My name is Brinn Bevan date of birth 16//06/97. I am a competitive Gymnast.

I started swim and gym when I was 3 years old and my teacher was Gary Dove. On his advice my mum took me to South Essex Gym Club in Basildon, Essex. I was 6 years old at the time and was invited to join their development squad coached by Matt Jackson. Since 2005/6 I have trained with Scott Hann in his Top Squad.  Scott is a great coach and has helped me acheive a very high standard as a gymnast.

I work with 9 other boys in the squad Danny Lawrence 25, Dave Mott 18, Reiss Beckford 16, Anthony Hughes 16, Max Whitlock 15, Joseph Ben-Aderet 14, Matthew Batterham 14, Andrew Tucker 13, Anthony Wise 13.  We all work and train really hard to get great results at competitions throughout the year.

After the National finals in May 2007 I was chosen to be part of The Elite  Performance Squad which trains 6 weeks a year at Lilleshall National Sports Centre.

This is Scott Hann (my coach) and me being a runner while Scott was judging at our Regional Qualifiers 2008. 

November 2008                                                                                                       

This has been the hardest 6 months of my life.  In June my Dad was taken in to hospital as he couldn't walk he had pins and needles in his arms and legs.  He was sent to London for tests.  The Doctors found a tuma on his spine, in July he had a major operation to remove it and rebuild his spine which ended him up in ITU for 4 weeks (mum and I thought we were going to lose him) but he was strong and pulled through (thank god).  He was left in hospital and a wheel chair for months.   

My training went down hill, I couldn't think of anything else but my dad.  It was 2 weeks before the British Championships 31/10/08 that i got back to some sort of training, i worked quite hard but was still being very lazy with my conditioning.  I attended the British in the hope that i could pull something out of the bag on the day.  I had clean routines but put my hands down on my P-Bar landing and fell over on my vault landing.  I came 4th overall missed 2nd place by 0.20 and still mangaged to take silver on High Bar and Rings which have been my 2 weaker pieces in the past.  I have started to get myself together and my dad is home and walking with crouches and getting better.  I would like to say "Thank You" to all that believed in me and all that have helped me along in these very hard times.       

So watch out Brinndle is on the mend and coming back strong!!