THE superb Basingstoke Gymnastic Club's Myths and Legends Show highlighted the amount of talent the club which is based at the Active Life Centre has within its ranks.

In total over 100 gymnasts took part from the various squads from the club, each producing great displays.

These were squads included the pre-school and ballet, advanced recreation, disabilities, display group, development, men’s artistic, women’s artistic, tumbling, aerobic gymnastics, team gym freestyle and adults.

They vowed packed crowds over five performances over three days, which saw over 1,000 people enjoy the skills of these great gymnasts.

All who saw them will have gone home in overwhelming wonder and admiration as to what they were able to archive.

Full credit should go to all the coaches and the volunteers and helpers who made such a good show possible.

The show included various medallists from right across the gym club from throughout the year.

The latest of these being won by Megan Kealy and Kaitlin Lafferty at the World Age Championships that took place at Odense, Denmark.

Kealy moved up into a higher age category and was one of the youngest in her competition and qualified in fifth place. She was determined to put out a new run in the finals and with it secured the gold medal.

Lafferty qualified in second place in the preliminary competition after securing two excellent runs. This was her first international.

In the finals she was very nervous but held it together to take the silver medal and to score the highest execution score of the whole tumbling competition.

It capped a great year for Lafferty who also won the the Young Achiever award at the Daily Mirror Pride of Sport awards last month, before heading to Odense.

The teenager from Kempshott at the age of nine, suffered a stroke, followed by another six months later, eventually being diagnosed with a genetic disorder that requires a lifetime of medication.

After two years of tumbling at the Basingstoke Gym Club, she had to stop the sport, but refused to give up on her sporting goals and battled through her condition to be selected for the Great Britain tumbling and trampolining team, after winning a bronze medal at the British Championships and capped a great comeback with a silver medal at her debut on the world stage.