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MY FIRST EVER VISIT TO A JUNIOR GYMNASTICS EXHIBITION EVENT ORGANISED BY JADE HAYES AND THE TEAM FROM JH GYMNASTICS. · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Bon Jovi in nineteen eighty six classic track. Okay, you
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: can put their guitar away now and nearly poked me
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  Speaker 1: in the eye. All right. Now, let's tell you about yesterday. Now,
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  Speaker 1: yesterday I attended the gymnastics competition for youngsters as my
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  Speaker 1: five year old granddaughter Autumn was taking part. Good morning, Autumn,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure she's listening in. It was organized by Jade
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  Speaker 1: Hayes of the JH Gymnastics Club, a very busy club
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  Speaker 1: that's only been going for over seven months now. The
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  Speaker 1: Saint Joseph's Hall in Cheriton was packed with parents and
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  Speaker 1: grandparents strain in to see their youngsters in action. Now
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  Speaker 1: I'm only kind of just getting to know the format.
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  Speaker 1: As yesterday I worked it out. There were two groups.
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  Speaker 1: There was the real youngsters and the older children. Now,
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  Speaker 1: as expected, the youngsters did a series of floor exercises
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  Speaker 1: and the older children and exercises with a bit more difficulty.
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  Speaker 1: The grand finale of the event was a display to
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  Speaker 1: the song of Imagine by John Lennon and so right.
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  Speaker 1: It was so a great choice of song, and the
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  Speaker 1: way the two groups of students moved was lovely. Now
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  Speaker 1: you could see that the children have been practicing very
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  Speaker 1: hard for this routine and were given a massive round
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  Speaker 1: of applause at the end. It was Jh's first exhibition
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  Speaker 1: event and it was a very slick operation, I must add. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Jade herself has been involved with gymnastics for sixteen years
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  Speaker 1: and has been coaching for eleven years, and her enthusiasm
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  Speaker 1: shine through as she's got a very competent team behind her,
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  Speaker 1: including a welfare officer, which I must point out if
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  Speaker 1: you're thinking of joining any club at all, a welfare
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  Speaker 1: officer is a must for every club these days. Now,
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  Speaker 1: it was a coincidence actually that later on in the
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  Speaker 1: day I bumped into the team in the Brickfields. I
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  Speaker 1: was going down there to meet Sue Anne Rose and
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  Speaker 1: I saw a couple of the bar and I thought, well,
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  Speaker 1: I recognized those T shirts and sure enough it was
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  Speaker 1: a couple of the team. So we had a little
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  Speaker 1: chat and then I went back to the table and
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  Speaker 1: I met the rest of the team, including Jade and
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  Speaker 1: her dad. Now, it was so nice to talk to
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  Speaker 1: them in the kind of a relaxed atmosphere. I know
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  Speaker 1: what it's like at events when you try and speak
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  Speaker 1: to the event person in charge you start talking and say, oh,
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  Speaker 1: just a minute, I've just got to go over there. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to work out a time later on in
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  Speaker 1: the year when they can come into the studio to
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  Speaker 1: find out more information. Just put JH Gymnastics in the
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  Speaker 1: Facebook search books where there's a link to other websites
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  Speaker 1: and they've got classes for two to ten year olds. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: two two years old? Can you believe that? Anyway? The
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  Speaker 1: thing about any sport really at a young age and
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  Speaker 1: you get an enthusiastic, enthusiastic instructor is that the kids
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  Speaker 1: just love it. It's the same with the Radna Park
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  Speaker 1: Junior partner. Once you get kids out doing exercise away
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  Speaker 1: from the telly, away from the xbox or whatever, and
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  Speaker 1: they just love it, which is what they were showing yesterday. Now,
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  Speaker 1: there was one or two children actually that were a
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  Speaker 1: bit overwhelmed by the start. At the start of them,
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  Speaker 1: they all lined up in the big line facing the audience,
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  Speaker 1: and the lady on the PA she called out their
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  Speaker 1: name and they just had to put their hand up.
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  Speaker 1: But there's one or two children that it was just
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  Speaker 1: a bit too much for them. It was a bit overwhelming.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm pleased to say though, that my granddaughter Autumn.
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  Speaker 1: At times she looked a little bit lost, but she
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  Speaker 1: didn't come back and want to be with us. She
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  Speaker 1: stayed it and she did herselves really proud, and she
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  Speaker 1: actually won a prize. They were about twelve fifteen in
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  Speaker 1: the group, and in her group she came I think
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  Speaker 1: it was fifth and she got a certificate and a
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  Speaker 1: rosette and had a picture done and it was lovely.
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  Speaker 1: So well done to you, Autumn. Now I must say
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  Speaker 1: good morning to everybody up there in Hawkins listening in.
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  Speaker 1: So we've got Martin, We've got lou We've got Autumn,
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  Speaker 1: We've got Bertie, and we mustn't forget Keiko. And I
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  Speaker 1: can just picture them all in the front room. They're
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  Speaker 1: all in their pajamas. I bet they're not up yet
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  Speaker 1: yet every Saturday morning. And it's a great idea actually,
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  Speaker 1: because when you've got a busy week and you know
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  Speaker 1: the parents are working and the kids are at school
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  Speaker 1: and play school, it's really good to have a bonding
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  Speaker 1: morning and what better than to spend it in your pajamas.
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  Speaker 1: Now I've been looking through the playlist, so Autumn, I
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  Speaker 1: want you to do a bit of exercise now. So
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  Speaker 1: this is a lovely song by the late Olivia Newton John.
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  Speaker 1: And this is called Physical. How's Olivia Newton John? There?
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  Speaker 1: Olivia Newton John Physical, And that's for all the team
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  Speaker 1: at t j H Gymnastics, and that's especially for autumn.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm sure she's jumping around and she could be
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  Speaker 1: sitting on the sofa, you never know, doing nothing, slobbing
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  Speaker 1: out on a Saturday morning like you do. Right. So,