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Iʼve raised £2,300 to Help our self-funded group represent Great Britain.
- Shoreham
- Funded on Friday, 28th July 2023
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We are a group of six senior rhythmic gymnasts aged 15 to 18 based at iSTAR Academy in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.
Although we are almost entirely self-funded, we represent Great Britain at the very highest level against the very best groups in the world. We train 30 hours a week with our coach and some of us have to travel from London every day to be part of our group.
We all share a great passion and love for our sport and want to make our group the best it can be. We regularly attend Lilleshall National Sports Centre. These training camps are a vital part of our development and progress. But to pay for all our training, competitions, equipment and travel, we have to rely heavily on the financial support of our families and friends. Costs for us are growing as elite sport is never cheap.
The typical costs we face (per gymnast) each year are:
* Monthly training £2400
* Training camps + travel £1800
* Competition costs (international) £3500-4000
* Leotards, training kit and apparatus £2000
All together, each of us faces costs per year of more than £10,000. In 2021, with your help we managed to get our group to the European Championships in Bulgaria and the World Championships in Japan. This was the first time Great Britain has participated in major internationals since 2012.
In 2022 we tried to keep the momentum on the international stage. We competed in Italy, Israel for the Europeans and Romania. We had a difficult year in 2022 but we are hoping to set and reach new targets in 2023.
If you are able to donate and support us in any way, we would be really grateful. To keep our group growing and improving and able to represent our country as well as we possibly can is really important to us!
For anyone that wants to know more about us and follow what we are doing, please check us out on Instagram and Facebook. We will be posting regular updates on our progress!
Thank you so much for any support you can give us!
Dinburgh, Isabella, Issy, Rosie, Sasha & Thais
Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/istargbgroup/
More about us on our club website https://www.i-staracademy.co.uk/support-us
Follow our club Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/istaracademy/
Our club Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/istaracademy/
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1 year ago
victoria mason
1 year agoThis page has now ran its course so we have to close it. However we now are preparing for the new season and will be giving you a new page with all our updates. Picture below is us at British Championships and winning the all round, ribbon and ball and 5 ribbons. Our new page will introduce the new ones to the team. Thank you to our supporters to date and we promise to keep working hard on this amazing support.
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2 years ago
victoria mason
2 years agoFebruary 2023: New team, new coach and new routines so watch this space......
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2 years ago
victoria mason
2 years agoDecember 2022 marked the end of an era for the existing team. Atie had now started university back in Nottingham and Emily decided time to see what else was out there aside from gym. We loved being with them and we regularly still catch up. Lynne had also decided for a new adventure. We are ever so grateful for the doors that she was able to open and how she showed us that we can achieve if we believe.
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Michael Cheale
Apr 18, 2023
All the best girls
£100.00
Regina
Mar 2, 2023
£20.00
Emma
Oct 10, 2022
£10.00
Welsh fan
Aug 22, 2022
Competing against all financial odds, just saw you competing at Tel Aviv. A disgrace that you have to crowdfund for basic equipment, shame on British Gymnastics.
£50.00
Granny & Granda Johnston
May 16, 2022
To Issy and team, you are all amazing! Good luck in Pesaro & Tel Aviv!
£100.00
NK
May 7, 2022
Good luck in Pesaro and Tel Aviv's championships girls
£500.00
NK
Apr 13, 2022
£100.00
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