Team Lightning Trampoline Club

Team Lightning Trampoline Club

Started March 2000 with 14 members.

20^th April, invited to an opening ceremony at Chamberlayne Leisure centre. We performed a display to many Southampton officials and residents.

30/4/00 First competition at Ringwood, 14 entered. Everyone did very well and we won 8 team silver medals

13/5/00, entered 13 members into the Southampton Schools competition, the performers represent their school, not the club

24/6/00 applied for Millennium Awards for All

First hiring out of hall 10/9/00 for club use only, 2 hours a week at Chamberlayne Leisure Centre

15/10/00 entered our first grading competition at Milton Keynes with 4 members

Increased hours for hiring out hall 22/10.00 – 3 hours a week

29/10/00 entered 14 Ringwood novice competition, won one individual bronze, 3 bronze team and 3 silver team medals

By the end September we had 50 members

October 2000, entered novice competition at Ringwood, 14 entered we won one individual bronze, 4 team silver and 4 team bronze

October 2000, 2 assistant coaches started their in-house training

November 2000, informed that we were successful in our application for millennium award and were granter £4993.00 for equipment and training

November 2000, 3 parents took a coaching exam and passed

December 2000, 10 entered Hampshire Schools Competition, the performers represent their school, not the club, 3 won individual medals

December 2000, awarded a bursary for a coaching course

December 2000, awarded a grant for 2 push-in mats

December 2000, Christmas Disco, 200 entries

January 2001 2 new 6mm trampolines arrived

Jan 2001 3 parents attended a judging course and passed

Crash course February 2001 – full course 28 performers

Feb 2001, we were nominated in 7 categories at the Southampton Sports Awards

Junior Team of the Year
Sports Personality of the Year
Services to a Sports Club (twice)
Volunteer Services to Sport in the Community
Coach of the Year
Club of the Year for Volunteer Investment

In most categories, it was very close but unfortunately we did not receive an award that year

March 2001, Team Lightning joined with a trampoline group in Winchester. We have gained a very experienced coach and good performers into the club.

March 2001, Southampton Schools Competition, the performers represent their school, not the club, 31 entered and we won 2 individual silvers

March 15, 2001 Red Nose Day fundraising bounce. We raised £80.00

April 2001, our 2^nd graded competition, 8 performers entered and we won 2 individual gold and 2 individual silver

April 2001, Increased hiring our of hall to 4 hours a week

May 2001, Edgbarrow Competition, 34 entered and we won 7 individual bronze, 5 individual silver and 3 individual gold. Our youngest performer who entered had just turned 7 years old and she won a bronze medal. Nicky Stuart also won best form for the whole of the competition

2 more assistant coaches began their training.

April 2001, 2 more parents attended a coaching course and passed

May 2001, we held our first novice competition, 8 clubs were invited to compete and the results are as follows: 51 performers entered from our club, including Team Lightning, Winchester,

We Won

13 individual gold

10 individual silver

7 individual bronze

27 team gold

10 team silver

16^th June 2001, invited to perform a display at Chamberlayne Leisure Centre

July 2001, entered into Southampton Volunteer Investment Programme Awards. This award is for good practice with our volunteers, making sure all their needs are catered for and helping with personal progressions. We have won a ‘Certificate of Intent’ which means we have almost won the full award. Only a few clubs in Southampton have won this award

Justine is to be presented by the Mayor with this award

July 2001, entered into the Volunteer Investment Programme Awards throughout England. We are waiting to hear the results

August, increasing training hours to 5 per week.

Since establishing in March 2000, we have won 96 medals

currently 100 performers

currently 27 volunteers, including coaches, judges, assistant coaches, officials and all support staff.

Future

During 2000, 2001, we have held 3 sessions for people with disabilities. This was on a come and try basis. Peter Hull MBE has now joined Team Lightning as our Disabilities Development Officer and we hope to start a session for people with disabilities in the near future.

OUR AIMS

To increase coaching abilities
To introduce a squad for performers with disabilities
To introduce syncronised bouncingTo increase all our performers to their maximum potential, giving them more opportunity to enter/improve into graded competitions

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