CombertonTiggers Trampoline Club History

October 1988-1990:Andie's Mum decided that for her 8th Birthday Andie (then Andrea) could join Rochdale Olympic Gymnastics Club to try and get rid of some of her boundless energy! Trampolining was her favourite apparatus.

1995: 15yr old Andie began to bounce at ShawcloughCommunityPrimary School where she met SueLewis, the coach who influenced Andie's high standards and coaching philosophy.

1996: Rochdale Trampoline Club (at the time non competitive) was founded and Andie began to bounce a couple of times a week.  

November 1998: Once she had turned 18Andie was asked by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council to take the Trampoline Coaching Award, following her potential as a   coach being spotted by Sue. Andie soon began coaching at ShawcloughCommunityPrimary School, LittleboroughCommunitySchool, OulderHillSecondary School (as part of Rochdale Trampoline Club) and her school friends at WardleHigh School during sixth form   trampoline lessons.

September 1999: Andie moved from Syke, Rochdale to Cambridge to begin her BA degree in Geography with Education Studies at CambridgeUniversity, she soon joined the University Trampoline Club.

July 2000:Andie was elected as Head Coach of Cambridge University Trampoline Club and decided   to liase with DianeCook, Head of Community Education at CombertonVillageCollege,  about the possibility of continuing the two recreational classes that had been coached by AntoniaBayliss, the previous Head Coach of Cambridge.

September2000: Andie began coaching two classes on a Friday (16 children) at CombertonVillageCollege (with our now 'non-bouncy' trampoline and two trampolines which have since   been discarded, these were probably less bouncy than garden trampolines are!).

September 2003: With the construction of CB3 Leisure completed, Andie registered 'Comberton Tiggers (because bouncing is what tiggers do best) Trampoline Club' with the Brititsh Gymnastics and 32 Tiggers began to compete in the Eastern Region, Andie was by then coaching three nights a week totaling 12 hours. Andie also at this time started coaching 3 recreational classes at Impington VillageCollege.

October 2004: Due to the demands of the ever-growing Tiggers, Andie stopped coaching at Impington to enable her to offer another evening at Comberton. This brought coaching hours up to 17 a week. Andie moved the top bouncers from Impington to Tiggers (those still bouncing in October 07 are Jordan, Olivia and Sam).

February 2005: 50 Children took part in our first 24hr sponsored bounce, raising £1500 towards a new trampoline that was part funded by CombertonVillageCollege.

January 2007: Andie reduced her coaching hours to enable her to take on a full-time job in Ely as a Planner. The club Committee was established due to the ever increasing demands of the ever growing local club, And Tiggers employed a second Coach, CarolLeonard, to take 2 sessions on a Thursday.

July 2007:  Our Highest level (to date) Tigger, SophiaBerry passed her Assistant Coaching Award.

September 2007:Tiggers enter their Fourth year with 75 members (32 competitive)