BATHURST PCYC has enjoyed a successful outing on the gymnastic mats in Wagga Wagga, where 10 of its girls took part in a state team trial on July 1.
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In level one juniors, Abby Hall, Montana Fuller, Emma Jones and Paige Lowe all performed well, highlighted by Lowe placing third on both the vault and the beam.
In the level one intermediate category, Maddison Pounder, Chelsea Bestwick and Amiee Nicholls all achieved good results.
Pounder came away with third on the vault, Bestwick won the same event and Nicholls claimed first on the beam.
Competing in the level one senior division, Charlotte Miller was close to her best and was unfortunate not to gain a placing.
In the level two senior, Jodi McFadyen was in dynamic form and showed it by coming away with first on every apparatus and winning her category overall.
Lowe, Pounder, Bestwick and McFadyen were all impressive enough to gain selection into the Riverina state team which will be competing at the Central Coast in late August.
On the back of that strong showing earlier in the month, another 12 contenders at the Country Championships in Orange last Friday.
"With over 600 competitors travelling to the championships this year we knew it was going to be a tough competition," said PCYC official Erin Murphy.
"The six girls of our own in both level one and two were up against almost 200 girls.
"Our girls did exceptionally well considering they only train two-and-a-half hours a week and some of the other clubs train upwards of 10."
Bathurst had Lauren Clemens come away with a sixth on beam, which is a huge achievement in the context of the competition.
Also competing were Paige Lowe, Olivia Griffin, Michaela Doungmanee, Taya Patching, lvijia Demerli, Josi Petford, Jacinta Windsor, Molly Brown, Keianne Cochrane, Courtney Hayter and Zoi Petford.
They all performed strongly against elite opposition.