A wonderful day at the Northwest championships was had by all, especially by Heather Henderson who became the Northwest Under 9 Rhyhtmic Gymnastics Champion, well done Heather and all the girls who competed in some very tough sections.
 Congratulations to Rachel, Samanta, Heather, Laura and Niamh.
A great evening was enjoyed by parents, grandparents, at our annual display
Congratulations to all the girls who were awarded trophies.
Special thank you...... Mr Henderson who presented the club with a cheque for £500 from the Police Federation - this will be used to buy a new Coomber CD player.
Also Mr and Mrs Honey, who arranged transport to the Scottish Open
Championships and have organised a charity night for Saturday August 30th.
More details to follow.........
 Congratualtions to Aimme, Rachel, Niamah and Louise for their success at
the Scotish Open Championships. You were a credit to you coaches, parents and club - well done!
Great time had by all .............Well done Heather, Rachel and Laura......
 Congratualtions to Aimee and Samantha.
 12th April 2008, Parswood High School was once again the venue for the Novice and Intermediate Championships 2008 - It was medals Galore for many of the girls. Everyone was a credit to the club, well done!
 Intermediate Medals - Louise, Natalie, Rachel, Mila and Samantha.....Congratulations!
 A fabulous results at this years duets and trios, Bronze medals for the under 10 free Trio, silver for the senior Duet and Gold medals for Natalie, Natalie and Amy in the senior Trio - Congratulations to everyone who took part in the event.......
 Congratualtions to Everyone who took part in the Northwest Team Event - medals Galore........and a few trophies too !
Aimee Marsh finished 4th overall in a very tough section, congratualtions to Aimee and to Laura.
Aimee Marsh will be competing in the Under 12 championships, building her reputation as one of the country's top gymnasts in her age group.
St Helens RGC has once again been asked to provide gymnasts to help with the running of this important event.
If you would like to come along, support Aimee and see some of the country's best Rhythmic Gymnastics then please see Lorraine or Janet for more details.
 Congratulations to Natalie Woddward and Amy McDonagh on their medal success at the National Grades Final, supported by fellow gymnast and junior coach, Sarah Burrows.
 Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Northwest Championships on Saturday - it was a fabulous with some great results.
Well done to Aimee Marsh - Northwest Under 12 and Open Champion 2007 AND Rebecca Bennison Northwest Junior Champion 2007!
 Well done to our youngest gymnasts who competed in the Northwest Championshipd - You were all little Stars!!
Congratualtions to all of the girls who travelled to Leeds to take part in the Regional Grades in July, especially those who qualified for National Grades Final and British Championships.
The annual general meeting will be held on 19th June at 6.45 Sutton Leisure. Election of officers will take place at this meeting.
This is an open meeting for interested persons associated with the club.
 Are you an ex St Helens RGC Gymnast? If so, you are invited to a reunion with all your fellow gymnasts, coaches and helpers who have made this one of most successful RGC Clubs in the UK.
Please email the club for more details.........
Following a long day of competing the St Helens girls were rewarded with plenty of medals. Congratulations to everyone who took part, especially the girls competing for the first time.
 A fabulous performance from the Senior Team - Bronze Medal Winners in a tough Competition.
The girls were supported by Aimee and Rachel - well done girls!
We have a senior team, 3 Hoops and 2 sets of clubs, competing in the British Group Championships this year, Good Luck ........ Natalie, Natalie, Amy, Sarah and Charlotte......
 Congratulation to all the girls who took part in the British Duets and Trios Championships
 The "Thursday Girls" enjoyed a special treat and a night out together at Pizza Hut....
A big "Thank You" to Mrs Arnold for organising it and to their Mums and Dads who paid for it!
February 24th National Duets and Trios Burton on Trent
March 31st Group Championships Burton on Trent
April 5th-8th British International Stoke Fenton
April 21st NW Novice and Intermediate Parswood
May 12th-13th Open Individual Burton on Trent
June 23rd Inter-regional Champs Burton on Trent
September 8th Flexibility testing – Grades 4-10 Lilleshall
September 22nd NW Championships Parrswood
Oct 13th & 14th National grades finals Burton on Trent
November 17th British Championships Fenton Manor
November 18th British Championships Fenton Manor
December 8th NW Team Competition Parrswood
 Medals galore! A great day was had by all at the Northwest Team Championships held in Manchester Saturday 9th December, The under 10 Trio won bronze, while the under 13 team won Gold in the Trio and the individual, silver in the duet and Gold overall. The over 13 team won gold in trio and silver in duet and individual, well done girls.
 Jade Willimas and Aimee Marsh represented the Club at The British Championships, Aimee 2nd overall in the under 11 event, and both girls qualified for all finals the next day.
 Aimee Marsh Silver Medal winner in teh Overall Championships
 Jade Williams and Aimee Marsh will be competing in the British Championships November 18th and 19th.
Good luck to both girls. Other members of the club have been asked to help wit the running of the event on the day.
 Congratulations to Amy McDonagh - 3rd overall in Grade 9, Natalie Woodward had medal success with a silver for her ribbon routine. Rebecca, Sarah and Charlotte all competed well and I know all the coaches are very proud of your achievements - well done girls.
 Amy McDonagh, Natalie Woodward, Sarah Burrows, Charlotte Kirton and Rebecca Bennison will be competing for medals in the Grades final on Sunday October 15th at Burton on Trent.
Photographs taken at our International Competition are available from the DE Photo website - www.DEphoto.co.uk navigate to recent events.... Gymnastics and "Robin Park Arena", you will be asked for a user name and password.
Username "bolton"
Password "burgess"
Following on from Aimee's appearance live on CBBC's "Level up" she was invited to the "Be Part of 2012" Roadshow that visited Old Trafford - She met Lord Coe and had a tour of the grounds. Aimee is being recognised as one of the country's great potential talents for the 2012 Olympics.
 The region hosted the Northwest Grades on July 8, in Manchester; joined by friends from Yorkshire, the girls were achieving qualification for National Competitions. Well done to everyone who took part.
 The Northwest, once again, was represented by a strong team at this event, and were pipped at the post, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal.
Well done to all the girls and their coaches.
The Northwest Team was represented by Gymnasts from Stockport RGC, Merseyside RGC and St Helens RGC.
Natalie, Sarah and Rebecca competed in the Junior section.
Congratulations to the St Helens girls that took part in this competition. Well done to Aimee Marsh who won a bronze medal for her rope routine.
 Following a grant from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust,
St Helens RGC are proud to announce they will be hosting a 2nd International Tournament.
September 30th - All Around Championship
October 1st - Individual Apparatus
Please email the club, via the home page link, for further details.
Congratualtions to the Junior Group who came second at the British Group Championships, Amy McDonagh, Natalie Wilton, Sarah Burrows, Natalie Woodward, Rebecca Bennison and Charlotte Kirton, in the largest and toughest section they won a much deserved silver medal.
A great day had by all at the Northwest Novice/Intermediate event held March 11th in Manchester. All of the girls performed well and were a credit to the club and their coaches. Special thanks to Laura, Lisa and Mrs Arnold for getting them prepared.
St Helens RGC Team - Aimee Marsh 2nd overall, Natalie Wilton 6th Overall in her section, she made 2 finals, 4th in Clubs and 6th in Rope. Congratualtions to the girls and well done to Mrs Arnold, Mrs Critchley and especially Liz, I know you all had a wonderful time.
News just in - Aimee Marsh came first in her Free routine, 2nd in Hoop, Rope and Ribbon and 2nd overall - I am sure that the surprise guest made the victory all the sweeter............. Well done Aimee - and Liz, I hope you enjoyed yourself too!
Fingers crossed for Natalie tomorrow.
 Wednesday 22nd February Mrs Critchley, Mrs Arnold, Natalie Wilton and Aimee Marsh travelled to Boston USA. The girls will be performing 4 routines each in their age group. The club wish them a safe journey and the very best of luck.
 Natalie Woodward and Charlotte Kirton finished 6th Overall, with Amy McDonagh and Sarah Burrows, narrowly missing a bronze medal, came in 4th place.
 The three stars that competed in the under 10 trio were delightful and finished 5th overall. Well done to all the girls; your club and coaches are very proud of you.
Congratulations to the English gymnasts that competed in Poland, Natalie and Aimee from St Helens and Francessca form the City of Bath. Great results from what I believe was a tough competition.
Fantastic results at the British Championships in Burton-on-Trent. Aimme Marsh 2nd Overall and Gold medal winner in the finals for Free and Bronze for her Hoop. Natalie Wilton, competed as a junior for the first time, 5th Overall in the All Around and won a silver medal in the Finals for her Rope.
Saturday 12th November the Northwest Association honoured it's volunteers in the sport of Gymnastics, Aimee won the under 11 Gymnast of the year, Mrs Crithely was awarded for her years of work for Judging and Mrs Arnold was rewarded for her hard work organising our international tournament. As they were unable to be present, their awards were collected by representatives from the club, Helena Grundseth, Lorraine Burgess and 8 enthusiastic gymnasts. On Sunday they finally had their much deserved prizes presented to them by the Vice-President of British Gymnastics, Bunny Warren.
British Championship would not be the same without it's supporters and I know Natalie and Aimee would like to thank everyone who travelled to Burton to cheer them on. Three hopefuls for next year .... Maybe (!)
Congratulations to the St Helens RGC Delegation who travelled to Bergen for an International Competition. All the girls performed beautifully, Natalie, Rebecca and Kate qualified for finals in Day 2 of the event. Alison Kibble and Lorraine Burgess said the girls were a credit to their club and they were extremely proud of their achievements. They also wanted to extend a personal "Thank you" to the people of Bergen who made them all feel so welcome.
 Natalie Wilton was awarded Merseyside's Young Sports Person of The Year at a glittering event held at Liverpool's Crowne Plazza Hotel. This is the second year running that St Helens RGC has produced a young athlete that has been given this prestigious award. Congratulations Natalie, she will now go forward to the National Awards.
 Aimee Marsh - took the Under 10 crown as Northwest champion, there was medal success for Natalie Woodward, Rebecca Bennison, Natasha Howard, Lorna Hunt and Charotte Kirton. Lorraine Burgess was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the Technical Committee as she steps down as chair.
 St Helens RGC was voted "Club of the Year 2005" By St Helens District Sports Council. In a glittering evening, Natalie Wilton was also crowned "Young Sports Person of the year". Congratualtions !
A great day for the St Helens Teams - Under 10 - Aimee Marsh, Lorna Hunt, Anya Burgess, Natasha Howard and Rachel Maddison took Team Gold - Well done girls. The Under 13 Team, Kate Burgess, Rebecca Bennison and Lucy Lawson won Silver. A Great start to the Gymnastic season.
The new season starts with a "Team" competition in Manchester on the 17th September - this is organised by the Northwest Region and we are sending 2 full teams - Under 10 - Natasha Howard, Lorna Hunt, Anya Burgess, Rachel Maddison and Aimee Marsh. And an under 13 Team - Kate Burgess, Rebecca Benison and Lucy Lawson. each team will perform an individual routine, a duet and a trio.
24th September sees the National grades 8 and 9 for seniors and juniors - this is a qualifying event for National Grades final and British Championships - Good luck to our Grade 8 girls - Charlotte Kirton, Amy McDonagh, Natialie Woodward and Natalie Wilton.
Make sure you have put down your name for the fund raising event in Morrisons on the 1st October.
2nd October we will be sending a full team to the Welsh Open Championships in Cardiff.
October 15th is the Northwest Championships - this year to be held in Stockport.
4th November 4 gymnasts will travel to Bergen in Norway to compete for their club.
Rebecca Bennison and Kate Burgess - Under 12 and Amy McDonagh and Natalie Woodward and Sarah Burrows as Juniors.
They will be accompanied by Lorraine Burgess (judge), Alison Kibble and Helene Grundseth (coaches).
Good Luck to all the girls and well done to the coaches for getting them ready for these events !
Selected gymnasts enjoyed a week long Gymnastics Summer Camp that was organised by Club Coach Laura Baines. The girls worked on Ballet, Body Conditioning, Music Interpretation, Apparatus Handling and Routines.
Assistant Club Coach - Lisa Bennison with some of the gymnasts at the Display - The girls thanked the coaches - Lisa, Laura, Mrs Critchley and Mrs Arnold by presenting them with flowers, special thanks also to Alison Kibble who could not be at the event.
The girls thrilled and delighted their audience and the evening was made extra special as Liz and Alexis could also share in the celebration of the club's success over the past 12 months.
The following awards were made:
Ann Beard Shield - Rachel and Rebecca Taylor
Awards for All - Natasha Howard and Anya Burgess
Excellence Award - Aimme Marsh
Due to to the fantastic results at British Duets and Trios special Merit Awards were given to all the gymnasts who took part.
 Natalie and Aimee were each awarded £50 from St Helens District Sports Council.
 Thursday 14th July at 6 pm we will be hosting our annual display. All of the gymnasts from Novice through to International Medal Winners will be taking part. St Helens RGC will also be performing in the 1st St Helens Gymstrada at Sutton Leisure Centre on Saturday 16th July - the fun starts at 10am.
12 June 2005 - Early results in from Portugal - Aimee Marsh was 3rd overall and Natalie has qualified for 2 finals - well done girls
Aimee came 3rd overall at The 7th International Actus Rhythmic Cup, and 2nd in the final; Natalie performed in the juniors against tough competition. They are preparing now for Portugal in June.
Congratualtions to both girls.
Once again Yorkshire hosted the regional grades event - seven girls performed in Grades 4 to 7, all the gymnasts passed however the results of who has qualified for National Competitions has yet to be confirmed by the National Technical Committee - watch this space ...........
Well done to Laura, Rachel , Rachel, Anya (Grade 4) Aimee (Grade 5) and Kate and Rebecca (Grade 7)
The British Open Individual Apparatus competition on the 14th May saw strong representation from St Helens, Natalie Wilton competed in the 4 junior competetions along with Charlotte Kirton and Natalie Woodward in Hoop and Amy McDonagh and Sarah Burrows in the Rope section. The star of the day was Aimee Marsh who competed in the Espoir section with girls up to 2 years older. Her wonderful performance in the "Free" section Wowed the crowds and impressed the judges she justly deserved her Gold medal. Well don to all the girls who competed.
Sunday 17th April saw the Annual Northwest Novice and Intermediate Championships. A small number of gymnasts took part and gave a fantastic performance. Congratulations to the gymnasts and coaches. A special thankyou to Alan Kibble as the MC who gave up an impressive if impromptu performance of "Mustang Sally" - For our friends unable to be there today you really missed a treat!
We are very proud to announce that we have 2 new club coaches - Laura Baines and Alison Kibble. They have both worked very hard for their qualification and passed with flying colours.
On Sunday 17th April the Northwest will be hosting the Novice/Intermediate championships. This is a great day when the club can support some of the newest and youngest members as they compete for the first time.
A new website just been launched at www.gymnasticsonline.co.uk which
is one of the biggest gym links Sites in the world with over 700 links
and some great photos. St. Helens RGC is in in the U.K. Club
section and also in the Rhythmic section - check out this site for some great rhythmic links. - Thank you Ken Summerfield.
Fantastic results at British Duets and Trios - St Helens RGC returned home with 2 Gold a Silver and a Bronze.
In the hotly contested Junior Rope Duet, Natalie Wilton and Jade Williams were in a class of their own and won the Gold by over 4 whole marks. Second place went to Charlotte Kirton and and Sarah Burrows, Amy McDonaugh and Natalie Woodward came 5th overall in a close section and were a credit to their club.
The big surprise was the bronze medal won by Kate Burgess and Rebecca Bennison in the new Under 12 section. There was tough competition and they were the first gymnasts on the carpet - however they performed a wonderful routine and deserved their 3rd place.
 The Under 10 trio were ..... delightful - Well done to all the girls your coaches and club are very proud of you.
Liz and Ryan Pryor
Good Luck !
And "Thanks" for everything
From everyone at
St Helens RGC
The end of another year but what a successful one it has been. There have been many highlights. Our first International Club Tournament, 4 girls in National Squads, success in Duets and Trios and Individual Competitions, Charlotte winning the Grade 7 final, Elaine Kibble being awarded Merseyside Young Sports Person of the Year to name a but a few. At the British Championships last weekend Elaine finished 3rd overall and won 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in the finals. Natalie, Jade and Aimee all made finals and were a credit to the club.
Perhaps the most significant achievement was the success of Elaine as a member of the English Team who represented England at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Australia earlier this month.
The team won Gold in the Rhythmics and overall Team gold with the Girls and Boys Artistic Teams but best of all Elaine won an individual gold for her Rope routine and is now the Commonwealth Youth Games Rope Champion. A magnificent achievement.
HOWEVER, none of the above success would have been possible without the coaching skills of our Senior Coach, Liz Pryor. Liz has a full time teaching job and a young daughter, Alexis, but for many years has still given her time to coach our competitive gymnasts to reach the high standard that is demanded of them to achieve success nationally. There are not many clubs in the country who have so many talented gymnasts and it is the expertise of Liz that has largely contributed to their success.
UNFORTUNATELY and regretfully we now have to say goodbye to Liz, Alexis and Ryan as they are leaving St. Helens in the new year to live in Florida. We shall miss her and her coaching expertise greatly but we wish her all the best for her new life and will look forward to her visits ‘back home’.
Tonight is the last session before Christmas. We return on Tuesday 4th / Wednesday 5th January 2005
We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
Thank you for all your support.
Elaine will bring commonwealth gold for her individual Rope Routine at the Commonwealth Youth Games ind Australia. The strong England Team also won the overall Gold Medal for Rhythmic and together with the Mens and Womens Artistic Team they won Gymnastic Team Gold as well.
Congratualtions to all the girls in the team - Elaine, Hannah Chappell and Hannah Walker.
A busy weekend in November saw a host of medals for St Helns Girls, at The Northwest Open Championships they swept the board -
Under 8 Champion - Anya Burgess
Under 10 Champion - Aimee Marsh
Under 12 Champion Jade Williams
Junior Champion Natalie Wilton
Senior Champion - Elaine Kibble
The Carita House Trophy for the gymnast not in National Squad with the highest mark - went to Charlotte Kirton.
The following weekend Charlotte had fantastic results at the National Grades Final and won the overall Gold - Well done to all the girls who competed
 On Friday 29th October at the Crowne Plazza Hotel in Liverpool - Elaine Kibble was voted Merseyside's Young Sports Performer of the Year. Well done Elaine you deserve it.
As well as featuring in a sports programe on M channel, Elaine will again be interviewed on Radio Merseyside about her sporting success.
Elaine Kibble with Olympic Bronze Medal winner Steve Parry.
November 13th/14th this sees a busy weekend for our gymnasts - Natailie Wilton and Aimee Marsh will be traveling to Bergen in Norway for an International Competition. Meanwhile Charlotte Kirton and Kate Burgess will be at The Meadowside in Burton-on Trent for the National Grades Final. Good Luck Girls.
Northwest Championships - Sunday 7th November sees the Northwest Regional Open and Closed Championships. The competition will take place at St Helens College and start at 10.30 am. This yer we will be welcoming gymnasts from Hudersfield to the event.
Elaine Kibble will be part of the England Team that will be travelling to Australia for the Commonwealth Youth Games. Her fellow Rhythmic team mates are Hannah Walker and Hannah Chappell. They will be coached by Amanda Scriven and Iris Critchley will be the England judge.
Well done Elaine ! We are all very proud of you.
 Sunday 12th September - Elaine, Natalie, Jade and Aimee competed in the Spelthorne International Competition. Elaine won Gold overall and the other team members came 4th, Aimee in the Under 10, Natalie in the Under 12 and Jade did extremely well gaining 4th place in the junior section.
Well done girls.
Elaine and Natalie showing them how it is done !
 Thursday 9th September - Lorraine Burgess was interviewed live on Radio Merseyside about the International Tournament, Lorraine said that the event is going to allow the people in the Northwest to see some of the best Rhythmic Gymnastics in the country.
The St Helens RGC Team
We can confirm the following gymnasts will be competing for St Helens RGC in our International Tournament.
Aimee Marsh - One of the youngest members of World Class Start, she will be competing in the Under 10 section.
Aimee Marsh
 Natalie Wilton - 2002 Under 10 British Champion will be competing in the Under 12 section.
 Jade Williams - will be competing in the Junior section.
 Elaine Kibble - Great Britain International will be competing in the senior section as well as in the control competition, as contender for a place on the England Team for the Commonwealth Youth Games.
We are very proud of ALL of our gymasnts who will be playing a part in the events over the weekend, good luck to the girls who are competing, we are sure you will do your best and make us proud.
Annual Display - Thursday 15th July we will be hosting our annual display. It will be held at St Helens College from 6 pm. There is the chance to see ALL our gymnasts in action, from our little novices through to International competitors. We will be holding a raffle, and raising funds towards our International Tournament in September.
Prices £1 for adults and 50p for children.
 19th June 2004 - A great day was had at the Inter Regional Championships, the Northwest was the only team in which every member won an individual medal, and we finished 2nd overall. Elaine Kibble brought home 4 silver medals, while Natalie Wilton competing in a higher age group won a bronze for her ball routine. Jade Williams won silver and bronze for rope and ball, while the star of the day Aimee Marsh won gold with her free routine. Well done also to Jessica Mason from Merseyside RGC who won a bronze medal for her hoop routine.
 Sunday 6th June
St Helens RGC was represented by Lorraine Burgess and Alan Kibble at the British Gymnastics Annual Honorary Awards; Iris Critchley was presented with the "Distinguished Judge award" , ironically Iris was judging at an International Competition in Bulgaria so the award was collected on her behalf by Lorraine; who also collected the Plaque that was awarded to the club for obtaining GymMark.
 Monday 31st May - Elaine Kibble will travel to Kiev in the Ukraine as part of the Great Britain Team for the European Championships. Good luck to all the competing gymnasts.
 Saturday 22nd May - Natalie Wilton won a medal in the Espoirs section of the Individual competition, she performed a beautiful ball routine and gained a much deserved silver medal.
 At the same event Elaine Kibble won four silver medals. Well done also to Jade Williams and Aimee Marsh - who competed in her first national event.
Sunday 16th May - Following the Northwest Grades the following gymnasts have qualified for National Competitions: Natalie Wilton And Jade Williams (Grade7) and Aimee Marsh (Grade 4) have qualified for British Championships. Kate Burgess (Grade 6) and Charlotte Kirton (Grade 7) have qualified for National Grades Final. Well done also to Rebecca Bennison in passing Grade 6.
Elaine Kibble came 3rd overall following the recent control competitions for the European Championships, she will form part of the GBR Team that will travel to Kiev in June. Well done Elaine !
 Saturday 1st May and Sunday 2nd May - Elaine Kibble and fellow world class potential squad member Heather Mann travelled to Bulgaria to the 37th Julieta Shismanova Competition. Elaine came 11th overall which is a fantastic result as she has only been competing as a senior since January this Year. Elaine also qualified for the Hoop Final on the Sunday. Well done to both girls.
For more details about the competition check out this website.
www.julieta-shishmanova.dir.bg
Saturday 24th April - St Helens RGC went along to support Great Britain at the Meadowside International Rhythmic Tournament. A great day was had by all. Hannah McKibbin GBR won the senior Gold while the crowd was amazed by the elegance and skill of the Junior Russian Champion Elena Isaenkova. I think it is fair to say the St Helens Girls were the best supporters with the loudest cheers! Well done to everyone who took part in this great event.
 Novice/Intermediate Competition
Saturday 27th March 2004.
Today saw great success for St Helens RGC Gymnasts, with an abundance of medals being won. Well done to everyone involved in making todays event so enjoyable. A special congratulations to the coaches, who have worked really hard to get the girls ready for their big day.
 Duets and Trios 2004
Saturday March 6th saw great success for our girls at the British Duets and Trios Championships.
In a well contested high standard competition in the Junior Clubs Duet Natalie and Jade came out winners, beating last years champions with an almost faultless routine.
In the Junior Hoop Trio, Kate, Charlotte and Sarah pulled out all the stops, winning a silver medal.
Well done to all of the girls and a special congratulations to their coaches Liz and Iris who are extremely proud of
their achievements today.
 March 27th & 28th 2004
Elaine Kibble will be representing Great Britain at the Grand Prix in Thias, France. This is a very prestigious event and will see Elaine competing against the very best in the world.
 Saturday 24th January 2004 - Elaine Kibble, Natalie Wilton and Jade Williams have qualified for National Squad. Elaine did extremely well in the World Potential testing, while Natalie and Jade maintained their position in World Class Start. The coaches are very proud of the achievement of these talented girls and expect great things in 2004.
The girls are pictured above with some of their fellow club members.
Sunday 11th January 2004 - The club was part of the "Health, Fitness and Beauty" exhibition at Sutton Community Leisure Centre. A great day which all of the girls enjoyed. Displays form our novices, regional and national squad girls, entertained the crowds that came to the event.
 Thursday 8th January 2004 - Lorraine Burgess was interviewed live on BBC Radio Merseyside about the Club, GymMark and Rhythmic Gymasnastics.
Lorraine said it was a great chance to tell people about the GymMark scheme and how important it is as a parent to know that your child is training in a safe enviroment.
 Wednesday 17th December - St Helens RGC was proud to receive it's GymMark plaque from Eric Williams who travelled from Lilleshall - home of British Gymnastics to make the award. Also present to celebrate our success was the mayor of St Helens - Leon Maguire, Mike Lockett, Northwest Development Officer and Dermott Heslop - Sports Development Officer. They were treated to a display by all of the members which they thouroughly enjoyed !
 Eric Williams presents Iris Critchley with the GymMark Certificate.
We are very proud to receive this award and hope many other clubs join in with this worthwhile scheme.
Sunday 7th December - Elaine Kibble had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury that meant she spent Sunday in hospital. Everyone is pleased that she is now recovering and we send her our love and best wishes.
Natalie and Jade both had a good day, no medals this year for them, but we are very proud of their achievements, they were a credit to us all.
Results after the first day
 The very tough under 12 section saw Natalie and Jade both qualifying for the individual apparatus finals, Jade in rope and Nat for both ball and rope. Elaine won silver in the Junior Championship. The titles went as follows:
Under 10 Champion - Rachel Smith (Coventry)
2nd Place - Annabel Jones (Llanelli)
3rd Place - Luisa Cantore (Spelthorne)
Under 12 Champion - Aimme Cheetham (Stockport)
2nd Place - Becky Izzard (Stockport)
3rd Place - Paige Kaye-Baker (Spelthorne)
Junior Champion - Hannah Chappell (Coventry)
2nd Place - Elaine Kibble (St Helens)
3rd Place - Berenese d'Souza (Spelthorne)
Senior Champion - Hannah Walker (Coventry)
2nd Place - Rebecca Jose (Spelthorne)
3rd Place - Leanne Beton (Hillingdon)
Congratulations to everyone who was involved in the competition today it was a great event.
November 26th 2003 Today we became the first gymnastic club in the North West to be awarded "GymMark" The GymMark scheme has been developed by British Gymnastics, in partnership with Sport England and the Home Country Sports Councils, to provide recognition for clubs that are committed to providing quality experiences. Gaining GymMark accreditation means we are recognised by British Gymnastics, Sport England and the Home Country Sports Councils as a safe, effective and child friendly club, providing a service in the community, that children and young people, their parents/carers, and others with an interest in gymnastics, can trust.
British Championships Saturday 6th December 2003 The club will be supplying a FREE coach trip to the British Championships this year. Come along and support our girls in the most important competition of the year. If you would like to secure a place please see Lorraine or e mail the club sthelens.rgc@blueyonder.co.uk and say how many seats you would like.
 Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th December 2003 Natalie Wilton, Jade Williams and Elaine Kibble will be representing their club at the British Championships. Natalie and Jade will be competing in the Under 12 section, while Elaine will be defending her British Junior Championship title. We all wish them the best of luck, everyone in the club is very proud of their hard work and success.
Photo - Elaine Kibble by Paul Seaby
Sunday 16th November Aimee, Jade and Natalie competed in the Welsh Open Championships. Jade won a bronze medal for Rope, Natalie finished 4th overall. Aimee was competing as an under 10 and finished in 9th place - well done girls.
 Sunday 9th November Kate and Charlotte travelled to Burton on Trent to compete in the National Grades Final. Kate was in Grade 5 and Charlotte Grade 6 both girls finished in 5th place.
 Sunday November 2nd saw the first Northwest Open Championships. We were really well supported by City of Bath and Llanelli. A great day was had by all.
 June 2003 Natalie, Jade and Elaine returning from an international competition in Portugal, weighed down with medals and trophies !
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