The World Gymnaestrada is held every four years and this year hosted an incredible 21,000 gymnasts from 50 different countries and Esprit were part of a 390 strong delegation, made up of clubs from all over Great Britain.
Plans for the trip had been on-going for well over a year, with trips to the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall, where the team learn’t and rehearsed, among other things, a mass display.
Meetings and rehearsals with L&G Acrobatics were also arranged, to choreograph the transitions and link our displays together.
Then on Sunday 12 July we joined the rest of the delegation in a parade to the Olympic Stadium, for the opening Ceremony.
Then, between Monday and Friday did 3 City performances in Senate Square, 3 performances in Messekeskus Exhibition Centre, to massive audiences and 3 mass displays with the rest of the Great Britain team.
The standard of gymnastics was at times phenomenal and I was exceptionally proud of all of our gymnasts, who did a fantastic job in all their performances.
We also took the opportunity to visit Suomenlinna a National Heritage site, a short ferry ride away, then on Saturday 18 July, we attended the closing ceremony before traveling home on Sunday morning.
What a fantastic experience this has been for myself, Emily and all the gymnasts.
Cherie Skeats - Head Coach
Esprit’s World Gymnaestrada Team - Amber McGrory, Rebecca Green, Eleanor Jones, Hannah Curtis, Clarice Saloyedoff, Ashleigh West, Neve Prowting, Steffanie Vitale-Richardson, Mair Thomas, Caitlin Hewlett, Lily Gage, Isis Tribolet, Chloe Williams, Lauren Hoard, Adele Lewis and Kathryn Baker.
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