QUAYSIDE Trampoline and Gymnastics Club, in Bridgwater, has welcomed home one of their top elite trampolinists, 17-year-old Corey Walkes, after he produced an historic junior double silver medal win for Great Britain at the 26th European Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT Championships in Azerbaijan.
Walkes, who trains at Quayside under the guidance of International Performance and Head Coach Sue Bramble, flew out to compete as part of the Great Britain Junior Men’s team.
They were battling it out against 22 European countries to secure for Great Britain one of just five coveted junior men’s trampoline places to compete at the Youth Olympic Games later in the year.
Europe’s best junior and senior athletes travelled to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to compete for the prestigious European senior and junior titles.
A total of 420 gymnasts from 25 federations registering to take part across the junior and senior competitions in Individual and Synchronised Trampoline, Double Mini-Trampoline and Tumbling.
Walkes and his teammate, Andrew Stamp are the first junior Great Britain trampoline gymnasts to medal at a European Trampoline Championships in 36 years.
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