The Club was established in September
1996 by Head Coach, Mark Simpson, with assistance from his wife
Erin and Veronique Lamb, and has grown from strength to strength
with approximately 150 members. The Club has both a Competitive
Class and a Recreational Class.
The Club trains at Tudor Grange School in Solihull
and also holds sessions at the Munrow Centre, Birmingham University
and Lilleshall National Sports Centre.
The Club enters gymnasts in both Regional Grades
and Levels competitions and participates in the annual Metropolitan
County Competition and the John Reeves Championships. Over the last
couple of years the Club has had success at both County and Regional
competitions and was the holder of the Level 4 Individual Apparatus
Trophy and the Level 4 Regional Team Apparatus Trophy in both 2003
and 2004.
In January 2004 the Club was successful in gaining
places in the Metropolitan County Squad for the first time with
Hannah Askill, Gabbie Cook and Rebecca Cook. The following year
they were joined by Caroline Curry, Jessica Wevill and Hannah Bond.
The Club has continued its success and has 11 gymnasts in the Squad
for 2009 aged between 7 and 16 years. In November 2008, 5 of our
gymnasts represented the Squad in the John Reeves Championships
with both the Senior and Junior Teams taking gold - see pictures
under NEWS.
In July 2005, one of our younger gymnasts, Alanah
Coley, became the Metropolitan County Level 5 Champion and in October
2005 Caroline Curry gained the Regional Level 3 Champion title in
the 11/12 year old category. In 2006 Caroline took the Regional
Level 2 Champion title in her age category.
In April 2006 the Club saw three of its gymnasts
representing the West Midlands in the National Grades Finals for
the first time. Following their success in the Regional Grades competitions
held in March, Rebecca Cook was a member of the Grade 3 team, Caroline
Curry the Grade 2 team and Gabby Cook acted as reserve for the Grade
1 team. Later in the year Hannah Bond was part of the Level 4 West
Midlands Team at the National Finals held in Guildford in November.
The Club is affiliated to the West Midlands Amateur
Gymnastics Association and all our gymnasts and coaches are members
of British Gymnastics. The Club's British Gymnastics Registration
Number is 41236.
The Club gained the British Gymnastics
GymMark accreditation in November 2005. This certifies
that Rebound Gymnastics Club has been approved by British Gymnastics
as a "safe, effective and child friendly" club.
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