My gymnastics journey started in a local gymnastics club, Newport Girls. As soon as I started gymnastics at the age of 4, I immediately fell in love with it. I very quickly progressed and my personal coach at the time liaised with my parents and decided at the age of 8 it was best for me to move to a higher-level club to train more competitively at an elite level in Cardiff Central Youth Club. I trained at CCYC where I progressed and completed most of my Compulsory Levels. However, before my Compulsory Level 1, I started training at Sports Wales National Centre with the Welsh squad as this was the best decision for me and my gymnastics at the time. And that’s where I have been training ever since! My gymnastics journey has had a lot of ups and downs with injuries and setbacks, but so many more ups to look back on over the 7 years I have trained at WIS. The memories and friends I have made through gymnastics are ones I will look back on and cherish forever.
My proudest achievements are competing for Great Britain at the Junior Europeans and making a bar final, competing for Team GB at the European Youth Olympics, becoming Junior British Beam Champion, competing for Wales at the Northern Europeans where I came second on beam. I am most proud of being named to the Commonwealth team longlist, as for me it was a representation of all my hard work, determination and resilience to overcome a two-year long injury. The last 2 years have been very tough with hurting my foot and needing ligament reconstruction surgery. However, I’m so happy and excited to be back doing what I love and competing all 4 pieces again in the upcoming year!