Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club

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Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
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Full namePark Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Sport Artistic gymnastics
Founded1960s
Location Telford, Shropshire
Home groundPark Gymnastic Centre
Lilleshall Hall
Head coachChristine Still
Brett Ince
Members Alice Kinsella
Charlie Fellows
Georgina Hockenhull (formerly)
Becky Owen (formerly)
Lisa Young (gymnast) (formerly)
Website parkwrekingymnastics.com

Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club is a British artistic gymnastics academy located in Telford, Shropshire. [1] The club has produced several British women's national team members including Olympic, World and European medallist Alice Kinsella. [2]

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Park Wrekin has been coached by Christine Still MBE since 1990, a former British national team coach and BBC Sports commentator. [3] [4] [2] [5]

As well as its own facilities, Park Gymnastic Centre, the club also use the Lilleshall National Sports Centre. [1]

Notable gymnasts

The club has produced the following notable gymnasts: [1]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Park Wrekin at junior women's team competitions
YearCompetitionTeam
2017 British Team Championships4
2018 British Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
2019 British Team Championships7
2022 British Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
2023 British Team Championships6
2024 British Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
2025 British Team Championships7
Competitive history of Park Wrekin at senior women's team competitions
YearCompetitionTeam
2013 British Team ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svg
2015 British Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
2016 British Team Championships4
2017 British Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
2018 British Team ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svg
2019 British Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
2022 British Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
2023 British Team ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svg
2024 British Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
2025 British Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Find out more about Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club". Park Wrekin Gymnastics. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  2. 1 2 McEvoy, Milly (2023-10-04). "Alice Kinsella backed to thrive at World Gymnastics Championships". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  3. Gunston, Jo (2024-04-30). "Gymnast Alice Kinsella on the peculiarities of her coach commentating on her performances for TV". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  4. "BG Blog: Brett Ince's coaching journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  5. "MBE honour for gymnastics coach Still in sport that 'grabbed her heart'". BBC News. 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  6. "Great Britain Women's Artistic Performance Pathway Squads 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026" (PDF). British Gymnastics. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  7. "Booth Joins English Championships, Morgan Returns to Elite". The Gymternet. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  8. "Charlie Fellows". The Gymternet. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  9. "2014 World Championship line-ups - British Gymnastics - Latest News". 2015-01-12. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  10. "GB Gymnasts Announced for the 2025 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-10-17.