Fantastic news!! Hannah has returned home from the European Championships in Brussels with 2 bronze medals on beam and floor! Having led the team in qualifications with a personal best all around score of 57.633 she helped the team finish 4th in the final with great performances from the new seniors, Rebecca and Ruby along with experienced team members Danusia & Jenni. She then went on to the individual apparatus finals where she picked up bronze medals on both beam and floor. Hannah is absolutely delighted to have won Great Britain’s first medal at a major Championships on the beam and to finish off with another on floor is fantastic! Well done to Hannah and her coach Amanda Reddin and all of team GB.
Hannah has been selected to represent Great Britain at the upcoming European Championships in Brussels (9th to 13th May). Hannah is delighted with her selection, the championships being a key stepping stone in preparations for London. Also competing with Hannah will be her teammate Jenni Pinches, Imogen Cairns, Danusia Francis and first year senior and Liverpool gymnast Rebecca Tunney. Good luck to all the girls!
Tickets for the British Championships are now on sale and are selling fast! Hannah is very excited to be competing in Liverpool again this year at what will be the final event before the team for London 2012 will be selected. Be sure to get your tickets soon!
Also there are two great video articles out, one in the Guardian featuring a profile of Hannah and her coach Amanda Reddin http://tinyurl.com/7kyjsu9 The other is part of the National portrait gallery “Road to 2012″ serires alongside Beth and Jenni http://youtu.be/dvY-qhlpJ5k?hd=1
The first update for 2012 and the first competition! The English Championships were held last weekend at the new Europa Centre. Hannah competed on beam and bars and won the beam title. Early in the season, this was a great opportunity to try out a few new skills in the very important build up to the Olympics. Hannah’s preparation continues with the World Cup series at the end of March in Doha, Qatar where she is scheduled to compete with Beth. Meanwhile Hannah has been training hard in the gym and continuing her Sports degree at John Moores University. She also had a fun day modeling “sporty” fashion on ITV’s “This Morning” with Holly Willoughby and loved being dressed by the wonderful Brix Smith Start!
This weekend Hannah and Jenni went along to the British Gymfusion Gala and had a fab night watching all the performances before stopping off at Monkey Forest on the way back to promote the Sport Relief mile. Check out the pictures on the BG Facebook page.
Hannah has been busy in the gym since Worlds, working on some new skills and is looking forward to spending Christmas at home with the family. She would like to thank everyone for their support this year especially Eileen Langsley, Alan Edwards, Still Sport and also Gymnastic Express. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Roll on 2012!
Pictures from the World Championships in Tokyo have been added today so take a look at the photos page. Many thanks once again to Eileen Langsley and Still Sport for the wonderful images.
Also watch out for BGTV on the BG web site as they filmed Hannah and Jenni (Pinches) visiting Rathgael Gymnastics and Tumbling Club in Northern Ireland at the weekend. The girls had a fabulous time and loved every minute. Thank you to everyone at RGTC for such a great weekend!
Hannah returned from the World Championships in Tokyo on Monday with a fantastic set of results. Firstly she helped GB to secure a full team for London 2012 by finishing eighth in the team qualifying competition and advancing to the team finals. The girls then upped their game to finish with with a historic best 5th place in the team finals ahead of Germany Japan and Australia. In the individual all-around competition Hannah gave a suberb clean performance across all 4 pieces to finish in 9th place overall, a huge improvement from last year’s 16th place.
Hannah is absolutely delighted with all the results and will continue working hard towards next year.
Congratulations to Hannah and all the squad, coaches, support staff and British Gymnastics. You have made GB proud!
It’s been a very busy last few weeks of squad training including a return friendly match against Romania and Portugal in the last days before the final selection for Worlds. GB gave a great performance to win the team event followed closely by Romania.
Hannah had a great competition scoring a personal best all-around score of 57.95 and taking individual 1st place with Amelia Racea in 2nd (57.30) and Ana Porgras in bronze (57.05).
Obviously pleased with her performance, Hannah was also delighted to be selected for the World Championships team along with Liverpool team mates Beth Tweddle and Jenni Pinches and fellow GB team members Danusia Francis, Imogen Cairns, Beckie Downie and Laura Edwards. The Team heads out to Tokyo today with competition starting on 7th October.
Best of luck to Hannah and all the gymnasts on the Men’s and Women’s teams!
Hannah has been busy the last 2 weekends with the GB squad with friendly internationals in the preparations for October’s all important World Championships in Tokyo. Last weekend saw Gb v Spain v Portugal in Ipswich where Hannah finished with the top All Around score of 56.00. This week the 2 GB teams travelled to Romania to take part as guests at the Romanian National Championships. After next week the squad will be at Lilleshall for their final preparations including a return friendly with Romania before heading out to Tokyo.
If you missed the film “Gymnast” which was shown on BBC 2 on Saturday 13th, it can be viewed in iPlayer or youtube (title -Gymnast UK gymnastics documentary) It features the GB girls in 2008 in the run up to the Beijing Olympics. It brought back a lot of memories for Hannah and her family and tells the story behind the selection. A wonderful tribute to all the gymnasts, coaches and perents for all their hard work and dedication. A must-see for all gymnastic fans!