Nightflyers attended this years divisional closed competition in a spirit of 'being there and joining in' rather than with any serious expectation of success!  This competition is run purely on age group, so clubs like ours, with competitors at a maximum of grade 4 are at a bit of a disadvantage competing against Olympic trampolinists.  However, it's a great experience for everyone and gives us a useful opportunity to see how it's done at the higher grades.  It also gives our judges a bit of a work-out, eh Dianna?  Each age group has a large entry - typically 30 or so, compared with the normal groups of 12-15 at grading competitions.

That said, there were some spirited performances from our team - Becky put in by far her best performance to date (51.4), finishing 11th, Bronwyn wasn't far behind on 50.4 and Melissa got a 48.1 to help them come 3rd out of 5 teams.  Andrew managed a creditable 5th (out of 9) with a score of 76.6 (50.6+final) and Marie continued her rapid improvement with a very tidy 51.0 performance.  Charlotte (49.5/74.7) and Lucy (48.1/72.1) both made their final, finishing 8th and 10th and, with help from Rachel Martin (14th, 46.7) they also took a third place team award.  Peter came in 5th (46.7/70.9), Abbie did well to complete her routines very cleanly after returning to competition recently (19th, 47.6) and this time it was Marita, Sarah and Yasmin who suffered mishaps - they still did ok though, getting decent form marks on their completed routines, finishing 20th, 21st & 27th. Finally, Emma did a great job with some high scores for form (48.5) - and of course, big congratulations to Lyndon for getting himself a trophy.  Well done to everyone who took part.

Many thanks to Olive, Sarah and Dianna for giving up their time to help officiate.  Click for full results  and here for the team results