Amelie Morgan, Kelly Simm, Claudia Fragapane, Phoebe Jakubczyk, Maisie Methuen, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Gabby Jupp, Ellie Downie, and Emily Thomas
This year’s English Championship will see hundreds of the best gymnasts in the country come together this weekend, including world and Olympic medalists competing for the first time in 2019.
The senior women’s event will see the return of 2017 world medalist Claudia Fragapane, who has been out since last year’s English Championships after rupturing her Achilles. Fragapane recently attended the Euros selection camp, and hopes that her performance there coupled with what she does this weekend will be enough to get her on the team headed to Szczecin, with the Euros team being named March 6.
Other notable seniors competing include Olympic Games, world championships, and European championships team members Ellie Downie, Gabby Jupp, Kelly Simm, Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Taeja James, while three-time 2018 Youth Olympic Games medalist Amelie Morgan will make her senior debut in Ilford, as will her teammate Phoebe Jakubczyk, who finished fifth all-around at junior Euros last year. All but James were part of last week’s Euros squad camp, as were Welsh gymnasts Emily Thomas and Maisie Methuen, who were first and second in the all-around at last weekend’s Welsh Championships, though they won’t compete here.
Also competing here are the three Heathrow international gymnasts, Danusia Francis of Jamaica, Chiara Bunce of Slovakia, and Jessica Castles of Sweden. The trio all competed at world championships in Doha last year, and they’ll continue going forward in the hopes of qualifying to next year’s Olympic Games, and while they can’t officially compete as English gymnasts, they’ll all be able to use this meet for experience as guest competitors with their club.
In the junior field, keep your eyes on girls like Hallie Hilton, Annie Young, and Ondine Achampong, all of whom flew somewhat under the radar last year, but will now be the ones to watch now that Morgan and Jakubczyk have graduated to the senior ranks.
As for the senior men, two-time Olympic champion Max Whitlock headlines the field which also includes 2012 Olympic medalist Sam Oldham, 2015 world medalist Brinn Bevan, 2018 European floor champion Dominick Cunningham, 2018 Euros medalist Joe Fraser, and three-time Commonwealth Games medalist Frank Baines of Scotland, who will compete as a guest here.
Nile Wilson was also originally on the roster here, but a recent surgery has forced him to withdraw both here and at the upcoming Birmingham World Cup.
We’ll also see the former junior standout Giarnni Regini-Moran here after returning to competition at a couple of international meets following several injuries, and we’ll get glimpses of some international guests in Adam Steele of Ireland, Reiss Beckford of Jamaica, and Tommy Nicolaou, now of Cyprus after a recent change-of-nationality filing with the FIG.
A full list of competitors is below. On Friday, the espoir women will compete, as will the youth men in the 14 and under group, Saturday will see the senior men and women in competition alongside the junior men in the 18 and under group, and on Sunday, the junior women will compete, as will the men in the junior 16 and under and youth 12 and under groups.
| SENIORS | |
| Cameron Aird, Regent Frank Baines, Southport* Emil Barber, Swansea* Reiss Beckford, South Essex* Brinn Bevan, South Essex Dominic Bigsby, Pipers Vale Lorenzo Carrozzo, Woking Joe Cemlyn-Jones, Falcons Miki Chu, Loughborough Nathan Comber, Huntingdon Olympic Josh Cook, YMCA Barry* Elliott Cooper, Manchester Dominick Cunningham, Birmingham Josh Gallagher, Swansea* Gabriel Hannah, Loughborough Thomas Hassell, Basingstoke James Hodgson, Notts Daniel Lee, Loughborough Jamie Lewis, Woking Timothy McCarthy, Woking Thomas Morley, Notts Patrick Murphy, Huntingdon Olympic* Joshua Nathan, Birmingham Tommy Nicolaou, South Essex Bradley Nuttall, Manchester Michael O’Neill, Heathrow* Sam Oldham, Notts Donell Osbourne, Birmingham Ryan Owen, Falcons Owen Print, Rugby Giarnni Regini-Moran, Europa Maxwell Robertson, Loughborough Harry Ross, Newcastle Thomas Settle, Loughborough Hayden Skinner, South Essex Adam Steele, Pipers Vale Jay Thompson, South Essex Isaac Vango, Notts Max Whitlock, South Essex |
Tegan Abel, Colchester Jess Adamson, Warrington Annabel Agba, East London Louise Akers, Diamonds Tilly Allen, Huntingdon Olympic Emmeline Anghileri, Tolworth* Victoria Ashworth, Bristol School Tayah Askham, Dynamo Teegan Barnes, Huntingdon Olympic Jade Bennett, OLGA Poole Lauren Billingham, Leeds Megan Bramley, Gymmagic Megan Bridge, Gymmagic Hollie Brimble, Liberty Amy Briscoe, Park Wrekin Chiara Bunce, Heathrow* Ellie Burgess, The Academy Emily Burke, Dynamo Emily Cantwell, Rushmoor Jessica Castles, Heathrow* Ellie Cheetham, Manchester Lana Chilton, Newcastle Ellie Clements, The Academy Harriet Clifford, Colchester Nicole Coman, Park Wrekin* Laura Cooke, Norfolk Academy Hallie Copperwheat, Sapphire Holly Curran, Basingstoke Thea Dane, Notts Jessica Daykin, Wiltshire Nina Deery, Sheffield Workshop Georgia Dilley, Huntingdon Olympic Ellie Downie, Notts Olivia Essex, Dynamo Rebecca Evens, London Maisie Faughey, Bury Georgia-Mae Fenton, East London Caitlyn Firth, The Meapa Rachelle Flambard, Regent* Claudia Fragapane, Bristol Hawks Danusia Francis, Heathrow* Sophie Goodman, South Essex Emily Gibson, Greenwich Royals Tomique Gibson, South Essex Eleanor Green, Tameside Jasmine Greenwood, Preston Rochelle Hamilton-Kendall, Exeter Tilly Hedges, Sapphire Izzy Hilliard, Leatherhead & Dorking Sophie Hobbs Simpson, Liberty Phoebe Jakubczyk, The Academy Taeja James, Birmingham Lauren Jones, Warrington Gabby Jupp, Sapphire Alice Kinsella, Park Wrekin Amelia Knight, The Academy Maisie Lloyd-Jones, Portsmouth Heather MacInnes, Marriotts Synnove MacPherson, Manchester Martha Marsh, Norfolk Academy Lauren Matthews, Sapphire Katie Meadow, Southport Eleanor Mills, Tameside Amelie Morgan, The Academy Jasmine Morton, Colchester Emily Pike, Coalville Harriet Price, Park Wrekin Isabelle Prinsep, Dynamo Alyieana Rahim, Sapphire Amelia Richards, Bury Spectrum Desnee Richter, Leeds* Lucy Robinson, Bury Spectrum Leah Rockett, South Durham Mia Scott, South Durham Jessica Seager, Newcastle Lydia Sellen, Berkhamsted Takara Sides, Huntingdon Olympic Kelly Simm, Dynamo Molly Simmons, Carousel Zoe Simmons, The Academy Lottie Smith, Notts Thalia Spence, Tameside Megan Splain, Pinewood Gypsy Squires, Sapphire Ellie Telford, Colchester Naomi Tella, Marriotts Chloee Tomlin, Carousel Abigail Virgo, Sheffield Workshop Sophia Waller, London Isla Warr, Park Wrekin* Jana Weisserova, Worcester* Zippy Wells Dion, Norwich Elizabeth Williams, Southport Olivia Williams, Liverpool Teri Williams, Garstang Courtney Wood, Retford Yoana Yankova, Hinckley |
| JUNIORS | |
| Anton Adewale, Pegasus Jaydon Attygalle, Tolworth Josh Baldwin, Bulmershe Raekwon Baptiste, Notts Liam Beard, Swansea* Clayton Bell, Rugby Matthew Boardman, Notts Jamie Brennan, Harrow Henry Brooker, Bristol Hawks Luca Bruneli, Heathrow Elliot Bullen, Swallows of Helston Laurence Butler, Woking Benjamin Chirodian, Norwich Ryan Cirino, Huntingdon Olympic Felix Coomber, Portsmouth Euan Cox, Pegasus Colton Dudley, Heathrow Finlay Dunne, Manchester Blake Eldridge, Harrow Korben Fellows, Birmingham Christian Fuoco, Woking Samurai Gayle, Harrow Samuel Ghinn, Pegasus Oscar Harper, Swansea* Harry Harrod, Hawth Jack Helps, Portsmouth Mitchell Henshaw, Hinckley Harry Hepworth, Leeds Sebastian Herbert, Basingstoke Harrison Hoad, Europa George Honnor, Falcons Niall Hooton, Huntingdon Olympic Zion Hunt, Tolworth Ekraj Ingale, Fromeside Jake Jarman, Huntingdon Olympic Jake Johnson, Leeds Thomas Jones, Rugby Liam Jury, Notts Issa Soul Kalfon, Basingstoke* Tom Killick, Hawth Harrison Langridge, South Essex Alex Lester, Hinckley Daniel Lisney, Colchester Nathanael Lockett, Manchester Jacob Mairs-McKenzie, Manchester Thomas Malpass, Bury Spectrum Matthew McClymont, Tolworth Conor McGrath, Notts* James Miller, Woking Daniel Mock, Falcons Finlay Morgan, Bulmershe Rudi Moriano, Woking Luke Morrison, Pipers Vale Sam Mostowfi, Pegasus Frederick Nelson, Newcastle Joshua Papworth, Huntingdon Olympic James Puddy, Fromeside Thomas Rawcliffe, Manchester Dinesh Raymund-Jayadev, Park Wrekin Michael Ridgway, Marriotts Kasey Rising, Tolworth Remell Robinson-Bailey, Earls Nicholas Rodrigues, Basingstoke Charlie Rose, Woking George Ross, Newcastle Kurtis Rutter, Newcastle Musa Siddiqi, Bulmershe Benjamin Smith, Hinckley Jasper Smith-Gordon, Woking Oliver Snook, Baskerville Harley Spann, Manchester Jack Stanley, Leeds Caleb Stephenson, Heathrow Toby Stevens, Norwich Adam Tobin, Falcons Nathan Todosijczuk, Manchester Simon Toussaint, Leeds Douglas Turnbull, South Essex Joshua Underwood, South Essex James West, Bulmershe Luke Whitehouse, Leeds Harvey Williams, Heathrow Joshua Windebank, Portsmouth Victor Yeo, Exeter |
Ondine Achampong, Sapphire Elise Adeyemo, South Essex Mya Amede, London Ellen Armstrong, Liverpool Akielah Ashman-Howe, Greenwich Royals Emma Atkin, Norfolk Academy Shannon Baker, The Meapa Anna Bambrook, Tamworth Olympic Natasha Barrass, Newcastle Rosie Bayliss, Greenwich Royals Saffron Belfon, Aylesbury Emilyse Birch, Huntingdon Olympic Elise Blissett, Dynamo Ally Booker, Sheffield Workshop Jessica Boulia, East London Anna Bridge, Portsmouth Sophia Cabrera, Birmingham Isabel Camilleri, Manchester Daisy Fae Chesters, Manchester Karena Child, Colchester Lydia-May Collins, South Durham Gabriella Connolly, Berkhamsted Amanda Cook, Pegasus Evie Dixon, Newcastle Sydney Dowd, London Abigail Duckworth, Gymmagic Emily Edge, Bristol Hawks Amelie Froggatt, The Wire Jennifer Gadirova, Aylesbury Jessica Gadirova, Aylesbury Tess Gamble, Bury Ellie Gargett, South Essex Ellie Mai Gibson, Preston Harriet Gibson, South Durham Shanna-Kae Grant, Leeds Leah Greenland, South Durham Kerry Hegarty, Pipers Vale Summer Hill, Notts Halle Hilton, South Essex Amira Hojeij, Tolworth Tamzin Hughes, Park Wrekin Siena Hunt, London Anastasia Iacopini, Manchester Katie Lily Jones, The Academy Madison Jurkowski, Coalville Alice Knights, Hinckley Ramiyah Kofi, Notts Ellie Mae Kondratowicz, Liberty Isabelle Lamb, Leatherhead & Dorking Yasmin Lane, Newcastle Melodie Larvor, Kettering Olympic Sydney Lawler, Rushmoor Alia Leat, Heathrow Annalise Lee, The Wire Isla Lees, Robin Hood Montana Leith-Mulley, Birmingham Lucy Lewis, Birmingham Alexandra Mace, Garstang China Mattis, London Amber McCarthy, Marriotts Leticia McCready, Park Wrekin Evie McGill, Newcastle India McIntosh, Robin Hood Abby Meadow, Appley Bridge Sofia Meadows, Birmingham Rebecca Melling, Witham Hill Teegan Milligan, South Essex Charlotte Moralee, South Durham Liliana Moring, Sapphire Poppy Morrison, The Meapa Ciara Mottram, Southport Lexie-Mae Neal, Abingdon Laura Nelson, Newcastle Abbie Ogden, Garstang Maija Ojere, East London Mayalee Osola, Bristol Hawks Nikita Peprah, Appley Bridge Maria Pereira, London Olivia Phillips, Basingstoke Mia Perryment, Basingstoke Brogan Prescott, The Wire Roxanne Price, Bristol Hawks Rhianna Pyne, Kettering Olympic Maya Raja, Basingstoke Clara Rimini, Sapphire Alicia Roberts, Uttoexeter Madeleine Roberts, Greenwich Royals Poppy Robinson, Hinckley Abigail Roper, Pipers Vale Emily Roper, Pipers Vale Honor Rouse, South Durham Hayley Rushton, Wolverhampton Kitty Scholes-Pryce, Park Wrekin Caitlin Seaby, Marriotts Ellen Shaw, Garstang Amy Shorrock, Preston Lauren Sims, Warrington Lili-Mae Snuggs, Aylesbury Maisie Squire, Pipers Vale Ruby Stacey, Plymouth Swallows Leah Stinson, Rugby Isabelle Stockwell, The Meapa Alice Sumners, The Academy Caitlyn Sutherland, Uttoexeter Katie Swann, Warrington Lucy Swann, Warrington Keira Thornton, Gymmagic Lara Thornton, Phoenix Emily Todd, The Academy Ella Tomlin, Dolphina Chrystal Touch, The Meapa Shannon Townsend, Wade Charlie Turner, Leeds Shania Wagstaff, Park Wrekin Martha Waugh, Uttoexeter Zoe Wear, Newcastle Isabella Wheeldon, Park Wrekin Poppy Whelehan, Phoenix Jasmine Whitaker, Robin Hood Paris White, Wolverhampton Poppy Whitford, Abingdon Annie Young, Norfolk Academy |
| ESPOIRS/YOUTH | |
| Tobias Achampong, Sapphire George Ainley, Tolworth Faris Akhtar, Portsmouth Kamani Alcott, Bristol Hawks Christian Amison, Basingstoke Sebastian Aquilina, Fromeside Zion Aserie, Birmingham George Atkins, South Essex Joe-Lewis Back, Dynamo Orestis Bacon, Manchester Jayden Bains, Europa Chase Baker, Pegasus Theo Baker, South Essex Lloyd Ball, Newcastle Oakley Banks, Pegasus Alexei Baranov, Europa Cameron Barnes, Milton Keynes Mounir Bennadi, Heathrow Joshua Binns, Bury Lucas Bowen, Notts Eric Breslin, Milton Keynes Trumaine Brown, Birmingham Freddie Butchers, Bristol Hawks Alfie Byers, Hawth James Carmichael, Portsmouth Jasper Carminger, Hawth Linus Carminger, Hawth Alexander Cash, Notts Christopher Chan, Tolworth Ethan Clark, Milton Keynes Rory Clarke, Harrow Daniel Cockx, Manchester Oliver Condon, Europa Thomas Coppen, Newcastle Euan Courtney, Fromeside* Owen Craig, Manchester Charlie Cross, Heathrow Danny Crouch, South Essex Zeus Dadwal-Weekes, Heathrow Sean Dalton, South Essex Brodie Davis, Pipers Vale Ivanalexander Donchev, Woking Ellis Down, Basingstoke Trigg Dudley, Heathrow Finnley Dunning, South Essex Harry Eckersall, Bulmershe Luke Everett, Basingstoke Noah Farnsworth, Notts Zakaine Fawzi-McCaffrey, Notts Joseph Feery, Bury Charlie Firth, Bury Joseph Fisher, Hinckley Norah Ford, Bristol Hawks Pacey Foster, Heathrow Jay Franklin, Bristol Hawks Santo Fuoco, Woking Max Gardner, Rugby James Gilluley, Manchester Oliver Glanville, Fromeside Michael Goddard, Leeds Max Goodwin, Europa Scott Gordon-Menzies, Tolworth Rocco Grech, Manchester Luca Hammond, Pipers Vale Ethan Handley, Manchester Charlie Harvey-Lloyd, Pipers Vale Callum Haywood, Notts Loui Heap, Manchester Alfie Heard, Notts Harlan Hill, Pipers Vale Finley Homfray-Cooper, Marriotts Calum Honey, Bristol Hawks Maison Hopkins, Bury Joel Ireland, Woking Marty Jackson, Notts William Jefcoate-Scholes, Portsmouth Jamaal Kashim, Woking Petar Kavaldzhiev, Tolworth Max Kendall, Bulmershe Kian Keogh, Notts Brandon King, Notts James Kirk, Earls Jack Knowles, Bury Judah-David Kofi, Notts Jamie Lakin, Tolworth Tyler Lane, Newcastle James Langridge, South Essex Gabriel Langton, Birmingham Daniel Leighton-Scott, Pipers Vale Isaiah Lewis-Powell, Portsmouth Ka’Mari-Starr Lock, Exeter Ibrahim Makechemu, Earls Thomas Makhan, South Essex Jack Dexter Males, Park Wrekin Luke Marsh, Rugby Finlay Matthews, Retford Benjamin McBain, Park Wrekin Alf McCullough, Bristol Hawks Evan McPhillips, Bury Woody Melbourne, Tolworth Christian Mobsby, Rugby Alex Morris, Leeds Lucas Morris, Manchester Benjamin Neville, Bulmershe Harry Nicholson, Manchester Ellis Niles, Heathrow Harry Norman, Notts Thomas O’Connor, Woking Louis O’Keeffe, Notts Sarp Orbay, Woking Nile Oyenekan, Harrow Luke Paterson, Pipers Vale Thomas Payne, Fromeside Dexter Pedder, Pegasus James Philip, Marriotts T’Khai Phillips, Europa Thomas Phythian, Manchester Owen Pickard, Marriotts Joshua Porter, Woking Oliver Porter, Woking Thomas Powell, Tolworth Winston Powell, Birmingham Evan Quickfall-Briggs, Retford Sebastian Ramirez Capes, Retford Ricco Regini-Moran, Pegasus Jamiah Richards-Leacock, Manchester Luca Robinson, Newcastle Kieran Rockett, Harrow Jonas Rushworth, Leeds Jacob Ryan, Manchester Tylar Sandy, South Essex William Schmitz, Fromeside Sol Scott, Huntingdon Olympic Edmund Seaborne, Pipers Vale Harry Sedgwick, Tolworth Amoz Setio, Hawth Bradley Sivewright, Hinckley Jed Solomon, Manchester Ronnie Staton, Retford Niall Storer, Notts Connor Sullivan, Portsmouth Charlie Swarbrook, Newcastle Dylan Taylor-Walton, Rugby Hayden Taylor-Walton, Rugby Elliot Vernon, Leeds Joseph Waller, South Essex Wai-Lot Wan, Hinckley Patrick Watkinson, Leeds Harry White, Colchester Ben Williams, Basingstoke Xandon Williams, Manchester Dylan Yang, Sapphire |
Ayesha Abdullahi, Appley Bridge Amelie Attwood, The Meapa Felicity Ayres, Falcons Sacha Bailey, Uttoxeter Zadie Berkin-Evans, Robin Hood Anaïs Bexley, Greenwich Royals Paige Brissett, Retford Darcy Butler, Europa Martha Cairns, Garstang Paige Carder, Aylesbury Charlotte Cassidy, South Essex Olivia Cham, Dronfield Alina Ciausu, Norfolk Academy* Sarah Coker, South Essex Jayda Cole, Slough Amy Cook, Rushmoor Maisie Cooke, Newcastle Alexandra Coulthard, Tameside Eleanor Cox, Heathrow Grace Davies, Notts Lily Davis, Plymouth Swallows Mabelle Dawson, Manchester Grace Dickinson, Preston Madeleine Dodd, Leatherhead & Dorking Ruby Doherty, The Wire Kaya Doyle, Wycombe Hannah Elliott, Newcastle Mia Evans, Park Wrekin* Allegra Ezekwugo, Tolworth Shahana Francis, Greenwich Royals Rio Gawne-Cain, Dynamo Leyla Gellan, Gymmagic Emma Glasspool, Dynamo Sophie Golding, Southport Evie Goodbold, Gymmagic Sienna Goodwin, South Essex Isobel Gosling, South Durham Martha Green, Wiltshire Ellen Groves, Wolverhampton Hermione Hammond, Tamworth Olympic Olivia Harper, Warrington Madeleine Harris, Uttoxeter Summer Harris, Portsmouth Daisy Hart, Heathrow Tommera Hendricks, Europa Mollie Hewison, Birmingham Beatrice Hill, Notts Kitty Hitchens, Abingdon Kate Hobbs, Bristol Hawks Jane Howard, Diamonds Jessica Hudgell, The Meapa Fern Hughes, The Academy Willow Hughes, The Academy Alexie Hunt, Bristol Hawks Rebecca James, Bristol Hawks Sofia Johnson, Birmingham Lauren Jones, Park Wrekin* Kirsten Jonker, Portsmouth Evelyn Rose Kilikita, Warrington Veronika Kritski, Plymouth Swallows* Bethan Light, Dynamo Dixie Lindsay, Tolworth Elisha-Grace Mansell, Plymouth Swallows Violet Manser, South Essex Isabelle Mardle, Norfolk Academy Katie Marsh, Birmingham Olivia Marsh, Warrington Madeleine Marshall, Mayfield Keara Massengo-Fouani, Park Wrekin Sienna McCormack, Birmingham Casey McEnteggart, Europa Millie McGuire, Tameside Diaz McKenzie, Birmingham Molly McNaugher, Dynamo Elsie Millership, Retford Mercedes Moore, South Durham Madison Morgan, The Academy Paige Moroney, South Essex Zoe Mottram, Southport Lexie Mullins, Portsmouth Summer Nolan, Greenwich Royals Jessica O’Brien, Southport Sophie O’Flaherty, Sapphire Niambh O’Shea, Europa Madison Ockerby, Leeds Rhianna Oldfield, Gymmagic Mya Patel, Pipers Vale Saraya Pearce, Stoke Ellie Petroiu, South Essex Ellie Potts, South Durham Kacey Pratley, The Academy Zoe Prescott, Liverpool Evie Price, Birmingham Renee Pullin, Manchester Lacey Quinn, Sandbach Annabel Ramsay, Wade Leasha Ravenscroft, Robin Hood Leda Hanna Rehus, Norfolk Academy* Ella Robinson, SA Kiera Robinson, London Sofia Saporita, Robin Hood Anais Saunders, Portsmouth Annabel Shaw, Park Wrekin Maggie May Shepherd, South Essex Georgie Slack, Uttoxeter Abigail Smith, Appley Bridge Lara Speers, The Wire Jamie-Leigh Surtees, Newcastle Molly Symonds, Dynamo Lilli-Clo Thorp-Richens, Aylesbury Isabel Turnbull, Newcastle Lola Rose Voss, Aylesbury Isla Weir, Marriotts Sophie Westwood, Newcastle Emma Wilkinson, South Essex Poppy Wilkinson, Leeds Gabriella Williams, Park Wrekin* Mia Wilson, Bristol Hawks Lexi Wood, The Wire Tilly Wright, Robin Hood |
*Guest competitor
Article by Lauren Hopkins
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