COMMONWEALTH GAMES LONG LISTS ANNOUNCED

GSNZ have named the gymnasts in the CWG long list.

Charlotte White, Holly Moon, Lani Hohepa (all CSG) Briana Mitchell (Harbour) and Jordan Rae (CM) and Dani Greig (UCLA) make up the 6 athletes vying for a place in the team for New Delhi.

Coaches Jozsef Ferencz and Svetlana Sazonova also make the long list.
The first trial to qualify a team was in South Africa in November 2009. The team there made the target team score of 145.00 twice.

Day 1 scoring 145.70 and day 2 improving markedly on uneven bars to set a pleasing 147.25 total.
Qualifying a team looks now like a real possibility.

The next trial is on the weekend of 6th and 7th February, with another opportunity at the Pacific Rim competition in Melbourne late April.
The Commonwealth Games will be held in early October

Male gymnasts also in the mix

Not to be outdone 3 of CSG's senior male gymnasts have also made the list.

Aaron Clutterbuck, Michael Ny and Riku Takei. These gymnast will travel to Auckland in March for their Commonwealth trial, but meanwhile
Aaron, Riku and Jordan Russell  will travel on the 5th February to Auckland along with the girls to trial for the Pacific Rim Team.

PACIFIC RIM TRIALLISTS

Every 2 years the nations around the Pacific Rim get together for a combined gymsport competition.
Men's and Women's artistic, trampoline and rhythmic codes come together for a celebration of the sport in our region, and this year in Melbourne Sports Acro will be added for the first time.
In 2008 the competition was in San Jose and NZ was represented only by a sole judge. This year with the competition in Melbourne the aim is to send 4 teams in Men's and Women's Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline. The competition will not only be a qualifying meet for CWG but also serve as a selection meet for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August.

CSG has 8 gymnasts trialling for the Pacific Rim artistic team. The format is different from normal competitions as the team consists of 6. The team consists of juniors and seniors with a maximum of 3 Seniors. Holly Moon and Lani Hohepa step up into the Senior ranks for the first time to join Charlotte White, Stacey Anderson and Waverely Gee make up the 2 juniors travelling. Aaron Clutterbuck, Riku Takei and Jordan Russell will vy for the places in the MAG team, Jordan is the only junior.

The Gymnasts and coaches have had no summer holidays as they prepare for this great opportunity so close to home. The Pacific Rim has the majority of the world gymnastic powerhouses China, Russia, USA, Japan and AUS are all ranked in the top 6, along with Canada, Mexico, Korea and the like the competition will be at a high level.

We wish the gymnasts and their coaches well.