SOME of the Tamworth Gymnastics Club's most promising stars have shone at the recent NSW Gymnastics Championships.
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In the junior division, Amber Downes and Masie Wilde secured selection in the NSW state squad for the Australian Championships in May.
The championships held in Melbourne, will signal the first time Downes will compete on the national stage after she claimed a silver medal on the bars and a bronze medal on the beam, to finish fourth overall at the state championships.
Meanwhile, Wilde will prepare for her second appearance at the nationals after she took home bronze in the bars and finished sixth overall.
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Fellow member Annalise Tighe also put her best foot forward throughout the championships, placing 10th overall.
The team's coach Jodie McGinnity said the results were "reward for effort".
"All of the girls did extremely well and should be really proud of themselves," McGinnity said.
"All of our athletes only take three weeks off a year, so they all train exceptionally hard.
"So it is nice to see that hard work pay off like this."
The positive results kept coming for the club throughout the championships with Josie Douglas and Paige Seaton both qualifying for the Border Challenge competition at Caloundra in June.
Seaton claimed third overall in the level eight senior state championship, picking up a gold on bars and bronze medal on beam.
Douglas claimed sixth place overall with a bronze medal in the vault, while Jemma Barker finished 15th overall.
"To have so many of our athletes achieve positive results is quite the achievement for our club," McGinnity said.
"It is unusual to have so many competitors picked in these types of competitions from the one club, especially a smaller club such as ours.
"At the moment we have about 300 to 350 members involved with our club and we are regularly coming up against clubs with more than 1000 members.
"So from that perspective, it is a huge achievement for our club."
There will be little rest for the club's members with Tori Monaghan and Sapphire Kuczer vying for a place at the Border Challenge at a trial in Sydney this weekend.
"It will be a good opportunity for those level seven girls to get a chance to join the level eights at the Border Challenge," McGinnity said.
"As for the other girls, they will either be preparing for the Border Challenge or for the National Championships.
"Their preparations will be a little bit different as each competitor is at a different stage of the training cycle.
"They all have their different things to work on."
McGinnity said herself and two other of the club's mentors would accompany the team to the National Championships.
"Jan McGinnity, Stephen McGinnity and myself will be heading down to Melbourne to help out as coaches and judges," she said.
"It should be great."