Ten gymnasts from the Petersfield-based Flex Gymnastics Club travelled to the Wiltshire School of Gymnastics for Miss Quatro – a national competition that saw them compete against gymnasts from all over the UK.

For some of the gymnasts, this was their first national competition. Every gymnast received ribbons for execution across the apparatus – in total Flex came away with 27 ribbons and three rosettes.

Jamie Giddings and Chloe Llewelyn-Williams competed at Regional Grade 2 level.

Jamie received a silver ribbon for bars and bronze ribbons for vault and range. Chloe received a silver ribbon for vault and a bronze for range. Jamie also placed fifth on bars in a round of 18 gymnasts. 

The Club Grade 6 gymnasts were all competing in their first national competition. Winter Chamberlain, Ivy King and Ella Williams all received a gold ribbon for vault. In addition, Ivy received a gold ribbon for floor, with Winter and Ella receiving silver ribbons. Bronze ribbons were awarded to Ivy and Ella for bars and range, while Ella also received a bronze ribbon for beam.

In addition to the ribbons, out of 33 gymnasts in their round Ella was placed first on vault, with Ivy second and Winter sixth. Ivy was placed second on floor, with Ella fourth and Winter sixth. Ella was placed eighth overall. 

The next round saw Ellie Wood compete at Regional Grade 3 level, where she received a silver ribbon for vault.

This round saw Club Grade 6 gymnasts Esme Morter and Chloe Gleave compete in their first national competition. Esme and Chloe both received a gold ribbon for their vault. Esme also received a gold ribbon on floor, and bronze ribbons for bars and range.

Esme and Chloe placed third and fourth on vault out of their round of 23 gymnasts, and Esme was also second on floor. 

Holly Jelley competed at National Grade 4 level and Jessica Willoughby competed at Regional Grade 4 level.

Holly received a bronze ribbon for beam and floor, while Jessica came away with a bronze ribbon on bars.

Holly placed fifth on floor and Jessica was third on bars. 

The theme for Miss Quatro 2023 was Quatro Vision and every gymnastics club was assigned a country that individual gymnast numbers had to be designed around. Flex were assigned the Netherlands. Not content with ribbons for apparatus, Winter, Chloe and Holly received rosettes for their individual number design and their creative flair around bicycles, clogs and windmills. 

Flex Gymnastics Club is based in the gymnasium at The Petersfield School. Coaches Amanda Fry, Shellie Walker and Holly Banks trained the girls for the competition.