Town duo gear up for Euro contest (From Droitwich Advertiser)

Town duo gear up for Euro contest

8:00am Wednesday 23rd January 2013 in Sport

TWO super-fit sports people from a Bromsgrove gym are set to test their mettle at the CrossFit European Open this weekend.

Francesca Palama and Sam Orgee, who are based at Well-Fit on Station Street, will be in action in London on Friday and Saturday.

CrossFit is one of the fastest growing fitness programmes and boasts an annual World Games as well as coverage on ESPN.

The sport sees competitors demonstrate their fitness in a gym, known as a box, and is a constantly varied high intensity functional program.

Palama and Orgee, who are also representing CrossFit Worcestershire, will be in action against some of the sport’s top competitors from Europe.

Three hundred of the contintent’s top competitors will be in action in the normal and masters over-40s age categories.

Palama said: “It’s going to be a tough contest as some of the best competitors from Europe will be in action.

“CrossFit is one of the fastest growing fitness programmes in the world, it is very popular in America and now Britain and Europe have really got into it.”