City of Newport Gymnastic Academy hosted the South East Classic Challenge competition last weekend for the ZINC and COPPER categories. The event also included a ‘warm up’ event for the Bronze, Silver, Gold, FIG 1, FIG 2 and Pre-Excel categories who will compete in Sport Wales National Centre on Saturday 27th September 2025.

A total of twenty nine gymnasts entered this competition from CNGA. Below are the details of each category and age group.

9 IN YEAR COMPETITION ZINC Category

Five gymnasts competed for CNGA at this level. All gymnasts did amazing and we are so proud of their effort at the competition. Well done to Arden in her first competition – great job!

We want to say a huge well done to Evie Traves picture below on her crutches – who did a fantastic floor routine only to land awkwardly on her leg at the end of her routine during an amazing forward somersault and injuring her knee. We all wish Evie a speedy recovery. The judges remarked on how lovely her interpretation to music was and Evie actually placed fifth on the floor exercise. Well done Evie!! Get Well soon from everyone at CNGA!

The rest of team carried on with the competition and below are the results:

FLOOR INDIVIDUAL GOLD – Ava Traves

FLOOR INDIVIDUAL FIFTH – Evie Traves

FLOOR INDIVIDUAL SILVER – Primrose Richards

VAULT INDIVIDUAL GOLD – Ava Traves

TEAM OVERALL – BRONZE MEDAL POSITION

A fantastic result for these amazing young gymnasts – well done!!

10 to 11 YEARS GYMNASTS – ZINC Category

Twelve gymnasts represented CNGA in the ZINC Category for this age group. Every gymnast did amazing and we are very proud of their team and individual performances at the competition. A huge congratulations to all the girls for taking part in this event. The results and photo are below

RESULTS

VAULT

Millie Rolfe – Silver medal

Avalyn Halford – fifth place

BARS

Avalyn Halford – Bronze medal

Gracie Wyatt – Silver medal

BEAM

Avalyn Halford – Bronze medal

FLOOR

Roksana Mikus – sixth place ribbon

Avalyn Halford & Anastazja Zmudowska – Joint Bronze medal

Lacie Blake – Silver medal

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL PLACE – Avalyn Halford third place and a place in the South East Wales Team for finals in October

TEAM CNGA PINK TEAM – Bronze medal position

TEAM CNGA LIGHTNING – Sixth place position

TEAM CNGA SPARKLE – Fifth place position

Congratulations to all our 10 to 11 year old gymnasts who did not manage to place this time – we are so proud of your competition routines – well done!

12 plus ZINC Gymnasts

Twelve gymnasts represented CNGA at this category on the weekend. Everyone gave their best at the competition and they can all be justly proud of themselves. The photo of the teams and results are below

RESULTS

VAULT: Ava Spiteri – fourth place, Sophia Matthew – third place, Jasmine Evans – Gold medal position

BARS – Jasmine Evans – 6th place, Paige Williams – Bronze medal position

BEAM – Leah Tremaine – fifth place, Sophia Matthews – Bronze medal position, Jasmine Evans – Silver medal position

FLOOR – Ayla Clothier – fifth place, Sophia Matthews – silver medal position

Overall Position: Jasmine Evans – Bronze medal position and finalist for South East Wales Team in October.

TEAMS

Team STORM – Silver medal position

Team THUNDER – Bronze medal place

Team HURRICANE – Fourth place

12 plus COPPER Category Gymnast

Keeley Williams represented the Academy in this competition. Her training colleague – Moridiat Olagunju is currently out with a knee injury and we hope to see her back at training soon.

Keeley did an amazing job and started with a brilliant gold winning floor routine to music. Keeley scored a huge 12.1 and the judges remarked on a fantastic performance. Her next apparatus was the uneven bars. Again Keeley performed the best routine she had ever done and placed gold on this apparatus with a fantastic upstart into handstand start to the routine.

Keeley then moved to the vault which she did well scoring a 10.75 for her half on full twist off. The vault landed safely the score reflected her attempt. Keeley finished her competition on the beam, which did not quite go to plan on the day. However, Keeley finished with two gold medals and an overall sixth place. she did not quite make finals this year by 0.2. We were so proud of Keeley for her amazing effort at the Copper competition.

WELL DONE GIRLS! It is business as usual back at the gym now with an active rest period before the grading selections for 2026.

Well done to volunteer Mike and his daughter – senior gymnast Evie Thorpe who both did a 5km walk and raised £85 as part of our big fund raising campaign – wow! this is amazing!! We are so grateful for Mike’s fantastic support at CNGA. He has done a tremendous amount of ‘behind the scenes’ work at the club not to mention the volunteer support with the children at the beginner and improver classes. Evie is also one of our CNGA leaders helping the coaches with the beginner classes. Thank you both for your incredible fund raising and support of the Academy !!!

All gymnasts, parents/carers are reminded that jewellery is not to be worn for gymnastic classes. This includes all forms of jewellery (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, piercings – anything).

All items of jewellery should be removed before participation. As a temporary measure, newly pierced ears can have stud earrings – but these need to be covered with tape from home prior to arriving at the gymnastic lesson. Stud earrings must also be removed for lessons, as soon as the newly pierced ears have healed.

Thank you for your continued co-operation with regards to Health and Safety in the Gymnastic lesson.

A huge good luck to all 30 gymnasts taking part in this year’s GYMSTARS Competition at CNGA. Saturday 5th July starts with our 10 to 11 years gymnasts

Round 1

Georgina Salijeni, Anastazja Zmudowska, Gracie Wyatt, Freya Edelman all start on the balance beam whilst Millie Rolfe, Avalyn Halford, Penny Clayden start their competition on the floor exercise

Round 2

A mix of our 10 to 11 age gymnasts and our 12 plus gymnasts all start on the Vault

10 to 11 – Roselyn Dyer, Skye Hooper, Roksana Mikus, Pearl Edwards, Lacie Blake

12 plus – Isla Phillips, Lydia Porter

Round 3

Round 3 is a mix of our 10 to 11 years and the majority of our 12 plus gymnasts

10 to 11 years Livvy Darling Wyatt starts her competition on the vault

12 plus – Leah Tremaine, Brooke Arnold, Evie Thorpe all start their competition on the floor exercise

12 plus – SOPHIA MATTHEWS PAIGE WILLIAMS JASMINE EVANS AVA SPITERI NIA WILLIAMS AYLA CLOTHIER all start their competition on the Vault

Sunday 6th July

ROUND 1

12 plus COPPER level gymnast KEELEY WILLIAMS starts her competition on the floor exercise

ROUND 2

12 plus COPPER level gymnast MORIDIAT OLAGUNJU starts her competition on the balance beam

ROUND 3

4 of our 9 in the year gymnasts take to the stage and start their competition on the Vault

PRIMROSE RICHARDS, ISLA BASTOW, EVIE TRAVES, AVA TRAVES

GOOD LUCK GYMNASTS FROM EVERYONE AT CNGA AND HAVE AN AMAZING COMPETITION! Results will show on this page on Monday!

GYMNASTICS LESSON WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING – 5PM TO 7PM FOR OUR THURSDAY IMPROVER GIRLS GROUP. THE LESSON WILL BE APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE WEATHER. GYMNASTS ARE TO BRING A COLD DRINK OR MONEY TO BUY A COLD DRINK (BOTTLE WATER £1 AND CANS OF SOFT DRINKS £1.20) FROM THE CAFE. WE ALSO SELL A RANGE OF ICE CREAMS (£2) AND ICE POPS (50P)

WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO COME THIS EVENING. WE ARE AWARE THAT MANY SCHOOLS HAVE CANCELLED TODAY’S SPORTS DAY AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, BUT AS WE ARE INSIDE, OUR LESSON IS NOT CANCELLED AS THE GYMNASTS WILL NOT BE EXPOSED TO THE SUN. AS SAID, THE LESSON WILL BE MODIFIED APPROPRIATELY, WITH PLENTY OF HYDRATION BREAKS.

Congratulations to all the gymnasts who took part in the Annual Academy Championships last weekend. The beginners girls in Reception and Year 1 were celebrated for their amazing effort at the competition.

YEAR 1 HIGHEST ACHIEVERS: 3rd Aadhya Mhatre, 2nd Betsy Forbes, 1st Evie Link

WELL DONE TO ALL THE RECEPTION AND YEAR 1 GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 2 RESULTS

6th place: Emily Wootton, 5th place: Ava Marshall, 4th place: Lacey-Rae Wilkins-Maloney 3rd place: Amelia Wagner, 2nd place: Lili Wixcey, 1st place: Denisa Zara

Advanced Year 2 group 2nd place: Angelica Tormen, 1st place; Rebecca Mucenic

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 3 RESULTS

6th place: Madison Meredith, 5th place: Isla Connolly, 4th place: Freya Haviland, 3rd place: Alba Davies, 2nd place: Isla-Mae Chatterton, 1st place: Milly Brown

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 4 RESULTS

6th place: Daisy Clayden, 5th place: Bonnie Bridge, 4th place: Aurora Martins, 3rd place: Connie Tunnacliffe, 2nd place: Lettie Daw-Evans, 1st place: Melanie Dirwai

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 5 RESULTS

5th place: Emma Swart, 4th place: Summer Logan, 3rd place: Rhianwen Lewis, 2nd place: Ava-Leigh Reynolds, 1st place: Ffion Johnston

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 6 RESULTS

4th place: Kyra-Rose Edmonds, 3rd place: Maizie Davies-Willetts, 2nd place: Ava Gibbs, 1st place: Lena Serkowiak

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 7 to 10 RESULTS

5th place: Kezia Naylon, 4th place: Lowri Love, 3rd place: Daisy Ward, joint first position: Binta Chatty and Olivia Bonnici

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

9 IN YEAR GYMNASTS

5th place Arden Williams, 4th place: Evie Traves, 3rd place: Primrose Richards, 2nd place: Isla Bastow, 1st place: Ava Traves

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

10 to 11 YEARS

6th place: Georgina and Livvy, 5th place: Roksana M, 4th place: Penny, 3rd place: Gracie, joint 2nd place: Anastajza Zmudowska and Millie Rolfe, 1st place: Avalyn Halford

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

12 Plus Zinc

6th place: Poppy Price, 5th place: Isla Phillips, 4th place: Sophia Matthews, 3rd place: Ayla Clothier, 2nd place: Roksana Tkaczynska, 1st place: Jasmine Evans

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

12 plus COPPER

2nd place: Moridiat Olagunju, 1st place: Keeley Williams

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

The competition squad also competed for the top 3 placings on each apparatus: the results are below

top 3 positions on each apparatus

top 3 positions on each apparatus	VAULT	BARS	BEAM	FLOOR
9 IN THE YEAR
3	AVA T	ISLA B	EVIE T	AVA T
2		PRIMROSE	AVA T	PRIMROSE
1	EVIE AND ARDEN	EVIE T	ARDEN W	ISLA B
10 TO 11 YEARS
3		MILLIE AND ANASTAZJA		FREYA E
2	GRACIE& AVALYN	LIVVY	ANASTAZJA AND ROKSANA	GEORGINA
1	LIVVY	AVALYN	AVLAYN	AVALYN
12 + ZINC
3		AYLA & SOPHIA	JASMINE	ISLA
2	BROOKE AND ISLA P	ROKSANA T	AYLA	NIA
1	AVA SPITERI	JASMINE	ROKSANA T	SOPHIA
12 PLUS COPPER
2		MORIDIAT	MORIDIAT	KEELEY
1	MORIDIAT & KEELEY	KEELEY	KEELEY	MORIDIAT

The competition squad gymnasts will now be working on their routines for the upcoming GYMSTARS competition in July.

Well done to all the children who brought their Easter Bonnet and paraded around the gym last week. They were all works of art! Well done to the children who were selected by our coaching staff for a prize for their fancy Easter Bonnet – congratulations!

Jemima Taylor competed in the World Cup floor exercise final today in Osijek, Croatia. Jemima scored an amazing 12.6 and managed 4th place in the finals narrowly missing out on a bronze medal position by 0.1. We are all super proud of Jemima at CNGA for this incredible achievement at World Level in artistic gymnastics.

Nine CNGA gymnasts competed at the South East Prep and Development Grades on the weekend. The girls were all working to achieve a grade, rather than an individual position overall. There were top 6 places awarded on each apparatus (Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor and Ranges) but the main focus was that all our gymnasts achieved either one of the following grade passes

WORKING TOWARDS – scoring a total of 49.9 or below

WORKING AT – scoring at the appropriate level and achieving a total score between 50 and 54.9

WORKING ABOVE – scoring above the requirement of the level and achieving a total score between 55 and 59.9

WORKING BEYOND – scoring above the requirement of the level and achieving a total score above 60

Preparation 1

Evie Traves and Primrose Richards competed at this level. Both girls were amazing and performed fantastic routines. They did not quite achieve top 6 positions at the competition but both gymnasts can be super proud of their grading result. Well done Prim and Evie!!

Primrose – Working At and Evie – Working Above

Preparation 2

Ava Traves and Skye Hooper competed at this level. Amazing effort from both gymnasts and we are so proud of their performances. This was a very competitive field and Ava managed to secure 4th place on the Bars and 4th place on the Ranges routine – well done Ava! Skye has also worked exceptionally hard and this paid off with her grading achievement at this competition. Well done Ava and Skye!!

Skye – Working At and Ava – Working Above

Development 1

Avalyn Halford, Leah Tremaine and Anastazja Zmudowska competed at this level. Another excellent effort from all three gymnasts with a couple of minor issues on the bars and beam. All three girls can be justly proud of their efforts at this very competitive grading.

They all started on floor exercise and completed their competition on the balance beam.

Avalyn positioned 2nd place on the vault, 1st place on the beam (wow!) and 5th place overall. Amazing achievement – well done Avalyn!

Leah did fantastic routines on every apparatus and although did not quite make a top 6 position on each apparatus, managed to position 10th overall – well done Leah!

Anastazja also performed her routines well on the day. Her floor routine was excellent and she managed to positioned 3rd in the competition on this apparatus – well done Anastazja!

Avalyn – Working Above

Leah – Working Above

Anastazja – Working Above

Development 3

Keeley Williams and Moridiat Olagunju competed at this level. Both girls were amazing and performed their routines brilliantly on the day. We were so proud of these gymnasts who positioned as follows

Moridiat – Vault 1st place, Bars 5th place, Beam 4th place, floor 3rd place, ranges 3rd place Overall 3rd place.

Keeley – Vault 2nd place, Bars 1st place, Beam 10th place, Floor 5th place and Ranges 1st place Overall 4th place

Both girls were just amazing at this grading. Their performances on all apparatus was just magnificent both achieving top 6 positions on all apparatus amongst a very tough competitive field. Well done Moridiat and Keeley!!

Moridiat – Working Above

Keeley – Working Above

Pictured below are the gymnasts with their certificates and achievements over the grading competition – well done gymnasts!!

Left to right Ava Traves, Skye Hooper, Evie Traves and Front: Primrose Richards

Left to right: Anastazja Zmudowska, Avalyn Halford, Leah Tremaine

Keely Williams and Moridiat Olagunju

Below is the latest news from BBC Sport on the Artistic Gymnastic World Cup in Croatia. We are absolutely thrilled and so proud of Jemima’s achievement in gymnastics and wish her every success and the best of luck for the floor finals on Sunday 13th April 2025. Go Jemima!!