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Inside this issue:
Raffle
Ice Skating
Christmas Party
The Pits
Grades
Christmas Walk
Parents Have a Go Session
Club and Group Photos
The 2014 Calendar
SSoG Calendar 2014
Stockport School of Gymnastics
January 12th
First Sunday Adult Session of 2014
January 13th
Start back for all Pre-School Classes.
February 1st & 2nd
GMGA Regional Grades 9 to 14 at Wig-
an.
March 23rd
Stockport Spring 4 Piece Competition
at Newby Road. This is for those gym-
nasts not taking part yet in County or
Regional 4 piece competitions.
13th April
The Stockport Easter Competition at
the Newby Road Centre
May 11th
Stockport Floor and Vault Champion-
ship
28th & 29th June
The Frank Williams at Newby Road
The NW Handbook is still in production
so no firm dates are available for 2014
comps. I have ‘copied’ the dates off
another club’s website, so please treat
January 2nd
First Official Club training session of
2014.
January 6th/7th & 8th
Pit fit out by Continental Sports
January 6th to January 11th
Start of the new recreational term at
the Newby Road Centre. (10 weeks)
January 10th
Start of Parent and Toddler Classes
2014
January 10th
Start of Friday Adult Classes 2014
January 11th & 12th
Start of the new recreational term at
the Offerton Centre. (10 weeks)
January 12th
Regional Grades Trials for all club gym-
nasts wishing to take part in the 2014
Grades. Joint with Manchester South
at Newby Rd. 9.30 start for gymnasts
taking grades only.
the dates with caution until the
handbook is issued.
April 5th & 6th
National and Compulsory Grades
and Regional Grades Finals at Wigan
June 14th & 15th
Greater Manchester Open at Wigan
June 1st
Compulsory 2 at Ipswich
July 12th- & 13th
GMGA Floor & Vault at Wigan
September 20th & 21st
North West Age Groups & Teams at
Wigan
October 18th & 19th
North West 4 Piece at Wigan
November 8th & 9th
GMGA 4 Piece at Wigan
November 22nd & 23rd
North West Floor & Vault at Wigan
December 13th & 14th
North West Inter-County Teams at
Wigan
January 2014 Newsletter
The SSoG Gymnast of the
Year for 2013 is Rebekah
Mooney. Becky has had a
fabulous year and was vot-
ed for by all coaches with-
out exception. Having
passed Compulsory 3 she
has performed well in com-
petition and has been the
first gymnast in the club to
compete tsukis on the
Vault and back tucks on the
Beam. She represented
Greater Manchester in the
Inter-County Teams and
has been Gymnast of the
Month 3 times. Well done
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Pits Progress
6th January. There are a
few finishing touches for us
to complete such as some
steps to get up there and
some hand rails to stop us
falling off and a bit of car-
peting.
What has worked really
well with this project is that
Progress to the end of De-
cember is that all is going to
plan with the podiums all in
place and ready for Continen-
tal Sports to add foam pad-
ding to all the edges, to fill
the pits with foam and to
install the uneven bars and
spotting platform, starting on
Aidan Mooney has man-
aged to get enough volun-
teers from within the club
to complete the work in a
relatively short space of
time. Great bonding, good
team work and an impres-
sive set of DIY skills and
equipment. Many thanks.
The ‘modules’ were as-
sembled in the dance stu-
dio to minimise disruption to
the gym operation and stored
all over the place. All was car-
ried through after the have a
go session and assembled in
approx. 10 hours over the
Christmas period.
Buoyed up by the experience,
Aidan is keen to continue and
get the tumble track structure
in place very soon.
Stockport School of Gymnastics
Club and Group Photos
There never seems to be a
time when we are all to-
gether and that proved to
be the situation for the
We have left the trials as
late as possible to give all
gymnasts the best chance of
getting their moves in and
the target scores. The com-
petition will be in our gym
on the 12th January and will
be joint with Manchester
South. It is a 9.30 start.
The entries need to be in
the next day so there will be
little time for retakes, so get
it right on the day.
Gymnasts should bring their
payment of £20 to enter the
Grades with them on the
day of the trial. They will
also need to upgrade their
membership from Bronze to
Silver, which is a further
£24.
The target score is 55.00 for
Grades 14 & 13 and 44.00
for Grades 12 to 9. We do
2013 club photo. Slightly
worse this year as we have
a number of new members
and are changing the club
2014 Regional Grades Trials
allow a retake if a gymnast
falls on the beam on that
piece only.
The last sessions of the Au-
tumn Recreational term
completed with a display
and the presentation of the
BG Proficiency award
scheme badges that had
completed by the gymnasts
earlier in the term.
The rec sessions continue to
be popular and there are
very few vacancies in both
the Offerton and Newby Rd.
Centres. The demand for
leotard so the gymnasts
that were there didn’t all
match. Not too worry, we’ll
try again in 2014 around
Grades time. We also took
the opportunity to get
group pictures that are
scattered through all pages.
classes is likely to become
higher as the new Pre-
School classes start to feed
into the rec classes as the
gymnasts get to the right
age.
Don’t give up if you are on
the waiting list as we do
have some vacancies when
gymnasts move. Be flexible
on the session times as this
can also help move you up
the list.
Autumn Rec Term finishes
Our GOTM for November
was Kate Martin. As well as
winning a medal at the NW
4 Piece Championship, Kate
was gymnast of the session
on 10 occasions. Well done!
GOTM Nov
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The Club Christmas Party
took place on the evening of
21st December in the
church hall at St Saviour's.
Good turn out, lots of food,
all gymnasts and parents up
dancing to the music provid-
ed by DJ Mike Dooley. A big
thanks to Dave and Tracy for
making the arrangements.
Sorry, no photos available.
Congratulations to Jamie
Robinson, Lisa Marshall,
Georgia Hewitt, Clare Paolo
and Kath Hewitt who are
now Club Judges.
The club visit to the ice
skating rink at Altrincham
went very well. 45 parents
and gymnasts took to the ice
with more parents spec-
tating. Berenice got us a
great deal for the entrance
and skate hire.
There were a few photos,
which can be viewed on the
website, but sorry, all a bit
blurred.
The coaches Christmas night
out was a quiet curry in
Offerton. Definitely no pho-
tos at this event.
We welcome Caitlin Crews to
the club, training with Mike’s
group. Caitlin was on the
national grades route and
then swapped disciplines to
tumbling where she rose to
National Champion. She has
now started back in gymnas-
tics and is getting all the for-
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Other News
gotten moves back that she
used to do. Caitlin’s dad,
Steve will also join the
coaching team and has
already been recruited to
the pits construction team.
A number of SSoG gym-
nasts were invited to use
the pits at Manchester
South to work on moves
that are best done in a
‘deep foam’ environment.
Thanks to Sarah Warburton
and Trevor Pugh for letting
us train.
The picture is Susan com-
pleting a double back.
The dance studio will be
delayed a bit further as we
are going to start con-
structing the wooden
frames for the tumble track
in there. The tumble track
will be about the same
length as our ski-run and
will be raised to enter the
bars pit. Initially we will use
our ski-run until we have
saved up the money for a
new carbon fibre track.
Development Group 2013
‘Grade 14’ Group 2013
Senior Group 2013
Bev’s Group 2013
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Christmas Walk
The annual act of lunacy by
the parents, having a go at
the moves that their daugh-
ters have been making look
easy all through the year.
There were some less than
flexible bridges and splits in
the conditioning set competi-
tion for the Mums and Carrie
Mather was adjudged best to
win a bottle of wine. For the
Parents Have a Go Session
men there was a combined
leg lift and chins competition,
narrowly won by Liam An-
drew.
The floor routines were good
(ish) and there were some
very passable flatbacks.
Didn’t here much moaning
about aches the next day, but
I’m sure there were.
Mike’s Group 2013
Group 5 2013
Dave’s Group 2013
The weather was much better
for our walk this year, but
there was still plenty of mud
to wade through along the
route. Mike and Karen Dooley
were the hosts this year and
took us on a 5 mile stroll
along the canal and back
through the Roman Lakes and
over the Roman bridge.
The dogs were on the whole
well behaved, despite Bailey
taking an unexpected swim in
the Goyt and over a weir.
Afterward refreshments back
at the house. Hopefully see a
few more out next year.
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A big thanks to all those who helped with the Christmas Raffle organised by Julie Fletcher. It was a first off for us and raised an
excellent total of £225, which will be added to club funds. We had a large number of excellent prizes donated, all presented
and wrapped beautifully. All winners should have been contacted on the phone number they provided.
Name Ticket Prize
Nikki H Pink 917 Hamper
Adrian Pink 913 Candle Set
Annabelle Clarke Pink 939 Penguin Biscuits (lots of)
Damian Hewitt White 127 Champagne
Bev Pink 784 Soreen Hamper
David Pink 895 Chocolates
Isabella White 490 Cat in The Hat Game
Natalie Turner Pink 963 Photo Albums
Ruby Hewitt White 3 Phone Set
Carrie Mather Pink 475 Champagne
Sarah Green 964 Candle Sticks
Georgia Hewitt Pink 385 Meal For 2 Beluga
Millie Martin Green 66 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Victoria Pink 481 Month Gym Pass at Village Hotel Cheadle
Sophie Pink 452 Champagne
Jessica Ralph Pink 970 Wine
Sarah Jackson White 956 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Mullaney Pink 445 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Libby Coffey White 225 Red Wine
Ruby Pink 459 Jaffa Cakes
Olivia White 985 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Bev Pink 785 Perfume
L Harper White 91 DVD
Morris 191 Red Wine
Tony Kershaw White 120 Nintendo Game
Charlotte Cleave Blue 41 Lego game
Matt Pink 353 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Grace Roberts White 210 Beer
Cathy Healy 143 Recipe Books
Erin Kearsley White 10 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Catherine White 52 Soreen Hamper
Phoebe Fletcher Pink 805 Champagne
Karen Waite White 98 Champagne
Elyse Pink 981 Toiletries
Morris White 192 Wine
Vicky Andrews White 16 Champagne
Helen McLeod Pink 497 Wine
L Harper Pink 815 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Evie White 231 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Emma Shard Pink 769 Jigsaw
Zoe 480 Gym Passes for Village Hotel Cheadle
Chris White 205 Soreen Hamper
Georgia Hewitt White 46 Toiletries
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