MONARCHS Acrobatic Gymnastics Club in Highbridge are taking a team of 35 gymnasts to compete in an International Competition in Mainz, Germany next week.

They will be travelling on Thursday and competing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

There are three clubs from GB, one from East Kilbride and one from West Lothian in Scotland as well as a club from Cork, Southern Ireland.

There will be teams from Russia, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland as well as other teams from Germany including the host Club from Mainz.

This will be the first time that many members of the Monarchs team will have competed in an international competition, including the youngest pair, Jack Warburton, 7 and Jack Hunt, 6.