The Stavdals

At 9 Mathias can already do giants on high bar. He practises about 2,5 hours three times a week. Here you can see the first time he did giants on high bar all on his own. His trainers were proud,...

The Endo is a free straddle circle forward through handstand, and now Andreas is sufficiently confident to include it in his routine in the Norwegian Cup in Stavanger at the end of February 2009. Here is a videoclip from a...

Our eight year old gymnast is getting pretty close to doing the GIANT all on his own. This video clip shows him performing several giants in the swing bar this afternoon assisted by one of the Tromsø gymnastics club's coaches,...

In the boys' U14 Nordic Championship on May 23, the Norwegian team performed well and came second in the team competition. Initially, Andreas didn't qualify for this Championship, but after a series of unexpected events, he was added to the...

Although children below the age of ten do not receive podium recongnition (fortunately), according to the score sheet Mathias came first in his age-group in the North Norwegian Gymnastics Championships 2008. Happily he didn't make too much of it other...

The National Gymnastics All-Around Final was held in Tromsø on Saturday 24. November, and the Event Final on Sunday 25. November (Landsfinalen i turn 2007, Gyllenborghallen i Tromsø). In the All-Round Final, Andreas was pleased that he qualified for the...

A week ago, in Narvik, North Norway, Andreas had a lucky break and pulled off an overall good performance, particularly on the floor.This resulted in his taking home the first prize in the North Region Gymnastics competition. It goes without...

The largest North Norwegian Gymnastics Competition ever took place the weekend from 13. - 15. April with about 450 contestants. After a grand opening, the artistic gymnastics for the men and women gathered a packed tribune. Andreas seemed to enjoy his participation in the competition, but was unlucky in a couple events and ended up fourth.

Andreas has been granted a place on the Norwegian National Gymnastics Team! He was thrilled when the main coach broke the news to him this week, and along with three other gymnasts from Tromsø Turnforening, the local newspaper Bladet Tromsø covered the news this week.