A team from Warrnambool Springers Gymnastics Club has booked itself a ticket to next month's Victorian State Championships.
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The Springers' Level 4 (division three) team, consisting of Naomi Kishinaka, 10, Olivia Emeny, 10, Phoebe Draffin, 9, and Georgie Milroy, 8, were crowned West Region's Champion Team at the regional championships held in Warrnambool on Saturday and Sunday.
Eight clubs (and more than 200 athletes) competed at various levels, with Level 5 gymnasts competing as individuals, and Level 3 in a separate invitational.
The Level 4 team competed as a team and executed a combination of floor, vault, beam and bar routines, their scores eventually making up a top three.
Kishinaka said it was fun to make a return to competition, with their six-hour-a-week training paying off.
"Last year we got denied because of COVID-19," she said.
Milroy, who also took out the Level 4 invitational, said it felt special to win the team event and take home a number of medals.
"This year we got the chance (to compete) and it was actually very fun," she said.
Draffin, whose favourite apparatus' are floor and bars, said she was looking forward to going to states in Geelong in October and improving her routines in the lead-up.
Springers coach Dean Mulholland said he was proud of all his gymnasts efforts.
"I was really proud of them (Level 4), they did extremely well," he said. "And the Level 5 girls performing some of the skills, where some had never done full routines before. They did very well to put everything in their routines."
Event coordinator and club administrator Brenda Jarry said it was fantastic to host the competition, which hadn't been held in two years due to COVID-19.
"It was good to have clubs as far as Mildura come and compete," Jarry said. "It was nice to see kids compete and they all came away with smiles on their faces whether they won or not."
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Meg Saultry
Sports journalist at the Warrnambool Standard, with a strong interest in Australian rules football, basketball and women in sport.
Sports journalist at the Warrnambool Standard, with a strong interest in Australian rules football, basketball and women in sport.
