A 16-year-old Falmouth School pupil will achieve one of her life-long ambitions next month when she represents her country in three different international championships across the globe.

Swimming ace Josie Williams will, travel to Durban, South Africa, Cope nhagen and Alicante, Spain, as part of a busy sporting month, where she will compete in the RLSS Commonwealth Lifesaving Swimming Championship, the European Surf Life Saving Youth and Senior championships.

Josie caught the eye of the selectors following a very successful National Youth (Under-19) championship in March, where she won three individual national gold medals, three silver and three team gold medals.

Then again whilst competing at the National Senior event in April, Josie gained further success winning one individual national gold medal, four silver, one bronze and three team gold medals.

In July at the final England selection trial in Coventry, Josie was selected as one of the five ladies to represent England at the RLSS Commonwealth Lifesaving Swimming Championships happening over 10 days in Durban, South Africa, next month.

At the beginning of August Josie then attended a Great Britain Surf Life Saving Youth (Under-19) selection camp and was chosen as one of the five junior lady competitors to represent Great Britain in European Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark at the beginning of September.

This selection was followed up by another when, after a final trial day in Aberavon, Wales, Josie was picked for the Senior Great Britain Surf Life Saving team as one of the six lady competitors to represent Great Britain in European Championships in Alicante, Spain, once again in September.

For Josie the youngest team member at the trials for South Africa and Spain nerves have been replaced with joy at being chosen.

Josie, said “I am delighted to have been picked in the England and Great Britain team, I was so nervous when each of the final teams were announced and it was a shock to hear my name read out for both the Senior teams as I will be the youngest in both teams.

“They also read the names of the team in alphabetical order so with my surname I always seem to suffer the longest wait of anticipation.”

Josie, added: “It makes all of the hours of training and sacrifice worthwhile when you are rewarded like this, swimming and surf life saving are tough and demanding sports that often go unrecognised and only swimmers know how hard the training can be at times both mentally and physically.

“I would like to thank all my coaches who have got me to this point; Jane and Nick Deards from Truro City swimming club whose swim programmes are immense and Rob Phillips and Chris Hewitt, from Portreath Surf Life Saving club, who have taught me all of the technical aspects of the sport.”