HAVING already won the South West Schools championships, 11 students from Yate International Academy and one student from Winterbourne International Academy enjoyed more success at the English Schools National Gymnastics Championships held in Stoke-on-Trent.

The Academy won the under-13 Mixed Pairs, under-13 men’s pairs, under-13 women’s pairs, under-13 mixed group, over-13 women’s pairs and over-13 group titles.

First on the floor square to represent the Academy were Jake Underdown and Josh Smith-Robinson, who performed a good clean routine and scored an impressive 8.53. Next up were Josh Smith-Robinson and Danielle Jones in the under-13 mixed pair. These two gave a tremendous performance and scored a brilliant 9.10.

Shanie Redd-Thorne and Jessica Howard, in the over-13 girl’s pairs, gave a beautiful performance with another brilliant score of 9.30.

The under-13 group’s performance looked like a ballet as the three boys, Ryan Bennett, Josh Smith-Robinson and Jake Underdown, accompanied by Beth Nolder, Georgia Loxham-Flynn and Danielle Jones did a fantastic routine and scored high again with 8.46.

The over-13 group, of Shanie-Redd Thorne, Morgan Caldecott, Millie Theobald, Jessica Howard, Chelsey Bennett and Tasha Lawrence, produced an outstanding performance, scoring an amazing 8.96.

Each and every one of these students must be congratulated on their outstanding success.

They spent hours training at the Sports Shed and provided a real example to other students about what can be achieved with dedication and effort. “As an Academy we are incredibly proud of their performance and they should feel very proud of themselves too,” said Mr Steve Revett, Head of PE and Sport at Yate International Academy. The team were coached by Nicki Thorne. Results: U13 Mixed Pairs: 1st Danielle Jones, Josh Smith-Robinson.

U13 Men’s Pairs: 1st Jake Underdown, Josh Smith.

U13 Women’s Pairs: 1st Beth Nolder, Danielle Jones.

U13 Six: 1st Ryan Bennett, Josh Smith-Robinson, Jake Underdown, Beth Nolder, Danielle Jones, Georgia Loxham-Flynn.

Over-13 Women’s Pairs: 1st Shanie-Redd Thorne, Jessica Howard.

Over-13 Six: 1st Shanie-Redd Thorne, Jessica Howard, Tasha Lawrence, Chelsea Bennett, Morgan Caldecoat, Millie Theobald.