What next for Spelbound?

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 Spelbound team members Abigail, Katie and Amy  attend the same school. School principal Ann Haydon organised a celebration for the girls with their classmates but it seems they are well accustomed to having local “celebrity sports stars” at their school

The school is developing a real expertise in gymnastics and we have nine girls who represent Great Britain. We were already celebrating three of our pupils winning gold medals at the British Gymnastics Championships two weeks ago and Nicole Hibbert won a silver medal at the European Championships as part of team GB competing with Beth Tweddle. But Spelbound’s success is something very different and has caught the imagination of the British public.

Since Sunday there have been many articles about Spelbound. Most articles mainly focus on how much Spelbound would like acrobatic gymnastics to be considered any Olympic Sport. This article from the Scotsman reports how Spelbound have received offers to perform in Las Vegas shows.  I read a very short but heart warming snippet about Douglas Fordyce who plans to use his

SPELBOUND member Douglas Fordyce has vowed to use his winnings to help his parents, whose business was wiped out by the recession.

He said: “I want to help them out after all they have done for me. Mum and dad lost their business last year and I would love to be able to step in and help pay off their debts.”

Douglas is a “base” in the troupe and his role holding up the others makes him one of its strongest athletes. He has been working as an administrative assistant at a college to help pay for his training for the show and the forthcoming world gymnastics championships.

“It’s been Catch-22,” he said. “We have to work to fund our training, but then we struggle to find a job that’s flexible enough to fit around the training.”

Some of the members of the group will attend the World Championships so I don’t think it’s the last we’ll see of them! I’m eager to see what they’ll pull out for the Royal Variety Performance in December though.

What do you think is next for Spelbound in the coming months? Where do you think they can go from here?