Recently, five students from Somervale School were awarded Silver at a university-based trampoline competition held in Bristol.
The five students, Mara Burgess, Mollie Chivers, Bailey-May Tucker, Lily Axford, Lauren Watts and Jack Barter, were selected to represent the school and B&NES in the trampolining competition, which was held at UWE Sports Centre. The competition was part of the West of England Winter School Games. The school games are held in 45 regions across the UK, twice a year. The games include a variety of sports, these range from gymnastics to indoor rowing and everything in between. Other schools in the competition included: Nailsea School, the Grange, Hanham School and John Cabot School.
The competition comprised of three different elements, these included: body management, set skills and then a routine. The students were said to have worked incredibly hard to learn the three different elements (which had to be learnt on the day) yet despite the high pressure, they individually performed to a very high level, vindicated by winning the coveted Silver Medal. Somervale School were said to have been extremely proud of their troop of talented trampolinists and look forward to seeing them in action in the near future at other regional contests.