PHOENIX TRAMPOLINE CLUB (TELFORD)

Drawings of the Phoenix

Here is another drawing of the Phoenix this time done by new squad member Ruth Potter.

 Great effort Ruth!

Start times for March 21st Regional Competition

Here are the revised start times for the competition on 21st March. Click here for the spreadsheet from WMAGA. Please cross check web site entries with spreadsheet. Please let Peter know if you see any errors.

Madeley Academy 6 week squad session a success

The Madeley Academy sessions started with a great success. The first hour was full of three trampolines worth of Madeley Academy children enjoying learning from Nigel and Sian. Many of those stayed on for the next two hours where they were joined by a good number of our squad who had a good workout on some great new Eurotramp trampolines. Let's keep this session going well as it could lead to more growth for the club.

Madeley Academy 6 week squad session

The Madeley Academy Sports and Health Promotion event was a great success in more ways than one. As a consequence of our attendance, we have managed to get a Thursday evening squad session for 6 weeks starting 25th February 2010. The session will be from 5-7pm and will cost £3:00. Those of you that attended the Sports and Health Promotion will know that the trampolines at Madeley are brand new Eurotramps and are great to bounce on. We will only be able to take a maximum of 18 Squad members so, if you can make it please let one of the coaches know as soon as possible. This is a great opportunity and could lead to a more permanent arrangement so please support it.

Madeley Academy Sports and Health Promotion a great success...

The Madeley Academy Sports and Health Promotion event was a great success. The afternoon started with a lesson for the year 7 pupils at Madeley Academy and that was followed by what felt like the whole of Madeley descending on us. Primary school children from the Madeley area arrived and had a great time having a go at trampolining. Thanks go to the following people for representing our club at this great event: Nigel, Becky, Sian, Jess, Elise, Josh, Natalie, Maggie, Sammy, Issy and Darren.

Captain Webb Primary School 10-week course starts...

We have started a new 10-week course  for Captain Webb Primary School children. This course follows on from the successful course that we ran for Muxton Primary School. Thanks go to Charlotte for all her hard work in making these courses a success.

Trampolinist of the Year 2009........

The trampolinist of the year for 2009 is Jess Haynes (or Haines!! ). After a fantastic year where the club has gone from strength to strength, Jess has been a constant source of inspiration to the younger members who look up to her as an example of what they can achieve through hard work and dedication. Jess is no stranger to winning trophies as she has recently won the regional qualifier and was 0.5 points away from qualifying for National level.

We are very proud of you at the club, Jess and look forward to you bringing more success in 2010.

Madeley Academy Sports and Health Promotion........

We have been invited to attend the above event on Tuesday 9th February between 2:45pm and 6:00pm. This will be a great opportunity to showcase our skills and promote our club alongside other health and sports related clubs. The first part of the session will be geared toward the year 7 children at Madeley Academy. After that local primary schools have been invited to attend.

If you can get there for any part of the afternoon your presence will be greatly appreciated.

Great Competition Results........

We had a good day at the competition. Jess and Tobie (in his first competition) claimed first place. They were ably supported by Kyla, Abbie and Jake who all came second and Jessica and Josh who came third.

Congratulations also go to Charlotte and Natalie who gained their official required qualification score and to Jessica W who surpassed the guidance score for progression.

Well done guys. Fantastic effort from all of you and all the other competitors who missed out on silverware this time.

See all the results on the results page.

Full results spreadsheet here

Competition still on........

Tomorrow's regional qualifier is still on despite the poor weather forecast. However Cocks Moor Woods Leisure Centre have informed us that the car park has not been gritted and to take extra care. See you there!

Competition approved clothing ........

As there are a number of competitors competing for the first time in the January competition, the following are guidelines for appropriate clothing:

Club Leotard

Club Tracksuit

Club T-Shirt

Club Scrunchie for girls

White socks

If using trampolining shoes they must be white.

Start times for January 10th Regional Competition

Here are the revised start times for the competition on 10th January. Click here for the spreadsheet from WMAGA. Please let Peter know if you see any errors.

HO11G is HU15G and HO15G combined.

December's Trampolinist of the Month is........

Go to the awards page to see who has won the December Trampolinist of the Month...

Extra session to help prepare for the competition.

There will be a session at Oakengates Leisure Centre on Saturday 2nd January 2010 run by Chris. This will help with the preparation for the competition. The Sunday session at the Phoenix on the 3rd January is going ahead as normal

No Wednesday session on 23rd December.

There will be no Wednesday session on 23rd December. Sessions on a Wednesday will resume on 6th January 2010.

November's Trampolinist of the Month is........

Go to the awards page to see who has won the November Trampolinist of the Month...

Please complete the survey.

We need you to complete the survey about block payment. It can be found on the survey page. Your opinions are very important. Please try your best to complete it.

Football Pontoon Winners.

Congratulations to Shaun and Tanja (Luke's mum) who have won the first Football Pontoon competition.

See Football Pontoon page for more details

Christmas Party at the Bowling.

The Christmas Bowling Party was a great success. Have a look at the Photo Gallery to see lots of photos from the party. Thanks to Kate and Karen for all their hard work organising it.

Christmas Party for all.

All members of the club (Squad, Sunday recreational and Wednesday recreational) are invited to our Christmas party which will take place at the Telford Ten-pin Bowling Alley on Sunday 6th December at 2pm.

The party will consist of 2 games of bowling and a basket meal.

We are just asking for a contribution of £5 for each child for the party. The club will subsidise the remainder as a Christmas gift.

Adults who wish to be included, can be, at a cost of £15 per head (Bowling and meal included).

If you would like to attend the party, please could you get your money to Karen by 29th November.

Any queries contact Karen on 07738 233562

We have a new team captain and vice-captain.

Today, we appointed a new team captain and vice-captain for the squad team. Jess Haynes is the captain and Charlotte Harvey is the vice-captain. These are responsible positions where they will act as mentors for other members of the squad as well as motivating them to perform their best at all times and be role models for behaviour. They will also be a first point of contact for any team members that have any issues that are troubling them. Jess and Charlotte will liaise with our welfare officer, Kate Wright with any pastoral issues.

Good luck girls and well done on your new, well-deserved status.

The Muxton Primary School Wednesday class is a roaring success.

 For those of you that don't know, we have been running a 10-week course for children from Muxton Primary School to introduce them to trampolining. The course was funded as part of the 'Jump Start' grant that we received recently. All the kids have had a great time during the course and we are hoping that they will continue to come after the completion of the course. Thanks go to Charlotte for running the course. Don't they look great in their yellow Phoenix T-shirts?

The 2010 competition dates are now available.....

Go to the events page to see when the dates are

October's Trampolinist of the Month is........

Go to the awards page to see who has won the October Trampolinist of the Month...

Drawings of the Phoenix

Here are two drawings of the Phoenix done by squad members Jake and Tobie Watson. Our club logo has never looked better!

Well done guys!

Fundraising ideas required

We would like to have ideas from members on how to raise funds. A number of people are pursuing grants and awards but we also need ideas of more traditional ways of fundraising to supplement the club's funds. Please put your thinking caps on and try and come up with some ideas of ways to boost the club's income. Let Peter or Nigel know of any ideas you have.

Possible new time for training - your opinions required

We are all aware that we need more training time to get better and win more at the competitions. There is a possibility that we may be able to have the large sports hall for 4 hours on a Saturday afternoon from 2pm until 6pm. Before any of this is confirmed we would like to know how this would affect you. Please let Peter know whether you would be able to make this proposed new time for training.

New Arcade Games

You can now play some arcade games whilst you are on the Phoenix website. Click on 'Arcade' to play them. More will be added at regular intervals.

October 10th Regional Competition

Well done to all our guys that competed on 10th October 2009. Jessica W came first in her very first competition annihilating all the opposition. We also got three good third places from Nicola, Luke and Chantelle. Full results can be found here.

 Jessica

Start times for October 10th Regional Competition

Here are the start times and panels for the competition on 10th October. Please check your categories and age groups are correct as soon as possible. Please click here for the spreadsheet.

October 2009 West Midlands region Trampolining newsletter

Here is the newsletter produced by West Midlands AGA. Please click for page 1 or page 2

New football pontoon fundraiser

We have started a football pontoon game to raise money for the club. See 'football pontoon' page for more details

New T-shirts available.

If any of you didn't receive their club T-shirt on Sunday let Shaun know. For those of you who have received your T-Shirt, don't forget there is a small charge of £3. Please pay it as soon as you can.

Trampoline course for Muxton School

The club are running a free 10-week course for students of Muxton Primary School starting this Wednesday. Thanks goes out to Charlotte for agreeing to run this course during her regular Wednesday session.

New End Decks a big success

The new end decks that have been in use for a few weeks were made for us by Stuart (Issy's dad). A big 'thank you' goes out to Stuart for these. It means that we can have four trampolines in a square. This helps the coaches coach more than one trampoline at a time.

New Polo Shirts for the club

The new polo shirt samples arrived today with the Phoenix logo on them. Black, yellow, red or white. The decision was.................

British Gymnastics membership renewal 

For those of you that pay your British Gymnastics membership through the Phoenix Trampoline Club, this will need to be given to Peter before the end of September. New charges apply. See separate direct email and details will also be in 'parents' section of website (password required) shortly.

October competition entries required

Please get your entries into the October competition as soon as possible. Peter will be collecting money (£8) on Sunday 6th September.

CultureFest 09 in Town Park

There has been a good response to the trampoline club flyers given out at the CultureFest09 event in Telford town park today. A lot of people were interested in the club.

October competition entries required

The next competition is on October 10th. Please think about whether you are entering and let Becky or Peter know as soon as possible so that we can process the entries.

New venue in Madeley from October

Negotiations have been ongoing to use the new sports hall at Madeley Academy from October.

In the first instance we would like to know which squad members would be available to commit to a session on a Thursday evening from 6pm - 7:30pm at Madeley.

Please reply to the email that has been sent to the email address registered with the web site.

24 hour bounce successfully completed

The 24 hour bounce finally ended at 6pm on Saturday with some very tired, but very exhillarated trampolinists. The event was successful and once news is learned of how much we raised it will be published here.

Thanks must go to all the people that turned up and all the coaches and helpers who gave up their time to make it successful. A special mention should go to Chris who did the 'graveyard' night shift when motivation was at its lowest ebb.

Well done guys!

24 hour bounce starts 6pm on Friday 10th July

Don't forget the 24 hour bounce starts at 6pm on Friday 10th July 2009 until 6pm on Saturday 11th July 2009.

As well as the trampolining there will be football, hockey, volleyball badminton and possibly archery.

During the rest periods there will be DVDs to watch and there will be a Barbeque on Saturday.

See you there and don't forget your sponsorship money.

Muxton School Summer Fayre - Pictures

There are some pictures from Muxton Primary School Summer Fayre in the photo gallery.

Here's one of Charlotte doing her demonstration. Click here to see more

Muxton School Summer Fayre - Successful Event

The club attended the Muxton Primary School Summer Fayre this afternoon and the session went very well. Issy, Sammy, Charlotte, Josh, Emily and Elise represented us very well and gave great demonstrations in the unusual outdoor conditions.

A massive thanks must go to Brian who coached the whole session from start to finish. We got many interested people who were made aware of our club and hopefully some of them will turn up at our sessions.

Thanks guys

Muxton School Summer Fayre - Saturday 4th July 2009

The Muxton School school summer fayre starts at 11:00am on Saturday 4th July 2009.

Please remember to publicise the club at every opportunity during the afternoon.

Ladygrove School Summer Fayre - Saturday 27th June 2009

The Ladygrove School school summer fayre starts at 12:30pm on Saturday 27th June 2009.

Squad members should arrive at 11:45am in full squad leotards and tracksuits.

If you can help set up then we will be meeting at 10am at the Phoenix Sports Centre to load the trampoline equipment on the lorry.

Ladygrove School, where Sammy and Issy go, is on Old Office Road in Dawley.

Please remember to publicise the club at every opportunity during the afternoon.

Congratulations to Josh, Sammy, Emily and the girls under 11 Grade I team

The May competition took place and we had wins for Sammy in the under 11 girls grade I and Josh in the under 11 boys grade G. Emily also came third in the under 11 girls grade I and Sammy, Emily, Ellie, Aimee and Issy won the under 11 grade I girls team

Start Times for May Trampolining Competiton

The start times for the May competition have been published.

Click here for details.

Brownies session a great success

Today's brownie session went extremely well. Four trampolines were packed with brownies who had a great time. A handful of squad members turned up to show them the way.

Here are a couple of pictures of Shannon and Kyla's mum, Ann, the brownie leader who has promised to start adult classes on Sunday! There's also a nice picture of Kyla at the session.

New trophy for best performer each week

Today we gave out the new trophy for the best performer each week during squad training. Each winner gets to keep the trophy for a week before handing on to the next winner. If you win the trophy please remember to bring it in the following week.

The first winner is Sammy. Well done.

Summer Fayre's are upon us

We have three Summer Fayre's at schools in the region in June and July.

See the events page for details

Thank you to everyone that came this morning

I would like to thank everyone that came to the impromptu session this morning. Unfortunately BBC Radio Shropshire had to send their radio car to the landslide on the A458 between Bridgnorth and Shrewsbury and had to cancel covering our event at the last minute (literally!)

I am trying to get them to come along to one of our regular sessions in the future rather than go through the 5 days of hassle that I had setting this one up.

Once again thanks to those who turned up and I'm sorry it had a somewhat disappointing outcome.

Peter

BBC Radio Shropshire Breakfast Show broadcast

Tomorrow's broadcast will be at 08:38am on BBC Radio Shropshire if you want to listen in.

If you want to come along there'll be a session with 20 or so kids from Phoenix school starting soon after 7am

BBC Radio Shropshire to broadcast 24 hour bounce

BBC Radio Shropshire have agreed to cover the 24 hour bounce on July 10-11th.

They also want to do a feature on us for their breakfast show as soon as possible.

This has been arranged for Friday 24th April. We will need to be at the Phoenix Sports Centre between 7am and 9am. They want to interview 3 people, one of which is a young trampolinist so if you fancy your voice on the radio let us know.

We will be inviting any Phoenix School children to come along to join in for publicity for the school.

We will give out more details at the next training session.

24 hour bounce

This year's 24 hour sponsored bounce will take place on Friday 10th July at 6pm until Saturday 11th July at 6pm.

We will try to make it a bigger and better event this year. Please make every effort to get involved and to attend.

Article in Shropshire Star

In tonight's Shropshire Star there is an article about our success at the competition with a great picture of Elise. Click here to view the article.

Full competition results now available

The full list of individual and team results from Saturday's competition is now available. Click here.

Phoenix Sports Centre closed Easter Sunday

The training session on Sunday 12th April (Easter Sunday) is cancelled as Phoenix Sports Centre is closed.

Competition Results! Great wins for Matthew, Natalie and Elise

Another good competition today. Special mention goes to Natalie, who came first in her very first attempt at 'H' grade, Matthew, who won his competition and Elise, who scored 50.8 on her way to victory.

Well done to all those who competed!

For results see results page

Here are the times for Saturday's competition. See you there.

Check out our new noticeboard!

Those of you that attended Sunday's session will know that we now have a large noticeboard, dedicated to our club, in the area just outside the Phoenix gym. Thanks go to Stuart Allen (Issy's dad) who provided the board and fixed it to the wall for us. We are looking for ideas and suggestions for things to put on the board. Nigel has made a good start and his forum and blog entries tell you more. Let's see if we can make the board come alive with our activities to encourage people to want to join us.

Don't forget! We have a new session available at Idsall 8-10 Fridays

Chris and Sarah have managed to organise an extra session for Friday evening at Idsall Sports Centre, Shifnal. This session runs from 8pm - 10pm. It's a bit late but if you can make it, that'd be great!

Great Success! - The 'Bring a Friend for Free' Session!

Sunday's 'Bring a Friend for Free' session was a great success. We had all 4 trampolines in operation with an average of 9 people per trampoline. We hope all friends that came enjoyed themselves and will continue to come to the club. You're certainly more than welcome. 11:30 Sunday is the time, Phoenix Sports Centre is the place.

Bring a Friend for Free Session!

Next Sunday (15th March) all club members are invited to bring a friend to the 11:30 session for free. Make sure you advise them about the type of clothing to wear. It could be a busy one!

No Recreational Session on Saturday 21st & 28th March

There will be no recreational trampolining sessions at Oakengates on Saturday 21st & 28th March.  Normal Service will resume on Saturday 4th April

This month's profile is Charlotte.

March's trampolinist profile is Charlotte. Why not read it.

Site now linked from the West Midlands AGA site

We now have a link to our website from the West Midlands Amateur Gymnastics Association website.  Anyone looking for a trampoline club in the Shropshire area will now see our club and will be able to follow a link to get to our website.

The link is available at http://www.wmgymnastics.org.uk/page.asp?node=57&sec=Links_and_Contacts

We now have our own club mascot

Steve (Natalie's dad) has managed to find a fantastic toy phoenix with its wings spread just like our logo.

We'll be taking it to all the competitions as our mascot for good luck.

Well done Steve. A fantastic job in finding it.

We thought about making a mini Phoenix leotard for it so if there are any seamstresses out there get in touch.

Mo's challenge

Mo (Matthew's mum) has been given an interesting challenge. Read about it in her blog.

Fujitsu Presentation

Tonight at 5pm Martin Simmelker from Fujitsu presented a cheque for £350 to the club. A number of squad members were there to share the moment as Martin presented the cheque to coach Andrea Dodwell. Also pictured are Jess, Nicola, Sammy, Josh, Matthew, Natalie, Charlotte, Aimee, Sarah and coach Charlotte Machin. Keep an eye on the local press for details.

Diagramattical Deductions Guide

Ever wondered just how the judges make their deductions?

This guide will give you a pictorial idea.

See the Technical page for details.

BG Trampoline Competitions Handbook 2009

British Gymnastics have produced a 2009 handbook for trampolining competitions.

See the Technical page for details.

Why not read Peter's blog about starting trampolining lessons as a forty-something?

Peter (Sammy's dad) has started trampolining lessons along with a select band of other adults at the 11:30 session on a Sunday. Read his blog to find out how he went on. Any other adults out there fancy joining in? Get in touch.

This month's profile is Emily.

February's trampolinist profile is Emily. Why not read it.

We're growing!

Lots of activity has been going on behind the scenes to make our club grow. More trampolinists are starting to join and there will be a 'Bring a Friend for Free' session in March. Look out for more details soon.

Extra Squad Session

There will soon be another session for the Squad to train. More information when the date and times are finalised.

Calling all Club Members!

We have arranged for Martin Simmelker from Fujitsu to visit the Wednesday club session, on 11^th February at 5 pm, to formally present the  Fujitsu donation to our fund raising effort. We are hoping to see as many club members as possible, please spread the word.

Next Meeting - Feb 1st at 10:00am

The next meeting will be on Sunday 1st February at 10:00am where we will endeavour to push on with fundraising and promotional activities into 2009. Please could you try to make it.

Successful Fundraising

Matthew's mum has managed to get her company, Fujitsu, to donate £350 towards the trampoline club. This is great news and hopefully the start of bigger and better things to come. Well done Mo! There are plans to have a photo session when the cheque is handed over. Of course it will appear on this web-site and we'll send it to the Shropshire Star too! There is also a possibility of a further £1500 from Sport Unlimited and approximately £1500 transferring from Madeley Court.

Click here to view the letter from Fujitsu

January Competition videos

Videos of some of the routines at January's competitions are now in the video section of the site. Apologies to those squad members that I didn't manage to capture.

January Competition Highlights

Congratulations go out to Josh and Natalie, who both came first in their individual competitions and Elise who came second in hers. Natalie, Sammy, Emily, Isabella and Aimee also won the team award for coming first in their category.

Full results can be found here

Phoenix Christmas Break

Phoenix Sports Centre will be closed on Christmas Eve and will remain closed over the Christmas period until Friday 2nd January. Sunday sessions will recommence on 4th January. All the coaches wish all their athletes a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you in 2009 for more hard work and hopefully some more successful trampolining.

Promotional Flyer

Peter (Sammy's dad) has created a promotional flyer that can also be used as a poster. Click here to see it.

2009 will see a big push in promotional and fundraising activity for the club and this poster / flyer will be used to promote the club.

Competition fees now due

If you are entering the January competition (10th) and have not yet paid Becky your entrance money, please contact Becky as soon as you can.

New Trainee Coach and Judge

Amanda (Elise's mum) has started shadowing Nigel with a view to becoming a trampoline coach. Also Stuart (Issy's dad) has agreed to attend a judging course, along with Sian and Tom, next weekend (29th-30th November)

Parents Meeting 16th November

The minutes from the Parents' meeting held on 16th November can be found in the members area.

Click on the 'parents' page once you've registered using the 'members' page. Alternatively you may receive an email from the website administrators inviting you to become a member.

Becky becomes Senior Club Coach

Great News! Becky passed her exams last week and is now officially a Senior Club Coach. Congratulations Becky from everyone at the club.

Parents Meeting - 16th November - 10:00am

We are looking for parents to volunteer to help out the club with fund-raising or promotional activities. There will be a meeting on 16th November at 10 o'Clock during the Sunday training session to discuss how best to move the club forward. Eric Swanborough from Telford and Wrekin council will also be in attendance. Eric has been very supportive of the club in the past and is happy to help us get going again.

October Competition

The October competition went very well with victories for Josh and Matthew and 2nd place finishes for Natalie and Elise. Issy, Sammy, Natalie and Ellie also won the U11 Grade I team competition.