A brief history of the Wight flyers.
In 1977 Ann Isaac formed the Wight Flyers Trampoline club at
West Wight Middle School on the Isle of Wight. Within two years the
club had changed location to Newport, the main town in the centre of
the Island. As the club grew Fred Isaac became involved, and
together with Ann, took the club forward with the help of others who
came and went.
In 1984 the Wight Flyers linked with
Portsmouth for competitions at national level.
The Wight Flyers grew in size and
standards reached an all time high and from around 1986-91
Portsmouth and the Wight Flyers were National Ladies Team champions
on 6 successive occasions with Senior Internationals - Vanessa Webb,
Karen Earle and Jo Turner all prominent.
The link with Portsmouth
ended in 92 when the competition structure was changed.
Ian Morgan joined the Wight Flyers in 1993 as a coach.
The later part of the 90's saw a decline
in numbers within the club making standards hard to maintain.
The club saw an upward trend around 2000 with two competitors
competing at grade 1 national.
Ian Morgan took over as head coach
of the Wight Flyers in 2001 and together with a supporting
committee and a team of coaches the club has a good strong
competitive future ahead.
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