u/Butterfly_w1

I saw a post about AGG on the gymnastics subreddit a while back, the comments on AGG were largely negative but on the gymnastics subreddit is mainly Artistic fans, I would love to know the thoughts of Rhythmic Gymnastics fans since a lot of AGG gymnasts do Rhythmic (or were Rhythmic Gymnasts) as well as most clubs that do AGG are Rhythmic clubs.

Edit: Is AGG considered as Gymnastics? On the main Gymnastics subreddit said that AGG isn't gymnastics as AGG isn't recognised as Gymnastics as it's not recognised by any gymnastics federation.

Specific rhythmic terms that only BG and Home Nations use (Except from NDP which exists in Ireland).

Diamond, Gold and Silver (Formerly Level 5 to 3)

The levels that make up the National Development pathway with Diamond being the highest level, a Diamond gymnast can compete at the British Championships. Gold is the second highest level, they compete at the National Finals. Silver is for the ones that didn't qualify to either competitions but any gymnast can compete as a Silver without competing at Grades as long as they can perform to FIG standards

NDP (National Development Pathway) or Grades

Grades 8 to 1 with Grade 8 for the youngest and Grade 1 for the oldest aka seniors. Gymnasts compete at Grades if they want to qualify for the British Champs or National Finals. There's no minimum score to move between the grades, most move up the the next competition year from their current grades until they reach Grade 1 where they remain.

Grades take place in Zones which are usually held in late February/early March. There are also club grades that are held at the club level.

Zones

English Gymnastics regions, Wales and Scotland are organised into 4 Zones for Grades competition.

The Zones: A - London, B - South East, South, South West and Wales, C - East, East Midlands and West Midlands, D - North West, North, Yorkshire and Scotland.

Pre Espoir, Espoir and Pre Junior

Age Group Categories for the younger gymnasts on the National Development Pathway.

For individuals

Pre Espoir: 9 to 10 years old

Espoir/U12: 11 to 12 years old

Pre Junior/U13: 13 years old

For Groups

Pre Espoir: 9 to 11 years old

Espoir: 11 to 13 years old

Espoir (England only)

Any gymnasts that haven't reached the junior age

Open Apparatus

1. British Gymnastics definition of Open Apparatus, a competition where both Diamond and Gold individual gymnasts compete for apparatus medals, there are no all around medals at this competition.

2. Home Nations version, gymnasts from other Home Nations are allowed to compete in Home Nations championships that are not their own e.g Welsh gymnasts competing at English Champs but they can only be awarded apparatus medals and not all around medals.

Basic Code

BG-created code of points for Recreational Development Pathway.

Elizabeth is Bulgarian and Malika's coach Eva is Bulgarian, they also mention Monika (Anna' Gymnastics and current chair of TC) as well as Nadia (AV Greenwich)

Senior Individuals

Hoop

🥇 Nicole Hill, Fylde Coast - 25.400

🥈 Melissa Toma, Devotion - 24.700

🥉 Videlina Bachkova, Devotion - 21.800

Ball

🥇 Nicole Hill, Fylde Coast - 24.650

🥈 Melissa Toma, Devotion - 23.700

🥉 Anna Klioukina, Galaxy - 21.800

Clubs

🥇 Melissa Toma, Devotion - 25.050

🥈 Nicole Hill, Fylde Coast - 23.700

🥉 Ilirjana Breganaku, Evolution - 22.450

Ribbon

🥇 Nicole Hill, Fylde Coast - 24.550

🥈 Melissa Toma, Devotion - 24.250

🥉 Ilirjana Breganaku, Evolution - 22.500

Groups

5 Balls

🥇 IStar Academy - 22.800

🥈 Fylde Coast - 19.850

🥉 CMRA Seniors - 13.100

3 Hoop 2 Clubs

🥇 IStar Academy - 23.450

🥈 Fylde Coast - 21.350

🥉 CMRA Seniors - 14.650

Junior Individuals

Hoop

🥇 Malika Ozgen, Evolution - 23.800

🥈 Hannah Nutley, Evolution - 21.300

🥉 Evelina Sirota, Putney - 19.900

Ball

🥇 Malika Ozgen, Evolution - 22.350

🥈 Rosie Deighton, Evoke - 21.100

🥉 Hannah Nutley, Evolution 20.000

Clubs

🥇 Malika Ozgen, Evolution - 23.050

🥈 Rosie Deighton, Evoke - 21.400

🥉 Evelina Sirota, Putney - 19.400

Ribbon

🥇 Malika Ozgen, Evolution - 21.850

🥈 Rosie Deighton, Evoke - 20.250

🥉 Evelina Sirota, Putney - 19.750

Group

5 Ball

🥇 AV Greenwich - 17.700

🥈 Putney Power - 17.200

5 Ribbon

🥇 Putney Power - 16.609

🥈 AV Greenwich - 14.550

*Including Gold gymnasts as there are England squad members competing in that division

Diamond Senior Individual AA

🥇 Nicole Hill, Fylde Coast - 97.800

🥈 Melissa Toma, Devotion - 95.600

🥉Anna Klioukina, Galaxy - 83.600

Diamond Junior Individual AA

🥇 Malika Ozgen, Evolution - 90.050

🥈Rosie Deighton, Evoke - 82.450

🥉Evelina Sirota, Putney - 76.700

Diamond Group Senior AA

🥇Fylde Coast - 44.200

🥈IStar Academy - 40.000

🥉CMRA Seniors - 30.350

Diamond Group Junior AA

🥇 Putney Power - 31.900

🥈AV Greenwich Juniors - 24.000

Gold Senior AA

🥇Philippa Museva, Rhythmic Excellence - 60.750

🥈Eva Paneva Devotion - 60.750

🥉Shayna Dornan, Nene Valley - 58.700

Gold Junior AA

🥇Tsvetelina Kandinska, Devotion - 55.150

🥈 Violet Draper, Nene Valley - 52.100

🥉Arina Prokopova, Freedom - 51.350

Full Results on Rhythmic Vision.

Finally got the results to the Welsh Championship. Looks like there was no separate apparatus finals this time.

Senior

🥇- Elizabeth Popova, Llanelli

🥈- Amelie Haines, Evoke

🥉- Mali-Fflur Lane, Llanelli

Junior

🥇- Athena Chan, Llanelli

🥈 - Imogen Coslett, Llanelli

🥉- Tabitha Rigg, Llanelli

Pre-Junior

🥇- Ella-Rose Thomas, Llanelli

🥈- Tiana Popova, Deeside

No full results for this competition yet, the next Home Nation Championship: Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿