County class from Olympic girls
FOLLOWING qualification in February, Rochdale Olympic Gymnastics Club girls Jessica Lees, Kyrah Patterson, Wendy Sarco, Kaitlyn Campbell, Martha Smith and Kerry Gibbins represented the Greater Manchester County in the 2017 North West Regional Grades Finals, held at Robin Park Arena in Wigan.
Kyrah Patterson and Jessica Lees made up half of the Grade 4 team, with Kyrah having a cracking competition to finish the top team scorer in third place overall individually (63.35), aided by a second placing on bars, with Jessica in sixth (62.65). The Grade 4 Team earned third place with a combined team score of 187.60 marks.
Half of the Grade 3 Team was made up by Wendy Sarco finishing in fourth overall (62.55), and Kaitlyn Campbell ninth (61.55).
Wendy earned third on vault and bars, with second on range and conditioning.
Both girls aided the Grade 3 team to a second place finish with a 189.25 team score.
Martha Smith competed as a member of the Grade 2 Team and gained a ninth place finish with a 61.25 score aided by an excellent range and conditioning for first place which helped the team to second place with a 188.95 team score.
Kerry Gibbins rounded off the day as top team scorer as a member of the Grade 1 Team, finishing seventh (59.60), with a third place finish for the team with a 176.65 final score.
The girls now head to Stockport for the Stockport Easter 4 Piece Apparatus Championships.