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BRENTWOOD
OPEN The
Brentwood Open competition is the first competition of the season since
the summer break. It’s
used by most as a warm up for the regional grading next month.
But this time we had most people either competing for the first
time with the club, or gaining further competition experience. At
regional D Lizzie Mercer was trying out some new routines for using at
the grading next month. She
has been concentrating on improving her form marks.
Overall her routines worked really well, unfortunately an extra
bounce at the end of her set routine lost her some crucial marks and she
finished in 10th place overall.
But she should improve upon this at the grading next month. At
regional G Morgan Gregory was competing today for the first time since
joining the club. He had a
little trouble remember the routines, and missed a move out of his
voluntary routine. Fortunately
he realised this and added it in at the end of the routine, so this
didn’t affect his scores. Finishing
in 4th place, he narrowly missed out on a medal.
Amy Hall did some lovely routines; she just needs to gain some
extra height in her bouncing to further improve her marks.
She finished in 6th place.
Hattie Fields was very nervous about today, as this is only her
second time competing. Despite
this she got through both her routines, and when she relaxes more her
marks will no doubt improve. She
finished in 9th place. Becca
Shepherd did some fantastic routines during her warm-ups, but typically
when it mattered it didn’t go according to plan.
The back landing was rushed so this left her unbalanced for the
somersault at the end of the routine, however her voluntary routine went
much better and she gained some really good marks.
But due to the damage done in her first routine, she finished in
9th place overall.
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