The "Butterfly Cup" took place in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 29 November to 1 December. It was also TEA Dance Rhythmic Gymnastics Sports Club's first international rhythmic gymnastics tournament outside Bulgaria. On top of that, the club's children and coaches took part in a master class with Linoy Ashram, currently in the world's top 3 in rhythmic gymnastics.
Our gymnasts came home with 13 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals, 10 top-8 places, smiles and new knowledge.
And here are the TEA DANCE Rhythmic Gymnastics Sports Club results from the two competition days:
Category B
1st place – 2012 group (Aleks, Elitsa, Ivet, Raya and Tsveti)
1st place – Ivet Ivanova 2012 – without apparatus
3rd place – Diana Boneva 2011 – without apparatus
5th place – Krasimira Dimitrova 2011 – without apparatus
1st place – Gergana Krasteva, 2009, without apparatus
1st place – Dzhulia Karpichi, 2007, rope
1st place – Natalia Mihaylova, 2008, rope
3rd place – Kristina Chelyo, 2008, hoop
1st place – Zlatina Georgieva, 2009, ball
1st place – Anita Tsvetanova, 2003, ball
Category B-light
1st place – Tsvetelina Stoyanova, 2012, without apparatus
2nd place – Raya Nedyalkova, 2012, without apparatus
1st place – Nikol Kyurchiyska, 2010, without apparatus
3rd place – Beloslava Aleksandrova, 2009, without apparatus
2nd place – Ivon Valcheva, 2007, without apparatus
Category A
3rd place – Aleksandra Tsvetanova, 2012, without apparatus
Hristiyana Leseva – 2010: 2nd place all-around,
3rd place without apparatus, 2nd place rope. Nikol Blagoycheva – 2009: 3rd place all-around, 1st place clubs, 1st place rope
Viktoria Koleva – 2009: 8th place all-around, 1st place ribbon, 3rd place ball
Nikol Lyubenova – 2008: 5th place all-around, 2nd place rope, 5th place ball
Antonia Nikolova – 2008: 8th place all-around, 6th place ball, 5th place rope
Gabriela Krastanova – 2007: 4th place all-around, 1st place ribbon, 2nd place rope
Dara Krasteva – 2006: 6th place all-around, 4th place rope, 2nd place ball, 3rd place ribbon
This was the last competition for the TEA Dance Rhythmic Gymnastics Sports Club team. Congratulations also to the coaches of all these children, who made these good results possible:
Teodora Gramatikova, Tsvetelina Atanasova, Tanita Nenkova, Polina Peneva and ballet teacher Petar Petkov.
And here are the results for TEA SPORT 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics Sports Club
1st place – Simona Dimova, 2010, rope
1st place – Aleksandra Ivanova, 2009, rope
1st place – Raya Istatkova, 2007, without apparatus
3rd place – Lyudmila Lazarova, 2012, without apparatus
Congratulations also to their personal coach Latina Tsvetanova, head consultant Teodora Gramatikova and ballet teacher Maya Kirilova. Without them, these successes wouldn't be the same.