Sparkling efforts for Sapphire at British Gymnastics championships

Ondine Achampong, having taken three titles in December at the British Espoirs, has now gone up an age-group.

She took silver last month at the English Championships and now has the all-around bronze at her first Junior British Championships.

Her elegant beam work combined with huge difficulty and a new tricky bar dismount gave her two bronze apparatus medals as well.

Hallie Copperwheat also represented Sapphire in the competition and was placed ninth overall.

She performed her full-twisting double back somersault on the competition floor for the first time and put out a strong display.

Gipsy Squires and Lauren Matthews also competed, putting out clean routines against some tough opposition.

Alyieana Rahim, who had a good 2017 when she represented England in an international event, looks set to continue her success as a first-year senior gymnast.

She performed a dynamic floor and vault but unfortunately had falls on the bars and beam, before finishing in 26th place.