This year’s English Championships, a preliminary competition before British Championships, will be held this weekend with many of those in consideration for the 2016 Olympic team expected to attend.
This includes new senior Catherine Lyons, who hasn’t competed since last year’s British Championships due to injury. Lyons nearly swept that meet, with the top scores everywhere but bars, though her difficulty was still quite low and it’s unclear whether she’s been able to upgrade since. She’s hoping to make an especially big impression on beam, her strongest event and a real standout when she hits.
Nearly all members of the team that won historic bronze at the 2015 World Championships will also compete, including Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm, Amy Tinkler, and alternate Charlie Fellows. Ellie Downie, originally supposed to compete at Stuttgart, has scratched from that meet so won’t be at either Stuttgart nor English Championships this weekend.
In addition, Gabby Jupp and Tyesha Mattis are using this competition as they come back from injuries, while new seniors Teal Grindle, Phoebe Turner, and Abigail Solari will appear as well. Georgina Hockenhull of Wales will also compete as a guest. Rebecca Tunney was meant to compete, but will replace Downie at Stuttgart instead.
On the junior side, Alice Kinsella, Taeja James, and Ellesse Oates, all of whom just returned from International Gymnix, will compete alongside their Gymnix teammate Maisie Methuen, who will appear as a guest alongside her Welsh teammates Jolie Ruckley and Latalia Bevan, both of whom withdrew from Gymnix due to injury. Also competing as a guest is the Scottish gymnast Louise McColgan, who missed out on Scottish Championships in February due to injury.
A full list of competitors is below. The senior women will compete in two sessions on Saturday while the juniors compete in two sessions on Sunday. The competition will be held at Sir David Wallace Hall at Loughborough University in Loughborough, England. For more information, visit our coverage guide.
Senior PM Group
| Victoria Ashworth, Bristol Danielle Barnes, Dynamo Claudia Chmielowska, East London Georgina Clements, Park Wrekin Jessica Coombs, Notts Chelsea Court, City of Bristol Maisie Dodds, The Academy Becky Downie, Notts Charlie Fellows, City of Liverpool Georgia-Mae Fenton, East London Claudia Fragapane, Bristol Hawks Teal Grindle, Sapphire Ellie Haberfield, The Academy Olivia Hanby, Europa Ruby Harrold, The Academy |
Madelaine Hart, Heathrow Polly Hitchings, Heathrow Georgina Hockenhull, Park Wrekin Gabby Jupp, Sapphire Aisa Kajouk, East London Catherine Lyons, Europa Tyesha Mattis, East London Rebecca Moore, Cymru Caerdydd Polina Poliakova, Pipers Vale Lavinia Raymund-Jayadev, Park Wrekin Kelly Simm, Dynamo Abigail Solari, The Academy Jade Stedford, City of Liverpool Amy Tinkler, South Durham Phoebe Turner, The Academy |
Senior AM Group
| Emma Adams, Gymstars Tilly Allen, Huntingdon Olympic Megan Bramley, Gymmagic Abigail Brooker, Uckfield Emily Cantwell, Rushmoor Caitlin Dyer, Waveney Eden Edwards, City of Birmingham Rachelle Flambard, Regent Laura Glover, The Norfolk Academy Emily Goss, Portsmouth Centre Sophie Greaves Brayne, Vernon Park Georgina Harris, City of Manchester Grace Harrison, Loughborough Kara Heaton, Warrington Carmen Horvat, Loughborough Ella-Mae Jones, Kettering Olympic |
Taylor Langmead, Falcons Jade Lewis, City of London Katie Meadow, Southport YMCA Caprice Miloro, Loughborough Georgina Moors, Uckfield Lucy Moxham, Marriotts Jemma Naylor, Vernon Park Noemi Seminara, Harrow Lottie Smith, Huntingdon Olympic Manaalee Trivedi, Harrow Carrie Walker, Abingdon Bree Warren, Baskerville India Weller, Abingdon Rebecca Whatmore, Loughborough Maddy Young, Spiral |
Junior PM Group
| Tia Andrews, Heathrow Alissia Barlow, City of Birmingham Laura Beasley, Park Wrekin Latalia Bevan, Cymru Caerdydd Anna Bradescu, Tolworth Chiara Bunce, Heathrow Ellie Burgess, The Academy Courtney Burton, South Durham Jessica Castles, Pinewood Ellee Cheetham, City of Liverpool Lana Chilton, City of Newcastle Ellie Clements, The Academy Ellen Donaldson, Slough Rachel Fraser, City of Birmingham Daisy Gamble, Bury Olivia Hackney, Notts Jasmine Harkin, Liberty Sophie Heeney, City of Newcastle Isobel Hilliard, Leatherhead & Dorking Lucy Hipperson, The Academy Taeja James, City of Birmingham |
Laura Kaletha, Notts Alice Kinsella, Park Wrekin Dena Kirk, South Durham Amelia Knight, The Academy Louise McColgan, Largs Maisie Methuen, Cymru Caerdydd Amelia Montague, Tolworth Kelsey Ann Moore, City of Liverpool Sophie Newbury, City of Liverpool Phoebe Nicholls, Park Wrekin Ellesse Oates, Park Wrekin Megan Parker, City of Birmingham Freya Roberts, Heathrow Leah Rockett, South Durham Jolie Ruckley, Cymru Caerdydd India Sale, Heathrow Sophie Scott, Leatherhead & Dorking Zoe Simmons, The Academy Lucy Stanhope, City of Liverpool Emily Thomas, Cymru Caerdydd Olivia Williams, City of Liverpool |
Junior AM Group
| Annabel Agba, Pegasus Tayah Askham, Dynamo Teegan Barnes, Huntingdon Olympic Lauren Billingham, Leeds Megan Bridge, Gymmagic Carly Briggs, Warrington Safiya Briscoe-Francis, City of London Parris Bryan, Uckfield Louise Conlon, Uttoxeter Laura Cooke, The Norfolk Academy Jessica Daykin, Wiltshire Robyn Ellison, Wiltshire Olivia Essex, Dynamo Alisha Evanson, Sandbach Emily Gibson, Europa Tomique Gibson, Harrow Sophie Goodman, South Essex Maya-lily Grant, Marriotts Eleanor Green, Tameside Josie Griffiths, Pegasus Tilly Hedges, Sapphire Jenai Jeremy, Bristol |
Lauren Jones, Vernon Park Georgia Kilgallon, Sandbach Amy Layzell, Dynamo Maisie Lloyd-Jones, Portsmouth Centre Erika Magpantay, Marriotts Leah Mitchell, Dynamo Abigail Morris, City of Manchester Megan Morris, Huntingdon Olympic Nemiah Munir, Sapphire Taran Pledger, Waveney Alyleana Rahim, Sapphire Ella Ross-Jessop, Ladywell Emily Sly, Rushmoor Thalia Spence, Tameside Megan Splain, Sapphire Amy Sturgeon, Davesnastic Christine Tse, Wyre Forest Jessica Wells, Dynamo Naomi Wright, Kettering Olympic Yoana Yankova, Hinckley Summer Yeates, Portsmouth Centre |
Article by Lauren Hopkins
The Gymternet 
The lists aren’t accurate unfortunately, as there are a lot of seniors out injured, as well as a couple of juniors.
Ellie has also been replaced by Becky Tunney for the Stuttgart World Cup.
I have some injury updates and the new start list (which still isn’t quite right) up on the blog here
http://britishgymnewstics.com/2016/03/15/injury-updates-schedule-and-start-lists-english-championships-2016/
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Thanks! I figured there were changes as there always tend to be…I know when I put up the list last year there were a bunch of girls out but I just go by whatever’s “official” even if it’s not exactly right! So thank you, I’ll look this over and make changes!
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You’re welcome, the original list was from mid February so I can under there would be changes. What was slightly odd was when the final list came out yesterday, and although some gymnasts were removed, others weren’t who are definitely not competing!
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Hahaha…OOF. Yeah, I waited until this week specifically to avoid that! I’ll just go off of you 🙂
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Hi Lauren. Any idea why Lisa Mason is not in the list? Isshe injured? Has she retired?
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