OF SIX girls from Aerosport Allstars Grovedale who qualified to compete in this year\u2019s Fitness and Sports Aerobics World Championships in Leiden, the Netherlands, five are from Torquay.<\/p>\n
Coach Justine Bratanavicius said it reflected the success the club has had so far this year with 41 out of 45 Aerosport Allstars qualifying for the National Championships back in April.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we had seven athletes try out for the World Championships held overseas in October and of them, six have qualified – five being from Torquay,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got three duos \u2013 one senior pair and two juniors. They\u2019ll perform a two-minute routine which reflects strength, flexibility, fitness, coordination and synchronisation as a pair.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be competing against countries like Italy, France, Germany, Russia and the Czech Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Justine said they\u2019ve previously competed in the worlds and had medalled but were looking forward to the opportunity to bring home gold.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t brought home gold for a while so we\u2019re really chasing that this year. The senior pair are really focused they\u2019re training so hard to get on the podium,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe girls are doing up to 12-16 hours a week and putting the hard yards in. The National Championships went over four days in Brisbane and the world\u2019s will go for five days.<\/p>\n
\u201cParents come along and we do fundraise beforehand as there\u2019s quite a large overhead for expenses. As a club we\u2019re large for a rural area, we run Aerosport Gymnastics and have 600 kids going through the centre.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OF SIX girls from Aerosport Allstars Grovedale who qualified to compete in this year\u2019s Fitness and Sports Aerobics World Championships in Leiden, the Netherlands, five are from Torquay. Coach Justine Bratanavicius said it reflected the success the club has had so far this year with 41 out of 45 Aerosport Allstars qualifying for the National […]<\/p>\n