Deeping athletes fly the flag

from I'd Rather Be In Deeping September 2022

Cash in the Attic

SPORT Deeping athletes fly the flag for their town and country!

We have seen and read with great joy of the achievements of gymnast Jake Jarman at the recent Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. In these, his first major senior championships, Jake won the gold medal in the team allaround, individual all-around, floor exercise and vault. But not everyone is aware that this gold medallist attended the Deepings School from the age of eleven, leaving at the age of seventeen having embarked on his gymnastic career. Jake’s teachers were supportive of his strict training regime, which inevitably meant that he had to be removed from school, and they kept him abreast of the lessons he was missing while reducing his workload by dropping certain subjects.

Jake’s dedication to his sport has been unquestionable, training six days a week from 11.00am until 8.00pm with a break for lunch and a short break late afternoon. Prior to the British Championships earlier this year, he dislocated his finger and had to adjust his training regimes to work around the injury. In spite of this impediment he finished third overall, taking the floor and the vault gold medals. He then competed in the London Open where he took overall gold along with individual titles. These results, plus routines at the National Sports Centre, earned Jake selection for Commonwealth Games, and as his proud Dad Tony says, ‘The rest is fantastic history!’ Meanwhile in Montreal, Canada local Deeping resident and triathlete, Simon Hoppe competed in the World Triathlon Championships in June – where he finished 8th in his age group (50-54) and won a bronze medal in his age group in the inaugural Mixed Team Relay event at the World Championships – here is a photo of the happy medal-winning team at the finish line, which Simon led out on the first leg, and was a very proud member of literally Team GB’s first ever age group medallists in the Mixed Team Relay event. This is Simon’s second medal at the Triathlon World Championships and fourth top10 finish in 18 World Championship appearances, spanning 31 years. Simon also won a medal, as the fastest in his age group, at the recent National Championships at Mallory Park in July and he is heading out to the European Championships in Munich in August, where he hopes to add to his collection of five medals in nine appearances.

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