* Pictured (left to right): Ellie Petroiu, Olivia Cartwright, Paige Moroney, Charlotte Cassidy and Sienna Goodwin.

ELLIE PETROIU recorded a brilliant score of 66.000 at the Miss Alpha Competition in Ipswich.

The eight-year-old South Essex gymnast averaged about 13 on each of her five sections at the event at Pipers Vale GC between March 6-8.

It meant that Ellie won the Compulsory Level 4 category, and her team-mate Paige Moroney was second with 63.900.

Coach Karen Grieves said: “This really was an amazing score from Ellie, so well done to her.

“All our girls performed really well as usual and it was a useful warm-up for when they do their grades.”