SPORT// TRAMPOLINING
TRAMPOLINING
Pocklington School’s Under 13 girls’
trampolining team reached the finals
of the National Schools Trampoline
Championships, with team member
Scarlett McMullen also qualifying as an
individual.
The team of Lucy Grewer (1st Year),
Lucy Harrison-Little, Ally Law and
Scarlett (all 2nd Year) qualified after
finishing second in the Northern
Zonal Finals in Huddersfield. Scarlett
also finished second in the individual
category – just 0.1 points behind the
winner.
The team also competed in the National
Trampoline Finals in Newtownards,
Northern Ireland in March.
Games teacher i/c trampolining,
Jan Kilsby, said: “This is a fantastic
achievement – all the girls in the team
performed brilliant routines and held
their nerve to qualify. Scarlett produced
an excellent set routine which gained a
very high score in her category. They’ve
all done exceptionally well.”
The Prep School’s A team also
competed in the Northern Zonal Finals,
in the Under 11s category. Hannah
Burt, Maisie Burt, Niamh Cowen and
Isabelle Dimmack (all Year 5) were
unlucky to miss out on reaching the
National Finals after performing some
great routines.
Mrs Kilsby said: “Maisie Burt produced
a sound voluntary routine and Hannah
Burt pulled off a lovely set routine. Izzy
and Niamh hit both their routines with
a determination to succeed. Niamh
should be congratulated on her ability
to hold her nerve and to perform two
solid good routines with good form,
height and limited travel. All the girls
performed brilliantly. Well done.”
It is the first time Pocklington School
Scarlett McMullen is the Under
13 Schools’ Novice Trampolining
Champion after winning her category
in the British Gymnastics National
Schools’ Trampoline Finals.
Pocklington School’s Under 13s team of
Lucy Grewer (1st Year), Lucy Harrison-
Little, Ally Law and Scarlett (all 2nd
Year), were close runners-up in the
U13 category at the same event, held
in Northern Ireland at the beginning of
the Easter holidays.
Jan Kilsby, Games teacher i/c
Trampolining, said: “I’m proud of
Scarlett and the entire team for staying
calm and focused in the highly charged
atmosphere of a national final, and
putting in wonderful performances.
They’ve worked very hard and their
success is well-deserved.”
Almost 500 gymnasts from 160 schools
has entered the Championships since
2014, and Mrs Kilsby said she was
delighted with the way the teams had
taken the competition in their stride.
She added: “I’d like to thank the parents
for all their amazing support leading up
to the competitions and at the events
themselves.”
across the UK competed in the finals,
at Newtownards Leisure Centre, after
successfully completing two qualifying
rounds. The gymnasts performed two
trampoline routines – one “set” and
one “voluntary” – and all Pocklington’s
competitors performed without any
mistakes.
Mrs Kilsby said: “We knew Scarlett was
among the leaders and that everyone
in our team had performed well, but it
was a very anxious wait while the scores
were totted up. When the results were
announced, the girls were delighted.”
The trampolinists, supported by
their families, have spent many hours
practising for the competition, which
began last November. Mrs Kilsby
has dedicated a lot of her own time to
helping the girls prepare, along with
her daughter Kayleigh. Mr Kilsby also
acted as an official at the competition.
THE POCKLINGTONIAN
75