Fyrish gymnasts have strength in depth as largest ever team hits road
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FYRISH Gymnastics Club sent its largest ever team to a national Four Piece competition with 11 girls contesting the Perth event.
Mairi Mcnaught and Islay Grant performed first in the National Grade 4 competition, bringing home a commendation and distinction respectively. Sophie Bath, Kirsty Fraser and Ellie Mackintosh were all awarded Commendations in Regional Grade 1 with Sophie scoring the winning Vault total and Kirsty in fifth place, Ellie performed well on floor to place fourth.
The club took a new group to the competition, Rebecca Johnstone and Emily Mackenzie awarded distinctions in Regional Grade 3 and Megan Fisher, Anya Munro, Anna Owen and Lauren Robertson all achieving a commendation.
Head coach Sonny Rhind said: “We were delighted to be able to take more gymnasts to this competition than ever before. We have been able to develop this squad thanks to the fundraising efforts of our members and community to purchase additional equipment to enable us to train on all pieces regularly.
“We are very much looking forward to taking our largest ever squad to the National 2 piece competition in May and are continually developing our gymnasts to give as many as possible the opportunity to compete out with the Highlands. We owe an enormous thanks to our supporters in helping us get to this stage and are looking forward to a bright future.”
Fyrish Gymnastics Club will soon be delivering in schools following their successful Peoples Project funding, giving hundreds of children in the region an opportunity to do gymnastics.
