Southport Olympian Raises The Bar at Club Championships.

The standard at Southport YMCA Gymnastics Club was higher than ever this year as 47 gymnasts from the boys and girls Elite Squads competed for the 2008 Internal Competition Squad Championships.
Great Britain’s official reserve for the Beijing Olympics, Daniel Purvis, took first place in the senior boys section while Hayley Meredith took the senior girl’s title.
This traditional annual competition provides spectators with spectacular gymnastic performances, providing a rare opportunity for spectators to see both female and male gymnasts performing at the same time.
Over the past 12 months 12 gymnasts from the boys squad have represented the North West at the National Club Finals and Frank Baines another British U.14 International came 1st in the Elite National Finals .
Olympic reserve, Daniel Purvis was part of the historic British gold medal winning team at the European Championships winning the overall silver medal for his individual performance.
Speaking at the Club championships, Boys Coach Jeff Brooks said:
“As usual the standard is very good and all our gymnasts have worked very hard to improve their performances over the last 12 months. We are delighted with the success of our star gymnasts but equally so with the rest of both squads who continue to improve.”


The results of the 2008 Club Championships are listed below.

Senior Girls
1st Hayley Meredith
2nd Beth Durrant
3rd Maia Craig

Junior
1st Leah Wells
2nd Lauren Smith
3rd Abigail Gleig

Primary
1st Lucy Kent
2nd Jessica Andrew
3rd Ruby Fellows

Senior Boys
1st Daniel Purvis
2nd Frank Baines
3rd David Rimmer

Junior
1st Charlie Eley
2nd Sid Baines
3rd Michael McCallum

Primary
1st Nathan Gleig
2nd Alfie Baines
3rd Ross Balmer

There is no overall champion in the Novice section that included Callum Scragg, Thomas Lawson, Tom Mitchell and Max Beeley, whom each won various individual medals.