BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S ARTISTIC CHAMPIONS
From 1924 onwards, here are the British Gymnastics Women’s Champions.
Photo Ellie Downie, British Champion in 2017.
| Year | Gymnast | Club | Coached by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | BILLSON Dorothy | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1925 | BILLSON Dorothy | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1926 | BILLSON Dorothy | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1927 | PICKLES Carrie | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1928 | PICKLES Carrie | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1929 | PICKLES Carrie | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1930 | BROADBENT Annie | Halifax | |
| 1931 | GREENWOOD Jessie | Bootle | |
| 1932 | GREENWOOD Jessie | Bootle | |
| 1933 | HANSON Clarice | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1934 | HANSON Clarice | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1935 | HANSON Clarice | Bradford Gymnastics Club | Eddie Hirst |
| 1936 | RIDGWELL Lillie | London | |
| 1937 | RIDGWELL Lillie | London | |
| 1938 | HANSON Clarice | Saltaire Gymnastics Club | Carrie Pollard nee Pickles |
| 1939 | BELL Clarice nee Hanson | Saltaire Gymnastics Club | Carrie Pollard nee Pickles |
| 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 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1948 | BELL Clarice nee Hanson | Saltaire Gymnastics Club | Carrie Pollard |
| 1949 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1950 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1951 | DAVIES Cissie | Swansea YMCA | Walter Walsh |
| 1952 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1953 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1954 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1955 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1956 | HIRST Pat | Woodhouse Sch of P.E. Leeds | Jim Atkinson |
| 1957 | NEALE Margaret | Cardiff Olympic Youth Club | Walter Maidment |
| 1958 | NEALE Margaret | Cardiff Olympic Youth Club | Walter Maidmant |
| 1959 | LINGARD Gwynedd | Grange Ladies' Gymnastics Club (Penarth S Wales ) | Cecil Guy |
| 1960 | PERKS Pat | Grange Ladies' Gymnastics Club (Penarth S Wales ) | Cecil Guy |
| 1961 | RUTHERFORD Monica | Fulwell Whitburn Gymnastics Club | June Allison later Groom |
| 1962 | RUTHERFORD Monica | Fulwell Whitburn Gymnastics Club | June Allison later Groom |
| 1963 | RUTHERFORD Monica | Fulwell Whitburn Gymnastics Club | June Allison later Groom |
| 1964 | RUTHERFORD Monica | Fulwell Whitburn Gymnastics Club | June Allison later Groom |
| 1965 | GODDARD Denise | Cardiff Olympic Youth Club | Walter Maidment |
| 1966 | BELL Margaret | Bexley Gymnastics Club | Pauline Prestidge |
| 1967 | BELL Margaret | Bexley Gymnastics Club | Pauline Prestidge |
| 1968 | BELL Margaret | Ladywell Gymnastics Club Lewisham | Pauline Prestidge |
| 1969 | BELL Margaret | Ladywell Gymnastics Club Lewisham | Pauline Prestidge |
| 1970 | BELL Margaret | Ladywell Gymnastics Club Lewisham | Pauline Prestidge |
| 1971 | HOPKINS Pamela | Penarth Gymnastics Club South Wales | Gwynedd Lingard |
| 1972 | MUGRIDGE Yvonne | Ladywell Gymnastics Club Lewisham | Pauline Prestidge |
| 1973 | PARKINSON Anne | Saltaire Gymnastics Club | Jill Coulton nee Pollard |
| 1974 | LENNOX Avril | Charles Keene College Gymnastics Club Leicester | Harold Davies |
| 1975 | LENNOX Avril | Charles Keene College Gymnastics Club Leicester, St Mary's College Twickenham | Harold Davies,Bill McLoughlin |
| 1976 | LENNOX Avril | Charles Keene College Gymastics Club Leicester, St Mary's College Twickenham | Harold Davies, Bill McLoughlin |
| 1977 | LENNOX Avril | Charles Keene College Gymnastics Club Leicester, St Mary's College Twickenham | Harold Davies, Bill McLoughlin |
| 1978 | CHEESEBROUGH Susan | Tameside Gymnastics Club Stalybridge | Bill McLoughlin, Norman & Agnes Gough |
| 1979 | CHEESEBROUGH Susan | Tameside Gymnastics Club Stalybridge | Bill McLoughlin, Norman & Agnes Gough |
| 1980 | DANDO Suzzane | Ladywell Gymnastics Club Lewisham | Joyce Macaulay, Brian Dewhurst |
| 1981 | GORNAL Mandy | Fylde Gymnastics Club Blackpool | Keith & Brendene Hardy |
| 1982 | WEATHERSTONE Cheryl | Berks Gymnastics Academy Reading USA | Tom Mcarthy |
| 1983 | PRICE Hayley | Redditch and Bromsgrove Gymnastics Club | John Reeves |
| 1984 | DAVIES Natalie | Cray Valley Gymnastics Club St Paul's Cray Kent | Joyce Macaulay |
| 1985 | PRICE Hayley | Redditch and Bromsgrove Gymnastics Club | John Reeves |
| 1986 | ELLIOT Lisa | Spelthorne Gymnastics Club Ashord Middlesex | Gareth Davies |
| 1987 | ELLIOT Lisa | Spelthorne Gymnastics Club Ashord Middlesex | Gareth Davies |
| 1988 | ELLIOT Lisa | Spelthorne Gymnastics Club Ashord Middlesex | Gareth Davies |
| 1989 | GRAYSON Lisa | Redcar Gymnastics Club | Jack Grey |
| 1990 | MERCER Sarah | Lilleshall National Sports Centre Newport | Christine & Colin Still |
| 1991 | TIMMINS Laura | Park Wrekin College Gymnastics Club | Christine & Colin Still |
| 1992 | ROBERTS Rowena | Spelthorne Gymnastics Club Ashord Middlesex | Gareth Davies |
| 1993 | BRADY Jackie | Alderwood Gymnastics Club Eltham London | Marion & John James |
| 1994 | LUSACK Zita | Heathrow Gymnastics Club Hounslow London | Vince & Michele Walduck, Natalia Ilienko Jarvis |
| 1995 | REEDER Annika | South Essex Gymnastics Club Basildon | Rod Smith |
| 1996 | MASON Lisa | Huntingdon Gymnastics Club | Terry Sharpington |
| 1997 | MASON Lisa | Huntingdon Gymnastics Club | Terry Sharpington |
| 1998 | MASON Lisa | Huntingdon Gymnastics Club | Terry Sharpington |
| 1999 | REEDER Annika | South Essex Gymnastics Club | Rod Smith |
| 2000 | WILLIAMS Emma | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2001 | TWEDDLE Beth | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2002 | TWEDDLE Beth | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2003 | TWEDDLE Beth | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2004 | TWEDDLE Beth | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2005 | TWEDDLE Beth | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2006 | TWEDDLE Beth | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2007 | TWEDDLE Beth | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Kirby nee Harrison |
| 2008 | DOWNIE Becky | Notts Gymnastics Club | Claire Starkey, Ian Kime |
| 2009 | DOWNIE Becky | Notts Gymnastics Club | Claire Starkey, Ian Kime |
| 2010 | WHELAN Hannah | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Reddin nee Harrison |
| 2011 | WHELAN Hannah | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Reddin nee Harrison |
| 2012 | TUNNEY Rebecca | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Amanda Reddin nee Harrison |
| 2013 | JUPP Gabby | Sapphire School of Gymnastics Hemel Hempstead | Steve Price |
| 2014 | TUNNEY Rebecca | Liverpool Gymnastics Club | Claire Duffey |
| 2015 | TINKLER Amy | South Durham Gymnastics Club | Nicola Preston, Rachel Wright |
| 2016 | FRAGAPANE Claudia | Bristol Hawks Gymnastics Club | Helen Potter, Rory Weavers |
| 2017 | DOWNIE Ellie | Notts Gymnastics Academy | Jo Miller |
| 2018 | SIMS Kelly | Dynamo School of Gymnastics | Debbie & Keith Richardson |
MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS
Pat Hirst
Elizabeth Tweddle (Beth)
Margaret Bell (Maggie)
Avril Lennox, Clarice Hanson and Monica Rutherford
GALLERY OF BRITISH GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS
Monica Rutherford
performs on the Balance Beam
Lisa Elliott
wins the Champions Cup
Susan Cheesebrough with Colin Still
Susan Cheesebrough with Colin Still at the World Championships
Zita Lusack
competing on beam
Carl Dodd & Susan Cheesebrough Russian Scholarship 1976
Carl Dodd & Susan Cheesebrough are first ever Russian Scholarship winners
Avril Lennox
performing the Yamashita vault
haley price British Champion on Beam
Haley Price – British Gymnastics Women’s Champion performing on Beam
Susan Cheesebrough
as a young gymnast
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