Sussex Gymnastics

15 July 2026

Festival

Written by: Emily Knight

Festival discipline report July 2026


Dysons club update:
Attended Ministrada at Alton towers which was great with everyone having a lovely time. Our next 
event is the London GymFestival in October where we look forward to seeing Chichester who are 
attending the same show as us. 
We are making plans to attend the new international event in Barcelona next year that we 
mentioned last time (details for this event below).
 
Chichester club update:
Attended Ministrada at Alton Towers performing three routines for the showcase.
We have booked the London Gymnastics Festival and the Liverpool Ministrada as our other events 
for the year, with our biggest team yet. The team love everything about Festival gymnastics and we 
are always planning what’s next, as it’s just so much fun!
We are looking into doing the Barcelona EuroMotion by Future Gymnastics next year. Early July and 
sounds like a fantastic event.
 
Westgate club update:
We are looking at potentially doing the London Festival of Gymnastics in October. 
 
New European event next year:
A group called Ultimate gymnastics are hosting a new event in Barcelona next year that will included 
an inclusive floor & vault competition and festival show 
https://www.ultimategymnasticsevents.com/

 

Treasurer’s Report

Written by: Emily Knight

Sussex Gymnastics County Treasurers Report

 

1st April to 30th June 2026

 

I would like to acknowledge the wonderful job Keith Walter has done for Sussex Gymnastics for many years and am very proud to be stepping into his shoes.  I hope that I am able to continue his great work and will endeavour to fulfil the role to the best of my ability.

 

The start of this financial year saw a very healthy brought forward balance in both the current account and the Skipton savings account.  Keith spent an enormous amount of time on the phone setting me up as the Primary User on the HSBC account.  In order to be able to complete this, I then had to set up telephone banking, which again took some time, however all is finally in place.  I have now set up a savings account with HSBC, called the Business Money Manager (BMM) account.  Monies can be transferred to and from this account with ease.  It is an interest bearing account (interest is paid monthly) with no fee.  As it is classified as an Instant Access account, the current interest rate is 1.2% which is not very high(Skipton is only 2.05% currently), but more than simply leaving money in the current account.  I do not yet have access to the Shipton Building Society account and it will need to be decided if we wish to close the account and transfer all the savings into the BMM account to make life easier as there is no Skipton branch in the area. 

 

Since April, five Clubs have received £1,426.50in 50% grants towards their training costs.

 

The entry for the WAG team to enter the Rosebowl International was paid amounting to £410.

 

Lisa was reimbursed for her accommodation costs for the GB Development Squad 17th to 19thApril and she also led the first County Squad training session of the year on 17th May.

 

The Sussex GG F&V ABSG took place on 14thJune at Hawth GC.  Although Kim said it normally loses money, it has actually made £99.09 this year however there is still some income to come.  The next competition will be the Sussex Invitational on 19th July at Horsham GC.

 

 

Stella Jackson

County Treasurer

 

Welfare

Written by: Emily Knight

Sussex Gymnastics Welfare Report July 2026

 

Since the last meeting Dawn was the competition welfare officer at the Sussex Floor and Vault at K2. Sadly, the Centre were not looking at disabilities as a whole regarding the use of toilet provision.

 

Our visits to Gym Clubs have raised a few issues:

 

Clubs employing 13- to 16-year-olds and not complying with local authority requirements for registration and maximum working hours

 

Brighton and Hove   Apply for permission to employ a child

 

East Sussex    Child Employment | East Sussex County Council

 

West Sussex   Child work permit - West Sussex County Council

 

 

Also a reminder of the British Gymnastics concussion protocol

 

Concussion guidance

 

 

Finally Dawn picked up on this worrying trend.  A reminder of the dangers of posting photos of young athletes on line.  A school posted photo of a winning team. A few days later the School received a blackmail threat as the images had been AI deepfake altered into explicit photos and the threat was to pay up or the pictures would be released onto the Internet!

 

UK schools should remove pupils’ online photos as AI blackmail threat grows, say experts | Internet safety | The Guardian

 

UK schools blackmailed with sexualised AI deepfakes of pupils, experts warn | The Independent

 

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Tumble

Written by: Emily Knight

Sussex Report – Tumble​​​​ 15th July 2026

Tumble have come to the end of their season but not without showing everyone what clubs in Sussex are made off.

English Championships

This year’s finals were held at Telford International Centre on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st May 2026.

Hollington had 8 gymnasts attending, taking away 3 golds (English Champions), 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal.

Be Gymnastics had 6 gymnasts attending, taking away 1 gold (English Champion)

Sky High had 14 gymnasts attending, taking away 3 golds (English Champions) and 1 bronze

Bevendean had 1 gymnast attend taking 10th place

A very good weekend had by everyone who attended

IRCC -Inter Regional Challenge Cup

This year’s event was held at the Utilita Areana in Birmingham on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July 2026

Hollington had 6 gymnasts attending, winning 4 golds & becoming British Champions and 2 x 4th placings.

Be Gymnastics had 5 attending, winning 1 silver, 1 bronze, 1 x 7th, 1x 8th, 1x 11th

Sky High had 6 gymnasts attending, winning 1 gold (British Champion), 1 silver, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th 2 x 6th place

The South East team took away 5 British Regional Titles as well as finishing 3rd overall against other teams from Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the rest of England.

Another fantastic weekend had by everyone and a great way to finish the season.

 

Date reminder ……….

Sussex Tumble & Acro Championships, being held at G=Hollington Gymnastics Club on Sunday 11th October 2026.  Provisional entries due in by 25th July with main entry deadline being midnight Saturday 29th August 2026.

We can’t wait for the new season to start with our Championships and see what the gymnasts have been working hard at, looking forward to another great year in tumble within Sussex.

 

Your Reps,

Nikki & Mark

Team Gym

Written by: Emily Knight

TeamGym Report — SE Board, 18 June 2026

European Championships — Italy, November 2026

Training days continue to take place across the country in preparation for the 2026 European Championships.

Selected Gymnasts

The following gymnasts have been selected for the 2026 European Championships:

Hawth

• Lucy Bonwell and Holly Barbour — Senior Mixed
• Josh Read and Tom Killick — Senior Men
• Gemma Mckown and Eloise White — Senior Women
• Alice White, Charlotte Simpson, Maisy Rowley, Owen Williams and Bailey Miles — Junior Mixed
• Charlie Elliff and Fred Blake — Junior Men
• Lucy Marshall and Emily Butler — Junior Women

L&D

• Yasmin Parker — Senior Mixed
• Charlotte Parker — Senior Women

Elements

• Gabbie Box — Senior Women

Selected GB Coaches

Hawth

• Amber Simpson-Warner — Senior Lead Coach
• Chris — Junior Apparatus Coach

1066

• Clare Clarke — Junior Lead Coach

English Championships 2026

Crewe is hosting the first English TeamGym Championships on 27 June 2026.

Clubs from across England will be competing, including:

• Hawth (South East)
• Bracknell
• Crewe & Nantwich
• North East Gymnastics
• LS
• Heathrow
• Richmondshire

Sally-Anne Warner
South East TeamGym

Agenda

Written by: Emily Knight

The next Sussex Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday 15th July 2026, 11am at the Beech Hurst Harvester, Haywards Heath, RH16 4BB

Apologies for absence

  • Sally-Anne Warner
  • Charlotte Wynne-Pennels 
  • Mark Poore

Chair’s Report

 

Treasurer’s Report

Report attached

Discipline Reports

Welfare report

Report attached

Any other business

External people coming to meetings? 

Next meeting

Wednesday 14th October - Where?

Men's Artistic

Written by: Richard Keasley

Clubs involved

  • Hawth
  • Be...

Activity

There has been no activity within the county since the last meeting (May 2026).

Calendar

  • 20 September 2026 - Regional set-work qualifiers, Meapa

The set-work qualifiers will include introductory categories this year. We hope this will encourage more clubs to get involved in the discipline.