http://www.edwardupcott.com en-gb edwardupcott.com 2012-5-3T00:00:00Z edwardupcott.com http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#116937 Edward picks up the silver medal at what was his last world championships...The 2012 Acrobatic World Championships were held in Orlando USA at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex.The battle for Gold was clearly between the GB pair and the Russians as both pairs qualified to the final over a whole mark a head of the rest All the other pairs in the final were up first leaving GB and Russia to perform last. The technical and execution skills of the British pair were virtually perfect with no steps on any of the elements however loosing a couple of tenths on the artistic side due to the mass and size difference The Russians benefitting on the artistic side as the pair are of similar size however they did have a couple of steps and wobbles in their elements 2012-4-23 02:43:29 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#115873 For the last time... On the 12th of April Edward will be travelling out to Florida USA as part of the Great Britain team for the Acrobatic Gymnastic World Championships.After attending every World Championships since 2004 this will be Edwards 4th Senior World Championships but will also be his last as he retires from competitive sport after this eventMore information on the competition can be found at lakebuenavista2012.figgymnastics.comAfter the competition Edward will be staying out in the states for 6 weeks until the 31st of May to begin something new Watch this space Or follow Edward for updates on Twitter and Facebook... 2012-4-4 12:35:54 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#115377 The 2012 British Championships was Edwards 10th and final British...Since 2002 Edward has competed at the championships 10 times and won seven of them. Twice at Junior level and five times at Senior. Every year since 2008 Edward has won the senior mens pair title now including 2012... 2008 2012 Senior British Champion The winning performance can be seen below.With both of Edwards youngest brother and sister in the competition it was a complete triumph for the Upcott family. Adam winning the age group 1116 mens group competition and Alice taking the title in the mixed pairs junior 1219 competition.The British Championships was a perfect preparation event for the World Championships just around the corner. Keeping their heads down the pair will now have full focus on the championships and will also be fighting to defend the World title 2012-3-27 10:05:17 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#114429 The Great Britain team for the 2012 Acrobatic World Championships has now been announced. The pair of Adam amp Edward will be heading out to Florida USA on April 12th to represent Great Britain in the Mens pair catorgory. This will be the pairs final competition and as both boys fly out as current World Champions theyll be looking at finishing their competitive careers on a high note Further details of the competition can be found on the Federation of International Gymnastics F.I.G website. 2012-3-12 13:32:21 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#109224 Another year has flown by and what a year 2011 was... At the beginning of 2011 Edward set a new Guinness world record as being the highest human thrown and caught. This now appears in the Official Guinness book of record 2012 edition. He then went on to retain the British title for the 6th time and also win the first of the 4 world cups.The European Championships in October were the biggest acrobatic competition in the 2011 calendar and to come home with 2 Golds and 1 Silver winning 4 out of the 5 routines was a great achievement. These championships were closely followed by the final World Cup in Italy winning this competition was a great way to end the yearOn the 2nd of December Martin Scorseses Hugo was realed at the UK cinemas where Edward earnt his place on the IMDb as Hugos Stunt double. Look out for Edwards name in the credits...Edward will be straight back in the gym preparing for the British championships in March closely followed by the 2012 World Championships in April. The ... 2012-1-1 10:23:13 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#106964 The World Cup in Italy was the final stage of 4 competitions held throughout the year Belgium April WorldCup A ATTENDED Poland September WorldCup B Russia September WorldCup B Italy November WorldCup A ATTENDEDThe series of competitions are held throughout the year whilst ranking points are collected by competitors. At the end of the series the points are added up and the top scorers in each discipline are crowned the overall winnersAdam and Edward only attended 2 out of the 4 possible World Cups and managed to bring home the gold medal from each of these eventsWith the results of all 4 competitions taken in account for the final overall winners Adam and Edward finished 3rd closely behind Belorussia and Russia. 2011-11-16 11:35:15 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#104900 The 2011 Acrobatic European Championships were held in Varna Bulgaria. Along with Edwards base Adam McAssey they were representing Great Britain in the senior mens pair discipline.At the previous championships in 2009 Edward finished within the top 3 in every exercise Balance 3rd Dynamic 1st and Overall 2nd. The challenge was set for Edward amp Adam to improve on the 2009 results...After the first stage of qualification with the balance exercise Edward and Adam were in 1st place and had qualified into the balance final. Despite the scores reverting back to 0.00 for the final the pair went on to win the gold medal in the balance routineBalance final1st GBR MCASSEY Adam UPCOTT Edward 28.4182nd RUS PILIPCHUK Konstantin DUDCHENKO Alexey 28.1703rd BLR KALACHOU Yauheni FEDCHANKA Ruslan 27.804 With the second routine of the qualifications Dynamic exercise Edward and Adam finished in 3rd position however were still lying in 2nd place overall. Again qualifying for the Dynamic final and all t... 2011-11-5 12:40:29 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#102801 17th January 2011 the Highest Throw and Catch of a Person was set as an Official Guinness World record. 8 months after the record was set it now appears in the Official Guinness Book of Records 2012.The 2012 edition is now available to buy online and in stores. 2011-9-19 12:58:53 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#92946 After the British Championships Adam amp Edward were back in the gym training hard for the first of the 2011 World Cup series. The World Cup is a series of competitions 4 throughout the year where ranking points are collected by competitors. At the end of the series the points will be added up and the top scorers in each discipline will be crowned the overall winners The Great Britain mens pair of Adam and Edward are currently in the lead of this years world cup as they managed to bring home the gold medal from Belgium. The next event will be held in Poland in September however it is undecided if the pair will be able to attend for financial reasons as there is no funding from their sporting body British Gymnastics.Click here for photos of Adam amp Edward.Videos can be seen on Edwards YouTube Channel. 2011-4-18 14:23:12 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#90380 Edward remains the British champion at the 2011 championships and claims his 6th British title. He now holds the title from 2003 05 08 09 10 and now 2011A short video from the championships can be seen here httpbcove.medyt2upav 2011-3-28 13:14:10 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#88167 February 2011 Edward revisited the town of Vinnitsa to compete in the Acrobatic tournament Stars above the Boug River.9 years ago when Edward started his competitive career in Acrobatic gymnastics he was partnered with Adam McAssey. Together they won their first British title and also a silver medal at the Junior World Chmapionships. In 2004 the partnership finished as new rules were introduced on heightsize differences. Both Adam and Edward stayed in the sport but worked with difference partners in different disiplines.In 2010 after both becoming world champions they finished with their other partners and decided to carry on as a pair again...The team from Heathrow Gymnastics arrived to an extremerly cold and white Ukraine on February the 22nd with the competition starting 2 days later. Adam and Edward revealed themselves as the new Great Britian senior mens pair with a real sign of potential as they took the gold medal.Their performances can be seen here on Edwards YouTube channel. O... 2011-3-1 11:34:21 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#84908 Spelbound appeared on the childrens famous TV show Blue Peter in an attempt to set a new guinness world record The record involved Edward being thrown up and over a bar 12feet in the air. There were only allowed to be 2 people throwing him plus any contact made with the bar would not count There were many other rules and regulations to complete the record but this didnt stop them... Edward as part of Spelbound now holds the record for the highest throw of a person Photo Flying over the bar 2011-1-18 12:48:32 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#83663 2010 was an absolute incredible year for Edward especially in his sporting career. In March he held on to his British title amp was later selected to represent Great Britain at the world championships. Meanwhile Spelbound was beginning to grow as they showed the world what acrobatics is. After winning Britains Got Talent the team went on to tour Great Britain on the BGT tour whilst training for the world championships. The day after the tour finished team GB flew out to Poland for the acrobatic world championships where Edwards lifetime ambition was accomplished. Edward and gymnastic partner Doug Fordyce became the Mens pair Acrobatic World Champions Edward also gained experience as a stunt double working on Martin Scorseses new production The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Later on in the year Edward became Surreys sport personality of the year just before performing on the Royal Variety performance with people such as Michael Mcintyre Take That and Cheryl Cole. Edward would like to wish ... 2011-1-1 10:41:13 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#83442 There have been a number of complaints about the BBCs camera work of this years 2010 Royal Variety performance amp especially a lot about the angles used in Spelbounds performance.This is a video of Spelbounds first run through on the Palladium stage. 2010-12-26 20:37:14 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#83348 This years Royal Variety performance was help at the famous London Palladium on Thursday 9th of December. As part of the prize from winning Britains got Talent earlier in the year Spelbound performed in front of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall. Beneath is the performance of Spelbound which was televised on Thursday 16th of December BBC1. Alternatively theres a still camera version of their first rehearsal 2010-12-18 21:33:23 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#81968 The Spelbound Live and Exclusive DVD is now out and available to order.The DVD can be purchased from Amazon HMV Play.com and many more. See below for the DVD preview. 2010-12-3 12:35:48 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#79793 Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1behaviorurlieooui Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostyleparent msopaddingalt0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt msoparamargin0in msoparamarginbottom.0001pt msopaginationwidoworphan fontsize10.0pt fontfamilyTimes New Roman After winning Runnymedes sports personality of the year back in March 2010 Edward was nominated for the Surrey Sports Personality of the year. The awards night was held on Thursday 25th November 2010 at the prestigious Denbies Wine Estate Dorking. The night was full of outstanding sportspeople coaches volunteers and teams which have all contributed to great sporting achievements within their boroughs.. There were 14 awards to be won throughout the night with Sport Personality being the main award. Edward was up against Sheree Cox of Hest... 2010-11-29 14:13:55 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#72430 Edward and his partner Doug recently competed in the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships held in Wroclaw Poland. The Mens Pairs competition consisted of a total of 4 routines. Each of the 26 competitors 13 partnerships had the scores from their first routines added together the top 8 pairs went through to a sudden death final where only a final combined routine counted towards the final World Championship.The first 3 routines were performed in an almost relaxed atmosphere. The crowd showed their appreciation with clapping and a few cheers. After the total scores had been announced it soon became clear that this was to be a close fought competition between 85.828 and Edward and Doug 85.367. All the other 6 pairs who made it to the final scored 83 or less.For the final combined routine the order of play was decided by the ranking of each partnership after the preliminary rounds. First were USA Kazakhstan Bulgaria and the Chinese. Tension was mounting and the crowd knew that only a... 2010-7-22 14:49:45 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#69745 Since Tuesday the 15th of June Edward has been working with team mates from Spelbound and the rest of the 2010 Britains Got Talent finalists on the BGT Live tour. The tour started with rehearsals at the Hammersmith Apollo London where tour director Stacey Haynes directed all of the acts together to create an amazing show ready to tour the UK and Ireland. The show has already covered over 13 cities including Brighton Dublin Cardiff Newcastle and London. Spelbound appear twice in the show with their performances from the TV shows final and semifinal. Plus Edward creates a new duo act with presenter Paddy McGuinness and for the finale takes a flight over boy band Connected. For your chance to see Spelbound and the rest of the Britains Got Talent finalists visit the website ents24.com to book your tickets. 2010-7-7 12:35:32 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#68270 Hundreds of screaming fans lined the streets of Spelthorne on Saturday when the winners of Britains Got Talent Spelbound took an openbus tour around their local borough. The gymnastic troupe took the opportunity to celebrate and show their thanks and appreciation to their local fans. The bus decorated in Spelbound banners took a tour through Ashford high street and Staines town centre where the group signed autographs and posed for photos. The gymnasts finished the tour at Knowle Green Staines to meet their mayor John OHara. Photos from the event can be seen here. 2010-6-14 12:46:56 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#67130 Edward and team Spelbound leap into the big time after winning last nights live final of Britains Got Talent.Taking to the stage in black costumes and sprayed from head to foot in gold Spelbound performed in front of of an estimated TV audience of 19million With all that pressure they still managed to nail their whole routine including throwing Edward more than 20 feet over the heads of the judgesAmanda Holden told them I am running out of adjectives to describe you. We are hosting the 2012 Olympics what an opening act you would be.Simon Cowell added Putting that into Olympic terms that would have won the gold medal. One of the most astonishing things I have ever seen.Edward said Wow Getting to perform infront of the Queen... that will be a great experience. This is unbelievable thank you to everyone out there this just goes to show our hard work paid off. Once again Spelbound didnt just win the final... They blew everyone else away with 36.9 of the votes Second place went to danc... 2010-6-6 13:05:21 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#66685 Edward and team Spelbound appeared in the first live semifinal of Britains Got Talent 2010. They couldnt have asked for any more and are now in full training and rehearsals ready for the final on June 6th. Click here to see the Semifinal performance. Spelbound received 62.4 of the votes and managed to beat second place Tobias Mead 14.3 by over 48. 2010-6-1 14:07:43 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#64210 Edward and troupe Spelbound auditioned on the latest series of Britains got talent. Their first audition left the judges Spellbound and became the new favorites to win the series. Click here to see their first audition. 2010-4-25 10:01:54 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#62225 Edward was invited to attended the Sport Runnymede awards of after being nominated for Sports Personality of the Year. On Wednesday 24th March Edward attended the awards ceremony along with his parents and younger sister Alice as she was also nominated for Young Sports Personality of the Year. The awards evening included a presentation from world champion and olympian canoeist Anna Hemmings. Matthew Griffin the chairman of Sport Runnymede said The panel were amazed at the number of high level nominations this year. Despite the high level of nominaions for sports personality of the year Edward went through to win the award. His sister was highly commended in the Young Sports Personality of the Year. Both were awarded for their gymnastics efforts. 2010-3-27 12:26:30 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#61287 British Championships from Friday 19th March until Sunday 21st We trained for a couple of hours on the Friday and competed on saturday and Sunday. We had quite a few wobbles and errors in some of our routines but our scores were OK. We need to sort out some of these issues before the world championships in Poland. 2010-3-24 15:31:41 http://www.edwardupcott.com/page5.htm#60013 Monday 22nd February Edward and the team from Spelthorne acrobatics flew from Heathrow airport to Munich with a planned connection flight to Kiev. We arrived in Muinich to find our flight to Kiev was cancelled due the strike of the airline. The team were put in a 4 star hotel for the night perfect for some evening training in the hotel corridors The next morning we could not get a direct flight to Kiev so had to fly to Donetsk another town in Ukraine and then to Kiev. However when we arrived at Donetsk we found out they could not fit all 20 of us onboard the flight to Kiev so we had to travel by coach over the rough Ukrainian roads for over 13 hours to get to Kiev and then on another coach for 4 hours to get to Vinnitsa We eventually arrived at our hotel on Wednesday 2 days late just in time for a spot of Ukrainian style lunch oil soup stale bread and tomato salad and then a quick training session as the competition started the next day. At this competition my partner and I compete... 2010-3-7 20:27:58