Once again we are delighted to be celebrating the success of our two gymnastics teams who competed in the Floor and Vault Schools National Finals. This is an extremely prestigious competition and GBHS qualified to compete in categories that are of an extremely high standard and that we haven’t got through to before.

The U19 Girls team competed on Sunday morning and were outstanding. All gymnasts performed with grace and elegance and scored well. With top scores on the Vault of 15.30 from Amelie S and some great scores on floor. All gymnasts contributed to the team finishing 5^th in the country which is an outstanding achievement and the highest we have placed in this category in GBHS history.

A massive well done to the U19 Girls Team, Layla D, Francessca D, Amelie S, Naiha K and Sophia W.

The U14 Girls team competed later on Sunday afternoon, again an extremely prestigious and difficult competition with some well known schools all competing and scoring highly.

The U14 Girls started their competition with brilliant vaults from all the gymnasts, with the top score being 15.45 from Emily B who captained the team with class and encouragement for all of her teammates. They then went onto the floor routines where, with great expressions throughout their routines, they performed skills effortlessly, gaining strong and high scores, with the top score being 15.05 from Freya P.

The team made GBHS history by placing 3^rd in Great Britian in the U14 Girls category, a category we haven’t made it through to before now. It was so lovely to see all of the girls cheering each other on throughout their routines and was a display of a real team performance. They were also complemented by the judges at the end on how excellent their skills were performed.

A huge well done to the U14 Girls Team, Emily B, Florence B, Aaliyah P, Freya P and Poppy P.

"Overall, an outstanding weekend and incredible results for our gymnastics squads this year. I am extremely proud of all of the work they have put in throughout the last couple of years to build to reach the top categories and places in these National Schools Gymnastics Competition and myself and Miss Freeman are delighted to have supported both U14 and U19 Girls team to these successful positions."

Miss S Smith