Eight do well on national stage Youngster also given top training chance
Eight gymnasts from Hamilton Gymnastics Club’s men’s and women’s artistic sections have done well at British finals.
The boys travelled to Birmingham, where five of them represented their country at the British grades finals.
Nine-year-olds Aaron Gregory, Jak Weir and Cameron Falconer were part of a Level 1 Scotland team which finished fifth out of 12.
Coming sixth in the UK in the all-round competition, Cameron Falconer was invited to take part in a Performance Camp at Lilleshall – the home of British Gymnastics – next month, to receive coaching from the top coaches in the country.
Aaron performed brilliantly on the parallel bars, finishing fifth out of 72 competitors on the tough apparatus.
Casey Flynn (10) competed in Level 2, finishing the highest scorer from Scotland and placing an outstanding second in the UK on pommel.
Andrew Dickie (11) fought it out on Level 3, finishing an impressive 10th on floor.
Coach Shona Grigor said: “It was a great result at our first national finals competition.
“We are so proud of them and how hard they worked.”
At the same time, three of the club’s girls were competing across the country in Guildford in the British Voluntary Finals.
Phoebe Cameron and Bonnie Mccann represented Scotland at Level 4, with a fantastic competition for both.
Phoebe clocked up the seventh- best score on floor in the entire UK.
Kennedi Foster competed at Level 2, ending the all-round competition 15th in the country.
She also tried out a difficult new skill on vault. At just 10-yearsold, Kennedi performed a piked tsukahara for the first time, and managed to take seventh place on the apparatus.
Milli de O’hara represented Scotland at Level 3. She was second-highest Scottish scorer and was thrilled when she got to meet Olympic and world champion Max Whitlock.
Coach Wendy Allen said: “I’m delighted with the results, the determination and dedication in training is definitely paying off.”