Gymnasts Win Gold At the Sapphire Invitational

Gymnasts Win Gold

Tiverton gymnast, Jasmine Reed-Yang, aged 14, travelled up to Hemel Hempstead

for the Sapphire Invitational Team Competition as part of  the county team. This was  the first time the competition had taken

place and it was unlike any other! The event had a fiesta feel with host was

dressed as buzz lightyear from toy story, loud music and whistles reverberating

around the hall  and the gymnasts conga

dancing to each piece.

Jasmine went clean on beam doing her onodi, flick-layout,

front walkover  with a few wobbles but

managed her highest beam score so far this season with  12.50.

On vault  she scored scored

13.30 competing a straight Yuchenko.  Bars

is always the most exciting, challenging piece 

with Jasmine falling  twice:

once  on her new element the  Shap and on her double front somersault  dismount 

but she she managed to score a very creditable 11.05  for the team 11.05. On Floor Jasmine competed

her new dramatic style floor routine for the first time but without her double

piked backed somersault as she is just returning from a serious knee injury.

In the end her final score was 48.75 which was her highest score

of the season so far. The team came first and were rewarded for their efforts

with gold holographic medals!

From Harry Yang