| The British Amateur Gymnastics Association was formed in 1888 and became a limited company in 1982. Having had a variety of locations during its life it eventually settled at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre in 1989. In 1996, as a result of a thorough review, it evolved into British Gymnastics for all operational purposes, however, the company name has remained unchanged. A new logo was created at the close of 1996 and the Association was relaunched under its new identity during 1997.
The Association is the only recognised Governing Body for the sport of gymnastics within the UK. Under the overall description of gymnastics lie the individual disciplines and activities of:
- Men’s Artistic Gymnastics
- Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
- Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Trampoline and Tumbling Gymnastics
- Acrobatic Gymnastics
- Aerobic Gymnastics
- General Gymnastics
- Double Mini Tramp
- GMPD
The Association is a member of the World Governing Body for Gymnastics (FIG) and the European Governing Body for Gymnastics (UEG). The Association is also a member of the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) as well as being represented, locally and nationally, on many other sporting bodies.
Over the past years British Gymnastics has made substantial progress in a number of directions. The standards of performance of British gymnasts have improved at all levels and in all disciplines.
Membership of British Gymnastics has increased considerably in the last years and now has nearly 100,00 members. The Association has a comprehensive membership structure, details of which can be found on the Membership page.
History Milestones
British Gymnastics is one of the oldest sports governing bodies in the world. It has been following a 117 year road of development, and today enjoys recognition and respect built by the contribution of several generations of enthusiasts.
Gymnastics was 'transported' on to the British Islands by German followers of the Father of modern Gymnastics, Frederick Ludwig Jahn. In 1860 German Immigrants formed the first Gym Club in Britain and five years later, in 1865 they opened their German Gymnasium in St. Pancras, London. (Ironically, this centre was bombed by the Germans during the first World War on 7th July 1917.)
The next twenty years were marked by the growth of various Gym Clubs throughout the country (Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Leeds etc.)
Following the amazing boom of Gymnastics throughout Europe and the world, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) emerged in 1881.
The British Governing Body for the sport was formed on 21st June 1888, then under the name Amateur Gymnastics Association.
Before the century ended the first issue of Gymnast Magazine had appeared (1890); The first National Championships was held in Northampton (1896) and the first International was organised in Dublin (1899) England v Ireland v Scotland. (The latter was a historic occasion in many ways and also a landmark in British Gymnastics because sitting in the audience, quite by chance, was Counselor William Adams J.P. from Birmingham. He so much enjoyed the entertainment that he proposed that the three countries should meet every year and compete for a trophy which he would be honored to donate. This is how the 'Adam's Shield' became Britain’s most treasured award. It is still in existence as the annual Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Team competition trophy.
In 1908 Walter Tysall made history for British gymnastics by winning a Silver medal on floor at the Olympic Games in London. The other two Olympic medals won by Britain so far were celebrated in 1912 Stockholm - Bronze won by the Men's Team and in 1928 Amsterdam - Bronze won by the Women's Team.
Meanwhile the membership scheme came into being, in 1913. The cost was one penny per gymnast per year and the membership level stood at 6,250 members.
The army started using Gymnastics in the overall fitness preparation of soldiers and the Aldershot Army School came onto the national gymnastics scene as very important development of the sport in Britain. Nik Stuart, (MBE for his service to gymnastics), one of the greatest British gymnasts, many times National Champion and holder of the Silver medal on Floor at the 1957 European Championships, was a product of this Army Gymnastics Union.
The 1960's saw a number of curiosities - like 200 boys applying for 90 places in the first National School Boys Course held at Swaylands College near Tonbridge, or the Royal Albert Hall's 6,000 seating capacity being insufficient to meet the demand of the crowd during the British Championships held on 25th March 1961.Then, in 1963 the international 'Champions All' initiated.
The 1970's were exuberant with new developments and new international contacts. Many new Clubs emerged following the appearance of the world’s darling, Olga Korbut at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games.
1973 European Championships for Women was organised at Wembley.
Great Britain became one of the International Sports Acrobatics Federation founders in 1972.
The First Artistic Gymnastics World Cup was held in London in 1975.
The 'Daily Mirror' USSR scholarship was initiated in 1975 (to run until 1985).
George Whiteley was elected on the Executive Committee of the FIG in 1976, (but he sadly died) and in 1979 he was replaced by Frank Edmonds.
In 1979 London, Wembley hosted the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
In 1980 the new Queen Elizabeth Hall, at Lilleshall NSC opened following its destruction in 1979. (Then the roof of the Gym collapsed just minutes after a squad of boys had been dismissed by coach John Atkinson).
London, Wembley saw the World Sports Acrobatics Championships in 1982.
Technical Administration moved from Slough to Lilleshall NSC in 1983.
In April 1988 Princess Royal opened the new Gymnasium Centre at Lilleshall and in the summer the Centenary of the BAGA was celebrated with an impressive Gala performance.
British Women's Pair Sports Acrobatic Champions Alison Tout and Emma Carlisle won a Bronze medal in the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. This was the first medal ever achieved at a World Championships by British gymnasts. Alison went on to continue running the Spelthorne Gymnastics Club with her husband Bob Cooper and they have since produced many more world class gymnasts.
In 1989 Bill Slater was elected President of the Association. His wisdom and leadership qualities helped the BAGA to pull out of financial struggle near to bankruptcy (late 80's and early 90's).
The 1990's are marked with success and dynamic changes. Neil Thomas made history by winning the first World medals in Artistic Gymnastics for Great Britain (Silver on Floor in 1993 and 1994).
Birmingham NEC witnessed excellent World Artistic Gymnastics Championships for Men and Women in 1993.
Telford staged the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup in 1995.
Membership levels reached over 100,000 members.
In April 1995 Roger Quinton Associated Ltd. was formally appointed to appraise the Association.
In April 1996, following the recommendations of the RQA report, the BAGA changed its name to British Gymnastics to reflect a more corporate image and to steer away from the word "amateur" the founding word from 1888.
In May 1996 British Gymnastics staged the Women's European Artistic Gymnastics Championships for Seniors and Juniors in Birmingham.
1997 was marked with the stunning success of the British Sports Acrobats at the World Championships in Manchester in September. Kathryn Peberdy became the first ever Britain to win the Overall Title in Tumbling and our Team took 4th position in the final placement by nations.
John Atkinson was elected Chairman of the FIG's Sports Aerobic’s Commission Lottery funded World Class Performance plan was given the green light and soon dynamic changes in the organisation and training process started, aimed at better achievements of the British gymnasts on the International stage.
Alex Strachan was elected member of the European Gymnastics Union Executive Committee. Sadly, he died a week later, during the Glasgow Grand Prix (October) and his position was taken over by Paul Garber in 1998.
In 1998 the international success of the British Gymnasts reached a new peak. The English Men’s Team (Andrew Atherton, Lee McDermott, Craig Heap, Ross Brewer and John Smethurst) won for the first time ever, the Team title at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Annika Reeder became twice Gold medallist on Floor (after 1994) and Lisa Mason became champion on Vault. Lisa also won a full collection of medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) at the Grand Prix series competitions during the year.
British Sports Acrobats beat their own record by finishing in Bronze medal Team position at the World Championships in Minsk, Belorussia (5 Gold and 2 Silver medals). Neil Griffiths and Rebecca Low and Martyn Smith and Mark Flores became World Overall Champions in Mixed and Men's Pairs respectively.
In 1999 our Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team won for the first time ever an Olympic visa for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. (Please see the Names and Profiles of the members of team on our Home Page). At the World Trampoline and Tumbling championships in Sun City, Robert Small won the All-around Bronze Medal in Tumbling. Together with Ross Gibson, Robert Proctor and Richard Barker won another Bronze in the Team contest.
In 2000, British Gymnastics took part in the Sydney Olympic Games, with a full Women's teamcoming 10th (Annika Reeder, Lisa Mason, Emma Williams, Sharna Murray, Kelly Hackman and Paula Thomas). Men's Gymnastics was represented by Craig Heap who scored his best ever personal result (55.348 pts.) in the Individual all-around final, and took 32nd position in the Men's event. In Trampolining, Lee Brearley celebrated his and his Sport’s Olympic debut with his 6th position in the Men's Individual competition and Jaime Moor was 12th in the Individual Women's competition.
Brian Stocks become the new British Gymnastics President and Alan Sommerville was appointed Chief Executive.
In November, the FIG Congress in Marakesh, Brian Stocks was made a member of the FIG Council, John Atkinson was re-elected President of the Sports Aerobics Technical Committee, Dr Patricia Wade - was made President of the Sports Acrobatics Technical Committee and John Beeton - became a member of the Trampolining Technical Committee.
Glasgow was the first city to see the Olympic Gymnastics Champions at the World Cup Final in December. This was a thrilling and well contested competition showing that all of the Gymnasts could perform well after major events.
2001 was marked by many fantastic achievements for British Gymnastics:
World Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Madrid (ESP), 18th-21st October 2001
BEST EVER! Great Britain (Hannah McKibbin, Rebecca Jose, Jacqueline Steinke and Caroline Jackson)- 10th in the Team ranking. They produced a sensation at the World Championships by improving their world Ranking by 22 places compared to the previous Championships in Osaka '99.
BEST EVER! Hannah McKibbin- 16th in All-around Rebecca Jose- 18th
World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in Ghent (BEL), 28th October-4th November 2001
BEST EVER! British Gymnastics Women’s team (Holly Murdock, Elizabeth Tweddle, Melissa Wilcox, Nicola Willis, Kathy Lennon, Emma Williams and Caroline Gilbert)- finished in the 9th place. They lost the opportunity to compete in the Team finals my mere 0.076 points!
BEST EVER! Holly Murdock- 14th in the Overall Elizabeth Tweddle- 24th
Trampolining & Tumbling World Cup events, October
CONFORMATION OF THEIR CLASS! - In St Petersburg, Russia (26/27th October)- Synchronised pair Kirsten Lawton and Claire Wright won the gold, while Kathryn Peberdy finished in 3rd place in the individual tumblingcategory. - In Espinho, Portugal, (19/21st October) Kirsten came 2nd in the individual event and 3rd in the Synchro, together with Claire. Kath Peberdy was third again.
1st World Age Group competition in Sports Acrobatics, Zeliona Gura, Poland, 16th-18th November
FIRST EVER! Great Britain medal collection amounted to one gold, two silver and seven bronze medals. Wakefield trio Claire Angood, Megan Smith and Stephanie Ackroyd won the gold medals in the Women’s Trio, in the 11-16 Age group.
DTB Cup in Artistic Gymnastics, 23rd-25th November 2001
BREAK THROUGH TO THE ELITE! Nicola Willis (South Essex) won 8th place in the Floor final rubbing shoulders with some of the brightest stars in Gymnastics (the 1992 Olympic Team medallist and former World Champion on Floor won the gold medal, while the 2000 Olympic Champion on Floor Elena Zamolodchikova finished in 5th place.
New record achievements came in 2002:
- Beth Tweddle, Liverpool, won the first ever European medal for British women- BRONZE on A.Bars in Patras, Greece in April.
- Mark Freeman, Manchester became the first ever GB JUNIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPION on Rings.
- Kanukai Jackson, Harrow, won his first European Medal- BRONZE on Vault.
- Rhythmic Gymnastics Team England (Hannah McKibbin, Rebecca Jose, Jacquie Steinke and Rachel Ennis (res.) swept the board at the Commonwealth Championships in Slough, in April. (6 gold and 4 silver medals). Hannah and the rest of the English Team became all-around Champions.
- Kevin Sellors, Huntingdon, became the 2002 World School Champion in France in May.
- The British Gymnasts celebrated 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze medals at the fantastic Commonwealth Games in Manchester in July, with Kanukai Jackson winning the All-around title; Beth Tweddle - winning Gold on A.Bars; the English Men's Team (Heap, Jackson, Smethurst, Brewer and Thoong), retaining their 1998 Team title, and Scotland celebrating their first ever Commonwealth Games Gymnastics Champion - Steve Frew, on Rings.
- In September the Brits brought back from the World Sports Acrobatics Championships and World Age Group Championships in Riesa, Germany, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze medals: Seniors' Silver medal - Men's Group from Deerness Valley (McKenzie, Scott, Patterson, Hindson) and Seniors' Bronze medal - Mixed Pair from Spelthorne (Bonner & Hobby).
Best Achievements in 2003
Beth Tweddle (18), from Liverpool, won the first ever World medal for British Gymnastics women in its 100 years history - Bronze on A. Bars at the World Championships in Anaheim, USA.
The GB Women’s team of Beth Tweddle, Rebecca Mason, Vanessa Hobbs, Elizabeth Line, Cherrelle Fennell, Amy Dodsley (Reserves Nicola Willis and Melanie Roberts), confirmed their new World status by winning 9th place out of 34 teams competing in Anaheim, thereby qualifying a full team for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Kirsten Lawton and Hannah McKibbin also won Olympic qualifications for GB, at the World Championships in Trampoline and Rhythmic Gymnastics respectively.
Led by National Coach Vadim Skakun, both GB Tumbling Teams, Women: Kathryn Peberdy, Charmaine Sala, Julie Cheung and Donna McLean and the Men: Robert Small, Robert Proctor, Christopher Porter and Damien Walters, won the World Team titles for the first time ever, beating the mighty Russians in their own game.
At the European Acrobatics Gymnastics Championships in Zielona Gora (Poland), the British Women’s Pair Elizabeth Oliver & Christine Leach (Spelthorne) won Silver medal, while the Junior Men’s Four of Alex Uttley, Christopher Carter, Mark Pool and Jack Atherton (Wakefield) and Senior Men’s Four of Barrie Hindson, Scott Patterson, Stuart McKenzie and David Scott (Deerness Valley) won Bronze.
A GB Delegation of 865 members represented the country at the 12th World Gymnaestrada in Lisbon, Portugal.
2003 also marked the retirement of John Atkinson MBE from the post of Performance Director of British Gymnastics. 300 guests from every corner of the World gathered at Lilleshall on December 13th, in celebration of his unique contribution to both British and World Gymnastics.
Best Achievements in 2004
2004 marked new records for British Gymnastics across all Disciplines:
Beth Tweddle confirmed her star status by winning the Silver medal on A. Bars at the European Championships in Amsterdam, Gold medal at the World Cup Qualifiers in Cottbus (GER) and Lyon (FRA); Silver medal on A. Bars and Bronze on Floor at the World Cup Final in Birmingham (GBR) and her third consecutive British overall title.
Rhian Pugh became the first Women's Artistic European Junior Champion (on A. Bars) in the history of British Gymnastics.
Matched by Louis Smith – European Junior Champion on Pommels, in Liubljana (SLO).
Kathryn Peberdy, the 1997 World Champion in Tumbling, added to her accolades the European Senior title, in Sofia (BUL).
Junior Tumbler Laura Houson - also grabbed the Gold in Sofia.
All in all, our Tumblers and Trampolinists returned from the European Championships in Sofia, with 16 medals (2 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze medals), of which the Seniors won 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze medals.
Highest achiever for British Gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Athens (GRE), in August, was Gary Smith- 7th in the Individual Men's contest. Kirsten Lawton placed 12th in the Women's competition. Beth Tweddle (WAG) was regretfully a breath from the final on A. Bars- (0.025)- 9th place and 19th in the Individual All-around, with Katy Lennon- 21st . 21st was also the final position of Hannah McKibbin in the Rhythmic Gymnastics tournament.
The year ended with a brilliantly organised and much praised World Cup Final in Birmingham in December, witnessed by a full house and broadcast live by BBC TV.
Best achievements in 2005
The disappointment of the severe Funding cuts, in January, was followed by a number of international World Class achievements across all disciplines. The announcement of the successful London 2012 Olympic Bid, in August, marked a new dimension of enthusiasm and hope for the future of Gymnastics.
Beth Tweddle, reached the status of a recognised World Gymnastics star: Bronze medal on A. Bars and 4th place in the All-around of the World Championships in Melbourne (November); World Student Champion on A. Bars and Bronze medallist AA in Izmir (TUR), August; Four Gold medals (A. Bars, Beam, Floor and Team) at the Friendly International GB v China in Liverpool (July); fifth British Senior title.
Imogen Cairns - first medals in the World Cup series (Bronze on Vault and Floor in Stuttgart and Glasgow; World Finalist on Vault (8th).
Sam Bailey- European Finalist (8th on Vault) in Debrecen (HUN), June.
Historic Team victory of the British Women over China in Liverpool, July.
World Games, Duisburg (GER), July- British Acrobats win two Silver and a Bronze:
Julie Cameron & Yvonne Welsh- Women’s Pair Silver;
Barry Hindson, Stuart McKenzie, Scott Patterson, David Scott- Men’s Group Silver;
Mark Fyson & Christopher Jones- Men’s Pair Bronze;
World Championships in Trampoline, DMT and Tumbling, Eindhoven (NED)- 1 Bronze medal- Samantha Palmer - Tumbling; 8 Finals achieved; World Age Group- 6 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze medals
Gold: - DMT/W- 11-12- Asha Philip
TUM/W-15-16- Sarah Turner
TRA/S/W- 13-14- Lani Dacey/Claire Stapenhill
TRA/S/W- 17-18- Hannah Davis/Stacey Dann
TRA/M- 15-16- Tom Lewis;
TRA/S/M- 15-16- Michael Freeman/Andrew Freeman
The overall number of medals achieved by the British the European Acrobatics Championships, Junior & Senior and first European Age Group Games in Thessalonica (GRE), October, comes to 13!
Gold - Amy Crow/Sarah Cameron (WP 11-16)
Gold - Christopher McGreevy/Jack Atherton (MP 11-16)
Gold - James Palmer/Lauren Kemp (MP 11-16)
World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics, Melbourne (AUS), November- British gymnasts reached 6 Finals: - Beth Tweddle- Bronze A. Bars; 4th All-around (did not take part on Floor because of injury)
- Imogen Cairns- 8th Vault
- Shavahn Church- 20th AA
- Ross Brewer- 21st AA
Impeccably organised European Congress in Birmingham, September- Paul Garber becomes the UEG Vice- President; another five British are elected in the UEG Authorities.
2006: British Gymnastics’ New Era The Gold medal on A. Bars and the Silver on Floor of Beth Tweddle, at the World Cup Final in Brazil, 16/17 December 2006, rounded up what will remain in the history of British Gymnastics as “The New Era” in its development. Starting at the European Championships in Volos in May, the 21-year-old from Liverpool won every significant title on A. Bars available throughout the year: the World title in Aarhus, Denmark, in October and the Gold medal at the World Cup Final in Sao Paolo, Brazil, to be deservingly recognised as the 2006 Queen of the A. Bars. Thus, the only significant title missing from Beth’s collection is, the Olympic Gold. Beth’s name not only turned into a household name for just a few weeks; it gave a strong and very long awaited boost to Gymnastics in the eyes of the British Media and to the development of this sport in the country. However, Beth Tweddle’s success is just the top of an iceberg of achievements within British Gymnastics, each one of which is awaiting their proper recognition. Louis Smith, 17, from Huntingdon became the 2006 Commonwealth Games and European Junior Champion on Pommel Horse and 5th, between the greatest performers on the this apparatus at the World Cup Final in Brazil. Imogen Cairns, 17, from Portishead, is the 2006 Commonwealth Games Champion on Vault and European and World Cup Finalist. Claire Wright, 27, from Rushmoor, won the Bronze medal at the World Cup Final in Trampoline in Birmingham in November, and together with her partner Jaime Moore, won the Gold in Synchro at the Ghent (BEL) World Cup event. A number of other gymnasts added to the success of Imogen Cairn’s and Louis Smith’s at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne: David Eaton, 26, from Hinckley- Silver medal on High Bar; Adam Cox, 20 from Leeds - Bronze on High Bar; Shavahn Church, 17, from Heathrow - Silver medal on A. Bars; Becky Downie, 14, from Nottingham- Bronze on Beam. The British Gymnastics community can’t wait for the inclusion of Tumbling and Acrobatics in the Olympic programme, since the lack of Olympic status really deprives the European Champion and World Cup holder in Tumbling Samantha Palmer, the World Champions in the Acrobatics Men’s Four from Bromley Valley G.C. (Adam Denny, Adam Dobbs, Adam Smith, Andrew Price) and a great number of other European and World medallists, from proper recognition in this country. Long lists of medals and/or Finals achieved, in all the Gymnastics disciplines, on both Senior and Junior levels, at all the most important competitions throughout 2006 will be written in the Associations reviews for the year. But what brings satisfaction and hope for the future more than the impressive statistics is the obvious shaping of a new mentality within British Gymnastics. Our gymnasts don’t just participate anymore. They compete. And they compete to win! For the Association, founded in 1888, and having existed for over 118 years predominantly on the enthusiasm of several generations of amateurs, before the World Class Performance Programme came on board in 1997, the new self- confidence of a medal-winning nation seems to be the best and the most promising achievement for the year. Just in time – as both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 stand on the horizon.
International Structure
In order to provide its members the possibility to take part in various international and world events, British Gymnastics works in close relationship with a number of International Governing Bodies of Sport, each one of which organises competitions of a different scale or magnitude.
The OLYMPIC GAMES are, or course the most significant event on the planet. They are organised every four years under the International Olympic Committee. The Olympic involvement of each sport, including Gymnastics, isdirected via the National Olympic Committee, the British Olympic Association. The number of the participants in the Olympic competitions by nation, depends on the success in the pre-Olympic Qualification.
The Olympic tournaments and the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, as well as the rest of the major gymnastics events in the world, follow the Codes of Points and the rules designed by the International Governing Body - FIG (INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS FEDERATION).
Formed in 1881, now comprising 125 member nations, it is based in Moutier, Switzerland and is presided by the Italian Bruno Grandi. The FIG superior 'law maker', organiser and supervisor for the sport in the world and is responsible for its overall development. The FIG comprises the following disciplines:
- Artistic Gymnastics (Men & Women)
- Rhythmic Gymnastics
- General Gymnastics
- Sports Aerobics
- Trampolining and Tumbling
- Sports Acrobatics
British Gymnastics joined the FIG in 1936, then as the Amateur Gymnastics Association. The first Britan to be elected to the Executive Committee in 1976 was George Whitely who sadly died in 1979 and his place in the Executive was taken by Frank Edmonds.
The next important EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS are held under the UEG (EUROPEAN GYMNASTICS UNION) umbrella. This respected continental governing body is relatively new compared to the FIG, but very innovative in its ideas, e.g. The European Gymnastics Masters Tournament first created in 1997. UEG is also the “middle man” between the Association of the European National Olympic Committees (AENOC) and the National Federations, when it comes to the European Youth Olympic Days. Apart from Sports Acrobatics, the UEG governsthe same disciplines as the FIG. Its headquarters are based in Lausanne, Switzerland and its President is the German Klaus Lotz.
Alex Strachan was the first Britan to be elected to the UEG Executive Committee in October 1997. Sadly he died only a week later during the Glasgow Grand Prix Tournament in Glasgow. In November 1998, the UEG Congress in Bratislava (Slovakia) voted his replacement - Paul Garber.
The World Student Games (Universiade) are also organised on a regular basis and co-ordinated by the FISU (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR UNIVERSITY SPORTS). By tradition British Gymnastics takes part in these respected competitions and enjoys some very good achievements by its representatives.
The COMMONWEALTH GAMES comes every four years and are governed by the COMMONWEALTH GAMES ASSOCIATION. In this case though, it is not British Gymnastics, but the Home Nations Gymnastics Governing bodies who get involved with the preparation of the athletes.
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ASSOCIATION is the organisation who govern the SPECIAL OLYMPICS and the NORTHERN EUROPEAN GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION, who organises the NORTHERN EUROPEAN GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
British Members of International Governing Bodies (as per 2005)
FIG
Mr John Atkinson, MBE, FNASC - President of Aerobic Gymnastics Technical Committee, Member of Executive Committee
Dr Pat Wade - President of Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee, Member of Executive Committee
Mr Brian Stocks - Member of Council
Major J Beeton - Member of Trampoline Gymnastics Technical Committee
Mr John Aldridge FRCS - Vice President of Medical Commission
Mr Patrick Bonner - Member of Athletes Commission
UEG
Mr Paul Garber - UEG Vice President and Member of Executive Committee
Mr Laurie Colton - President and Member of Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee
Mrs Lyn Fairbrother - Member of Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee
Mr Martin Laws - Member of the Trampoline Gymnastics Technical Committee
Mr Keith Hughes - Member of the TeamGym Working Party
Mr Roger Pittman - Member of the General Gymnastics Technical Committee |
