YOUNG Holly Robinson is heading for trampolining success.

The nine-year-old, who is a member of the Belle Vue Trampolining Club in Consett, County Durham, came first in the club graded regional qualifying competition in the nine to ten category at Bishop Auckland recently.

Holly, who has been trampolining for three and a half years and has been with the club for two-and-a-half years, competed at Level 6, the highest grade for regional competition, and achieved the qualifying scores to move up to Level 7, which is the start of national competition.

She will now compete at Level 7 at Coventry in April and in Sheffield in June.

She came second at the British Schools Competition zonal event between four regions in Northern Ireland on January 31 and qualified for the finals in Birmingham on March 14 where she will face nine other youngsters in the Under-11 category.

She was representing her school, St Patrick's RC Primary, in Consett, where she is the only competitive trampolinist.

Her coaches at Belle Vue are Gemma Proud and Jonelle Pye and the assistant coaches are Becky Davison and Jenna Dodds.

Mother Clare Robinson sai: “We are very proud. It is the first time Holly has entered the competition.”