Again has been a great year for tumble within Sussex with many competitions and finals going on, all clubs have been very busy this year and are also looking forward to the new competition season starting in September.
Hollington Invitational 2024 - Jan
This comp was held over the weekend and was again attended by all Sussex Clubs. Lots of new tumbles and faces getting ready for the busy qualifiers in the next few months.
English Qualifier 2024 – March
This was again represented by all Sussex clubs with the chance for tumblers to qualify for a place in the Silver English Championships Finals held at the Telford International Centre. All Sussex clubs had representatives at this competition which was fantastic to see. It was a long weekend for all taking up 3 days of competition, but all the tumblers preformed well with some securing medal positions.
IRCC Qualifier 2024 – March
Again, all Sussex clubs were present at this competition, this time all trying to qualify and be part of the South East Team up in Birmingham. Each club had a representative or more than one and went up to Birmingham to be part of the team and represent the South East. Some clubs came home with some individual medals as the tumblers were also competing individually as well as the team. Sussex also again this year had 3 coaches go and be South East coaches for the team and also traveling up to Birmingham, well done to theses coaches that were selected for this great opportunity.
ICC Qualifier 2024 – May
This competition was for all Sussex club level tumblers again to try and qualify this time for a place in the finals which will be held in November 2024. This was a tough competition for the club level tumblers as there was lots in each category and age group so was very tough for them. The finals for this will held at Jumpers, Gillingham in November.
English Qualifier 2024 – June
This was a long weekend for all clubs that had tumblers qualify for this event, this was 3 day event with very long days for everyone. All Sussex clubs had representations for this competition, once again achieving some medals to bring home. This was a good warm up competition for all clubs ready for the IRCC Team Finals in July. Everyone performed really well with some new voluntary tumbles going out showcasing their the new skills that have been worked on all year round. Well done to everyone who competed on this weekend it was great to see all Sussex clubs there.
IRCC Finals 2024 – July
Another long weekend for the tumblers who qualified for this event and also for the coaches that were selected to go and be part of the South East Team. Tumble as a whole did amazingly well as even though there were only 5 medals from the South East earnt in tumble all of these medals were from Sussex clubs. So a big well done to everyone for this as myself and Nikki feel this is a great achievement throughout.
FUTURE EVENTS:
Sussex Championships 2024: TBC depending on provisional Numbers (could be over two weekends, end of September/beginning of October)
Mark is also looking at doing a training day with the National Coach, we know this has been spoken about before but due to reasons out of our control this never was able to go ahead. This will be confirmed if this could be able to go ahead and will be regional levels only.