MEN’S ARTISTIC – SENIOR
1896 – PRESENT

MEN’S ARTISTIC – TEAM
1900 – PRESENT

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - SENIOR CHAMPIONS

From 1896 onwards, the British Gymnastics Men’s Champions trophy is the oldest in the sport.
Photo shows Nik Stuart, nine times Champion between 1956 & 1964

YEAR	1st	CLUB	COACH	2nd	CLUB	3rd	CLUB
1896	Henry Cain	Orion GC, London
1897	Henry Cain	Orion GC, London
1898	S Green	Dolobran AC Birmingham		JF Bursch	Dolobran AC Birmingham	AW Baker	Dolobran AC Birmingham
1899	AW Baker Roberts	Orion London		Goodwin	Dolobran AC Birmingham	JC Huxtable	Newport Monmouthshire
1900	JF Bursch	Dolobran AC Birmingham
1901	Alfred Bradley	Bradford All Saints A.C.		Sandland	Yorkshire Club	JB Milne	Dundee
1902	Alfred Bradley	Bradford All Saints A.C.		Deans	Glasgow	Morement	Bradford All Saints A.C.
1903	Alfred Bradley	Bradford All Saints A.C.
1904	JC Collins	Halifax R.E.S.
1905	G Marsland	Halifax R.E.S.
1906	Walter Tysall	Birmingham Athletic Inst.
1907	Walter Tysall	Birmingham Athletic Inst.
1908	Walter Tysall	Birmingham Athletic Inst.
1909	Samuel Hodgetts	Birmingham Athletic Inst.		Leonard Hanson & W Manning	Bradford All Saints A.C. & Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London
1910	Edward E Pepper	Birmingham Athletic Inst.
1911	Leonard Hanson	Bradford All Saints A.C.
1912	Edward W Potts	Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London	Rudolf Oberholzer	Leonard Hanson	Bradford All Saints	JJ Cook	St Pauls, London
1913	Leonard Hanson	Bradford All Saints A.C.		William Cowhig	Powels Tilery GC, Monmouth	John Whitaker	Birmingham Athletic Institute
1914	Reginald Potts	Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London	Rudolf Oberholzer	P Reitman	Northampton Polytechnic Inst., London	E Hopes	St Agnes, Bristol
1915	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR	-	-
1916	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR	-	-
1917	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR	-	-
1918	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR	-	-
1919	NO CONTEST DUE TO WAR	-	-
1920	AG Cocksedge	Northampton Polytechnic Inst.London	Rudolf Oberholzer	Sidney H Andrew	Northampton Polytechnic Inst., London	William Cowhig	Cwmfelinfach United GC
1921	Sidney H Andrew	Northampton Polytechnic. Inst.London	Rudolf Oberholzer	AG Cocksedge	Northampton Polytechnic Inst., London	William Cowhig	Cwmfelinfach United GC
1922	Stanley Leigh	Swansea YMCA	Walter Standish	Henry J Finchett	Birmingham YMCA	Bernard Franklin	Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London
1923	Stanley Leigh	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Henry J Finchett	Birmingham Dale End	Harold Brown	Northampton Polytechnic Inst., London
1924	Stanley Leigh	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Henry J Finchett	Birmingham YMCA	Ernest Leigh	Swansea YMCA
1925	Henry J Finchett	Birmingham YMCA	Alfred Bradley	Harold Brown	Northampton Polytechnic Inst., London	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club
1926	Harold Brown	Northampton Polytechnic Inst.London	Bill King (possibly)	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club	GC Raynes	Birmingham YMCA
1927	Henry J Finchett	Birmingham YMCA	Alfred Bradley	Harold Brown	Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London	W Cronin	Swansea YMCA
1928	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Henry J Finchett	Birmingham YMCA	Harold Brown	Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London
1929	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club	Harold Brown	Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London
1930	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club	E Walton	Bradford GC
1931	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club	Harold Davies	Swansea YMCA
1932	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club	Harold Davies	Swansea YMCA
1933	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club	T Parkinson	Bolton Lads Club
1934	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Stanley Humphreys	Bolton Lads Club	Jack Flaherty	Ardwick Boys Club Manchester
1935	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	Jack Flaherty	Ardwick Lads Club Manchester	W Walsh	Bolton Lads Club
1936	Arthur J Whitford	Swansea YMCA & Sketty Olympic GC	Walter Standish	TB Parkinson	Bolton Lads Cub	W Walsh & Alec Wales	Bolton Lads Club & Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London
1937 *	Alec Wales	Northampton Polytechnic Inst.London	Bill King	WH (Bill) Williams	Northampton Polytechnic Inst., London
1938	Jack Flaherty	Ardwick Lads Club Manchester		Alec Wales	Northampton Polytechnic Inst., London	TB Parkinson	Bolton Lads Club
1939	Arthur J Whitford	Sketty Olympic GC, Swansea	Walter Standish	Jack Flaherty	Ardwick Lads Club Manchester	Alec Wales	Northampton Polytechnic Inst. London
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 ^
1947	Jack Whitford	Sketty Olympic GC, Swansea	Arthur J Whitford	Jack Flaherty	Ardwick Lads Club Manchester	Alec Wales	Crown & Manor (London)
1948	Jack Whitford	Sketty Olympic GC, Swansea	Arthur J Whitford	George Weedon	Orion GC, London	Alec Wales	Crown & Manor (London)
1949	Frank C Turner	Broad Street London	Bill Downing, Jim Wright	George Weedon	Orion GC, London	Ken Buffin	St Aidens GC, Cardiff
1950	Frank C Turner	Broad Street London	Bill Downing, Jim Wright	Ken Buffin	St Aidens GC, Cardiff	Jack Flaherty	Ardwick Boys Club
1951	Frank C Turner	Broad Street London	Bill Downing, Jim Wright	Ken Buffin	Central Boys Club Cardiff	E Baker	West Green Sch. Assoc.London
1952	Jack Whitford	Sketty Olympic GC	Arthur J Whitford	Ken Buffin	Central Boys Club Cardiff	Peter Starling	Norwich Priory GC
1953	M Grunder** (Swiss national)	London Gym Club		Ken Buffin	Central Boys Club Cardiff	Peter Starling	Norwich Priory GC
1954	Frank C Turner**	Broad Street London	Bill Downing, Jim Wright	Ken Buffin	Central Boys Club Cardiff	Peter Starling	Norwich Priory GC
1955	Ken Buffin**	Central Boys Club Cardiff	Bill Buffin	Frank C Turner	Orion GC, London	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Orion GC London
1956	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	Tom Slaven
1957	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	Dick Gradley	AGU gymnasts	Peter Starling	Norwich Priory GC
1958	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	Dick Gradley	Army Gymnastic Union	Ken Buffin	Central Boys Club Cardiff
1959	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	Dick Gradley	Army Gymnastic Union	Peter Starling	Norwich Priory GC
1960	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	John “Jack” Pancott	Army Gymnastic Union	Peter Starling	Norwich Priory GC
1961	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	John “Jack” Pancott	Army Gymnastic Union	John Mulhall	Cardiff Boys Club
1962	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	Dick Gradley	Army Gymnastic Union	Gordon Yates	Birmingham Athletic Institute GC
1963	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	Dick Gradley	Army Gymnastic Union	Bert Dooley	Army Gymnastic Union
1964	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Army Gymnastic Union	AGU gymnasts	John “Jack” Pancott	Army Gymnastic Union	Bob Trenholm	Army Gymnastic Union
1965	Bernie Cawthorne	Hull	self taught	John “Jack” Pancott	Army Gymnastic Union	Brian Hayhurst	Milnsbridge GC, Huddersfield
1966	John “Jack” Pancott	Army Gymnastic Union	Wray “Nik” Stuart	Mike Booth	Milnsbridge GC, Huddersfield	Bobby Williams	Swansea YMCA
1967	Bobbie Williams	Swansea YMCA	Walter Walsh	Mike Booth	Huddersfield GC	Bob Trenholm	Army Gymnastic Union
1968	Mike Booth	Huddersfield GC	Stan Booth (father)	Stan Wild	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Jimmy Wilson	Army Gymnastic Union
1969	Stan Wild	Leeds Athletic Inst	Dick Gradley	Graham Rushforth	Army Gymnastic Union	Brian Hayhurst	Huddersfield GC
1970	Stan Wild	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Dick Gradley	Mike Booth	Huddersfield GC	Graham Rushforth	Army Gymnastic Union
1971	Stan Wild	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Dick Gradley	Bill Norgrove	Army Gymnastic Union	Brian Hayhurst	Huddersfield GC
1972	Bill Norgrove	Army Gymnastic Union		Stan Wild	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Leigh Jones	Swansea YMCA
1973	Stan Wild	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Dick Gradley	Mike Booth	Huddersfield GC	Eddie Arnold	Leeds Ahletic Institute
1974	Stan Wild	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Dick Gradley	Tommy Wilson	Hendon GC	Eddie Arnold	Leeds Ahletic Institute
1975	Tommy Wilson	Hendon GC	Evan Tuck	Jimmy Purvis	Army Gymnastic Union	Jeff Davis	Carnegie College GC
1976	Ian Neale	Coventry GC	John Atkinson	Tommy Wilson	Hendon GC	Jeff Davis	Bush Harlow GC
1977	Eddie Arnold	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Dick Gradley	Jeff Davis	Bush Harlow GC	Jim Purvis	Army Gymnastic Union
1978	Ian Neale	Coventry GC	John Atkinson	Eddie Arnold	Leeds Athletic Inst.	Tom Wilson	Hendon GC
1979	Jeff Davis	Bush Harlow GC	Mitch Fenner	Tommy Wilson	Hendon GC	Barry Winch	Hendon GC
1980	Jeff Davis	Bush Harlow GC	Mitch Fenner	Keith Langley	Coventry GC	Martyn Davies	Hendon GC
1981	Keith Langley	Coventry GC	Geoff Langley (father), John Atkinson	Barry Winch	Bush Harlow GC	Andrew Morris	Swansea YMCA
1982	Barry Winch	Bush Harlow GC	Mitch Fenner	Keith Langley	Coventry GC	Andrew Morris	Swansea YMCA
1983	Andrew Morris	Swansea YMCA	Leigh Jones	Barry Winch	Bush Harlow GC	Keith Langley	Coventry GC
1984	Andrew Morris	Swansea YMCA	Leigh Jones	Barry Winch	Bush Harlow GC	Keith Langley	Coventry GC
1985	Terry Bartlett	Southampton GC	Bill Cosgrave/ Keith Richardson	Andrew Morris	Swansea YMCA	Carl Beynon	Swansea YMCA
1986	Andrew Morris	Swansea YMCA	Leigh Jones	Dave Simpson	Liverpool GC	Carl Beynon	Swansea YMCA
1987	Andrew Morris	Swansea YMCA	Leigh Jones	Dave Simpson	Liverpool GC	Carl Beynon	Swansea YMCA
1988	Ian Shelley	Southampton GC	Keith Richardson	Roman Edwards	Southampton GC	James May	Bristol Hawkes GC
1989	James May	Bristol Hawkes GC	Stephen, May (brother)	Paul Bowler	Central Manchester GC	Neil Thomas	Liverpool GC
1990	Neil Thomas	Lilleshall NSC (National Sports Centre)	Eddie Van Hoof / Mike Weinstock	James May	Bristol Hawkes GC	Terry Bartlett	Southampton GC
1991	Paul Bowler	Central Manchester GC	Colin Leigh	James May	Bristol Hawkes GC	David Cox	Liverpool GC
1992	Neil Thomas	Lilleshall NSC	Eddie Van Hoof	James May	Bristol Hawkes GC	Paul Bowler	Central Manchester GC
1993	Marvin Campbell	Central Manchester GC	Colin Leigh	Paul Bowler	Central Manchester GC	David Cox	Liverpool GC
1994	Lee McDermott	Woking GC	Simon Moore	Craig Heap	unattached	Kevin Atherton	unattached
1995	Marvin Campbell	Central Manchester GC	Colin Leigh	Dominic Brindle	Leeds Gymnastics Club	Craig Heap	North Tyne Gym Cub
1996	Lee McDermott	Woking GC	Simon Moore	Dominic Brindle	Leeds Gymnastics Club	Andrew Atherton	Park Wrekin GC, Shropshire
1997	Kevin Atherton	Wigan Metrosport	Martin Reddin	Kanukai Jackson	Harrow GC	Craig Heap	North Tyne GC
1998	Craig Heap	North Tyne GC	Mike Redmond	Andrew Atherton	Park Wrekin GC, Shropshire	Ross Brewer	Woking GC
1999	Craig Heap	North Tyne GC	Mike Redmond	Kevin Atherton	Wigan Metrosport	Ross Brewer	Woking GC
2000	Kanukai Jackson	Harrow GC	Carol Ford & Simon Ford	Dominic Brindle	Leeds Gymnastics Club	John Smethurst	Central Manchester GC
2001	David Eaton	Hinckley GC	Alexander Shiryaev, Trevor Low	Ross Brewer	Sutton GC	James Evans	Park Wrekin GC, Shropshire
2002	Kanukai Jackson	Harrow GC	Carol Ford & Simon Ford	Barry Collie	Hinckley GC	Ross Brewer	Sutton GC
2003	Ross Brewer	Sutton GC	Simon Moore	Ryan Bradley	Earls GC, West Midlands	Darren Gerrard	Central Manchester GC
2004	Ross Brewer	Sutton GC	Simon Moore	Adam Cox	Alloa GC nr Stirling	Kirk Zammit	Sutton GC
2005	Ross Brewer	Sutton GC	Simon Moore	Danny Lawrence	South Essex GC	David Eaton	Hinckley GC
2006	Ross Brewer	Sutton GC	Simon Moore	David Eaton	Hinckley GC	Luke Folwell	Huntingdon GC
2007	Dan Keatings	Huntingdon GC	Paul Hall	Luke Folwell	Huntingdon GC	Ross Brewer	Sutton GC
2008	Kristian Thomas	Earls GC, West Midands	Michelle Bradley, Andre Popov	Luke Folwell	Huntingdon GC	Steve Jehu	City of Leeds GC
2009	Dan Keatings	Huntingdon GC	Paul Hall	Kristian Thomas	Earls GC, West Midlands	Luke Folwell	Huntingdon GC
2010	Daniel Purvis & Sam Hunter	Southport YMCA GC & Nottingham Sch of Gym & HinckleyGC	Jeff Brooks, Andre Popov (Dan Purvis) Sergey Sizhanov, Alexander Shiryaev (Sam Hunter)			Ruslan Panteleymonov	Hinckley GC
2011	Dan Purvis	Southport YMCA GC	Jeff Brooks, Andre Popov	Dan Keatings	Huntingdon GC	Kristian Thomas	Earls GC, West Midlands
2012	Dan Purvis	Southport YMCA GC	Jeff Brooks, Andre Popov	Sam Oldham	Huntingdon GC	Dan Keatings	Huntingdon GC
2013	Max Whitlock	South Essex GC	Scott Hann	Dan Purvis	Southport YMCA GC	Mathew Firth	Leeds GC
2014	Max Whitlock	South Essex GC	Scott Hann	Dan Purvis	Southport YMCA GC	Dan Keatings	Huntingdon GC
2015	Dan Purvis	Southport YMCA GC	Jeff Brooks, Andre Popov	Frank Baines	Southport YMCA GC	Sam Oldham	Loughborough Students GC
2016	Max Whitlock	South Essex GC	Scott Hann	Dan Purvis	Southport YMCA GC	Nile Wilson	Leeds GC
2017	Joe Fraser	City of Birmingham GC	Lee Woolls	Dominick Cunningham	City of Birmingham GC	James Hall	Pegasus GC Maidstone
2018	Brinn Bevan	South Essex GC	Scott Hann	Dominick Cunningham	City of Birmingham GC	Dan Purvis	Southport YMCA GC
2019	James Hall	Pegasus GC, Maidstone	Ionut Trandaburu	Giarnni Regini-Moran	Europa GC, Crayford	Jamie Lewis	Woking GC
2020	NO CONTEST DUE TO COVID PANDEMIC
2021	Joshua Nathan	City of Birmingham GC	Lee Woolls	Joe Cemlyn-Jones	City of Birmingham GC	Dominick Cunningham	City of Birmingham GC
2022	Joe Fraser	City of Birmingham GC	Lee Woolls	James Hall	Pegasus GC, Maidstone	Jake Jarman	Huntingdon GC
2023	Adam Tobin	Falcons Gym Academy	Mike Beagley	Jake Jarman	Huntingdon Olympic	Pavel Karnajenko	South Essex GC
2024	Joe Fraser	City of Birmingham GC	Lee Woolls	Jake Jarman	Huntingdon Olympic	Courtney Tulloch	South Essex GC
2025	Jamie Lewis	Woking GC	Simon Elliott	Jonas Rushworth	Leeds GC	Luke Whitehouse	Leeds GC

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* only 2 entered
** results taken from the years’ executive minutes and annual reports which contradicts engraving on the Challenge Trophy
^ A ‘Victory Championship’ was hurredly held this year following WWII, but winners were not recorded as British Champions

MOST SUCCESSFUL British Gymnastics Mens Champions

Arthur J Whitford

Nik Stuart

Stan Wild

Ross Brewer, Andrew Morris, Dan Purvis and Frank C Turner

Gallery of British Gymnastics Mens Champions

Frank Turner

4 times British Champion 1949, ’50, ’51 and ’53 – photo Jim Prestidge

John (Jack) Pancott

British Champion in 1966 – photo Alan Burrows

Nik Stuart

9x British Gymnastics Champion – photo Alan Burrows

British Championship 1969

British Championships in 1969 with Graham Rushforth, Mary Prestidge 2nd, Margaret Bell and Stan Wild 1st and Brian Hayhurst, Maria Gough 3rd. Photo Jim Prestidge

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MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - SENIOR CHAMPIONS

MOST SUCCESSFUL British Gymnastics Mens Champions

Arthur J Whitford

Nik Stuart

Stan Wild

Ross Brewer, Andrew Morris, Dan Purvis and Frank C Turner

Gallery of British Gymnastics Mens Champions

Frank Turner

John (Jack) Pancott

Nik Stuart

British Championship 1969

British Championships 1970

Booth Mike

Ian Neale

Jeff Davis

Keith Langley

Andrew Morris

Neil Thomas

Kevin Atherton

Craig Heap

Kanukai Jackson

David Eaton

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