Ten of our Advanced girls travelled to Derry, Northern Ireland, to take part in a training camp held at Twisters Gymnastics club, writes coach Tara.
Abi, Bella, Lydia, Megan, Zara, Ellie, Macey, Ava, Olivia and Rosie flew out to Ireland on Thursday 24 May to stay with host families. This was the first gymnastics trip for some of our Advanced gymnasts. They were accompanied by myself and Shelley.
The girls trained in the day with high level coaches such as national coach Walter Consonni.
The girls enjoyed gaining new skills and made full use of Twisters’ bars and tumble pits. Also, during the girls’ stay with host families, they were treated to days out at a park and farm as well as BBQs and bowling.
The maiden City Cup competition was held on Sunday 27 May and the girls performed fantastically, gaining many medals for individual apparatus and overall positions were also achieved.
They flew home on Tuesday excited to show off their medals and share their experiences with club mates. Myself and Shelley were immensely proud of the girls’ team spirit and maturity throughout the whole trip.
A big thank you to Twisters, host families and coaches for giving the girls an experience they will never forget.
We are also very thankful to Mr and Mrs Buckley for arranging this safe, fun and memorable trip every year with our great friends at Twisters.
Amelia is the first Buckley gymnast in around 10 years to reach a 
UPDATED Sunday: Ceri writes: “Super proud of this young lady today! First British finals for both of us and she performed beautifully! Clean routines and outscored her Welsh score by 2 whole marks! 34/56 competitors with the Welsh Team finishing in 8th! Thank you to everyone that has wished us good luck and came to support Amelia on the day! Goal achieved!”
Good luck to a team of Advanced class gymnasts who are training and competing in Derry with our friends from 
Step 1: Ask the gymnast to lie on their back with their arms and legs spread out wide.
Step 2: You can make a star shape standing up. Again arms are straight, legs are straight and knees are pointing forward.
Step 3: Star Jump
Step 4: Arms swing out and back and legs bend to give the power for the jump. This is actually more difficult to co-ordinate than you might think. Keep the feet together.
Step 5: Jump up with arms and legs spreading out wide to make the star shape in the air. Arms and legs should be straight.
Step 6: Land with knees bent and feet together. The arms sweep round to the front into the landing position.
Step 7: The landing position which is the same for any jump. Count 1,2,3 in this position. This shows the judge they have good control and a secure landing.
Step 8: Finish!
Buckley Gymnastics Club 
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