekend of mixed success and full of emotions, after weeks of training in the gym. Every gymnast competed new skills and routines, and although it wasn't to be for some, the opportunity to compete has given feedback for how to come back stronger next time. We are proud of all of our gymnasts, but special mentions for Celia who took home the silver medal for vault, Grace who had a top 10 finish on bars; Saffy, who also had a top 10 finish on vault and on beam; Ida who also had a top 10 finish on vault; and Willow who so nearly had a clean beam routine! New skills competed included half twist on floor and forward circle on bars for Celia; arabian salto on floor for Izzy; handspring front salto, and straight front on floor and forward circle on bars for Ida; handspring front on floor and forward circle on bars for Jessica; short clear into giants on bars for Grace, and straight back on floor, forward circle on bars and cartwheel tuck back dismount on beam for Willow. What a full and fun-packed weekend. We are back in the gym on Tuesday to think about what we have learned and what we plan to do with that learning :)
Congratulations to Flames Novice competition gymnasts Phoebe, Tanae, Amyla, Francesca and Emelia, who all competed in the West Midlands Novice Championships in Cannock on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May 2025. For most of these gymnasts it was their first ever competition, and they all loved every minute. Going round with their coach Liz, they all performed routines confidently and with the biggest of smiles. We are very proud of these gymnasts, who train just a few hours each week to achieve so much. Special mention to Tanae who came home with a gold medal for the highest floor score in Novice Beginner 10-12 age group :). Thank you coach Richard who went over to Cannock on Friday evening to help set up the event, and to all our coaches (but especially Liz) for the help given to the gymnasts to prepare for the competition. Finally thank you to judges Liz, Joanne and Al, for judging over the two days.
Congratulations Grace, Izzy and Ida, who all competed in the West Midlands Regional Grades (Performance Grade 3) in Cannock on Sunday 13th April 2025. Going round the event with training buddies from Birmingham Gymnastics Academy competing in a different group but within watching and cheering distance, meant they gave and received lots of support and encouragement and had a fun competition, with so many smiles. The skills required for the grade had been a stretch to achieve, especially for Ida who had injured her wrist which took her out of training for a few weeks and off bars for even longer, but we are so very proud of all they achieved, with beautifully performed floor routines, clean beam routines and strong and confident range and conditioning routines for all 3, with strong and dynamic vaults. Bars gave Grace the chance to show off her stylish and strong lines, and for Izzy and Ida to perform giants on the A bars for the first time. Congratulations Grace, Izzy and Ida for another great competition and especially to Grace who was 7th overall and 2nd on bars, Izzy 8th on vault and Ida 2nd on beam.
Thank you Stephen for helping with the competition set up on Friday night and Air and Liz for helping to pack away at the end of the competition on Sunday. Finally, thank you to Liz and Lisa for being our nominated judges for the event. Scores are published on the results page, and photos on the pics page.
Onward and upward to the West Midlands Novice Competition in May and the English Gymnastics Association Jim Moss Competition in June!
Happy Mothering Sunday to all our amazing gym mums, and the very best wishes to everyone celebrating the end of Ramadan later today, Eid Mubarak. This is a real family day for everyone who can. Have a fabulous sunny Sunday, whatever you are doing!
Congratulations Kitty, who competed at the English Championships in Telford this weekend. The senior championships took place over 3 rounds on Saturday 1st March. Going round the event in a group with friends from Uttoxeter, meant Kitty had lots of support and encouragement and enjoyed a (relatively) relaxed competition, with lots of smiles. Kitty showed off her skills and style on every piece, and did herself proud, and we too are very proud of her achievements. There is so much work done to qualify to compete these prestigious championships, and its so lovely to see the hard work pay off with successful big skills being performed well. We look forward to more of the same in the future.
Exciting news of donation from the former Wolverhampton Gymnastics Club. I am thrilled to announce that we have been lucky enough to receive a large donation from Wolverhampton Gymnastics Club. The club has recently closed, and a new club established as part of the Nile Wilson group. Nile Wilson Gymnastics Wolverhampton still offers gymnastics to people of Wolverhampton and beyond, and many of the gymnasts and coaches have transferred across to NWG Wolverhampton. We say an enormous thank you to the management team for remembering Flames when dispersing their funds as the club closed, and in particular we send a debt of gratitude to Dave, Pete, Gemma and Mel and promise that the money will be used for the gymnasts and coaches, and it will undoubtedly make a huge difference in helping us meet the demands of the increased running costs of the club. Thank you Wolverhampton, from all Flames gymnasts, their families and coaches xx
Congratulations to our gymnasts who competed in the West Midlands Preparation and Development Grades 2025 in Cannock this weekend (15 & 16 February 2025). Our gymnasts performed with style, power and grace and all achieved either a 'working at' or 'working above' score. This is great news having had only a few weeks since Christmas to prepare for this competition. It was the first competition ever for Harper and Ella, who both showed how good their future might well be in gymnastics! Of special note for their results we have Charlotte who achieved 8th on beam in D1; Eliza who was 12th on bars also in D1; Yumi who achieved 8th place on bars, 11th on beam, 5th on range&conditioning and 13th place overall in D3, Celia who came 9th on beam, 11th on floor, 11th on range&conditioning and 12th overall in D4; and Jessica 9th on floor also in D4.
Our Flames team was made up of:
Preparation 1: Harper and Ella
Preparation 2: Sophie and Mia
Preparation 3: Kaelynn
Development 1: Eliza and Charlotte
Development 3: Yumi
Development 4: Jessica, Saffy and Celia
Now these gymnasts get to focus on new skills and upgrades to old skills and the remainder of the squad work towards the Englishi Championships (Kitty) and the Performance Grades (Grace, Izzy and Ida) in the next few weeks.
Great job everyone, lets keep up all this fantastic gymnastics.
Comp results in the scores page and pics in the photo page!
Well done Kitty and Izabella achieving a place in the West Midlands regional squad. This means they train with some of the best in the region each month at the prestigious Lilleshall sports centre, home of the British gymnastics squad. We are so proud of your achievements, and look forward to seeing you progress through the year 🤩
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