WYCLIFFE student Zoe Davison is aiming to represent Great Britain at the European modern pentathlon championships.

She is in Berlin for the training camp and selection trials.

The 16-year-old has recently selected for the World Class Programme for Modern Pentathlon in Budapest.

"Budapest was a spectacular city with outstanding training facilities," said Zoe.

"Luckily the food was incredibly good and due to the gruelling training programme, I've never eaten so much!"

"The training was challenging but I had the real sense of reality that I can reach my goal and compete at world level."

Her third place ranking in Great Britain earned her an invitation to fly the flag for Great Britain at the Youth International in Solihull in March.

Zoe competed up an age group, finishing eighth in a strong international field and she was on the silver medal team for GB. She reached her personal best in all three disciplines with a particularly strong swim.

Zoe, who is seeded number three, has been getting some of her best results recently, out-swimming and out-shooting the GB number one at a regional qualifier to win by almost 100 points.

She loves all the disciplines but admits her favourite is riding, with swimming a close second.

"I love it that I never know what the day will bring and which disciplines I will excel at. It changes from day to day and that is what makes it so exciting."

Zoe's normal routine is 15 hours' training per week, covering all five disciplines of swimming, running, fencing, riding and the combined shoot and run section.

Her focus is on her swimming, done with Tritons swim club in Stroud, and running which is done at Gloucester Athletics Club and, of course, at Wycliffe.

Time is also spent fencing, both at Hartpury and with Shaun Garley at Wycliffe, whilst Wycliffe Coach, Ben Gannon takes an important role in Zoe's strength and conditioning programme. Come the weekend, Zoe is out riding.

Shooting practice is done at her Tetbury home, with her family and Winston the family Labrador trusting her aim and brother Charlie getting roped in to patiently time her five shots.

"Shooting is done every night out of the living room and across the hall," she says. "Using laser technology, I can shoot the required 10 meters over the dog, hopefully missing other family members."