British Schools Trampoline Championships (1st round)Regionals Hassocks 32 members of H.C.C trampoline club took part in the first round of the British Schools Trampoline Championships on Sunday 2nd December 2007. Some competing for their first time in the school and others who have competed before had their work cut out as there were nearly 500 entries U15 alone had 91 individuals and 20 teams. The day started at 7.30 am and finished at 5.30 some had a long wait and others were finished early but no one expected the results to be quite so astounding. U13 Girls Individual -H.C.C-Jasmin Eldridge 1st U15 Girls Individual-H.C.C- Ashleigh Newman -1st U13 Girls Individual -H.C.C-Kirsti Sibald -2nd U15 Girls Individual-H.C.C Steph Harvey -3rd U13 Girls Team-H.C.C ‘A’ -1st U15 Girls Team-H.C.C ‘A’ -1st *U13 Girls Team-H.C.C ‘B’- 3rd *U15 Girls Team-H.C.C ‘B’ -3rd U15 Boys Individual-H.C.C- Sam Killeen -1st U19 Girls Individual- H.C.C-Jaye Hatch- 1st U15 Boys Individual-H.C.C- Dean Piggott- 2nd U19 Girls Individual- H.C.C-Beth Owen- 2nd U15 Boys Individual-H.C.C Jack Fitch -3rd U19 Girls Team-H.C.C-1st U15 Boys Team-H.C.C ‘A’ -1st U15 Boys Team-H.C.C ‘B’ -2nd U19 Boys Individual- H.C.C-Simon Medhurst-1st As you can see they could not have performed much better, they were impeccably behaved and could not have been better representatives of the school. British Schools National Trampoline Championships 2007/8 City Academy Bristol Zonal Round With an early 4am start 32 members of Jump T.C representing Hailsham Community College, Sussex Downs College, Willingdon Community School, Polegate Primary and Grovelands Primary School travelled to City academy Bristol to take part in the Zonal round of British Schools Trampoline Championships. The long day was worth while with Natasha Eldridge (9) from Polegate Primary taking the U11 title and the team from Grovelands Team taking 2nd Rosie Killeen, Cara Sibald, Holly Miller, rebecca Wallis) both qualified for the National finals in Birmingham. U13 Individual title went to Jasmin Eldridge from H.C.C and her team took 1st team (Jasmin Eldridge, Kirsti Sibald, Zoe Miller and Beth Harbour) U15 Individual title was hard fought with Nikki Boniface from Willingdon 1st and Stephanie Harvey 2nd, her team from H.C.C 1st (Steph Harvey, Ashleigh Newman, Katie Fenner and Hannah Saunders) U15 boys who were used to having an easy run had to perform their best and Sam Killeen and Dean Piggott from H.C.C took 2nd and 3rd while their team took 2nd. (Sam Killeen, Dean Piggott, Jack Fitch and Ashden Reynolds) U19 boy Simon Medhurst from H.C.C took 2nd individual while the Team from Sussex downs U19 Girls took 2nd in a very tight close competition. (Rachel Hall, Sophie Hall, Rebecca Devlin and Georgia Dickson) The coach Karen Street from Hailsham Community College and founder coach of Jump T.C said the kids were a fantastic reminder of not only what the talent our community is producing but how well they conduct themselves in these large events. The next round is again up north and is a very costly exercise. We hope the community will get behind these 23 performers and follow their progress. Last year the club came back with 7 National titles but this year they know the competition is the tightest and toughest yet. Karen