Double trampoline win for youngster
29/07/2009 A young girl is jumping for joy after she picked up two awards at a competition this week.
Triumphant trampolinist Shannon Smith came first in two separate competitions at the Midlothian Trampoline Club Championships in Scotland and will now have to take on the country's best at the national championships later this year.
The annual competition, held in Danderhall Leisure centre in Midlothian, saw competitors hit dizzy heights as they attempted to compete with the flying Scot, reports the Midlothian Advertiser.
Shannon, a second year pupil at Newbattle High School, beat 80 competitors to win the first club championship.
Not content with one winner's medal, the talented 12-year-old gymnast then took to the trampoline again.
In her second event, she beat 57 other entrants to qualify for the Scottish National Final to be held in September.
The wins are a culmination of three years hard training at Mayfield Leisure Centre.
At this Thursday's (July 30th) Amateur Athletics Union Olympic games in the US, record numbers of participants are expected to take part in trampoline events.
Triumphant trampolinist Shannon Smith came first in two separate competitions at the Midlothian Trampoline Club Championships in Scotland and will now have to take on the country's best at the national championships later this year.
The annual competition, held in Danderhall Leisure centre in Midlothian, saw competitors hit dizzy heights as they attempted to compete with the flying Scot, reports the Midlothian Advertiser.
Shannon, a second year pupil at Newbattle High School, beat 80 competitors to win the first club championship.
Not content with one winner's medal, the talented 12-year-old gymnast then took to the trampoline again.
In her second event, she beat 57 other entrants to qualify for the Scottish National Final to be held in September.
The wins are a culmination of three years hard training at Mayfield Leisure Centre.
At this Thursday's (July 30th) Amateur Athletics Union Olympic games in the US, record numbers of participants are expected to take part in trampoline events.
