Tweet You may notice that Full Twist rarely posts at the weekends, usually only if there is a major competition going on or with some breaking news – my work in the gym can be quite demanding at weekends, taking up all of Saturday and Sunday. As usual some of the other Gymnastics Bloggers and news outlets have done a fantastic job in covering the news from around the world over the weekend.

The All Around: Germans unhappy with Tokyo Decision
Inside Gymnastics: tickets on sale for the 2011 Visa Championships August …

Tweet Everyone remembers  Spelbound, winners of this years Britain’s Got Talent, now you can own Spelbound Live on DVD. Available to downloaded from iTunes or purchase from Amazon

In Spelbound Live the group takes to the stage in front of a packed audience to perform their ‘Fire and Ice’ and ‘Chant of the Gods’ dances, some exciting new routines and a thrilling finale featuring over 40 gymnasts.

The DVD includes a fascinating look behind the magic of Spelbound’s performances featuring scenes of the troupe in training, putting …

Tweet Spelbound performed with opera singer Katherine Jenkins at Wembley Stadium on Sunday for the Concert For Heroes 2010.

Watch it on YouTube or below:

Tweet Spelbound the Britain’s Got Talent winners competed in the World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships and really cleaned up!
Douglas Fordyce and Edward Upcott clinched the Gold in the Mens Pairs.  Adam Buckingham, Alex Uttley, Jonathan Stranks and Adam McAssey also did exceptionally well to claim the gold in the Mens Four’s. Congratulations Guys!!
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According to STV and Unreality TV, Spelbound are charging £30,000 for 15 minutes of performing since their Britain’s Got Talent win last weekend!
What do you think? Would your company pay that much for a 15 minute performance? I reckon I might encourage the girls in gym to get a group routine together and poach some local companies..what do you reckon!?!

Tweet I came across an article in The Independent on Sunday by Alan Hubbard. Beth Tweddle discusses Spelbound, her company “Total Gymnastics” and the 2012 Olympics.

Tweddle, the best gymnast Britain has ever produced, who came away with two individual golds and a team silver, puts it down to “a new belief, particularly among the younger gymnasts, hard work, the right coaching and Lottery funding”.
The 25-year-old “Tweds” has become the sport’s talisman having made her international debut in 2001 and winning Commonwealth, European and two …

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On Saturday night more than 19 million people tuned into see Spelbound win Britain’s Got Talent 2010. Judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden commended them on their win and told them they would be “perfect” to open the 2012 Olympics. I’m sure they celebrating their well deserved win on Saturday night, but what is next for Spelbound?
Today some of the members of the group found themselves back to reality as they returned to school. 16 year old Abigail sat her GCSE maths exam today. Three of the …

Tweet Congratulations was given this evening from the FIG’s Facebook page to Spelbound on their win. The group have come away with a prize of £100,000 ($144,500 USD / $175,500 AUD / €120,000) and a performance at the Royal Variety Performance.
It’s quite similar to the British Gymnastics Facebook update:
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Congratulations Spelbound, winners of Britains Got Talent 2010!!! you have done Gymnastics proud!!!

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Spelbound, heralding from Ashford, Middlesex, is made up of Adam McAssey, 20, Adam Buckingham, 21, Alex Uttley, 24, Jonathan Stranks, 15, Douglas Fordyce, 19, Edward Upcott, 18, Nicholas Illingworth, 24, Katie Axten, 17, Leighanne Cowler, 18, Lauren Kemp, 17, Hollianne Wood, 13, Abigail Ralph, 15, and Amy Mackenzie, 12.
Gymnastics clubs in the UK and Ireland can be sure to have membership applications soar for their new terms in September!! It’s great publicity for our sport!!

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So do you think they did enough to win the competition?
Embedding is disabled – View the performance here on YouTube

I certainly think so!! The performance was much stronger than Monday nights, it was a lot more concentrated so that we could actually see everything that was going on rather than looking as chaotic as the semi final performance. They had a huge advantage considering poor 81 year old Janey Cutler was a little off on her song minutes before they came on stage. I definitely think they come …

Tweet So tonight is the night when we find out if Spelbound will win the Britain’s Got Talent final and claim the prize of £100,000 and an opportunity to perform before members of the Royal Family at the Royal Variety Performance. In my opinion they need to improve from Monday nights performance which I felt had too much in it. It was hard to see a lot of what was going on, none the less, it was still a lot different to the singers and dance troups.
Tune into ITV2 at …

Tweet So Spelbound made it through!! They will come back on Saturday for the Britain’s Got Talent final. Go Spelbound!!!
What do you think of the performance? Leave a comment below.

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In March, we brought your attention to Spelbound – a gymnastics display group who auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent. The first of this year’s BGT semi finals will air on ITV1 tonight at 9.30pm. Acts will be competing for a place in Saturday night’s final. Joining Spellbound will be singers Josh Barry & Olivia Archbold, Sean Sheehan the wood chopper, Stevie “The Regurgitator” Starr, Bollywood dance group ThreeBee, dancer Tobias Meade and cruise ship entertainer Kevin Cruise. I’ll certainly be watching tonight – best of luck Spelbound!!