The Review Issue 11 Summer 2016 | Page 12

12 To place editorial email [email protected] t eti Inter mp Regional Co ha mp ton partnership with Lucy Glendenning, of 2016 Acrobatic Celtic Cup along with the rest Loudoun Academy. Simona and Lucy have only been partners for 3 months and this year saw Simona compete in the 11-16 age group for the first time. The pair performed 2 routines – Balance and Dynamic. For their Stewarton girls returned successful from the of Team Scotland, winning the trophy for the 4th consecutive year. A 47 strong team travelled to the University of Ulster - Northern Ireland, for the event on Saturday 16th April, aiming to see off competition from Wales, Ireland and host nation Northern Ireland. As well as claiming the Scottish Acrobatic Championship in the overall 2016 title, Scottish gymnasts also Motherwell as a base. She was in a partnership topped the podium in every category entered. for less than 8 months with Katie O’Hare, of A special well done to Scotland's 11-16 Team Onthank Primary school, Kilmarnock, and 1 who won Gold at the Celtic Cup! Simona managed to reach 4th place out of 18 pairs and Lucy were chosen to be part of Team 1 from all over Scotland, with the frustrating by the Scotland Team coaches so have won score 0.314 away from the gold. Ellie's themselves a Gold medal as well. parents are extremely proud because the pair The girls and their parents would like to were asked to compete at the Southampton Motherwell. It was a very tough competition t ou On top of these fantastic achievements, the competition year. She is also in a new as a top and this year she competed at Scotland as a result of their performance in tS ls a win b ronze meda Simona had a slightly better start for her Last year Ellie became a British Champion Inter-Regional Competition as part of Team an dK atie ie Sisters Ellie and Simona, pupils of Stewarton Academy, have had great success so far in their sport Acrobatic Gymnastics. They both train at Kilmarnock Acrobatic Gymnastics Club. Their competition year has just started and The Review is pleased to confirm that they have started amazingly well! Ell g ym nas t i c fa n ta s t i c ! ion st e wa rto n si st er s Simona and Lucy performing their Balance routine at Scottish Championship thank the coaches – Laura McClymon, Allen O'Meara and Suzanne Frame, for their hard work with the girls. They would also love to against some fierce opponents from very elite Balance routine they received a Silver medal, say a big thank you to the North Ayrshire Katie m