Wendy leads off Olympic success
ROCHDALE Olympic Gymnastics Club had eight participants in the prestigious English Bronze, Silver and Gold Championships held at New College, Leicester.
The girls produced many top ten finishes against great opposition.
The weekend got off to a cracking start when Wendy Sarco was crowned the Overall Individual Champion in the Bronze Junior Category in first place with a 47.15 total score, aided by another first place on Vault (12.05) and second on Beam (12.30).
Jessica Lees finished in a fantastic 8th place Overall (45.32), with top 10 finishes on Beam (eighth), and Floor (seventh).
Following a nervous start to the competition Kaitlyn Campbell eventually settled down for a 43rd place finish with an eighth placing on Vault.
Kerry Gibbins earned a fourth place finish (42.00) in the Bronze Senior section of the event.
The Silver Intermediate category saw Savannah Lawless take a seventh place on Bars (10.70), whilst Grace Burgess 16th (43.30), and Grace Pauline 3second (38.25) tackled the Silver Senior competition. Grace Burgess also earned a seventh placing on Bars (10.40).
The Gold Seniors rounded off another successful weekend for the club where Mercedes Miladinovic battled her way second place Overall (45.35), and also attained third Vault (12.750), second Beam (11.10), third Floor (12.25).
The girls will now be working towards next weeks Greater Manchester County Championships to be held at Robin Park Arena, Wigan.
Meanwhile, the club recently entered the 2016 North West Senior FIG Championships for the first time, held at Robin Park Arena, Wigan, with Lauryn Campbell and Mercedes Miladinovic in action. Lauryn battled her way through a very shaky bar routine to eventually pick up the bronze medal for that apparatus.
Meanwhile Mercedes, with a few mistakes on beam, finally finished in second place Overall, picking up second on Vault, first Bars, third Beam, and first Floor along the way.