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Well done Anna!

Well done to Year 7 pupil Anna who has taken it upon herself to create and complete a lockdown challenge, raising a significant amount of money for charity in the process.

Anna has raised £890 for YoungMinds so far, after successfully completing a 10-day gymnastics challenge. She created the challenge as a means to stay active as her local Gymnastics Club was forced to close for the third time since March 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions. 

She carried out 10 different exercises each day from the 10^th January 2020 as part of her ’10 Day, 10 Moves, 10 Times starting on the 10^th’ initiative.

Her dedication to the sport and charity knows no bounds; as, on the final day of the challenge, she completed all 10 exercises again in one go!

Anna chose YoungMinds as the charity to support because Barney has supported its ‘#HelloYellow’ campaign last October.

Amazingly, her initial fundraising target was £100, which was quickly surpassed within a few days of designing a poster and launching the challenge on JustGiving.

Anna said: “I am very grateful to everyone for their amazing support. To smash my fundraising target so early on was a fantastic achievement, which spurred me on to complete some difficult exercises in the challenge.

“It has been frustrating not being able to train as often as I used to, so I created the challenge to help stay motivated and get back into a routine. I love Gymnastics and it is a sport where you have to dedicate a lot of time and put many hours into it, and this has really helped me maintain a good level of fitness while practising my exercises.

“YoungMinds is an excellent charity and I chose it because our School supported its ‘#HelloYellow’ cause last October.”

For further information about Anna’s challenge and to donate, visit: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/anna-metcalf

We also hope you enjoy the following compilation of Anna’s exercises from her 10 Day, 10 Moves, 10 Times starting on the 10^th initiative!