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The city of Liverpool Gymnastics Clubs boasts one of the strongest elite gymnastics programmes in the country. The 2002-2005 National Team Champions, the gymnasts from Liverpool show a great amount of talent. We hope you enjoy finding out more about the talented gymnasts that train along side Beth.

Hannah Clowes was born on February 21, 1991. She placed 7th all-around at the 2003 Espoir British Nationals and 4th in 2004. Hannah competed as a junior in 2005 and 2006 and placed 2nd all-around at the 2006 Junior British Nationals. Hannah has competed in a quite few international competitions for her country. She was part of the GB team for 2004 Jr. GB vs France and 2004 Junior Europeans, where she placed 16th AA and helped the British junior team to place 5th. Hannah also was part of the English at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, helping England to a silver medal in the team competition, and qualifying to the floor final individually. 2007 will be Hannah's first year as a senior.

Abi-Louise Kirby is the only child of Amanda Kirby, Liverpool head coach and 1984 Olympic gymnast. In 2001 & 2002 Abi was part of the GB under-12 squad. In 2004 she placed 4 AA at British Espoir Nationals, and a place higher the following year. In 2005 Abi won the Alpha-Factor Invitational for her age division. In 2006 Abi competed as a junior and placed 7th nationally. She was part of the England team that traveled to Athens, Greece for the World School Games where they came 2nd. Though she will turn 15 in 2007, Abi will be able to compete as a senior at the World Championships as they are a qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Jennifer Pinches was born on May 25, 1994. A new comer to City of Liverpool, 13-year-old Jennifer Pinches moved to Liverpool after her family relocated to the Cheshire area with her Dad's work. Jennifer was very successful as a "levels" gymnast, becoming the level 4 and 3 national champion. Unfortunately a broken foot stopped her from attaining all 3 titles. She is now back in full training and looking forward to her second year as an espoir gymnast in 2007.

Melanie Roberts was born May 13th, 1988. In 2002 Melanie began to make her mark as a top gymnast by finishing 8th at the 2002 British Junior Championships. That year she traveled to Canada as part of the British Junior squad for the Blue Water Invitational and the Jurassic Classic. In 2003 Melanie came 3rd at the British Junior Championships and was the alternate for the 2003 World Championship team. At the 2004 British Nationals she placed 7th. Representing her home nation of Wales, Melanie competed at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. Melanie was part of the 2006 Great Britain Worlds team.

Jodie Standish is a strong junior competitor for Liverpool. She placed 7th AA at the 2004 British Espoir Nationals and competed as part of the British team for a friendly duel against Italy. In 2005 she was selected as one of only three gymnasts to compete at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Italy. Unfortunately, injury kept her out of the 2006 British Junior Nationals. 2007 was also quiet for Jodie due to injuries but hopefully we will be seeing more of this talented gymnast in 2008, in the senior ranks.

ANNA STUBBS will be a 2nd year Espoir in 2008 after a successful debut in 2007. She is a current member of the British National Squad and represented Great Britain for the first time internationally at a competition held in France in 2007. She was 2nd AA at the British School championships, 13th AA at British Espoirs and 4th AA at the English Junior Championships in 2007. Anna was 2nd at Level 2 in 2006. Anna excels at the asymmetric bars, just like team mate Beth!

HANNAH WHELAN was born July 1st 1992. When she was 7 Hannah's family moved to Houston, Texas, USA, where Hannah continued with her gymnastics and followed the compulsory levels, achieving a top-twenty place at Texas State finals at 8yrs old. In the autumn of 2005 Hannah moved to The City of Liverpool Club where she improved and developed as a gymnast. Hannah represented GB at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Games and placed 4th; the highest ever result for a Brit at this competition. She placed 4th again at the British Junior Championships.

Aisling Williams (Ash to her friends) was born August 7th 1990, and has been one of Britain's most promising Junior gymnasts. In 2004 she placed 4th AA at the European Junior Championships - the highest ever for a British gymnast. She also qualified on vault and bars finals. Injuries meant a quiet year of recuperation for Ash in 2005, but 2006 saw her return to competition in style, coming 3rd at her first British Senior Nationals and representing Great Britain at the World Championships and Shanghai Grand Prix.