Day 6 - Going Home :(

We all rolled out of bed this morning with mixed emotions - sad the trip is over but we are all looking forward to going home.  The gale force winds certainly made checking out and filling up the cars at the service station very interesting! 

We were all prepared for a bumpy flight out however it was nowhere near as bumpy as we expected.   A few were feeling queezy but once again we landed in Sydney in one piece.

After a short stopover in Sydney, the girls loaded their bellies with some food to get ready for our final flight home.

The flight home was full of excitment and laughter as the girls were getting closer to Brisbane and being reunited with their families.  When we landed there were plenty of hugs and kisses as everybody was glad to see their loved ones.

We would like to do a final congratulations to the entire team.  Each and every team member made us very proud and the coaching staff are extremely pleased with their performances.

Level 4 Team





Holly Wilkie



Sam Blakeney

Alex Grimmett





Charlotte Lindemann

Amazing efforts from the four girls - they did a fantastic job for their first major team travel event!  You were all fantastic supporters for all the other teams and we hope you enjoyed the trip.  Special mention to Charlotte Lindemann who is leaving us now to pursue other sporting ventures.  It was an absolute pleasure working with you Charlotte and wish you all the best for the future!

Level 5 Team





Alanah Broom



Maddie Davies

 



Grace Lange



Jemima Love



An awesome job from the team who were only 0.15 away from placing 6th overall!  You all looked beautiful on the floor and made us very proud.  Well done to Maddie Davies for placing 4^th individually overall.

Level 6 Team



Breanna Regan



Ava Hamilton

 

Maddie Algie

Lucy Norman

Fantastic job by this team for placing 1^st overall!  We would also like to thank Nicola Odessa from Lawton for joining our team and assisting with our success.  Two special mentions for this team, Lucy Norman for receiving her special award for her fight to stay on the beam and for Maddie Algie who actually made the judge get up out of her chair to comment on her stunning leaps on beam.  Awesome job ladies!

Level 7 Team





Sammi Pearson

Marisa Barton



Frankie Horchner

Well done to Sammi, Franki & Marisa for placing 3^rd overall.  This team also had three solid, hit beam routines! Special mention to Frankie for placing 6^th overall individually.  

 

 Level 10 Team

Annie Flamsteed

Steph Toogood

With the assistance of Bianca Rose from Souther Canberra, the girls placed 2nd overall as a team! Fantastic job ladies!  Steph also placed 6^th overall individually whilst Annie received a special award for being awesome on vault!

Dreamlight Challenge Team

 

Fabulous effort with the team placing 3^rd overall!  It was a tough competition but our joker's did an awesome job and assisted their team with their doubled score.  Congratulations to Steph Toogood who completed two successful hit competitions over the week.  What a way to finish up you major competition career!

Not only do the gymnasts deserve congratulations but so do our three amazing chaperones - Allison Love, Julie Davies & Jeanette Algie and to our team manager Vicki Flamsteed.  We cannot thank you enough for your generous volunteering of your time.  Trips like these are not possible without people like yourselves. You worked tirelessly ensuring the entire team was very well looked after (and we have to say we ate awesome food)!  Thank you again and we hope you will join us again for our next adventure. 

I would also like to personally thank the other two coaching staff that were on our trip - Amy Busby and Tegan Morris.  Thank you for giving up your time and assisting us with judging and for the many late nights of fun and laughter sifting through the thousands of photos to put on this blog. 

This brings us to an end for the posts for this trip.  We hope everybody had an enjoyable trip and I cannot wait to plan our next adventure!

Vanessa :)