Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova
At this weekend’s Welsh Championships, starting tomorrow in Cardiff, we’ll see most of the nation’s high competing athletes in addition to numerous company from exterior of Wales, which this yr might embody Olympic medalists Jessica Gadirova and Jennifer Gadirova, each of whom are on the roster following a return from accidents after lacking out on the 2024 Olympic Video games.
The English twins are listed to characterize their membership, Aylesbury, alongside their membership teammates Nikol Stoimenova, who competes internationally for Bulgaria, and Swiss athlete Lilli Habisreutinger. 2024 Olympian Alice Kinsella can also be anticipated to compete within the visitor class, as is Alia Leat, as soon as a junior standout who competed on the junior world championships in 2019 however hasn’t competed in over two years.
Most notably on the roster for the nationwide competitors is Ruby Evans, the primary gymnast from Wales to compete on a British Olympic staff since 1996 when she made it to Paris final summer season and the reigning Welsh nationwide champion. Evans is certainly one of 13 gymnasts named to the longlist for subsequent yr’s Commonwealth Video games, an inventory that options most of the Welsh gymnasts we’ll see this weekend, together with established seniors Abigail Roper, Emily Roper, Mali Morgan, and Mia Perryment, first-year seniors Ellie Lewis, Jemima Taylor, Frances Stone, and Ffion Burgum, and present junior Lexi Holmes.
On the lads’s aspect, 2024 Welsh champion Joe Cemlyn-Jones headlines the sphere, and we’ll additionally see some top-level visitor rivals within the senior ranks, similar to reigning Scottish champion Cameron Lynn, and English standouts Joshua Nathan, Courtney Tulloch, Reuben Ward, and Adam Tobin, to call a couple of.
You could find a full listing of all athletes on the roster under, together with a schedule should you’re serious about following alongside, which you are able to do through dwell scores on GymData.
The Rivals
| SENIOR WAG | |
| Isabel Ashman Shannon Baker Amelie Beadle-Gates Ellie Belbin Charlotte Berry Tallulah Birchall Erin Broughton Ffion Burgum Emily Burke Martha Cairns Olivia Cham Jaeda Cunningham Macey Davis Aurelia Ehiogu Emma Elvegaard Riise Ashleigh Rose Evans Ruby Evans Jennifer Gadirova Jessica Gadirova Emma Glasspool Corinna Gooderham Shanna-Kae Grant Lilli Habisreutinger Ellen Ijima Isabelle Ings Keyanna John-Lewis Olivia Kenny Alice Kinsella Alia Leat Ava Leong Ellie Lewis Bethan Gentle Maddie Lin |
Abigail Lord Jasmine Mangoro Violet Manser Lily Maskill Isabelle Millen Mali Morgan Paige Moroney Lexi Mortimer Zoe Morton Cadie Munday Keira Pedelty Mia Perryment Elissa Parris Isabelle Priestley Caitlin Robinson Zoe Robinson Abigail Roper Emily Roper Hayley Rushton Lauren Savage Ellen Shaw Shelaine Shaw Sophia Smith Georgia Stables Evee Stevenson-Lea Nikol Stoimenova Frances Stone Laura Szabo Jemima Taylor Amelia Tew Zara Tonye Callie Williams |
| JUNIOR WAG | |
| Chloe Allen Isabelle Baxter Tizane Beswick Scarlett Boslem Esme Boulton Skye Campbell Maia Chandler-Oduah Sienna Cornish Ruby Cox Ella Criminal Darcey Cross Sophie Dilley Izabel Donnelly Shae Drysdale Beth Evans Ella Evans Helena Finc Bonnie Fisher Connie Freeman Keira Gidman Lexi Inexperienced Aiylah Griffith Serenity Hayward Lexi Holmes |
Sydney Hughes Phillipa Jackson Aneta Jansa Jenitha Johnson Anjali Khashu Jasmine Manser Kizzie McGinlay Chloe Newton Daisy Prescott Maggie Rees Jamie Reyner Corbett Lali Robakidze Chaia Rubenstein Julianna Salcedo Lily Sewell Roxanne-Nnika Sochon Olivia Southworth Matilda St. Romaine Maxine Strode Kaci Sweeney Lyla Terry Grace Tucker Amalie Turner |
| ASPIRE WAG | |
| Evie Ashurst Daisy Birch Elisabetta Cardelli Fraya Cruxton Madi Davies Sophia Davies Bella Fry-Might Annabelle Inexperienced Willow Kesteven-McGrath Jemima Langman Lucie Huiting Lui |
Kimberley Ly Hettie McMahon Olivia Melin Lucy Murray-Watson Savanna Pennington Iris Energy Mia Rose Quinton Darcy Walsh Aliona Wessels Letty Wilson |
| SENIOR MAG | |
| Hamish Carter Joe Cemlyn-Jones Danny Crouch Jacob Edwards Harrison Harris Keiron Innes Henry Lewis Cameron Lynn Luke Marsh Euan McLellan Joshua Nathan Alexander Niscoveanu Theo-Amari Ochana |
Winston Powell Iwan Scrivens Daniel Smyllie Jack Stanley Michael Tang Adam Tobin Courtney Tulloch Elliott Vernon Reuben Ward Will Wheeler Daniel Winterbourne Alexander Yolshin-Money |
| JUNIOR U18 MAG | |
| Dafydd Armstrong George Atkins Zakaine Fawzi Tamlin Fox Louie Jones Jamie Langridge |
Corey Lengthy Ellis Miles Charlie Mussett Ioan Thomas Ieuan Wainwright |
| JUNIOR U16 MAG | |
| Jamie Barnes Samuel Cotter Harrison Cuthbert Finley Hazelton Jude Irons Benjamin Kinnell Ewan Leask |
Jed Lewis James Llewelyn Fintan Murphy Iolo Parry Ben Scourse Archie Weir |
| ASPIRE U14 MAG | |
| Reuben Burns Leo Cozens-Boutall Mase Henderson Kaydn Jackson Deshai Knights Jacob Lloyd Noah Lloyd Reuben Montrose Alfie Morgan |
Noah Mountford Griffyn Porter Isaac Worth Levi Scott Rohan Sharma Harry Smallshaw Sebastian Solomos Jamie Tran Dylan Wright |
| ASPIRE U12 MAG | |
| Ayodeji Akinwolere Zachary Aladin Adam Bartlett Regan Gill Will Harris William Heasman Thomas Kinnell Frederick Mann |
Ahmed Mirghany Alfie Mitchell Tobias Morgan Isaac Ndoro Dewi Thomas Thomas Welch Zachary Yau-Jones |
| ASPIRE U10 MAG | |
| Charlie Cavill Danny Cox Ryan Dando Heath Francis Cavell Griffin William John Jude Jones Isaac Lloyd Maxwell Morgan |
Lloyd Morris Mason Parker Spencer Payne Aslan Pilyarov Tomos Pert Kobe Scott Louis Silvester Elvis Spencer Zander Wardle |
The Schedule
Right here’s the entire schedule for this weekend. All occasions are native to Cardiff, which is 5 hours forward of ET.
| FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14 | |
| 10:30 am | WAG Aspire & Junior Spherical 1 |
| 3:00 pm | WAG Junior Spherical 2 |
| SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15 | |
| 10:30 am | WAG Senior Spherical 1 |
| 2:45 pm | WAG Senior Spherical 2 |
| SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16 | |
| 9:30 am | MAG Aspire |
| 3:00 pm | MAG Junior & Senior |
Article by Lauren Hopkins
