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.

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