Bracknell

Bracknell Leisure Centre’s gymnastics club for seven-to-11 year olds have been crowned British champions for the second year running.

The Bracknell Falcons Primary Mixed Team Gymnastics Squad won the National Team Gym Championships in Gloucestershire on Saturday, April 19.

Once again, they competed superbly in the four required elements of floor, trampette, tumble and vault, and wowed audiences with their high level of skill.

The team train at the leisure centre three times a week, as part of Bracknell Gymnastics Club, and are coached by Stuart Woods, Claire Fuller and Zoe Offen. They were representing the south of England after winning the regional competition on home soil in Bracknell Leisure Centre in March.

During the senior competition, Stuart Woods retained his British title for the third consecutive year, and will compete in the European Team Gym Championships in Belgium this October.

Bracknell Gymnastics Club are now preparing for International Festival of Acrobatic Sports, which is taking place in Italy, in May; their club gala at Bracknell Leisure Centre in June and then hosting an International Team Gym Tournament in October.

Cllr Iain McCracken, Executive Member for Leisure, said: "I am delighted to be able to congratulate our young gymnasts again for this their second successive triumph, we really do have some of the country’s best young gymnasts living right here in Bracknell Forest.”

For more details on how to get started in gymnastics or in Team Gym at Bracknell Leisure Centre, call 01344 454203, or visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/be

Bracknell Forest Borough Council