Friday, May 21, 2010

Trial and Error

Unfortunately, I won't be attending the second Victorian women's trial tomorrow at the VWHPC.

Notable participants include recent Pacific Rim team members Amelia McGrath and Georgia Wheeler, as well as Queensland's comeback kid Naomi Russell!

If you will be there, I would love any media nuggets and observations you can spare!

69 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have you left us Mez?
Trial 1 - no Mez, now trial 2!

Hope you are having fun elsewhere.

Mez said...

Much as I would looooooove to sit there happily filming routines again, I'm double-booked for the day!

Anonymous said...

Vic Champs work order up

Anonymous said...

Emma Nedov also competed. She did a beautiful backhandspring, backflip to layout (2 feet) on beam and stuck it perfectly! It was amazing.

Anonymous said...

Any scores or other highlights from Vic Trial?

Anonymous said...

Angela Donald came first and Emma Nedov second in the Jnrs

Anonymous said...

Amelia McGrath had a lovely floor routine.

Anonymous said...

so does anyone know the full results ie.1st, 2nd, 3rd in all levels. Who came first out of the seniors???

Anonymous said...

I thought Naomi was back in QLD right now visiting fam and friends?

shelley said...

Naomi did not compete or appear today. other notable absences included: Isis and Maddie from Jets. Both there but did not compete. Chloe Turko - also attended, no comp. Emma Collister - no sogn at all. Rach competed floor, not sure if she did any other apparatus.

The Germany girls (Emma Nedov, Milly, Georgia-Rose and Angela) were smartly dressed in Aus leotards and tracksuits with Peggy in attendance. She was clealt treating the trial as a bit of a ontrol test for the girls. She spent the time preping them before competing and working on 'between routine' activities which is a greta idea given their inexperience.

Emma's beam was absolutely rock solid. Peggy told her not to hold back before hand and she came through. from memory I think someone said a D score of 5.4?
She had the lovely bhs-bhs to 2 feet - back lo (E) as well as a very nice change to ring (also an E)
Looking at her skills, I'd be surprised if she counted anything under a C on beam.

Ash Brennan is starting to put full routines together. Her form is generally good but she still appears out of shape and doesn;t quite finish her skills off like she did before. This must be adding deductions as it looks messy.

Georgia Wheeler didn't look as solid today. She looked a little fatigued and struggled on floor and beam in places.

The Waverley girls made their first appearance this year.
Georgia looks in good shape with a sky high double pike back to open on floor but Shona and Emma D both seemed to hesitate a little. I also believe that Emma Dennis has grown again! That girl is tall....

All the Waverley girls seemed to vault well with few deductions however their difficulty was low. From memory, Shona and Georgia completed a LO Yurchenko only, Rachel competed a full twisting tsuk, someone completed a yurchenko 1/2, 1/2 - not sure which girl from waverley

Both Laura Hingston and Tierra seem to be developing some muscle on their incredibly long limbs. Hope they can convert this to some power.

Eliza Freedman in IDP6......Talk about tumble! This kid will be fabulous! Her tumbling shows particular talent as it is fast and speeds up! Had an unfortunate exit from one tumble pass but wow! Watch this one.

Zoe (on crutches) and Britt were following groups around and filming. Other cute HPC kids acted as score assistants etc. Not always the best as I believe they flashed all the right numbers for some scores....just not necessarily on the right order. Perhaps they need to reschedule training so they miss less schooling!

Sorry, I think that s all my brain held!

Anonymous said...

That's a FANTASTIC report, Anon @9.48. Thank you so much!

:)

Anonymous said...

Results from T2
Senior
GB
SM
ED
AM
GW

Junior
AD
EN
GRB
AM

I Think??? provided scores displayed were right.

Anonymous said...

Whoops! 4th AA at senior should have been Ash B!

Anonymous said...

where are the results up?

Anonymous said...

Wow, it is a total mystery right now which JNR will get to go to the youth olympics! Seems the Pacrim team was upstaged here. It seems to be between E Collister, A Donald, A mcGrath and GRB right now. I think Germany will really count for something.

Anonymous said...

Slightly off-topic, but the pacific rim championships coverage has just appeared on youtube channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/olympicgymnasticsusa#p/u/6/zs5jXUPjrSw
Enjoy!!

Anonymous said...

Emma Nedov's D score on beam was actually a 5.7! it was a brilliant routine from her.

Anonymous said...

emma Nedov's D score was a 5.7! it was a brilliant routine from her.

Anonymous said...

Can anyone tell me about Angela Donald? What skills she is doing, tumbling, vaulting etc? Has she got good floor choreo?

Anonymous said...

Victoria Qualification Results.

* IDP 6 has 1 from MLC, 2 from WAGC, 2 from HPC and 1 from Balance

* IDP 8 has 2 from HPC, 2 from Jets and 1 from MLC.

Congratulations to gymnasts and coaches!

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know the actual scores for the juniors going to Germany??

Anonymous said...

In all this Victorian madness, any news from the WA trial on yesterday? Mitchell, Cooney, Chung and Savvidou were all competing.

Anonymous said...

does anyone know what tumbling upgrades Amelia is working on? She has been doing the same passes for like a year and she does them with such ease. It seems she is capable of much, much more in this department.

Anonymous said...

Amelia is working on Full in for Nationals as well as back one & half to front full, front double twist. She added new leaps in the trial yesterday.

Anonymous said...

Thanks sounds great. I hope some of our girls doing front double twists try the front double + split jump combo. It would look awesome.

gymlover123 said...

Apparently GW did yurchenko full on the weekend? and added a toe-full into her bars routine. Also Amelia did her pak on bars as well? but not putting it in for Germany. Were Chloe Turko, Alex Byers or Isobel Looker competing/at the comp? havent heard from any of them in a while..

shelley said...

Chloe, Isobel andI think I saw Alex were all present,

None competing though

Anonymous said...

I would like to congratulate Emma and Ping on a fantastic beam,14.5
OUTSTANDING EFFORT.

Also congratulations to Waverley
Angela looks AMAZING,well done also
to her coach on beam, loved the full twisting korbeit.

Anonymous said...

Shao yi deserves a lot more recognition for her amazing beam routines and coaching.

Anonymous said...

Alex was not present at trial 2.
She quit, which is quite sad - she had a lot of potential!

Anonymous said...

Do you mean Aex Buyers Armstrong.

Anonymous said...

Yes, Alex Byers Armstrong

Anonymous said...

They finally put the results up.

Angela 54.75
Emma 54.6

Georgia Rose scored very low.
Amelia's bars took her right down in the standings.

Anonymous said...

Angela scored above 13.5 on every event. Great effort. All she needs now is a decent vault and she will have a chance at the worlds team next year.

Anonymous said...

How come i can't bring it up on the GV site - i can only see trial 1 results - grrr is it my crappy work internet?

Anonymous said...

Other noteworthies -

Tierra beat Amelia

Can any juniors without the surname Collister do anything more difficult than LO yurchenko on vault? Most will be seniors next year!

Emma Dennis had no a-scores above 5.

Brennan and Bonora both have 5.8s on beam.

Shona's difficulty lower than usual, obviously not at full strength. 5.4 on bars, FTY.

Wheeler had 5.6 on bars.

Anonymous said...

"All she needs now is a decent vault and she will have a chance at the worlds team next year."

From the looks of things Angela performed a yerchenko layout??? Thats ok?
There aren't too many other aussies with much more dificulty than that.

Anonymous said...

There is no way in hell Peggy will take a team to worlds and put up a yurchenko layout. It just ain't happening. It is considered an embarrassment for gymnasts from the top 10 nations to compete a yurchenko full at worlds, so go figure.

Also, it would be very foolish not to take good vaulters because other nations will have 3-4 athletes doing 5.8 vaults. You cannot afford to sacrifice that 1.4 per athlete.

Anonymous said...

Where are the results for Vic trial 2?

Anonymous said...

Australias vaulting inadequacies were shown up at the PAC Rim where only Emily Little had a decent, competitive vault. The US were much further along than us. I agree, vault is going to be a key. Our jnrs really do need to be doing some bigger vaults!

Anonymous said...

results are at; (just copy and paste)
http://www.gymnasticsvictoria.org.au/?Page=15763&MenuID=Events_%40_Results%2F20273%2F12403%2CResults_Archive%2F20276%2F0

WA results still not up.

Anonymous said...

What vault is worth 4.6? GRB and Tierra both do a 4.6 vault

Anonymous said...

Nikki Chung did yurchenko 1/1 on weekend

Anonymous said...

And rumour has it she'll be competing a 2/1 at Nationals...

Anonymous said...

Anybody there for the announcement of Level 7 team yesterday at HPC. Bit of a muck up. Poor kids

Anonymous said...

The WA results are up.....seems the girls are deffo not at their best yet,as I am sure Chung and Cooney are capable of much higher DV on bars. Lauren competed a 6.2 BB and 5.8 FX, plus a FTY on vault. No bars.

Anonymous said...

i think tierra and georgia both competed a half-on tuck - briefly saw them being warmed up

Anonymous said...

Very smart idea getting them doing tucked twisting. Khorkina showed that tall girls can rock vault even if they can't yurchenko as easily.

Anonymous said...

Is anyone going to NSW State Trial 2 this Sunday?

Anonymous said...

Yes.............I am

Anonymous said...

QLD trial is next weekend too. Please, anyone going to any of the trials, get vids!

Anonymous said...

Yes poor level 7 girls - did they finalise the team in the end - maybe the judges should wait to announce the teams instead of rushing and making mistakes

Anonymous said...

Does anyone have a copy of the schedule / times for the QLD trial this weekend?? I've looked everywhere!!!

Anonymous said...

Gymnastics QLD is shocking - they never put anything up only results

Anonymous said...

I know it is so annoying. Their website is a nightmare for clubs because it's so difficult to navigate and 99% of the pages are empty shells. They seem basically incompetent.

Anonymous said...

Even the MBC website is out of date! I tried my luck there seeing as the trials are being held there... hopefully someone can give me an answer soon!

Anonymous said...

whenever i try MBC i only get 2008 details - i get a message saying it wants to run something but as i am at work and completely hopeless at that sort of computer stuff i have no idea if there is a more current website

Anonymous said...

As far as I can tell, MBC do not have a current website. Very frustrating!

Anonymous said...

Anon 8.57
Yes the level 7 team was finalised later that day.

Please remember that it was the Selection Committee/SMC who select and announce the team.

Nothing to do with us judges!

Love a judge today...we need all the help we can get.

Anonymous said...

Anon 2.52
The times Qld trials for the week-end are IDP 5-8 Sat @ 10.15, IDP 10 Sat @ 3.45, Snr/Jnr Sat @ 6.30. Nat Level 7 Sat @ 3.45 and Nat Level 8-10 Sat @ 6.30.

Anonymous said...

Anon 5.31 - Thank you so much for the info!

Do you know if there is a competitor list available anywhere?

Anonymous said...

WOnt be much of a comp with 2 jnr @ NSW Ashleigh and Monica. Good Luck to the aussie's in Germany.

Anonymous said...

Anon 5.55
Don't know how to find a list anywhere but we got forwarded draw from the club - snr/jr listed as Natalia Joura, Katie Wurth, Amaya King-Koi, Sharlee Clark, Larissa Miller, Sophie Budack, Bridget Beattie Karina Brooks. IDP 10 Tianye Boorman, Brittany Boffo, Georgia Godwin, Brie Wong, Yasmin Budack. IDP 6-8 Tuuli Kallinen, Neilena Bazley, Grace Sheppard, Rianna Mizzen, Emily Conran, Eden Tarvit, Tamika Jones, Abby Benstead. IDP 5 Britnee McGrath, Emily Messori, Holly Cushing, Shanelle Chu, Alysha Koloi, Madison Young, Too many levels girls to list. Hope that helps.

Anonymous said...

sorry Judge 5:12pm - for those of us unitiated those in the blue pant, jacket and white shirt all look the same!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow what an awesome lineup for the QLD trial! Hope someone can give us a report/pics/vids/anything! Looks like they can field a team at nationals this year too.

Anonymous said...

Anon 9.39 - thank you so much!

I've only recently moved to Brisbane so I'm not too familiar with the IDP10 and below girls, but will try to report on the performances I watch :)

Anonymous said...

Look out for Katie Wurth and Brittany Boffo. They are both lovely gymnasts.

Anonymous said...

Where are the Budacks training now? QAS?

Anonymous said...

Yes they are at QAS.