A TEAM of gymnasts took a brilliant bronze on their home patch against the cream of the West Country’s competitors.
The six-strong Forest of Dean Gymnastics Club team of Daisy Middleton, Mya Woodward, Hannah Roberts, Iris James, Emily Trainer and Amelia Powell also secured some individual success in the second match of their West Country League fixture at their Five Acres centre.
Clubs travelled from as far afield as Cornwall, Wiltshire, Somerset and Bristol to compete.
From the 17 gymnasts in action, the host club’s Mya Woodward placed third overall after finishing second on the vault and sixth on the bars and beam.
Daisy Middleton came third on the floor with a ‘very expressive’ routine and also placed seventh on vault, while Iris James followed closely in fifth place on floor and Hannah Roberts finished seventh on the vault
As a team competition, the four highest scores on each piece of apparatus combined to make the overall team score.
In the finasl rankings, Littledown were placed first, and Aspire from Cornwall second.
The Forest team members were Daisy Middleton, Mya Woodward, Hannah Roberts, Iris James, Emily Trainer and Amelia Powell.