Jack Petchey Scheme

We are pleased to announce that our application to join the Jack Petchey Awards scheme has been accepted. Members between the ages of 11 and 25 are eligible to receive the Achievers Awards and nomination forms will be available shortly to nominate our first winner for April. The money awarded by the scheme is to be spent on additional club facilities and activities, ideas are welcomed to go on our wish-list, some already received include:

• video recording and analysis equipment for training nights;
• training for additional volunteer fitness coaches;
• leotards and tracksuits.

Give your ideas to Dave who is the scheme co-ordinator.

Birmingham Grade 1 - Good Results

Good results from Natasha Holme and Stephen Page both qualifying to Nationals and improving on previous results. Stephen also secured a 2nd place trophy and is now hoping for International selection.

Unfortunately a different story for Scott who, returning from a skiing break, performed a good set but landed on the end deck in his voluntary. Better luck in Cardiff Scott!

Full results for our members are here.

Ipswich Open

Wow, what a day we had today. 17 of our members made it there to compete together with judges and other officials without whom we would not have been able to compete in such numbers. Of that 17:

• 6 won their groups;
• 2 came second, one only on tie break having equal scored the first place winner;
• 2 came third
• and a further 5 were members of winning teams!

Even those two unlucky enough not to take home a trophy performed really well and did not disgrace themselves at all.

Detailed results for our members, together with some photos, will appear on our website here in the near future.

Qualified to Nationals

Congratulations to Natasha Holme who qualified to Grade 1 National Finals at Eastleigh yesterday. Also to Stephen Page who although falling during his Vol had still done more than enough to score a retaining score.

Brentwood Grading Entries

Coaches have been handing out entry forms for the Brentwood Grading we are hosting on 1st April. If you have not had a form and feel you ought to have had one please approach your coach and ask for one now.

Closing date for entries is early in March.

National Schools Finals 2006/7

Three of our members were in Sunderland yesterday for these finals, 2 in the 'Elite' competition and 1 in the 'Closed'. Scott Gregory came 3rd in his age group in the Elite and Natasha Holme narrowly missed a trophy in 4th place. Chris Hawkins, ended up mid-way in his 'Closed' group - nevertheless an excellent outcome for his first competitive attempts. Full competition report is on the club website here.

Job Opportunities

In order to provide even more of a quality service to our members we are looking for additional coaches and volunteers. Training will be given if required to fulfill the following roles:

• Coaches - preferably ex-performers willing to work Club Coach or higher;
• Recreational coaches;
• Conditioning helpers;
• Judges

If interested, check the club's website article here.

GymMark

Brentwood Trampoline Club, through its committee, has now embarked on the process of achieving GymMark accreditation. This is an important step for us since it is likely that British Gymnastics will establish this as a pre-requisite in due course - it will be good to be ahead of the game. Some of the implications of this activity are that where some processes we go through have been informal and low-key in the past we may need to become more formal - our challenge will be to not let this distract from members' trampolining development and enjoyment. As an aside to this we will also be looking to parents to become more aware of some of the GymMark requirements particularly in respect of such matters as how children come prepared for sessions and are collected - you can read more about this on our website at http://www.brentwoodtc.org/people.htm

Training update

Latest information is that the centre is definitely open and that coaches will be there - so training is as usual today if you can get there.