British WAG (and MAG!) talk

[ArnoldRimmer]

And vault.

 

[Doug1233]

Omg totally . Both of them!

 

[Doug1233]

Interesting that all of the UB EF routines beat Becky’s prelims 14.0…

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Well it was a pretty clean final, so you’d expect that. I was really pleased it was 8 for 8.

 

[Gymfan93]

Much better than the Tokyo splatfest, anyway.

 

[Gymfan93]

Apparently tomorrow and Sunday is British WAG championships: https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/follow-the-2021-women-s-artistic-british-championships

No start lists, no idea who is going to be competing. The preview doesn’t mention anyone but Kelly Simm, Halle Hilton, Ruby Stacey, Ondine and Alia Leat. I’m sure any of the Olympians would have merited a mention if they were going to be attending?

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Plus, practically surely it wouldn’t be possible? Amelie is in the US and the other three are varying degrees of recovery from being injured.

 

[Doug1233]

Wasn’t there already a British in 2021?

(Need to include spaces in my text now because of these fucking super annoying ads that have started recently covering up the text box so I can’t see what I’m typing!)

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Probably, but I’ve given up trying to understand the scheduling of sporting events in 2021. You never know what’s been rolled over from when.

 

[Bob]

The earlier British was mens. This is WAG. You can follow the scores on the BG score app. This morning is espoirs (age 12-13) and this afternoon is Seniors (not many in that) and tomorrow is Juniors.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Some videos below on twitter:



Love Ondine’s beam. I so wish she had gone to worlds.

 

[Bananna]

Senior Women Results

All Around
:1st_place_medal: Ondine Achampong, Aylesbury, 52.400
:2nd_place_medal: Emily Todd, The Academy, 49.650
:3rd_place_medal: Ruby Stacey, Plymouth Swallows, 49.650
4. Emily Roper, Pipers Vale, 49.600
5. Halle Hilton, Pipers Vale, 49.200
6. Megan Bridge, GymMagic, 48.850
7. Alia Leat, Heathrow, 47.150

Vault
:1st_place_medal: Holly Jones, Swansea, 13.425
:2nd_place_medal: Megan Bridge, GymMagic, 13.425
:3rd_place_medal: Emily Roper, Pipers Vale, 13.275

Uneven Bars
:1st_place_medal: Ruby Stacey, Plymouth Swallows, 13.300
:2nd_place_medal: Ondine Achampong, Aylesbury, 12.900
:3rd_place_medal: Kelly Simm, Dynamo, 12.700

Balance Beam
:1st_place_medal: Halle Hilton, Pipers Vale, 13.350
:2nd_place_medal: Ondine Achampong, Aylesbury, 12.650
:3rd_place_medal: Emily Roper, Pipers Vale, 12.300

Floor Exercise
:1st_place_medal: Megan Bridge, GymMagic, 12.600
:2nd_place_medal: Emily Todd, The Academy, 12.500
:3rd_place_medal: Ondine Achampong, Aylesbury, 12.450

 

[Doug1233]

Looks like they were judging in line w a Tokyo standard. A 12.65 for that seems about right. Shame about the leap before the aerial. Not sure what they’re trying to do with that but for one tenth it’s only ever going to be a bad idea.

 

[makam]

Yeah, I didn’t get that leap. Like, she did way harder jumps but that was just phoned in.

Would that sideways jump count under the new rules? Like you have to hit the position before initiating the turn/rotation, right? (did they get rid of that since it seems like it is impossible?)

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Mmm, that seemed like a bizarre choice. Jarring, in the context of the rest of a beautiful exercise.

Thanks for the full scores @Bananna!

 

[Bananna]

Junior Women Results

All Around
:1st_place_medal: Ruby Evans, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 49.900
:2nd_place_medal: Jea Maracha, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 49.700
:3rd_place_medal: Poppy-Grace Stickler, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 49.000
4. Dixie Lindsay, Tolwarth, 48.950
5. Mali Morgan, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 48.750
6. Veronika Kritski, Plymouth Swallows, 48.600
7. Mercedes Moore, Leeds, 48.350
8. Madeleine Dodd, Heathrow, 48.300

Vault
:1st_place_medal: Poppy-Grace Stickler, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 13.250 (V1: 4.6, 8.950, V2: 4.00, 8.950)
:2nd_place_medal: Mercedes Moore, Leeds, 13.250 (V1: 4.6, 9.000, V2: 4.100, 8.800)
:3rd_place_medal: Ruby Evans, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 13.200 (V1: 4.6, 8.850, V2: 4.00, 8.950)

Uneven Bars
:1st_place_medal: Jea Maracha, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 13.050 (4.4, 8.150 Bonus: 0.5)
:2nd_place_medal: Tommera Hendricks, Europa, 12.250 (4.6, 7.150 Bonus: 0.5)
:3rd_place_medal: Charlotte Cassidy, South Essex, 12.200 (4.4, 7.300 Bonus: 0.5)

Balance Beam
:1st_place_medal: Mali Morgan, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 13.150 (5.1, 8.050)
:2nd_place_medal: Mabelle Dawson, Park Wrekin, 13.100 (4.8, 8.300)
:3rd_place_medal: Ruby Evans, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 12.900 (4.7, 8.200)

Floor Exercise
:1st_place_medal: Poppy-Grace Stickler, Clwb Cymru Caerdydd, 12.400 (4.7, 7.700)
:2nd_place_medal: Madeleine Marshall, Tolwarth, 12.150 (4.1, 7.850 Bonus: 0.2)
:3rd_place_medal: Mercedes Moore, Leeds, 12.100 (4.4, 7.500, Bonus: 0.2)

 

[Doug1233]

I’m finding it slightly concerning that our best juniors aren’t even hitting a 50.0. And only one senior (Odine) got a 50+.

Is WAG GB worried about this?

Beam seems to be on a good track. Bars and floor, less so.

 

[Gymfan93]

The seniors were not much better. Those top two AA junior scores would have come second and third in the senior comp. One injury in the top senior girls would be a disaster.

 

[irichluck21]

I love the name Poppy-Grace Stickler!!!

 

[makam]

I’m finding it slightly concerning that our best juniors aren’t even hitting a 50.0. And only one senior (Odine) got a 50+.

Only 4 juniors got over 50 at the Junior Pan Am games (3 US and 1 CAN). So they aren’t too far from other Juniors in the world. Now the seniors… BG is going to be working off the backs of the Gadirovas for the next few years, hoping they stay healthy.