WOKINGHAM trampolinist Megan Pettit admits she will have to keep tabs on her emotions Down Under as she makes her Olympic bow.

The 16-year-old enjoyed a fine 2012, being crowned British under-17 champion, British synchronised under-19 champion as well as claiming a bronze from April's European Championships in Russia.

And Pettit's fine year was rounded off in style when in December she was selected on Team GB's 120-strong squad heading to the Australian Youth Olympic Festival this month.

The Festival will see approximately 1700 athletes from 30 countries compete across 17 different sports, encompassing many of the venues used at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

And, despite admitting she has been jumping for joy ever since being handed a plane ticket to Australia, the sheer size of the event means the St Crispin's School pupil must keep her nerves in check.

"Now that I have my kit, it makes it all the more real and exciting that I am heading off to Australia soon, I can't wait," said Pettit.

"I have been looking forward to it since I found out I would be going and just can't wait to get out there now.

"We heard about it during the season and as soon as I heard that it was a possibility I worked hard to get there and I am so glad it worked out.

"If it is a big competition then I do get a bit nervous and the Australia Youth Olympic Festival definitely is a big competition but hopefully I can stay calm and relaxed.

"The main thing I want to take from it is just a lot of experience, how to cope with the stress and just learn as much as I can." Pettit was an avid viewer as she watched Britain's Kat Driscoll finish ninth in the individual trampoline event at London 2012 Olympics last summer.

And, with Pettit about to get her own taste of Olympic action, the Edgbarrow Trampoline Club member admits her mind is racing at just what her own future might hold.

"I don't really know who I will be up against and it is all a bit of a new experience really but one I am looking forward to," she added.

"It is also going to be a good insight into the senior Olympics and it shows me that I am heading in the right direction and that is an exciting thing too.

"I have represented Great Britain before but never in a multi-sport event so that is something new and a good experience." The British Olympic Association prepares and leads British athletes at the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games.

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