Regional Challenge Cup Qualifier 1- Harlow

17th November 2024

Back Row (from left) : Alice C, Hollie, Jenson, Scarlett, Robyn, Oriana

Front Row (from left) : Lilly, Lily, Alice J, Millie

On Sunday 17th November, thirteen Hi-Tension Trampoline Club gymnasts competed at the first British Gymnastics Club and Regional Qualifier of the 2025 season in Harlow. Solid performances saw them come away with one individual silver and two individual bronze medals and one team gold medal. Ten of them also qualified for the Regional Finals, to be held in Harlow at the end of March 2025.

Jenson Silk won the silver medal in the Regional 1 Men’s 13-14 category with a total score of 77.35. In the Regional 2 Women’s 15+ category, Hollie Cochrane won the bronze medal with a total score of 78.49. In the Regional 1 Women’s 13-17 category, Scarlett Beck claimed the bronze medal with a total score of 75.42 in a field of 35 competitors.

A team consisting of Robyn Jenkins, Alice Johns and Lilly Pewter won the gold medal in the Club 3 Women’s 11-12 category.

The second regional qualifier is taking place at Colchester Leisure World on Sunday 2 March.

Other results: Regional 4 Women 17+: Alice Chatters, 8th, 79.98; Elise Mills-Smith, 11th, 77.44.  Regional 3 Women 15+: Katarina Jones, 4th, 81.64.  Regional 2 Women 15+: Oriana Mpanzu, 13th, 72.12.  Regional 1 Women 13-17: Kristina Reid, 35th, 51.35.  Regional 1 Women 11-12: Millie Ford, 7th, 72.46.  Club 3 Women 11-12: Alice Johns, 9th, 48.85; Robyn Jenkins, 10th, 48.75; Lilly Pewter, 16th, 40.45.  Club 3 Women 9-10: Lily Walters, 9th, 44.50.

Click here for full results.

David Ward Hunt Cup- Gillingham

2nd-3rd November 2024

(from left):  Alice and Elise

On the 2nd and 3rd of November, the David Ward Hunt Cup took place. This is an international competition for individual trampoline, synchronized trampoline and DMT that takes place biannually. Qualifications for each group took place on the Saturday and finals for the top 8 competitors of each group on the Sunday.

Two Hi-Tension gymnasts took part in the event which was their first international competition.

First up on the Saturday morning, was Elise in the 15-16 F category. In order to compete, gymnasts had to perform certain skills in their set exercise. For the 15-16 age group this included a double somersault, a somersault with at least 540″ twisting rotation, a somersault landing on the back or front of the body and a somersault off of the back or front. The second exercise is a voluntary routine but had to be at least as difficult as the first exercise. Elise received some great HD scores of 9.6 and 9.5 for her routines respectively, finishing with a score of 77.580 which placed her in 30th place in a very competitive group.

Bouncing in the afternoon, Alice was in the 17-21 F category. In this group, gymnasts have no set routine, instead competing two voluntary routines with the highest scoring exercise determining who qualified to the final on the Sunday. Gymnasts could also only perform a maximum of one body landing in the routine. Alice’s first routine produced some good execution scores, achieving 15.3 which contributed to her total of 43.840. Unable to improve on her voluntary routine, she finished 14th in a very difficult group.

Full results can be found here: https://www.dwhcup.com/copy-of-2022-results

National League Finals- Derby

26th-27th October 2024

Derby Arena

The 26th and 27th October saw the long-awaited 2024 League Finals take place in Derby, which was the 10th anniversary of League Finals making it an extra special event.

Gymnasts from across the UK obtained a spot to compete in the event based on their total points score earned at the 3 previous qualifiers. At League 3, the top 24 gymnasts qualify and at League 2 the top 20.

Four gymnasts from Hi-Tension had succeeded in qualifying for this prestigious event, with each one hoping to obtain a place on the Saturday for the top 8 final held on the Sunday.

First up for the club on Saturday morning was Hollie competing in the League 3 14+ F category. She achieved some excellent ToF scores on both routines and achieved an overall score of 78.91. This placed her 14th, an improvement of 10 places from her qualifying position.

Kat was up next in the League 3 17-18 F category. After a slightly wobbly set routine, a strong score of 42.83 for her voluntary routine secured her a total of 80.10 and 8th place, which meant she had qualified for the top 8 final the next day and a chance to win a medal.

Competing after Kat was Alice in the League 2 19+ F category. She competed in a very tight group. Her neat execution scores and good HD contributed to her score of 82.28 securing her 11th place. She was in a very tight group, missing out on 8th place by only 0.13 points.

Hi-Tension’s final competitor on the Saturday was Elise in the League 3 16+ F category. A strong first routine with a high execution score and good ToF helped her to earn a total of 79.76 and 8th place. This meant she would, like Kat, compete in the top 8 finals the next day in a bid for a medal.

Kat’s final was first on the Sunday. In the top 8 final all scores are reset to zero and gymnasts only compete their voluntary routine. Kat jumped high and scored well, improving on her voluntary score from the Saturday, achieving 43.49. Unfortunately, she missed out on the bronze medal by 0.13, finishing 4th.

Bouncing in her final, Elise also achieved a high ToF and a good HD score of 9.7, attracting her a total of 43.99. Like Kat though, she finished 4th only 0.3 away from a podium finish.

Full results can be found here:  https://results.trampolineleague.com/event/adc57e640c3320f660063143

English Championships Final- Telford

19th-20th October 2024

On the weekend of the 19th-20th October, the English Championships Final took place in Telford.

One gymnast from Hi-Tension qualified based on the results of the previous two qualifiers that took place in June and July.

Elise competed on Sunday in the 15-16 F Silver category. At this level, gymnasts have no compulsory set routine but must compete specific skills depending on their age group. At the 15-16 age group, this included a double somersault, a somersault with at least 540˚ twisting rotation, a somersault landing on the back or front of the body and a somersault off of the back or front. Gymnasts also have a voluntary routine where they can compete any skill they like as long as they do not exceed the maximum difficulty. In a field of 34 gymnasts, Elise finished 19th with a score of 76.840, achieving some excellent HD scores of 9.8 and 9.6 on her first and second exercise respectively.

Full results can be found here: https://www.gymdata.co.uk/events/competitions.aspx?eid=2464

National League Qualifier 3- Newcastle

14th-15th September 2024

Back Row: Alice, Elise, Katarina and Hollie

Front Row: Scarlett and Joella

The 14th and 15th September saw the third and final National League Qualifier take place. Six Hi-Tension gymnasts took part for their last chance to bag enough points to qualify for the prestigious National League Finals held in late October.

Scarlett was up first on the Saturday in the League 3 15+ F Category. She achieved good execution scores and a strong HD of 9.6 on her set exercise which was enough to put her in 18th place with a score of 74.31. As a result, she achieved 7 League points.

Up next was Hollie, a good HD on both routines and a high ToF meant that she finished 11th in the League 3 14+ F Category with a total of 77.70. This gave her 18 points to add to her previous total of league points.

The club’s final competitor on the Saturday was Joella. She tried out a tricky new voluntary routine which along with her set produced some great execution scores giving her a score of 78.11 so that she finished 18th in the League 3 17-18 F Category. This, as for Scarlett, corresponded to 7 League points.

Elise was up first on the Sunday in the League 2 15-16 F Category. She achieved high identical HD scores on both exercises of 9.6 and a good ToF to end up 9th in her group with a score of 79.12, just missing out on the top 8 and a chance to compete for a medal. She achieved 24 League points with this result.

Next up was Katarina in the League 2 17-18 F. Her first routine begun well with good ToF and execution scores placing her 8th for her first routine alone. Unfortunately, she was marked out of 9 for her second routine and finished 13th with a total of 75.42.

To round off the weekend, it was Alice’s turn on the trampolines. She managed to produce a neat set routine, despite her second move almost travelling off the end of the trampoline, which gave her some high execution scores and a HD of 9.6. She also completed a strong voluntary exercise even though she was forced to improvise. The repeat of a skill cost her 0.7 in difficulty and a place in the top 8 final. She finished 14th in the League 2 F 19+ Category with 79.96, achieving 12 League points.

Full results are available through this link:  https://results.trampolineleague.com/event/7fd1145b1699fa22e2cda286

Ipswich Novice Competition

8 September 2024

Top left: Lily, Noah and Layla

Top Right: Lilly

Bottom Left: Alice and Robyn

Bottom Right: Millie, Kristina and Jenson

In the afternoon of Sunday 8th September, nine Hi-Tension gymnasts competed in the Ipswich Novice Competition. The gymnasts performed incredibly well with 3 gymnasts achieving the gold medal.

In the Club 1 8-9 category, Lily and Layla finished 1st and 2nd respectively with Noah just behind in 4th.

At the level above, in the Club 2 10-12 category, Lilly claimed the top spot finishing 1st.

In the Club 3 11-13 F category, Robyn took home the bronze medal and Alice finished 8th.

In the Regional 1 11-13 F, both Kristina and Millie finished on the podium, earning 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Also at Regional 1, in the 11-13 M category, Jenson finished 1st, receiving the gold medal.

Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Final – Birmingham

06 – 07 July 2024

Hollie and Alice

On the weekend of 6th -7th July gymnasts from across the UK came together to compete in the Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Final in Birmingham.

Two gymnasts from Hi-Tension qualified for the prestigious national event at the Regional Final held in April in Cambridge where they successfully finished in the top 3 to be invited to represent Team East in trampolining.

First up was Hollie on the Saturday. She competed in the first flight of the level 1 women 13-17 category and received good execution scores and a high time of flight which saw her finish 1st in her flight. After a nervous wait for another two flights to compete, Hollie had dropped only two places earning her the bronze medal in a field of 26 competitors with a total score of 79.39.

On Sunday, the level 3 and level 4 gymnasts took to the trampolines including Alice. She competed in the level 4 women 17+ category and finished two neat routines including excellent HD scores, scoring a 9.8 HD on her voluntary routine. This placed her 10th in a very competitive field of 31 competitors with a score of 81.55.

As well as being an individual event, gymnasts compete to score points for their region to win the Inter-Regional Challenge Cup. Gymnasts who finish in the top 8 contribute to the total points score for their region. To top off the weekend, on Sunday afternoon it was announced that, once again, Team East would take home the title of Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Champion in trampolining.

Full results are available here: https://scorebase.co.uk/events

Inter Regional Challenge Cup

06 – 07 July 2024

Hollie and Alice

Two Hi-Tension gymnasts have qualified to represent Team East at the forthcoming IRCCF, a national competition which takes place at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on 6 and 7 July 2024.

This is a prestigious national event at which the top two or three gymnasts from each regional level and category compete against fellow competitors from all ten regions of the United Kingdom. In addition to individual medals, scores achieved by the top 8 gymnasts count towards a team trophy in each discipline (Trampoline, Double-Mini Trampoline and Tumbling).

Hollie will compete in the Women’s 13-17 Level 1 category, whilst Alice will compete in the Women’s 17+ Level 4 category.

Live scores will be available here: https://scorebase.co.uk/events

Good luck to both!

National League Qualifier 2 – Cardiff

01 – 02 June 2024

Back Row: Elise and Katarina

Front Row: Hollie, Alice, Joella, Scarlett

The second National League qualifier took place over the weekend of 01 and 02 June and six gymnasts from our Elite Squad travelled to Cardiff to compete.

Joella was first up on Saturday morning in the League 3 Female 17-18 category. She executed  a tidy first exercise, attracting an excellent 9.7 score for HD.  An uncontrolled out bounce on her second exercise cost her a whole mark, giving her a total score of 72.21 and 32nd place.

Next was Scarlett, making her National League debut in the League 3 Female 15+ category. She executed 2 tidy exercises, attracting an overall score of 75.60 and 31st place.

Hollie rounded off Hi-Tension’s involvement in Saturday’s competition. She also made her National League debut competing in the League 3 Female 14+ category.  She achieved excellent execution scores in both of her exercises, giving her a total of 76.40 and 24th place, earning her first league point.

Alice kicked off Sunday for us in the League 2 Female 19+ category. She performed two excellent exercises earning an overall score of 83.47.  This put her in 8th place with 28 league points and an invite to the zero final.  Having competed last in the preliminaries, she did not have long to wait for her final.  Alice retained her poise to carry out a tidy final routine and climb up to 5th place.

Moving up a level this time, Katarina competed the League 2 Female 17-18 category.  Nerves affected her performance in her first exercise, but she avoided the end deck and completed 10 moves.  More settled for her second exercise she earned good scores for a total of 80.88 and 9th place and 24 league points.

Also moving up, Elise competed in the League 2 Female 15-16 category.  Jumping high and neatly in her first exercise she received good scores. However, in her second exercise, overrotating her double back, she couldn’t control take off for the next move and crashed out. Her overall score was 40.97 and 27th place.

To round the weekend off, Alice and Katarina once more took to the trampoline to compete in 19+ Mixed Synchro category. In synchro, pairs perform their exercises side by side and are scored for execution, difficulty, travel and synchronisation. They compete twice with the higher score counting.  This is a mixed ability category with no tariff cap so Alice and Katarina were up against some very skilled and experienced pairs.  They secured a good score from their first exercise which put them in 12th place, but were unable to improve in their second exercise, eventually finishing in 14th place with a score of 32.22.

You can find the full results at Trampoline League Qualifier 2 – Results

Regional Final – Cambridge

14 April 2024

Back Row: Robyn, Millie, Lilly, Layla

Front Row: Elise, Alice, Scarlett, Hollie, Katarina

On Sunday 14 th April, ten Hi-Tension Trampoline Club gymnasts competed at the British
Gymnastics Club and Regional Challenge Cup Finals at the University of Cambridge Sports
Centre. All had earned the right to compete based on their performance at the two qualifying
events in October 2023 and February 2024. They came away with one gold, one silver and
two bronze medals.
Jenson Silk won gold in the Club 3 Men’s 13-14 category with a total score of 49.75. In the
Regional 1 Women’s 13-17 category, Hollie Cochrane won the silver medal with a total score
of 78.43 and booked her place for the Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Final, which is taking
place at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on 6 th and 7 th July. This is a prestigious national
event at which the top two gymnasts from each regional level and category compete against
fellow competitors from all ten regions of the United Kingdom. In addition to individual
medals, scores achieved by the top 8 gymnasts count towards a team trophy in each discipline
(Trampoline, Double-Mini Trampoline and Tumbling). Also in the Regional 1 Women’s 13-
17 category, Scarlett Beck claimed the bronze medal with a total score of 78.25 in a field of
25 competitors. Scarlett is first reserve for the IRCCF event. Competing in the Regional 4
Women’s 17+ category, Alice Chatters also won the bronze medal with a total score of 80.81
and is also first reserve for the IRCCF.
This competition also included an Open synchronised trampoline competition. This event
involves two gymnasts competing the same exercise at the same time on trampolines that are
side-by-side and aiming to stay as synchronised as possible. A synchronisation score is added
to the standard execution and horizontal displacement scores. Alice Chatters and Katarina
Jones competed in the 15+ category and their score of 54.73 put them in 14 th place. This was
a practice run before they compete on the national stage at the Trampoline and DMT League
event in Cardiff in early June.
Other results:
Club 3 Women 11-12: Robyn Jenkins, 5 th , 50.20; Millie Ford, 6 th , 50.00
Club 1 Women 9-10: Lilly Pewter, 5 th 49.30; Layla Bird, 9 th , 49.05
Regional 3 Women 15+: Elise Mills-Smith, 31 st , 50.67; Katarina Jones, 32 nd , 47.46

National League Qualifier 1 – Birmingham

23 – 24 March 2024

Left to right: Elise, Alice, Joella, Katarina

The first National League qualifier took place over the weekend of 23 and 24 March and four gymnasts from our Elite Squad competed.

Elise was first up with an early start on Saturday morning in the League 3 Female 16+ category. She executed two excellent routines, achieving an overall score of 81.89 and securing 3rd place and 60 league points, along with a place in the zero final. Elise performed a tidy routine in the final, receiving a score of 43.42 and 4th place, missing out on the bronze by less than half a point.

Joella and Katarina were next up, competing in the League 3 Female 17-18 category. This was a huge category of 59 competitors spanning 4 flights!  Katarina took to the trampoline first, jumping confidently and high, despite a slight wobble in her voluntary routine she achieved a score of 82.28 which earned her 40 league points. Her 5th place giving her the opportunity to jump again later in the day in the zero final.

Joella followed shortly afterwards. She narrowly avoided landing on the springs in her first routine, but maintained her poise to perform and very tidy voluntary routine, attracting an excellent HD score. She achieved an overall score of 76.71 and 36th place,  just missing out on league points.

After a lengthy break, Katarina was recalled to the trampoline for her zero final. She jumped 2nd out of 8, digging deep she pulled out an outstanding routine, earning her a PB score of 44.23, which, after nervous wait, was enough for the bronze medal.

Alice, moving up to the League 2 for this season had to wait until Sunday for her competition. The League 2 Female 19+ is a highly competitive category of 39 gymnasts. Alice performed her two new routines with her usual neatness, attracting an overall score of 82.55 which put her in 7th place, earning 32 league points and a place in the zero final. An uncharacteristic off balance take off saw her land on the mid mat on move 5, ending her routine early. She finally ended up in 7th place.

Full results are available at Trampoline League Qualifier 1 – Results

Regional Qualifier 2 – Colchester

11 February 2024

Back Row: Layla, Lilly, Robyn, Kristina, Millie

Front Row: Katarina, Scarlett, Jenson, Alice, Elise

The second British Gymnastics Regional Qualifier took place in Colchester on 11 February, a home competition for our gymnasts 10 of whom entered.

Our team came away with 3 individual medals and 1 team medal. Competing in their first ever competition, Layla and Lilly won the Silver and Bronze medals respectively in the Club Level  1 Women’s 9 – 10 category with total scores of 49.80 and 49.10.

Millie and Kristina joined team mate Robyn to make their competition debut in the Club Level 3 Women’s 11 – 12 category. Millie achieved a score of 49.40 which was enough for 4th place and just behind her Robyn with 49.10 in 6th place. Kristina’s 1st routine didn’t go according to plan, but she overcame this to produce an outstanding 2nd routine giving her an overall score of 42.55 and 11th place. The team’s accumulated score was enough for them to win Team Gold.

Jenson moved up to the Regional Level 1 Men’s 13-17 category for this competition. He achieved the 2nd highest Time of Flight, combined with good execution scores his overall score of 68.83 was enough to win the Bronze medal.

Alice and Elise also moved up a level this time to compete in the Regional Level 4.  Alice achieved a score of 81.53 for 5th place in the Women’s 17+ age group, while Elise scored 49.70 and 4th place in the Women’s 15-16 age group.

Katarina and Scarlett both faced enormous competition in flights of more than 30. Katarina, competing in the Regional Level 3 Women’s 15+ category, jumped incredibly high, beating her previous Personal Best for Time of Flight, achieved an overall score of 81.48 and 7th place in a field of 32.

In the Regional Level 1 Women’s 13-17 category Scarlett attracted outstanding execution scores for her 1st routine, earning an overall score of 76.57 and 6th place in a field of 35.

Full results are available by clicking this link Colchester Results.

Regional Qualifier 1 – Harlow

29 October 2023

Katarina, Scarlett, Jenson, Elise

The 2024 season opened on 29 October with the first British Gymnastics Regional Qualifier taking place in Harlow.

Five of our gymnasts entered and came away with one gold and one bronze medal.  Jenson, competing for the first time, won gold in the Club 3 Men’s 13-14 category with a total score of 47.40.

Scarlett claimed the bronze medal in the Regional 1 Women’s 13-17 category with a total score of 74.97 in a field of 33 competitors.

Competing in the Regional 3 Women’s 15+ category, which had 29 competitors, Elise came 6th with a total score of 80.02, in her first competition at this level.  Her team mate, Katarina was just behind her in 8th with a score of 79.24.

Competing at Club Level 3 for the first time in the 11-12 Women’s category, Robyn scored a total of 49.10 which put her in 11th place.

Full results are available by clicking this link Harlow Results.