Gymnastics

MR GEORGE JONES director of gymnastics

The Gymnastics year has been one of development of the Prep School program and coming to grips with the new routines set by Gymnastics Australia.

PREP GYMNASTICS The Prep School after school programme has been a huge success with full classes. 70 – 80 boys have enjoyed and embraced gymnastics in Gym Fun and Gym Skills classes each week.

Helen Heanen has been at the helm of the program, along with TSS Old Boys Matt Stevens, Kaimana Barry, Connor Joss and Prep teacher Ms Tomkinson. The boys have embraced the programme with excitement, enthusiasm and energy.

GPS On Saturday 9 June, we travelled to Brisbane Grammar to compete for the GPS Championships. We all competed to try to break the dominance of BGS, who have won the title for the last five years. There were many new faces in the TSS team, however we understood the challenge before us.

DIVISION 3 Our Division 2 boys took up the challenge as the lead off team of the day. For the six apparatus, the lead see-sawed between TSS and BGS. However, the BGS team prevailed with TSS second.

The top performers were: Jayden Niddrie - third overall and third pommel Claude Chabert - third floor Alex Zach-Holt - third vault

L-R CLAUDE CHABERT, JAYDEN NIDDRIE, ALEX ZACH-HOLT, NICHOLAS HILL, BLAIR PARKER.

DIVISION 2 This division was always going to be a tough one for the TSS boys. Our team consisted of new comers to this level, and some older boys. Although they battled hard throughout the competition, the boys finished in fourth place. Once again BGS finished in first place. The top TSS boy was Daniel Maurice, finishing in 10th place overall.

L_R: MR TIM WILSON (COACH), ETIENNE CHABERT, TYLER VANDENBERG, DANIEL MAURICE, JESSE MEO, CODY WOOD, MR GEORGE HAIN (COACH) DIVISION 1 This was the defining competition for our team. Our position in the overall rankings was under threat from BGS and a very good BBC team. The TSS team competed with determination, knowing BBC were closing in. After six rounds TSS managed to get past BBC and in so doing, clinched second place overall for the sixth year in a row behind BGS.

Top performers were: Cody Corbett - third overall and first on rings Jack Burt - third on rings and high bar Kiarn Barry - third on vault

DIVISION 1 TEAM COUPER BASKUS, CODY CORBETT, JACK BURT, KIARN BARRY. KNEELING: CY DACEY.

SENIOR QUEENSLAND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2018 Senior State Championships were a successful competition for TSS gymnasts.

LEVEL 7 Cody Corbett and Kaimana Barry represented TSS in Level 7. Both gymnasts were on fire throughout the championships, maintaining a position in the top three over the six apparatus. The results speak for themselves: Cody: third overall, second rings, third floor and parallel bars. Kaimana: second overall, second vault, third high bar and vault. Both boys were selected for the Queensland Team to compete at the National Championships. Couper Baskus and Jack Burt competed in Level 8 at the championships. They competed to their abilities, however found the going tough. Although they finished out of the medals, the experience will be invaluable for 2019.

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Cody Corbett and Kiamana Barry were members of the successful Queensland Team, finishing in first place. Cody had a successful competition in his first National Championships, finishing in second place overall. He also finished first on floor, third on rings and parallel bars. All in all a great competition for our TSS Gymnasts.

STATE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS TSS also sent teams to the Queensland State Club Championships, competing in Divisions D, C and B.

Our Division B team had a successful championship, finishing third overall. The team finished first on floor, rings and vault, third on high bar and parallel bars and fifth on pommel horse. Given the size of our club, this result was an amazing feat against the bigger clubs of Queensland.

L-R: MR GEORGE JONES (COACH), KAIMANA BARRY, CODY CORBETT, MR TIMOTHY WILSON (COACH), JACK BURT. The Junior Boys competed at the Gold Coast Regional Championships, where Jordan Scott finished third overall. Jordan and Jayden Niddrie, were also selected for the Gold Coast Team, which competed in the Regional Team Challenge. The year finished with the Annual Awards Dinner.

This event is where we recognise and applaud the achievements for 2018. The 2018 Senior Champion is Cody Corbett and the Junior Champion is Jordan Scott. A special thanks to all our coaches who work hard to bring gymnastics to a wide group of boys. Also, a special thank you to the new support committee for their support in ensuring our events are well organised and supported.