Last week saw the Fishergate Year 1/2 and Year 5/6 teams represent the city of York in the North Yorkshire Games finals against the best gymnastic squads from around North Yorkshire. The teams had qualified for the finals by winning the York finals event in February and were competing against teams from Harrogate, Scarborough, Selby, Ryedale, Craven, Hambleton and Richmondshire.

The event was held at The Mount School, York, where our gymnasts had the opportunity to meet former England gymnast Craig Heap, who had previously captained the England gymnastics team to a Gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.

Both of our teams performed fantastically well on the day, and were a credit to the school for their effort, behaviour and sportsmanship. The Year 1/2 team just missed out on the medal positions, finishing in 4th place, whilst the Year 5/6 team finished in 8th place against some very strong gymnastic squads.

A special thanks must go to Miss Heyes and Miss Devrall for putting so much effort into training both the squads, and other gymnastic clubs in school. Thanks to both of the staff and all the children for their hard work, and the future of gymnastics at Fishergate looks very promising!