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Congratulations….

to Jessica Walters and Mae Butterworth for passing their BG Level 2 Coaching Qualification

to Ritika Nair, Lottie Diaz nd Oli Field for passing their BG Level 1 Coaching Qualification

 

Courtney Tulloch at EJB

Saturday 22nd September saw Courtney Tulloch – GB Mens Squad, come to EJB Gymnastics Club for a 2 hour workshop. The boys at EJB were put through a warm up, conditioning, skills and prep session. We finished with an inspiring talk from Courtney and a question and answer session. Among the many interesting insights Courtney gave were that –

  • Gymnastics is like a roller coaster – it has its ups and downs.
  • He has won about 200 or 300 medals – he hasn’t counted, but roughly that many!!!
  • He hasn’t always won medals in every competition he has entered. 
  • After a disappointment, it has made him work even harder.
  • Some skills have taken him a few hours to learn and some skills have taken many years.
  • He has made many sacrifices in order to become a gymnast -missing out on parties and cinema outings, but says he will do all that when he retires from gymnastics.
  • He trains 24 hours a week.
  • He started training at Redbridge – (where they hold the GfA!!!!)
  • He loves the team aspect of the sport and says that his team mates help to motivate him.
  • Gymnastics has taken him around the world for competitions.
  • When asked if he had ever been teased about doing gymnastics, he answered that he showed them his six pack and a standing tuck back and then it wasn’t a problem! He advised the boys to ignore any teasing and said that it’s understandable that if they don’t do gymnastics, they won’t understand it.
  • Listening to his coaches, working hard all the time, having a mum who committed to getting him to every training session and his love of the sport; has got him to where he is today.

It was great of Courtney to come and has really given the boys an insight into where the sport can take you.

PRINTING

People have been asking where we get our printing done – Cards – each personalised with the gymnast’s name and the programme for the term, the new members folders and packs, the colour programmes for our displays and club champs and the beautiful certificates for our club champs! We use F.E.Burman Ltd, Crimscott Street, SE1 5TF. They do a huge range of printing material and web solutions, see our notice board for more details.