The Category B individual and team National Championship took place in Veliko Tarnovo from 23 to 26 November. TEA Dance Sports Club took part with 10 gymnasts in three age groups – pre-juniors under 10, pre-juniors and juniors.
In the pre-juniors under 10 age group, our representatives were Gabriela Krastanova and Dzhulia Karpichi, coached by Polina Peneva, and Gergana Ivanova and Maria Ashikova, coached by Tanita Nenkova and Tsvetelina Atanasova.
The best performance came from Gabriela Krastanova, who placed 6th in the all-around, 4th without apparatus and 7th on rope. This is a big success for her and our club, as 127 gymnasts took part.
Our other girls, also National Championship debutants, placed as follows: Dzhulia Karpichi 21st in the all-around, Gergana Ivanova 23rd and Maria Ashikova 39th.
46 teams took part in the team ranking. TEA DANCE Sports Club's Team I – Gabriela Krastanova and Dzhulia Karpichi – finished 8th, and Team II – Gergana Ivanova and Maria Ashikova – finished 15th.
In the next age group, pre-juniors, 113 children from across the country took part. Once again our girls made the top eight as finalists. Marina Yolova and Bilyana Zafirova performed very well without apparatus and finished 7th and 8th respectively in this discipline.
All-around results: Bilyana Zafirova – 24th, Simona Stoilova – 26th, Marina Yolova – 39th and Antonia Tsvetkova – 53rd.
In the team competition, our Team I – Simona Stoilova and Bilyana Zafirova – finished 9th, and Team II – Marina and Toni – 24th out of 45 teams.
In the junior age group, Savina Velkova and Maria Damova finished 19th as a team; in the all-around, Maria placed 38th and Savina 39th.
Our girls' coaches are Tanita Nenkova and Polina Peneva, with senior coach Teodora Gramatikova.