WOMEN’S ARTISTIC – SENIOR
1924 – PRESENT

WOMEN’S ARTISTIC – TEAM
1923 – PRESENT

BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S ARTISTIC CHAMPIONS

British Gymnastics Women’s Champions from 1924 onwards.
Photo Pat Perks with Runners up Denise Goddard and Gwynedd Lingard at the 1960 British Championships

YEAR	1st	CLUB	COACH	2nd	CLUB	3rd	CLUB
1924	Dorothy Billson	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Jessie Kite	Northampton Polytechnic Institute	M Lindsell	Northampton Polytechnic Institute
1925	Dorothy Billson	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Jessie Kite	Northampton Polytechnic Institute	Ethel Seymour	Northampton Polytechnic Institute
1926	Dorothy Billson	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Jessie Kite	Northampton Polytechnic Institute	Lucy Desmond	Northampton Polytechnic Institute
1927	Carrie Pickles	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Jessie Kite	Northampton Polytechnic Institute	Lucy Desmond	Northampton Polytechnic Institute
1928	Carrie Pickles	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Jessie Kite	Northampton Polytechnic Institute	Miss Ada Smith	Marsh Gym, Leigh, Lancs
1929	Carrie Pickles	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Annie Broadbent	Halifax RES	Amy Jagger	Halifax RES
1930	Annie Broadbent	Halifax R.E.S.		Amy Jagger	Halifax R.E.S.	Miss Jessie Greenwood	Bootle Corporation GC
1931	Jessie Greenwood	Bootle GC		Hilda Smith	Marsh Gymnasium	M. Kelly	Belle Vue InstituteBradford
1932	Jessie Greenwood	Bootle GC		Miss Clarice M Hanson	Bradford GC	Miss M L Varley	Belle Vue GCBradford
1933	Clarice Hanson	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Jessie Greenwood	Bootle GC	Miss I Skeldon	Gordon Hall Institute Liverpool
1934	Clarice Hanson^	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst
1935	Clarice Hanson	Bradford GC	Eddie Hirst	Miss Rosie Pollard	Bradford GC	Miss I Willman	Bradford GC
1936	Lillie Ridgwell	London		Edna Earl	Northampton Polytechnic Institute	Brenda Crowe	Southgate & Wood Green AA London
1937	Lillie Ridgwell	Northampton Polytechnic Institute		Mary Heaton	Bingley Gym & Athletic Club	J Whatmuff	Bingley Gym & Athletic Club
1938	Clarice Hanson	Saltaire GC	Carrie Pollard nee Pickles	J Whatmuff	Bingley Gym & Athletic Club	Miss B Wheeler	Northampton Polytechnic Institute
1939	Clarice Bell nee Hanson	Saltaire GC	Carrie Pollard nee Pickles	Mary Hoddy nee Heaton	Salts GC Saltaire	Miss P Ellis	Salts GC Saltaire
1940	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR
1941	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR
1942	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR
1943	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR
1944	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR
1945	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR
1946	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR
1947	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of Physical Culture Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Clarice Bell	Salts GC Saltaire	Dorothy Smith	Bingley GC
1948	Clarice Bell nee Hanson	Saltaire Ladies GC	Carrie Pollard	Audrey Rennard	Saltaire LGC	Dorothy Smith	Bingley GC
1949	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Cissie Davies	Swansea Ladies GC	Audrey Rennard	Saltaire Ladies GC
1950	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Cissie Davies	Swansea YMCA	Sylvia Whitford	Swansea YMCA
1951	Cissie Davies	Swansea YMCA	Walter Walsh	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of Physical Culture Leeds	Gwynedd Lewis	Grangetown Ladies
1952	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Cissie Davies	Swansea YMCA	Irene Hirst	Saltaire Ladies GC
1953	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Sheila Boon	West Green Schools Association, London	Jean Thornton	Woodhouse Sch of Physical Culture Leeds
1954	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Gwynedd Lewis	Grange Ladies GC	Margaret Thomas	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club
1955	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Rosalind Darke	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Margaret Neale nee Thomas	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club
1956	Pat Hirst	Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds	Jim Atkinson	Margaret Neale *	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Rosalind Darke & Sheila Boon *	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club & West Green GC London
1957	Margaret Neale	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Walter Maidment	Gwynedd Lingard	Grange Ladies GC	Jean Thornton	Woodhouse Sch of Physical Culture Leeds
1958	Margaret Neale	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Walter Maidmant	Pat Perks	Grange Ladies GC	Pat Beynon	Swansea YMCA
1959	Gwynedd Lingard	Grange Ladies GC Penarth S.Wales	Cecil Guy	Margaret Neale	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Pat Perks	Grange Ladies GC
1960	Pat Perks	Grange Ladies GC	Cecil Guy	Denise Goddard	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Gwynedd Lingard	Grange Ladies GC
1961	Monica Rutherford	Fulwell Whitburn GC	June Allison later Groom	Denise Goddard	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Gwynedd Lingard	Grange Ladies GC
1962	Monica Rutherford	Fulwell Whitburn GC	June Allison later Groom	Denise Goddard	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Pat Perks	Grange Ladies GC
1963	Monica Rutherford	Fulwell Whitburn GC	June Allison later Groom	Denise Goddard	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Pat Vice	Swansea YMCA
1964	Monica Rutherford	Fulwell Whitburn GC	June Groom	Denise Goddard	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Mary McCarthy	Mynachdy GC Cardiff
1965	Denise Goddard	Cardiff Olympic Youth Club	Walter Maidment	Maggie Bell	Bexley GC	Monica Rutherford	Fulwell Whitburn GC
1966	Margaret Bell	Bexley GC	Pauline Prestidge	Rita Francis	Wood Green GC	Mary Prestidge	Bexley GC
1967	Margaret Bell	Bexley GC	Pauline Prestidge	Diane Lodge	Slough GC	Mary Prestidge	Bexley GC
1968	Margaret Bell	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Pauline Prestidge	Mary Prestidge	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Maria Gough	Salts Saltaire GC
1969	Margaret Bell	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Pauline Prestidge	Mary Prestidge	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Maria Gough	Salts Saltaire GC
1970	Margaret Bell	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Pauline Prestidge	Yvonne Mugridge	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Pamela Hutchinson	Fulwell Whitburn GC
1971	Pam Hopkins	Penarth GC	Gwynedd Lingard	Barbara Alred	Saltaire Ladies GC	Yvonne Mugridge	Ladywell GC Lewisham
1972	Yvonne Mugridge	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Pauline Prestidge	Avril Lennox	Charles Keene College GC Leicester	Elaine Willett	Ladywell GC Lewisham
1973	Anne Parkinson	Saltaire Ladies GC	Jill Coulton nee Pollard	Elaine Willett	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Ruth Adderley	Ladywell GC Lewisham
1974	Avril Lennox	Charles Keene College GC Leicester	Harold Davies	Elaine Willett	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Anne Parkinson	Saltaire Ladies GC
1975	Avril Lennox	Charles Keene College GC Leicester	Harold Davies	Barbara Slater	Birmingham Athletic Inst.	Lesley Bartlett	Fulwell Whitburn GC
1976	Avril Lennox	Charles Keene College GC Leicester	Harold Davies, Bill McLoughlin	Barbara Slater	Birmingham Athletic Inst.	Susan Cheesebrough	Tameside GC
1977	Avril Lennox	Charles Keene College GC Leicester	Harold Davies, Bill McLoughlin	Susan Cheesebrough	Tameside GC	Karen Leighton	Loughton GC
1978	Susan Cheesebrough	Tameside GC	Bill McLoughlin, Norman & Agnes Gough	Karen Robb	Huddersfield GC	Lisa Jackman	Loughton GC
1979	Susan Cheesebrough	Tameside GC	Bill McLoughlin, Norman & Agnes Gough	Karen Leighton	Loughton GC	Suzanne Dando	Ladywell GC Lewisham
1980	Suzanne Dando	Ladywell GC Lewisham	Joyce Macaulay, Brian Dewhurst	Denise Jones	Huddersfield GC	Jackie Bevan	Tameside GC
1981	Mandy Gornall	Fylde GC Blackpool	Keith & Brendene Hardy	Lisa Young	Park GC Wellington Shrops.	Kathy Williams	Huddersfield GC
1982	Cheryl Weatherstone	Berks Gymnastics Academy Reading USA	Tom Mcarthy	Natalie Davies	Cray Valley GC Bromley	Lisa Young	Park GC Wellington Shrops.
1983	Hayley Price	Redditch & Bromsgrove GC	John Reeves	Sally Larner	Redditch & Bromsgrove GC	Lisa Young	Park GC Wellington Shrops.
1984	Natalie Davies	Cray Valley GC Bromley	Joyce Macaulay	Sally Larner	Redditch & Bromsgrove GC	Hayley Price	Redditch & Bromsgrove GC
1985	Hayley Price	Redditch & Bromsgrove GC	John Reeves	Kathy Williams	Stretford GC	Sally Larner	Redditch & Bromsgrove GC
1986	Lisa Elliott	Spelthorne GC Ashford Surrey	Gareth Davies	Karen Hargate	Greenhead GC Huddersfield	Karen Kennedy	Camberley GC
1987	Lisa Elliott	Spelthorne GC Ashford Surrey	Gareth Davies	Karen Hargate	Greenhead GC Huddersfield	Karen Kennedy	Camberley GC
1988	Lisa Elliott	Spelthorne GC Ashford Surrey	Gareth Davies	Lisa Grayson	Redcar GC	Laura Mainwaring	Park Wrekin GC Wellington
1989	Lisa Grayson	Redcar GC	Jack Grey	Lisa Law	Nottingham Trent GC	Jo Prescott	Nottingham Trent GC
1990	Sarah Mercer	Leatherhead & Dorking GC	Vladimir Axsenov	Louise Redding	Park Wrekin GC Wellington	Lorna Mainwaring	Park Wrekin GC Wellington
1991	Laura Timmins	Park Wrekin GC Wellington	Christine & Colin Still	Rebecca Haynes	Trafford Sch of Gym	Louise Redding	Park Wrekin GC Wellington
1992	Rowena Roberts	Spelthorne GC Ashford Surrey	Gareth Davies	Sarah Mercer	Park Wrekin GC Wellington	Rebecca Haynes	Trafford Sch of Gym
1993	Jackie Brady	Alderwood GC Bromley	Marion & John James	Zita Lusack	Heathrow GC	Karin Szymko	Leatherhead & Dorking GC
1994	Zita Lusack	Heathrow GC	Vince & Michele Walduck, Natalia Ilienko Jarvis	Annika Reeder	South Essex GC	Karin Szymko	Leatherhead & Dorking GC
1995	Annika Reeder	South Essex GC	Rod Smith	Zita Lusack	Heathrow GC	Sonia Lawrence	Spelthorne GC Ashford Surrey
1996	Lisa Mason	Huntingdon GC	Terry Sharpington	Janine Mortimer	Liverpool GC	Gemma Cuff	Heathrow GC
1997	Lisa Mason	Huntingdon GC	Terry Sharpington	Annika Reeder	South Essex GC	Gemma Cuff	Heathrow GC
1998	Lisa Mason	Huntingdon GC	Terry Sharpington	Annika Reeder	South Essex GC	Paula Thomas	South Essex GC
1999	Annika Reeder	South Essex GC	Rod Smith	Lisa Mason	Huntingdon GC	Sharna Murray	Alderwood GC Bromley
2000	Emma Williams	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Annika Reeder	South Essex GC	Kelly Hackman	Woking GC
2001	Beth Tweddle	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Holly Murdock	Salto GC Belfast	Melissa Wilcox	Easton GC Bristol
2002	Beth Tweddle	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Nicola Willis	South Essex GC	Katy Lennon	Leatherhead & Dorking GC
2003	Beth Tweddle	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Rebecca Mason	Sandbach GC	Vanessa Hobbs	Dynamo GC Southampton
2004	Beth Tweddle	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Katy Lennon	Leatherhead & Dorking GC	Nicola Willis	South Essex GC
2005	Beth Tweddle	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Samantha Bayley	Welsh Inst Sport	Imogen Cairns	The Academy Portishead
2006	Beth Tweddle	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Lynette Lisle	Barry Girls GC	Aisling Williams	Liverpool GC
2007	Beth Tweddle	Liverpool GC	Amanda Kirby nee Harrison	Hannah Clowes	Liverpool GC	Aisling Williams	Liverpool GC
2008	Becky Downie	Notts GC	Claire Starkey, Ian Kime	Rebecca Wing	Heathrow GC	Hannah Whelan	Liverpool GC
2009	Becky Downie	Notts GC	Claire Starkey, Ian Kime	Rebecca Wing	Heathrow GC	Marissa King	Huntingdon GC
2010	Hannah Whelan	Liverpool GC	Amanda Reddin nee Harrison	Nicole Hibbert	Heathrow GC	Danusia Francis	Heathrow GC
2011	Hannah Whelan	Liverpool GC	Amanda Reddin nee Harrison	Danusia Francis	Heathrow	Jenny Pinches	Liverpool GC
2012	Rebecca Tunney	Liverpool GC	Amanda Reddin nee Harrison	Jenny Pinches	Liverpool GC	Hannah Whelan	Liverpool GC
2013	Gabby Jupp	Sapphire GC Hemel Hempstead	Steve Price	Charlie Fellowes	Liverpool GC	Niamh Rippin	Notts GC
2014	Rebecca Tunney	Liverpool GC	Claire Duffey	Becky Downie	Notts GC	Claudia Fragapane	Bristol Hawkes GC
2015	Amy Tinkler	South Durham GC	Nicola Preston, Rachel Wright	Claudia Fragapane	Bristol Hawkes GC	Ellie Downie	Notts GC
2016	Claudia Fragapane	Bristol Hawkes GC	Helen Potter, Rory Weavers	Rebecca Tunney	Liverpool GC	Ellie Downie	Notts GC
2017	Ellie Downie	Notts GC	Jo Miller	Alice Kinsella	Park Wrekin GC Wellington	Maisie Methuen	Welsh Inst. of Sport
2018	Kelly Simm	Dynamo GC Southampton	Debbie & Keith Richardson	Amy Tinkler	South Essex GC	Charlie Fellowes	Park Wrekin School of Gymnastics
2019	Ellie Downie	Notts GC	Jo Miller	Kelly Simm	Dynamo GC Southampton	Amelie Morgan	The Academy Portishead
2020	NO CONTEST DUE TO COVID
2021	Ondine Achampong	Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy **	Joshua & Molly Richardson ***	Emily Todd	The Academy Portishead	Ruby Stacey	Plymouth Swallows GC
2022	Jessica Gadirova	Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy	Joshua & Molly Richardson	Ondine Achampong	Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy	Jennifer Gadirova	Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy
2023	Alice Kinsella	Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club	Christine Still & Brett Ince	Ondine Achampong	Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy	Georgia-Mae Fenton	South Essex GC

* taken from photographic evidence, ** previously Sapphire GC, *** previously Melanie Bunyan & Annie Price
^ only one entry

MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS

Pat Hirst

Elizabeth Tweddle (Beth)

Clarice Bell nee Hanson

Margaret Bell (Maggie)

Avril Lennox and Monica Rutherford

GALLERY OF BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS

Carrie Pickles

British Champion in 1927 and 1929 – Photo Pickles/Pollard archive

Annie Broadbent

British Champion in 1930

Jessie Greenwood

British Champion in 1931 and 1932. Photo British Gymnastics Archive

Clarice Bell nee Hanson

British Champion in 1933 to 1935 and 1938, 1939 and here after her 6th title in 1948

Pat Hirst

8 times British Champion in the 1940’s and 1950’s performing a flyaway from Swinging Rings at Wood Green circa 1956. Photo Jim Prestidge

Margaret Neale

1957 and 1958 British Champion dismounts beam with coach Walter Maidment – Photo Jim Prestidge

Anne Parkinson

British Champion in 1973 – Photo Alan Burrows

Monica Rutherford

4 time British Champion performing her Beam routine – photo Alan Burrows

Maggie Bell

5 times British Champion in the 1960’s and 1970 on Beam – photo Alan Burrows

Pam Hopkins

1971 British Champion at the Albert Hall for the Sunday Times Cup 1972 – Photo Alan Burrows

Avril Lennox

4 time British Champion performing the Yamashita vault performing at Wembley – photo Alan Burrows

Susan Cheesebrough

competing for the English Schools at the Sobell Centre Islington

Mandy Gornall

1981 British Champion – Photo Alan Burrows

Suzanne Dando

1980 British Champion competing at the Champion’s Cup in 1977 – Picture Alan Burrows

Haley Price

British Gymnastics Women’s Champion 1983 & ’85 performing on Beam – photo Eileen Langsley

Lisa Elliot

Winning the British Championship in 1986 – photo Alan Burrows

Natalie Davies

1984 British Champion competing for the Russian Scholarship in 1980 – Photo Alan Burrows

Anniker Reeder

1995 and 1999 British Champion – photo Eileen Langsley/International Gymnast

Lisa Mason

3 time British Champion competing at the 2000 European’s – Photo Eileen Langsley/International Gymnast

Beth Tweddle

7 time British Champion and Olympic Asymmetric Bars bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics – photo courtesy of British Gymnastics

Becky Downie

competing on Beam at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games – photo courtesy Grace Chiu / British Gymnastics

Ellie Downie

2017 and 2019 British Champion

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BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S ARTISTIC CHAMPIONS

MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS

Pat Hirst

Elizabeth Tweddle (Beth)

Clarice Bell nee Hanson

Margaret Bell (Maggie)

Avril Lennox and Monica Rutherford

GALLERY OF BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS

Carrie Pickles

Annie Broadbent

Jessie Greenwood

Clarice Bell nee Hanson

Pat Hirst

Margaret Neale

Anne Parkinson

Monica Rutherford

Maggie Bell

Pam Hopkins

Avril Lennox

Susan Cheesebrough

Mandy Gornall

Suzanne Dando

Haley Price

Lisa Elliot

Natalie Davies

Anniker Reeder

Lisa Mason

Beth Tweddle

Becky Downie

Ellie Downie

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