Members of Charters Trampoline Club were fortunate enough to visit the O2 Arena for the Visa International Gymnastics  - the last chance for gymnasts to qualify for the London 2012 Games.

The students all had a brilliant time watching the world's leading gymnasts  and we would like to thank the parent whose kind donation of corporate tickets enabled the children to attend this exciting event.

Jasmin Pearson Year 9 said 'It was a privilege to be there and great to see how amazing you have to be to get into the Olympics'.

'Our favourite male gymnast was Dong Dong, because of his amazing name! All the competitors had to do the same routine but could add a couple of tricks at the end in the first round.

The ladies competition was much slower and more graceful than the men's but they were still doing double and triple somersaults as part of their ten bounce routine.  In the final, for the first time, we saw what can go wrong when two of the competitors made mistakes.  Even the Olympic and World Champion fell off!  Luckily the spotters caught her and she was OK. 

We really enjoyed having the chance to wave the Union Jack and cheer on the British gymnast: Katherine Driscoll, who made it into the final four. Hip, Hip, Hooray!'