BOYS NEWS
From 10th
November 2007 we are joined at Marriotts Gymnastics Club with our New Boys
Development
Coach. Alex Suvalau will only be coaching the younger boys at the club. The
Boys
Training will be
changed from Saturday 10th November 2007.
The Boys will
be working towards the Club Championships on Sunday 2nd December 2007
and the
Regional NDP Competition in March 2008.It is vital that the Boys attend each
session
without
missing sessions due to other sporting commitments.
Alex Suvlau is
currently involved with the Belarussian National Gymnastics Team with
currently two
boys in the Junior National Team. Alex is an ex gymnast.
BOYS NEW TRAINING REGIME (10-11-07)
BOYS NDP GROUPS
Please
download the relevant routines for your son.
ELITE SETS
NDP CLUB ROUTINES
2007 VOLUNTARY JUNIOR CODE
FIG Code of Points
If you need to contact
Alex for non attendance or other matters please email at
suvalau@googlemail.com
MTC 2008 Programme
Trevor Low MTC Chair
It has been some time since we posted news from the MTC. There have been
many changes within British Gymnastics and a new website which I hope you
are now familiar with. In future you can access MTC news and download entry
forms, rules and regulations from the MEN’S ARTISTIC tab on the BG home
page. The MTC Handbook will be available early in the New Year.
I am giving here some explanation to the changes in the Men’s programme.
During the year we tried out some variations on competition formats, some
worked well and some not so well. We are always keen to take on board advice
and you comments have been very helpful. We are not able to carry out all of
your suggestions; there are considerable differences in Regional, Club and
individual coach opinions on many matters. The MTC have tried to resolve as
many of the issues as possible.
Squads and Teams
The success of our International teams at both Junior and Senior levels is a
great motivation. The effort of the gymnasts, personal coaches, Clubs and
National coaches has paid off. The TOPS squads have allowed us to
concentrate our resources and create teams that brought back serious honours
in 2007. The National Squads have developed into a positive structure with
more opportunities for International Competition. The current British Squad
structure will continue into 2008.
MTC Competitions
The Competition structure will remain as 4 event weekends per year with an
additional two MTC Partner events (London Open and Pegasus Open).
To better place the MTC events geographically, a new venue has been
introduced in Bristol. In 2008 the MTC will use Newcastle, Wigan, Ipswich
and Bristol.
The British Championships in Wigan and the Club Team Championships
in Ipswich (Adams Shield and Bill Williams Trophy) remain unchanged from
2007.
The Regional Team Voluntary Championships saw problems of numbers in
2007 and so this is reformatted for 2008. It is inevitable that year on year
there will be fluctuations of numbers and so after review the MTC have made
one age group for the Regional Team Voluntary Championships, 14 and over on
1st January 2008.
There was some concern that some aspects of the Setwork Developmental
pathways required attention and this has been tackled in two ways.
1. The Elite Grades have been revised and an additional age
group at U13 added.
You are advised to download the REVISED ELITE GRADES from the download
section of the website. It will remain an individual ranking competition
only. Entry will be made through Regions.
2. The NDP Club Setwork exercises remain as before. It remains
individual and team entries. Those NDP Squads that reward successful
rankings at the National Finals is being renamed to better reflect its
purpose and status. This has proved to be a most valuable tool to motivate
and monitor the best boys and to provide an excellent Coach Education tool.
3. The NDP and Elite Grades National Final for will remain together at
Newcastle.
4. The OUT OF AGE NDP CLUB sets have been separated from the IN
AGE National Finals and restructured as a new event. Please note the new
format and try to understand why this has been done. There was concern over
the number of entries in some ages and the status of the medal winners.
There was concern over the lack of opportunities for boys who had spent many
months learning sets and then not made their Regional Teams. There was
concern that the Newcastle Final was becoming too large to manage.
The new event, called the Setwork Challenge Trophy will follow 2 weeks after
the Newcastle Setwork Finals. The Setwork Challenge Trophy will be run in
the 4 Primary and 2 Intermediate age groups of the NDP as INDIVIDUAL events
only. This event is for boys who are competing on sets performed up to 2
years OUT OF AGE, and for boys competing IN AGE but who WERE NOT SELECTED
for their Regional Team as a competitor or reserve to the Regional Final in
Newcastle in the same year. (It is an alternative chance to use the sets for
boys who have spent many weeks learning them). NOTE. No gymnast can
compete sets Out of Age if at any time they competed those same sets at a
National Final in any previous year. All competitors compete by SETS and NOT
by age group (the out of age compete with the in age in a single event on
the same sets).
The Setwork Challenge Trophy will run on the same weekend as the Regional
Team Voluntary Championships.
Event Entries
It was hoped that the new BG electronic entry system would be fully
functional. For 2008 we ask for your patience in bringing this system online
and request Clubs and Regions to follow the 2007 format for entries.
British Championships, Individual and Team entries through CLUBS.
Regional Team Voluntary Championships and all Setwork Championships
(Elite, NDP and Setwork Challenge through the REGIONS. We point out that
when making entries to MTC events, Regions may levy any fee to gymnasts that
they decide necessary to mitigate or recover their costs. Some Regions
subsidise entries for Team events, some backcharge gymnasts for individual
entries only. The decision rests with the Regional organisers.
At this point it is felt it is best to stick with this twin entry system
that has always worked well. Speculating on the future availability of the
online forms linked directly to the membership database could be seriously
problematic. Thank you for your understanding and co-operation in this
matter.
Perfection is never possible, we can only learn from past years and try to
resolve the problems as best as can be done within the restrictions of time,
funds and manpower. I am sure that within this brief explanation there will
be some problems arise. There are probably better words that could have been
used to exactly describe our intention. Your observations are important to
us. Please contact me, Chair MTC with your comments.
trevorlow@thegymnast.fsnet.co.uk
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The MTC Events Programme 2008
| Date |
Competition
|
Venue
|
Comments
|
1 & 2 March
|
London Open and Development Open
MTC PARTNER EVENT
|
Goresbrook
|
|
8 March
|
British Team Championships
Senior and Under 14 |
Ipswich |
|
3,4,5 May
|
British Set Work Championships
|
Newcastle
|
|
18 May
|
SETWORK CHALLENGE
Regional Team Championships
|
Bristol
|
Out of Age NDP and non Newcastle
boys
Over 14 on 1st Jan 2008
|
TBC
|
Pegasus Open
MTC PARTNER EVENT
|
TBC
|
|
1 & 2 Nov
|
British Championships & Masters
|
Wigan
|
|
|
