Date: Wednesday 18 th June 2014
Venue: Tormead School, Guildford
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Attendees:
Jamie Weller
Michelle O’Brien (Tormead School)
Tania Cattoor (Tonbridge Grammar)
Rachael Leggett (Tonbridge Grammar)
Mark Gill
Apologies for absence:
Geoff Turner, Dave Miller, Jo Cox, Penny Godman, Stella Jackson, Laura Weller and Jenna Lucas.
The agenda for the meeting was circulated before the meeting via email and paper copies were available at the meeting.
Matters Arising:
Judges Course – Level 1 & 2 for our region. At last year’s meeting it was discussed that a judge’s course for our region would be considered. Although a course within the region has run it is felt that this did not reach a range of schools/areas and it is thought that another course should be run in
September/October which will be prior to the U11 Individual Floor and Vault. ACTION: Rachael
Leggett to discuss this with Geoff Turner.
Jackets for National Finals – Rachael Leggett did source a couple of samples of zip up jackets but it was felt that the black would not be durable enough. ACTION: Rachael is now going to source grey zip up hoodies which will be presented to committee members present at the next competition. It has been agreed that the region will subsidise the purchase of these although schools will need to contribute a reasonable amount and therefore students will keep them.
Individual Floor and Vault Criteria – The criteria of the U11 Floor and Vault was revised by Charlie
Cattoor after last year’s AGM. This was then past to Geoff Turner who made further alterations.
Feedback from this was that the criteria allowed a fairer competition but the hours that gymnasts train needs to be reconsidered – Acro training hours are currently considered equal to Artistic hours of training? ACTION: Jamie Weller to revisit the criteria for this competition.
Chairman’s Report:
Not available due to Geoff’s absence

South East Region Achievements at National Finals:
Milano Trio
U11 Girls – Tormead – 4 th & Sutton – 8 th (Team Trophy - 3 rd )
U16 Girls – Tonbridge – 1 st & Tormead - 2 nd (Team Trophy – 1 st )
U16 Boys – Canterbury – 6 th & St John’s – 2 nd (Team Trophy – 1 st )
U16 Mixed – St John’s – 4 th & Canterbury 12 th (Team Trophy – 5th)
Trampoline
U11 Girls Elite – Barcombe Primary – 1 st
U11 Boys Elite – Buxted CofE – 7 th
U13 Boys Elite – Lingfield Notre Dame – 5 th
U19 Girls Elite – Dartford Grammar – 9 th
U19 Boys Elite – The Priory CofE – 2 nd
U11 Girls Novice – Hawkes farm Primary – 2 nd
U13 Girls Novice – Hailsham Community College – 7 th
U13 Boys Novice - Hailsham Community College – 1 st
U15 Boys Novice – Mascalls School – 6 th
U19 Boys Novice - Hailsham Community College – 4 th
Acro
U11 Girls pairs – Kent College – 9 th
U11 Group – Kent College – 4 th
U14 Girls pairs – Tonbridge – 4 th
U14 Boys pairs – Canterbury – 6 th
U14 Group – Tonbridge – 4 th
O14 Girls Pairs – Kent College – 6 th
O14 Boys Pairs – Canterbury – 4 th
O14 Group – Tonbridge – 4 th
Tumbling
U11 Girls – Sutton – 3 rd & 9 th
U14 Girls – Tonbridge – 11 th & Kent College -3 rd
U14 Boys – Canterbury – 8 th & 14 th
O14 Girls – Kent College – 9 th & Sutton – 17 th
O14 Boys – Canterbury – 10 th
The region came 7 th overall in both Acro and tumbling
School Gym (F&V)
U11 Girls – Kent College – 3 rd
U11 Boys – Cranmore – 8 th
U11 Mixed – Rudgwick – 7 th
U14 Girls – Tonbridge – 4 th
U14 Mixed – St John’s – 5 th
U19 Girls – Tormead – 1 st
U19 Boys – St John’s – 1 st
U19 Mixed – St John’s – 2 nd
Overall Positions
U11 – 6th
U14 - 5 th
U19 – 1 st

Treasurer’s Report
A full treasurer’s report can be requested from Laura Weller.
The account stands at £8989.62
The accounts do not include the trampoline competition account.
It was discussed that the accounts should now be combined as Stella Jackson will be stepping down as coordinator. ACTION – Laura Weller to contact Stella Jackson to gain access to the trampoline account and transfer any funds to the South Est Region account.
National Board News: (Jamie Weller)
Music for National Finals can now be sent together and not as individual files
Tumbling at National Finals will be held on the Saturday for all age groups, with a disability section added to the Sunday competition
Rhythmic maybe introduced to schools competitions…important to notify local clubs/schools with links to this discipline
Canterbury owe £30, and the South East Region owe £48 in entry fees
Canterbury will be asked to reimburse the region for their national entry as they did not attend.
ACTION: Tania to contact Canterbury.
In the U11 School Gym Team Floor and Vault an extra tier was developed after the number of entries had been considered to allow more gymnasts to receive medals. This was positively received and something we would like to continue this year. The three tiers will be National, Regional Plus and Regional. Schools may wish to use the development officers in order to gauge which competition their gymnasts should be entered in.
U11 Individual Floor and Vault – 3 tiers – Novice, Intermediate and Advanced this year. Any additional tiers will not be used. Jamie Weller is going to reassess the criteria for all levels. It has been suggested that exemplar routines should be videoed and published on the regions website in order for schools to be clear on the criteria. Once the criteria has been agreed by Jamie, Michelle O’Brien has offered to arrange videos to be produced and passed to Mark Gill
School Gym Team Floor and Vault/Milano – There is a change to the individual floor criteria. In the content of the routine a gymnast must perform only two of the following – strength, balance and flexibility. This will allow for more artistry and movement during the routine.
Region Officer Appointments:
Chairperson: Tania Cattoor
Secretary: Rachael Leggett
Affiliations: Mark Gill
Treasurer: Laura Weller
Trampoline co-ordinator: Stella Jackson
Judge co-ordinator: Jamie Weller
Development officers: Michelle O’Brien, Charlie Cattoor, Geoff Turner
Competition co-ordinator: Host of competition
National Finals co-ordinator: Jamie Weller
Medals & Trophy co-ordinator – Rachael Leggett
National Finals clothing co-ordinator: Rachael Leggett
Website administrator: Mark Gill

Regional Diary Dates:
Regional Trampoline round: TBC
U11 Individual Floor & Vault and Key Steps: Hazelwood School, Oxted – 22 nd /23 rd November (Date TBC)
U19 Individual Floor & Vault: venue TBC – 8 th /9 th November (Date TBC) – Any schools that are willing to host please contact rleggett@tgs.kent.sch.uk
Milano Trio: Tormead – Sunday 25 th January
U11 & U19 School Gym Team Floor & Vault: St John’s – Sunday 8 th February
Acrobatic & Tumbling: Tonbridge Grammar – Sunday 21 st March
ALL COMPETITION DATES AND VENUES WILL BE POSTED ON THE SOUTH EAST GYMNASTIC WEBSITE - http://www.bsga-se.org/index.htm
PLEASE CHECK THIS FOR ANY CHANGES IN SEPTEMBER
Any Other Business:
Judges payment at regional competitions: £40 per judge as a standard fee for all competitions
Stella Jackson would like to step down as Trampoline Co-ordinator after the coming year – and so a replacement for this role needs to be considered during the course of this year.
Next AGM:
Tonbridge Grammar School – Wednesday 17 th June 2015