15 July 2026
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Sussex Trampoline & DMT Discipline Report
15th July 2026
Sussex Gymnastics Meeting
Sussex Competitions since last meeting
There have been no competitions run by Sussex Gymnasticswithin Sussex since Club Levels have been included into the Regional Levels events at Gillingham. There will be three of these events held again this season between October 2026 and March 2027, dates will be released by the South East Region. The profit from the club levels created from Sussex participants at these three events will be credited to Sussex Gymnastics
Sussex Championships 2026 for Individual Trampoline, Synchro Trampoline and Double Mini Trampoline are taking place on Sunday 11th October 2026 in Durrington. The closing date for this is 12th September 2026
In January Sussex Gymnastics hosted a TrampolineJudging Workshop in Durrington which was well received and is most appreciated to aid Sussex affiliated Trampoline Clubs to gain new and revalidate current Trampoline Judges which in turn supports clubs and greater participation into Trampoline Events. We would like to run this again if there is enough interest from clubs. For Regional events this season clubs are required to supply not only Club level judges, but the requirements are also tiered towards being required to supply County and Regional level judges too. Therefore, clubs need to be prepared in good time for these officials to be SE Validated prior to entry
Recent Success, Trampoline and DMT disciplines had Sussex Gymnasts participate at both the recent Inter-Regional Team Finals (with South East Gymnastics Team) and at English Championships, with a few winning themselves medals
Julie Belchamber
Sussex Trampoline & DMT Discipline Representative, July2026
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The Sussex Gymnastics Committee Meeting was held on Wednesday 15th July 11am at the Beech Hurst Harvester, Haywards Heath, RH16 4BB
Present
- Emily Knight
- Richard Keasley
- Lisa Jestico
- Beth Burchett
- Stella Jackson
- Dawn Hyland
- Heather Sampford
- Julie Belchamber
- Kim Mirceta
- Emma Webber
- Sarah Dyson-Bottle
- Mike Gevaux
Apologies for Absence
- Mark Poore
- Charlotte Wynne-Pennels
- Nikki Huggins
1. Minutes of the last meeting
The minutes from the last meeting were reviewed - no one had any questions regarding these.
2. Chair's Report
There was no chair’s report for this meeting.
3. Treasurer’s Report
When emailing - cc Emma in so she knows what’s going on
Skipton - 2% interest annually whereas HSBC monthly 1.2% interest
Nearest Skipton branch is in Dorking
Large amount from Skipton moved to current savings account already
All committee members present at the meeting are happy for the Skipton account to be closed
When money has been moved etc, let Emma know to support
No card for times such as meetings etc? - should get a card rather than use personal accounts
Stella now primary user for the bank, and main user on sum up account
Someone else to be added on mandates etc instead of Keith (Sally-Anne)
Sally-Anne to get access too
4. Discipline Reports
General
General numbers are very high, still good participation
Maybe Worthing Leisure Centre if the numbers get higher?
Add an extra panel - not sure if space?
K2 staff to be spoken to about disability toilets when booking etc - email when booking?
Sussex gymnastics email address - general - Richard has set this up
Acrobatics
Sky high doing it but nothing for report
Stars do festival but nothing for report
Trampoline - 5 clubs in the discipline
Multidisciplinary coaching course - tough for those that don’t have multi disciplines in their club
Trampoline helper run as an addition to gymnastics rotations rather than a singular discipline
Aim to not lose coaches, and can diverse from the basics and coach in multi disciplines
Tumble
Men's Artistic
Men’s - Ignite comp - low level - up to 4hrs (telford - lilleshall)
Women's ArtisticNo report for this discipline.
WAG Sussex invitational this weekend - slightly lower entries as later in year
5. Welfare Report
Notify clubs of concussion guidance - BG - worth reading - send to clubs, as well as child employment
Lack of posting maybe better? Open and closed pages?
AI - be aware of what is being posted - straight to police in case of blackmail
SE AGM in early September - this will be taken to that too
6. Any other business
6.1 Who can attend Sussex Meetings
After Covid - meetings were opened but no one came
Every other meeting open/closed but no one came
Don’t need it open - strong committee and should come through reps etc
AGM open meeting - others closed
Make AGM more useful and attractive to other clubs - how?
Awards at AGM? Sussex Awards - simple etc
^ dinner and awards?
6.2 Expenses
Committees expenses - HMRC - 55p a mile - committee happy with that for our charge
6.3 Sussex Champs
Sussex Championships - weekend thing - add awards (sat eve?)
Think about putting it all back together rather than separate disciplines?
Biannually? - would work better financially - look for 2028?
^ DMT and tramp to be added in?
Guildford could be a potential venue (but in Surrey), same as Triangle and K2
Lisa to enquire with Triangle, Kim to enquire with Gymnova
6.4 Next Meeting
Wednesday 14th Oct, evening meeting. Venue TBC
The meeting ended at 12:21pm.
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GG Report for Sussex Gymnastics 15.7.26
Current GG Reps: Kim Mirceta Nash – Brighton GC, Beth Burchett- Wickers, Heather Sampford-Worthing
Progress report
We had 149 entries from 12 clubs over the county, youth leader helpers again from Wickers, worthing and Brighton
WE WOULD LIKE TO Thank Dawn and all others who came and helped with the event
We had local company Jordens leotards in attendance
Action to be taken in the next 6 months.
Adv B SG County champs - 13th June – K2 Hawth.
(Venues TBC)
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Festival discipline report July 2026
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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
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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
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 blackmailed with sexualised AI deepfakes of pupils, experts warn | The Independent
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Dawn Hyland
Mike Gevaux
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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
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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
L&D
Elements
Selected GB Coaches
Hawth
1066
English Championships 2026
Crewe is hosting the first English TeamGym Championships on 27 June 2026.
Clubs from across England will be competing, including:
Sally-Anne Warner
South East TeamGym
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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
- Nikki Huggins
Chair’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Discipline Reports
- General
- Festival
- Acrobatics
- Trampoline
- Tumble
- Team Gym
- Men's Artistic
- Women's Artistic
Welfare report
Any other business
External people coming to meetings?
Next meeting
Wednesday 14th October - Where?- Details
- 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.