This weekend (7th & 8th July) saw a fantastic display of gymnastics at the NIA arena in Birmingham for the 2012 trampoline, tumbling and double mini trampoline British Championships.
With only weeks to go before the start of the London Olympics Team GB's Kat Driscoll got her last chance to perform in front of a home crowd and successfully defended her British title with a fantastic routine to score 54.105 ahead of Bryony Page in second (53.180) and Laura Gallagher in third (50.945).
Kat Driscoll “I’m so happy to have retained my title and had incredible support from the crowd which is perfect preparation for the Games – it was definitely a special experience competing as our 2012 Olympian. I felt a responsibility to perform well and am very glad I was able to handle the pressure. It gives me great confidence going into the last few weeks of preparation as I work on the finer details of my routines. I'm really enjoying the build-up to the Games and the support really gives you the boost to train hard.”
In the DMT senior women's event, a new champion was crowned as Georgia Downing kept her composure to win gold ahead of last year’s winner Robyn Osborne and Lydia Yates in Bronze. In the men’s event there was again another new title winner, Tim Horgan, who took the gold over defending champion Peter Cracknell, who was then followed by Jason Plowman in bronze.
Across all age groups and all disciplines there were some fantastic performances, proving just how much strength and depth Great Britain has.
For the full results click here - http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2696%3Atrampoline-tumbling-and-dmt-british-championships-live-scores&catid=1%3Anews&Itemid=97
Senior medallists
Trampolining
Senior FIG A women GOLD Kat Driscoll 54.105 SILVER Bryony Page 53.180 BRONZE Laura Gallagher 50.945
