04. Juli 2010  
Guildford, Great Britain  
Artistic Gymnastics

Whelan, Mitchell Win British Championships

Hannah WHELAN, new British Champion

British Champion City of Liverpool’s Hannah Whelan produced a superb performance to take the 2010 Senior Women’s All-around title from the Guildford Spectrum.
Beijing Olympian Hannah, having recently returned to action after a wrist injury took the most prestigious honour of the British calendar scoring 57.800.
Hannah said: “ I’m really, really happy! I didn’t have any aims or expectations coming into the competition. So to then go out and win is just incredible. I’ve had injury problems so to then return and become British Champion is fantastic.”

The Silver medal went to Heathrow ‘s Nicole Hibbert (55.850) who competed in the Senior competition for the 1st time after being crowned Junior Champion in 2009.

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Nicole Hibbert said: “ I had a really good competition. In training I felt a slight problem with my hip but it seems to have recovered. My Beam was a bit wobbly but overall I'm happy. Its potentially a big year coming up with either the Commonwealth Games or World Championships so I’m really looking forward to the rest of the year.”
Nicole’s Teammate, Danusia Francis, also like Hannah making a welcome return after injury, took the Bronze medal scoring 55.350.
Danusia: “I’m extremely happy, I've had a bit of a difficult run in with a few injuries so to be able to compete here in the first place was great, and gave me a chance to see where I stand compared to some of the other gymnasts. Having missed out on the Europeans it was good to show the home crowd what I can do and win a medal.”

** ALL-AROUND, ELITE
1. Hannah Whelan (City Of Liverpool)  - 57.800
2. Nicole Hibbert (Heathrow)                  - 55.850
3. Danusia Francis (Heathrow)              - 55.350

4. Rebecca Wing (Heathrow)                - 54.950
5 Imogen Cairns (The Academy)         - 54.550
6. Niamh Rippin (Notts)                          - 53.550
7. Charlotte Lindsley (Heathrow)           - 51.400
8. Laura Edwards (Dynamo)                 - 50.850
9. Claire Stock (Huntingdon)                 - 50.550
10. Jordan Lipton (Notts)                        - 50.050
11. Jocelyn Hunt (Horsham)                  - 49.900
12. Sydney Elliott-Money (Woking)         - 49.450
13. Emma White (Huntingdon)               - 48.750
14. Jenna Walters (Woking)                    - 48.700
15. Nina Dearman (Vernon Park)          - 48.550
16. Amy Regan (City of Glasgow)          - 47.950 
 ... of altogether 34 participants

**  APP. FINALS, ELITE
*  V A U L T 
1. Imogen Cairns
2. Marissa King
3. Nicole Hibbert

**  U N E V E N  B A R S
1. Beth Tweddle
2. Nicole Hibbert
3. Hannah Whelan

** B A L A N C E   B E A M
1. Danusia Francis
2. Hannah Whelan
3. Rebecca Wing

** F L O O R  E X E R C I S E S
1. Danusia Francis
2. Niamh Rippin
3. Hannah Whelan

2010 British Junior's Championships
Laura Mitchell Gold, Rebecca Tunney Silver, Venus Romaeo Bronze.

A great depth of talent and some star names created a memorable 2010 British Junior Championship from the Guildford Spectrum. Heathrow’s Laura Mitchell (54.300) took the title to continue a fantastic year for her, having made the All-around Final at the Junior European Championships. Her win also keeps the title within Heathrow Gymnastics Club following from Nicole Hibbert's success in 2009. Laura Mitchell: “That was really exciting! I wasn’t really thinking about the results it was more focusing on how to perform each piece. I always try to enjoy each competition, even though its nerve-wracking I still want to have fun when I compete. I can’t even put into words how amazing this year has been for me, I'm so happy.”

Liverpool’s Rebecca Tunney took the Silver (53.900).
Rebecca :“I’m really happy. I got a bit nervous at times but I wanted to prove myself again after the Europeans and Ithink I've done that today.”

And Cardiff Centrals, Venus Romaeo (53.2000 made a great return after injury difficulties to take Bronze: Venus: "I’m really impressed with myself, I went clean all round so I’m very pleased with today. Having had an injury I’m so happy to be back competing and I've put a lot of work in to getting back here. After missing the Europeans I kind of wanted topove that I am there amongst the Team and I think I did that today so I’m very happy.”

** Juniors All-around:
1.  Laura Mitchell (Heathrow)                  54.300
2.  Rebecca Tunney (City Of Liverpool) 53.900
3. Venus Romaeo (Cardiff Central)         53.200

4.  Ruby Harrold (The Academy) 52.800
5. Loriah James (Heathrow) 52.750
6. Elizabeth Beddoe (Cardiff Central) 52.400
7. Anna Stubbs (City Of Liverpool) 52.100
8. Jessica Hogg (Cardiff Central) 52.050
9.  Ruby Straw (Notts) 51.650
10. Jasmine Reed-Yang (The Academy) 50.100
11. Charlotte Draycott (Unattached) 49.450
12.  Billie Mackenzie (Notts) 49.300
   ... of altogether 32 paricipants
* Juniors Apparatus Finals:
* Vault:
1. Ruby Harrold - Gold,
2. Ruby Straw - Silver,
3. Jessica Hogg - Bronze
* Uneven Bars:
1. Rebecca Tunney
2. Lizzie Beddoe
3. Jasmine Reed-Yang
Beam:
1. Laura Mitchell –
2. Bethan Evans
3. Jessica Hogg
* Floor:
1. Jessica Hogg
2. Loriah James
3. Ruby Straw


* Source: British Gymnastics, Tim Peake