Warwick Open 2010


28 February 2010

A team of 11 from Cambridge travelled to the Warwick Open in search of some useful match practice before next week's varsity match. The competition was very well organised although the labyrinthine sports hall at Warwick Uni required 2 strong sherpas and a week's supply of food in order to safely navigate.

Zanna Szlachta saved her best form for her last competition of the season, finishing a very impressive 5th in the novice women category, which as usual had a vast number of entries. Christine Schmaus and Kate Davies also demonstrated a noticeable improvement in their competition form with 10th and 15th respectively in the rarely seen inter-advanced category.

The advanced and elite competitors were all drawn to compete on Warwick Uni's two new spider trampolines. These tramps are the norm at competitions now, but the lack of experience of Cambridge's bouncers on these slower tramps was noticeable. However, despite the short opportunity to get used to the different timing, we still recorded some good results. Katharina Kohler, flying the Cambridge flag on her own in advanced women, finished 12th. Gareth Tear was the best of the three musketeers in handling the new tramps, finishing 5th. Alan McCreanor and Stephen Flexer both struggled to finish their routines, coming home 7th and 8th respectively.

In the elite categories, Charlotte Pocock showed her class and experience finishing 13th with a solid score of 45.0. Helen Smith performed a partially unintentional forward roll dismount on to the adjacent trampoline at the end of her voluntary routine, which resulted in 14th place. The elite men carried our last hopes for a medal from the competition. Dave Chapman nearly delivered, but a repeated barani pike in his voluntary routine cost him difficulty bonus, resulting in 4th place with a score of 46.6. Rob McNeil copied Dave's repeated barani pike, but unfortunately it was in his compulsory routine which resulted in scores out of 6. Despite this setback, Rob recovered to claim 6th place.

It was a very enjoyable competition even though we all got lost on the drive home.

Joel Taylor

Results

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LevelPlaceNameSetVolTotal
Elite4thDavid ChapmanCompVol46.6
Elite6thRobert McNeilCompVol37.3
Elite13thCharlotte PocockCompVol45.0
Elite14thHelen SmithCompVol41.6
Advanced5thGareth TearSetVol43.8
Advanced7thStephen FlexerSetVol42.1
Advanced8thAlan McCreanorSetVol40.1
Advanced12thKatharina KohlerSetVol42.5
Inter-advanced10thChristine SchmausSetVol43.3
Inter-advanced15thKate DaviesSetVol39.8
Novice5thZanna SzlachtaSetVol44.6
 

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