TABITHA De N’Yeurt, who trains at Thornbury Leisure Centre, has been selected to play for the England Fencing Squad next month in an international tournament.
Tabitha will travel to Poland as part of the U15 Girls Foil Squad to represent England at ‘Challenge Wratislavia’ which will take place in Wroclaw, Poland, between 23rd – 27th March 2017.
Tabitha trains at Thornbury four times a week as well as using the gym and swimming pools for fitness and strength training.
The centre is proud to support her, Leisure Centre Manager, Andy Robinson said: “It has been great to watch Tabitha flourish as an athlete. She is an inspiration to all of us and shows what can be achieved through hard work and dedication to training.
"I would encourage anyone with an interest in any sport to come and give it a go, we encourage people of all levels - you never know, you could end up on the England squad!”
Tabitha said: “I can’t believe that I have been selected to play for the England squad. It’s the best feeling in the world to have all my hard work, sweat and tears pay off. It just goes to show that you need to believe in yourself no matter what.”
Thornbury Leisure Centre is one of five leisure sites and two dual-use sports centres operated across South Gloucestershire by the not for profit organisation Circadian Trust.
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