Unfortunately, nothing much is being said in the media about our men but the senior all-around and apparatus finals have wrapped up, with a mixed bag of results.
Congrats to our 2011 National AA champ Luke Wiwatowski!
Luke was second behind the yet-to-earn-citizenship Japanese dynamo who keeps tongues wagging Naoya Tsukahara, but won by virtue of his, well, residency! Not content with just one gold, he also snagged the national floor title. AA favourite Sam Offord managed second, with Victorian upstart Jayden Bull (rocking a 6.5 high bar SV!) finishing in third.
Olympian Phil Rizzo is still making a comeback, unable to medal on his pet events, while Queensland golden boy Josh Jefferis managed three events in his road to recovery. And look out, world - Prashanth Sellathurai is comin' atcha with a 6.9 pommel SV!
The road to Tokyo is taking some interesting twists!
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Nationals 2011: WAG Wrap-Up/MAG AA preview
What a weekend!
The women wrapped up their competition in style, with the men still to battle it out for all-around and apparatus titles in Canberra. Rhythmic finals also showed Dani Prince to be a real star of the future and a worthy successor to Commonwealths gold medallist Naazmi Johnston.
Full results can be found at Gymnastics Australia.
There are articles summarising the WAG finals here and here, though a Google News search should whet your appetite!
A feature article on Prashanth Sellathurai is here and one on Michael Merceica is here.
Happy Monday!
The women wrapped up their competition in style, with the men still to battle it out for all-around and apparatus titles in Canberra. Rhythmic finals also showed Dani Prince to be a real star of the future and a worthy successor to Commonwealths gold medallist Naazmi Johnston.
Full results can be found at Gymnastics Australia.
There are articles summarising the WAG finals here and here, though a Google News search should whet your appetite!
A feature article on Prashanth Sellathurai is here and one on Michael Merceica is here.
Happy Monday!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Nationals 2011: WAG EF LIVE!
Hello friends!
Special ops agent Brindabella is on the ground in Perth and reporting dutifully!
She says Challenge Stadium is filling up rapidly for the women's apparatus finals. I will be updating this post as she texts in.
We're kicking off with Senior VT and Junior UB.
Spotted as the vault final warmups wrap up - Sims, Monckton, Miller, Brennan, Brown, Greeley so far.
Sims in a black leotard, Mitchell in black with aqua and silver. Brown and Brennan in VWHPC aqua swirl. Eade in VWHPC pink and black flame leo.
Rotation 1:
UB Savidou nice geinger. Hop forward on dismount.
Chloe Sims on sidelines working with Vlad Joura.
VT Miller sits down her second warmup vault.
VT Monckton sticks first vault for 13.700!
VT Sims one step to the side. 13.875
VT Miller 4.8/13.500
UB Savvidou 11.750, McGrath cheering her on from the sidelines
VT Messy warmup for Budack, a near faceplant for Brennan. Hope competition vaults are better for them!
UB Rachel Boyd 3.8/11.325
VT Brennan stuck but landed low.
UB Cassis 11.300
VT Brennan 5.2/13.750
VT Mitchell stuck Baitova! 5.8/9.000!
VT Greeley stuck 5.3/13.975
UB Nedov clips foot on jaeger and almost falls, recovers to stick landing.
UB Naomi Lee 11.225
VT Budack 5.3/14.075
*** UPDATE: CHANNEL TEN CAMERAS ARE AT THE WAG EF SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED ON THE NEWS/SPORTS TONIGHT/7pm PROJECT! ***
Rotation 2:
UB Miller great bars warmup but legs apart on geinger. Brown flexed feet on geinger.
UB Sims does a Memmel-esque stoop giant now? Stuck dismount. 5.8/14.275
(From Nikki: fantastic routine! Inside stalder - inside stalder - blind change, reverse inside stalder, huge piked jaeger, shoot over h/s, stalder hiccup, stalder full - full in dismount. Nice!)
BB Nedov great routine with a few wobbles, 5.9/14.275
(from Nikki: Emma Jane Nedov on beam - flip - layout to 2 feet solid, switch leap - wolf jump, switch ring, front arial, flip-layout, punch front slight hop, sheep jump, pivot, r/off dbl pike chest low on landing, small hop)
BB Boyd two falls. 4.1/10.300
UB Miller legs apart on geinger, several hesitations. Twice holds handstands for too long, jumps off. re-attempts, stuck dismount.
(From Nikki: inside stalder full - gienger (leg separation), shoot over h/s - stalder hiccup, inside stalder - blind change - jaeger, fall on h/s half turn, stalder full, giant, full in dismount. 13.150)
UB Brown great, save for a few flexed feet and almost bouncing to knees on dismount. 5.3/12.725
(from Nikki: hecht mount, toe on, toe on full, gienger, giant half, jaeger, shoot over (short of h/s), stalder hiccup, toe on blind change, dbl front dismount over rotated.)
BB Godwin 5,5/13.075
UB Greeley 4.5/10.850
(From Nikki: stalder hiccup, clearhip - gienger, clearhip half not made, extra swing half turn, clearhip full turn repeated, over shoot (short of h/s), hiccup extra swing, full in dismount hands down)
UB Budack: Overarches first handstand. Great double layout dismount! A bit close to the bar, feet almost hit. 5.1/12.675
BB Cassis 4.6/13.025
BB Crystal Yeo (from Nikki) Low tkachev, shoot over, stalder hiccup, nice dbl layout dismount slight leg separation
UB Mitchell falls. 5.9/12.750
(from Nikki: hecht mount, toe on half (fall), toe on 1.5 - jaeger (extra swing), shoot over (short of h/s) - stalder hiccup, toe on, toe on blind change, dbl front dismount. 12.75)
**** YOU CAN SEE MORE DETAILED ROUTINE QUICKHITS FROM NIKKI IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS POST***
BB Lee Solid effort but sits down dismount. 5.4/12.500
(from Nikki: Naomi Lee on beam - Beautiful dbl wolf pivot, front arial, flip - pike sault stuck, front sault, side arial - switch split - back tuck, massive r/off dbl pike over rotated. 12.500)
UB Monckton STICK STICK STICKITTY STICK! Catches all releases nicely and sticks double layout dismount, Brind texts me IN CAPITALS so I thought this update NEEDED CAPITALS!
Monckton 5.8/13.875
(from Nikki: toe on full, piked shushunova, sky high tkachev, toe on, pak, stalder hiccup, blind change, reverse giant, beautiful dbl layout, small step on landing. Great routine! 13.875)
Channel 10 camera team moving to beam, obviously to catch our world champ on one of her best events! And the woman from Today Tonight Perth who did the gymnastics piece this week has just sat down next to Brindy!
Rotation 3:
BB King-Koi falls, 11.125
From Nikki: FX Godwin front full - front dbl (short on twist), dbl tuck, nice switch ring - switch half, dbl twist, dbl pike dismount
*** LIVE UPDATES ARE NOW BACK UP AT THE GA FACEBOOK PAGE ***
BB Joura: Big wobbles. Falls on side aerial. 11.050 . Cheered on by her celebrated big sister in the stands who is sporting "flaming red" hair!
FX Boyd "lovely" (from Brindy) "dbl pike, r/off 1.5 step out r/off back full, front 1.5 twist, nice switch ring - switch split half. Stuck dbl tuck dismount. Finish late to music" (from Nikki). 12.400
BB Monckton (from Nikki) "Beautiful side arial - back layout, front arial, switch half, back sault, switch leap - back pike, full turn leg horizontal, switch ring, r/off dbl pike low chest on landing. Nice routine!" 5.8/14.050
FX Nedov thumbs up from coach after routine. "Dbl tuck, dbl twist, switch ring - switch full, clean r/off 1.5 twist - front sault - stag, lovely dbl pivot, dbl pike dismount chest low on landing but stuck" 12.575
BB Brennan "front arial - switch leap - gainer layout, switch half - back tuck, beautiful split jump - wolf jump, nice side sault, switch ring small wobble, solid flip layout, side arial, side sault, r/off dbl pike dismount, hop on landing" 5.9/14.525
FX Eade goes OOB twice.
BB Brown: Lovely dance and leaps, steps back on double twist dsmount. "Looks upset on the sidelines"? Hope she hasn't hurt herself. 13.250
BB Mitchell: Whole arena hushed for the routine but she falls on first acro series! Wolf turn a double instead of triple. Despite the fall gets 6.5/14.575 so could win anyway.
BB Sims "eyeballs the judges" in the routine! Falls, goes overtime, but stands up her double front dismount.
(from Nikki: "front arial (pause) - side sault, flip - back tuck (fall), front tuck, beautiful leg up pivot, oversplit switch split, switch half, wolf jump - split jump, big step fwd on dbl front dismount. Amazing flexibility in dance elements") 5.6/12.975
Rotation 4:
Only six seniors line up for the floor final. Apparently stag jumps and leaps out of passes really are the done thing in this new code. "Everyone, seriously EVERYONE is doing them!" was the text. Thanks, FIG for instituting lunge deductions. Hope you're happy.
FX Mitchell nice warmup.
VT Savvidou sits down her warmup vault
FX SIMS HAS WITHDRAWN FROM FX FINAL
FX Brennan new routine. "tour jete half, full in (chest low), nice dbl tuck - stag jump, nice leaps, front layout - front full (step to side), nice dbl pike small hop fwd on landing." 5.3/13.050
VT Lee is injured on second vault. Limps off mat. 13.100
FX Greeley "Remember the Name". OOB double arabian and on second pass. 5.0/11.625
Brown seen icing ankles on the sidelines. Has withdrawn from FX final. Hang in there, Georgia!
FX Monckton "Triple twist (slightly short), 2.5 twist - front sault - stag, effortless dbl tuck (step back), dbl pivot leg up - full pivot, low chest on dbl pike dismount" "Great routine!" 5.3/13.35
VT Eade "Dynamic yurchenko half twist, step fwd on landing. 2nd VT - full twisting yurchenko, good landing." 13.725
FX Mitchell "Dbl arabian steps back but good fight to stay on feet, nice piked full in - split jump, switch half, 2.5 twist - punch front, gorgeous switch ring - tour jete, dbl pike dismount knees buckled but hopped fwd and stayed on feet." 5.8/14.000
FX Budack "high dbl tuck, clean dbl twist with small hop back, nice front layout - front full - stag, tour jete, good dbl pike dismount." 4.9/12.750 Brindabella was a big fan of this one and was surprised at this score.
VT Cassis "Jazminne Casis - dynamic full twisting yurchenko with leg form errors. 2nd VT nice layout yurchenko step back on landing."
VT Nedov "1st and 2nd vaults layout yurchenko slight pike in hips, good landings."
Spotted in the stands: Georgia Simpson on crutches.
VT Georgia Godwin - another pocket rocket in our midst? "Attempted dbl twisting yurchenko landing very short on side. Dynamic handspring front pike half 2nd VT. Small hop on landing."
And that's our show, folks! Results are in......
Junior VT: Lee 3, Cassis 2, Eade 1
Junior UB: Boyd 3, Savvidou 2, Nedov 1
Junior BB: Cassis 3, Godwin 2, Nedov 1
Junior FX: Nedov 3, Savvidou 2, Godwin 1
Senior VT: Greeley 3, Budack 2, Mitchell 1
Senior UB: Miller 3, Monckton 2, Sims 1
Senior BB: Monckton 3, Brennan 2, Mitchell 1
Senior FX: Monckton and Brennan (tie) 2, Mitchell 1
Special ops agent Brindabella is on the ground in Perth and reporting dutifully!
She says Challenge Stadium is filling up rapidly for the women's apparatus finals. I will be updating this post as she texts in.
We're kicking off with Senior VT and Junior UB.
Spotted as the vault final warmups wrap up - Sims, Monckton, Miller, Brennan, Brown, Greeley so far.
Sims in a black leotard, Mitchell in black with aqua and silver. Brown and Brennan in VWHPC aqua swirl. Eade in VWHPC pink and black flame leo.
Rotation 1:
UB Savidou nice geinger. Hop forward on dismount.
Chloe Sims on sidelines working with Vlad Joura.
VT Miller sits down her second warmup vault.
VT Monckton sticks first vault for 13.700!
VT Sims one step to the side. 13.875
VT Miller 4.8/13.500
UB Savvidou 11.750, McGrath cheering her on from the sidelines
VT Messy warmup for Budack, a near faceplant for Brennan. Hope competition vaults are better for them!
UB Rachel Boyd 3.8/11.325
VT Brennan stuck but landed low.
UB Cassis 11.300
VT Brennan 5.2/13.750
VT Mitchell stuck Baitova! 5.8/9.000!
VT Greeley stuck 5.3/13.975
UB Nedov clips foot on jaeger and almost falls, recovers to stick landing.
UB Naomi Lee 11.225
VT Budack 5.3/14.075
*** UPDATE: CHANNEL TEN CAMERAS ARE AT THE WAG EF SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED ON THE NEWS/SPORTS TONIGHT/7pm PROJECT! ***
Rotation 2:
UB Miller great bars warmup but legs apart on geinger. Brown flexed feet on geinger.
UB Sims does a Memmel-esque stoop giant now? Stuck dismount. 5.8/14.275
(From Nikki: fantastic routine! Inside stalder - inside stalder - blind change, reverse inside stalder, huge piked jaeger, shoot over h/s, stalder hiccup, stalder full - full in dismount. Nice!)
BB Nedov great routine with a few wobbles, 5.9/14.275
(from Nikki: Emma Jane Nedov on beam - flip - layout to 2 feet solid, switch leap - wolf jump, switch ring, front arial, flip-layout, punch front slight hop, sheep jump, pivot, r/off dbl pike chest low on landing, small hop)
BB Boyd two falls. 4.1/10.300
UB Miller legs apart on geinger, several hesitations. Twice holds handstands for too long, jumps off. re-attempts, stuck dismount.
(From Nikki: inside stalder full - gienger (leg separation), shoot over h/s - stalder hiccup, inside stalder - blind change - jaeger, fall on h/s half turn, stalder full, giant, full in dismount. 13.150)
UB Brown great, save for a few flexed feet and almost bouncing to knees on dismount. 5.3/12.725
(from Nikki: hecht mount, toe on, toe on full, gienger, giant half, jaeger, shoot over (short of h/s), stalder hiccup, toe on blind change, dbl front dismount over rotated.)
BB Godwin 5,5/13.075
UB Greeley 4.5/10.850
(From Nikki: stalder hiccup, clearhip - gienger, clearhip half not made, extra swing half turn, clearhip full turn repeated, over shoot (short of h/s), hiccup extra swing, full in dismount hands down)
UB Budack: Overarches first handstand. Great double layout dismount! A bit close to the bar, feet almost hit. 5.1/12.675
BB Cassis 4.6/13.025
BB Crystal Yeo (from Nikki) Low tkachev, shoot over, stalder hiccup, nice dbl layout dismount slight leg separation
UB Mitchell falls. 5.9/12.750
(from Nikki: hecht mount, toe on half (fall), toe on 1.5 - jaeger (extra swing), shoot over (short of h/s) - stalder hiccup, toe on, toe on blind change, dbl front dismount. 12.75)
**** YOU CAN SEE MORE DETAILED ROUTINE QUICKHITS FROM NIKKI IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS POST***
BB Lee Solid effort but sits down dismount. 5.4/12.500
(from Nikki: Naomi Lee on beam - Beautiful dbl wolf pivot, front arial, flip - pike sault stuck, front sault, side arial - switch split - back tuck, massive r/off dbl pike over rotated. 12.500)
UB Monckton STICK STICK STICKITTY STICK! Catches all releases nicely and sticks double layout dismount, Brind texts me IN CAPITALS so I thought this update NEEDED CAPITALS!
Monckton 5.8/13.875
(from Nikki: toe on full, piked shushunova, sky high tkachev, toe on, pak, stalder hiccup, blind change, reverse giant, beautiful dbl layout, small step on landing. Great routine! 13.875)
Channel 10 camera team moving to beam, obviously to catch our world champ on one of her best events! And the woman from Today Tonight Perth who did the gymnastics piece this week has just sat down next to Brindy!
Rotation 3:
BB King-Koi falls, 11.125
From Nikki: FX Godwin front full - front dbl (short on twist), dbl tuck, nice switch ring - switch half, dbl twist, dbl pike dismount
*** LIVE UPDATES ARE NOW BACK UP AT THE GA FACEBOOK PAGE ***
BB Joura: Big wobbles. Falls on side aerial. 11.050 . Cheered on by her celebrated big sister in the stands who is sporting "flaming red" hair!
FX Boyd "lovely" (from Brindy) "dbl pike, r/off 1.5 step out r/off back full, front 1.5 twist, nice switch ring - switch split half. Stuck dbl tuck dismount. Finish late to music" (from Nikki). 12.400
BB Monckton (from Nikki) "Beautiful side arial - back layout, front arial, switch half, back sault, switch leap - back pike, full turn leg horizontal, switch ring, r/off dbl pike low chest on landing. Nice routine!" 5.8/14.050
FX Nedov thumbs up from coach after routine. "Dbl tuck, dbl twist, switch ring - switch full, clean r/off 1.5 twist - front sault - stag, lovely dbl pivot, dbl pike dismount chest low on landing but stuck" 12.575
BB Brennan "front arial - switch leap - gainer layout, switch half - back tuck, beautiful split jump - wolf jump, nice side sault, switch ring small wobble, solid flip layout, side arial, side sault, r/off dbl pike dismount, hop on landing" 5.9/14.525
FX Eade goes OOB twice.
BB Brown: Lovely dance and leaps, steps back on double twist dsmount. "Looks upset on the sidelines"? Hope she hasn't hurt herself. 13.250
BB Mitchell: Whole arena hushed for the routine but she falls on first acro series! Wolf turn a double instead of triple. Despite the fall gets 6.5/14.575 so could win anyway.
BB Sims "eyeballs the judges" in the routine! Falls, goes overtime, but stands up her double front dismount.
(from Nikki: "front arial (pause) - side sault, flip - back tuck (fall), front tuck, beautiful leg up pivot, oversplit switch split, switch half, wolf jump - split jump, big step fwd on dbl front dismount. Amazing flexibility in dance elements") 5.6/12.975
Rotation 4:
Only six seniors line up for the floor final. Apparently stag jumps and leaps out of passes really are the done thing in this new code. "Everyone, seriously EVERYONE is doing them!" was the text. Thanks, FIG for instituting lunge deductions. Hope you're happy.
FX Mitchell nice warmup.
VT Savvidou sits down her warmup vault
FX SIMS HAS WITHDRAWN FROM FX FINAL
FX Brennan new routine. "tour jete half, full in (chest low), nice dbl tuck - stag jump, nice leaps, front layout - front full (step to side), nice dbl pike small hop fwd on landing." 5.3/13.050
VT Lee is injured on second vault. Limps off mat. 13.100
FX Greeley "Remember the Name". OOB double arabian and on second pass. 5.0/11.625
Brown seen icing ankles on the sidelines. Has withdrawn from FX final. Hang in there, Georgia!
FX Monckton "Triple twist (slightly short), 2.5 twist - front sault - stag, effortless dbl tuck (step back), dbl pivot leg up - full pivot, low chest on dbl pike dismount" "Great routine!" 5.3/13.35
VT Eade "Dynamic yurchenko half twist, step fwd on landing. 2nd VT - full twisting yurchenko, good landing." 13.725
FX Mitchell "Dbl arabian steps back but good fight to stay on feet, nice piked full in - split jump, switch half, 2.5 twist - punch front, gorgeous switch ring - tour jete, dbl pike dismount knees buckled but hopped fwd and stayed on feet." 5.8/14.000
FX Budack "high dbl tuck, clean dbl twist with small hop back, nice front layout - front full - stag, tour jete, good dbl pike dismount." 4.9/12.750 Brindabella was a big fan of this one and was surprised at this score.
VT Cassis "Jazminne Casis - dynamic full twisting yurchenko with leg form errors. 2nd VT nice layout yurchenko step back on landing."
VT Nedov "1st and 2nd vaults layout yurchenko slight pike in hips, good landings."
Spotted in the stands: Georgia Simpson on crutches.
VT Georgia Godwin - another pocket rocket in our midst? "Attempted dbl twisting yurchenko landing very short on side. Dynamic handspring front pike half 2nd VT. Small hop on landing."
And that's our show, folks! Results are in......
Junior VT: Lee 3, Cassis 2, Eade 1
Junior UB: Boyd 3, Savvidou 2, Nedov 1
Junior BB: Cassis 3, Godwin 2, Nedov 1
Junior FX: Nedov 3, Savvidou 2, Godwin 1
Senior VT: Greeley 3, Budack 2, Mitchell 1
Senior UB: Miller 3, Monckton 2, Sims 1
Senior BB: Monckton 3, Brennan 2, Mitchell 1
Senior FX: Monckton and Brennan (tie) 2, Mitchell 1
Apparently after medals were given out, they played Happy Birthday for Britt Greeley and Peggy handed her some flowers. Teehee. Happy Birthday, Britt!
So that's the WAGs done and dusted, folks. Thanks to all who shared quick-hits and media from the event. You MADE this event, you guys! You rock.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Nationals 2011: WAG AA
No quick hits showed up in my Facebook feed tonight. But results are in:
Lauren Mitchell 1
Georgia-Rose Brown 2
Maryanne Monckton 3
Chloe Sims 4
(interesting to note 2 of the 3 medallists are new Victorians)
Georgia Godwin maintained her #1 ranking from day 1 in juniors, followed by Alex Eade and Emma Nedov.
*********************************Although results are in, I'm amending this post to include some of the observations from Angeandbella who was at the event (texting updates AND and recording vids simultaneously!) I have published them pretty much verbatim so feel free to ask if you don't understand an abbreviation.
Day 1-
Bit of a splatfest. Only saw half the comp because I was videoing.
Lauren okay, similar to recent comps, stacked d-pike. Def put lots of passion into her new floor, maybe a bit overdanced?
Britt 1.5 yurch, okay beam w d-turn, pretty good floor w d-arabian.
MAM more expressive on FX, bouncy out of triple. Fell on aerial CW-LOSO on beam, caught releases. Ash looked okay... bit wobbly on beam, fell on FX.
Chloe nailed d-front dismount on beam in w/u, low in comp, same FX tumbles, a bit wild, to face with d-pike.
Larrissa messed up on bars in comp, but hit w/u. GRB looked okay, just d.twist off beam.
Day 2 -
Larrissa is doing d-arabian again.
MAM just did a perfect w/u on beam, down to stuck d-pike.
Britt stuck a really dynamic Y 1.5.
MAM fell on aerial series on beam, but otherwise solid.
Lauren UB much better tonight.
GRB large wobble on Y-turn and slow connections on beam.
Larrissa good d-arabian (1 step out), but 1 hand down on front LO-front double twist and final 2.5.
Britt fall double turn and FF-LOSO.
Chloe large step punch double tuck front, deep squat d-arabian, fell out of turn, fell back OOB on d-pike.
BB Ash fall side aerial.
GRB v.high on d-pike, pretty clean FX.
Loz okay beam, usual wobbles.
Ash bit low FTDB (I assume this means the tucked full-in?), short on turn, perfect d-pike to sissone.
Mez bouncy on triple twist, made 2.5 punch front-stag, good dance, turns and leaps, high d-tuck and pike.
Chloe hit bars, inbar, inbar 1/2, inbar endo (hit feet going through), v.high jaeger. Bail to HS, stalder shoot to high. Stalder full to FTDB w large step.
Loz fall d-arabian, only slightly short though. Piked full-in to sissone. 2.5 punch front tuck changement. Bit short d-pike. Routine is growing on me slightly!
Jaz Cassis and Godwin both hit FF-FF to 2-2 foot LO. Jaz fell on LOSO, only LO d-mount tonight, but nice. Godwin double wolf. Fall aerial CW. stumble forward d.tuck.
Larrissa inbar full to gienger, bail to HS stalder shoot to high. Inbar 1/2 not over and fell. Repeated and connected to jaeger. Stalder full, FTDB stuck.
Alex had 2 goes at beam mount, nice combo d-mount 2 FF to d-pike.
Loz good vault, one step forward.
Ash simple bars, stalder, Tkatchev. Bail to HS. D-tuck.
Godwin front full rudi to open.
Mez toe-on full to piked Shush, nice! Clear hip, Tkatchev. Toe on, Pak with flex feet. DLO, almost stuck.
GRB short cast, toe on, toe on full, gienger. Jaeger. Bail HS (little short), stalder shoot. Toe half to d-front, small hop.
Larrissa no acro series on beam, missed all connections hand down on 2.5 d-mount.
Chloe weird hitch in mount, made front aerial side somi, fall on FF back tuck. Front somi. Y-turn. Change split, tour jete, wolf. Long pause bf d.mount, coyboy d-front, 1 step back, went overtime.
What I love about gymnastics personally is that a layperson would look at this and go "huh?" but I understood every word! :)
Good luck to the senior and junior men who kick off tonight in Canberra.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Nationals 2011: WAG TF
Unfortunately, I didn't have a source on the ground tonight but GA elves were dutifully keeping us updated at Facebook.
A hearty congratulations to Victoria, who have taken top honours in the junior and senior team events.
Chloe Sims showed she's not to be counted out just yet, seemingly showing up her Queensland compatriate Larrissa Miller on bars (this could get awkward!) and rocking double fronts like they're singles.
Lauren Mitchell debuted her new floor routine on home soil, albeit with some opening night nerves. Wonder what the audience made of it...
I am particularly interested to see Miller's beam, as it gained a very positive review from the quickhitters. And I'm excited Mez Monckton seemed to do so well on bars!
Stay tuned for media morsels!
ETA: Houston, we have media morsels!
Lauren leads the senior AA standings after day one, with Georgia-Rose Brown in second and Chloe Sims nipping at their toes in third. Another Georgia is impressing the judges, with Queenslander Georgia Godwin leading junior standings, flanked by jetsetters Alex Eade and Emma Nedov.
Thanks to Gemeanie for vids from the venue. Chloe's floor is great.
IG has a wrap-up with scores and highlighted routines from Gemeanie's channel here.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Nationals 2011: Go West
This is a short media round-up for the women's national championships; if you see anything on the men's or rhythmics PLEASE let me know!
GA results page for competition rounds out of Perth so far is here. There are some great updates coming via Facebook throughout the day. I hear Queensland have been fighting off all comers in just about every national levels division!
There is a West Australian article on the home soil seniors here, and I am told by a number of fans who watched that the Today Tonight feature on WAIS was fantastic, above and beyond what we've seen from current affairs pieces of the past focusing on our sport. Of particular note? Lauren Mitchell training a Patterson dismount off beam!
Speaking of Lauren, here is a new article from PerthNow with a lovely smiley pic of Lauren as she prepares to take on the best in the country.
ETA: A factsheet (transcript?) from the second night of the Today Tonight feature can be found here!
GA results page for competition rounds out of Perth so far is here. There are some great updates coming via Facebook throughout the day. I hear Queensland have been fighting off all comers in just about every national levels division!
There is a West Australian article on the home soil seniors here, and I am told by a number of fans who watched that the Today Tonight feature on WAIS was fantastic, above and beyond what we've seen from current affairs pieces of the past focusing on our sport. Of particular note? Lauren Mitchell training a Patterson dismount off beam!
Speaking of Lauren, here is a new article from PerthNow with a lovely smiley pic of Lauren as she prepares to take on the best in the country.
ETA: A factsheet (transcript?) from the second night of the Today Tonight feature can be found here!
Monday, July 11, 2011
NATIONALS 2011: It's Kicking Off!
Who's excited? I'm excited!
WAG workplan can be found here.
I can't seem to find a full MAG workplan? Once I do I will amend this post.
Official event webbies are here and here.
Gymnastics Australia and the affiliated state associations should have updates throughout the competitions on Facebook; I believe they have started pages for both events so don't forget to "Like" them to keep up with the news!
(kudos to Bondsboi for collating so many pre-event resources over at GGMB)
I will bring you info as I receive it from sources on the ground.
WAG workplan can be found here.
I can't seem to find a full MAG workplan? Once I do I will amend this post.
Official event webbies are here and here.
Gymnastics Australia and the affiliated state associations should have updates throughout the competitions on Facebook; I believe they have started pages for both events so don't forget to "Like" them to keep up with the news!
(kudos to Bondsboi for collating so many pre-event resources over at GGMB)
I will bring you info as I receive it from sources on the ground.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Anything Goes
It is extremely interesting to watch the dynamics among the senior programs at the moment.
Women's national coach Peggy Liddick has spoken to International Gymnast magazine over the exciting and enigmatic return of Queensland's Chloe Sims, as our Japan Cup delegation starts to head home.
GA are talking up the MAG national championships, which are just around the corner in Canberra. After the 2010 Pacific Rim event introduced us to some new faces, Nationals 2011 will see seasoned veterans face off against the new generation, and I have to say we seem have more depth than ever before on each apparatus!
Who's ironing their excited trousers??? I know I am!
Women's national coach Peggy Liddick has spoken to International Gymnast magazine over the exciting and enigmatic return of Queensland's Chloe Sims, as our Japan Cup delegation starts to head home.
GA are talking up the MAG national championships, which are just around the corner in Canberra. After the 2010 Pacific Rim event introduced us to some new faces, Nationals 2011 will see seasoned veterans face off against the new generation, and I have to say we seem have more depth than ever before on each apparatus!
Who's ironing their excited trousers??? I know I am!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Heads Up
Greetings all,
Just a quick note to say that I will be re-instating the Anonymous comment function within a week for the run-up to, and days of, the National Championships.
I simply ask that contributors refrain from inappropriate or unsubstantiated remarks. You are advised that many competitors, their gym friends and their family members, frequent this blog for updates so it is best to think before you speak.
And on the topic of the National Championships, which hometown gymnastics hero was named Outstanding Athlete of the Year at the 2011 Australian University Sports Awards?
Just a quick note to say that I will be re-instating the Anonymous comment function within a week for the run-up to, and days of, the National Championships.
And on the topic of the National Championships, which hometown gymnastics hero was named Outstanding Athlete of the Year at the 2011 Australian University Sports Awards?
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunshine State Superstars
Congratulations to all the champs and placegetters at the 2011 Queensland state championships!
Roll on, Perth!
Roll on, Perth!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Vics Day 2: Winners Are Grinners
Congratulations to all the newly-crowned Victorian state champions!
I am disappointed I was unable to attend last night, but I am sure it was an exciting round of competition after Saturday's kick-start.
If you're attending a state championships in the next few weeks as we draw closer to Nationals 2011, I'd love to hear your news, notes and quotes!
I am disappointed I was unable to attend last night, but I am sure it was an exciting round of competition after Saturday's kick-start.
If you're attending a state championships in the next few weeks as we draw closer to Nationals 2011, I'd love to hear your news, notes and quotes!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
A Stately Affair
AGB will be at this weekend's Victorian State Championships for as much as can be managed.
Thus far, attendance at Saturday evening's session (IDP 10-Snr Day 1) is confirmed. Friday is a possibility too.
Unfortunately I still don't have a working laptop, so that means I don't really have anything to upload videos to if I take any. That said, I am definitely not ruling out filming.
But don't despair, bloggerinos - have smartphone, will tweet! You can always follow my tweets, live from the event, at www.twitter.com/ozgymblog.
Thus far, attendance at Saturday evening's session (IDP 10-Snr Day 1) is confirmed. Friday is a possibility too.
Unfortunately I still don't have a working laptop, so that means I don't really have anything to upload videos to if I take any. That said, I am definitely not ruling out filming.
But don't despair, bloggerinos - have smartphone, will tweet! You can always follow my tweets, live from the event, at www.twitter.com/ozgymblog.
Friday, July 16, 2010
MAG Nationals: Senior/Junior AA Wrap-Up
Congratulations to the medallists...
Senior:
1st - Sam Offord
2nd - Thomas Pichler
3rd - Luke Wadsworth
Level 10/U18:
1st - Tyson Bull
2nd - Brody-Jai Hennessy
3rd - Kevin James
Well done, lads! Excellent efforts over 2 days of competition. Check the Gymnastics Australia Facebook page for more updates and videos.
Senior:
1st - Sam Offord
2nd - Thomas Pichler
3rd - Luke Wadsworth
Level 10/U18:
1st - Tyson Bull
2nd - Brody-Jai Hennessy
3rd - Kevin James
Well done, lads! Excellent efforts over 2 days of competition. Check the Gymnastics Australia Facebook page for more updates and videos.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
MAG Nationals: Senior/Jnr TF
Currently underway at the AIS Arena in Canberra.
"Laydeeeez....?"
After 2 rotations Queensland takes the lead over NSW and Victoria. Josh Jefferis leads the individual standings.
Quick hits are being updated at the Gymnastics Australia Facebook page (and, one would assume, Twitter).
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Congratulations to the 2010 Men's Team Champions...
1st. Victoria
2nd. New South Wales
3rd. Queensland
After this first round of competition, Thomas Pichler leads the senior AA standings, with reigning national champ Sam Offord in second, and Luke Wadsworth in third.
Pacific Rim representative Tyson Bull is tops for juniors AA , with fellow Victorian Kevin James and Queenslander Brody-Jai Hennessy sitting in equal second.
"Laydeeeez....?"After 2 rotations Queensland takes the lead over NSW and Victoria. Josh Jefferis leads the individual standings.
Quick hits are being updated at the Gymnastics Australia Facebook page (and, one would assume, Twitter).
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Congratulations to the 2010 Men's Team Champions...
1st. Victoria
2nd. New South Wales
3rd. Queensland
After this first round of competition, Thomas Pichler leads the senior AA standings, with reigning national champ Sam Offord in second, and Luke Wadsworth in third.
Pacific Rim representative Tyson Bull is tops for juniors AA , with fellow Victorian Kevin James and Queenslander Brody-Jai Hennessy sitting in equal second.
WAG Nationals: Video Nuggets
National 10 finals courtesy of the ever-hard-working Desiree Jones:
And videos from gymnasts at the Victorian High Performance Centre can be found here. (Thanks to everybody for pointing it out to me!)
And videos from gymnasts at the Victorian High Performance Centre can be found here. (Thanks to everybody for pointing it out to me!)
Woohoo! Go Ash!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
WAG Nationals: Senior/Junior EF Wrap-Up
(courtesy of Gymnastics Australia)Scroll down to find full EF results available here.
Thoughts from national coach Peggy Liddick are here.
National AA champ Georgia Bonora is on the front page of International Gymnast Online here.
In a brief rhythmic wrap-up: national all around champ Naazmi Johnston won all four apparatus golds!
Keep your eye on the GA Facebook group for photos.
Men's Nationals kick off on Tuesday from Canberra, so check back here for news and results (admittedly my coverage will not be as comprehensive as the women's coverage. But not having sources on the scene coupled with working 4/5 days next week doesn't exactly help).
WAG Nationals: Senior/Junior EF LIVE!!!
*dashes indoors*
I'm here! I'm here!
Brindabella's texting me dutifully so here goes...
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Warm-up notes:
* McGrath having difficulty with comaneci saltos
* Arena boasting its biggest crowd of the competition today
Competition gets underway...
* Dennis VT 1 13.650 VT2 12.125
* Budack VT1 13.675 VT2 13.350
* Chung and Nedov both suffer a fall on bars
* McGrath messy on bars but gets through it. 11.300
* Chung UB 12.125
* Donald prepares for bars, looks confident. 13.625
* Shar-lee Clark UB 11.950
* Joura UB good routine, 13.425
>>> Donald 1, Joura 2, Possibly Chung 3
* Miller out of BB/FX final? Looks good for UB warmup.
* Great beam from Nedov (questionable sheep jump), one step back on dismount.
Mez's dilemma - both laptop and phone are running out of battery and I have only one powerpoint at a convenient distance. Gaaaaaah.
* Morgan lands UB dismount to knees. Wheeler over-arches on handstand on low bar, hits feet on floor. Over-arches on high bar, falls, then falls on dismount.
* Amaya King-Koi hits a nice beam set despite fall on first series.
* Miller hits foot on the high bar (Brindy's unsure what skill it was), seems to really rattle her. Does a fine dismount, if a little off centre.
* Exum BB fall
* Wheeler UB 10.950
* King-Koi BB 11.825
* Miller UB 13.200 with a difficulty level of 6.2
* Nedov beam 13.550. McGrath BB a nice routine but overtime again. 12.900 revised to 12.800
* Budack UB 11.800 with difficulty score of 4.3
* Monckton UB 13.550 good routine, 5.6 difficulty
* Chung BB 12.500 Joura lots of bobbles for 12.050
* Brooks UB falls on dismount
* Bonora UB a few leg separations, sticks dismount for 14.300
* Donald BB a few wobbles but no falls
* Morgan called out for beam finals but is not there???
I text after a few minutes- "did she show up?"
The reply: "No!"
>>> Bonora has "definitely won bars by a mile!" Looks to be Miller 2, Monckton 3
* Morgan has scratched from beam final.
* Budack BB 9.925?
* Katie Wurth FX 12.950. King-Koi headbutts floor on last pass. 12.500
* Dennis great beam set 12.700 (not 13.300 as I originally wrote, folks, sorry about that)
* N Joura FX nice . 13.300
* Sanders FX lovely, "sky high tumbles!" 12.650
* Bonora BB fall 12.575. Wheeler BB 12.325
* Monckton BB falls on mount but stuck dismount. 10.825
* Laura Hingston FX 11.350
* Donald FX 13.025. McGrath FX out of bounds second and last passes.
* Wheeler FX out of bounds third pass. Not a stellar weekend for her. 12.650
* Wurth looking good in vault warmup.
* Budack OOB first FX pass 12.375
* Joura great vaults, VT1 13.100 VT2 12.237
* McGrath BB score altered to 13.100 (apparently Ade announced that it was a change to the difficulty score)
* Ashleigh Kittl VT 13.200
* Natasha Hamman "Great FX... Looked like she really enjoyed herself and she totally nailed the first pass". 12.775
* Wurth VT1 13.575 VT2 13.312
* Bonora "solid FX!!!" 13.850
* Exum VT1 13.550
*Bridget Beattie FX 11.900
* Nedov VT1 13.00 VT2 12.662
* Chung VT1 13.475 VT2 13.262
Results as they are announced!...
JUNIOR VAULT RESULTS:
1. Exum 2. Wurth 3. Chung
JUNIOR BARS RESULTS:
1. Donald 2. Joura 3. Sanders
JUNIOR BEAM RESULTS:
1. Donald 2. Nedov 3. McGrath
JUNIOR FLOOR RESULTS:
1. Joura 2. Donald 3. Wurth
SENIOR VAULT RESULTS:
1. Budack 2. Hamman 3. Wheeler
SENIOR BARS RESULTS:
1. Bonora 2. Monckton 3. Miller
SENIOR BEAM RESULTS:
1. Dennis 2. Bonora 3. Wheeler
SENIOR FLOOR RESULTS:
1. Bonora 2. Hamman 3. Wheeler
AUSTRALIA'S YOUTH OLYMPICS REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE ANGELA DONALD!
(senior beam podium via Brindabella)
I'm here! I'm here!
Brindabella's texting me dutifully so here goes...
******************************
Warm-up notes:
* McGrath having difficulty with comaneci saltos
* Arena boasting its biggest crowd of the competition today
Competition gets underway...
* Dennis VT 1 13.650 VT2 12.125
* Budack VT1 13.675 VT2 13.350
* Chung and Nedov both suffer a fall on bars
* McGrath messy on bars but gets through it. 11.300
* Chung UB 12.125
* Donald prepares for bars, looks confident. 13.625
* Shar-lee Clark UB 11.950
* Joura UB good routine, 13.425
>>> Donald 1, Joura 2, Possibly Chung 3
* Miller out of BB/FX final? Looks good for UB warmup.
* Great beam from Nedov (questionable sheep jump), one step back on dismount.
Mez's dilemma - both laptop and phone are running out of battery and I have only one powerpoint at a convenient distance. Gaaaaaah.
* Morgan lands UB dismount to knees. Wheeler over-arches on handstand on low bar, hits feet on floor. Over-arches on high bar, falls, then falls on dismount.
* Amaya King-Koi hits a nice beam set despite fall on first series.
* Miller hits foot on the high bar (Brindy's unsure what skill it was), seems to really rattle her. Does a fine dismount, if a little off centre.
* Exum BB fall
* Wheeler UB 10.950
* King-Koi BB 11.825
* Miller UB 13.200 with a difficulty level of 6.2
* Nedov beam 13.550. McGrath BB a nice routine but overtime again. 12.900 revised to 12.800
* Budack UB 11.800 with difficulty score of 4.3
* Monckton UB 13.550 good routine, 5.6 difficulty
* Chung BB 12.500 Joura lots of bobbles for 12.050
* Brooks UB falls on dismount
* Bonora UB a few leg separations, sticks dismount for 14.300
* Donald BB a few wobbles but no falls
* Morgan called out for beam finals but is not there???
I text after a few minutes- "did she show up?"
The reply: "No!"
>>> Bonora has "definitely won bars by a mile!" Looks to be Miller 2, Monckton 3
* Morgan has scratched from beam final.
* Budack BB 9.925?
* Katie Wurth FX 12.950. King-Koi headbutts floor on last pass. 12.500
* Dennis great beam set 12.700 (not 13.300 as I originally wrote, folks, sorry about that)
* N Joura FX nice . 13.300
* Sanders FX lovely, "sky high tumbles!" 12.650
* Bonora BB fall 12.575. Wheeler BB 12.325
* Monckton BB falls on mount but stuck dismount. 10.825
* Laura Hingston FX 11.350
* Donald FX 13.025. McGrath FX out of bounds second and last passes.
* Wheeler FX out of bounds third pass. Not a stellar weekend for her. 12.650
* Wurth looking good in vault warmup.
* Budack OOB first FX pass 12.375
* Joura great vaults, VT1 13.100 VT2 12.237
* McGrath BB score altered to 13.100 (apparently Ade announced that it was a change to the difficulty score)
* Ashleigh Kittl VT 13.200
* Natasha Hamman "Great FX... Looked like she really enjoyed herself and she totally nailed the first pass". 12.775
* Wurth VT1 13.575 VT2 13.312
* Bonora "solid FX!!!" 13.850
* Exum VT1 13.550
*Bridget Beattie FX 11.900
* Nedov VT1 13.00 VT2 12.662
* Chung VT1 13.475 VT2 13.262
Results as they are announced!...
JUNIOR VAULT RESULTS:
1. Exum 2. Wurth 3. Chung
JUNIOR BARS RESULTS:
1. Donald 2. Joura 3. Sanders
JUNIOR BEAM RESULTS:
1. Donald 2. Nedov 3. McGrath
JUNIOR FLOOR RESULTS:
1. Joura 2. Donald 3. Wurth
SENIOR VAULT RESULTS:
1. Budack 2. Hamman 3. Wheeler
SENIOR BARS RESULTS:
1. Bonora 2. Monckton 3. Miller
SENIOR BEAM RESULTS:
1. Dennis 2. Bonora 3. Wheeler
SENIOR FLOOR RESULTS:
1. Bonora 2. Hamman 3. Wheeler
AUSTRALIA'S YOUTH OLYMPICS REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE ANGELA DONALD!
(senior beam podium via Brindabella)WAG Nationals: IDP10 AA Wrap-Up
The Victorian High Performance Centre's army of smallfrecklies romped home in the IDP10 division on Day 3 of WAG competition.
Congratulations to the AA medallists...
Alexandra Eade (VIC) - Gold
Georgia Godwin (QLD) - Silver
Maddie Leydin (VIC) - Bronze
Victoria also had an all-around victory in the IDP 6 division, with NSW tops in IDP8.
Alex has been an exciting gymnast to watch in training, best of luck to her as she moves one step closer to the big time!
Congratulations to the AA medallists...
Alexandra Eade (VIC) - Gold
Georgia Godwin (QLD) - Silver
Maddie Leydin (VIC) - Bronze
Victoria also had an all-around victory in the IDP 6 division, with NSW tops in IDP8.
Alex has been an exciting gymnast to watch in training, best of luck to her as she moves one step closer to the big time!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
WAG Nationals: Senior/Junior AA Wrap-Up
(courtesy of Gymnastics Victoria)My apologies for missing last night but my biggest bundles of thanks to Brindabella for keeping me updated throughout the night!
Click through to the previous post's comments to read scores and observations. Read GA's wrap-up here.
This bit made me sniffle...
“It feels so strange. I never thought I’d be a national champion. I never thought I was that girl."
Awwww, Georgia! Your time would surely come. You're ace. You are that girl, you just didn't know it yet!
Congratulations to last night's all-around medallists!
Senior:
Georgia Bonora - Gold
Maryanne Monckton - Silver
Shona Morgan - Bronze
Junior:
Angela Donald - Gold
Svetlana Sanders - Silver
Amelia McGrath - Bronze
A Waverley double-header! A Victorian trifecta! And a podium finish for everyone's other favourite person nicknamed Mez! I gave the loudest 'yay' ever heard in a Melbourne bar when I got a text bearing the news.
Congratulations must also go to Naazmi Johnston who won her third consecutive(!) senior rhythmic all-around title yesterday.
Oregon State did a catch-up with National 10 Champion Olivia Vivian here.
Best wishes to Ashleigh Brennan (among others!) for a speedy recovery - she was withdrawn from this second day of competition due to injury.
Friday, July 9, 2010
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