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Historical Landmarks
The following milestone dates have been culled from a number of sources including the old BTFs' members handbook. Spot the two associations with our club.
| 1936 | George Nissen, USA, produced the first modern trampoline. | |
| 1942 | Larry Griswold (“The Diving Fool”) and Nissen created the Griswold-Nissen Trampoline & Tumbling Company. | |
| 1949 | Ted Blake, Brentwood, Essex pioneered trampolining in Britain, in conjunction with Nissen. | |
| 1959 | Syd Aaron, MBE, Cardiff, who was later to become President of the BTF, was one of a group of five on the first sub-committee for trampoline set up by the Gymnastics Association. In 1986 Syd Aaron was awarded the MBE for his services to Physical Education. | |
| 1961 | Rob Walker, Uxbridge, Secretary of British Amateur Gymnastics Association, Trampolining sub-committee. | |
| 1st International - BTF v Fed. Rep. of Germany. | ||
| 1963 | British Trampoline Association set up. | |
| 1964 | International Trampoline Federation (FIT) founded; Great Britain founder country. | |
| George Nissen financed the first (at that time, unofficial, but later recognized) World Championships in trampolining, organized by Ted Blake, who at that time was the then FIT Vice-President, in the famous London Theatre, the Royal Albert Hall. | ||
| 1965 | British Trampoline Federation Ltd and English Schools Trampoline Association (ESTA) formed. | |
| 1969 | First European championships – running alternate years with worlds. | |
| 1974 | ESTA amalgamated with BTF | |
| 1975 | Jack Kelly ran the first BTF National Squad. | |
| 1980 | BTF stage the first Hermesetas World Cup. | |
| 1988 | FIT obtain Olympic recognition | |
| 1989 | Rob Walker, Uxbridge, awarded the FIT Gold Medal for 25 years service to the FIT | |
| 1996 | FIT Membership of Federations reaches 46. | |
| 1997 | IOC offer to include trampolining under gymnastics in 2000 Olympics. | |
| 2000 | Trampolining appears in Olympics for first time. |